Chapter 64: I've Prayed

*Flashback*

3rd Person POV

The scientists are monitoring the conversation between Loki and Lucifer throughout, and Keith didn't really see anything special and he can tell that his colleagues were also slightly disappointed since it seems to not have given them the results they needed.

"I've seen nothing special so far." Keith commented "What is Loki supposed to do?"

"Lucifer's ability has been gone, we observed it during his weekly DNA test." one of his colleagues replied "It's not gone as if he doesn't have it anymore, but it's no longer active, we've destroyed his pride and happiness, his ability is linked with his mental health, he'll know if we bring an actual therapist to him, so we brought Perseus to help solve the problem."

But it didn't take long that Lucifer guessed their goals, they did try bring undercover spies to act as fellow subjects, and he figured them all out, but Loki was just an anomaly since he is actually a subject under the same bidder. He might just help them accomplish their goal without his knowing.

"How strong are the apocalypse class really?" Keith asked

"They're deadly, but not unstoppable, at the end of the day, all their durability is just better than a regular human, so an armor piercing bullet, or certain force of power forced upon them will kill them. They can brig a whole nation down in they aren't stopped and let loose. But even then...they are much weaker than the extinction class."

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Inside the room, Loki is still having conversation with Lucifer, it's about 30 minutes since they first started and it seems that it's about another half hour before it's going to end as their usual allotted time.

'Have you not thought of escaping again?'

"I told, I gave up." Lucifer chuckled sadly "I'm always being watched, but worse than you, I can't even take a shit in private even though the room is unbreakable, but you do you man, last time, we both used the chaos to run, and look at us now, still here being bid on like fucking objects."

'I know, if I can kill myself, I would.'

"Heh, I sure would too. There's nothing good here, the fact that you are starting to think like that is sad, you've matured too quickly and not in a good direction. You already lost your innocence and pure thoughts, a kid shouldn't have to go through that."

'Not like I want to, last year was worse. But now...there's one thing that I'd rather go back on, they now use sleeping gas on me when it's time for me to sleep, the aircon just disperse them out and I have no choice.'

"Yeah, cuz that's when you didn't have anyone bid on you, now they gotta be a bit careful, but I bet those pills and injections just don't stop comin."

'Yeah, it still hurts. I still remember when we first me, you were definitely more cheerful, how did that change so quick?'

"That's cuz I attempted more escapes than you, there just isn't any hope for me man, I've got family, but it's not like they cared enough for me to begin with, I do make up stories about how good they are, but...they sold me out, they're the reason I'm here...man, I just wanna die...

"I've prayed man, every day, God and deities of other religion...but look at how shit turned out...if God is real...he would have just end it for me, I don't wanna continue in this hell we call life."

A tear came out of his eye and it didn't stop as he completely broke down. Loki didn't know what to say either as he just sat there at look down, he sometime just cries himself to sleep due to the reality that he was stuck with.

But now...he knows that no help would, a country placed a bid on him, A COUNTRY, he's got no help coming soon, and his life is just going to be riddled with pain, it won't be long till he breaks completely, and he doesn't want to reach there, it's a point of no return.

Even now, in the glimmer of darkness, there's just a small glimpse of hope...but if nothing different happens anytime soon, that point of no return might just be closer to him than he thinks.

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Perseus POV

Fuck, why do I have to wake up with tears in my eye, man...it's just giving me the cliché of 'I don't know why I'm crying moment'. Damn it Lucifer, why do I keep remembering you?

You ain't my friend, but you sure were one unique guy.

After that, I packed all my things and went to my factory and helped them restock on a few things as I'll be gone for a while, I got employees now, so my family is settled and having a free easy early retirement. I visited grandpa Wager and grandma Lynda and bid them goodbye, bid by hungover grandpa Lake goodbye and left with my 2 companions.

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The island that we're heading to is only accessible through see travel, so that's fucking great cuz if this body is like the last, I'm gonna get seasick. Since we got money and ships in this world are somewhat advance, we rented ourselves a private yacht.

Bigger boats, less bumpy, should help with my seasickness a bit. In this world, people can make a good living as ship captains, I just hired this sailor and his yacht, it came with his crew and everything. Families can just gather relatives and hire one, so even regular people hire for it sometimes.

Oh and don't worry, as I've mention before, I can tell if someone's lying with an instant gut feeling, these guys are genuine, so I'm safe. We got private chefs, guards, engineers plus a private yacht. I feel like a millionaire...I mean I am, but...that's besides the point.

But as I aboard the ship, I spotted a familiar looking guy amongst the crew.

"Zach?"

"Huh? Do I know you?" he gave me a puzzling look