A Raven?

[ Shirowa Aoi ]

I was down in my room, trying to get some sleep. Still... I couldn't stop thinking about my father. I had a picture of him, sitting right beside my bed.

"Father... I would not lose this one. I am going to get revenge for what they did to you!" I would always tell myself when I see his picture.

I kept my head on the pillow and closed my eyes.

'Can we change the world... With him? Can we do it with him... Achieve the impossibility...'

Knock! Knock! There was a sudden knock on the door. Someone was coming.

I quickly stood up. Then, I heard his voice.

"Aoi-sama! Please open the door! I need to discuss something with you!" It was Oki-san's voice.

I quickly hurried to the door and opened it. "Oki-san! What's the matter? Did you receive a signal from the guy?" I couldn't wait to hear it.

"Uh... I didn't get a message, but it's about the guy alright!" He said. "Let's go! I need to show it to you quickly!"

I nodded and followed him.

Our base was the smallest base of all. And we were the ones who had the least number of members. Yet, we were the most powerful team.

"The Grave," was the name we gave to our base. We had about 180 members and we all lived in one large ship.

We didn't live on Earth. We lived in outer space, so no one can catch us. We only fought for one thing. To get vengeance for our losses and to make Earth, a better place.

"You'd be surprised to see this one Aoi-san."

I nodded. The door slid open automatically and we went in. It was Oki-san's lab.

He walked near to his table. The table was enormous. Lines that lit with a blue color ran across the table. "Aoi-san... Look at this."

Oki-san touched the table and a holographic image came on. It was the Glitch mutation. The cube... The source of the Glitch.

"This thing... It's far more powerful than we imagined. It defeats both time and space, thus, they named it the Glitch. This is the next step of cosmic technology! They've found it before we did. This mutation must've caused hundreds of experiments... Hundreds of test subjects. But now... We can finally achieve the impossibility! We need him. We need his blood. We have to get him."

I was kind of relieved. Like I said... I didn't get much about technology, but he said that we need to get the guy. So I was definitely in.

"I'm in! We need to get the guy! We have to save him before anyone else gets to him!"

Oki-san nodded. He pulled his glasses up the bridge of his nose and looked at the holographic image. He sighed.

Oki-san was a hot guy. He wore glasses but nonetheless... He was hot. He had a nice body, nice muscles and he was a handsome blonde.

He glanced at me and that stare... It was damn hot. "Let's do this Aoi-san!"

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[ Tsujii Tameoshi ]

I waited and waited... But still... No one was there. But I knew they would come... The power I have was too valuable. I could tell it from the way that girl talked to me.

"Tameoshi-san... What are you waiting for?"

Someone spoke to me. It scared the living hell out of me. It was a voice I've never heard of before.

I turned around.

A kid was standing there. He had grey hair and red eyes. He was wearing a jacket and there was something awfully strange about him.

"Who are you?" I asked him.

He didn't answer me. He just simply stared at me and sighed. "I am... The future."

I was confused. The future? Did this guy lose his shit or something? What the hell is he saying!

"Umm... I don't quite understand..."

He walked to the table and sat in front of me. Then, he pulled down his left sleeve; revealing a tattoo that represented something like a bird.

"Uh—" when I figured it out, I was speechless. 'Maybe he's a terrorist! But he's still a kid! Where's that girl!?'

The kid looked at me and smiled. "Don't hesitate... Tameoshi-san. There is nothing to be afraid of. I am a Raven, a member of a secret group of alchemists. You wouldn't know... There is more time to reveal us."

I didn't understand anything. But a secret group meant its trouble.

"Umm... There's something I wanted to do. I want to kill you... Tameoshi-san."

Those words... It was more than enough for me to hesitate. I instantly stood up and before I could turn around and start running, I was disturbed by his voice.

"Tsujii... Don't run! The crowd... Eyewitness. You'd be suspected and the Rings will be onto you. Don't run senpai."

He was true. If I ran now, the crowd would suspect me. But if I stay, I would die. 'Come on! You foolish Reapers! You invited me here just to get killed! Where the hell are you people!?'

I wanted to scream at the Reapers. They tell me to give them a signal and now... I was about to die.

"Tameoshi-san... Let me give you a heads up!" The little boy said and jumped down from his chair.

Then, he started to walk towards the crowd. The people were talking and taking selfies near the Blue Lotus. I didn't want to stand up and make any funny moves.

He entered the crowd.

A moment later, there was a gasp. I saw a glowing light coming from the crowd. I had no idea what was happening there, but it was something really wrong.

ZWOOSH!

A beam of light ran towards the sky. It was like fireworks, but more like a laser beam.

The beam exploded in the sky and some words formed. It said, "RUN!"

The crowd hesitated and started to scream. Everyone scattered across the Blue Lotus. There were some Rings who were guarding the entrance to the Blue Lotus.

All of them were startled. And I was the most frightened one. My legs unfroze. I started to run like I've never run before.

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