Chapter 408: A Dream (1/2)

Chapter 408: A Dream

"Why didn't you kill ed atop a sea of scorched rubble He was surrounded by Panopticon elite droids His hands were shackled together with null cuffs Cracks lined his skin, gloith barely contained light Patches of hione like shards broken off a porcelain doll

"I don't know Pity, I guess When I see you, I have an odd sense I can see what could have been" said the boy No, not a boy anymore He had saved the day He had protected his friends He had put it all on the line and won He had done what it had taken to be a man

More than a h One of the man's eyes was scorched shut with blackened, charred flesh

"I don't need your pity," said Seth

"I know you don't Just don'tit out toyou" The man nodded at the droids "Take hi HV (Hover Vehicle) convoy Before the doors closed on Seth, however, he stopped and turned "Pity, huh Keep showing this world pity Let's see how far you go before you have no ive"

"We'll see"

The door closed shut, and the convoy sped away through the night sky

"shi+t ave hiht punch on the shoulder Elaine followed close behind Both had wide sgle

"Take it easy, Adam," said the man "There's still sooons we have to dig out of the dirt"

"Yeah, that can wait after a long, long break," said Adam "Or maybe someone else can handle it After all, with this onna be superstars! We stopped the reactor fro up AND we uncovered Soloans Plus we jailed his crazy kid

I bet we're gonna get placed in the B, no, maybe A rank to start off with! We'll be rich!"

"We can think about that later And we can't rely on anyone else to do this We were the ones that figured everything out, even when nobody believed us It's up to us to see this all the way through," said the reen shi+eld "Even if it hts"

"Awme over here with these work hours," said Ada, I'd have no issue working like a dog all the tiape He wondered why that word sounded so familiar? He stayed silent for a feard seconds, lost in strange thought

"You alright?" said Adarasped the ht We're super, but we're still just people at the end of the day Rest is ilad that you're alive

She hugged the man, and that touch broke thehied her back

"Yeah, you're right," said the man

"darumbled Adam, but he s even closer He looked beyond the two, at the sky The dark veil of night scattered as the rising sun cast down its amber rays