Heroes

The Return

Sorry that this chapter is confusing with all the different POV's, but it makes more sense later.

A Different POV
I awoke with a start. My eyes were burning, my chest was heavy. Was I dead? No.
The walls were moving. Eventually I realised that this was just my reaction to some kind of drug.
A man walked in, his face blurred and mushy. He muttered some faint words to me, about how I wasn't dead.
I didn't remember anything.

Jun's POV
The Overlord faced me, with his mask off.
"You recognise me now?"
In that moment, my life was turned upside down.

A Different POV
Time had no meaning to me now. I was lying on a stretcher, in a white walled room. Everyday, two doctors came in, and I always got huge headaches when they walked by me. Brain surgery.
Eventually, the man who visited me first walked back in. He told me I'd been out cold for three months, and it would take another six before I was ready to leave. I asked him where I was. He replied.
"You'll know soon enough."
The doctors returned after he left. I didn't want to know what they were doing, hopefully returning my memories. I didn't know who I was, what had happened to me, or who these people were.

It took about a week or so for the man to return. My perception of time had returned thankfully. I was breathing through tubes, and was fed through them too. This time the man told me his name.
"Me? My name is Marcus."
It took a great effort to speak, so I didn't bother to reply. I faintly recalled hearing that name before.
I blacked out again for about two days.
The next few months flew by. Occasional visits from Marcus, surgeries and more. Eventually I was allowed to walk around, and discovered I was in a place run by some guys called the LR unit. Marcus told me there were three surgeries, then I'd be allowed to leave. He said he had an offer for me, but wouldn't tell me until the surgery was complete.
My memory returned. It seemed......different.
Apparently I'd been fighting in a war. I'd been badly wounded by my enemy. A man named Jun Xiao. He controlled the country ruthlessly, according to my brain. Marcus visited me once again.
"Here, put this on. It'll hide your identity from Jun." He threw me a black mask, covered by a hood.
"Why do I need to hide from him?"
"He thinks you're a enemy to him, a terrorist. This'll disguise you."
My memory updated on the second surgery.
I once knew Jun Xiao apparently. In fact, we worked together for a while.
It just seemed....odd. Like my mind had been twisted. I pushed these thoughts to one side, as I was visited for the penultimate time by Marcus.
"Once you're finished, I'd like you to work with us. The LR unit. We can help you get back at Jun!"
"Why not? There's nothing left for me now anyway."
"When you return to the world, they shall know you as The Overlord! The new leader of the LR unit!"
"Why am I the leader?"
"You are a symbol of what we stand for. You've been in war. You've suffered."
"I guess....." I'd lost my right hand somehow, and also one of my eyes.
My final surgery was gruesome.
It was painful, but more things came back to my mind.
I knew a girl called Aria Scalleti. She was a tough son of a bitch. We were friends, or something more?
I was dressed in my armour, ready to take on my first battle. We were attacking the town of Letti, where Jun lived. If Aria was there, we had to capture her. I didn't want revenge against Jun, actually. I wanted him to join me. It seemed like the two of us were friends once.
Marcus stopped me as I headed out.
"You remember your name?"
"Yeah, I'm...."

Jun's POV
"Rivio?" I choked. Tears formed in my eyes. My best friend! He was alive!
My joy was short lived, as I realised he was also The Overlord.
Aria had joined him because she loved him. He'd been brainwashed. He was never killed, just manipulated by the LR unit.
"Yeah, Jun, it's me. I'm asking you again, please...join me?"
Rivio's question lay burning on my mind.
Join the LR unit? Or fight my best friend to the death?

Hey guys, Rivio is back!! But he's also evil. What do you think Jun should do?