Endgame

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Chapter 14: Offer

The masked fighter sat against a tree, his head tilted back and looking up at the sky. As he sat there, the he started to think of what memories he had. The most recent was just walking up on his back in the middle of a forest with this gear and knowing all of these fighting moves. Yet, those didn't truly help him remember his true identity. He did have some memories. Laughing with some other people...working on some program...a girl. All of those people form those scattered bits of memory were those he had encountered, but they didn't know him. He could have easily removed his mask and showed them his true face, but what if they were his enemies? What if they wanted to get rid of him? What if...? He stopped as he said to himself, "Maybe one day, I'll find my identity."

Just then, he heard a noise from the trees. He quickly got to his feet and placed his hand to the hilt of his scimitar. He looked to his left and right, waiting for trouble to come. Just then, a barrage of lasers erupted from the trees, heading for him. He rolled to the side as the blasts narrowly missed him. As he got up, the cause of the attack came into view. Five robots, three with wrist blasters and two without appeared on either side of him. "So," he began," has your master XANA seen me as an enemy?" Another machine then fired another barrage of lasers. The fighter jumped into the air and threw two surikens into its head. The machine dropped to the ground as the fighter also dropped to the ground and said, "I guess so."

A machine without then charged him, its fist raised for an attack. The fighter drew his scimitar and slashed of its arm. He then impaled it with his blade as it shut off. Another one prepared to fire from its arm cannons. The fighter then grabbed the arm he cut of from the other one and tossed it towards it. The machine exploded as the arm went threw its power core. Another machine that was also about to fire feel as the fighter cut it down the middle in a quick slash of the sword. The last machine was behind him, its fist ready to finish him off. As it brought its fist down, the fighter did a hard kick straight at its head, knocking it off and deactivating the machine.

"When will I get a challenge?" he asked himself as he sheathed his blade. "Maybe I can supply that." A voice said from behind him. The fighter turned around and saw Herb standing near a tree. "Do I need to take you down too?" he asked, his hand moving towards his scimitars' hilt. "Before you kill me," Herb began," I'd like too talk to you." "About what?" the fighter asked. "Oh, I don't know," Herb began with a sarcastic tone," the weather. Sports. Information about yourself." Upon hearing this, the fighter lowered his hand from the hilt and asked," What?"

"It appears as though I have brought up a worthwhile topic." Herb said with delight. "Just tell me what you know about myself." "Very well," Herb began," I will know piece together your memories. Some of them may not be pretty, but I guess you wouldn't really care." Just then, the environment all around them began to change. A large building appeared in the background as trees and flowers also appeared. A cloudless sky allowed a sun to beam light freely down on the ground.

"What is this place?" the fighter asked. "Why, this is where you are from. It is called Earth." Herb said. "Earth." The fighter replied as he put his hand towards a tree. He then received a certain feeling in his hand. He pulled his hand away, but put it back, running it up and down the tree. "What is this sensation?" he asked. "It is called touch," Herb said," I have manipulated your mind to recreate it. But, back on Earth, you would have this sensation all the time." "Amazing." The fighter said as he continued to move his hand along the tree.

"Of course," Herb began," that wouldn't have lasted long." The fighter removed his hand from the tree and turned to Herb, asking," What do you mean?" "Look over there." Herb said, pointing in front of them. The fighter looked in that direction to see three people sitting on a bench talking to each other. "Them!" he said in shock in recognizing them. "Yes," Herb said," the three you lead to that building." "What do that have to do with this?" "They were the ones, who destroyed your life," Herb started," you see, they were once your allies, along with that pink haired girl called Aelita. One day, they discovered that you knew the location to that building, the one that had the power they needed to defeat XANA. But, you wouldn't tell them, fearing they would become evil. Embroiled with hatred, they send you into this world. Also, they got Aelita to erase your memories, so you wouldn't remember who you were, but you would know the way to the structure. XANA, however, felt remorse towards you, and tried to save your memories, but failed. Now, they have the power, and will soon use it to destroy this." Herb said, motioning his hand over the area. "No." the fighter as he placed his hand back towards the tree, but the simulated world disappeared.

The fighter then turned towards Herb. Though he couldn't see through the fighter's hat, he could tell he had a look of anger and hatred. "Where can I find them?" the fighter asked. Herb then snapped his fingers, causing Nicholas to appear from the trees. "They are heading towards the polar region of this world. I will have Nicholas to show you the way." Herb said. "Lets get going. I bet you want stop them before they get stronger." Nicholas said. "Very well." The fighter replied. With that, the two went off towards the polar region.

As Herb stood looking off into the distance, he felt arms over his solders. A voice whispered in his ear," Does he suspect anything?" "Nothing to worry about, Sissy. He doesn't." Herb replied. "Victory is so close at hand." She said. "Quite right," Herb said," we have them kill each other and its victory for XANA." Sissy then softly kissed his neck and said," We better go. XANA grows impatient." Herb turned to her and said," Yes. We better show him what our we can attribute for him." With that, they walked of in an opposite direction.

What are Herb and Sissy planning? Will this mysterious fighter finish off the group? Find out in Chapter 15!