Chapter 13: Confidences and tensions.
Once they climbed over the airport fence, the two women started looking around for some vehicle to use to reach the city.
"Well, we're out of the airport. But now how do we get to town?"
"It seems obvious to me, we get a means."
"Okay, but try to be careful. The special forces are still present in the area, and if they locate us we are dead!"
Ayano started to answer her but the lights of a pair of headlights and a horn put her on alert. She turned and saw a bus stopped nearby.
"Quick, get on board!" Urged the driver, who was none other than Kate.
Obviously the two girls did not have it repeated and went on board, where they also found Yukiya.
"Take a seat, young ladies. This trip is offered to you by the Yukiya-Kate Bus Company!" The latter said jokingly.
After sitting down, they both heaved a sigh of relief.
"Where did you get this vehicle?" Asked the swordswoman.
"In a parking lot nearby." Meryl replied.
"Fine, but where are we going now?"
"I really have no idea ..."
"For now let's get out of here, we'll decide along the way."
After a while the bus started. Ayano settled into the seat better and looked out the window.
What powers will I have obtained from the bear?
She wondered, looking at one hand.
Well, the best way to find out is to test them in battle ... There is no other solution.
Yukiya ... your name is that, isn't it?" Sophie asked.
"Yes." He replied.
"Where are you from?"
"From the Amsterdam ghetto."
" The place where you born and raised?"
"Yes, like many others, including Ryo and Ayano."
"It wasn't your easy life, right?"
"It was a nightmare. We lived in misery, the Europeans discriminated against us."
"I know how it feels."
"This is not true ... You have never been discriminated against for your ethnicity, nor have you ever lived in poverty. Your appearance is proof of this."
"But I know what it's like to lose a loved one."
"What do you mean?"
"I had a husband ... Takeru, your compatriot. My great love."
"And what happened to him?"
"He was in a coma because of a bad brainwave experiment. Leila…" She clenched her hand into a fist, nervous.
"What did she do?"
"It forced me to unplug it. She said he would never recover and that his agony was not worth prolonging."
"And you didn't object?"
"She controlled my mind through the apple. I could not object in any way."
"Terrifying, when your mind is maneuvered by another person."
"Yeah..."
"And now you want to take revenge?"
"Obviously ... I won't have peace until Leila has exhaled her last breath!"
"Has it always been like this?"
"No ... Before, she was a altruistic and courageous girl with a noble soul. But ever since she got hold of that scepter she has become ... A kind of monster."
"You could have persuaded her to get rid of the scepter."
"What do you think I did? But she didn't pay attention to me! She was obsessed with that scepter!"
"I'm not surprised, from what I understand it allows you not only to control the minds of others but also to kill a person in an instant."
"And that's good in your opinion?"
"It depends on who owns the scepter."
"Wrong answer! That object corrupts anyone who owns it, regardless of its nature. It is extremely dangerous."
"Do you have much longer with these speeches?" Ayano asked them, evidently annoyed.
"Look, nobody forces you to listen." Said the scientist.
"My ears force me."
"Well, you can always tap them!"
"Now don't start again you two!" Kate scolded.
The two women glared at each other for a while, then looked away from each other.
"This is not the time to slaughter each other, Leila is the enemy! If she were here she would laugh at you! "She added.
At those words the swordswoman assumed a dark expression.
I will kill her ... And after doing it I will take the apple!
She think.