There, she saw the face of the hero. There, she saw the face of the demon. There, she saw the face of The Ghost.
I am so high
I can hear heaven
"It's not over, Not Yet, Tori" She heard Jade's voice, as she jumped up.
"Jade?" She yelled,
"Easy there hotshot," Helena said,
Tori noticed Helena seated in the chair in front of her. She looks around and discovers herself in a bed. "This is Ghost's house, we're back?" she wonders. She remembers the fight she fought against the knight, She did it, She avenged Jade.
I am so high.
I can hear heaven
She remembers seeing Jade, and how real the touch felt, now she is experiencing the agony of losing her all over again; why isn't it going away? She has already exacted her vengeance.
"How long has it been?" She asked,
"A day, almost." Helena answered,
"I've never seen Ghost so broken, He didn't cry but I saw the worry in his eyes. He cares for you," she added.
"He cares about all of us because we are the only ones left to him," Tori explained.
"That is what he does, and he never leaves a man behind. He carried you to safety. We took down the shadows, Alex is injured tho, though Doc said he is gonna lose his left leg. You however were lucky enough that you didn't bleed to death, that was a serious wound."
But heaven
No heaven don't hear me
Tori looked at her wound, never in a million years she had ever thought she would be able to endure this level of physical pain, but she did, and she didn't even flinch a little, because of her, Jade.
"She would be proud of you , you know?" Helena said.
"No she would not be, she would never want me to be like this, be what I am now, I am filled with nothing but vengeance, but I could not let her killers go unpunished," Tori said as she looked around to find her mask.
"Where is my mask, Helena?" Tori asked,
"Ghost took it," Helena answered.
And they say that a hero can save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
"Why?"
"He.. he doesn't want you to be in the team anymore."
"Wh.. what?"
"I mean, you are finished. Right? You already killed the one who killed your Jade. Ghost said you don't have to fight anymore. Why would you want to help us now? You have already got what you wanted. Blood for blood."
"I know I've got my revenge, but Templar was just a pawn, Catherine said she started the shadows with a man named Jonathan Irons, He is the one responsible for Jade's death. I am going to talk to Ghost."
"Wait, you need rest, Tori."
"No, I am not slowing you down, we have to make a move on the Shadows as soon as we can. Where is he?"
"I don't know, he got out after you were stable enough, and still hasn't returned to check on you."
I'll hold on to the wings of the eagles
Watch as we all fly away
Tori got up, it still hurts a little on the wound but she walks it off.
It didn't take her long to find the masked demon, who was sitting alone on the garden bench behind the house, staring at the moon.
"Ghost? Why did you take my mask?"
" Revenge is like a ghost, it takes over every man it touches. Until the last man standing has fallen," he said.
"I had already failed Jade Tori, if you had died, I would've failed again."
"You think I would die if I keep doing this?" Tori asked
"No, I think you want to die," he answered.
"Ghost, you and I both know, Jade would have wanted to save those kids as she saved you. How can I backup from helping you then?"
Ghost responds with a tired sigh. He gives her the mask back.
"Why did you stop me when I was about to shoot the other knight? Who was she?" Tori asked.
Ghost looked back at the moon.
"I had a promise to keep Tori."
That answered Tori's every question. Why Ghost was trying so hard to find the shadows...
The girl, who was made off Jade's DNA.
"What did they do to her Ghost?"
"They did to her what they would have done to us: they turned her into an unstoppable soulless killer who would stop at nothing to complete her mission."
"Ghost, if Jade wanted you to protect her, then I am going to help you too. I am not backing away from the fight," she said.
"How can we find them then? The last thing Catherine said was "Phoenix" What the hell does that mean?" Ghost said frustrated.
"Phoenix." Tori thinks.
Someone told me
love would all save us
"So, is that eagle statue made of Gold or something? The way it's locked in glass." Tori asked,
Jade chuckled.
"You never heard of a Phoenix, huh? It's a mythical creature. it dies in a show of flames and combustion, and from the ashes, a new one emerges. I find it special because I can relate to it, forgetting my past life, choosing a new one." she answered.
"It's your mother's office. Isn't it? That's why you keep it so clean and tidy." Tori asked.
Jade nodded.
But how can that be,
look what love gave us.
Now she's back where it all began, where she lost everything... she walks slowly into the house, but she's not alone, she looks to her side, and the demon nods.
"We can do it, Tori," he assured her.
Hope.
They proceed upstairs. The office is directly in front of Jade's room, she looks at the floor, where she found her.
"I have to be strong, for her."
A world full of killing, and blood-spilling
That world never came.
Tori examines the phoenix's left eye as they stand in front of it. They hear a screeching noise as the bookshelf behind the statue moves as she pushes it in. A staircase leading down is visible. They go down and discover a laboratory filled with scientific equipment and files, as well as a large number of boxes containing documents. Catherine's secret laboratory.
"This is it, Search the whole place up."
They search it for hours, reading through every document they find until Tori finds the file named "Phoenix.". She reads it slowly, silently, while Ghost was busy looking for other clues. The program was originally named "Project Phoenix." She goes through the pages, reading information about all those kids who were used in the first project, they didn't have any names, they had numbers, 136, fast, efficient, good in close quarter combat, also a good marksman, definitely John, the picture looked like a younger version of him. 137 excellent marksman, but not good enough in close combat, she looks at the picture, light brown eyes, shorter hair, Helena. 138, the fastest of them, has a better IQ, and is the brain of the team, but has a lot of point reduction for not following orders, Roach, is still the same. 139 and 140 must've been Farah and Alex, Tori hasn't chatted with them enough to know anything personal about them, then finally, 141. There was no picture tho.
"That was Ghost." she thinks, she moves her eyes through the words on the page,
And they say that a hero can save us.
I'm not gonna stand here and wait.
"141 is the most suitable candidate of them, Tests show efficient behaviour in hazardous situations, turning a scalpel into a sword. He was the first kid I chose to take away. The plan however didn't go according, His father was a brave one, he found us, so we did what we had to do. We didn't kill him. I didn't let them. Instead, we had to imprison him and his family, in Shadow F-02.
141's combat abilities are heavily influenced by his surroundings; he uses objects to his advantage and allows his opponent to hit him first so he can hit back harder. However out of all those kids, I feel attached to him, I guess my long wish of having a son is affecting me. That's why I am hesitant to use the 3rd augmentation on him, But I can still use him, I can create a clone using his and Jade's DNA. Maybe I can finally create the soldier the world needs. Must test further."
Emma wasn't created using Jade's DNA, Catherine used Ghost's too.
Tori finally goes to the next page.
Verdansk- F-01
Every detail of the base is in there,
Next page
Iceland -F-02
The next one
Cuba- F-03
she keeps going from one page to another, finding 12 different bases scattered all around the world and finally, she finds the mother base.
Pripyat-F-00
"Ghost.." She called.
"Got anything?" He asked.
"You should look it yourself."
The demon took the file, minutes passed, and he reads through every detail.
"Call in West. We have a job to do."
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles.
Watch as they all fly away.
Ghost looks at the suit hanging in his basement.
The suit was made for a Ghost, this is the suit he wore escaping verdansk, with the help of Jade, His eyes go back to the mask, he has in his hands. Jade made the mask herself and gave it to him to make him a beacon of hope. She believed in him, He won't let her down.
Now that the world isn't ending
It's love that I'm sending to you.
"This is it Jade. We found them, the locations." Tori says as she finds herself back in front of Jade's grave.
"It will be a war, I might not make it, if there is an afterlife, I know I will find you there, if there isn't, I will end up here, right beside you, sleeping together, for eternity."
It isn't the love of a hero
And that's why I fear it won't do.
"The world will remember us, for this. We Will Kill Them All."
And they say that a hero can save us.
I'm not gonna stand here and wait.
Ghost wears the suit, and the old mask Jade gave him.
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles.
Watch as they all fly away.
John looks at his wife and child's photo.
"I am coming home, soon."
And they're watching us
Watching us
Helena picks her favourite sniper the AW50.
They're watching us
Watching us
"As long as I can stand, I will fight," Alex says wearing the prosthetic leg.
As they all fly away
"I won't stop you, Alex, no one can," Farah said giving him his mask.
And they're watching us
Watching us
Roach loads in the EMP at the truck and sighs.
"This is it. A chance that we can't afford to miss," he says to himself.
They're watching us
Watching us
West gets ready to join the war, he won't stand behind a large screen like a coward, he will go in the front like a Ghost.
As they all fly away
Tori leaves the locket hanging on Jade's gravestone, as a last gift to her, if she doesn't return.
And they're watching us
Watching us
Tori takes one of the armoured suits West sent for all of them.
They're watching us
Watching us
The armour makes her more durable, She looks at her mask,
The mask makes her invincible. She takes a deep breath as she wears it for one last fight.
As they all fly away
The lyrics were from "Hero- Nickelback"
Your friendly demon is here again,The final 6 chapters will be released together, so it's gonna take some time.