Overfly

Chapter 5 - Totally Into Him

The wind is getting colder. I could feel Steven trembling.

“Are you okay?”

“I hope so. I get weak when it’s cold.” What kind of answer was that? It just made me more worried. I don’t need to hide these tigrines anymore. Not to Steven. I can say that I completely trust him now. I closed my eyes for a while and I made myself warmer. I tried harder and made the wind a little warmer as it passes.

“Your fourth tigrine huh.” Steven said with amusement.

“Blaze: a tigrine that gives heat and can produce flames.”

I felt King’s aura and warned Steven. We both concealed our presences. When we saw a ship, we were both surprised. King’s aura is coming from that ship, a property of Nowhere. Based on the information I accumulated, he will use a small boat of his own. But why is he using this ship? Is he with more ryms? We landed at the ship’s upper deck without a sound. We both hid our wings. Steve closed his eyes and tried to look for King’s presence.

“There’s no one else here aside from him. King is there, at the upper most deck.”

I was about to fly to the upper most deck when I remembered my fear of flying without someone beside me. I then used my dash. I told Steven to stay where he is.

King woke up when I got there. I prepared myself for the mission.

“I had thought that you, the grey masked rym, would come after me too.” He proudly said.

“Why did you sold the information and researches about our nation’s weaknesses to the Saltahs?!” I asked.

“It’s okay to tell you because I’m not thinking of sparing your life now that you’re here. Let’s see. Why did I, you say?” He laughed with an evil laughed. “...because I’m a traitor, because I was paid.”

“Very well said.” I closed the bottle I was holding.

“Wha-what was th-tha-that?!”

“A Bottle of Memory I guess?” King suddenly yelled and drew a sword out. In an instant, he was already in front me, he attacked me with his sword. Quickly, I bit my right thumb and a sword appeared on my hand, just right on time for me to block his attack. I then bit my left thumb and summoned another sword. I ducked because of his another attack and I cut his right foot.

“My feet! Ouch! Curse you! Son of a bitch!” He sat on the floor and cried because of the pain. I dashed towards him and kicked him on his face. He was completely laid on the floor, unconscious. I turned my back and saw Steven, stunned and dumdfounded.

“That’s... That’s your fifth tigrine. A bottle of Memory?”

“Honestly, that’s not my tigrine, neither the Blaze, nor the Frozen tigrine. They all fall under one tigrine. The Imitation tigrine. I may learn any tigrine in anytime I want, as long as I know how it works, and how it is done.”

“You’re unbelievable.” He put his right palm up and I gave him a high five!

I tied King by my chain and put the bottle of a memory on his hand. I sent King to the Vanguards’ Headquarters and flew away with Steven.

“Isn’t the information on the Bottle of Memory enough for King to be imprisoned?”

Steve asked with wonder as he walks me home.