EoS: So, what will happen to Aurore in this chapter? Let's find out!

Lauren: Oh, I wonder…

Rainbow:

EoS: Yes. He is.

Rocky-King of the Tyranitars:

EoS: They don't need to. Morning Star is on their side.

Amalgam:

Lauren: Really, why?

Light's champion:

Lauren: Yeah, but he hasn't.

Mr. Brandloyal:

EoS: Pretty much, yeah he is.

Aurore's Moemon Adventure

Chapter 80

"This power…" Lucia coughed out. "You truly are strong… I cannot even believe you could fight me at this level…"

Lucia stood up, coughing out blood.

"You have power that can rival my own." Morning Star said. "However, my power is more than you can comprehend, young lady."

Morning Star held a hand up, and the god roared once more, disappearing into the sky.

"Luckily, the Gods can only manifest themselves for a short period of time." Morning Star said, lowering the hand. "Luckily for you. However, your power is not to be trifled with, so I had no choice but to interfere. Now, you are not even that."

"Damn you…" Lucia said, moving towards Morning Star, coughing out blood.

"Mom!" Prima exclaimed, holding her hand up, hugging her mother. "Please, stop this!"

"I don't have any choice." Lucia said, holding up her hand. "I must fulfill my side of the deal."

"Sora, watch out!" Aurore exclaimed, charging towards Sora. Lucia waved her hand, and a portal of shining light emerged beneath her feet, Sora sinking down into the light. Aurore charged after her, and leapt into the portal after her.

"Aurore!" Sakura exclaimed, shocked. She turned to Lucia, seething with anger. "Where did they go?"

"I sent them away…" Lucia said, collapsing onto the ground, smiling. "I sent them to my partner."

"Where are we?" Aurore asked, looking around, frowning. They were in a room that seemed to have been abandoned, what looked like a basement of some sort. Or perhaps a dungeon. There were cages to one side of the room, the ground of the basement covered in tables and torture tools.

"No…" Sora said, holding her hands over her mouth. "Where are we? What is this place?"

"Hello there." The two turned around to see a figure walk into the room.

"Shaw…" Aurore said, staring at Shaw, who walked into the room, smiling.

"Hello, Aurore…" Shaw said, smiling. "Hello, Sora. Do you want to know where we are?"

"Yes." Sora said, frowning. "Where are we?"

"Home." Shaw said, smiling. "The Tower of Reinhart, where you two grew up. To be precise… This is the room where enemies of the family were tortured for information."

"No way…" Sora said, shocked, holding her hand over her mouth.

"Now then, Aurore…" Shaw said, turning to Aurore, smiling. "Let's finish this, shall we?"

Shaw picked a knife up off of the table, and stabbed Aurore in the stomach.

Aurore collapsed onto the ground, holding his stomach, Sora screaming out in shock.

"Master!" Sora shouted, running over to Aurore.

"Good bye, girl." Shaw said, holding the knife up and bringing it down on Sora's collar bone, Sora crying out in pain and collapsing to the ground beside Aurore.

"Now, let's get started, shall we?" Shaw said, standing over the two, adjusting his suit.

Aurore was stirred by the sound of crying. He looked ahead and saw Sora strapped to one of the tables, unable to move. He reached out towards her, but then realized he was chained to the wall within one of the cells of the room.

"Hello there, Aurore." Shaw said, smiling, sitting down in front of the cell. "How nice to see you again."

"Shaw." Aurore said, frowning. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, quite simple really." Shaw said, smiling jovially. "Vengeance, my dear brother."

"Wh-what?" Aurore asked, shocked.

"Aurore, have you ever heard of NEO-R?" Shaw asked, smiling. "It was a project founded by Ghetsis, one of the elders of the Reinhart Family Council."

"I haven't." Aurore said, frowning.

"Well, when you were a baby, your mother refused to let you become associated with the Reinhart Family, so she took you and fled." Shaw said, frowning. "It's a strong thing, the love of a mother."

"I wouldn't know." Aurore said, frowning. "I don't remember my mom."

"You see, brother, that is one of the many things we have in common." Shaw said, smirking. "You don't remember your parents… And I never had any."

"So, is this the part where you tie me to a laser and tell me your master plan?" Aurore asked, frowning. "Because I'm not impressed."

"Oh, no, nothing like that." Shaw said, frowning. "No, I just want to fill you in on the history of the family you've never known. You see, Ghetsis could not keep using the Reinhart Family to continue filling his pocket without a scapegoat as the head. And that was where I came in."

"And you are?" Aurore asked, frowning.

"I am the Neo Reaper." Shaw said, smiling. "I was created artificially through your DNA, the only living cloned human being on the planet."

"Wh-what?" Aurore asked, shocked.

"I am your duplicate in every way." Shaw said, smiling. "We are the same, you and I. Except for one detail. You possess an unspeakable evil inside of you… I have no such thing."

Aurore remained silent.

"Ironic, isn't it?" Shaw asked, laughing. "I was created to be a new reaper, and I became a useless tool that could not fulfill the purpose it was built for. And just like an obsolete tool… I was thrown away, the day your mother died in that fire and you were brought back to the Family. I became raised as a useless duplicate."

"So that's why you did this, huh?" Aurore asked, frowning. "You're trying to get vengeance on me for taking your place?"

"No, no, brother." Shaw said, smiling, leaning up to the cage. "Nothing so simple." Shaw stood up from his chair and walked over to the table Sora was tied to, looking down on her.

"All my life I've wondered what was the purpose for my existence, why was I created? People who were born had a purpose for existence, so how was I to prove I mattered?" Shaw turned to Aurore, and picked a blowtorch off of the table, igniting the flames.

"I shall prove my existence, brother." Shaw said, holding the torch up. "I shall use you as the tool to prove I deserve to exist."

"Really?" Aurore asked, frowning, struggling against his binds. "And how are you planning to do that?"

"Simple…" Shaw said, touching the flame to Sora's hand, Sora letting out a blood-curdling shriek. "Soon enough, you shall give in to the despair…"

Shaw fingered the selection of tools beside him, as Sora's screams of agony filled the basement prison.

EoS: So, how will Aurore be able to restrain his hatred when the person he loves is being tortured?

Lauren: …I don't like this…