Tales Of Sacrifice- Delta Protocol

Chapter 7

Xero Team

I woke up like I normally would when we were back in the tower, however, there were a few abnormalities. First off; Scarlet was still attached to me snoring, normally she and Clark would be obnoxious by being loud or fighting over who got the TV in the morning, in which Scarlet usually won. Second, I remember going to sleep without a shirt, but somehow I was wearing a plain forest green shirt. Either Scarlet, or myself had put on the shirt on in the middle of the night, which was odd considering Scarlet could sleep through an earthquake, and I don’t sleep walk. Taking these facts into consideration I slowly rolled out of bed to not wake Scarlet up, and headed towards the living room.

The first thing I noticed when I walked into the living room was, first the bag of candy that I gave Scarlet for her birthday was moved towards the kitchen on the right, and second there was a small red headed girl sleeping on the couch. My first thought was, how the hell did she get past the defences without setting them off, and second how did she give me a shirt in the middle of the night considering that she had to bypass the palm reader which was impossible to get past without me being dead. “Ark, materialize my swords, then set them to assassin mode. We have an intruder, and I want to be set.” I whispered.

My swords, now the size of large hunting knives. appeared in my hands with the sheaths on my hips. “Ark, lock down my room, and let no one in or out.” I whispered. “You know Scarlet will find a way out in a matter of seconds right?” Ark said. “Yeah, well a delay from interventions is better than none at all. I want to question this girl, and truly see if she’s on our side or not. If she is on our side, I’ll ask her to join because I’ve already had an interest in her after last night. If not, I’ll eliminate her on the spot, past or not, she was there when Clark died on Zero team.” I spoke to Ark. I hope she joins, because skill of this caliber would be a waste if I had to kill her.

“Oi, Xero wake up! Why the hell are you in my house, and how did you get past the defences?” I yelled without moving from my spot. The girl must’ve been a light sleeper, because as if she was never asleep, she stood up and yawned. She looked to be a small teen, but I knew better, because she was in my town when it was destroyed now ten years ago, meaning she was 17 or 18. “I’m sorry can you repeat that Issac?” Xero said with a sleepy, but cocky grin. Even more on edge I repeated, “Why the hell are you in mine and Scarlet’s house, and how did you get past the defenses?”

“I’m not going to lie, if I hadn’t been on a four star level like you guys, I would’ve died by your defenses many times over. I applaud you, but you’re never going to out trap a trap master such as myself, especially one who happens to have an S rank object like you.” Xero said calmly, but cockily. “I see. You’re smart too. I’m assuming you have the S rank object Masamune, the sword that can cut through any object, or living thing, making it yours. The only objects it can’t cut through would be other S rank objects. It’s a good thing both Scarlet and I have S rank objects, well more I have two, and Scarlet is linked to one of them. Ever heard of Ark and Mimic?” I relaxed a little.

“So that’s why you survived Locke twice. Mimic, the dual swords that can take any sword shape, but it’s natural state is a black and white steel katana. Ark is an artificial intelligence that lives in Mimic, powering it’s forms, and capable of modifying power, and sharpness used by Mimic. Ark also functions as a standard AI unit maintaining electronics, and is capable of hacking any type of security network as well as functioning as a battle tutor giving advice in battle.” Xero said impressed. She looked like she was holding back her excitement from meeting an equal in person, she was almost drooling too. “So, you have knowledge about my objects. That make’s you even more dangerous. Before I continue on, I’m going to propose two choices; join me and Scarlet, or be eliminated.” I issued my ultimatum.