Vile Exile

Chapter Fourteen

Authors PoV

After everything that went on earlier, the squad and Bonita day in the kitchen drinking tea, with Sage missing and probably wanting to stay that way, Levi was impatiently tapping his foot against the ground "Levi, Stop." Amanda mumbles to the Marksman who shoots a glare at her "Karma. Why does he deserve that?" Balthazar asks, his broad voice awakening Bonita out of her trance "it's only natural he didn't tell you all. Like he said he regrets it and constantly tries to forget about it." She replies, a heavy sigh escaping her lungs as she leans forward and places her tea down on the table "you've all met Amelia I'm assuming?" She asks, the squad nodding and looking at her with confusion "Well. After Sage and I were exiled from Bealaye we both decided to join the Rhikan War. Where Sage met Amelia - his Rhikasen. Now a Rhikasen is something like a partner, She fought with him because they had good chemistry, they could take out an entire battalion without speaking a single word to each other. They were feared. I think you can see where this is going." She explains, shaking their heads in response "Amelia had morals. Amelia's always had morals. And as you probably know as I'm assuming you've witnessed Sage full of bloodlust?" She asks, they nod this time after seeing him after recovery "Well he gets like that when he's on a killing spree, see Sage despite being a genuinely nice guy and having morals for those he cares about, anyone he's against he'll kill, doesn't matter if they aren't trying to kill him he'll kill them. It was nearing the end of the war and Sage and Amelia were in the eighth battalion, doing their thing and killing enemies, Amelia was fine, She was in control, Sage wasn't. He was full of bloodlust and you could see it. Which is why I was so shocked when he said he had green flames earlier. Because during that fight them thousands of years ago, his flames changed and they turned green. He slaughtered everyone who came in contact with him." She explains, their eyes widening as they stare at her "Karma was the one who took him down. Karma was the one who knocked him out. And Sage despises him for that for some reason despite being regretful of what he did." Bonita mumbles the last bit, the squad looking to each other with furrowed brows "Who knew he was so dangerous..." Hugo whispers, unaware of Governor Natalia stood behind them "I did." She announces, scaring them, the four killers jump to their feet and salute immediately.

After coming to ease the squad sat back down and Natalia sat next to Bonita "I knew he was dangerous. I ran a background check on him." She says seriously, Bonita staring at her with furrowed brows "He's not just dangerous though Natalia, he's a psychopath." Balthazar says sternly, Levi refusing to take part in their conversation, leans on the counter "He made one mistake and let his bloodlust get the better of him. You know for a fact none of you should have the right to judge a man for making a mistake." Natalia says sternly, Bonita's eyes snapping open quickly she turns to the governor beside her "Could you even call him a man though. I'm not being rude it's the same with me. We aren't human, we aren't silkian, Jistilenion or even Bealayion for that matter. We're larger than one in a millions, we're one in a galaxy." She says seriously, not an ounce of humour hidden in her voice "Excuse me?" Natalia asks "Well, we were exiled from our own world. We're only allowed to be on this planet because it's an intergalactic union." She responds.

Elsewhere, Sage stands on the edge of a building, his eyes shadowed by his hair which is left down in oppose to it usually being pushed back "I thought I'd find you up here." Hearing his voice, sage turned to face Levi "You managed to get away from Bonita's tight grip. I'm impressed." He grumbles before turning back to stare at the scenery "It wasn't hard, I stayed quiet so they would forget my presence. Also Natalia showed up so their attention was on her." He explains as he stands next to Sage "I take it Bonita bombarded you all with questions about how I'm living now." He says as he folds his arms over his chest. In this moment, he didn't look anything how he usually does, he had a look of sadness plastered on his face, regret, anger, wrath... Contrition.. Levi knew he wasn't anything like he was back then "no, she told us about what happened during the war on Rhika." He mumbles, tension rising in the air as Sage lifts his metal hand to his face he covers his eyes with the steel prosthetic "Damn... I just hate the rain." He grumbles, confusion spreading over Levi's features as he looks up and then to Sage, about to say something about it not raining he notices the tears that are streaming down sage's cheeks "Me too..." is all Levi responds before looking down.

Sage's PoV
(Two thousand years ago)

Stretching as I walk along the sickening catastrophic caliginous muddy battlefield, my hands tucked into my pockets as Amelia follows me, her sword tucked into her hand comfortably as she drags it along the dirty ground, my boots striking the ground as I scan the area for enemies "Don't you think we should return to the battalion?" She asks, closing my eyes I exhale uneasily, a raging bloodlust coursing through my body "no. Still some filthy Rhikans to kill." I grumble, looking over my shoulder at a group of Rhikan soldiers run, I smirk "See." I breath.
Within a few seconds I had two of my swords in my hands, sprinting towards them at full speed I kick one to the ground, my blue flames surrounding my body "It's hades..." one of them whispers as they fall to the ground I raise my swords and in that point my flames turned green and just as they changed I dropped my swords down with all my weight, driving the sharp point into their chests with ease, the backsplash of their blood covering my hands and clothes "Hades. Pathetic compared to me" I mumble.

Authors PoV
(current time period)

As Sage shot up in his bed, his blanket falling from his chest and into his lap exposing his bare skin to the cold night air "revolting..." he whispers before laying back down, his right steel hand rested on his bare chest subconsciously "I was revolting..." he mumbles, moving his left hand to his eyes he grips his temples tightly still covering his eyes. Little did the swordsman know, Levi stood by his bedroom door watching, he didn't want to disturb Sage's moment of reminiscence. The marksman turning and returning to his own room silently, the sounds of his teammates snoring putting him to ease knowing they have no idea how Sage feels.