Chapter 3: Holy Sword
Kopaka banged his fists on the arms of his chair. Aria, who'd been sitting next to him winced. She slowly pulled off the helmet, watching him trash around the room. She wanted to say something, but couldn't. When Kopaka was mad, he was furious. He glared at her with eyes of ice. She knew he wasn't mad at her, but still…
"I'm going out." he said. Aria Lin Bennings didn't question him. She knew not to. But she still did.
"Where to?" His ice glare came back to her. "So I will be able to contact you."
"In the city somewhere."
That helps, she thought, not daring to say it aloud. I wish he would tell me. He knows who he can and can't trust or at least… he thinks he does. She sighed and followed after him.
"Kopaka-kun!" she called after him. He stopped, looking at her and blinking. "Wait, I'm coming with!"
The two walked silently down the street. The air was cool. Aria had stuffed her hands in her pockets, had a heavy jacket on, and a scarf wrapped around her neck. Kopaka wore a light jacket and a scarf that hung loosely around his neck.
"Cold?" Kopaka asked her. She nodded. "You haven't been out of that building in a long time. Chichi-ue is very strict about you staying with almost constantly, isn't he?"
"Yes." she said softly. "He loves you, you know."
"I know, but he doesn't have to worry about me well being. I can take care of myself."
"Parents are to worry about their children. It's sort of their job. No matter how mad you make them, they will always love you. An unspoken thing all parents follow. We need someone to catch us when we fall. Our friends aren't always going to be there. It's hard to believe, I know, but it's true."
"Thank you, Aria-san."
"For… for what may I ask, sir?"
"You have been more loyal to me than anyone I know. Without you, I'd have no one." Aria blushed. Kopaka was never open to anyone, not even to himself. Yet he spilled the words out.
"…he lost against me again! Can you believe it, Gali? I mean— Oof!" Someone had bumped into Kopaka. The boy that had laughed nervously. "Sorry, man, I wasn't watching where I was— Hey, I know you!" Kopaka looked up at the tan boy. "You saved me from that one guy on the bus!"
The silver-haired boy growled lightly. The six other behind the tan boy blinked. Kopaka narrowed his eyes.
"Yes," he said bitterly, "that and we've met many time after that."
"We… have?" Kopaka was about to snap something at the boy, when the scream of sirens reached them. The Vahki were after someone. The nine teens turned to the large television screen across the street.
On the screen, a silver-haired man laughed menacingly. He stood atop a building in a shield of green. Monstrous beasts all around him. Cat-like ones roared fiercely at the cameras that were recording. Lizard-like ones snarled. Crab-like ones snapped their pincers, the normal clicks were more of a metallic clang.
"Recordia, reporter A.I., coming live from Game Inc., here to update you on what's going on. A man who calls himself: the Hacker, has taken over the incorporation wishes to tell all of the world this message." A recording of what the man said, played: 'The beings of planet earth, I am here to inform you Metru Nui will face many terrors in the months to come. I, the Hacker, am here to dominate this simple city, or plunge it into the water below. Ta-ta!' "So as you can see, the Vahki are not sure how to handle it. My question is, is this man serious, or is he another crazed person in this world? Watch channel 42 WMP for more updates. This is Recordia, reporter A.I., from Game Inc., signing out."
Kopaka didn't say anything, but headed back the way they had come. Aria looked at him, bowed at the others, and followed him.
"What just happened?" the blue-haired girl asked her friends.
"Something serious," said the red-haired teen said, 'Something that could mean the end of us all." They all just stared at him.
"Tahu," the green-haired teen said to his friend, "lay off the sci-fi flicks for a while. Even I don't believe that!"
"Well…" the blue-haired girl said quietly, "it just happened, didn't it?"
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