Book 4 | Agent 34 and the Last Gem

Chapter 81 | I'm Sorry

A gasp erupted across the crowd of soldiers and wolves, argument soon coming over them all. Agent 34 quickly hushed and told them to quiet down so they could explain.

"Listen," he told them. "These things are too powerful. They are what drove Braunick to insanity and made him hungry for power. These stupid gems started all of this. Yes, they're very useful, but with our own strengths and wits, the Destigems don't need any special power to be able to protect Renya. All we need is ourselves,"

The soldiers did not say anything in agreement and did not say anything in disagreement. They simply went silent and Bradford pulled the rest of the gems out and crushed them within his fist. They went into his body via his mouth and the shards disappeared. His eyes went pure blue, then green, then red, then flickering quickly between orange, purple, yellow, magenta, and a bunch of other colors before going from white to black and then he shut his eyes quickly. His body raised above the ground, his arms sticking straight out and head looking straight up.

His body began to spin as the armor began to morph. It changed into a glistening rainbow color that changed every few seconds, a golden crown being placed upon his head. His eyes changed from each color constantly, doing the same as his armor. As he was beginning to lower down, a rainbow cape was placed on his back.

When his feet hit the ground, a hush fell upon them all. "This is what the ultimate form looks like," he announced. "This is what Braunick would've been if I had let him get the last gem. But I didn't. I pulled through and managed to steal the White Gem from his body and use it to overpower him and defeat him,"

The soldiers began to clap for him, tears still running from their eyes. The war was officially over.

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After Agent 34's sudden grow in strength, Thad began giving orders to send some men back to the Island of Death to give word of their victory to the women and children which had stayed behind. They were planning to relocate right under where Braunick's island had once been and a giant crater had been before the island fell back into it.

Ismara was surprised to find a giant smile glued to her face. She glanced upon the crowd and found her friend Agent 34, now Bradford, talking to some soldiers as more and more flooded in to talk to their hero.

She approached the group with caution, giving him a signal from the back. They locked eyes and he quickly pushing past the soldiers asking questions and asking to sign various objects. One asked to sign his tongue. They followed him as he met Ismara in the middle, still being rude and asking various things to him.

The elf rolled his eyes and wrapped his arms around Ismara and took flight. She yelled with a smile as they flew above the ground, the soldiers below them dispersing as they flew away into the blue sky, something they hadn't seen in a while.

He flew her to a nearby hill where no one lay, no soldiers in sight and no soldiers that could sight them. Bradford sat her down and then landed himself down upon the torn and charred grass.

Ismara laughed and jumped upon Agent 34, pulling him into an embrace as tears of joy fell from her eyes. "You did it!" She proclaimed. "I can't believe it!"

"I told you we were going to win," he said. He pushed her back, placing his hands on her shoulders. He looked into her eyes and sorrow filled him quickly. Agent 34 quickly switched back to his normal body, the rainbow colored armor turning back to normal, the cape disappearing as well. The crown was the only thing which stayed.

"Ismara, I'm sorry," he told her. "I'm so sorry. You don't know how badly I wanted to tell you this earlier,"

Her face of joy slowly disappeared as the tears in her eyes were no longer tears of happiness. "I'm sorry,"

"Don't be," he told her. "It's my fault,"

She quickly wrapped her arms around him and pulled him into a tight embrace, tears falling freely. "Promise me one thing,"

"Anything," he told her.

"Don't ever leave me again."

"I promise you,"

They broke apart, tears still coming. The sun began to set in the distance, darkness soon coming to fall over the land. "I love you," Ismara told him slowly.

"I love you, too," he told her. "I love you so much," Agent 34 said with as much passion as he could muster.

The two locked lips, kissing as the sun fell under the horizon and darkness engulfing them, the only light being their lips touching beautifully.