Chapter. 5

"Idiots, all of them." Ren stepped into the lift and rode it up. "The sage put me in the week Lance caught the virus. It's been three days now, if he doesn't have the virus now, he will soon." Ren rode the lift to the roof, he stepped off and looked up to the clouds. "What do I do mom?" Ren took a seat on the ledge and looked over the people working.

The door to the roof opened and Lance stepped out. "You okay Ren?"

"Go away Lance."

"Thought I wasn't meant to be alone." Lance stood beside Ren. "You want to talk?"

"Nothing to talk about."

"I get it, you want to save your home, but we don't really know if Torri is the cause of the virus."

"And if she is?"

"We have Paylor looking into it, he'll find it if something is up. ugh." Lance raised his hand to his forehead. Ren glanced up to Lance. "I'm fine. you're parents wouldn't stop grilling me and my girlfriend." Lance took a seat beside Ren. "So what happened to Alisa in your time?"

"Mother said she was the first you killed."

"Oh." Lance lowered his gaze. "That's, ah..." Lance sighed and stood up. "I'll leave you be then."

Ren watched as lance left the roof. "It's time."

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Over the next two days Lance and Alisa taught Torri how to speak while Paylor studying her. Ren kept his distance and watched Lance's movement for any signs of the virus. In the lab Alisa and Torri were drawing while Lance was reading.

Torri put down her colored pencil and looked to Alisa. "I'm hungry."

"Okay." Alisa reached for a bucket beside her, she looked inside to find one core. "Lance. Torri is out of food." Alisa grabbed the core and gave it to Torri.

"All right, I'll make a milk run." Lance put his book down and stood up, on his feet Lance rubbed his forehead.

"You okay?" Asked Alisa. "Just a little headache from reading too much. I'll be back soon." Lance waved to the two and left.

Out in the hall Lance found Ren standing in his way. "I heard what you said."

"I said you need to stop fallowing me. Now move I need to get Torri some food."

"I'm going too."

"Do as you wish." Lance shoved Ren aside to go to the lift. The Gods Eaters took a chopper to the wailing plains, Lance's head still ached.

Ren noticed it was getting worse. "Pilot turn back!"

"Keep going!" Lance glared at Ren with one hand covering half his face. "I have a job to do and it will be done."

"But you have the virus, the first sign in right there!"

"I'll go get checked out when we get back, happy?"

"Good." the chopper arrived in the plains, Lance and Ren jumped out into the rain. Lance gave Ren a signal to follow, the two circled around the tornado and found eight chi-yous watching two others fighting. "The hell are they doing?"

"Looks like a fight club. Winner becomes head of the pack."

Ren stepped back and took out his phone. "We need to call for back up. I'll get, hey wait!"

Lance took off in a dead sprint for the chi-yous. He jumped at the first one and cut both it's arms off. When he landed Lance swung his arc to his right to cut off the legs of the second. the third chi-you punched at lance, who's left arc changed into beast mode and ate the chi-you's fist.

When the next chi-you attacked Lance's right arc switched to gun mode, he impaled the chi-you with the arc and fired into it's chest until it fell. Both of Lance's arcs changed back to sword mode as he ducked under another chi-you's arm.

Lance stabbed the aragami in the ribs and dragged it down. Lance stood on it's back and used the hook on his right arc to behead it. The next chi-you reached down to grab lance, the new type stabbed the chi-you in the palms then spun around to cut it in half. Lance changed his arcs to gun mode and fired at the last chi-you until it stopped moving.

With all the aragami dead Lance collected the cores. Ren walked through the carnage, he looked to Lance dropped his arcs to hold his head. "Lance we need to go now."

"Shut the hell up!" Lance spun to Ren, his eyes were bloodshot. "All you talk about is your damn future. I'm getting sick of it!"

"Lance you're infected!" Lance dropped to his knees and cried out in pain. Ren stood over lance and pointed his mother's arc to his head. "I'm sorry Lance. I can't let you destroy everything." Ren pulled the trigger and shot Lance in the forehead. He fell back and laid motionless in the mud. "Some sacrifices have to be made. somethings can't be changed. your death destroyed my world, now it'll save it."

Ren closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Ren reopened them and looked around. "Why isn't it working?" Ren kneeled down to examine Lance, he placed his fingers on the Gods Eater's neck for a pulse.

Lance's hand shot up and latched onto Ren's face. Ren dropped his arcs and held onto Lance's arm as he was shoved to the ground. Lance held Ren by his collar and repeatedly punched him in the face. Ren swung his leg and kicked Lance in the back of the head. As Lance was stunned Ren shoved him off then crawled for his god arcs.

Lance grabbed Ren by his leg and swung him away. Ren slide along the mud until he hit a building, he shook his head to clean his vision to see Lance ran towards him. Ren grabbed a hand full of mud and threw it into Lance's face. Ren stood up and tackled him down then ran for his god arcs.

Ren grabbed his old type arc and shot Lance in the chest. Lance stopped and held his chest for a moment but kept going. "What is this? the virus never acted this fast!" Ren fired again and hit lance in the leg.

Lance didn't stop moving. Ren held his god arc to his right and swung it. Lance grabbed the arc as it hit him in the ribs, he swung it around to slam Ren to the ground then raised over his head.

Ren grabbed his other arc and deployed the shield to block the gun barrel coming at him.

Lance kicked Ren's right arm and his god arc fell aside. Lance raised the gun arc and struke Ren in the chest, then in the face.

One of Lance's arcs launched a vine and connected to his armlet. Lance stopped for a moment as the other god arc did the same, Lance's eyes went back to normal and fell unconscious.

Ren coughed up blood and rose to his feet. He looked at Lance's body to see bruises where he was shot. "I can't kill him. How?" With no other option Ren took out his phone and called for a ride home.