Chapter 185: Conspiracy (2/2)

I walked up, grabbing her in my arms, ”The old guy just sneezed. You woke up because it was louder than a cannon going off.”

Malakai blushed, the shades of his skin reddening, ”Ah, excuse me. I believe I've come down with something. A part of my age perhaps.”

Althea giggled, ”You're alright.” She rubbed her eyes, ”I'm so tired.”

I smiled, ”Let's get you to bed.”

We walked into our room, Torix scanning through a variety of papers that his students made. He sighed,

”As always, they're a rather drab read. I don't understand why students don't spruce their papers up with something...controversial.”

He closed his status and stretched, ”Ah, it's good to see I've new company.”

I gave him a curt nod, ”She's tired. After that, we need to talk.”

Torix crossed his arms, ”Sounds rather serious.”

I nodded, ”It is.”

With Althea in tow, I walked into our bedroom and set her down on the blanketed bed. I warmed the room before pulling the covers over her. Peeling my helmet back, I kissed her cheek. Before I lifted my head, Althea grabbed my cheek and met my eye,

”Hey.”

I raised an eyebrow, ”What's wrong?”

She frowned, ”I might've pushed a bit too hard with the whole training thing. Your training is why we stopped the Hybrid.”

I pulled a strand of her lavender hair behind her ear, ”You were right. I don't think a couple hours a week talking to other people would've made the difference against that guy. Besides, we couldn't have known it would be that damn strong.”

Althea shook her head, ”But you did know. You knew something was coming, and you were ready. I wasn't.”

I scoffed, ”How about this then. I'll train a little less, and you can train a little more. That way we find a balance...If that's possible.”

Althea smiled at me, her pearly teeth sticking out in the darkness,

”I guess I could do that...for you.”

I kissed her forehead as she closed her eyes. She fell asleep before I left the room. With Althea able to sleep soundly, I walked into Torix's new evil lair. He walked up to me, leaving one of the series of charts on the wall behind. He crossed his arms and looked up at me,

”So what's the damage this time?”

I weighed my hands back and forth, ”Oh, there's good news and bad news.”

Torix sighed while looking down, ”Well at least your venture wasn't boring. Let's begin with the good news perhaps?”

I raised a hand, ”So, we found and cleared one of the Skyburner camps.”

Torix's blue, fiery eyes flared bright purple instead of their calm blue, ”What? How?”

I raised my other hand, ”That's the bad news...”

Torix looked down again, pinching the bridge of his bony nose,

”Ah...As always I suppose.”

I pulled my obelisk from my armor, and the glassy sphere opened a 3-D hologram of the Skyburner camp. I pointed at it, ”An eldritch called the Hybrid ate the Skyburners before we arrived. It was strong, but we managed to kill the damn thing. The problem is this.”

I swiped the hologram, showing the lab within the base, ”I found a lab with some samples of eldritch and silvers. It's a guess here, but-”

Torix gasped, ”They fused the silvers and the eldritch...into a hybrid.”

I shook my head, ”I know, it sucks, but yeah, they did. Even worse, the parts in the lab were made in molds. That means there are more labs out there.”

Torix walked towards the stone couches and sat down, ”This is...far worse than I'd feared. To imagine that an organization of magnitude is creating abominations and setting them loose. This is a conspiracy of epic proportion.”

I scratched the side of my head, ”Yeah, and the shitty part is that these Hybrids are more virulent than either eldritch or silvers.”

Torix shook his head and placed a hand on the side of his hood, ”These beings break the primary tenants of Schema. Giess isn't the only planet on the line. These creatures could populate and spread across many worlds. Several could land on remote locations on Earth even.”

My eyes widened, ”Wait...really? It's that bad?”

Torix stood up, ”It's far worse. This threat rivals Yawm. We need support before the situation destabilizes. Our team is too small for something of this immensity.”

I spread out my arms, ”Who can we get to help?”

Torix opened his status, typing in a few messages. As he sent them, he looked up at me,

”The Overseer.”