Chapter 1 : The Project
It is the year 4157. The once peaceful world of Titeran is now full of crimes, dark secrets, and violence. It is a world where Nature and technology somehow work together. Three millennia have past since the great battle for Titeran.
The sky is dark and clouds conceal the diamond stars. Guards surround the Citadel, a science lab, protecting it from any intruders. Nothing but calmness and silence surrounds the area. The Citadel is composed of three large rectangle buildings covering ten acres of land total.
A shadow cloaked figure runs to a corner of the middle building. The guard turns around, thinking he heard something. After he is certain that no one is there, he returns to his post, on the lookout. The figure pulls out a grappling hook, twirling it and releasing the tool, attaching it to the ledge of the wall and reaches the top. The mysterious person forcefully opens a vent at the top and slips in. The hallways are suspiciously empty to those with untrained eyes. Security devices are placed all over the hallways. Stealthily and carefully, the 'unwanted guest' bypasses all the cameras and laser triggered alarms. He comes across a door that clearly states only authorized users may enter. Pulling out a small electronic device and hooking it into the panel, he attains the four digit password, thus gaining access into the room. He puts on his night vision goggles to find a glorious machine, composed of two giant lasers one on each side of a platform in the middle. Staring at it dumbfounded, he whispers to himself, "So this is their secret weapon. Wonder what it does?"
Dismissing the thought, he casually walks to it and places several satchet charge. The timer starts. He knows he has to get out quickly. He rushes out of the room and into the hallway. Little did he know, there are motion sensors on the grounds in the hallway he was crossing. The alarms went off and soon guards and soldiers were flowing into the building. The intruder cursed himself for not thinking about watching out for motion detectors. He ran as fast as he could toward the end of the hallway until he saw shadows there. He turned around, about to retaliate but alas there were soldiers coming through that end as well. Great! Just what I need. He searched for a way out until he saw a panel. He pressed it and the door opened. He quickly slipped in, hoping that the room would be a temporary safe haven from the soldiers. He pressed his back against the wall near the door, ready to attack.
The soldiers searched the hallway and found nothing, but there is that room. He could quickly search it. He was about to press the panel when someone grabbed his hand. Stuttering, the soldier said, "C-Cornel?"
The Cornel replied, "Soldier, you know this room is a restricted area. Only Professor Hikaru and Susumu are allowed to go in there."
"But, sir. The intruder could be in here."
"Highly improbable, soldier. That's a one in a thousand chance. This building is colossal. Scan the perimeters."
"Yes, sir."
That was too close. He let out a sigh of relief. I wonder why this room is restricted? There's nothing in the room that's of great importance at first glance. Just some computers, monitoring devices, a small room with walls made of glass and a young girl sitting in the middle of the glass room, looking as if she's in a trance, and some more computers, and… Wait a minute. He focused his attention on the girl. What could they want with her? He strolled over to the monitoring device, searching the contents for any information about the girl. The only thing he got was her name.
He went as close as he could and quietly said, "Eden?" He paused, waiting for a response. No response. This time, he said it a little louder, "Eden?"
The girl slowly raised her head, her eyes meeting his, but still looking as if she's in a trance. The girl has blue-green eyes, fair skin color, and waist-long honey brown hair. She was just sitting there, motionless, wearing a pure white nightgown, holding a teddy bear.
The young man searched the room, looking for something to break the glass. There was a desk chair just waiting to be used. He grabbed it and was about to break the glass with it until he heard a voice in his head.
Don't do it. If you break the glass, the alarms for this room will activate and soon guards will come in here and you'll be captured.
"Don't worry. I have a backup escape plan. Now move to the corner."
She did as she was told and he broke the glass wall shattering it to a million pieces. The alarms for the room set off and the guards headed toward it. The hooded figure stepped over the shards and toward Eden.
He placed his hand out and said, "Now take my hand."
Eden was uncertain. Clutching her teddy bear tight, she looked at his outstretched hand, then his concealed face, then to his hand again. Hesitantly, she placed her slender hand on his. He slowly pulled her close to him and pressed a hidden button in his cloak and spoke into it.
"Marik, time to go. I have an extra passenger with me."
Next thing they knew, both were surrounded by bright light then the light faded away leaving nothing. At the same time the light disappeared, the soldiers entered the room.
Seeing that the intruder is gone as well as the girl, the soldier reported it to his superior.
At the Rebel Base in Amon, the city of secrets.
A bright light illuminated in the center of a small platform. Two figures appear in the place of the light.
"Welcome back Yami," Marik said. Marik is a specialist in magic thus proving his worth in the Rebel. Marik has light blond hair and violet eyes. He was also one of the people who helped Yami founded the Rebel. "It's good to be back," Yami replied. Yami pulled his hood down revealing his face. He has red violet eyes, spiky hair with the outer rim colored red and the rest black with golden streaks and golden bangs at the sides. Yami stepped down the small platform and toward Marik.
"Marik, could you find a room for this young girl?"
A look of puzzlement is seen on Marik's face. "What girl?"
Now why would Marik ask that question? After all the girl is certainly still on the platform. Somehow, Yami doubts Marik is blind. Yami turned around to find that the girl is missing. Yami was starting to panic, although he wouldn't let it show.
He commanded Marik, "Marik, have a few people search the base for a five foot girl with waist-long, honey brown hair and blue green eyes. She also carries around a small teddy bear."
"Yes, Yami."
With that said, both went out of the room in opposite directions, searching for Eden.
While they were searching for Eden, Yugi, Yami's twin brother, is working on a new gadget. Yugi almost looks exactly like his brother, except he has no streaks, is a little shorter than Yami, and his personality is opposite of Yami's, well not all of it. Yugi is shy, timid, and openly friendly, while Yami is bold, confident, and keeps his feelings to himself. Yugi was finishing some touches on the machinery he was working on.
"There, finished." Some tools fell, making a clatter behind Yugi. "H-Hello? Is someone there? Joey if that's you, you-" Out of the corner of his eyes, he spotted a young woman observing the remote camera console which is still in repair.
"Excuse me."
No response of any kind. She was still observing the device. The way she was studying the machinery was like how a child acts when he/she sees something new. She was about to touch an exposed broken wire. Yugi rushed over to her and grabbed her hand before her skin could make contact with the wire.
Waiting till his breath got back to him; he calmly said with a hint of angry concern, "What do you think you're doing? Didn't anyone teach you not to touch broken wires?"
She just stood there, blinking. It doesn't seem as if she understood any word Yugi just said.
"Yugi, there you are. And I see you found our runaway."
"Runaway? What do you mean Yami?"
Yami crossed his arms, tapped his foot impatiently and gave Eden an angry but playful look. She continued blinking but then suddenly she smiled with eyes closed. Yami sighed while Yugi was confused as ever.
Walking over to his brother, Yami asked in a commanding sort of way, "Yugi, see if you can hack into the Citadel's data file and look for any files on Eden. And while you're at it, look into the militia's profile data on every citizen in Titeran. See if there's any data about Eden."
Yugi nodded and went right to work. "Yami, hacking into the Citadel's data file won't exactly be a walk in the park."
"But I know you can do it."
"Is that girl behind us, Eden?" Yami nodded. "Why do you want info on her?"
Yami continued to state at the computer screen. "Because… I found her in a glass prison in a highly restricted section. They either want something from her or they did something to her."
The main members of the Rebel are in a small meeting in the dining room. In the middle of the room is a metal circular table enough to seat twenty people. Right in the middle of the table was a projector, showing the information Yugi gathered about the mysterious young woman. There was no vital information about her, just more questions. They all sighed.
Yugi explained, "In the militia's data base, they have no information about Eden at all, but in the Citadel's data files, they do have some information but not very useful ones."
"Wada you mean Yug?" a blonde haired, brown eyes person who goes by the name of Joey asked.
"Well, seems that the scientists who worked at the Citadel kidnapped Eden from somewhere when she was three and placed her in that room Yami found her in. Ever since then , all they've been doing was observing her."
Yami was staring at the projection closely as if there might be some hidden information. The others were doing the same. They were so concentrated in what they were doing that they did not realize a certain young woman hiding in the corner of the door, closely observing them and holding her teddy close to her.