Kyle looked around to see his bike sitting off in a corner. He was surprised to see it down in the tunnel but quickly shook it off. Remembering he needs to get out of the village's premises fast. Gathering the supplies Alex had told him, Kyle packed his thing. As he propped himself on the bike, Kyle could not help but remembered when he first joined the Faremin armies.
Eleven years earlier.
Kyle felt a cold chill as he walked up to the training grounds. Young Men and women, moving in unison as drills were conducted. Kyle shuddering as he walked by, holding his bags close. A woman walked up to him.
"You there?" Kyle froze as her voice called out. "Are you, Kyle?"
Kyle stared at the woman's busty chest. "Y-yes, m-ma'am." Kyle stuttered.
She cradled her chest, smiling at him. "OK then, fallow me then." She turned and started walking across the courtyard. The men and woman greeting her, caller her Commander Lionclaw. Kyle stared at her as they reached a room filled with giant glass vats. Each filled with some kind of fluid. Looking closer, he could see bodies inside with wires attached. Lionclaw turned to him. "Featherwind!"
Kyle jumped as he turned his attention back to Lionclaw. She waved him over, she was standing beside two men, one with dark hair and looked human and the other a gold kitsune with his arms crossed. "Sorry, m-ma'am."
She smiled as she turned to one of the vats. "This clone here is HU-NT-3R, he will be in your care after he is ready."
Kyle looked at HU-NT-3T. "If I am not mistaken, aren't the HU-NT series the older models for the JO-HN's?"
The kitsune smiled at him. "Yes, but General Azoth wants to have this one released for personal reasons, and after reading your credentials. I Found that you might be the one to keep it in line."
Kyle felt that calling the clone it was unsettling, "I will take good care of Hunter then."
The kitsune raised his brow. "Hunter?"
Kyle smiled, "Yes, HU-NT-3R could also be said as Hunter."
"Call him what you like, he's not a real person, but a puppet for us to use and discard as we please. Once he is useless, we will kill him, and that's it." The kitsune turned away. "So, don't get to attached. He might only be alive for five to six years before they defect."
He walked away; Kyle then looked over the other man standing beside Lionclaw. "Hunter seems to be easier to say, but who knows what this clone of my late son is capable of after he wakes. Hopefully, not useless like all the others before him." Kyle stood in shock as the man left the room.
Lionclaw stared at him. "Well, you have the approval of both Vann, and Azoth it seems?"
Kyle whipped his head to her. "Wait, you mean that was General Azoth?"
She nodded. "He lost both his second wife and son fifteen years ago." She looked over to Azoth's direction. "Now, follow me to your quarters and ready your…"
Kyle smiled as he remembered how he felt when he first met Hunter. He looked up to see Vailrose come into view. His expression stiffened, "I'm home, Father."