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Black Memory Part 3
What?
My mind feels renewed, regenerated.
I opened my eyes.
Gato stood there, hugging me into her bosom.
Wait no… that's what I hoped would happen.
Instead she stood there over an unconscious Jonas looking back at me with a distasteful look. I was resting my head on the pavement of the bridge. Celeste stood over me.
“Tsk Tsk, We expected less from you to be honest.”
Great.
“How do you feel though? You were screaming and-”
“I’m ok.”
I’m not ok.
“It didn't hurt too bad.”
I still remember the pain.
Everything in my mind feels reassembled and recreated, layouts feel different.
Not necessarily unstable but not stable either.
But also fundamentally reformed.
I want to die.
“Gato! We gotta go before his friends get here.”
“Yeah.”
Friends?
Right, Gato is my friend… maybe I should live for her instead of me.
Is she even my friend?
She looks mad.
“I’m glad you're ok, please don't push yourself if you're in too much pain.”
Gato said to me as she went to grab Celeste's arm.
Maybe I'm struggling to read other’s emotions right now…
*snap*
Bones?
Celeste pushes Gato away from him and makes a gesture towards the body.
Jonas combusts, blood everywhere and another person emerges from within him.
A shirtless person with a tattoo of the number 4 on his chest, toned Baki Hanma levels of lean fit, and cargo pants.
Worst of all.
No shoes, No socks, And seemingly here to speak with us expecting 100% service.
“Celeste, Nekomata’s host, Reincarnation.”
The man spoke.
Celeste looked angry,
“I knew there was some bullshit among the Watchers… you guys are the ones behind it.”
He points,
“Purgatory!”
“Yes, that's our group's name, all 100 members of us. We’re better than your east blue straw hat crew Celeste.”
4 probably means he's a high ranking person, Gato was preparing to transform into Nekomata and Celeste grit his teeth.
“I’m not fighting you guys. We have the same goal why even try to fuck around and crush us? If anything I'm only here to eliminate or capture the reincarnation.”
The man smirks.
Capture me?Celeste sighs and ignores his threat to capture me,
“You're right, you guys are greedy fuckers who just want power… did those two align themselves with you? They wanted to betray you, we overheard!”
“I know, but my ability allows me to infinitely coexist with all bodies allied with Purgatory.”
“I know who you are then.”
Celeste lowers his glasses to slightly reveal his eyes yet I couldn't see them clearly enough to describe them,
“Almagtig.”
“Yep, that's my name!”
Almagtig bows,
“Will I have the honor of fighting the great fallen angel now?”
Celeste laughs,
“Not at all, Gato could probably kill you in this state.”
Almagtig seems angry,
“Well then…”
He steps forward,
“Allow me to demonstrate.”
He charges at Gato, she can't seem to transform yet. Maybe she's tired. On instinct I jumped between the two. My stomach was pierced with his hand going straight through it. I ignore the pain but whimper as tears roll down my face.
“Huh? Waste of life.”
No.
For the first time I felt like I saved someone, like a hero, a main protagonist.
The minute he pulled his arm out my body began regenerating the hole he left behind. He took notice,
“Interesting…”
He looks at my eyes,
“If I cut the head though…”
As he lunges… temperature drops.
I thought it was my acceptance of death, however suddenly Almagtig contorts into a disgusting mass. I look on in fascination rather than horror, I’ve never seen something so brutal.
A young man seemingly 20 years old walks behind him with one arm out, dressed fully in jeans.
“Shhhhh tell the main Almagtig that ‘I’ sent you.”
He compressed out of existence leaving the 20 year old guy in front of me as my wound still heals. He was shorter than me, likely 5’8. He had a midpart hairstyle with glistening white hair. He was asian and thin, and he carried himself with an aura of power and the pinnacle of strength, one that I only see replicated by the aura Celeste gives off.
“My name is Yuki, Prim Arata right?”
I can't comment,
“A power like yours is definitely a tough one on the mind.”
He lends a hand,
“I can fast travel too, let's leave Gato and Celeste behind so we can have a chat.”
Celeste looks on,
“At least say hi to me.”
“Hey bro how have you been?”
“Forget it.”
Yuki chuckles.
“Let's talk, I’ll take you back to my college dorm.”
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