Renegade Chronicles Book 1: Dark Honor

April 20th, 3005, N.W. Location: Destroyed Gorge

      I awake outside the pod laying on the ground next to it, seeing the others lying next to their pod. My clothes are fine, and the past pain is now gone. Sin, who is up before me is already looking around for Aero who is gone. I stand up looking at the others who must be still in the After Realm asleep. "Sin, where did he go?" I ask. "Look like Core went through the doors we came through, and Aero went through..." He didn't need to finish, because I finally notice a large hole in the lab that looked like was just destroyed by a canon. "Aero? Did that?" I say in shock as I thread through the giant hole in the outside. I make it outside which it was now nighttime, and the winds are howling again picking up the sand and dust making it hazy to see. I get nervous feeling anxiety arise inside me on trying to talk to Aero. I really don't know how to go about it, but I need to act fast. Sin comes out behind me looking into the raging flurries of sand picking up. "Sin, look after the others. I'm going to find Aero." I tell him. He nods as he stands guard as I advance outside into the rising storm. I couldn't see ahead of me very well. With caution, I move forward until I spot a silhouette drawing closer. I rush further catching up to the figure, with no surprise it is Aero. "Aero!" I shout getting his attention. He hesitates for a moment, but he keeps walking now giving me his eyes. "Aero, stop running from me and just talk!" I call out again. He stops turning his head. "Talk! You wanna talk!?" he says walking back now standing in front of me. "All I did was leave the castle to clear my head, and to give respect to my parents. Only to be fucking randomly attacked by that rabbit girl. She said that there will be lots of bloodshed shortly, and that there won't be a kingdom for me to return too. Wanting answers I gave chase leading me into a trap with her explosives that she plant beforehand. I avoided the trap following her for days till I got to the Destroyed Lands. Only to find you guys, learning that Celeste and Elec are dead!" he says getting worked up. He grabs me by the collar of my jacket. He rest his head on my chest. "Dammit, why wasn't I there to save her." he whispers before going silent. "Aero, I-" I try to say, but the words couldn't come out. Instead, I lift up my hand for his shoulder for comfort, just before I could he push me away. I fell to my knees before I regain my balance. "You what! You let them die! You failed to protect the thing that matters, and you come to me telling me to calm down!" Aero shouts, pointing at me. "You a failure as a king and a failure as a brother! Before back then, and even now! You should have listen to me! Elec, that weak excuse for a king couldn't protect himself let alone a kingdom, or more importantly Celeste!" he bellows in deep agonizing tone. His word cut deep letting out his frustration on me. My inner guilt for all my mistakes in life start to stir inside me making me feel terrible. But even so... "So don't tell me to call down, I don't need to hear any of that myth. I'm going to go slay anyone that attacked the castle, and killed Celeste. You're not stopping me." Aero says as he turn walking away from me again. "No!" I yell at Aero standing back up again. He stops again. He turns to my direction again tightening his fist. "You won't go anywhere! You blame me for her death then fine go ahead, but you not talk about Elec that way!" I shout while tightening my grip on Lighting handle. "Elec sacrificed himself to protect her; I witness that with my own eyes! What did you do? Run away, because you couldn't take a marriage? You can't talk Aero. You weren't there, so you have no reason to talk! When she needed you the most you wasn't fucking there!" I rant back letting my words run free. I regret my words instantly after I said them, wishing I could take them back. It just need to stop him here before I lose him too. His face expression went from anger to bitter coldness. "So Aero stand down by order of your king." I say. "Don't start that king stuff with me, we go too far back for me to follow that bullshit!" he says angrily. I feel something flowing from him just like Core. He is preparing to attack me. "Don't do this Aero." I plead. I back up slowly, gripping my handle just in case. Aero walks forward talking, "Nothing can stop my emptiness now since she is gone, I'm going Nexus, and you won't get in my way. I'll knock you out here if you don't go." In my vision, I can see slightly see his nano energy which is the color black. It flickers however, so I can't keep know how much aura he is producing. But what I can see is his nano energy was really off the charts now almost as big as Core's. I get into a battle stance preparing myself for Aero next move. "Nexus, let me ask you something I asked long ago...how do you feel about monsters?" His right eye that is brown turned into a golden color with a dark red pupil.