Legacies of light

-Break-

Φ I am in the last place I ever thought I would be; a Gpd prison cell. How many criminals have I thrown in here over the years. If they found out I was here they would be laughing their assess off. As I start right at the bars, all I can do is reflect on myself, but soon that is interrupted when someone walks in front of my cell.

“Arthur it is time for your interrogation.” Walking into my cell he takes me out with my hands restrained and walks me away.

“Arthur, I never wanted to ever see you in this state.”

“Never thought I would be here.”

“Does your heart not ache for what you did?”

“It does, but I don’t have the right to shed tears like a victim do I.”

When we reach the door, I am brought inside and seated in the same integration room I have used for countless years. The room is small and personal even a little claustrophobic, and there is a sound of water dripping constantly to give the prisoner a sense of unease.

I always wondered how it felt like to be on the other side of the chair, and now I can definitely say; it truly is horrible. The door of the room opens, and I see the last person I wanted to see in this situation, Tetra.

As he tries to walk through the door, his square-shaped body slots perfectly through it. When he sits down, I start to feel sick, I want to avert my eyes, simply looking at him makes my soul feel crushed.

“Arthur, to preface this conversation I want to tell you something. All the kids you were trying to sell have been rescued, with the exception of one a young boy named Morrigan, he was taken.”

Hearing this my heart feels intense pain and tightens with tears falling from my eyes. “Sorry, sorry, I didn’t mean to cry, right now I shouldn’t be crying.”

Handing me a handkerchief, Tetra says, “Don’t worry, this is what I was looking for. If you jumped with joy that only one had been taken I would have gotten up and left, but it seems that you still understand the value of a life Arthur.”

Tetra's voice and his eyes are so kind to me despite what I did, that the tears keep flowing. “Arthur please tell me why you did this.”

Taking a second to gather myself I say, “I just couldn’t pretend not to see it anymore, this country is rotting from the inside out. The only thing that was keeping it from completely wasting away was you Tetra, but within a year you will be gone, and all our comrades decrease in number watch day. Faced with the hopelessness of everything, we have gone through I simply decided to give into it, I decided to part take in it.” My words just came pouring out I was unable to stop them.

“I see.”

“I know all my actions are wrong regardless of my reasons.”

“No, Arthur I understand where you're coming from, to be honest, I almost backslide in the past as well, there were countless times I almost received money under the table, or when taken from someone else would have increased my pockets, and let me tell you the thing that stopped me wasn’t will power.”

“What was it?”

“It was the little girl who I took as my own, with her eyes constantly staring at my back, I couldn’t let myself give in to all the shit around me, because if I did I would be telling her it is ok as well. So every day despite all the bone-crushing pressure, I let out a little prayer and went to work. And let me tell you it pays off just like today.”

“What do you mean?”

“Earlier today, a man named Charles Donzi came to us and told me he was the one responsible for the fire ten years ago.”

Getting up from my seat I say, “The one that killed Gloria!”

“Yeah, up till now we couldn’t really investigate it due to most of it being destroyed in the fire and the rest being coverup up by the government, but he came and told me today that the fire was caused by his company's faulty machines. He also told me that he has a lot of information on shady businesses that work for the gangs and government in secret. Amazing isn’t it.”

“Why would he do that?”

“Apparently, he had some change of heart today. Sometimes this city makes me feel like giving up on people, but it is moments like these that I remember people come through. So in this last year of mine, I will be creating as much chaos for all those bastards as I can.”

“But even when you’re gone we’re still outnumbered.”

“I wouldn’t say that. Get up Arthur, follow me.”

After walking out of the room with Tetra, I come face to face with a group of officers I don’t recognize and I hear Tetra say, “Introduce yourselves.”

“Hello, I am Brandon, you saved me from a kidnapping years ago.”

“I am Dillon, it was you who got my mother to stop taking drugs.”

“I am Stacia, you may not remember me but I remember you, I was one of the children that you pulled out from the burning building ten years ago. I have joined the Gpd to fight with you.”

As all the people in front of me repeat who they are and why they’re here I fall to my knees out of disbelief.

“Every single good action is a blessing from god from one person to the next, and that little ripple will always cause some good and all these new recruits are an example of that. They are the reason why we don’t give up no matter what, this is what Gloria, my daughter, fought for.”

As I lay on the ground, more tears fall from my eyes. “Arthur with how big this whole incident was your reputation may never recover, but I can at least get rid of your jail time and keep your status.”

“But I stole that child’s life.”

“And I am sure you nor I will ever forgive you for that, but I believe the good you can do on the field is much greater than you could in a cell.”

Unable to do anything I just cry.

Φ While Arthur cries on the ground, I hear someone shout, “HEY TETRA!” Looking over to the source of the sound, I see Avram.

Walking over to them I ask, “What are you guys doing here? You should all be resting, especially you Iancu.”

“You know, I wouldn’t bring them out if I didn’t have a reason.”

“So, what would that reason be?”

“I am finally going to cash in on my prize.”

As I think for a second it suddenly comes to me, “Ehhhh!”

-Break-

Φ With Tetra leading the way, we are all brought through a corridor underneath the 5th platform; Aeia. “Hey Square man.”

“Yes Orb.”

“Do you know what happened to all the aliens I caught?”

“Every single one of them killed themselves.”

“They what!”

“It is standard practice for them, if they are ever in a precarious situation they then use some sort of Explosive to end their lives, due to this we have gotten no information from them outside that they are humans.”

Was whatever information they held really worth killing themselves over? When we reach the end of the corridor, we are brought into a large room, where I see a large vehicle.

As I stare at it in wonder, Avram says, “It is one of Basileia's artefacts, an airship. I was given this when I received my award ten years ago.”

Suddenly Ivana, Gheorghe, Wadim and Elia, run around the airship and start freaking out. They all behave like children who have just been given a new toy.

“Dad why have you never told me about this,” Iancu asks while drooling.

“Because it is useless,” Tetra says.

“Useless?”

“The ship is so heavy that without the zero gravity in Elpída, it would never fly, and even if it does, it requires an utterly ridiculous amount of Basileia crystals to fly. It could barely go from here to across Terrafide, and back.”

“It also hasn’t been taken the best care of, but I can deal with at least two of those Issues”

Walking over to his employees, Avram says, “Guys get to what you do best.”

“RIGHT!” They say back to him in unison. Suddenly Gheorghe, Wadim, and Ivana run around and completely fix all the damage done to the ship in mere minutes. Their efficiency is beyond me.

Wadim says, “Boss I have used my shadows to bind up some parts, but this really is only a quick fix. We also don’t how to work this thing, though we found a manual.” The box is the size of Cyrus, and it is thicker than my body.

“Elia it is your turn.”

Walking up and grabbing the book, she places it on the ground and after five seconds of speed reading she closes it and says, “All done. I can pilot this thing with a blindfold on.”

“Wait, but that still won’t allow it to fly,” I say.

Walking in front of me Iancu asks, “What is weight Orb?”

“Mass X gravity.”

Placing his hand on the airship, Iancu uses his legacy on the ship which alters its shape and colour. “So, if gravity is zero, is doesn’t matter how big the mass is. With this, it can fly.”

“But can you sustain that for long periods of time?”

Elia says, “When it comes to using your legacy on an object, your legacies compatibility with the object happens to affect how well you can sustain it, and Iancu’s likes inorganic things. For you, your legacy likes to be used on your flesh.”

“So that clears all of our issues.”

Clapping his hands Avram says, “Good work everyone. On our way to Blestemate, we will help Orb and his friends reach Jedidiah. Now let’s get all of our stuff packed up.”

So over the next day, we went back and frow between here and Avram’s shop to collect their stuff and load it on the ship. And in no time we were all ready to leave Elpída. All that was left was saying our goodbyes.

As me and Iancu stand in front of all the kids, they hug us saying:

“Don’t go.”

“Please come with us.”

“We need you.”

But Iancu says, “HEY YOU BRATS, STOP BEING SPOILT, isn’t this what you all dreamed of, so instead of crying over not seeing us again you need to all be happy for what you're about to gain. GOT THAT!”

“YES,” they say back in unison.

“Iancu is right, but in case you still miss me take this.”

“Isn’t this your suit Ninjaman,” Fionna asks.

“Yes, and from this moment on it is yours Fionna, you’re the leader of all these kids so use this to take care of all of them.”

“Right!”

Suddenly I am tackled by Ai who says, “Come on, Orb come with me I will take care of you, and bring any cute friends you have.”

“I said, I am good,” I say while pushing her away.

Avram walking up to us asks, “Do you really want to take him in/”

“Why wouldn’t I?”

“Take a second to look at Orb, doesn’t he look like Draga.”

Ai stares directly at my face, and then she lets go of me giving a look of disgust. Touching my face I think; do I really look like Capti's wife.

Φ “Iancu,” I hear Tetra say.

“What do you want grandpa.”

He lets out a few tears, and says, “You finally called me grandpa.”

“Stop crying, don’t make a big deal out of this.”

“You seem a lot happier.”

“I guess I am just excited, this is the first time I get to leave Elpída.”

“Don’t bring that up, I am going start crying again.”

“Stop being a big baby. It is not like I won't come back and visit.”

“Well if you do, I would enjoy it if you came back within a year, because I can’t do that long without you,” I say trying to give him a kiss.

“Get away from me you freak,” Iancu says as he walks away. “But if you care that much, I promise I will.”

Φ While Iancu and Orb run onto the ship I walk over to Tetra and say, “Not going to tell him.”

“He is happy for the first time in a while, I don’t want to ruin that with depressing news. But enough about that I heard you guys are finally getting along, did you finally concede?”

“I didn’t concede, I just realized that I can’t be caught up in fear anymore, because that won’t let my son shine.”

“Sounds like you conceded to me.”

Letting out a sigh, I say, “I guess I did.” Walking away I say, “Take care Tetra, and make sure Arthur does as well.”

Φ On the ship preparing to take off we all wave goodbye to all the people currently here and we say, “Goodbye everyone, I hope to meet you again.”

Log of Elpída

Elpída is a country set up by Basileia around two thousand years ago by taking advantage of the wonderbeasts and special gravity in the area. The country is spilt into six platforms which all specialize in something or the other, except the sixth which is currently run down but used to specialize in leisure.

1st platform city: Helios commerce

2nd platform city: Selene research and development

3rd platform city: Eos Leisure

4th platform: Pergamon commerce

5th platform: Aeia research and development

6th platform: Ichnaea

During that time, she made countless pieces of technology with her pupil Magnolia and the rest of her team's Celestial vision. These pieces of technology are known as Basileia Artefacts in the modern day and due to these artefacts, Elpída is a country unlike any other.

Though some of these artefacts may put the city in danger. All the gravity weapons which can interact with the strange gravity in Elpída have been known to create mini black holes which cause mass destruction on Elpída. such artefacts are illegal and are collected by the special law enforcement on Elpída the Gpd.

The Gpd or the Gravitas police department are responsible for law keeping the country. Each and every member must be able to use spirit arts, and all of them are armed with stun weapons; one of the artefacts that they have managed to reproduce in the modern-day Elpída. They protect the peace and stability of all the citizens, from day-to-day criminals to the aliens up above.

The Aliens lie in a floating castle above Elpída, very little is known about them other than they like to kidnap people. but one thing that is known about them is that the strange gravity around Elpída is caused by there castle.

Elpída is ruled by a democratic government which makes it different to most of the feudal systems of the Morden age. But despite what people may call a progressive system the corruption within the system has caused many to call it worst than most countries.

Though to anyone who steps foot in the country, it will most definitely be an experience that will never be replicated.