Sorry for another delay! New semester has already started this week and I've got three assignments waiting already! Anyways, thanks maestroenanime for the review!

Here's the second chapter!

World Reset

Chapter 2 – The Betrayal

It was early in the morning, but the Hunter Camp was more lively than usual. Most of the Hunters were gathering in the 04 building where the transerver was along with the big screen for important transmissions. The two top Hunters were still in their room, with Ashe still trying to wake up Grey after knowing about the recent transmission.

"Come on, Grey!" Ashe was pulling Grey's cables, but the Reploid refused to get off from his bed, "Grey, it's not the time for fooling around! This is very important and I'm very serious when I say it's very important!"

"Alright, just stop pulling on my cables!" Grey turned to Ashe with tired eyes, "You'd better not wake me up so you can ace me in another card game!"

Ashe let out a sigh, "You're still on about that? I told you that it's not my fault that got some good cards!"

"Can you just get to the point about this 'very important' thing!?" Grey asked angrily before sitting up on his bed.

"It's Master Mikhail, and he needs both of us to see some important footage taken yesterday," Ashe said as she saw Grey getting off his bed and stretching his arms, "I think he said it was something about Master Thomas. The transmission is still on, so let's just go and ask him about the details."

"Alright, let's head to the 04 building," Grey lazily motioned for Ashe to come with him as he walked pass by her.

The two top Hunters went out of the 00 building and headed out towards the 04 building, where the other Hunters were. The face of the Sage Trinity member was on the big screen next to the transerver, waiting for the silver-haired Hunters to come. Ashe and Grey walked over to the screen, noticed by the Sage Trinity member, "Ah, there you two are!"

"So," Ashe started, "What were you saying about Master Thomas earlier?"

"Is that how you're supposed to talk to a higher-up?" Grey asked, while Ashe ignored him completely as her eyes were fixed on the screen.

"About Thomas…" Mikhail hesitated for a moment before continuing, "I'm afraid that he's betrayed us…"

"What!?" Ashe and Grey said in disbelief, getting the attention of the other few Hunters in the room.

"Yes," Mikhail nodded, "I still can't believe what he had said either, but I still have the footage from the security camera in the room if you want to see it."

"Please Master Mikhail!" Grey pleaded, "Let us see it! Let see if Master Thomas has truly betrayed us!"

Mikhail hesitated once more, before nodding and his face disappeared from the screen. The footage of the room in the top floor of the Legion HQ came into sight, along with the two remaining Sage Trinity members. Thomas was looking out at the buildings around the HQ through the glass window, while Mikhail was looking through the data on the popup screen in front of him.

"… To bring new life into the world, eh?" Thomas suddenly spoke up, breaking the silence in the room.

"In the mission report from Ashe and Grey about their mission against Albert… They said that Albert had said some outrageous things," Mikhail spoke up, his eyes still fixed on the popup screen.

"Mikhail… Do you think it presumptuous for us to give birth to new life?" Thomas continued, getting the attention from his fellow Sage Trinity member.

Mikhail looked up from the screen and turned to the red-haired man, who still had his back turned to him, "How absurd… Thomas, you couldn't possibly hold fast to such foolish imaginings."

Mikhail was about to turn back to the screen again and turned back to the red-haired man when Thomas spoke up once more, "There are laws that give equality to Humans and Reploids, correct? Don't you remember? Those were passed because Albert and I agreed on them."

Mikhail closed the popup screen and turned to the man once more, "W-What are you saying?"

Thomas turned to Mikhail with a slight frown on his face, "Give humans robotic bodies, and give Reploids mortality. So, where do you think the Human bodies for the Reploids are?" Thomas walked a few steps closer to Mikhail before continuing with his voice raised, "What do you think happened to the original Reploid data from before we gave them mortality?"

Four people teleported into the room, standing in front of Thomas as they turned to look at Mikhail with their glowing red eyes. The Hunters gasped as they recognized the four people standing in front of Thomas. Mikhail took a few steps back in horror, looking at his fellow Sage Trinity member along with the four people familiar to him.

"Thomas… You…!" Mikhail spoke up, still in a shocked state.

Thomas closed his eyes and let out a smile, "Albert was wrong, so I helped the Hunters. But I do think he was right about one thing," Mikhail saw as Thomas had reopened his eyes and the smile on his face turned into an evil one as the four people walked closer towards him, "This world needs to be reset."

The screen faded into black before Mikhail's face came back to the screen, "That's what happened…"

"No way…" Ashe said in disbelief before turning to Grey, who still had a shocked look on his face, "But didn't those four joined the Guardians two years ago? Why are they now working for Thomas?"

"Honestly, I'm not sure if we can consider them our allies anymore…" Grey lowered his head and curled his hands into fists, "Darn it! After we've finally had our peace in two short years…"

"Yes, but Thomas' actions had been more suspicious since last year," Mikhail spoke up once more, regaining the attention of the two Hunters, "He was mostly gone from morning until late at noon, but the information about his locations during those times wasn't in the Legion HQ's records. Everything about what he's been doing or where he's been is gone, as if it had been erased without me knowing."

"Maybe it is erased…" Grey concluded, "Master Mikhail! We're going to find out more about those four Chosen Ones! If we can find out about them, maybe we can keep track on what Master Thomas has been doing all this time!"

Mikhail nodded at the Hunters, "I'm counting on you, Ashe, Grey," Mikhail cut the transmission before Ashe turned to Grey.

"So, what's the plan? How are you going to find out about those four?" Ashe asked, feeling clueless.

"If those four had joined the Guardians," Grey turned to Ashe, "we should ask the Guardians about them!"