The Knights of Grimm - Act 3 - Shattered Memory

Chapter 60 - Epilogue

Kragen

The steady beeps of the heart monitor drones away, connected to the sleeping bodies of Pyrrha and Jaune in some beds. They have been left to get some rest in the dorms after some help recovering from their wounds. Yenna sat beside them, resting after using her magical powers to heal the damage that was inflicted upon them. But they are recovering, just need to get some rest.

Kragen is stood in the dorm as well, his arms crossed with Ren, Nora and the Architect stood inside as well. The rest of Team J.N.P.R are gently looking after their friends, whereas Kragen is too busy keeping his mind focused on what the plan going forward shall be. The battle against Vir Nominis Umbra here may be over, but the war is far from it. They merely gave him a fun night by fighting him tonight, and everyone needs to recover after the punishment that he launched at them. "How are they doing?" Kragen asks Yenna, and she looks up at him gently as she brushes her long black locks of hair from her eyes.

"They'll recover; they just need some time to rest." Yenna asks with concern apparent in her voice. She presses the back of her hand to Jaune's forehead to check his temperature, but he seems stable since his body is warm, but not burning. The same goes for Pyrrha. Both of them have their weapons leant against their beds still, and Nora looks at Ren with worry in her eyes.

"How long until they wake up?" Nora asks shyly, but Yenna responds with a gentle smile. She has always seemed like she is a very harsh individual from the way she spoke to Cinder, but then again Cinder did kill the last Maiden for her powers. She had every reason to feel that way towards her.

"At least until tomorrow morning." Yenna replies.

"At most?" Ren asks, also out of curiosity.

"If they are unlucky? A couple days, their bodies are still recovering as I said." Yenna states as she shrugs her shoulders. Nora stands up and she looks at both of them asleep with bandages wrapped around their stomachs where Hyde stabbed them both. Nora looks at Kragen, since he was there when Hyde stabbed Jaune.

"What happened?" Nora asks him, and the Architect looks at him as well, since he was ordered to remain inside with Penny to protect the afflicted.

"Hyde cracked – I don't know over what yet, but it did not seem under his own will." Kragen explains, remembering how Hyde acting after he stabbed Jaune.

"What does that mean?" Ren inquires.

"After he stabbed Jaune with Crocea Mors, he immediately looked horrified and snapped out of it. It is as if he was being controlled by something the whole time and only had control after stabbing both of them." Kragen explains, he can never forget the anguish in the eyes of Hyde, an expression he has never seen on the entity's face before. They have wiped Jaune's blood from Crocea Mors so then it is clean, and the glyphs seem to have stopped glowing opposed to last time.

Kragen cannot help but stare at that sword, because there is a thought in the back of his mind about it.

There is more to that sword...

I just know it.

Vyrryk Arc never did tell me about that secret project of his.

He snaps out of his train of thought when he hears the Architect speaking. "It makes sense; Hyde has worked so hard to fight his own instinct as Kassius' dark side. He trusted Jaune like a brother, doesn't make sense for him to just kill him out of anger." The Architect explains, but Nora also raises a point.

"Yeah but what about when he saw Adam? He attacked all of us just to get to him." Nora states.

"I know – but that was before he started to trust people." The Architect adds, Yenna may not know them as well as these two do, but she trusts their instincts so she agrees with him.