The Diamond Cult

Little Bear

"Serhat Erol?"

"Yes."

"Follow me, we've been waiting for you."

Azra kept himself from fiddling with his sleeve. He knew a warm welcome wasn't reserved for him.

The guard brought him to a waiting room that was still vaguely the same. Painful memories shifted through his mind.
He began to uncomfortably rub his neck.

"You can wait here for Neville."

Azra nodded.

"Yes, sir."

Azra sat down and tapped his leg.

His mouth dry and his stomach in a knot.

-

Neville strode down the hallways. Excitement shot through his veins. He could finally give him his punishment and regain his respect from his boss.

He had his little bear back.

"What do you mean he's gone?"

"I was talking to Ares when the alarm went off. When I ran off to see what happened the guards had caught Xenon at the gates. Apparently he-"

"Enough! You're getting him back. Do you have any idea what kind of threat he poses to public security? How could you have been so stupid?"

Neville re-adjusted his gloves, taking a deep breath as he turned around the corner.

Their eyes met.

"Little Bear."

-

"I need to get back to my apartment, I need to figure out a way to get the system back up. Ye need to go to an internet café and figure out everything about this, alright?"

"Yeah, of course. I just..fuck, I can't really wrap my head around this."

"Well, at least keep ya head. Now, go!"

"Jade."

"Yes?"

"They'll be fine, right?"

"I promise, now go."

"Thank you."

Cerberus hurtled away while Jade hurried back to her apartment.

When she got back she tried to reboot the system again.

"C'mon, ya filthy bastard!"

She held her breath while watching the screen.

"There ya go!"

She sat down and furiously typed away. Suddenly received thousands of messages.

-
His phone buzzed aggressively. Unknow snatched it from his pocket.

"Final- fucking-ly."

He started working through the messages and phone calls.

"Gabriel?"

"The system's finally back up?"

"Yeah, apparently."

"So?"

"Just view this as your time off until Azra returns, yeah?"

"Awesome, wanna go drink together?"

"I don't drink, you know that. Enjoy your time off, bye."

"Unknown, I-"

Unknown cut him off and ended the call. He stepped into his car and treated himself to some coffee.

-

"I see that the system's back on."

"Indeed, Angel. What's up?"

"Please, track Azra for me."

"I already did. Well, as far as I could."

"What's what supposed to mean?"

"His signal cut off just outside the gorvernment facility just outside the city, the Rabbithole, y'know?"

"Right, has anyone gone to pick him up?"

"It's his business, stay out of it."

"Down the Rabbithole I go, thanks Jade."

"Angel, I swear if ye-"

"Adiós, Jade."

Angel got in his car and sped through traffic. He continuously received messages from Jade, resulting in him turning off his phone.

-

Ares led Piggy and Moonlight out and sprinted back inside.

"Neville!"

His eyes locked with Azra.

Neville had his hand on Azra's shoulder.

"Let go of him! I won't let history repeat."

"Me neither, big bear."