Chapter 20: Cerveau's Guilt
Cerveau and the others with him are hiding to keep CROSHA away from them. Alpha looks at the group and looks at something else.
"I am going to be in deep trouble if I use it but it is best to keep it sealed," thought Alpha.
"It is all my fault. I should not have joined CROSHA. I should have be in my first job as an electrician," said Cerveau.
"It is not your fault. You did not know what is going on until you find out later. I probably do the same thing in your position," said Alpha.
"Can you please tell us what happened since we are hiding for now," said Lily. Cerveau sighs.
"Mililani as all you know her is actually CROSHA herself. The only thing is she is planning to bring down the Legions and Guardians by reawakening Ceil," said Alpha.
"What are they are planning to do with her?" asked Angel as he is worried something bad is going to happen.
"There is a weapon within space that only can be open with the help of Ceil's DNA which she is alive. By reawaken her and a help from a spell caster like Angel here. The satellite will be awaken and the destruction of earth will begin again," said Alpha.
"So in every means we need to stop her from doing so," said Chorus. Alpha shakes her head.
"You four cannot since she transform you four into projects. Your parents may help along with my parents. I can do whatever I can but that does not guarantee that her plans will fail. It will be devastated if this word gets leak anywhere from the streets to Guardian HQ," said Alpha. Cerveau looks at Alpha in a puzzle look.
"Meaning my uncle will heard about this and go nuts," said Angel, "And probably Prairie as well." Alpha nods.
"What does Prairie has to do with Ceil awakening? I mean she is a nice reploid and all," said Cerveau.
"My father has told me that Prairie used to be Alouette," said Chorus. Cerveau eyes widen.
"Then we must stop CROSHA's plan. If they hurt Alouette I mean Prairie, then it is all over," said Cerveau.
"We are not going to let that happen," said Alpha, "Now lets take the water tunnels and hopefully lost CROSHA in there. I can navigate down there pretty well," said Alpha as she shows a tunnel near her. The group follows. Chorus groans as she looks at her buster.
"I will be not using my buster anytime soon," said Chorus. Cerveau looks at Chorus's buster.
"I can fix it with the right tools but that has to wait I do not have them with me right now," said Cerveau.
"Does emergency kit will work? I carried them just in case if my arm start sparking or use it on a reploid's arm," said Lily. Cerveau looks at Lily.
"Can you bring it out? It will take few minutes," said Cerveau. Lily brings her kit out and opens it. Cerveau take few of the kits and start repairing Chorus's buster. Chorus keeps on the same pace as Cerveau. Lily as well. Few minutes later, Cerveau is finished and Chorus buster looks good as new.
"There it is finished. You be able to shoot fires again," said Cerveau. Chorus looks at Cerveau.
"How did you know my buster is a fire type buster?" asked Chorus. Cerveau looks at Chorus.
"Because I designed it myself. When I make weapons for CROSHA she told me it is for people who she called her soldiers. I take it she has her projects armed all the time," said Cerveau.
"I was not offered a weapon when they made me. Then again they do made me a plant type person," said Lily.
"They made a mistake giving me an energy sword," said Angel. Alpha looks at the back and see if they are all following. She got to the point where she wants to be in. She opens the panel and Harpuia stands near the lid. Alpha moves the lid until someone steps on her fingers.
"Hey Harpuia, what are you doing here? And were is the fire?" asked Axl. Alpha felt the pain and throbbing of her fingers.
"YEEEAAAOOOWWWWW!!" yelled Alpha. Axl heard the noise as well as Harpuia.
"Huh? Did you hear something?" asked Axl as he makes Alpha hands worse in pain by moving.
"I believe you are stepping on someone's hands," said Harpuia. Axl looks down and there was a hand trying to pull the lid up. Axl moved out of the way and Alpha fell back down in serious pain. Chorus got up and move the lid and got up. Axl looks at Chorus.
"Ummm…. Do I know you?" asked Axl. Chorus looks at Axl with dead shot eyes Axl knows who it is.
"Oh sorry Chorus was that your hands I stepped on," said Axl. Chorus looks at Axl again.
"If it was, you will be burn into crisp. However you stepped on someone who was helping us," said Chorus. Angel got out next and Harpuia and Axl looks at Angel.
"What I just came back after few weeks and I get crazy looks already?" asked Angel.
"Just ignore Axl and help out the others ok Angel," said Chorus. Axl and Harpuia looks at Angel on how they change his clothing and looks.
"How did you escape from CRO-" said Axl as he saw Chorus buster points at him.
"Not another word. That bitch has eyes and ears around here," said Chorus. Axl looks at Chorus then saw another person got out. The girl holds her hands as she was in pain.
"So you are the one who stepped in my hands," said Alpha. Axl has a fake smile as he looks at Alpha.
"Yeah I am a klutz," said Axl. Alpha looks at Axl again with not so angry look like before.
"Just be lucky I am not my mother or you will have every homing missile aimed at you," said Alpha.
"She sounds bad as my wife. Then again my wife has the good will of torturing me," said Axl. Another person comes up. Axl and Harpuia does not recognize the guy at all. The guy ignored the looks and helped up Lily. Harpuia sighs of relief seeing his daughter.
"Are you ok Jonathan," said Alpha. Jonathan nods and looks at Alpha with a smile on his face.
"I am fine. Next time if you using me as your landing pad warn me ahead next time," said Jonathan.
"Nice to see you again. Last time I remember you were following my daughter home," said Harpuia as he finally recognize the face. Jonathan puts on a fake smile.
"Uh.. Yeah Mr. Arcadia," said Jonathan. Harpuia smiles to see that he is ok after being with CROSHA. The last person came out of there is Cerveau.
"Are we ok now?" asked Cerveau. Alpha shakes her head. She knows that if they followed them back to school, they can track them all down.
"No I believe not. How persistent that person is. Then we are not out of the woods," said Alpha. Just then an explosion happens and CROSHA in her true form is there with Prometheus and Pandora.
"Shit," said Axl as he has his two guns ready to go against both Prometheus and Pandora. Harpuia also pulled out his weapons. Axl called for backup and hopefully someone respond to him. Harpuia handles Pandora while Axl handles Prometheus. Prometheus fights at Axl without saying a word. Cerveau watch from the background as he sees this fight happen.
"This is all my fault. If I did not went to CROSHA in the begin with, I would not have to worry about my life. I do not have to worry about my talents are going to waste. I would not have to be suppressed by that lady spider," thought Cerveau
"Now to finish what I have started," said CROSHA as she attacks the other four. Lily dodges and Jonathan attacks.
"At first I wanted the job because I felt like my engineering skills finally pays off. Then I make more weapons and more. I was wondering if it was for a good cause. I felt like everything was like back at Resistance HQ. Then I find the darkest layer of CROSHA's lab. Humans turning into humanoids and make them into her slaves of war. When I found this out I wanted to leave but someone shows me a graveyard that it belongs to a human. The human that works for her. Then they show me the scrap yard where reploids were destroyed as well. I was petrified and continue working. I wanted all this dark side to go away but then I know it will never will. If I escape, I am reminded of the horrible things that will do to me. I wish that Ceil will do something to help me. I know she is isolated and they use every information off of me to get to her resting place. Though I only know one half the other half is to Alouette. I am no hero but right now how things are going we do need one," thought Cerveau.
"Can you just die!!" yelled CROSHA to Lily and Jonathan who is being backed up by Angel and Chorus.
"I know with all of this happening I should not even be in CROSHA's hands. I need a miracle," thought Cerveau as he heard a sword swipe on Prometheus and a buster shot on Pandora. Cerveau looks at the person who swiped Prometheus. It is shocking to Cerveau as he sees the one person that he did not expect, Zero.