The Game Before the Fall

Chapter 42: Not Alone. (Part 2)

We adjourned in my room and closing the door, I silenced any noise leaving the room. For a moment we all looked at each other. Vanter had a frown on his face, not only had he received a few revelations about his sister, but he couldn't even speak to her now. Ana appeared agitated, itching to make our next move as soon as possible. Finally, there was Zen, she the strongest of all of us who knew the least. Her eyes however looked at me with complete trust.

"What do you think?" I asked.

Vanter folded his arms, "An organisation neither of us have heard about, it's dangerous."

Ana nodded, "We got some information from them. I say we stick to the original plan and wipe their memories."

I shook my head, "Unfortunately I think we need them. I'm pretty good at quite a few things but I don't know much at all about digital security. If they have a specialist, we could use their help."

"They could be lying," Ana pointed out.

"True and I can bet they're not revealing the entire truth, but I don't think their lying out right. Zen what do you think?"

"Me?" Zen appeared surprised. "I... I want to do whatever we can to save Aria. To save all of them. I know Aria is strong, but the Violet's Oath has its ways to weaken someone, and with organisations we don't know, they could do the same."

"I agree. The drug I felt in the restaurant reacted to my Aura. It wasn't normal."

Vanter nodded, "So we work with them. The question is how much do we tell them? We don't know how strong their organisation really is. At the very least we know they can use Aura. Zen did you ever encounter anyone like that in your missions?"

Zen shook her head, "Not personally but Master Powel would know more. I only ever heard rumours."

"From what I can tell," Ana began, "they aren't too strong. We can work with them but let's keep an eye out. If needed I believe we could overpower them."

I nodded, "If it comes to that. For now, we'll tell them part of the truth. They can't know the truth about Areithia, not yet at least. Follow my lead."

We headed back into the dining room where the mood was relatively pleasant. Agent Wester and Dad kept a light conversation going, enough that Natalia and Master Powel weren't at each other's throats. We didn't sit back down but hovered standing by the table.

"Agent Wester," I spoke his name determined. "We'll trust you with our secrets, but I need a guarantee that our way of life won't change."

"You have my, and the ISPA's guarantee," he stood and offered his hand. "The protect part in our name is true. We don't want to harm you."

"Good," I smiled. "The power called mana comes from a different world than ours. Not long before we met, I stumbled upon that power on accident. Aria and I both disappeared from this world and appeared in a land called Elastire. In that land, mana is present everywhere. For reasons I can't really explain, I inherited Elsastire and it was there that Aria and I learnt how to use mana. Ana and Vanter are the same."

He frowned, eyeing me with intrigue, "You found a pocket dimension?"

"Yes," I frowned back that he knew the word.

"And you can go there?"

"Yes."

"Can you prove it?"