Chapter 4: In ruins.

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/ 8:39 AM / LOCATION : BELTSIDAR / NO HEAT SIGNATURES DETECTED /

Aquino wakes up to the sound of his path finder. He blinks a few times, and then rises up. "Aquino ..." Aquino turns his head to the left, Lyra was standing there looking out onto the land. "Come look .." Aquino joins Lyra. The sight .. was horrific.

 was horrific

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"Is that .. Beltsidar?" Aquino says sounding terrified. Lyra nods, "We've tried to get a message out to the other cities .. none answered." "What .. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!" Aquino yells, sounding scared. "It looks like it's been abandoned." Aquino squints his eyes, looking at something. Lyra looks at him, "What are you doing?" "There." Aquino points. "Where?" Lyra asks. "That's Hiltmen." "The tall blue building?" Lyra asks. Aquino nods. "MIKE! LAND US OVER AT THE BLUE BUILDING!" Mike shows a thumbs up from the cockpit.

They land on a heli - landing pad, Aquino rushes out of the helicopter running to a door on the roof. He opens it, upon opening the door, Aquino rushes down a set of stairs. "AQUINO!" Lyra yells after him, but it's too late. Aquino stops at the end of the stairs, looking around. He spies a sign saying dormitories. He rushes to another set of stairs, instead of rushing down the stairs Aquino vaults over the railing and lands onto the lower floor. He comes to a hallway of doors. Lyra suddenly comes down after him. "Hey, you can't come running down -" "Shh." Aquino says. "You hear that?" Aquino whispers. Lyra shakes her head. Suddenly there was a high - pitched robotic voice. "UNKNOWN MOSS DETECTED!"

Aquino walks the direction it was coming from. He opens a door, IT WAS KLOCKI!

"Klocki!" Aquino rushes to his friend. "AQUINO!" Klocki yells. "I be missing you .." Klocki says. "I know, it's okay. I'm here again. Klocki, what happened to Beltsidar?" Klocki amplifies his voice to sound more humanoid. "There was a flash of light, and then citizens started screaming. I heard a deep - pitched laughter, saying : 'Watashi wa berushidāru o sazukarimasu! Anata no subete ga anata to issho ni shinudeshou!' Suddenly the screaming stopped, and then moss everywhere." "Could you translate the sentence?" Aquino asks curiously. Klocki nods, doing so. "I WILL CURSE BELTSIDAR! AND ALL OF YOU WILL DIE WITH YOUR CITY!" "Maybe a future - forwarding curse fell upon Beltsidar?" Lyra says.

"That could've been possible, but the spell was banished from all cities." Aquino says, going up to cupboard. "Who do you think could have done this?" Lyra asks Aquino. "I've heard that voice before. Maybe it was .." Aquino stops, nearly saying something he would'e regretted. "No .. you're not saying .." Lyra gulps. "The NoxNZ." Aquino puffs out his chest, saying it bravely. "Wasn't he the guardian off Lait City?"Lyra asks. "He was, until he abused his power." Aquino answers Lyra. "He was banished, and was sent into the gates of Mara to rot, die."

Aquino opens his cupboard, grabbing his spear. "And we're gonna pay him a visit." Aquino turns to Lyra. "And make him bring back Beltsidar." Klocki looks at Aquino and then Lyra. "I'm in." Lyra nods.

Aquino nods.

(YELLO! I'm really sorry about the short chapter. I've been busy with a lot of things and I kinda forgot to make a chapter. So yeah. )

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