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"What did you do to my brother?" Tadashi demanded once Callaghan had let down the microbot wall, revealing them to be in a completely different place.
Callaghan waved his hand. "Later."
"No, I want to know-" Tadashi was cut off.
Glaring at the young adult, Callaghan snapped, "No, you don't."
"Is he okay?"
Callaghan didn't answer that time- he went back to making sure everything was perfect for his revenge. It would happen. He would make sure it'd happen.
Tadashi's eyes grew wide. "Is he okay?!" He repeated, growing more panicked.
"He'll be fine." Callaghan said absentmindedly, not really knowing what he was talking about. He could taste revenge- it was so close.
Krei would get what he deserved- Abigail would be avenged.
Abigail.
Even now, the word was like a knife to the heart to Callaghan. He still couldn't believe she was gone. He couldn't believe his little girl- his sweet baby girl- was gone.
Krei's face popped up in Callaghan's eyes and the man barred his teeth. Because of you.
"Professor-"
"What?!" Callaghan snapped, turning to face Tadashi.
Tadashi took a step back. He'd never seen Professor Callaghan get so mad so frequently. "I just..."
"Don't lie to me again about you're shoulder." Callaghan snapped.
"I-"
"I said don't."
With that, the man turned away, back towards what he was doing. Tadashi was left standing awkwardly, waiting for him to be done.
It took what seemed like forever, but eventually Callaghan was done.
The man turned back towards Tadashi, his black cape billowing behind him. "Are you going to come?"
"Wher-"
"To help me get revenge."
Tadashi froze. He was going to help Callaghan get revenge?
Wait... On who? And why?
"I-"
Callaghan's eyes narrowed in such a way that Tadashi knew that if he said the wrong answer, it wouldn't end well for him.
"I..." The words faulted and disappeared on Tadashi's tongue. Inside, he was weighing the risks and options. If he agreed, he'd have to help Callaghan carry out whatever revenge plan he had- which could be anything. If he declined, Callaghan would...
What would Callaghan do?
Tadashi had no idea, but... He got the feeling he wouldn't want to know.
"Tadashi?" Callaghan asked.
Tadashi blinked, snapping back to reality. He'd gotten lost in thought again. "Yes?"
"Are you ready?"
"I-" Tadashi cut himself off again. How was he going to-
Callaghan lifted his arm up, looking down at something on it. As his finger touched the black watch-like thing, Tadashi felt a slight throbbing in the back of his head.
"I- I am." His mouth seemed to say without him wanting too.
Callaghan's mouth formed a smile. "Let's go then."
Reaching into his pocket, Callaghan pulled out something and threw it towards Tadashi.
Flinching backwards, Tadashi blindly reached out for it, but missed. It landed on the ground, face-up. Looking down, Tadashi realized it was his mask.
His kabuki mask.
"Keep you're identity a secret, Kasai." Chichi Kyarahan had said. "It is important and will save you in most situations."
"Why must I?" Kasai had asked.
"Because the real world can't know who you are just yet." Chich Kyarahan had smiled.
Tadashi blinked, his eyes trailing along the red lines on his white mask. Slowly, he reached down and grabbed it by the edges, running his finger along the side. Looking up, he saw Callaghan looking back at him, his finger hovering over the black watch-thing on his wrist.
Without meaning too, Tadashi stepped forwards, running up to join him.
Callaghan smiled. It works.
Sighing, Alistar Krei ran his hands through his hair. Blowing out a breath he'd been holding, Krei looked out one of the many windows in his giant new tech school. Letting his hand drop, Krei looked down at where he'd be talking in no less than...
His watch said 5 and a half minutes.
Looking around the room one last time, Krei smiled. "The next time I come up here, you will be a tech school." He said, more to himself than anything else. "And the best paying and attended only by the best."
Shame that kid- what's his name... Hiro Hamada- hadn't accepted his offer. He could have had a spot here, not as that dump SFIT.
"Some people have no intelligence." Krei shook his head before going down the new, glass elevator. It even smelled new. It smelled good- it smelled like something only money can by.
Blowing out a breath again, he met Kiyoko, his assistant, outside the elevator. Smiling at her for a moment, he took the glass of wine from her and walked out onto the stage, where the waiting crowd burst into applause.
Krei flashed a smile at the camera filming him before turning his smile towards the audience. Waving at the cheering crowd, Krei's eyes scanned the crowd for anyone of importance. He didn't see anyone overly important- just a few of his new students, a few SFIT students- he smiled at that-, and a bunch of parents, grandparents, and just tech enthusiasts in general.
Finally- once the crowd had settled down-, Krei put a hand out and smiled. "Friends! I present to you- Krei Tech!" He let them applause for a moment before beginning again. "This wonderful new campus- the culmination of a life-long dream. But none of this would've been possible without a few bumps in the road. Those setbacks made us stronger, and set us on a path to a bright future!"
Pausing again to take a breath, Krei opened his mouth to continue. Until someone in the crowd screamed. Muttering something under his breath, the man turned and-
"What?!"
A booming voice rang out over the crowd- far louder than Krei could be. Far louder than any normal human should have been.
"SETBACK?!"
People screamed in ran before Krei even processed what happened. A second later, he'd dropped the thin glass and was running off the stage- but he didn't have enough time. The little black microbots caught up to him, grabbing him and forcing his limbs backwards before surrounding him completely.
Panic raced through the man as he was brough closer and closer towards the owner of the voice. He- it was obviously a boy's voice- was almost completely covered in black- black gloves, black coat, black boots and pants...-, except for a white and red Kabuki mask that hid his face.
Krei was terrified.
He was brought up closer and closer to the man until he was level with his. The mask flipped back, reveling a squarish face, a large nose, a creased, old face that belonged to only one man Krei knew.
"Was my daughter a 'setback'?"
"C-Callaghan." Krei stammered out, struggling slightly, trying to escape the microbot's deathgrip. "You..."
This has to be a dream. Krei reasoned. Wake up- this has to be a dream!
"Yes, Alistair Krei?" Callaghan's voice was cold and unforgiving- just as it had the day Krei'd sent Abigail into the portal to her accidental death.
"You... Your daughter was an accident!" Krei regained his voice. "I-" He let out a low groan as the microbots tightened painfully around him.
"No!" Callaghan shouted. "You know it was unsafe! My daughter is gone because of your arrogance!" With that, Callaghan looked over at one of the sides of the building. Krei followed his gaze and watched as microbots pulled pieces of the broken portal up further and further, Callaghan using his hand to guide it.
"What are you doing?!" Krei demanded through the tight grip.
Callaghan's head wiped towards him. "You took everything from me when you sent Abigail into that machine. Now I'm taking everything from you."
The second the portal clicked together, Krei started to panic again.
He wasn't actually going to do this, was he?!
"No- No you can't!" Krei protested.
But it was too late.
He watched as some of his building disappeared.
"You're going to watch everything else you built disappear." Callaghan said, drawing Krei closer. "Then it's your turn."