09-30-2016, 05:56 AM
Her new roommate sent several messages at the last one received in turn he set the wallet down and looked up at her. "Tell me what happened - from the moment this all started."
Aria smiled. "I'm the only one awake. That is not a good sign if you are willing to trust me."
"Our Ascendancy trusted you enough to employ you. Did you turn against him after he let you go?"
"No. I enraged my own situation to save his life."
"Do tell then. I'll record it so you don't have to repeat yourself." And with that he set to recording their conversation.
Aria sipped at the water they'd finally brought her. She still felt the pain of a dry throat. He body ached in so many bad places and the bandages were covering the burns she expected she received. "As you know. I met with Ascendancy to decide what he wanted me to do because I was 100% certain my last life chip was going to be called in by the Atharim. His announcement and then his display of power cemented my decisions at that moment. I either died a traitor to the Atharim leading the Regus and my handler to him and allowing them to kill the Ascendancy. Or I live as a traitor for helping him. I obviously chose the later."
"It's not obvious."
Aria smiled. "It will be."
Aria detailed the plans she and the Ascendancy - rather the Ascendancy made. And then she continued after another sip of water. "That's where the problems started. The Ascendancy didn't know about the Atharim research the Regus had been doing to counter reborn gods. We came in with new weapons. There should be one of the new types in my things. I want my sword back by the way."
He nodded and waved for her to continue. "The Regus also brought along a friend - an Ijiraq. He summoned it before we entered the tunnels with our new weapons and it found Ascendancy first. An Ijiraq feeds off of the power of the gods. I've seen it happen twice and neither time was plesant for the victim. The first time I scared it away, the second I was in the company of two men who could weild the power of the gods, we learned that fire aggravated it, but did damage but freezing it was better, with it frozen I swung my sword through its neck and we watched it die. "
"And this is relevant?"
Aria gave him a look that said shut up but he just grinned back at her waving his hand to go on. Aria specifically took a slow drink of water to enhance the time between. He rolled his eyes and shook his head. "After Ascendancy got free of the creature he blew the walls out allowing us to see what as going on inside, but not before the Regus and Borovsky had turned their weapons on through the walls. There was only one way I knew to kill the Ijiraq and I couldn't do it. With it being under orders to kill Ascendancy I didn't think just scaring it away would work. But the man with the Ascendancy proved to be another godling. I told him to freeze it. Thankfully he understood and did as I'd said and then killed the creature. By that time I was facing off with my own people. Betraying them to save Ascendancy's life. The regus turned on me and used the weapon. Thus all the burns. But it wasn't long before the Regus was pulled away from me by unseen hands. I barely understood what was going on but gun shots pulled me from my senses and I saw Borovosky firing into the Ascendancy. A second shot went off before I plunged my sword into his back and I felt his life drip from his veins."
Aria knew that the last sentence sounded like she enjoyed it. She did. She had enjoyed feeling Martin Borovsky's life drain away from him. It was better than any monster kill - this was a man - a man she despised and she had killed him. "The pain of my own injuries and those around me cause me to pass out. I woke up here."
Aria smiled. "I'm the only one awake. That is not a good sign if you are willing to trust me."
"Our Ascendancy trusted you enough to employ you. Did you turn against him after he let you go?"
"No. I enraged my own situation to save his life."
"Do tell then. I'll record it so you don't have to repeat yourself." And with that he set to recording their conversation.
Aria sipped at the water they'd finally brought her. She still felt the pain of a dry throat. He body ached in so many bad places and the bandages were covering the burns she expected she received. "As you know. I met with Ascendancy to decide what he wanted me to do because I was 100% certain my last life chip was going to be called in by the Atharim. His announcement and then his display of power cemented my decisions at that moment. I either died a traitor to the Atharim leading the Regus and my handler to him and allowing them to kill the Ascendancy. Or I live as a traitor for helping him. I obviously chose the later."
"It's not obvious."
Aria smiled. "It will be."
Aria detailed the plans she and the Ascendancy - rather the Ascendancy made. And then she continued after another sip of water. "That's where the problems started. The Ascendancy didn't know about the Atharim research the Regus had been doing to counter reborn gods. We came in with new weapons. There should be one of the new types in my things. I want my sword back by the way."
He nodded and waved for her to continue. "The Regus also brought along a friend - an Ijiraq. He summoned it before we entered the tunnels with our new weapons and it found Ascendancy first. An Ijiraq feeds off of the power of the gods. I've seen it happen twice and neither time was plesant for the victim. The first time I scared it away, the second I was in the company of two men who could weild the power of the gods, we learned that fire aggravated it, but did damage but freezing it was better, with it frozen I swung my sword through its neck and we watched it die. "
"And this is relevant?"
Aria gave him a look that said shut up but he just grinned back at her waving his hand to go on. Aria specifically took a slow drink of water to enhance the time between. He rolled his eyes and shook his head. "After Ascendancy got free of the creature he blew the walls out allowing us to see what as going on inside, but not before the Regus and Borovsky had turned their weapons on through the walls. There was only one way I knew to kill the Ijiraq and I couldn't do it. With it being under orders to kill Ascendancy I didn't think just scaring it away would work. But the man with the Ascendancy proved to be another godling. I told him to freeze it. Thankfully he understood and did as I'd said and then killed the creature. By that time I was facing off with my own people. Betraying them to save Ascendancy's life. The regus turned on me and used the weapon. Thus all the burns. But it wasn't long before the Regus was pulled away from me by unseen hands. I barely understood what was going on but gun shots pulled me from my senses and I saw Borovosky firing into the Ascendancy. A second shot went off before I plunged my sword into his back and I felt his life drip from his veins."
Aria knew that the last sentence sounded like she enjoyed it. She did. She had enjoyed feeling Martin Borovsky's life drain away from him. It was better than any monster kill - this was a man - a man she despised and she had killed him. "The pain of my own injuries and those around me cause me to pass out. I woke up here."