Chapter Fourteen | The Origin

The Origin Arc - Final Part

The Gateway to the Inferno

Sakura: I'm sorry...

Cole: It isn't your fault. I'm sorry I forgot, I'm sorry I couldn't save her.

Mikato: Save the talk... we have to get out of here.

Sakura: Do you not mourn... she helped us brother...

Mikato: I'm sorry... But we need to get out of here. And we need to find your shadow.

A day prior, Bronze

The Monarch of Flesh

Ashen: It seems my boys have gotten a bit lost. The fools tend to do that- kidding. They have opened a portal, to the Bridge. Once we capture you all, we'll be able to move on to the next step.

Sakura ran into the temple

Sakura: Cole...

Cole gained consciousness in that moment

Palin: Cole, N-

...

Palin: Listen... I have the energy to give you all... the memories you need back. In this moment... I've gathered all I needed to. Memories of regret and emotion... This is my way to help you, all of you. We were all once friends at a point in time... At least most of us... from what I know...

Sakura: I... I remember what happened...

A delve into the past...

Cole, Palin, Sakura, Mikato, Yuki-

"Yuki was our teacher, him and Cole's grandfather. We all shares interests. And he thought us how to control our abilities. But... I... - "

Palin: Sakura... please focus... it wasn't your fault...

In unison... "Sakura, me, us- her Psycho Ability went out of control. The force of Cole's Aura and her Ability both shot through time- for a split second. This affect is what killed Cole's parents... wasn't it... And what alerted... them...

The Norse Gods... They wanted to infuse our energy- Odin wanted us to be his source of born again power. Somehow, some way- he manipulated our minds... Without ever being in Earth Realm...

We forgot our memories, even Yuki forgot. It was wiped in a flash...

And the darkness that loomed over the Island, the poverty... was the suffering result of this unhinged combination..."

Palin: It is Odin's fault we forgot our memories, and it is The Hell's Abyss's fault that we lost our home... our families... WE CAN NOT GIVE IN...

In that moment, Ashen sent his arm through Palin's chest... killing her...

Cole fell to the ground and passed out from loss of strength...

And Sakura, was captured...

It was all foggy...

A day later

Bridge to the Inferno

Sakura: I'm sorry... If I was only faster, if I hadn't gotten lost.

Mikato: We will make it out of here.

Yuki: You damn kids- I missed you all... Although fragments of our memories are dissipated- at least we know there's a reason to all of this. And when we get out of this. I will make all of you stronger than you could imagine. We will win, and then- will will train. We will eventually take down Hades...

Yuki's speech helped the kids, in this dire time. The time lapse between the capture and the descent into the Inferno... had all been a blur.

Three members of Archive One remained... The next Arc would soon...begin-

TO BE CONTINUED