Chapter 3
Even if this still looks vaguely familiar, something is wrong. It is almost like i can almost taste it. Something just tells me that something was ripped out that was here before… Something, necessary. It wasn't the artifact that kept this dimension together, so that's out. I tried to walking through the shadows, and it still worked, compared to how easily I could when I was little.
Meanwhile, On the other side,
"Good work today. You proved stable. What would we ever do without you?" One of the generals said.
"I like pie." The experiment said.
"Oh yeah thats right… He is still mental. So, um, What is the status of trying to return him to a better mentality?"The general said.
"Still 50/50. The weaponizing process screwed up his mind, I am very sure I already told you, and can't you see he is still adjusting? He is still being open to the data we stream through him." the scientist said.
"Anything else seem wrong to you?"
"Recently, one monitor just shown where he just wanted to go. He wanted to be free, and something tells me if he gets disconnected, he will surely die."
"Can't he defend himself?"
"Ultimately yes. Although he cannot really tell who is an enemy or ally without any data streaming to his memory.
I cannot really explain what happened to the experiment, although the process seemed fine on Thrask, it took a major toll on him. To be honest, we all feel sorry for what we did to him. We turned him from a peaceful person to a poor, confused beast. The general who I did not know walked up to me and asked me what was i doing in spare time besides watching Thrask. I responded to him that I was working on a perfected suit, capable of controlling electrons in the air for energy.
The suit I built was something that none of us never knew until now. It seemed to be something discovered in the future for a base component. I decided to take it home and examine it, I decided it was some kind of proto armor. I tried it on my back and it instantly took form, and 2 cannons were slinged above my shoulders. I could feel it invading my mind, waiting for commands, just waiting for the right moment to obey. So I gone outside and tried aiming it at a distant star which for no reason the inhabitants of that star kept on attacking us. So i aimed at it using a crosshair in my visors, and aimed for it. I thought about shooting the cannon at the star, and I started to feel severe heat from my chest and arms. After it started to cool down for me, it shot a red laser directly at it. From a distance I could see it explode with a whole ring expanding infinitely. I thought to shut it off, and when I pulled it off my back, I saw the major flaw. It overheated too quickly, and I could see it would explode on the one wearing it.
I saw Thrask starting to shoot his tongue out of his mouth, looking at me like he wanted to eat me and leave nothing left. So I grabbed the tube that usually feeds him and connected to the hole in the containment cylinder. He started grabbing it like a bottle, slowly taking it all. After he finished it, I disconnected the tube, and he started sleeping again.
I immediately got back to working on the prototype. I just got finished completing the reinforced plating. I still got to keep this secret, This thing sure packs a huge punch. I closed it after I reassembled the nuclear core inside it, and rushed out. Then the sergeant ran in and saying that we were under attack. I immediately picked up the containment unit and carried him to the vehicle.
We put him at the barrel so he could shoot his beam of pure destruction. We assembled immediately and got each and every turret up and running. They seemed to give it their all, but it wasn't our enemy, it was some other army against ours. This time they seemed very dark, enveloped in darkness, shooting spearlike bullets at us. It ripped some of our tech right off of us. It slowly corrupted our systems, making them turn against us, striking us with a torrent of electricity all around.
The darkness piercing the tank primarily exploded circuits and any other parts that were necessary to control the tank. Then one broke the containment unit, and Thrask immediately shot a red laser straight at Raleigh, but missed terribly, hitting a mountain in the distance. Raleigh asked for the device, and I threw it to him. The general thought I was insane, since he just did wipe us out in seconds. I whispered to him reminding him of the trick I got up my sleeve.
We gone into some planning, as we got Intel of any leads on where he was at. We were getting live footage from a drone. I asked them for me to be placed into this, but they all nodded no and went on with their business. I suggested my strategy again, and the commander yelled at me reminding me that I could not go. Another agreed and asked me to kindly leave the room. So I did, and got back to finishing the prototype. I added a way for the cannon to charge more easily and efficiently, the lightning rods. The prototype seemed like it had a mind of its own and started merging the parts with priority, fixing and modifying to its own will. Then it started to show our language, translating to: "It is best if you stop Raleigh. Defy those who prevent you from doing so. Support them and win." I took these words to consideration and immediately put it on my back, as it assembled and expanded on my body. I took out my sniper rifle to try for a assassination, and I ran to his base. I did not know where it was, until the armor spoke to me through my mind and guided me there. Now I am crouching just waiting days and days for the army to flank or attack.
Then they finally came all in stealth aircraft and vehicles. Never in my life I saw them do that before. One of them gone and fired one missile at the entrance, and blew up part of the door. The alter mind in my armor then took the chance and rushed in there. Shadows began appearing out of the walls, shooting at my armor, but it was no use, no bullets were penetrating any part. Not even the visors could get pierced. Then the suit started to get hot again, but this time, it was outside, and it gathered the power from their weapons, and used it to send a shockwave so powerful that it decimated the power inside the base. I guess Raleigh realized I was here, before I heard a bloodcurdling yell. The alter mind inside the armor then got attracted to it and instantly tracked it down and decided to charge through the wall, making a big hole. Tanks started to break the turrets and sensors, and the aircraft hovered and dropped down the soldiers to come and assist.
"I knew it. You couldn't resist coming after me didn't you." Raleigh said.
I looked around and I saw Thrask becoming on of his servants as well. Slowly the darkness covered him inch by inch, and i saw the body of the guardian of the vermilion core, bleeding from his arms to his legs.
"So, you are the one who took the core away. You know it will end you and this world if you mess with it right?" I said.
"I do not really care, as long as Eidolon is still alive, I will continue to try and end you all." Raleigh responded.
"That's it I had enough of this Garbage Raleigh. Prepare for annihilation." The alter mind said.
He then overridden commands and the cannons charged quick and fast and it shot directly at him, but from what I saw, He disappeared in the shadows before we could hit him. Then the alter mind calmed down and cooled off the armor before it would release another devastating shockwave. Soldiers jumped from the ceiling and the authorities came in as well.
"Wait… Isn't that the guardian?" The Commander said.
"And Who are-"
"Oh for god's sake, You met him in a meeting 3 days ago. If you proceeded with that plan of yours without him, you wouldve been decimated. Give him thanks for once!" The alter mind exclaimed.
" You disobeyed our orders but, you did save us a lot of trouble. So, is he gone for good?" The sergeant said.
"No. He is still out there. In the meantime, let's take Thrask and the Guardian back to the base so that he can guard the core again." I answered.
