Do the right thing, even if it calls for a sacrifice.

In the Valorant HQ, in a wide room with windows overseeing the training grounds, more than half the agents could be seeing training, researching, tinkering and.... knitting ??

Cypher was sitting at his usual spot in front of a chess game pondering heavily about his next move against…. welp, himself since no other agents want to play with him.

Killjoy was typing furiously on her keyboard while doing some research on radianite on one screen while another screen had data on the different OMEGA agents and whatever they know about them so far with some questions written at the bottom of the screen.

Sova, Yoru and Jett were observing Sage training with Skye through the window while commenting quietly among themselves.

And lastly, Omen was sitting in a dark corner in the room while hold his knitting tools with his back to the group. Occasionally, soft grunts of pain could be heard coming from him but any inquires about his condition was met with " I am fine." so they could only retreat helplessly and leave him be.

Suddenly the room doors split apart and Brimstone could be seen marching inside the room with Viper close behind him holding a tablet and inputting info every few seconds.

Brimstone looked around the room until he spotted KJ and walked straight to her while viper lifted her eyes and settled on Omen figure in the corner, their was a flash of hesitation that crossed her eyes for a second before going back and her eyes went back to the tablet.

" okay kid, what's so important that couldn't until the briefing? " asked brimstone in his normal gruff voice when KillJoy showed no sign of snapping out of her own world.

" Oh, sorry didn't see you here, you came quickly, haha…" laughed KillJoy and she started to ramble to hide her embarrassment but quickly went quite when brimstone crossed his arms in front of his chest and raised his eye brows at here.

" okay okay. Remember how over the past few weeks the number of attacks by the OMEGA agents increased for no reason ? " asked killjoy before she started typing and the last few missions reports appeared on the screen.

" yeah, I remember, you managed to figure out what were they trying to do ? " asked brimstone while he looked at the reports. The last few weeks has been quite tense, there was an attack every two to three days and while they managed to beat them back most of the time, the omega agents managed to steal quite bit of their radianite. Thankfully despite their injuries, no one died in the team.

" no still working on that front, but what I can tell you that they weren't after our radianite that's for sure, the attacks was random and unorganized and they weren't really committed, they disengaged on the first sign of trouble, which is really unlike them."

" then what did you figure out that ? " asked brimstone again.

" I found out a way to get to their world." stated killjoy with a proud smile on her face.

So far they have been on the back foot whenever dealing the omega agents, they had to wait for their satellites to spot them before mobilizing which meant they were always one step behind. But now that she figured out how to get to their world, they can take the fight to them.

" Are you 100% sure about this ? " asked brimstone with a grave voice and a serious look on his face.

He know the implications of this and already started forming the plans In his head.

" yes, every time they attacked and left- especially if they managed to steal some radianite -, they would leave some traces behind and after the last few weeks, I had enough data to pinpoint where they come from." once again killjoy started typing and an image of an island surrounded by the ocean with an old rusty ship docked near the shore.

" This is BREEZE , every time they disappear from our radar is close to this island and with Cypher help, I managed to get it's exact location." explained killjoy enthusiastically while gesturing at the image on the screen.

Brimstone took a quick look at the information broker who gave him a quick nod before going back to his game and thought since he was involved then this info was most likely reliable and not a trap.

" so when do we go there ? me and my bots are ready to go. " killjoy asked excitedly before standing up and looking at brimstone with glowing eyes.

"easy there kid, this is quite serious and we need to make plans before doing anything. For the meantime I want you to- " brimstone was interrupted by the familiar alarm system.

Warning! Warning! Foreign radianite energy has been detected heading toward BIND.

Warning! Warning! Foreign radianite energy has been detected heading toward ICEBOX.

the room became bathed in red light as the familiar alarm system started blaring in everyone's ears.

" two attacks in the same day ? " killjoy looked uncertain as she took a look at brimstone who had a grim look on his.

" no, it's two attack at the same moment, they trying to split the us apart. But the question is why ?" brimstone turned to look at the other agents who started gathering in the middle of the room waiting instructions.

" OKAY, LISTEN UP." shouted brimstone to get everyone attention when Sage and Skye gathered with everyone.

" as you can hear, we are being attacked from two different fronts today, so I need two team." stated brimstone before deciding on who will go.

"first team will consist of Sage, Viper, Omen, Jett and Sova. You will be heading to BIND and sage will be taking the lead on this one with Viper second in command. "

"second team will have me, KillJoy, Yoru, Skye and Cypher. We will be heading to the ICE BOX. Check your gear and be on your best game people, the enemy is planing something and we must not fall for it. NOW, MOVE OUT." everyone nodded, then they went to their lockers to put on their shields before heading towards the hanger.

Before riding the chopper the two teams went to get their guns for the mission.

Omen and Yoru choose the GAURDIAN, Jett and brimstone choose the VANDAL, viper and Skye went for the PHANTOM, Cypher and sage took the OPERATOR out and Finally, sova and KillJoy brought out the ODIN.

" I am calling shotgun !!" shouted Jett before rushing toward the chopper and securing her seat, but she pouted when she noticed that the others weren't gonna fight her for it.

The moment the rest of the team got on, the chopper started engines light up and started to rise in the sky.

" WE WILL REACH OUT DESTINATION IN 30 MINUTES, SIT TIGHT AND ENJOY THE RIDE." shouted the pilot to the team as they started heading towards the old city.

" COPY THAT." responded viper before taking her seat infront of omen and next to sova.

Omen was checking his gear and making sure his armor was weapons were fully functional. He brought out his knife but as he was bringing it closer to his face to inspect the blade, he started to grunt in pain as the hand holding the knife started to dissipate. The knife went through his hand like it was an empty air and fell on the chopper floor but no one took notice of it as omen held his hand in front of his hooded face.

The 3 blue slits looked intently at his hand as it started to form again, the others were looking at him with worried eyes but no one tried to talk.

Everyone know that omen was in a fight every second of everyday to keep his body together, he couldn't lose focus, he couldn't rest, he must always stay vigilant otherwise his body and soul will tear apart and even sage wasn't sure she could bring him back.

" are you sure you are ready for this Omen ? can you handle the pain and the mission? " asked Sova worriedly when Omen looked like he managed to hold himself together.

" I am fine, some days just worse than the others but I can handle it." answered Omen in his usual raspy voice before bending to take back his fallen knife.

" this may help a bit." said sage in a soft voice as she held a glowing cyan orb in front of omen before the orb shattered and the energy within started to flow towards omen and surround him.

Omen sigh of relief could be heard as he leaned back in his seat while the tension that was gripping him all day , started to loosen a bit.

" Omen keep yourself together, you still needed." said Viper before averting her eyes from omen to look outside the window.

" I still need to find my answers, I won't die yet." said omen before raising his head upward and leaning it back. Unknown to him viper hands were clenched fiercely while sage was looking worriedly at her.

The rest of the flight went on silence as everyone was busy in their own thoughts.

" WE WILL TOUCH DOWN IN 2 MINUTES, GET READY EVERYONE." shouted the pilot to the team as the abandoned city came in view.

Sage signaled for the team to open their comms, which everyone did.

" okay, thanks to the upgrades raze and killjoy installed to the choppers, we have a head start of roughly 30 seconds that we need to make full use of." sage started before bringing up a holographic version of BIND in front of the team.

" Viper and Sova will take care of B site, while the rest of us will defend the A site. Omen will watch A BATH while me and Jett take care of A CUBBY, Sova I want you to take stay in the B WINDOW and stall as much as you can if they try to rush you and viper I need you to watch out for any attacks coming through B LONG. Don't try to peek and risk getting injured or worse, keep your ears up and try not to waste your utility needlessly, keep calm and don't rush, I am looking at you Jett." sage stern face was on jett as she said the last part.

" okay okay I will stick to the plan." Jett raised her hands in surrender as she knows better than try to infuriate the team only healer.

" good, anyone have any questions or suggestions." the team shook their heads as the chopper finally touched down in the defender spawn area.

" okay, move out we have 30 seconds." ordered sage before the team jumped down from the chopper and split in two, as a countdown start on everyone's watches.

As sage took point on A TOWER, Jett hid behind some radianite crate will keeping an eye on the CUBBY and Omen hid in a corner in the SHOWERS waiting to see if he can ambush any unsuspecting prey.

Viper settled her wall across the B site to help while taking point inside THE GARDEN and Sova finished setting up his nest inside the window.

" there is another of me, I can feel his presence lurking in the shadows." said Omen in a deep voice that sent shivers down one's spine.

" I too can feel my copy radianite energy calling out to me. " said sage while looking through the OPERATOR scope.

" so the enemy team has a Wraith and a Thorne, we need to know who else." said viper over the comms.

" we will find out in few seconds." responded jett as the counter finally hit Zero.

" hold your ground everyone. We can do it." encouraged Sova as he was taking out one arrow from his quiver.

But nothing happened, instead of the sound of utility being throw around and the bullets being shot, there was only silence.

" sova use your recon bolt. " ordered sage over the comms.

"not yet." responded sova softly, more to himself than anything as he pulled the bow string and took aim through a gap in the WINDOW ceiling.

" Sova use your recon bot, NOW!" once again ordered sage, she didn't like the fact that they had no info about their enemy location and that the enemy was taking their time.

Sova didn't hear the order as his synthetic blue eye flashed with glowing light before he sent the bolt through the gap. The bolt ascending to the sky before falling down a deflecting from the wall in B SHORT and landing finally in B LINK.

The recon was destroyed a second later but not before scanning two figures in B SHORT.

" two are coming towards me and they are, killjoy and phoenix's copies."

Shouted Sova over the comms as he put back his bow and arrow and took hold of his ODIN.

There was a grunt of pain as sound of an OPERATOR being shot could be heard over the map.

" SABINE, ARE YOU ALLRIGHT? " Omen shout over the comms came as soon as heard her in pain.

" I am alright! It's just a scratch. More importantly, sage and cypher's copies are coming through B LONG." Viper pain filled voice sounded over the comms as she took few steps back while trying to slow the bleeding from her thigh.

" hold your grounds, guys I am on my way." said jett as she started to take off running from her cover.

" NO, JETT WAIT!! " Sage anixous voice was heard as she spotted purple hooded figure taking aim at the a fully exposed Jett.

Jett looked back only to spot the enemy's Wraith standing on an off angle over the boxes in cubby, while taking aim at her with his vandal and she know she messed up, he has been waiting for the moment anyone would react to the attack on B SITE, and it would take 2 seconds for anyone to adjust their aim at him, more than plenty of time to shoot her dead and take cover before being shot.

Shots could be heard as in A SITE as the wraith pulled the trigger before jumping off the boxes and taking cover to avoid the sniper taking him out.

As Jett closed her eyes waiting for the pain to come, she felt someone tackle her to the side and heard the bullets ricochet from the ground where she stood moments ago.

Opening her eyes she spotted Omen standing up next to her and she nodded to him gratefully and he nodded back before pulling her to her feet.

" you two go reinforce the others, leave him to me." said Omen in his usual deep voice but strangely enough his body which was used too look like it may disappear any moment, solidified in that instant, then he took hold of his GUARDIAN and start covering the site in a dense smoke.

" we will leave him to you, let's move Jett." said sage before she holstered here sniper and took off running to the B SITE.

" good luck." said Jett before heading out as well.

" let the hunt begin." as he said this more purple smoke started to appear around the site but these had a tinge of red to them.

Omen took a few steps before disappearing inside the smoke, know this will be another dangerous hunt and the rules of the hunter and prey weren't yet decided.

" are you sure that we should leave omen alone? he hasn't be well for the past few days." asked Jett in a concerned tone the team healer.

" Omen believe that he can get back his memories if he consumed the OMEGA WRAITH. He wouldn't allow anyone to interfere." explained Sage as they neared the B SITE.

" But from what I know, you, Viper, Brimstone and Cypher know about his past, why would you refuse to share the info with him, hell Brimstone even had KillJoy delete any record about Omen's past from the system." asked Jett in confusion the question that has been on the mind of all the younger agents in the VALORANT PROTOCOL.

" we don't know if it's the right choice to withheld this information from him but we do know that the main reason Omen has been able to withstand the pain and keep most of his sanity intact for so long is because he refuses to die as a nameless shadow. If he remembers his past while we don't have a way to fix his condition then there is no telling if he will finally let go or keep fighting." explained sage to the younger agent while getting ready to enter the fray as the sound of utilities being thrown and bullets become clearer.

" still, isn't this his choice to make ? he is the one enduring the pain for years now. " protested Jett while taking a hold of her gun .

" I also think the same, but for now it's Viper call whether to tell him or not." stated sage in a low voice before a serious look settled on her face.

" Sova , Viper, status report." ordered sage over the comms.

" I MANAGED TO KEEP THEM BACK WITH ODIN, BUT THE MOMENT I RELODE THEY WILL FLOOD IN." sova voice could barley be heard over the sound of the constant gunshots of the ODIN.

" I am being pinned down by their Sage and Cypher and I am injured I need help urgently." the pain in Viper's voice was unmistakable and so was the bullets whizzing so close for comfort.

" understood, sova I need you to pull back from the window while using your shock darts to delay them. Viper, me and jett will cover your retreat from the garden, get ready." ordered sage over the comms before entering the site and taking aim from the garden from above the metallic tube in the middle of the B SITE. Jett was close behind as she advanced a bit further to have a better view at B LONG.

Jett spotted the enemy healer advancing towards the garden so she took aim and started shooting, the enemy sage reacted quickly and took cover behind the wall before starting to shoot herself at Jett.

Meanwhile Sova took out his bow and started shooting the shock dart toward the window's entrance as he started to pull back into the site.

" JOKE'S OVER, YOU'RE DEAD! " this shout came from outside the window's entrance as a figure clad in fire could be seeing rushing in despite the shock darts fired by Sova, then there was a blinding flash coming from the window before the enemy pheonix came running while taking aim at the retreating sova.

But before he could fire his first shot, a loud bang of the OPERATOR was heard from inside the site before Phoenix figure was eaten by his own flames and disappeared.

" SOVA PULL BACK, I WILL COVER YOU." shouted sage to be heard over the gunfire as sova jumped over the window and managed to relode his odin.

" Sova, I need you to help Jett cover viper's retreat. Jett throw your smoke to give Viper a chance to move out and I will take care of the window." ordered sage in a quick succession before fixing her aim at the window entrance knowing full well that she didn't kill phoenix with that shot.

Jett took a quick peek at the B LONG but quickly ducked back behind cover as she glimpsed cypher with an operator taken aim at her as a loud bang ran and the bullet whizzed by where her head was a second ago.

" this is the second time today." muttered Jett under her breath before reloading her vandal and started shooting which forced the enemy's sage and cypher to duck back and quickly enough sova started shooting at where they were hiding which gave Viper the chance she needed and she started limping towards B ELBOW.

" you should run." as a dome made of radianite covered the whole site and the B HALL.

Sage had a grim look at her face and she turned to look at sova who nodded in return before taking his bow and arrow, taking a deep breath a determined look was on his before pulling the bow was all his strength.

" I AM THE HUNTER." Shouted sova as he took aim at where the center of the dome was then a bolt made of blue lightning was shot out from his bow, passing through the walls and striking the dome's generator before it managed to finish constructing the lock down.

But the enemy's sage took the opportunity of the lack of the cover fire to take aim at the limping viper who almost made it to safety but before she managed to take her shot she glimpsed a figure gliding through the air with five knives hovering around her.

" WATCH THIS." shouted jett before she sent the knives hurling towards the enemy's sage who was forced to abandon her shot and duck behind cover but still one of the knives found it's mark in her shoulder.

Finally viper manged to safely make it back to the B ELBOW.

" viper, how are you ? " sage voice was filled with concern as she asked over the comms

" I will live, but I seriously need some healing." said viper before she started leaning on the wall and limping toward the team.

" I will be there in a minute, hang In there." sighed sage in relief as she took another shot at Phoenix and KillJoy who managed to take cover behind some boxes inside the window.

" SABINE! RUN! NOW! " Omen shout over the comms gave everyone a fright but what scared them the most was that his voice which was almost calm and collected was filled with anxiousness and urgently.

" SCATTER! " was heard in everyone's head like it was behind them and the map was glitching and no useful info could be glimpsed from it.

That was the last Viper heard before something robbed her of her sight and she started to hear many voices whispering to her.

" it's your fault."

" he became like this because of you."

" they died because of you."

" you failed them."

It was only few seconds but for Viper it felt like years but when her sight came back to her she saw a knife sticking out from her heart while the Wraith stood before her gazing at his newest prey.

" John..." was the last thing she said before darkness took her.

*FEW MINUTES AGO AT A SITE.*

While Jett and Sage went to B SITE, omen started to traverse the smoke with light steps as he paid attention to the smallest details, the smoke was swaying gently with the wind and a tense atmosphere covered the place as the two hunters were trying to out play each other.

Klanck!

The sound of a weapon being thrown was loud and clear among the silence and while it was suspicious, Omen still decided to take a look , he began to walk closer and closer to the A CUBBY and as he neared the teleport gate, he glimpsed the barrel of a vandal peeking from behind the cover next to the teleport wall.

So Omen took aim and fired through the smoke at where the holder head should be.

BANG!

But the moment the first shot was fired, Omen's instinct started screaming danger at him, so without a second though he threw he gaurdian and started running back through.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Not a moment sooner the signature sound of a sheriff gunshots was heard and bullets coming from A LAMPS entrance whizzed by the place he was a second ago, thankfully abandoning his rifle allowed him to move fast enough to avoid being shot and now both hunters know each other location.

And then the smoke started to dissipate, Omen took cover behind some radianite boxes as he pulled out his ghost while the Wraith was standing behind a small wall reloading his Sheriff.

Then omen took a deep breath before sprinting from behind the cover, putting his palms together, he conjured an orb with radianite as it's core and smoke swirling around it, then he launched it at where the Wraith was, before bringing his smoke filled hands and shadow stepping exactly behind the blind Wraith.

But the wraith was ready for him, despite being blinded he wasn't slow for a second as he swung his fist behind him knocking the ghost from the hands of Omen before he could fire his shot.

The Wraith wanted to bring his own weapon forward, but Omen was one step ahead as he took one step forward and the moment the Wraith pulled out his gun he smacked it up to the sky while taking hold of the trigger and emptying all the bullets inside.

BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!

The wraith didn't try struggle for control over his weapon and decsicvely abandoned it, before taking a step back and pulling his knife from it's hostler before taking a stab at Omen.

But once again Omen was ready, jumping back lightly he took out his own combat knife before lunging once again at the wraith.

And so the gun fight turned into a close quarter combat between two nameless ghosts whose moves and thought process were practically the same.

And so the fight began in front of the teleporter in the A SITE MAIN.

Omen moved forward and took a wide swing at the Wraith's chest, which he responded by ducking under it and swiping at Omen's abdomen but Omen saw it coming and raised his knee in time to block the swipe and then tried to stab at the wraith open back but he evaded in time while taking two step back, but Omen was unrelenting as he chased after his prey with a stab to the heart, which was deflected by the wraith own blades who managed to kick omen back, which gave both of them few seconds to gauge each other.

not one of them made a sound or any unnecessary movement, they both looked at each other waiting for something.

BANG!

The sound of an operator high caliber round was heard from the distance and both hunter lunged at each other at the same time.

The wraith sent a heavy stab to Omen's heart which Omen ducked under before elbowing the the wraith in the stomach and he tried to stab in the side but the wraith evaded at the last second. But Omen used the distraction to throw the knife at the wraith, which he tried to avoid but it still managed to plunge in his shoulder. The wraith grunted in pain while holding his shoulder and ripping the knife out of it. There was no blood flowing out but the armor which was holding the wraith together same as Omen was damaged.

The wraith looked at Omen with the two knives but before he could get near, Omen shadow stepped behind him. The wraith know exactly what was behind him so instead of looking back he rolled toward cover behind the radianite boxes.

BANG!BANG!BANG!

Shots was fired from Omen's formerly discarded Guardian. Now with the Wraith only armed with knives and wounded, the fight was about to reach it's conclusion.

" I will live, but I seriously need some healing." Omen heard viper's pain filled voice and he could tell she was gravely injured but then suddenly he thought of something and started sprinting toward the wraith while shooting.

" SABINE! RUN ! NOW! " shouted Omen over the comms while shooting at the cover protecting the Wraith desperately.

Then what he was afraid of happened.

" SCATTER!" The shadow stalker's harrowing voice was heard in everyone one mind, sending chills down everyone's spine.

" VIPER! VIPER! DO YOU READ? " Sage anxious shout was heard over the comms as she ducked behind the cover while the enemy started pressing forward.

" DAMMIT, EVERYONE FALL BACK!" ordered sage as she started taking shot without really aiming, trying to cover everyone retreat back to the B HALL.

It took some effort but they managed to retreat back to the B HALL without anymore injuries, but when they turned their eyes toward B ELBOW, they saw Omen carrying the cold body of Viper while walking toward them with heavy steps.

Sage was the first to reach him, while looking anxiously at Viper's body. But there was no heart beat, no breathing.

" she is dead, can you bring her back ?" said Omen as he looked intently at sage.

Sage was disturbed to say the least. Omen was the only one in the Agents who didn't approve of using her power to bring back the dead, never explaining why but here he was asking her to bring back their teammate.

" I can, put her-" she was interrupted by the voice of the spike being planted but that wasn't the weird part.

They could hear the voice of a chopper being closing in and the enemy running outside the B SITE after planting the spike.

" SAGE! SAGE! DO YOU READ? " brimstone voice could be heard over the comms.But what gave everyone a pause how desperate and anxious he sounded.

" I read you loud and clear, brimstone-" responded sage, but before she could ask what's wrong, brimstone interrupted her.

" lISTEN CAREFULLY, YOU MUST NOT ! I REPEAT , YOU MUST NOT ALLOW THEM TO PLANT THE SPIKE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. DO YOU HEAR ME." Brimstone was trying desperately trying to convey how important this is as fast as he can.

" what? Why ? " asked sage in confusion.

" ughhhh guys, I think you should see this. " Jett worried voice came from the B SITE where the beeping of the spike could be heard.

The others went out to check what's wrong but then they saw it.

This wasn't the spike they were used to deal with, this one was ring shaped while it was floating over the ground and two metallic silver balls could be seen spinning inside it, and the spinning speed was getting faster by the second and black sparks was appearing in the middle of the ring shaped device, these sparks seemed like they were tearing the fabric of reality as small black holes started to appear and disappear as the world seem to fight to repair itself but the sparks were getting bigger and fixing the black holes started taking longer and longer.

" Brimstone, can you explain what I am seeing right now ? " asked sage as a bad feeling started to grip her heart.

" sage, it's me KillJoy. The Omega agents weren't collecting radianite in the past few attack, they were collecting DATA on how to upgrade the spike, and this device is the fruit of their work. It produce black hole when it reaches it's maximum capacity that will absorb the radianite in the whole map and more, it's lighter and more efficient than the old spike." explained KillJoy but she sounded like she was holding back tears.

The foreboding feeling in sage's heart grow more and more and she asked the question that she already have it's answer.

" can we defuse it? "

"no you can't, we barely managed to defuse the one here and KillJoy had to use here bots and Cypher's tools to defuse it, you don't have the expertise or the time to get out of the range of the blast..... I am sorry Sage." Brimstone defeated voice and KillJoy sobs could be heard over the comms.

Sage's face went pale while looking at her team, Sova looked somber while trying to think of something, Jett had fear written all over her face and she started pacing around, Omen was still carrying Viper will gazing at her face.

" Brimstone you said it's lighter, can't we move it away or try to destroy it." desperation was clear in her voice as she tried to find a way to get her team out of there alive.

" this spike is protected by electricity made of radianite, while it's not as strong as one neon have, it's not much worse as for destroying it... you will only make it go off faster." brimstone apologetic voice sounded once again over the comms before going silent.

" how much time do we have left ? " asked sage.

" two minutes at most." answered brimstone.

Sage took a deep breath before looking at her team.

" I don't know what to say, but I am sorry everyone for failing you." apologized sage to the team.

" it's not your fault sage, no one could have known, who knows it may not even work." answered sova while trying to be optimistic as usual.

" thank you for everything you have done for us sage." said Jett softly before hugging the healer tightly.

Sage then looked at Omen and her eyes lit up for second before going dim once again.

" Omen you should use your abilities to get out of the range of the blast, I only wished you could bring the rest of the team with you." said Sage in a downcast voice before looking at the ground.

Then she heard Omen sigh, before his steps could be heard coming towards here, she looked up from the ground and saw Omen standing before here while still holding viper's body.

" bring her back and take care of her." said Omen before putting Viper's body down in front of sage and stepping back.

He looked once more at Viper's face before turning around and walking toward the spike.

Sage mind couldn't keep up, she didn't understand why bring Viper's back only for her to die in the blast with them, but she sobered up when she saw omen walking toward the spike.

" I can't take you out with me, but that doesn't mean I can't take away the spike with me." said Omen with his usual calm voice.

" but the lightning-" sage didn't get to finish her question before she was interrupted by Omen.

" electricity by default is bad to your heart, but when you don't have a heart it's just painful. And since it's only painful then it's nothing new to me. Now bring her back, I need to ask her something." Omen stood before the spike as the black sparks continued to appear from within the device.

Then he bent down and took a hold of the ring shaped spike, black electricity coursed through his hand to his armour and a cross his body, a shriek like the howl of the damned came from Omen but he didn't let go.

Jett was so frightened that she took few steps back before trying to rush to separate him from the spike, but sova managed to take a hold of her and refused to let her go as she struggled against his grip while demanding him to release her.

Sage wasn't better off but she looked at Omen's figure covered in electricity as he struggled to focus and use his abilities despite the pain and the numbing electricity across his body then she looked at viper cold body and a determined look settled on her face.

" you duty is not over! " shouted Sage as she sent her energy to cover viper's whole body, lifting her in the air and covering her with a crystallized radianite energy.

Viper opened her eyes as her body fell down, but before she managed to say anything, Omen's howls were heard by her as she whipped her head to look behind her, only for her eyes to widen and concern and fear filled her eyes.

" OMEN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?" shouted viper as she started to run towards him but she was held back by sage.

" what the-!? SAGE!! LET ME GO !!" viper started to struggle against sage hold, punching and kicking at her but she couldn't shake of the healer who held her down by the waist with closed eyes as tears started to stream through.

" he is saving our lives, please hear him out." said sage in a soft voice, but Viper struggles only became more desperate.

" Sabine, who are you to me ? why does your voice sooth my pain, why does your presence anchor my soul? Why does being with you bring light to my dark world? Who am I, Sabine." Omen voice rang through the place as he looked toward Viper waiting for an answer, no pain could be heard from his voice, his body stopped shaking for everyone it looked like he wasn't feeling anything from the spike.

But his armor was burning, smoke started to leak from everywhere in his body and his hood had black fire covering it, yet he looked at Viper waiting for the answer that had eluded him for the past years.

Viper stopped struggling for a moment as tears started streaming from her eyes like a broken dam and she felt her heart being ripped out of her chest for the second time in her life as she looked Omen's broken figure as he once again decided to sacrifice himself to save everyone.... to save her.

" why must you always be like this John ? " whispered Viper to herself but everyone heard it particularly Omen.

" John ? this sounds familiar -UGHHHHHH" suddenly Omen started shouting in pain once again but this time he wasn't spasming or shaking from electricity, instead he was looking around him as flashes of memories started to cross his mind.

An explosion threatening everyone's life, the familiar pain running through every inch of his body, familiar faces looking at him with concern and finally viper younger self dressed in her lab coat being dragged back by their colleagues as she shouted his name over and over.

" I ... remember." said Omen as his body stopped leaking smoke and started to solidify, his hood was burnt to ashes yet instead of a the familiar 3 glowing blue slits and the the black smoke, a man blurred face could be seen, with blue eyes, spiky black hair, his features was blurred but he looked at viper's with an unmistakable smile and said.

" it's good to see you my love, I am sorry to have to put you through this pain once again but if it meant saving your life then even if you hate me I will still do it. " said Omen or more likely John but his voice changed from the raspy deep voice to a softer one .before a determined look settled in his eyes before looking at the spike in his hand.

" WATCH THEM RUN." Said Omen in his usual voice once again before his figure vanished from everyone's sight with the spike.

Few seconds later far away from the abandoned city and explosion that shocked the place was heard with a black hole covering miles started to spread before reaching it's limit and shrinking back once again.

Viper looked at the distance with wide eyes before blacking out and falling to the ground but sage managed to grab her in time.

Jett fell to her and started to weep while covering her eyes, Sova could only put a hand on her shoulder for comfort.

" how is she ? " asked sova few minutes later.

" physically she is fine, but mentally...… her brain has forced itself into a coma, I have no idea when she will wake up or if I want her to wake up." responded sage.

" let's get back." sighed Sova before carrying Jett who went unconscious from the today events.

" yeah." answered sage before carrying Viper herself.

" SCATTER ! "

They didn't take more than two steps before they heard this foreboding voice once again and saw a shadow coming alive with red eyes looking at them.

The end.