Facility x-394…i faced many horrors here…but i don't regret it…i proved to ayin…to carmen…that my way that didn't require the sacrifices of so many…worked, and i got to see everyone again. And this time…i will be leaving with them…no matter what it takes. I was going to finish this and move on with everyone!
"So…this is what remains of x-394?" catt asked.
"How does a lobotomy corp facility turn into a library is beyond my understanding." rose said.
"Hello? Angela! Malkuth! Hod! Gebura! Chesed! Anyone?" i yelled and got no response. We all headed deeper into the library. Hoping to find someone. And we did…the lights came on and sitting in a chair with a smile was angela….heh, reminds me of my first day as the manager of x-395.
"Welcome back jon…" angela said she stood up and hugged me. "We all missed you." she said with a smile. I hugged her back.
"I missed you all two." i said. I pulled away from her hug. "Where's everyone else?" i asked.
"Asleep. They'll awaken once we gather enough books." angela said as she looked over at the people i brought along.
"Oh right. I should introduce them…" i said.
"Only introduce the ones in black..i already know of taii rose and catt." angela said. The three wonderlab girls looked at each other then back to angela.
"You do?" taii asked.
"Of course. Manual was based off of me. Whatever info she gathered went back to me. So i knew you three would end up under jon's wing. Willing to open your heart to others in a facility where death can happen without warning…it takes great strength." angela said. Catt looked to the ground feeling weak.
"My name is angelica. This is roland. As for why we're here…well the white messiah here saved me from the pianist. So we're here to pay back our debt." angelica said. Angela giggled.
"Of course…you certainly aren't called the white messiah for nothing jon…in any case. To move things along. We'll need to gather books. And to do that…you'll need to welcome the guests invited to the library." angela said.
"By welcome you mean kill right?" i asked.
"Correct. If you feel a guest is undeserving of death. You can retrieve them out of the books they become." angela said.
"And how would we do that?" roland asked.
"Not we…jon. After all. The light we're trying to get has already sprung greatly in him…therefore he can manipulate however he pleases. Pulling out those who become books is just one of many ways." angela said.
"Very well…i accept this…so who's first?" i asked.
"Patience manager. We should get you set up on your floors first..also don't worry about dying. I can revive you all after the library closes." angela said.
"I don't get how…but I'm thankful for that." taii said looking at her two friends. Now that losing each other wasn't possible here. Roland and angelica were set to the floor of general works. While me and the wonderlab girls were set on the floor of abnormalities and distortions. That made sense. Considering my time as the manager of facility x-394 and the time i spent hunting distortions. I could fill a whole floor of what I know on them. The floor had the bookcases you'd expect. But also it had the monitor room of facility x-394. Albeit the only floor thing i can see right now was the floor of general works all the monitors were just static. Guess i can only see the others when they actually awaken and the floors open up.
"Jon…i need to ask…why did you choose me? I don't have the strength you were seeking…i closed myself off to others and made myself numb as possible…so why? Why did you choose me?" catt asked. I stood up.
"I said I was looking for those who didn't surrender to the vices that have claimed so many others…you pushed others away including your feelings not out of malice…but of fear. Fear of dying. You didn't want to die. Which is very easy to do in an l-corp facility. While it is true i got everyone out alive. I had the luxury of a tool that could rewind time. And trust me…i had to use it quite a few times catt…i can tell that you wanted to be friends with taii and rose. That you wanted to be able to smile…that desire is why I gave you that power…now you have power that guarantees your survival. There is no reason for you to go without a heart anymore." i said with a smile. An alarm on the computer went off…it seemed angela wanted to see us. "Seems like angela needs us. Let's go." i said. Catt nodded with a smile.
"It seems I was praying to the wrong manager…with you. My prayers can actually be answered…thank you jon." catt said quietly…but i heard her. My smile grew wider. As i headed down to the floor. Angela sent out a similar invitation that she sent to me. As she did a screen appeared in front of us. Showing us a three team of rats. Doing what I expected from rats. Taking the organs of some unlucky bastard. Their names are pete lenny and mang-chi. However the organs they took were too damaged to be sellable. It looked like the guy unpinned a grenade and swallowed it. Not only that. But the envelope angela sent was also in the guy…ugh. Glad that's not how I got the invitation. Any case these rats seemed to be up the creek without a paddle. Apparently they owe someone money and the payment is due in seven hours. Not only that. The place they went to find a sucker to harvest was under the watch of the zwei association. An association dedicated to peacekeeping and civil protection. Hence the title. Each of it's members is armed with a zweihander sword. While not the most dangerous group in the city…yeah if the zwei finds these guys. They're gonna get demolished. Though it seems like their jumping into an even hotter fire as the only way to save themselves is to get books from the library…yeah these rats are boned.
"What was that we just saw?" roland asked.
"Fragments of the invitation process. We can take a peek at the stories of our upcoming guests." angela said.
"A bit creepy…but i'm glad that we're not going up against our guests completely blind. Especially when we start getting some real tough customers." i said.
"Still if the invitation can do all that, why don't we just skip the whole reception part? Can't we just teleport them into a room filled with traps or something?" angelica asked.
"I cannot do that. We can only take a peek when it has been decided by our guests come here by their own volition. And the invitations power isn't wholly mine. I'm simply borrowing it." angela said. Roland sighed.
"Yeah yeah, no way anything can go smoothly in the city." roland said.
"Our first guest is a group of rats…well the library is still "canard" ranked…gotta start somewhere i guess." i said.
"I remember all the rats that were brought as fodder for the abnormalities. But you never did tell me why you were so willing to throw them to the abnormalities." angela said.
"Because no one would miss them. And it was a win win win. A win for the singing machine because it got its food. A win for the employees because they didn't have to worry about it possessing and eating them plus the bonus of sweet music. And the regular folks of the backstreets because they had a few less lowly gangsters out for their organs to worry about." i said.
"It's as he said. Rats are nothing but groups of half assed thugs that barely qualifies as a syndicate they don't have money or power." roland said.
"They're straight up losers who only think about making ends meet day by day…it's as Jon said. You kill them. No one's gonna care. The only thing they'd care about is the smell…but that's why the pits exist." angelica said.
"Anyway. I'm going to greet our guests" angela said.
"Wait! Let me come with you! I'm not sure how much power the library gives you. But your still human. Which means you can die. So let me come with you in case of violent guests." i said.
"Good point…very well." angela said and with a snap we were in front of this group of rats.
"Greetings dear guests. I am angela the librarian of my role's name sake. This is jon. My dear assistant." angela said.
"Here's how it works fellas. Step right through that door. And you'll be up against some pals of ours. Win. you leave with the book containing some juicy info. Some that maybe worth more than some poor bastards organs. But lose. And you three are books for the collection. If you're up for the challenge step right through." i said
"Well, beggars can't be choosers. We gotta cling on to anything we can find." pete said.
"May you find your book in this place." me and angela said at the same time. Roland and angelica took this one…it was one sided. Roland and angelica utterly demolished them.
Our next guests were some fixers from an office i never heard of. And i've been all over the city hunting down distortions. And it's obvious that this office is a recently made one or run by an incompetent asshole considering what these fixers are doing is finding a cat. Everyone's gotta start somewhere. The two older fixers we're not happy about such a pathetic job. But a kid named finn had a more up beat and optimistic view…reminds me of how I was when I was his age. The invitation ended up finn's back pocket. Which got snatched by the older fixer's. Finn was smarter as in he wanted to report it to the office. But the two fixers wanted to go just for a chance to get to a better fixer office…dipshits don't realize that the only thing in their future is being more books in our library.
"They call themselves fixers. Are you friends with them?" angela asked roland.
"Angela…there's a lot of fixer offices in the city. Hell even a color fixer like me and kali wouldn't know everyone." i said.
"Thinking all fixers know each other. It's like taken two pedestrians and saying "you're both human so you must know each other"" roland said.
"Still. A low level fixer office isn't much. But it's better than a rats. We're climbing up slowly. We'll get a fixer office worth their salt sooner or later." the fixers came and got booked. Nuff said.
This is when we learned about book burning. A way to extract new combat abilities and the ability to mimic their weapons and fighting style through key pages. Not really useful right now considering nothing we got is better than what we have at the moment. And i'm pretty sure no one on my floor or roland's floor are going to equip any of this..at least until we get some extra assistants.
Anyway back in the main room and the light screen showed us the inside of the office finn's working at…and oh boy i see why those fixers wanted to get to a better office asap. That's one difference between me and finn. When i was his age i actually got started at an office that was pretty low ranked but parker was a pretty good boss. Yun on the other hand is a total asshole. Not even giving a shit with fixers of his office possibly dying. And when he got the invitation he made finn leave the office before calling someone to lend him some cash saying he got a "good feeling" about it. When just a few seconds ago he was dismissing the idea of "feeling it." ugh…
"Angela. You said i could extract people and bring them back from the books right? Well. i think the first is coming here." i said.
"Feeling bad for that kid? Can't blame you. That kid is such an innocent stary eyed rookie that killing him would leave a bad taste in my mouth." angelica said.
"Not just that…that kid reminds me of myself when I was his age. I was just as stary eyed, innocent and optimistic as he was…though my first office was run by someone who wasn't a total asshole who tried to exploit me." i said. Me and angela went out to greet the poor boy.
"Greetings fixer. I am angela the librarian of my role's namesake. And this is-" angela tried to say.
"Jon Krakauer, the white messiah! To think i'd meet my hero here of all places!" finn yelled starry eyed. That just makes this even harder for me.
"Yeah. that's right…kid i implore you. Turn back while you can. Only death awaits you here. No shame in running from a battle you can't win." i begged finn. But he just shook his head.
"I can't…this is my chance to prove my worth." finn said. If was obvious he wasn't backing down. So i sighed.
"Fine. step through that door. There you'll face our buddies. Win. and you leave with the books. Lose and your another book in the collection." i said.
"May you find your book in this place." me and angela said at the same time. And just like i said. The kid stood no chance. He put up more of a fight then i expected. But he's still fell to roland's sword. Afterwards i went and grabbed the book of finn.
"Well…time to see if what angela said is true." i said. I channeled the light in me. And coursed it through my hand. And sure enough the pages flew rapidly as from it's pages light in the form of finn appeared and the light dissipated as the young fixer stood in front of me. He looked at his hands.
"I'm…alive?" finn asked. I smiled.
"That's right kiddo…i brought you back cause your a good kid and didn't deserve this. Especially for an exploitative prick like yun. So would you like to work with me instead. I'll pay you handsomely for every guest you help us beat." i said.
"It would be an honor to work alongside my hero!...but am i worthy?" finn asked. I put my hand on his shoulder.
"Here's the thing kid. I was actually a lot like you when i was your age. Naive starry eyed and optimistic…albeit my first office was not run by a total prick. That's one difference. So who knows. You might end up being the next white messiah if you stick with me." i said. And sure enough finn was on board. The wonderlab girls kept trying to head pat him. I walked away with a smile and ran into angelica.
"So…angela was right. You can bring back those who died." angelica said.
"Yeah…one of the perks of having the light within me. And it certainly helps my conscience." i said.
"Not just that…it's as you said. Eventually the library is going to reach higher threat ranks. And that means tougher guests will be coming eventually. And i'm sure we both have some idea of who we're going to be facing down the line…and if we can turn those guests into allies. Well. that's certainly an increase in strength. If you can get the shi or the liu on our side. Then that power of yours is going to be extremely useful!" angelica said.
"Yeah…but like angela said. Who I revive is up to me. But i'll keep what you said in mind." i said.
"Alright…heading to bed now. Maybe i'll ride roland before i do." angelica said. I just rolled my eyes.
"Didn't need to know…also try not to get pregnant again…cause a miscarriage is almost a guarantee if your constantly in battle against increasingly strong guests." i said.
"I'll keep that in mind jon!" angelica yelled as she walked away. I returned to my room and saw rose was awake…clearly she wanted to talk to me.
"What's up rose?" i asked.
"I told taii and catt my dream. But I didn't tell you. I wish to make a wing that embraces all…and after seeing what those rats were doing it showed me that what i'm fighting for…it's funny to think that what inspired me was seeing a child eating rotten mush from a can…but it's silly now because that's nowhere near the worst of what's happening in the backstreets. Is it jon?" rose asked. I shook my head.
"Not even close rose…not even close. A wing that accepts all huh? Well. i'll support you. There's plenty of good people in the backstreets that i wish could be safe from harm. So you have my support. But here's a suggestion make sure your wing has good police force. Cause as you probably know by now. There's a lot of scum in the city. And they'll turn your utopia into a dystopia faster than you can say bioshock. And i'm sure roland would appreciate it too." i said.
"Really. Why?" rose asked….me and my big mouth. I sighed.
"Don't tell what i'm about to say to roland or angelica…cause this is their lives. I only know about it cause i overheard what my parents were talking about it with iori after the lab incident. I was too depressed at the time to care. But i can still remember the conversations. Iori liked to talk about those she trained like my parents like to talk about me. So i know more about them than I let on. Including how roland got screwed by the very people he fought for during the smoke wars." i said. Rose gasped. Either by knowing how awful that war was or by how the people of the wings being scummy like that. I didn't know. "Hell he suffered more than some of the other people hired for that war. Considering he saw a monster so horrible it damaged his mind quite a fair bit. Still the people who he worked for got the victory they wanted. And when he found out when angelica was pregnant he tried to call the corps he fought for a nest migration ticket. Even though district 9 is one of the safer districts. It's still the backstreets. Which means a crook or a psycho could be right around the corner. But apparently because he waited too long to make that call. His veteran benefits were long gone. So the only thing he got from the corps was a "fuck you." despite shedding blood and losing his sanity for them. All the more reason why i'm routing for you…cause i know your not the kind of woman that would pull that kind of shit." i said. Rose looked to the ground for a minute. Before looking at me and a new fire of determination.
"That's the spirit rose!" taii yelled.
"Taii? Sorry. Did we wake you up?" i asked.
"Not really…i was awake the whole time...poor roland though." taii said looking down on the ground.
"You don't become a grade 1 fixer unless you've been through hell and came out of it…and Roland certainly has…ugh. I dread to think what would happen if I didn't save angelica that day. She's the one good thing that roland has…and if she was killed. There would no doubt there would be a trail of bodies led by a man wearing a black mask with nothing to lose." i said. Both rose and taii shivered.
"Anyway…jon. You're a color fixer. So you must have some awesome stories to tell." taii said. Clearly wanting to change the subject.
"I suppose i can tell you that. I guess i can start by telling you all where it all began." i said. Catt woke up and heard what we were talking about. She quickly got up. I had to suppress a chuckle at how catt's childish excitement. If she had a tail it would probably be wagging.
"I supposed the place to start would be the old lab on the outskirts. A woman named carmen gave me a job offer. She had this crazy idea to change the city. And much like a lot of folks. Her enthusiasm and determination led me to her cause. My job was an important and dangerous one. Get cogito from the well of humanity. Those who swim and cogito don't come up or come up insane. Well, except me…despite having a way to get the important material needed in this project. No progress was being made. And despite that. I became friends with my colleagues i'd say i even became a big brother to a pair of kids named enoch and lisa. And to a couple of nervous new gals named elijah and michelle." i said. Reminiscing about the past.
"Something went horribly wrong didn't it?" catt asked. I looked to the ground and nodded.
"The only way forward…was to inject someone with cogito. It had a high chance to be fatal. And the one who would most likely survive was me or carmen. But both of us were deemed too important to the project. So instead they used enoch instead…i raised hell trying to convince ayin benjamin and carmen for it to me. But i was overruled, and this is when every began to fall apart." i said.
"Enoch…didn't survive did he?" taii asked.
"Nope…and you know what's even worse? We didn't even get anything from it! No further progress into the project! Enoch died for nothing! I promised him and lisa i would adopt them and alway be there for them! It was the first promise I ever broke! And it was one I was forced to break. I smacked ayin across the face with the very shovel i used to bury enoch. And i said some pretty nasty things to carmen. Not just me. Lisa did too. Which drove her to take her own life in a bathtub. And so ayin took control after that. But things only got worse form there. My friends started dying one by one. And then i saw that security footage of what happened to elijah. She was lying there bleeding from every hole from her face she was begging for someone to kill her but ayin...he just left her there." i said. Taii and rose gasped.
"How could he?" rose asked.
"I asked the same he thing… It was then I realized the project was a failure. And ayin lost his damn mind. So I decided to kill him and leave with who I could. Unfortunately Michelle also realized this. But her way involved calling the head..and they sent one of their head squads." i said.
"What was she thinking!? That stupid kid." catt said. Clearly she knows what the head is like.
"That's the thing. She was a kid who only knew what we told her. Which meant no one told her what the head was like. And so they killed everyone. Even the legendary red mist died at the hands of the head's arbiter garion." i said.
"How did you survive?" catt asked.
"Kali threw her sword at garion who managed to dodge. As she reading to end her. I picked up the sword and charged at her, she didn't notice until it was too late. But I still wasn't fast enough to save kali. I wasn't fast enough to save anyone. I at least hope to leave with michelle at the very least…but nope. She hung herself out of guilt.
"You were…the only survivor." catt said.
"Yep…I buried everyone and left. Needless to say. I was not in a good mental state after that. I was depressed i was guilty. I even heard their voices haunting me for a long time. I even went so far as to try to blow my own brains out with my mom's rifle. She and dad came in and stopped me before I could pull the trigger. The pain would haunt me for my life. But thanks to my parents. I managed to get through the worst of it. After that. The white messiah started to be created. I took on kali's philosophy of protecting the weak. While also punishing the wicked. When the crimes are the same. The criminals blur together but i can you some sick freaks who were noticeable. A scientist that was kidnapping people to turn them into gears. The next was a factory that was trying to bring back the dead via puppetry. It was a disgusting science that didn't bring people back. It was just desecrating the bodies of the dead. It was nothing but a perversion of life. I even killed those freaks the eight chefs. I continued this way until i got the letter from L-corp. To become the new manager of facility x-394." i said.
"We heard about that from the heads of our facility. The higher ups of l-corp were not happy with you." catt said with a smile.
"Yeah. but i didn't care. They maybe fine sacrificing human life for the sake of profits. But i say fuck those greedy sons of bitches. Anyway this is where i met angela and…my redemption for what happened at the lab began." i said.
"Redemption?" rose asked.
"It didn't take me long to realize that x-394 was run by ayin. And more prove that he was a selfish bastard who only cared about finishing his precious carmen's research now matter how much he hurt others. And angela suffered the most because of him. For starters the prick scorned her because she wasn't the Carmen clone he wanted. And he set up a script that made her the bad guy. And if she didn't act like a heartless bitch. The tt2 system would activate reversing time. And AI experiences time much slower than a human so what was 1000 years of hell was probably million for her. And the worst part. The bastard dug up my friends and put their brains in robot bodies. Prick couldn't even let them rest!" i yelled i could feel my anger began to come back. I calmed down after rose put her hand on mine and smiled at me. I smiled back. It felt good knowing i'm not alone.
"Needless to say. I decided that i was not going to play by ayin's rules. I was the manager now. And i was gonna do things my way. A way where no one died. And i even managed to turn all my friends back into humans." i said.
"That's what he wanted wasn't it?" we all turned to catt who asked that question. "That bastard probably spent centuries trying to finish carmen's project. But it was just like enoch's death. All that suffering, no progress. He must have had a point where some of his sanity came back. And realized he can't do it. That his way didn't work. And if anyone could bring light to the city. It was someone who already had it." catt said looking at me.
"Yep. and i managed it. The white nights began. And once the light was done doing it's work. We would all leave together. However the dark days happened because of an abnormality born from me. My hatred taken the form of a black eye filled with malice. During the white nights. It breached and fought us. Once as a beast with a claws on one hand and a blade for another. When that failed. It fought us a doppelganger off me. And when that failed it stole the light to evolve into what you know as the first ever armageddon level abnormality. And yet despite that i still managed to bring it down thanks to the light within me…but it doesn't change the fact that because of my hatred. What we worked for failed again…and the dark days began." i said.
"And here you trying again…to make things right." catt said before giggling. "Most people would give up by now. But your still trying to make things right…you're determined. I'll give you that…you save me and rose jon. We'll stand by you no matter what." catt said. I smiled at her.
"Taii. catt. Rose. thanks. It feels good…knowing i'm not alone." i said as i stood up and stretched. "We should get some shut eye. Can't book more scumbags if we're too tired to fight." i said.
"Wait! When we gather enough books. That means you'll see your friends again?" taii asked.
"That's what angela said. Yeah." i replied.
"I really want to meet them." taii said with a smile.
"Some of them you'll like. Some not so much." i said as i headed off to bed to get ready for the next day. I woke up to the sound of catt laughing. She was watching a cartoon about some blonde guy with huge muscles trying to score. Only to get beaten up in hilarious ways. Got to give the guy some credit. He certainly has the confidence. Before i knew it ended up watching it with her. Hell we only stopped because angela called us. It was a marathon so we'd no doubt be back to it after we dealt our receptions of the day. Because god damn i haven't laughed that hard in a long time.
So after getting dressed we went down to the light screen to see who we would be facing this time. And i'm looking forward to this one considering I finally have the chance to give that asshole yun a beating he deserves. And honestly hearing how he expected finn to die made me want to beat his prick face in even more. In the room was another fixer name eri. A brown girl with white hair that had a fusion between a chainsaw and a greatsword.
"It looks like yun is coming. I take it you want to take this one jon?" angelica asked.
"Oh yeah…i've been wanting to beat that prick down for a while now." i said punching my palm and cracking my knuckles.
"So i take your not gonna revive him?" rose asked.
"I'm more likely to burn his book and piss on it then even consider it." i said.
"Please don't do that." angela said. We go to greet our guests. "Greetings dear guests. I am angela the librarian of my role's name sake. This is jon. My dear assistant." angela said.
"You must be the owner of this place." yun said.
"They don't even look that strong." eri said. Before we could say anything finn approached.
"Umm…hi boss." finn said awkwardly.
"Finn? I thought you died." yun said.
"He did. I brought him back cause i thought it was unfair for someone so young to die. Especially dying for a pathetic loser like you. Asshole."
"What did you call me?" yun asked getting pissed.
"I called you an asshole. And that's what i'm gonna call you instead of your name. Because any piece of shit who's willing to exploit a kid like finn will have that level of respect from me. So low that i won't even use your name. But i digress. Step through that door for your challenge. If you win. You'll get the books that could make your office not seem like a waste of everyone's time and money. Lose. and you'll become another in the book in the library. One that is so worthless we'll probably be using as toilet paper." i said. Yun looked like he was about to blow up while eri was just laughing silently. Clearly she was having a good laugh at her ex-bosse's expense.
"Are you the one i'm facing?" yun asked.
"Me and my three friends yes." i said.
"Good! Cause i'll be teaching you respect you bastard!" yun yelled.
"Pff. good luck with that. May you find your book in this place asshole." i said. And it was another one sided beating. We beat eri first. So i stole her chain sword and shoved it up yun's ass. I'm sure he was glad he became a book after feeling that.
"I feel much better now." i said with a grin.
"That wasn't very messiah of you." roland said with a sweat drop.
"I'm nicer than most people in the city…but there's a limit for how nice i can be…especially to utter pricks like yun."
"Hey jon…i know reviving yun is not happening…but could you revive eri? I don't think she deserved to die because of this." finn said. I smiled and gave him a headpat.
"You really are like me when I was your age…sure kiddo." i said. I then revived eri.
"Huh…you know thought i was too much of an uncaring bitch to get revived like finn was." eri said.
"He asked me too. So be sure to thank him." i said.
"Oh i will…so i take you want to hire me? Fixers like myself don't work for free." eri said. I knew this would happen. Which is why i found a book on money. In this library if you got the light. You could manifest anything if you have the right book. So i manifested a thick wad of cash from it.
"For every battle you win. Will be another stack like this." i said. Eri looked at the wad with dollar signs in her eyes.
"You know how to make a deal you can't refuse! Oh i should kiss finn for this golden opportunity. On the cheek mind you." eri said with a blush as she realized what came out of her mouth. I just laughed and walked away. Angela soon approached me.
"Jon. i'm here to inform you that we have gather enough books to unlock another floor." i said. And soon everyone went down to the new floor. The floor of history. However i soon heard rapid footsteps behind me. I turned around only for headbutt to my solar plexus.i fell to the ground.
"It so good to see you jon!" yelled an excited malkuth.
"Oof…my solar plexus lost that clash…but it really is good to see you again malkuth." i said with a smile. She giggled and stood up and i got a good look at her. Her hair has gotten considerably longer since the last time i saw her. Her lob corp outfit has been swapped with a librarian outfit. And her clipboard has been swapped with a big book with a brown cover. She then saw the others with me.
"It's nice to see jon made more friends. It's nice to meet you all. My name is malkuth. The head librarian of the floor of history. It's nice to meet you." malkuth said with a radiant smile. Taii hugged her.
"Malkuth more like malcute!" taii yelled. Malkuth just rolls with it and hugs her back. Malcute? I have to agree. She was pulled away by catt.
"I'm catt. This is taii." catt said and pushed taii away.
"My name is rose. It's nice to meet one of jon's oldest friends." rose said.
"I'm roland. This is my wife angelica. So what can we do for you?" roland asked.
"Bring me books! Books on history! I'll be sorting out the books. And jon…i'm not sure how long it will be before gebura's floor opens! But don't give up. You'll see her again." malkuth said.
"Thanks malkuth." i said with a smile as i walked back to my floor. As i got back to my johnny bravo marathon. Catt asked the question.
"Who is gebura?" catt asked.
"She's someone precious to me…I've known her since I was a kid. Though we didn't see each other for a while. I couldn't remember those days. But they did come back to me during my time as the manager of x-394. You may know her as kali. The red mist." I said catt's eyes widened in surprise.
"You have such a history with the red mist? Childhood friends. And then lovers. You're a man that just keeps getting more and more interesting jon." catt said.
"Yeah…and thanks for showing me cartoons…haven't had a good laugh like this in a while." i said as we got back to the show.