Chapter. 6
Lance and Ren were rushed back to the den and to medbay. Paylor rapidly worked to find what was wrong with Lance. Everyone waited in the office for any word. Alisa was shacking with Sakuya holding her. Kota was fidgeting while Lindow paced the room. Soma and Ren sat calmly, glancing at the door.
Paylor finally entered and everyone stood up. "How is he!?" Shouted Alisa.
"Asleep for now. From my findings Lance doesn't have-"
"He has the virus!" Shouted Ren. "The headaches, the anger fits, going feral. All the signs of the virus!"
Paylor leaned closer to Ren that the Gods Eater had to step back. "Didn't you say it only effected Gods Eater? Now why is that?"
"I don't understand the question."
It's the oracle cells, I looked at the cells in Lance and they're becoming unstable by foreign cells."
"Where did they come from?" Asked Kota.
The tone of Paylor's voice grow more seriously. "Looking at any recent changes, I checked Torri...It did come from her."
"I told you! I told you all, but none of you listened!"
"Ren-"
"Shut it dad! I told you that thing was the cause but you all let it in anyway. Aragami will never co-exist with humans! They're all monsters that-"
Ren felt someone grab his shoulder then spin him around to a fist hitting him in the face.
Ren landed in the floor hard, he saw Soma standing over him. "Don't you dare call Shio a monster!"
"Who is Shio?" Ren touched his nose and felt blood.
Sakuya held out a hand to Ren, he took it and a resonation began. Ren saw all of her memories of Shio in an instant. Ren let go and fell back. "What was that?!"
"A resonance. something we new types can do." Explained Alisa. "But still, I saw it, Shio could've eaten the world."
"She saved the world Ren. Because we showed her how to be human." Lindow folded his arms. "Hey doc, what do we do?"
Paylor smiled as he pushed up his glasses. "Nothing for now. Torri's cells are unstable so they latch on to anyone that touches her, making their cells also unstable."
Everyone turned to Alisa who held her hands over her chest. "Is there a way to fix this?"
Ren shook his head. "No. You have the virus, then the only cure is death."
Paylor patted Ren on the head. "Don't be so grim, this is an easy fix. I just have to make a new batch of bias factor to stablize both of them, along with all of you just in case."
Thank you doctor!" Alisa felt relief now that Lance could be saved.
"Of course, I can't let our best Gods Eater, so to be a member of the hunter unit go and die again."
"Can we see him?" Asked Kota.
"Not until I change the bias factor. He's asleep but still contagious. It shouldn't take more then 23 hours for it to take effect."
"So two days." Said Alisa.
"Yes, for now though you all will have to remain in your quarters until the cure is made."
Lindow laughed a little. "Right. Can't let it spread to other units, can we?"
"Then it's over." Ren let out a breath. "I saved the future."
"What happens now?" Asked Sakuya.
"I'll return to my time, or I should. If I'm still need to do something."
"What do you mean?"
"The sage said that I would return home when my mission is complete. As in the virus is gone. If I'm still here that means Paylor's cure will fail or the virus is going to spread another way."
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The first unit spent the next day locked in their rooms until Paylor made the new bias factor for each of their armlets while Lindow needed injections. When they were cleared the first unit went to medbay to find Lance alive and well.
He was sitting up on the bed reading to Torri who sat on his lap. The aragami girl now wore a red armlet on her right wrist. "Hey everyone." Lance waved for everyone to come in.
"Lan!" Alisa dashed to Lance's side and hugged him while everyone gathered around. Ren just looked at the armlet on Torri and felt disgusted.
"Hey everyone!" Greeted Torri.
"How are you Torri?" Lindow reached down to Torri who hid her face in lance's chest. "She's still a bit weary of people."
"She'll grow out of it." Lance gently ran his fingers through her hair.
"So how long are you going to be down?" Asked Kota.
"I'll be back on my feet tomorrow morning. Torri needs a few more test to be safe, but so far so good."
Ren left the medbay and waited in the hall. "That aragami is a time bomb. If no one will do what needs to be done then I'll have too." Ren went back to his room to hide. Ren waited an hour then went back to the medbay. Inside he saw Lance was missing but Torri was fast asleep.
Ren carefully picked up Torri and carried her to the lift and down to the god arc storage. Ren laid her down and went for his god arc. "So this is what it's come too." Ren pulled out his gun arc from it's case, pointing it at Lance. "And with your mother's arc no less."
"Move Lance."
"Or what?"
"I have a future to save. That thing you're protecting is the cause. She loses her armlet and the virus will spread."
"Aren't all Gods Eaters disasters waiting to happen?"
"Shut up! My mission is to stop the virus, keeping you alive was never part of that."
"You're willing to kill an innocent girl?"
"She's not innocent! She's the reason my future is in ruins and you're defending it, the thing that will kill you!"
"You came to change the past, and you did."
"Then why am I still here, huh? If Torri won't spread the virus then why am I still here?!"
"Will killing her solve the problem?"
"I don't know!"
"Then don't do something you'll regret." Ren lowered his weapon slightly. "You're a good person Ren. Don't throw it away on a maybe."
"Then you tell me what to do! If that thing isn't the answer then what is?!"
"Wait, that's all I can tell you. The answer will come, you just need to wait it out." Torri gowned as she awoke. Lance spun around and kneeled to her. "Morning sleepy head."
"I'm hungry." Of course Torri you had a good nap." Lance helped Torri stand then carried her o his back.
"How do you know she won't be the death of you?"
Lance turned to Ren as the lift opened. "I don't." Lance stepped on the lift and left Ren alone to think.
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