132 Finding The Peoples Ligh (1/2)
Year 2035, March
13:00 P.M
Kamys.h.i.+n, Russia
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”Lily, Lily!” I called.
She turned around to face me when I slammed my body against her. ”Ow!”
”Hehe.”
We both fell down on the grey floor and I laughed. Of course, everyone in the Teria airs.h.i.+p s.h.i.+fted their attention to me. Caesar and Hope looked at us from their seats, while our newest medical staff, Gray Ludwig just smiled. Though, he seemed to be trying hard to not laugh. Sofeea had a blank expression on her face, seemingly in her own world.
That day, we were on a Teria airs.h.i.+p that was flying over a city in Russia called Kamys.h.i.+n. After the Lutalo Aegis squad received a mission to track down The People's Light, we headed straight to Russia a few days later.
It took longer than I had expected, and since I was someone who gets bored easily, it took a toll on my mood.
Hope wanted to be alone ever since we departed from Neo Africa, and I didn't want to disturb him as much as possible.
”Is something wrong?”
When Lily and I got back up on our feet, she raised an eyebrow at me.
”I'm booored,” I said to her.
She giggled when I pouted. ”Well, this is one of those times when you can just sit back and relax.”
”I know, but, it's boring when there's nothing to do.”
”Indeed.”
”Hmm. I think I'm still acting like a kid.”
”Oh?” Lily put a hand on my shoulder. ”You can be however you want, Ava. There's nothing wrong with it.”
I clenched my fists. ”An adult. I want to act like an adult. What do adults usually do, Lily?”
She thought about it for a few moments. ”Um, maybe, you can try painting. I heard that old, wise people do that quite often in their free time.”
Caesar facepalmed so hard his Aegis mask almost fell off. In fact, I saw his forehead in a split second before he adjusted his mask in a jiffy. Sofeea, on the other hand, laughed for a short moment.
Lily frowned, somewhat confused.
Before I could say anything to her, the metal door leading to the c.o.c.kpit slid open.
”Maltyie! Klaus!” I said.
Both of them walked to the lounge section of the s.h.i.+p we were at.
”Everyone, may I have your attention?” said Klaus.
Without waiting for our response, he proceeded to explain the details of the mission.
”For this mission, we are to find the exact location of The People's Light hideout. Fortunately, I managed to use the tracking chips to our advantage.”
”Oh, oh!” I raised my hand.
”Yes, Ava?” asked Klaus with a frown.
”Every Aegis User has their own tracking chips installed in their Aegis, right? I remembered Alicia saying that she followed me to Neo Africa using a tracking chip in my Aegis.”
”Yes. Evgeny, who is the leader of The People's Light is an Aegis User, which you guys already know. I also tracked another User using my Aegis Trackers. A few months ago, I installed the Trackers in several Teria airs.h.i.+ps and had the pilots to search the western part of Russia.”
”I guess you found them already,” said Caesar.
Klaus nodded. ”At first, I thought The People's Light took refuge in the eastern part of Russia, but one of my Trackers found them in Saratov. It's not far from where we are at now, so we'll get there soon enough.”
”Hmm.” I put a hand at my chin. ”Wait, didn't the reports said something about The People's Light being crushed by one of the Pillars? Or was crushed.”
Maltyie nudged Klaus in the shoulder. ”Come on. Tell them.”
Klaus made an awkward laugh before he wiped the sweat coming out of his forehead. ”You see, Ava, I don't believe The People's Light can be destroyed in such a short amount of time. I'm sure we all can agree that they are the most influential and powerful rebel group in the world, as of right now. One of the Pillars, Kian, and the C.U might have attacked them no doubt, but I'm sure some of the members had run away to safety.”
”Kian . . .” muttered Sofeea. ”What can that Pillar's Aegis do?”
Klaus's face darkened as if he didn't want to recall what Kian's specialty was about. ”He's . . . a terrifying opponent if you guys ever meet him one day, which probably will happen anyway.”
”How powerful is he? More than Ivar?” I asked.
He sighed. ”Kian's specialty is Absolute Matter . . . It's just broken, you see. Anything physical, or just about any kind of matter that made contact with his Aegis crystals, he can manipulate it however he wants.”