Course of Action

"How dare you, Avilius!" Ezekiel shouted on the top his lungs in angers. Thrashing around the broken furniture while tearing the paper apart.

"Ummm" Evan said, trying to ask a question, "Excuse me, but, who's Avilius?"

"He was once a comrade of ours, and a mentor to Ezekiel" Pierre replied "Before he betrayed us for power". He went ahead and clean the corpses by carrying it along his chest, picking it up one by one, and went to the door to head downstairs. "I'll go ahead and dispose of this, just" He looked down "Take care of the prince".

"Wait wha...." Evan is trying to ask, but Pierre closed the door "...t am I gonna do" He finished without getting answered. He turned back to see a raging redhead destroying the already broken furniture, and throwing the utensils away in fury.

"Guess I'll just clean up what I can" Evan thought to himself, picking up the wood that came from the chairs, leaving Ezekiel to his wrath while shouting "DIE!" over and over again.

>:T

He almost finished but Ezekiel calmed down, and looked around to see an almost clean room, except for the bloodpool around because Evan wants to do it last.

"What the...."

"Oh, you're done I guess?"

"What do you mean by done?"

"Done throwing stuff around and stomping the ground?"

"Ye-yeah" Ezekiel replied, as he saw a guy sweeping using a broom and a pile of trash near the door for disposal later. He looked around to see the blood still not cleaned and took initiative. "Let me just clean the bloodpool then".

"Sure sure" Evan replied, tying up the trash. "Now" He laid it down to a corner "Can we talk about the plan?"

"What plan?" Ezekiel asked, looking around to find a missing guy. "And where's Pierre?"

"Oh, he's asking the people outside to see if they knew who thrashed the place" Evan replied. "And about the plan" He pointed to Ezekiel "You create it, since you know the place where she is kept"

He tilted his head to the left "What do you mean?" He asked in confusion, which made Evan stumble to the floor.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT!?" He pointed to the shredded paper on the floor "HAVEN'T YOU READ ABOUT THE CONTENTS?"

"What contents?" Ezekiel asked.

"IT SAYS RIGHT THERE THAT YOU KNOW THE PLACE!?"

"Ohhhhh" Ezekiel knocked his head "I forgot..."

Evan walked closer to him and smacked him in the head, annoyed by how incompetent he is. "THE PLAN RESTS ON YOU KNOWING THE PLACE AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THAT IS!?!?!?!"

"I know" Someone said beside the door, Pierre walked to them with his fists clenched. "Its where we trained the descendants of the Reige kingdom back in the day, before it was discovered by both the populace and the enemy" He almost punched the wall, but was stopped by Evan.

"Hey hey, I just cleaned the place and all" He threw the fist down as if it was nothing "So, please, no punching the walls" He continued to sweep the floors while Pierre was left in awe, but returned to the topic at hand.

"Now, its just a warehouse stored with artifacts covered in unidentifiable junk" Pierre continued, while opening and closing is hand due to confusion.

"Well then, what are we waiting for?" Ezekiel said, pulling up his sleeves to reveal his armband. His long red armband still remained lifeless and the timer, colored in black, still showed the time he has left.

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"Then let's attack while we still can..."

"We can't" Pierre cutted him off, thinking of a plan to stealthily invade them.

"What do you mean we can't?" Ezekiel asked, his voice rising the more he talks "Miranna has been kidnapped and you're saying that we shouldn't do anything!?" He looked at Evan for help, thinking that he might agree and join his line of thinking. "Right, Evan?"

He looked at him in concern and disapproval, meaning that he doesn't agree with his idea.

"Fi-fine" He said, disappointed and hurt how both of them didn't agree to help him, especially Evan. "I'll go alone and save her all by myself..."

"Stop Ezekiel, let's think of a plan first...."

"AND WHAT!?" He snapped "LET HER BE A HOSTAGE WHILE WE SIT HERE IN THINK OF WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO...."

"IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT AT ALL!" Evan also snapped by the words Ezekiel said. "DID YOU EVER THINK OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN WE ATTACKED WITHOUT ANY PROPER PLAN!? HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THE CONSEQUENCES YOUR ACTIONS WILL MAKE?"

"I KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES AND I'LL STILL..."

"DID YOU EVER SAW THE ONE YOU TRULY LOVE GET EATEN RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES BECAUSE OF THE STUBBORNESS I HAD TO SAVE HER WITHOUT THINKING OF ANY PLAN!" He paused to breath, then continued.

"AND BECAUSE OF THAT, SHE'S DEAD." He shouted, remembering the time he saw her get eaten right before her eyes. The ominous feeling that everything the goddess said was a lie, something that she made up to keep him going. He thought about the mistake he made that day, that time where because of his stubborness to save her, she went missing in turn. Because of that, he never trusted himself that much and lost confidence in the decisions he would make. He knew that maybe she is still alive, and that what the goddess of fate showed wasn't an illusion or a lie, but the truth. But a it was to good to be true to believe it, as to why he always doubted himself. He would believe she is alive once he saw her with his own two eyes. For now, she's dead, and nothing will ever change that line of thought till she see her.

"I'm sorry" Ezekiel apologized "I never knew about it" He looked at Pierre, a look that says that he will follow the plan through. He was also surprised for Evan's outburst, which made him regret his words, his selfishness for thinking that no one understands him, even if there was someone who has a much more worst past right beside him.

"Everyone has their own past to hold them" Pierre said, cheering Evan in way he knew how, giving advices through the experience of the past. "But it doesn't mean we should give up, rather let it be an inspiration to be better". He looked up to the ceiling, nostalgia having the better him. Remembering a tragic past that made his heart ache.

"Let's get started then" Evan said, wanting to get rid of the heavy atmosphere that he started. "What's the plan, Pierre?".

"Wait a minute" Pierre replied, moving to the nearby doors, checking it one by one, and destroyed the knobs and also threw a broken part of a chair at the corner of the room, which made Evan drop to his knees because of the added cleaning up.

"What the...."

"A small observer eh" Pierre grinned "Not bad for you little Avi" He walked to where he threw the chair, and picked up a tiny round metal and put it in his hands for the two to see. "Good thing that I checked before we talk about the plan". He sat at the floor cross legged "Gather up and let's start?" As both of the young men sat in front or the side, and started to form up a plan.

>:T

"Sir, they destroyed the observers" One of the men said, checking the three screens, all pitch black. He got shot through the head by a metal ball the boss flicked.

"Useless b*******, can't even hide an observer" He replayed the last scene where a white haired boy had an outburst. "But, I already gathered plenty of info to bargain with". He snapped his fingers and the buff guy came in into the room. The room was a small one. With the walls painted in brown, three big tvs on the front and is operated by three people, one who is already dead, and the two working much harder to not get killed as well.

"Yes sir?" The buff guy asked, and he got punched into the stomach.

"How many times do I have to tell you?" The guy said, sitting at the nearby vacant chair where his recently deceased worker is. "That I hate being called sir". He stared at the corpse right in front of him at his shoes "Or do you want to be like this midget right here?" He kicked it hard enough that it landed merely inches before the buff guy. A clean hole is seen right through his forehead, blood spewing out of it.

"Sorry, boss..." He spoke as he lowered his voice, a sign of respect and apologizing.

"What?" He put a hand in his ear "I can't hear you because of the useless midgets right beside me"

"SORRY SIR!" He said, shouting and prostrating himself at him, while feeling a bit of blood from his former comrade.

"Good" He looked at the pitch black screens again. "Find out what they're planning and report back to me immediately".

"Yes si-BOSS!" He said, hurrying to get out of the room before getting beaten up again.

"Ahhhh, incompetent people" He pulled up his sleeves and revealed his long graphite colored armband, the timer, color in state grey, ticking as it goes down.

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"If it wasn't for that emperor draining me of my time everytime I had extra" He stood up and walked aimlessly, till he punched a wall in anger, making the employees working there startled. "I would've had thought out a plan that isn't as rushed as this" He said, fixing his hair by combing it up using his hands as a comb. He also killed the two in there because he jusy wanted too, and walked out of the room.

"MEN!" He shouted, and two people came at the beck of his call "Clean up the mess inside"

"YES BOSS!" They shouted, and immediately went in to the room. Avilius continued to walk to his throne, while pulling his sleeves back down to hide his Chronos.

"Someday Reige" He looked at the closest window, as it shoned little light because of it being boarded up for intruders not to invade throught there.

"I'll get my revenge" He sat on his throne again and sat cross legged. "And when I do, you'll feel the suffering I dealth with".

"For the last 30 years"

>:T

After planning what to do, they continued cleaning and renovating the place for a whole day. Then, they recited the plan on what they will do this morning.

"First" Ezekiel said "We'll gather atleast a hundred of Vermites to create paralyzing darts"

"Ironic on how we need to collect them after a CERTAIN SOMEONE threw my Vermites away" Evan answered, laughing at how ironic the situation is, for them to collect the ones Ezekiel threw away yesterday. Ezekiel, already annoyed and angry for Evan bullying him from yesterday until now, tried to hold it off for the sake of what he knew about him.

"Then we need too...."

"Guess we need to collect Vermites now..."

"After that we will...."

"Oh my, we don't have any stock of Vermites, I wonder who threw them away...."

"Lastly we go in....."

"Seriously I need my Vermites now...."

"I'M SORRY IF I THREW AWAY YOUR LOOT" He apologized "NOW, WILL YOU PLEASE STOP BUTTING IN WHILE I'M TALKING?" Ezekiel snapped, as he can't hold off his anger anymore.

"Okay then, I'll stop while your talking" Evan answered, grinning as he found a loophole around what he said.

"Thank you!" Ezekiel replied "Now, after Pierre charged in as a distraction, we'll both sneak in at the windows to save Miranna. After saving her, we will get out and send a message using a grey flare once we're outside".

"That's pretty much the plan one week from now" Pierre said, sharpening off the shield and shortsword, while fixing the armor he had been using before he got hired by the Reige family.

"A shortsword that is pretty handy and cheap than a regular sword, and can be thrown if needed to withstand an attack with a shield. It won't also put the tank at a terrible situation where he needs to carry two heavy things at the same time. His shield is also large, color in grey, it can withstood the heaviest attacks a monster or person available. Same with his armor" Pierre thought to himself, thinking of any more ways for their plan to work and reciting its uses for any mistakes he might see.

"We'll head out, Pierre!" Ezekiel bade his other mentor goodbye, while Evan followed him from behind, leaving and heading to the forest they always trained at. They left the room.

"Yes, yes, goddbye Prince Ezekiel" He said, as his voice got lower, looking around to see that there's no people around.

"Guess I can finally talk alone now and arrange my thoughts in order, as he fixed whatever that could be repaired. Preparing for a suicidal attack he haven't done for so long, until that time Avilius betrayed them.

>:T

"Why not let's have a contest?" Ezekiel asked, both hands at the back of his head, relaxing to make himself calm before a week from now. "To see how many Vermites we'll catch before the day ends. The one who has caught more than the other offers free lunch and dinner tomorrow".

"But, I don't have a Chronos...." Evan said, feeling down about how powerless he is. "Yes I can summon a dagger" he thought to himself "But compared to Ezekiel, Miranna, and Pierre who has one..." He felt useless, as he can't use the other weapons for the time being because of a promise he talked about with Marco.

"Pick one weapon to show once you meet other people, okay?" He said to him a while back, which made him choose the bow because it was the most wise decision that time. He can only cast a bit spells as well, before he go to the Celestial kingdom to learn from whatever Marco said. He also has no time to spend with, as whenever he tried to summon his Chronos from his arm, nothing happens. The necklace he had on his neck isn't visible for the time being as well.

"Ohhhh right" Ezekiel replied, remembering that Evan can't spend for himself. Knowing that, it answered a lot of questions Ezekiel had. Like why is a teenage boy roaming in a forest to begin with, where they first met.

"Then, how about the person must follow the winner for a day?"

Evan thought how much Cheese he can get from extorting Ezekiel.

"YOU'RE SO ON" He agreed on the bet, and readied himself as soon as they start.

"Okay then, we'll start in...."

"5"

"4"

"3"

"2"

"1"

"GO!"

They both ran off in opposite directions, hunting as many Vermites as they possily could, not wanting to lose the bet that easily.

"Well, well, it made our jobs a lot easier don't you think?" A buff guy said, standing up from the bush he hid from. Following them after they left the inn. Other guys showed themselves as well, their white tuxedos covered in dirt from hiding.

"You know the drill" The buff guy shouted "FIRST SQUAD WILL FOLLOW EZEKIEL'S FRIEND, WHILE THE REST" He walked out of the bush and went towards Ezekiel's direction "Follow me"

A total of ten guys followed after Evan, while fifteen of them followed Ezekiel.

"Finally" The buff guy said "I'll be finished working with that jerk after catching the prince"