Heroes

Friends And Enemies

My friends and I had gained control of the country. We brought peace. The LR unit ruined this, but we stopped them. Now they were back.

In that one year, nothing had happened. But I was woken up by one of my guards, who had a pretty crap message.
"Jun! Jun, we need you now!"
"Argh, what's happened?"
"It's the LR unit, they're back. They attacked the town early this morning but we managed to get rid of the bastards!"
"Shit! Does Aria know?"
He looked at me carefully.
"Jun, Aria's gone."

I was up in a second. The LR unit had been disbanded after Marcus was put in jail. According to the guards, he hadn't escaped, but I wanted them to keep an eye on his cell. I went to see the damage.
Three people had been killed, and twelve injured. Aria had been taken apparently, but the leader of this attack left behind a note.
"Jun. You'll find Aria in a place where you were threatened with death. Threatened by a captive."
The captive was Marcus. And this meant the shipwreck. I'd been badly burned back then. And I nearly died!

The same afternoon, I headed to the shipwreck. I was accompanied by Dr Brooke and two guards. I actually found out her first name, too.
Amy. Nothing too posh. She was a dark woman and was about twenty two. She wanted to come and see who had caused that virus a year ago. When we arrived at the shipwreck, Amy was taken aback.
"Wow! This place is...sorry, just carried away. It's good to get out of the-"
An arrow entered her forehead, and she collapsed. Dead.
I dived for cover, and so did the guards. One didn't make it, and was shot in the head with an arrow too.
"Quick! Over to me!" I shouted to the remaining guard.
"Okay....okay." He ran over.
"What's your name?"
"It's Theo. I'm-"
An arrow was in his head too.
"Jun! Come out, now!" A deep voice boomed.
I stepped out, with my hands in the air.
"Don't shoot! What do you want?"
A masked figure, who wore black modern armour and a cape, jumped down. His cape was connected to a hood that covered his head. Aria was right behind him. She wasn't tied up, or fighting back.
In fact, she was smiling.
"Aria? What's going on?"
"Jun, listen to this man."
The figure spoke.
"Jun, I'm offering you the chance to join me. Please. The country can be ruled by you and Aria, but we must divide the country again. Humans evolve through conflict, not peace. We learn from our battles, not our teamwork. Please join me."
"Jun, you have to-"
She'd betrayed us. She'd betrayed me. Aria was a traitor?
"Aria, how could you? This goes against everything that we fought for! What Rivio-"
"Shut up. You don't know what he wanted!"
"Damn right I would! I was his best damn friend! You know what, fuck the both of you. I'm ready for whatever the LR unit throws at me. And the country's ready too!" I turned and ran, expecting arrows to fly by me.
But nothing did.

A summary before I continue my story.
Once we'd brought peace, the LR unit sought to divide the country again. They believed that humans learned from battle, and wanted to take over and bring war. Where we wanted peace, they wanted conflict. They were the dark to our light. Marcus and Maya had been their leaders, but now Aria and this masked man were. Who was he? Why had she betrayed us?