The Diamond Cult

Panic! At the office

Inner peace with self deception

Is the doing of one's own soul's destruction

However if truth be told

When lies gradually unfold,

Is it better to be the believer

Or the deceiver?

-

19/11/2031

"Are you going to tell me where he is?"

Piggy stared at the ground, his head pounded from dehydration.

"I'll give you food and water when you decide to answer me. I know you know, all I need from you is a simple answer."

"..."

"You wanna play like this? You'd rather die than tell me where he is? Your loyalty is sickening."

Neville slapped Piggy across his face.

"It's been three days, Nigel. Are you going to keep this up?"

Piggy spit on the floor and locked eyes with Neville.

"Fuck you."

The door opened behind Neville.

"Enough, Neville."

"Oh, look who decided to come back. All mighty Ares."

Neville turned around.

"Not in front of a suspect. Out of the room, now."

"You finally decided you're the commander, how cute. You messed up when you decided to walk away from me."

"I said, not in front of a suspect."

"What are you going to do? Fight me?"

-

Cerberus impatiently knocked on Jade's apartment door.

"Calm ya balls, I'm comin'."

Jade opened the door and was met with a very concerned Cerberus who entered immediately.

"Do you know where Piggy is?"

"Good morning to ya, too. No, I don't. System's been dead for days now."

"I think Piggy is in trouble."

"He's undercover right now, isn't he?"

"Yeah, but I checked at the apartment he should be at and his friend told me he never got back when he went grocery shopping."

"Fock."

Jade nervously picked her skin.

"Did ya ask why he didn't notify us?"

"He didn't know how."

"Fair enough, Jesus fock. He could be dead by now."

"Uh, don't fucking stress me out even more."

"Right, sorry. We can't just sit 'round and do nothin'."

"Yeah, why the hell do you think I came to you? Do you have any idea where he could be?"

"Well, my computer showed the word 'Styx' before shutting down. I went to the library to use their computers and uh apparently it's a collaborative government project."

"And?"

"I honestly don't know, I can't seem to find a connection between a project and Piggy. By the way, I haven't been able to contact Moonlight.... Shit."

"That's two missing people. This can't be a coincidence."

"Combine that with Azra who hasn't been at the office."

"Three? No, Azra would never be caught."

Jade sat down, looking at Cerberus who walked around nervously.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck, Jade, what do we do?"

"I don't know."

-

"Look who decided to come back."

"Cut me some slack, please."

"Hmm."

"Update, please."

"Two of your assassins are missing."

"Aminakoydum, who?"

"Piggy and Moonlight."

"Anything else..?"

"The system shut down."

Azra forced a few deep breaths.

"I leave for a few days and it's a huge mess."

"Indeed, that's why you're the leader."

"I'm going to get Piggy and Moonlight back."

Azra rushed to his office. A pair of black gloves laid on his desk.

Little bear.

He picked his phone up and dialed a number.

"Hello?"

"Let Nigel and Eline go."

"Serhat?"

"Let them go."

"You need to stay far away, I- Is that our little bear? Give me the phone, Ares."

Azra froze up. His breathing hitched as he forced himself to stay calm.

"Hello, little bear."

"Let them go, I- they don't have anything to do with you."

"You're at your office?"

"Yes."

"If you want them back you have to turn yourself in."

"I will. Are they alive?"

"Always so curious. I want to see you, now."

The call ended.