Chapter 19
Month 10 Day 03
Echo has been sent on his newest mission, to Assassinate the true Schnee head.
Echo arrived to the Guild hall. It was an unassuming cave. The other eleven members sat on their seats. Each seat was higher than the one before. The lower the seat, the lower the rank. Echo's seat was the fourth highest.
"Sorry for being late." Echo said. The other assassins looked at him through their masks.
"Is it your apprentice?" The second asked.
"No. I was just finishing up my last assignment."
"Who was it this time?" Sixth asked.
"A hot shot commander. The Empire doesn't give very interesting missions. But it pays well."
"You'll have to share those stories at a different time. The meeting is going to start." The grandmaster said
"My apologies"
"We have a new mission from our patron. She wants us to kill the true Schnee head. We all know Jacques is a false head. To complete this mission, we'll need someone from seats six and above. There is a time limit for this assassination, the one year anniversary of Whitley Schnee's death." The grandmaster stated.
"I'll take it" Echo said
"You just got back from a mission." Fifth said
"I know, but that was hardly worth my time. I want a real challenge for me and my apprentice."
"You seek to make her thirteenth. Have you told her who our Patron is?"
"Not yet, but she will join us. Trust me."
"If she doesn't, you'll have to kill her." Second said.
"I know."
"Then your request is accepted. Go now fourth. Kill the true Schnee."
"I will head out immediately" Echo said
He got up and left in a flash.
He left the guild hall and saw Jet outside.
"We're going." He said
"Just like that? That was pretty short."
"Do meetings always have to be long?"
"I guess not. Who's our target?"
"Celeste Schnee"
Jet looked at Echo.
"No who's our real target."
"I told you. I do high rank assassinations. You will do lower level missions from mine when you join, but don't worry, lower seats can join higher seats on missions." Echo said.
"I'm not skilled enough to kill a Schnee. What am I going to do?"
"I'll introduce you to Celeste, then tell her you'll be gathering information for me, which is true, just not the type of information that she suspects."
"How are you going to just waltz up to her?"
"She'll greet me with open arms, once she finds out I'm a Jedi." Echo said
"But you're not."
"She doesn't have to know." Echo flashed his lightsaber he took off the Grey Jedi
"Plus, with one of these, I'm not going to be questioned once I flash this a few times."
"So, you do all the fun stuff, and I'm stuck with getting you information."
"Yes"
Month 10 Day 4
Echo got his ride to Atlus. He was using Alliance material to go there. He used the Commander's last order as his way on. The commander "found out" that the Schnee's were going to be under attack soon, to try to get them to leave the Alliance.
He showed just enough to make sure there were no questions, and he knew the proper protocols and the ins and outs.
Echo and Jet were silent for a while until they landed in Atlus. Echo gave a generous tip to the flyer.
"The Alliance thanks you for your hard work." Echo said.
They left towards the Schnee Estate. Getting there was easy, but they were stopped by guards when they got to the very edge of the property.
"Halt! You're on restricted ground!" The head guard said.
"I'm here as Celeste Schnee's guard."
Two dozen guards came out.
"We've heard that more times than you can count. Now, leave! This is your last warning!"
Jet got ready for a fight, but Echo stopped her. He got out the lightsaber and turned it on.
"I am a Grey Jedi. I'm here to protect Celeste Schnee." The guards took a step back. "There is an assassin coming for the Schnee family in less than two months. I am here to stop that."
"Bring him in. He'll meet with the Schnee's"
Echo and Jet were let in, guarded by half a dozen people at any time. They were taken to the office of Jacques Schnee.
Jacques opened the door and brought Echo and Jet in.
"I hear you two are here to protect my wife."
"Correct. We have reason to fear an assassin will be coming here to try to kill your wife."
"What evidence do you have?"
"Here." Echo took out the commander's scroll.
"Recently the Alliance lost a commander in a mysterious event. He feared that something was going to happen to him, so on the night before his death, he gave me this scroll, and sent me here."
"Yes I did hear that. Of course there is no way to verify who you are, or any other thing you've said up to this point."
"Then why did you trust me to come in here?"
"Because even if you do kill me, you'd never get out of this place."
"But what if that wasn't my goal?"
Jacques' eyes narrowed.
"Take that mask off. I don't trust a man who hides his face."
"Alright."
Echo took off his mask, and his white hair popped up. He had a scar over his left eye, and that eye was blind. He was wearing another mask, a face mask covering his mouth.
"What's that about?"
"It would be better for you not to find out. It doesn't look pretty"
"Fine. Let's continue. I know a Jedi. I know him closely, how come he never said anything about you?"
"I'm a grey Jedi. Not a jedi."
"What's the difference?"
"I won't stop just because my enemy's weapon isn't in their hands. Cut off evil wherever it shows itself."
"And what of your friend here?"
"She's here to gather information, and to give advance warning."
"And who does she answer to?"
"Whoever needs that information."
"Both of us then. How do I know you were given this scroll and didn't just take it off a dead body?"
"Why would I come here claiming such an easily disprovable thing like me being there?"
"Don't think for a minute I'm stupid. Do you know who's coming to kill her?"
"Have you heard of the Night Blades?"
"Should I have?"
"I guess most would have forgotten about them, but they were once the largest group of assassins in all of Remnant. They caused the last Great War. There was a schism in the guild and they started killing randomly. The battle that started it all was fought by them. They killed each other until they were destroyed. Or so we thought. It turns out that a small group of them survived the fight and revived the organization. They killed the commander. He figured out they lived."
"Can you take one of them out?"
"Most likely, but if not, I'll give your wife enough time to get to safety"
"I'll keep watch over you, but… if you are telling the truth… welcome." Jacques extended his hand. Echo took it.
"No danger will come to your wife. Thank you for trusting me."
"My wife will probably want to meet you now. She's in the rose garden."
"I'll make my way to her now."
Echo was escorted to the rose garden. There he saw his target. He went up to her, with the guards staying close behind.
She looked up at Echo
"Who are you?"
"I'm your new bodyguard."
"I already have one." Celeste said.
A guard came up and whispered something in her ear.
"Things have changed. You are my new bodyguard."
Echo smiled behind his masks. Eighth did a good job.
"Thank you."
"But who's that?" Celeste pointed to Jet
"She's here to help. You won't see her a lot. She'll be off gathering information."
"Alright, fine, just get those guards out of here."
Echo turned around, and the guards started to leave. He turned to Echo, and she nodded. She left in a flash.
"Now that their gone…" Celeste took out a bottle, and started to chug.
Echo knew how she was going to die. Liver failure. He had just the right poison to deal with that.
"What? I can't have a drink?"
Echo's mask came up to his nose, and he smelled the air.
"It seems like you've had more than one." Echo reached for the bottle, but Celeste hit his hand back.
"I'm mourning." She said
"Depressants aren't normally best suited to deal with depression." Echo said
"Like you would have anything to mourn about." Celeste said dismissively
Echo took off his mask.
"I would say otherwise. I've had this since I was a boy. When an assassin killed my father. Please don't assume things about those who will die for you." Echo put his mask back on.
"I don't know why you would throw away your life for me. Why'd they even hire you?"
Echo flashed the lightsaber. She saw it, then looked away.
"I see. So you're like commander Allusis. A jedi." She poured out the rest of the bottle. "Lot of good you've done."
She got up and Echo followed her. She stopped by a flower and looked at its petals.
"Do you know what plant this is?"
"It's called Lily of the Valley. My mother grew them."
"It's not much, but it's my favorite plant in this garden." She looked at them lovingly.
"I would be careful with them. Make sure no pets eat it. It might kill them."
"I know. Such a small thing having such dire consequences"
She took out a flask, and started drinking it.
"How much alcohol is out here?"
"However much I want."
Echo knew this just got easier, but he had to be careful. That would be his fifth choice of execution. His first was going to take some time, but he had that on his side.
When night fell Echo was led to a room.
"This is where you will be staying." The butler said
"Thank you…"
"My name's Klein."
"I'll be seeing you around Klein." Echo entered the room, and it was small. No wonder. Just a bed, a closet, a dresser, and a shower in a bathroom.
"Home sweet home." Echo said. He went to his bathroom and noticed it had a window facing out of the complex. "They don't think I'll be escaping any time soon. Now it's time to take off this stupid disguise."
Echo went to the mirror, and took out the contact in his left eye, and cleaned off the makeup all over his face. He placed his masks over his face, then left the room. Guards were walking the house.
"Where do the heads of the house sleep?" Echo asked
"You only need to know where Celeste's room is. Follow me. I'll show you to it."
They got to her room, and the guard left. He stood outside the room until Celeste came, drunk.
"What are you doing here?" She asked, almost falling asleep before she entered the room.
"I'm here to guard you. At all times." Echo said
"That's stupid." She said, falling down. Echo caught her. He opened the door and dragged her to her bed.
"You need to go to sleep in your bed." Echo said as he set her down and put her blanket over her.
He left the room and closed the door.
"If she's like this every day, she'll be a huge headache." Echo grabbed a chair, and took out his journal. "Might as well do something to pass the time."
Echo started to write down his backstory for this character, and what he had said. He would have to go over it to make sure he wasn't caught in a lie.
Jet came back.
"What did you find?"
"In a week, our patron will be going to be the guest of honor at the museum."
"What's the event about?"
"Donation of art. There is art from a few hundred years ago that we're going to donate." Jet said
"So we have a week to learn everything we need to about her daily schedule before she goes to a massive party."
"Correct."
"How much did this cost you?"
"Not a lot."
Echo took out a small amount of cash and handed it to Jet.
"Get yourself a drink."
"What's this about?"
"Loyalty. It's what I expect." He took out another Lien. "And get me something"
"Fine." Jet left. She wondered why Echo was acting so different all of a sudden.
Month 10 Day 11
Echo was watching over Celeste. If everything was going to go as planned, this party would get a lot more interesting.
Fleur Noire was talking to Celeste, thanking her for her painting when she noticed Celeste's body guard.
"I see you have a new bodyguard. Is he better than your last one?"
"He's loyal enough. Come, I here you ordered a fine selection of wine for this event."
"That I did. I reserved the best for you Madame."
"Let's open the bottle then." Celeste said. Fleur felt something was about to happen. A waiter walked up to Celeste and had a glass for her. She picked it up, then he dropped his platter. Echo pulled out needles and threw them. Before the waiter was able to pull out his pistol, the needles hit. Echo rushed forward and jumped over the failed assassin. He pulled out the lightsaber and turned it on. The waiter's body dropped to the ground.
"Madame, we need to leave immediately." Echo said.
Celeste agreed.
Fleur didn't feel a strong connection to the force with Celeste's new bodyguard, but he had a lightsaber. She would have to keep a close eye on him. She noticed the bottle wasn't opened yet, so she decided that she would bring it to Celeste Schnee personally.
Everything went as planned. Echo hired the assassin, arranged for him to take the place of an Alliance spy. But he needed no witnesses. Echo told him that he was going to back him up, but he just needed a quick way to get Celeste to trust him more. It was all part of his plan.
"So that's what you did. How'd you know that he'd make it with the pistol in?" Jet asked.
"You figure out many things when you're a guild member." Echo said.
"Don't get cocky. I have heard a few rumors that there are Jedi in Atlus."
"I can trick people into thinking I'm not real even when I stab them. I can handle myself."
"That happened?"
"We don't have enough time for me to tell you that story. Return to me if you find anything of note. I have the next step to start. Our target will die, but to get the date right, I have to be careful."
"Alright."
Echo turned to leave.
"Do me a favor, and take care of the rat." Echo said.
Echo left. An alliance spy started to flee the scene, but jet caught up with him. She made sure he wasn't going to talk to anyone else, but she kept him alive. She dragged him to a safe house, and set everything for her interrogation.
Echo was glad the safe house was sound proof.
Month 10 Day 16
Echo started the next part of his plan. He got into the water systems, to check them for any threat. Of course there were cameras everywhere. He had to be careful. He got out a device to check the water for everything. Besides needing a cleaning, the pipes were good.
He checked the water itself, and made a quick insertion to one of the pipes. He knew who was where when. He just wanted to kill Celeste. The poison was incredibly potent, but wouldn't kill in the dose. He would need to come back every day. The water system went to the rose garden.
Celeste would drink in the garden and be there for hours, then she would continue to drink. She was rarely sober.
By the end of the month, the poison would soak into the plants. The hard part was finding a poison that wouldn't evaporate, be detectable, and would not kill the plant, but would be absorbed by it. He found the perfect poison. His specialty. He loved when he had to go outside the box.
After he was done with the water he went to Celeste's side. Echo was sensing she liked him more. She was going over stories about her life now. She was open.
Echo made sure to say just the right words. He loved this mission.
That was until Fleur Noire came.
"Madame Schnee, My apologize, but we weren't able to drink when we saw each other last time because of that assassin. My deepest apologize about that whole affair."
"It doesn't matter, but it would have been a lot worse without my dear bodyguard."
"Of course. Is he nearby?"
"Yes, just in the other room."
Echo entered the room.
"Madame Noire."
"Hello there." She opened the wine and poured three glasses.
"Let's drink to something different than what we would have before. To our Jedi friend."
"I'm not a jedi. I'm a grey Jedi."
"Little difference." They started to drink, except for Echo.
"You won't drink?"
"I'm still working."
"You can have a drink." Celeste said.
Echo grabbed the glass, and turned around to drink. When he was turned around Fleur got out a stone, then flicked it at Echo. Echo moved his head.
"Nice reflexes." Fleur said.
Echo was glad his sensors were working. He turned around, making sure his masks were on, then placed the glass down.
"Are you testing me or something?"
"Just wanted to see the legendary reflexes of the Jedi."
"Don't try that again, please." Echo said
"I do have a question for you."
"What is it?"
"Why do you use needles as weapons?"
"More accurate than throwing my lightsaber. Plus, they don't expect someone who uses needles to take out a lightsaber do they?"
"I heard that Jedi are able to lift huge rocks and stuff like that."
"That's not all the force can do. Some, like myself have a hard time moving rocks, but I have other talents."
Fleur wasn't very familiar with the Jedi. Kadabra never told her much about them, and she only fought a handful of them before.
She still had her reservations, but she couldn't go any further without threatening to expose herself.
She reserved herself to only observing. She left shortly after.
Echo was glad. She was close to finding out. He was going to have to avoid her.
Later he met up with Jet.
"Did you get all the information yet?"
"Yeah."
"How do you know?"
"Here's the key to his mother's house. It's about ten minutes from here."
"I see. Is he still alive?"
"No. But he did bleed a lot. I spent most of today having to clean up the room."
"How many others suspect us?"
"Only him and the one at the museum. Looks like we're good for now."
"Then my plans can finish up. Inform me of any new information you find."
"Got it." She held out her hand.
"Fifty"
"Here you go" Echo went back to the estate.
For weeks he did the same, slowly poisoning the water in the rose garden. Celeste grew closer to Echo. She gave him one of her rings. She told him to treasure it, so he made himself a necklace with the ring on it.
Echo knew how Ironic it was, her trusted protector was her killer.
Month 11 Day 20
Echo watched over Celeste in the rose garden. He didn't need to add any more poison. All it will take to kill Celeste would be her to prick her finger against a rose. She had started to drink more recently. It was perfect for Echo.
"What do you think of my roses?" Celeste asked.
"I think their beautiful. It's almost as beautiful as you mistress."
"Thank you for the flattery."
She went to pick the rose up. Echo watched as Celeste's thumb hit a thorn. That's it. She was dead. Echo smiled behind his mask. Another successful kill and it was the perfect day to kill her. Ten days from now was all she had. So he would try to make it as peaceful as possible for her.
She dropped the rose. Echo moved to her, but she stopped him. She put her thumb in her mouth, sucking in the tasteless poison in her. Soon her kidney would fail. It would be blamed on her addiction. Echo planned to leave his persona in shame, but then turn the mission in.
"It's nothing. Hardly a drop of blood."
"Sorry for overreacting." Echo said.
"It's nothing, but it's good to see you care." She waved a hand, and a servant came with alcohol and ice. She opened the bottle and poured herself a glass.
"Come now, drink."
"Alright." Echo took off his masks, showing Celeste his face, not his real face, but the one she thought was his. They drank together for a while. She was out drinking him by a lot. He gave up, and put his masks back on. He wasn't drunk. He just wanted to get her to drink more.
"You're done already? I didn't know you were such a light weight."
"Scotch doesn't agree with me." Echo said. Celeste laughed.
"That can't be said for me." She said as she downed another glass.
Echo laughed with her. "That it does." He knew the answer already. "Where are you going today?"
Celeste though about it for a while. "The wine cellar?"
"No."
She thought for a bit longer.
"I have no idea." She said happily
"Winter."
"Yes! My daughter's coming in today! That's right" Celeste said.
She got up, and almost fell back down. Echo held onto her shirt.
"Thanks." She said.
"We need to get going." Echo said
"Just… give me some time to" She held up her finger, then puked. Echo looked over and saw the three empty bottles. He needed a few more for it to be believable.
They started to travel to the air field. Celeste didn't stop drinking.
When they got to the air field they waited for Winter's ship to land. It didn't take long. She landed with her squad leading her out. They watched over her until Celeste came out. Winter went to hug her mother. She waved her squad off. They went to the barracks.
Echo introduced himself.
"You've let my mother drink. That's not a good first impression. The last Jedi I met saved my life for no other reason than it was in danger."
"I see you have some harsh criticism for me. But you're right. My most profound apologize. I just don't know how to get her to stop."
"At least you take blame. You have no idea how many don't."
They went back to the house. Celeste hide from Winter in the wine cellar. She got there when Echo was talking to Winter about security. When they turned to around they saw she was gone.
"You've got to be kidding me." Winter said.
"She's probably in the wine cellar."
"After we get her out of it, we need to station a guard there."
Echo didn't say anything. He hoped she drank a lot down there. Especially since she should be feeling sick about now.
They opened the door and found her. She was on the floor holding onto her stomach. Winter ran up to her and felt her head.
"She has a fever." Winter said with a sigh.
"Let's get her out of here." Echo grabbed her. Winter followed them to her mother's room.
Echo placed her down in her bed.
"Thank you" She said
"I don't like this." Winter said.
"It's just a cold. It'll pass." Echo said. He knew it was a lie, but no one else needed to know that.
Winter left the room. Echo took off his mask and whispered in Celeste's ear.
"Your death is sealed." Echo kissed her "With a kiss."
Month 11 Day 30
Celeste's condition got worse. Now she was in the hospital. They didn't tell Weiss or Karel until they landed. They rushed to her hospital room.
"It's Alcohol poisoning." Winter said.
Blair Cielo stood in the corner of the room. Karel turned to him.
"What happened?"
"She drank too much for her. It killed her kidney. I'm sorry."
Weiss was mad at him. "My mother is dying because of you."
"Weiss, Enough." Winter said
"Sorry."
"We couldn't stop it. It was too late."
Weiss calmed down.
Celeste woke up. She held her arm out to her children.
"I love you three." She looked at Weiss, Winter, and Karel.
"We love you mom." Weiss said.
"Good." She closed her eyes.
Echo knew those were going to be her last words. A few minutes later, Celeste past on.
Jacques entered the room after her death.
"Am I too late?" he asked.
Karel nodded his head. Jacques cursed. He had a folder in his hand.
"What's that?"
"This proves my wife was murdered."
Echo tensed up at that line. He was sure he covered his tracks… except for…
"She picked up a rose the day she died. I had her garden tested, and found it everything was covered with a poison"
Echo calmed down. They couldn't prove it was him.
"How's that possible. I checked the water every day. There was mothing"
"Yes, it was nothing. Everyday there was a small amount. I had that garden tested to see what plants should be planted there, but there was something odd. Each week it came back with small amounts of toxicity. Only someone with access to the water could have done this."
"Are you accusing me of this?" Echo said. He moved closer to Jacques, but his target was the door. He sent out the signal jet was looking for. She started to fly to the hospital.
"Something odd came up when I looked you up. No record of you, not even with the grey jedi came up."
"How do you have access to those?" Echo asked. He saw Karel go for his lightsaber.
"I have many ways."
"So you think I murdered her?" Echo looked at the ground, but he was secretly grabbing his needles.
"I think you did."
"You're right."
Echo said. He tossed his needles, hitting Jacques in his knees. He wouldn't be following him. He slammed open the door then started running. He tossed smoke bombs behind him. Karel was chasing him.
Winter stayed behind, calling her squad in seal off the exits. Weiss looked at her sister.
"Go. I've got to handle things here." Winter said. Weiss ran off.
Karel sent a force push at Echo, but he ducked into a room to avoid it. The patient looked scared.
"Have a good stay." He said as he exited the room. Karel used the force to close the door.
He had to turn off his lightsaber as Echo started tossing anything he could from the hospital at Karel.
Karel jumped over a computer and sidestepped a food cart.
Echo ran up the hospital. It took Karel a few seconds to figure out what he was planning.
"Weiss, run along side the hospital. It'll get you to the roof as fast as possible. She turned back to her mother's room.
"Winter, I'm going to need your help."
"Got it." Weiss jumped out of the window, and Winter got her Glyphs to move her up. She landed on the roof when Echo opened the door. Weiss fired Ice dust at him, stopping him from moving forward. Karel got to the roof shortly after.
"You're done for." Weiss said
Echo moved to the edge of the roof.
"It's nice to see you all again."
"Who are you? Why'd you do this?" Karel asked.
"We met at Pare. Do you forget? As for why, well, I think you already know why."
Echo jumped off the roof of the hospital. Jet opened the doors for him. He fell into the ship with a Roll. Karel watched as it flew off. He couldn't do anything.
"How'd everything go?" Jet asked as Echo took the seat next to her.
"It went well. She just died."
"Now we have to get back to the guild hall."
"Yes. You're going to be the thirteenth member. As long as you accept our patron."
"Who's that?"
"They call her Salem."
Karel went back to Celeste's room. The hospital was a mess. The nurses did their best to calm everyone down, and soon the military came in.
Weiss sat down next to him.
"We failed."
"We did." Weiss looked down.
Winter came in.
"Father's going to be fine, but the killer did damage. His knee won't be like it used to. He'll have to use a cane from now on." Winter sat down in a chair.
"We came here to remember one death, but we lose another person instead." Karel said.
Year 1 Month 0 Day 1
News quickly broke out. In one year's time two Schnee's were murdered. Weiss swore vengeance on Echo. If she saw him, she would kill him.
"We're going to be here longer. We need to be here for mom's funeral." Weiss said.
"I know. Do you think she saw Whitley?"
"No. She was talking about you." Weiss said.
"I fear this War is a long way from ending." Karel was quiet for a bit. "After I get back, I'll be deployed again."
"Did you fill your units back up?"
"Mostly, but we're going to have more than a few droids."
Winter entered the room.
"I have good news."
"What is it?"
"I'll be moving legions."
"Which one will you be moving to?"
Winter handed Karel a request form.
"Yours, if you'll take me."
Karel signed his name on the form.
"Approved. Will you be bringing your squad with you?"
"I hope to."
"Done. We can replace droids with your men." Karel said
"Karel. Thank you."
Karel got up. "No problem"
Winter saluted him. He saluted back.
Winter talked to Ironwood.
"Sir, please move me to Legion 122."
"This is abrupt. What's going on?"
"Sir, I believe he's going to need friends by him at this time. He's like my little brother."
"Is this just for him?"
"No sir. I need someone now too."
Year 1 Month 0 Day 13
The funeral passed, and so did their leave. Karel took the others back with him to Vale. Bora met them when they landed.
"I heard what happened. I'm so sorry."
"Thank you." Weiss said.
Bora and Weiss walked off together. Karel got a call from Roni.
"We've got a new assignment for you. If you'll accept it."
"Where to?"
"Hopefully it won't be a Pare. You have an easy mission, and you're returning to a place."
"Menagerie?"
"Correct. The mission involves testing a new droid out. If it works then it will change the face of the island forever."
Roni sent over blueprints of the droid. It would turn the desert into a forest.
"If we get this started…"
"It would repay the Faunas for the first great war."
Echo entered the guild hall with Jet.
"Fourth, we heard of your success, but you were found out." Second said.
"I didn't need the character anymore." Echo got in his chair.
"We have decided that your apprentice will become the thirteenth chair. Bring her in." Second said.
Echo got Jet.
"Has fourth told you about us?"
"Yes."
"And you accept our patron?"
"Yes."
"Take your chair then, and adorn your mask."
Jet took her seat, and found a mask on the seat. It was a plain white mask. She looked at everyone.
"You will paint this mask with the blood of your kills. Make any design you want with it." Third said.
Jet bowed.
"Thirteenth, you will no longer bow. You are greater than that." Echo said.
"I understand."
"Come here." First said. Jet came to his chair.
"Extend your hand." First got up, and jumped to the ground. First grabbed Jet's hand, and placed his hand above hers. She felt a sting of pain as First moved his hand away. There was a symbol on it.
"This symbol will allow you to teleport here. It is a gift that our patron has given us."
"Thank you." First went back to his chair. Blood came off her hand. The symbol disappeared.
Jet took her seat.
"We now leave this meeting. Return to your mission." Second said.
Jet placed her mask on. She looked at Echo, and saw his mask was completely red.
Author's notes: That's the end of the first Year!
Month 0 is July.
That's an Echo Chapter. There weren't that many plot twists, but they weren't needed for this chapter.
Thanks for reading this story. It means a lot to me. Thank you all.
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