" The past has no power over the present moment. "
-Eckhart Tolle
(Around Five Decades Ago: MTF Facility, California, USA)
Amnon-Selah remained silently sitting on the floor and seeing some of the scientists and D-Class personnel who had been observing him in the past few days. From the first encounter of SCP-682, the Kree-Lizard hybrid became catatonic and developed some onsets of nightmares which it had sunk into his consciousness. Amnon never wanted to experience such tremendous hardships from his abuser and became more terrified than ever. These had been running on his head for the past several days.
Just then, the MTF personnel began his series of interviews. Amnon-Selah refused to answer any of these questions and was uninterested to open up from any topic. He never wanted to let them know how he felt to be experimented and contained. The Kree-Lizard boy was deeply thinking about something else: Freedom, Knowledge, Truth, and Love. Amnon never experienced them for the rest of his life in his containment cell for it was despair, sadness, and fear had developed within him. He never wanted anything of those feelings. Still, he got violently exploited by any of the SCP objects, every time he cried for help. No one cared to help him at all and watched him how the hybrid suffered.
Streaks of the hybrid's blue blood had soiled the floor and the walls. Amnon bitterly wailed when his tears went running on his face. Wounds, scars, and bruises had appeared all over on his green scaly skin. He wanted to break free from these hardships and thought of gaining freedom and normality.
In that afternoon, he was still sitting at the cell's farthest corner and refusing to look at anyone. Amnon heard murmurs from the outside and remained putting his face on his knees. Suddenly, he heard the loud opening of the door as the D-Class personnel had released an SCP Object from the cage. The Kree-Lizard boy slowly turned around and saw the same abuser from several days ago. 682 was evilly grinning and chuckling at him. Amnon began to feel shaking in his entire body when meeting him.
" Well, well, well, what do we have here..." the indestructible lizard spoke and slowly circled around the boy. " It's good to see you again... my double..."
" J-Just leave me alone..." Amnon frighteningly answered and tightly kept holding his knees. " I-I d-don't want you, here. J-Just s-stay away! "
" What's the matter? Are you afraid of confronting me? "
" I said...LEAVE ME ALONE! "
682 heard the hybrid clone's cry and darkly chuckled. He readied himself to torture Amnon and add his miseries. The Kree-Lizard hybrid's tears were running down on his face. He was afraid to receive another beating from the indestructible lizard.
" No, I will not leave you alone, " 682 replied and slashed the hybrid's tail. " I will let you experience pain and total darkness before you die! You cannot handle the Abyss itself! "
" No, let me go! "
Amnon loudly shrieked in pain and bled once again. The sharp claws had struck and pinned down into the Kree-Lizard hybrid's bluish flesh. 682 repeated his act and made the boy wail. The MTF personnel just watched the torture from the window. A streak of blue blood had stained the walls, floor, and the window glass. The indestructible lizard punched and scarred the Kree-Lizard boy's abdomen when Amnon's mouth was full of blue blood.
" I believe I'm gonna die here..."he sadly thought and helplessly looked at his abuser." I have enough of this! I can't take this anymore! This pain, this agony. If only I could fight back, but I can't! "
" What's the matter, Boy? " he grinned. " You cannot handle anything from me! "
" P-please leave me alone... I don't want to see you anymore..."
" Fine, then...I will let you see how death brings you! Darkness will surely bring your end! "
" N-no! No! Stay away from me! P-please! "
682 instantly grabbed Amnon-Selah's neck and tightly choked him. The Kree-Lizard hybrid was struggling to break free and widening his eyes in shock. He was trying to let go of the indestructible lizard's claws and gasping for breath.
" I...I c-can't breath...S-stop! "Amnon cried in his faint voice as he was turning pale.
Suddenly, one of the personnel felt pity at the Kree-Lizard hybrid and watched him dying in the brutal hands of 682. The man took the microphone and called their attention.
" That's enough, 682, " a male voice echoed inside the cell. " Let the hybrid clone go! "
682 ceased his torture activity and glared at the window, " I am not finished yet taking his life. This weakling deserves death! "
" The boy is a special case. He's more different than you! We order you to let him go! You have done enough for today! Now, go back to the cage. "
The indestructible lizard angrily spoke in gibberish and left Amnon bleeding and heavily panting. He returned to the cage when the D-Class personnel headed away from the containment cell. The Kree-Lizard hybrid had a hard time standing up and began limping. He approached the window and wanted to vent out.
" Why are you doing this to me?! You are letting me suffer like this! " Amnon loudly cried. " Is this what you want because you're thinking I'm as dangerous as him?! I'm not what you are thinking of! Please listen to me! I don't want these anymore! I'm so tired and fed-up with all of your experimentations! You made me agitated, but I don't want to hurt anybody! I have done nothing wrong, but you just let me experience death! Please if you're hearing me right now, I'm asking you to leave me alone! I don't deserve these! All I want is my peace and sanity here! "
No one responded from the other window. The MTF scientist who spoke up and defended the boy felt sorry for him and sadly sighed. He wished he could do more for him, however his colleagues diverted his attention to something else. The scientist sensed Amnon's misery and pain and thought of comforting him. The rest of the people left the room as Amnon fell down on the floor. Alone and beaten-up, he was silently weeping and curling up.
(Five Decades Later: Nomadic Community, Danakil Desert, Ethiopia, 11:20 PM)
Amnon-Selah remained inside the forcefield listening to the conversation between the Kree Eternal and the combined forces. He sadly sat down and recalled those days back in the MTF where he was abused and experimented multiple times along with SCP-682. Seeing the combined forces, he didn't know how to respond to anyone. Listening to the mysterious Kree man, he thought of something which he had memories of the indestructible lizard and rubbed his chin.
" It didn't start off like that, but you have the right idea, " he broke his silence." It got up the lizard planet. It was consumed by the Abyss, a force of darkness where all dark tales began. "
" Exactly, I was a Lizard like you before I landed on Earth and acquired the Kree-Faunus body years later, " Methu-Selah answered and sat beside the hybrid.
" But how did you die? The Lizard race is next to impossible to the out. "
" A Kree Eternal like me can take different forms, disguises. I have been doing it for years avoiding such trouble from my evil brothers in Hala. I spent years travelling the cosmos and reached Earth. Yes, indeed darkness had ruined the planet. "
" It is a force that won't stop and cannot be stopped. None of you could kill a god that commands all of the Abyss. His physical body will just fade away and eventually reshape itself shortly afterwards. Nothing. Not even any race could stop him. "
" Well, perhaps the powers of Abyss have made the Lizards into this madness. Perhaps, I have seen Basha in my Lizard form talking to Kasius. That was some years ago. "
" Is there a way to stop the tyrants or the Abyss? " Elder Galenn-Konn asked.
" It is not the Abyss's fault. The lizards have always been the way they are. Always ferocious, merciless, and destructive. One single indestruc can kill an entire , the Kree allied with them for a common cause. The Supreme Intelligence warned me of what they have been doing, " Amnon replied and turned to the other Kree. " And to answer your question, no there's none..."
" Well, that might be too impossible to defeat the Abyss, but I perhaps could sacrifice on this one, " the Kree Eternal answered.
" But you are bringing us hope through your prophecies, " Dr. Pyromaniac added.
" Try as you might, but it will not work. Nothing will. Absolutely nothing, " Amnon sadly sighed. " Kasius had taken and exploited everything. "
" Let me show you, my friend. Since you have met the Lord Supremor himself, " Methu-Selah held the hybrid's head and intently looked at him. Amnon widened his eyes in shock and felt like the Kree Eternal penetrated his mind.
" What the?! " the Kree-Lizard hybrid exclaimed in shock and saw the extreme fighting against light and darkness.
" Yes, you are seeing it now, Amnon-Selah. "
" But this is not possible, how? Did the Lord Supremor just..."'
" I ask the four cosmic beings for help in this timeline, " Methu-Selah explained. " But the one who controls the Abyss is the one who is called Salem. "
Amnon-Selah saw a pale woman in black being weakened and turned to his father, " She's only a disciple of the true Lord of the Abyss. How come..."
" Well, watch. "
The Lord of Abyss saw Salem dying but as he tried to defend her, however they got engulfed in light which they had no longer retaliated.
" What is the risk for this task? " the hybrid boy asked.
" I may no longer see the mortals which I have befriended and loved in my several lives. Sacrifice has to be made. Even if I fail, Amnon, I had no choice, but to face it. My time is running out. "
" Even if you defeat the two, even if you defeat the bedrock of this universe. The darkness would linger. The same darkness brought humanity in existence. The Dark Soul of man. Currently, no one knows of where or who wields the Soul, only the Lord of the Abyss knows who possesses it. " he warned. " This is what I remember from 682 himself."
" Like I said, I will take risks."
" You'll only end up a failure. The Abyss would form once again. Kasius would theoretically take place as the new Lord of the Abyss. Anytime soon, the world in shambles. " Amnon-Selah replied and held the Kree Eternal's right hand. " Please, don't do this. I have just met you. I don't know if you could save us. It's just that..."
" Well, failure or not, think of life rather than death. In every darkness, hope will rise. "
" The only way to permanently destroy the darkness is to destroy the dark soul...and yet even then, all life in this universe would die in fast and painful death. And then, it would be left with nothing but divine beings. "
" Death is still part of the cosmos. You have to accept it. "
" Then, what happens, now? "
" For now we have to deal with my mortal friends and the enemies first. Methu-Selah sternly answered. " Amnon-Selah, the darkness of 682 has overtaken and corrupted your have all his memories and knowledge of darkness, but still you don't even comprehend anything. You know nothing, young bloke. You just argue with me and tell me it's impossible. Is this what your mother taught you? Being pessimistic and argumentative? Don't tell me, you're going to be like 682. He abused you, Amnon! For all I have known, you have suffered too much in the facility! Those people have kept me away from you! I tried so hard to let me see you, before! "
The Kree-Lizard hybrid heavily sighed and felt being scolded by his father, " I'm sorry...I didn't know...The Foundation has thought and expected me to be ferocious and sinister like 682. Then, Kasius did the same thing I was trying to..."
" I know, you don't have to explain everything, Amnon. Did you meet the Lord Supremor, himself? "
" Yes. "
" What did he tell you? "
" He asked me to spy on Kasius, but I got brutally tortured and manipulated. If you're going to sacrifice yourself, Methu-Selah, then I will be swallowed up by this darkness in my mind! Lord Supremor told me, you could help me and give answers. I don't know if I have a chance to help me. I just need your help. Please...I'm begging you! "
" Then, you will be under my care, before my time comes, " the Kree Eternal smiled and gently patted his son's shoulder. " Now, you may wake up. "
Amnon opened his eyes and returned to normality, when the Kree Eternal stepped back and turned to his allies. He was dumbfounded, remaining silent, and watching everyone return to the camp.
" Sir? " Roosevelt called him.
" It is beyond imagination, my friends. We'll take the boy with us. "
" But? " Dr. Pyromaniac raised his voice.
" I want to teach my fellow Kree brothers a lesson including Kasius and the lizards. "
" I don't know if I have use for you or your cause, " Amnon sadly sighed and looked at the people." I'll only be an iron ball chained to your sparkles to drag you along. Another thing, everyone thinks that I'm an accuser. You may kill me if you want. Go ahead, I deserve this. Just end my life, so I can be free. "
" You will give us more information about them, if not. I shall strengthen the curse I give you."
" I don't, if you strengthen the curse or not. This would only lead you to defeat. "
" Son, you're the one who's asking for help, right? " Methu-Selah sternly asked and raised his eyebrows. " Are you having depressive and pessimistic episodes, again? Please don't give me a headache, Amnon. If you need my help, then be cooperative for Hala's sake. "
" But..."
" I'm trying to help you whether you like it or not! Do you want to see your mother again or not? I deserve an answer from you. "
Amnon remained silent and thought of Carol Danvers back in Rouen,France. He missed her so much and wanted to return as soon as possible.
" Fine," he nodded and asked. " Are you going to help me see her? "
" Yes. "
" But how? "
" I'm taking possession of your body as a disguise, since you have killed my other cover. "
" Methu-Selah, I don't think this is a good idea..."
" It's still your responsibility of taking my alter-ego down. "
" But it was 682..."
" Everyone saw you doing it, son. You deserve this punishment, " the Kree Eternal crossed his arms. " You're going to France with me, Understood? "
" Yes, but..."
" No, buts! Just do it! " he angrily exclaimed and entered the hybrid's body as Amnon loudly screamed in pain.
Finally, Methu-Selah took over the Kree-Lizard hybrid's shell as Amnon-Selah remained inside the mind. Just like what he experienced being brainwashed, he had no choice, but to watch the external environment.
" Okay, old man...you win... "Amnon humbly spoke." I allow you to take charge of my body, but please don't do anything skirmish with anyone. Is that okay? "
" Affirmative, I assure you I will never harm anyone on our end. I'll try my best to do so. That's a promise. If ever that 682 harms you in your head, just let me know. I will give you a chance to speak in case you need to. "
" Got it. "
" What now? " Elder Firefly approached the Kree-Lizard hybrid and asked.
" I shall use this disguise as a part of this boy's corporal punishment. We shall go to Paris, first. "
" Not in that body, you're not welcome. It will spark conflict between him and the Elite Commander. But instead, why not take a more secretive route and head back to where the Kree are, " Roosevelt answered.
" Um, sir..." his subordinate called him.
" There, you can negotiate with the Kree leader for their next operations of plans."
" Sir-"
"' And from there, you can come back to us to tell what the next conflict is-"
" SIR! "
Roosevelt was unaware and turning to his subordinate as he sighed, " What is it, Private? "
" I think Methu-Selah won't live in that body for long, " the MTF Trooper pointed towards the hybrid's left arm, still bleeding in blue blood.
The crystal from the bullet had spread all the way to its lower hip and completely covered it's left arm. The Kree Eternal in Amnon's body noticed and sighed.
" Nothing to worry about, " he regenerated Amnon's arm." You may thank me later. "
" Thanks. "
" Honestly, if I were too, I would've kicked that arm off and be armless for good, " the MTF trooper commented.
" There is only one request: I want to see someone in Paris and the other one in Rouen, " the Kree Eternal spoke.
" Who? " Elder Daisy asked.
" A human lady named Amelie. Then, the half-Kree, Carol Danvers, " he answered." She might get frightened to see me in this form. All she knows is my former hybrid body. Then, Carol might laugh at us. "
" You have a girlfriend? "Amnon asked and got baffled." I thought you and my mother were just..."
" Yes, it's a long story to tell, Son. "
" Did my mother know? "
" Yes, Just be nice to her when we meet her. "
" Okay, sir. You have a lot of explaining to do. "
" Look, I know how much you want to see your girlfriend and Captain Marvel, " Roosevelt answered. " But going in that form won't help out, it'll raise questions and co flirt between our own facility. So, I have two suggestions. A: You could just banish 682 clone, like you said and have his involvement over. Or B: Take what I said earlier and apply it into action. Your choice, but taking him with us won't help anything."
" Option A will do, since I'm going to spy around the Kree base somewhere else. Second, this boy has a large debt to pay for the damages he had done to my previous body. Third, Kasius wanted to exterminate me when I was in my Kree-Faunus form, " the Kree Eternal said." I believed this boy had met and worked with him in New York. "
" Yeah, right. That's his point..."Amnon listened to the conversation and spoke inside his mind.
" He is the most likely option, " Roosevelt nodded.
" I'll pretend to be your captive in your meeting in Paris, but I will tell all the facts of the boy's conversation with the Overlord. "
" I didn't realize this lunatic was an ancient genius. "Amnon commented." No wonder why Lord Supremor just asked me to meet him. "
" Honestly, that statement would be a huge fatal lie to the Elite Commander's face. He knows the difference between actual captive and persuasive captive by a higher power. And I'm just throwing this out there, but he can sense soul energy. So, he'll be onto you if you ever show up to his face. And all I'm saying is that 682 would be out of here within a fraction of a minute. "
" Don't worry, I will reveal my true form if I have to. Then,I will put him to sleep. "
" Then we'll see an overreaction from his one and only friend. "
" I will set him free when this war is over, Commander Roosevelt. My time is running out anytime soon..."
" So, you'll be using this boy as a puppet? " Elder Firefly asked.
" Exactly."
" I don't like where this is going, " Roosevelt rolled his eyes and sighed. " Alrighty then. Let's get a move on people! Chop, chop! "
The rest of the people in the Rebel Forces had packed up while the others had decided to stay in the Danakil community. The MTF people and the other fighters had gathered up, preparing to leave the place. Methu-Selah in Amnon's body assisted the people in carrying some belongings and other important weapons going to the jetplane.
" So, are you letting me return to Rouen and reunite with my mother for real? "Amnon curiously asked.
" Not yet, you will be seeing someone in Paris... "
" Why? I just wanna go home with her. "
" Relax, I do understand your eagerness. I'll take you on trips which humans like to do. Hopefully, you will reunite with her along the way. "
" Methu-Selah is one mystical Kree." Elder Galenn-Konn replied and scratched his beard.
" I still say he's kind of a mild lunatic...and I will stand by my words, " the MTF Trooper added.
" Yeah... But this guy's prophecies come true. "
" I doubt I'll live long enough before it will be complete though."
" It will come true someday, " Elder Kamala Khan smiled and sighed.
Andrew Arc and his daughter were talking to a group of MTF Troopers as Amnon and Methu-Selah noticed the two.
" Amnon, are they the ones whom you spared? "his father asked.
" Yeah, go ahead. You can have a chit-chat with them, "the hybrid said." Go on, just pretend that you're me. If that's what you want. "
" Sure..."
" Amnon, Thank you for saving us! " the blonde Inhuman called them.
" Yes, I did it as your payment and of course, compassion, " Methu-Selah replied and smiled, taking his son's voice.
" Thanks for saving us! " Alicia hugged the Kree-Lizard hybrid boy as both Methu-Selah and Amnon went blushing.
" You're welcome..." the two spoke in unison.
" Where's Old Methuselah Belladonna? " Andrew curiously asked.
" Yeah?! I have never seen him earlier..." his daughter moved her head to and fro. " Where is he? "
" Probably, he wandered off again like he used to, " the Kree Eternal made another excuse.
" Really?! "Amnon raised his voice." Not to offend you, sir, but I hate you for making the lamest excuse ever. "
" You're also making excuses too, Amnon-Selah, "the Kree Eternal chuckled." Most of them are lame as mine. If you hate me for that, you're starting to hate yourself. "
" Ouch..."
" The truth hurts, lad. "Methu-Selah sternly replied when his son remained silent and turned to the young girl. " I'm sorry. My mind is wandering off again. Your child will be one of those heroes like them. I can see how powerful you are. "
" Really? " Alicia asked.
" I have a terrible feeling about this, " the MTF Trooper said.
" Me too, but I'm seeing Paris being raided by our enemies. We should make such efforts with our joint allies. Especially Amelie. Then, Carol and my son. "'
" You're really worried about them, aren't you. But don't worry. The Elite Commander's legion has never fallen once during battle. Trust me, the status doesn't lie. "
" Yes. "
Amnon-Selah felt sorry for the Kree Eternal and calmly spoke," I hope they will be okay, sir. "
" I know, Amnon... I know..."
" Anyway, we should all pack up as soon as we can, before more would show up, " the MTF trooper recalled when Methu-Selah in his hybrid son's body continued assisting the people to prepare.
" Okay, I'm going with my wife, " the younger Paul Williams broke his silence.
" Will there be safe places in Paris? " Yang asked.
" The Elite Commander and his squad including the legion he commands, it's like a normal town with normal lives as it goes. Of course with all the military personnel around. "
" In Chantilly, you'll meet French Rebel Forces communities as well, " Dr. Pyromaniac answered.
" We've met a lot of people there, " Elder Firefly added.
" Thanks. "
" I hope to see them too. "
" Hey, old man, did you hear something? "Amnon asked and sensed something from a distance." By the way, you broke my inhibitor on my neck. Thanks a lot. "
" Yes, "Methu-Selah replied.
Everyone remained silent when they ceased their activity. The MTF trooper noticed and received an unknown signal.
" Huh?! That's odd..."
" It must have been a tracking device, " Paul pointed out the Kree-Lizard hybrid's broken inhibitor.
" No...Not at all. "
" The boy's inhibitor has ruined as I've noticed, " Methu-Selah answered and handed the cracked metallic object from his son's neck.
" Then what is it? " the other MTF asked.
" Yet, I wonder, " Dr. Pyromaniac added and turned to his younger self holding a scanning device. " Got anything, kid? "
" Wait, it's from the rebel group, " the younger dark-haired Inhuman answered.
" I picked up some sort of slipspace signal that's relatively near, but it's impossible for any known ship current to produce a slipspace portal that small of a size, " the MTF trooper added.
" That can only mean one thing, " his colleague answered.
" Our ship's remnant! " Paul exclaimed and snapped his fingers. " It had travelled across dimensions. I need to check it out myself! "
" Maybe, but there's another possibility. Someone of powerful dark magic could've opened up a portal. Then, the tracker could've mistaken it as a slip space signal, " the MTF trooper speculated.
" Kang the Conqueror, " the disguised Kree Eternal broke his silence.
" Who the what now?! "
" Who?! "Amnon raised his voice.
" A cosmic being, "Methu-Selah answered. " Apparently, Kang has teleported more people into this dimension including the two exiles. I'm afraid we'll be seeing more travellers from another dimension or out of your galaxy. "
" The creatures of the Abyss? "
" The Grimm? "
" No, Vrellnexians, " the disguised Kree Eternal answered. " Roaches..."
" Oh...Then I consider ourselves slightly lucky, because if we were attacked by Darkwraiths, we would've had no chance-...Oh god I said Darkwraiths...didn't I? " the MTF trooper shrugged.
" Darkwraiths? What are they? " Yang cluelessly asked.
" Umm..."
" The people in your dimension called it the Darkwraiths. Here it's the Vrellaxians or Roaches. The Kree tyrants have been using them to eat live humans, inhumans, and other races, " Methu-Selah explained and pointed at the blonde Inhuman. " Andrew is supposed to be eaten by one. "
Andrew Arc looked at the distance and widened his eyes in shock. There were four legged ferocious dark beings crawling around the desert. Amnon saw the same creatures from New York City and remembered how they were dreadful and skirmish everytime he dumped the deceased slaves.
" The roaches are coming! " Andrew yelled.
" Alert the Commander, now! All Troopers, if you can still fight, hold out as long as possible! Now! " the MTF sergeant added.
" I might be ready for killing roaches, " the Kree Eternal spoke and illuminated his both hands in bluish-white light.
" Okay, old guy. I'll help you with that, "Amnon answered.
All of the remaining MTF Troopers, who were in top condition, set up a small and short series of rows to prepare the attack of the roaches. The rest of the Rebel Forces aimed their weapons along with their Inhuman members.
" Fire at will! "
Methu-Selah used his cosmic energy blasts as he targeted every roach. The hybrid son watched how his father exterminated every Vrellnexian coming to their way.
" Woah! You are indeed powerful, "Amnon-Selah commented in awe.
" Yes, I am, thank you, "he replied.
" My brothers, advance the roaches! " the Kree elder called out the others to fight.
" Show no mercy to the roaches! " the MTF Sergeant yelled and then he turned around noticing Roosevelt was absent. " Why isn't the Commander coming? "
" He's currently helping with evac, sir. He won't be back for a while, " his subordinate answered.
" Dammit..."
Elder Pyromaniac and the others attacked the roaches until they were killed. The MTF and the Rebel Forces joined forces in eliminating every Vrellnexian attacking them. Some of the soldiers perished and the others got injured. Amnon and Methu-Selah ended every roach as they got tired.
" Well, that went peer shakingly fast, " the MTF trooper sighed in relief and commented.
" Everyone, I think this is a long day. We should rest until we reach Paris, " Methu-Selah in Amnon's body said.
" Roger, that, " the sergeant saluted and turned to his subordinates. " Troops, you've heard the Kree man, you get your rest for the night. "
All of the Troopers sighed in relief as they all just plumped down to the ground and relaxed as the official did the same. The others returned to the tents and started to meet their slumber. Methu-Selah and Amnon-Selah sat down on the ground and looked at the luminous arm of the Milky Way lying on the starry evening sky.
" That was a very tiring one. Thank you, Amnon-Selah, "the Kree Eternal smiled.
" Yeah, you're welcome, Old man..."his son replied and felt pleased.
" Your name in Kree means loyal and faithful like you are..."
Upon hearing it, Amnon was speechless and in shock. Aside from his mother and friends, Methu-Selah was the other person who could appreciate and accept him. The Kree-Lizard boy felt ashamed and guilty for being pessimistic and argumentative earlier. It was the effect of his earlier years from the MTF before he met his friends and Captain Marvel. Then, he was being enslaved and manipulated as 682 by the tyrant. Amnon's mind was being tainted by the indestructible lizard's darkness.
" Everyone in the MTF knew I was 682, but merely a weak clone of his. When I joined the Rebel Forces in Russia, my friends called me, Svet the Lizard. Then, my mother considered me as her son. Until, I met the Supreme Intelligence and discovered my real name from him, "he recalled and sadly sighed." I don't know if I deserve that Kree name. I spared a lot of lives in the slave den. Now, I just slaughtered dozens of lives when I became an accuser. Methu-Selah, I'm so sorry. I never wanted to..."
" Amnon, you have experienced a lot, "his father calmly replied." You will get through this. I know, you will. Some people don't understand, eventually they will accept you. You're not that 682 what they think of. You're way different. Your past doesn't defy who you are, but you need to confront what needs to be done. "
" I'm glad you're able to understand me, although we have just met. Only my mother fully knows about me aside from my friends. "
" I'm glad they are part of your life, Son. They surely miss you. "
" How did you know? "
" My cosmic awareness can tell, "the Kree Eternal smiled in reply." You're developing that too. 682 and Kasius lead to your insanity. If they never meddled your mind, you could have tried using it. "
" You're right. I tracked you before 682 messed up with me and you all, "he sighed." I'm sorry for being such a headache to you. I do realize my mind has been corrupted with 682. I just don't know how I speak up about the Abyss and Darkness. "
" So, do you still have memories of that demon and see your nightmares? "
" Yes. "
" I understood then. "
Amnon-Selah remembered those days to years when he was starting to find the truth about the Kree Eternal Methu-Selah. Christopher Knightfall, Dr. Jusis Vandark, Carol Danvers and among others had truly known who he was. Confronting him as the mad 682, Amnon had truly found the hero who has been looking for.
" Look, I have been searching for you ever since. Most people know you're the highest form of the Kree race. I know you will help me from this insanity. If you're going to sacrifice yourself, I would be nothing, "he humbly said.
" Amnon, I'm also searching for someone just like you, "his father replied." It's no accident that we have met each other here in the desert. I've been looking for him for years. "
" You mean, your son? "
" Yes. "
" I'm so sorry... I couldn't find him for you. I'm so hopeless to do it. I failed you in finding your son. He must be dead..."
" Amnon, it's all right. You have helped me find him. I'm glad you have never given up. It's important that you have found me, too. "
" How? Who? I don't know what you're talking about, sir..."
" You will understand it, very soon. Only Tam-Borr knows. "
" I guess so..."
Methu-Selah in the Kree-Lizard hybrid's body smiled and kept looking at the stars. Inside his body, Amnon felt his father's love embracing around him. Four months ago, Kasius had brought back 682 within him which he was being hindered and controlled. The hybrid boy felt nothing, but fear, oppression, and rage. This time, he knew this love was the same as his mother's that he has been longing for.
" You know, you sounded just like a real father to me, "Amnon admitted and felt pleased." I mean no one was treating me that way back in the MTF Facility, until I met my mother several years later. She was the only person who filled my empty heart. Honestly, I have been longing to have a father. "
" From what you have said about the races, I understood, "Methu-Selah answered." Because, I saw how terrible you had experienced. Perhaps, you'll learn something from our journey. I shall treat you as my son rather than a slave. "
" I mean, when you consider being experimented with anything that the human mind could Think of, yeah a "terrible experience" is a complete understatement. "
" Complete understatement, huh?! I have heard how loud you wailed back in the MTF facility when you met 682! Stop being prideful, son! I knew how you suffered tremendously back then! That's two points for bringing up one of your lamest excuses! One more of those, you'll be grounded again from me! UNDERSTOOD?! "
" But..."
" Son, you have to learn more. I'm sure you have a lot of questions about me on this trip. So ask me anything. "
" All right, Old Man, "Amnon chuckled and deeply thought of his queries." Has this prolonged invasion affected you? Secondly, I knew the Kree made and experimented with the Inhumans through terrigen. They're overpowered, but how come they protect the weak? "
" Yes, it's greatly affected me. I made a lot of friends here on this planet. Slavery and colonization. Those are the foolish mistakes of my corrupted Kree brothers. They joined along with the Lizards. If you remained as 682, you could have been one of them. "
" Right..."
" The Inhumans knew how terrible my race had done to them. They never wanted to experience the same fate to the people as they have protected the weaker ones. "
" So, it's the same thing that happened to me fifty years ago, "Amnon-Selah opened up and spoke gloomily. " I was being experimented on by the MTF itself. I knew nothing about the world. Until that time I wandered off, I witnessed how your race and the Lizards had oppressed this world. Years later, I found out from Dr. Vandark I'm part-Kree. The MTF had kept the truth from me. "
" So, those series of unfortunate events and discovery of your Kree side turned out to be a blessing for you. I see. "
" Indeed..."Amnon-Selah agreed." How about you? What makes you the most powerful person in your race? Did Tam-Borr grant you something? "
" Well, I felt sad when I got experimented on by my own kind more than a thousand of years ago. The Kree scientists discovered I have Kree Eternal lineage. I'm related to Ard-Con, my greatest grandfather who lived three thousand years ago. "
" So, you're destined to become like him as they thought of you? "
" Amnon, all I wanted was to live a normal and peaceful life, but I never dreamed of being the most powerful Kree in Hala. "
" Why? "
" To begin with, I was born as a sickly child, "Methu-Selah admitted." My mother knew I would die shortly after my birth. The scientists had experimented with my genes and discovered a cure to let me live longer than any other Kree in Hala. I recovered. They told me that I have a destiny to fulfill in the distant future. I never fully understood everything until I ended up living with more lives, seeing deaths of other people and events for several yesterdays in other parts of the cosmos. "
" And that ultimately is how you became to this day. Am I right? "
" Yes, "he nodded." Hala knows how my life became a prolonged roller coaster. In fact, I never had children before I ended here on Earth. I had previous lives as my disguises, but they were not enough. "
" What do you mean by that? "
" I used to have a son back in the MTF Facility. I never saw him physically nor had a chance to talk to him. Those scientists never forbade me to visit him. I tried to find and track him when this invasion had started. "
" I'm so sorry, Methu-Selah. I never found him. Did Amelie know who you really are? "
" Yes, it was ten years ago, "the disguised Kree Eternal answered." The Moulin Rouge Mutiny made us be together. Days after the incident, she found real identity as a Kree Eternal. At first, she was afraid of me, but she fully accepted it. "
" How about my mother, Carol Danvers? Do you love her more than your girlfriend? Is it conflicting enough to deal with two women in your life? I had two girlfriends in between years before I ended up in France. Don't you think you can settle in one person? "
Methu-Selah was struck by his son's questions. He remained silent and deeply thought of the answer.
" Amnon, I didn't know you have fallen in-love twice, "his father chuckled." Honestly, Carol touched my heart. She's been my best friend for several years. I fell in-love with her more than Amelie. "
" That must be a complicated feeling you got there. "
" I wanted to marry Amelie. She told me I can marry her, but having a child with her will be a terrible problem. "
" Is this because of the Kree? They will capture your girlfriend, if they find out she's pregnant with your child. "
" No, It's not just that, son. She has a terminal illness, Ovarian Cancer. "
" Oh, I'm so sorry...I didn't know..."
Amnon heavily sighed in his mind and took a long silence, remembering his time with his beloved Nancy Johnson several years ago. Although she was the first person who touched his heart, she and him enjoyed their company together, until Amnon had witnessed how she had fatally left the planet.
" Son? "Methu-Selah called him and noticed his quietness." Have you lost someone before? "
" Yeah, the Kree and the Lizards took her life years ago after I escaped. She was also a cancer patient. I loved her. "
" I understood and my sincerest condolences to your late girlfriend. She will remain in your memories. "
" Thanks..."Amnon said, thought to change his topic, and asked." How come you disguised as a Kree-Faunus man? "
" Like I said, my own kind has banished me from my planet. I travelled to every part of the cosmos and took disguises. I have been chased by enemies everywhere. Until I found a deceased Kree-Faunus man named Methuselah Belladonna from ten years ago. I took his body and identity for a long time. That's why I ended up as a mad wanderer. Even the Faunus race discriminated against me for what I am. "
" Races these days, they can't seem to find their differences and put them to the side. This is why I became an accuser to commit genocide to all of the races, who were against the Kree-Lizard forces..."Amnon sadly spoke." All I did was to take down every life... Now, I don't know what to do...I don't even care if I will get killed. I guess I have to face my punishment for good. I have been through a lot of hardships. The MTF is right, I'm ferocious and vile as he is. I should be dead. "
" Son, you still have goodness in your heart. Your insanity has driven you to do those things. You said you have been manipulated. You are what you are, Amnon. Don't equate yourself to the one you despise. You're different. "
" So, you can see my true memories, joys and sorrows, and dreams in life? "
" Yes, some people don't realize I can see everything within them. Just like I did to you. Mind if I let you see the future? "he asked.
" It's up to you then..."
" Eventually, you will be free when this war is over. Perhaps, I shall leave this planet anytime. "
" Sir, do you think it would be necessary? "
" Son, my time is running out. I have lived almost two millennia. I would die anytime. "
" No...you can't leave. We have just met. I need you. I have a lot of questions..."
" I understand. My mission here is to fight the tyrants and unify all races. Then, I can leave in peace, because I have seen and fulfilled the tasks. Someone has to rise up after me..."
" Will it be possible? "
" That is the prophecy that I saw when I first came here into this planet. "
" Still, a prophecy is a prophecy...It might happen or not. And if it's almost impossible as this objective is, why even do it? You will surely risk your life. "
" Amnon, you have risked your life several times in the Rebel Forces and spared a lot of slaves. You have done the same objective as mine. Think of the fate of those people. It's up to you if you want a better future or not. "
" What does it matter if all would still be in conflict even after the war? "
" Remember you have mentioned a greater enemy in that vision? "
" Yes, I do. "
" We can use our cosmic awareness this time. You have done this before you found me. "
" All right... it's childish..."
" Son, it's not childish. You have discovered this ability when Dr. Vandark helped you unleash your Kree genes. You surely need some psychiatric help when we reach France. You have to sort and settle your mind. "
" I'm sorry, I have been forgetful and fickle-minded recently. But yeah, let's close our eyes. "
Methu-Selah had closed Amnon's eyes and began meditating along with his son. They both ended up in a near future, seeing the whole races fighting the evil armies of the Abyss.
" How is this possible?! " Amnon exclaimed. " There's no way we could even scratch the surface. "
" This is what I spoke of the Kree beings, " his father answered.
" Then, why even bother the effort in showing? "
" Just look. "
The Lizards were having a difficult time fighting the armies as well as the other allied of them were killed. Some of them got injured.
" This is what you mentioned. You have predicted this possible future. " Methu-Selah seriously spoke.
" So, it is. "
" Not all people can understand their enemies are more dreadful than the ones we see in the present time. "
Methu-Selah and Amnon saw Kang the Conqueror bringing the forces away into a Lizards, Kree, humans, and the rest were being dragged. Amnon observed the rest of the scene as it was being played out.
" So, this is what I have heard from those interdimensional travellers? "
" Yes,those interdimensional travelers had that same fate when the evil one brought them into our world. "
" The same exact fate as the rest of us in this universe. "
" Yes. "
" I'm sorry, I'm so ignorant to all of these. "
" Son, you don't need to be sorry. " Methu-Selah said. " They don't deserve to experience that 's why we need to warn everyone. We will start from your race upto the Kree. But the real enemies here are the tyrants, Kasius and Basha. They control all of those races who have been enslaved including yours. They refused to let them see the truth. "
" With all do respect sir, but we don't have enough time to even get half-way, " Amnon replied. " The Lord Supremor just barely answered my question once. Maybe, we should start this, but how? "
" Amnon, the Rebel Forces and the MTF troopers are on their way to battle. You should be cooperating with them aside from me. You have a lot to learn and prepare for any eventuality. Your mother and I will be helping you. It will take time for you to get prepared. "
" Okay, then. Let's see how it works. I put my trust in you. "
" It's already morning, we have to wake up now. "
(Scenes on this chapter is based from Great War RP byFlashlightMan,Budderwriter1, and yours truly. )
(Additional scenes and dialogues by yours truly.)
(Commander Roosevelt byFlashlightMan)