Chapter 92: The Systems True Form. (1/2)

”Where... Am I...?” Gray asked in a confused tone.

His eyes were opened, but as if his eyelids had remained closed, he could see nothing but darkness.

Strangely enough, his body was still visible to him even within said darkness. But he was more focused on the fact how he couldn't feel, smell or hear anything but the echo of his own voice.

His head was throbbing, his heart slowly began to pound faster as he recalled the event of what had happened.

He remembered seeing the large cube appearing in the middle of the city and running back to the base, but after that it all became blurry.

[You are hibernating...]

A voice echoed throughout the darkness. It was a femine robotic voice which he recognised all to clearly.

Following the sound, a bright glowing spherical orb appeared ahead of him. A blue orb with systematic numbers rotating around it in a sequence.

”Hibernating? What are you talking about...? And just what are you?” He asked.

The orb drew closer to him.

[Due to lack of information, A specific answer cannot be formulated for that question.]

[However, based on my current understanding and what you call me, I am system. Your system.]

[I am the one who has been with you since the beginning.]

[The one who manages your information from within.]

'My information...?' He thought to himself.

[Affirmative.]

Gray sighed as he realised that it could hear his thoughts.

”So, you're the one who stopped me from killing myself...” He muttered.

[Negative, that was your own doing.]

Gray's expression grew visibly more confused.

He proceeded to shake his head as he realised he was going off track.

”I have many questions but I'll leave them for later. Let's start off by getting me out of this place. Now isn't the time... I need to warn the others that things aren't safe.”

[…]

Gray turned to the orb of light, giving it a sharp glare.

”I said, let's start off by getting me out of this place.”

[I cannot do that.]

Gray's eyes grew cold, his pupils dilated as he asked. ”What?”

[You are currently hibernating.]

[This process is occurring for your body to stabilise, process and complete the evolution.]

[Stopping the process now, can lead to permanent damage.]

Gray took a step closer to the orb, watching as it floated right ahead of his face.

”Oi, system... Things have just finally started going good for me... I found my only remaining family member, I've made trustworthy companions... I've gotten strong enough to protect them... And you're telling me to sit back and wait while they're all put in danger?”

[…]

Gray's eyes grew darker, the yellow glow within them dimmed down, as he calmly muttered.

”Stop fucking around... Schedule the hibernation process for another time once things have calmed down... You felt it too didn't you? That ominous feeling being emitted from the cube...”

[They aren't in danger.]

”!?”

Gray's pupils dilated, as the scenery around him suddenly changed.

Instead of darkness, he could now see a room. He recognised it clearly, it was his room. Inside of the room, he could see it. His body lying on the mattress on the floor.

But that wasn't all.

At the edge of the mattress, he could see Lita on her knees with her hands grasped together as if praying for something.

Beside him was Lara who seemed to have been performing a health check on him.

Meanwhile by the door, Violet and Aurora seemed to be arguing. Aurora looked as if she was trying to stop Violet from doing something but Violet was refusing. Kylo was in between them, trying to stop them in a way.

”What are they saying...?” Gray asked.

[Arguing.]

[Enabling Audio...]

”Can you two please calm down...?” Kylo asked.

”Stay out of it, Kylo.” Said Lara.

”Violet, it's too risky to head out right now! You know that better than anyone!” Declared AUrora.