Chapter 2: Mystery

"Geo! Are you okay?" Kelvin exclaimed, running out of the house.

"Yeah, I'm fine, Dad. But I don't know how much longer we will be..."

"Because of that crack in the sky?" Kelvin asked.

"Yeah... I have no idea what it is. Do you?" questioned Geo.

"No... no I don't, son. I'll call Aaron so we can try and investigate the cause. You stay here, where it's safe. I don't think your mom would ever forgive me if anything happened to you."

"Well, that's Mom for you. Mega and I will investigate when more clues come in," Geo replied.

Kelvin put his Visualizer on. "Mega! Keep Geo safe, okay?"

"Don't worry, Kelvin! The kid's a lot stronger than he seems. With me along, the danger's negligible!" Mega exclaimed, with great confidence.

"Okay. If anything happens, I'm blaming you!"

"Yeah, sure."

"Okay, I need to help Hope with dinner! Good luck, son!" yelled Kelvin as he ran back indoors.

"Let's wait for clues, Mega," Geo suggested.

"Yeah, that's probably for the best," Mega agreed.

"Wait... why so cooperative? Normally you'd be adamant about wanting to fight!"

"Well I know we'll be in a lot of battles soon enough! Let's wait for clues!"

"Got it!"

The next day, Geo got up and went outside to hang out with his friends.

"Geo! Look out!" Mega exclaimed as he materialized.

"What?" asked Geo. Mega dived and tackled Geo right as a flurry of crossbow bolts appeared right where Geo was. "What... what was that?" he asked, shocked and surprised.

"I think... it's a clue."

"Must be."

"And there's our generous cluegiver! On top of Big Wave!" Geo looked up and saw her. Standing atop the card shop was what appeared to be a young woman with a crossbow attached to her left arm. She was beautiful and had a one-shoulder dress on. She spoke with a melodious voice, with just a hint of malice hidden beneath the layers.

"Know this. The King and his four sages want you dead. I am but the first assassin sent to destroy you. I am Sniper Sagitta, and now is your time to die. Meet me tomorrow at the ruins. There you will be deleted." There was a cold edge to her words. With a quick, creepy giggle, she vanished.

"What a strange girl..." mumbled Geo.

"That was no ordinary girl. That was the result of an EM Wave Change!"

"Really? Huh..." Just then, Zack appeared.

"Hey, Geo. What's wrong?" he inquired.

"Nothing. Do you know who the king and his four sages are?"

"Hmmm... well, the only king we know is Cepheus, and we only know three sages. Dragon Sky, Leo Kingdom, and Pegasus Magic."

"The three Sages of Planet AM! Mega, why would Sniper Sagitta say four?"

"Let me think..."

"You can think? And here I thought you were some kind of monster, only capable of fighting and eating!" Luna said, laughing as she walked up.

"Why you! Meh, you're not worth it..." Luna seemed slightly offended by this remark, but she quickly hid her feelings. Mega turned to Zack and Geo. "As I remember, there was a being known as Orion Thunderbolt. He was almost the fourth sage, but then Planet AM was destroyed, and as far as I know, him with it."

"Is it possible that he didn't die?" asked Geo.

"I guess. But that still doesn't explain why him, the other sages, and your Brother Cepheus want you dead," Mega answered.

"Yeah, especially after we saved Planet FM from Sirius' Black Hole Server... there was no malice or hatred when we saw him then; just friendship. This really is a mystery... Wait, where's Bud?" Suddenly, a loud belch was heard in the distance, and it echoed off all the houses.

"There he is... Eating breakfast of course," Zack explained. Bud came rushing out of the house.

"Sorry I'm late, Prez. I was hungry."

Mega looked on the verge of saying something, but Luna promptly cut him off. "It's okay, Bud. I'd worry about you if you weren't eating."

"Zack, are there any old ruins nearby?" Geo asked, returning to the topic at hand.

"Pedia tells me that there are in fact some ruins nearby, if you could call them that. It appears that approximately 200 years ago, in a place not too far from here, an explosion rocked a place called Central City. What's left could conceivably be referred to as ruins."

"How far away?"

"Not far at all. The Wave Liner stops there now, for tourists. Why do you ask?"

"Because I've got a battle to fight." Omega-Xis got a dangerous glint in his eyes, and a grin that showed all his teeth. He vanished back into Hunter. "And, hopefully, some answers to gain as well."