There was a long eerie silence between them. Nova's body covered with plants parts while most of his clothes were torn and drenched in blood. He was by no means is normal. It was like he was fighting in a battle a long time and he was still struggling to battle.
Gibson didn't know what to say on this encounter but it seems Nova didn't know too. They looked each other with thinking their pasts.
Nova smiled wearily and stopped the silence with his words:
" Oh, I was thinking what could someone who has a blue rank would be doing here? It turns out that he is my pathetic ex member. I totally forgot there are people like you there. Ah, Gibson. How is your life going? Heh, did you come to kill me?"
"Nova… So you are really-"
"I am what! I an what, Gibson! Will you also judge me now, Gibson!?" Nova interrupted his speech and shouted angrily.
" Nova… Shhhh. Did you look at yourself? You look awful. Add to that, headquarters gave orders to kill you. What did you do?"
Nova looked and smiled sarcastically:
"Hahaha, What did I do? What did I do! Instead, what did THEY do! What did they do to HELEN! They f* used her. They sacrificed her and you know, what for? Hahaha? Aaaaaa, you knew already that, right? Because of that, you are now here. When you learned things, you just ran away with your tail between your legs. And now, you stand against me and ask such a question? What did I do!" Nova was breaking down. One moment, he was laughing, another moment he was shouting. He was like delirious.
Gibson stunned. He couldn't answer to him. ' I should've thought before. If anything that make him do crazy things, it would be always related with her. But, then she…' Gibson felt heavy. He realized that reality of them didn't changed any. Even if he choose to distance himself, things happened again to his dears. Now, nightmare of the past came and was try to bit his teeth in flesh again. But, What even he can do? He don't have power to change it. Was there anything?
Nova couldn't stand and attacked Gibson while talking.
" Why don't you say anything aa Gibson? Say something else d* it. Did you eat your tongue? You already known that, right? Yet, you ran away! You flee from there! While, while we are struggling, suffering, trying… " More Nova was talking, angrier he was. His body was getting brighter every words he throw up. Blue color were changing one moment indigo and next moment blue again.
Gibson just defended himself. Seeing his besties like this, he questioned his past decisions. Was he wrong again? Then what could he do to correct? He decided to… Nova was attacking recklessly. He forgot his fighting style. He was fighting street fights like in the past. Gibson retreated to south side and lured Nova to someplace.
"*Sage… You know he is nothing to with it. He doesn't have ability to change anything. You can't blame him.*"
" HELEN! You too, are you taking his side? Then Why? Why did you accept and go along with their arrangements. You know, you are the everything to me."
Gibson perplexed. He was seeing his besties getting mad. He was shouting and accusing him then he was talking like Helen also here in person. But Gibson didn't sense anyone other than Nova.
"* Sage. Since it's my destiny, I couldn't ran away. I also couldn't let others suffer instead of me. I'm grateful to you, to all people. I couldn't turn my back. *"
" Screw others! What others! They don't deserve it! If you had a little bit like Gibson, you wouldn't… Anyway, I will find a way. "
"* Sage… You are wrong again. You don't need to-*"
While Gibson was defending and watching, he was trying to make a sense on situation. Did his friends became crazy? Or? It can't be! Gibson's hearts skipped a beat:
"NOVA! Did… Did you, agggh are you talking with Helen? Did you used some forbidden spell runes?"
Nova stopped and looked at Gibson wearily.
"If I do, what? You don't have any qualification to question me!."
"Nova! What's the price? What did you give in return?"
" I would give everything and will give everything."
"* Sage, I will not allow this.*" Nova staggered suddenly and fell on the ground while panthing.
Gibson froze and quickly approached to Nova to check if he is ok.
"Helen! What are you doing? You know I am doing all of this for you!"
"*I know Sage... Do you know why I picked your nickname to Sage? It was because you are my lifesaver, my hope. I always known that you can overcome everything on your path, you wouldn't fall back against anything. And I, I was hoping that you can lift this curse from us. But I was also knew that you needed the time, Nova. Even most genius person can't do anything if he doesn't have the time and knowledge. I decided to give them to you even if it cost my life. I foresaw that my hope will be realised after I gone.
Then I felt fear… Fear of unable to see you again, Sage. My wish changed before I realized, and became to see you happy. So I became selfish, wanted to see you while fearing. Sage, my hope, my life. You can't die for me… I will not let this happen!*"
"Helen! You mustn't. I don't care. I want you, my side." Nova's voice was shattering.
"* Sage. My situation, maybe in the future, people will be a way but today it's impossible. I'm already beyond that. What you see is just my past memory and keeping that will give you damage every moment.*"
" I can take it!"
"* I know you can but Sage, my hope, I don't want to harm you. We don't have destiny to be together in this world. But when you make my wish come true, you will find the way to my path. This is our place in this world Sage…
Seeds of hope is near. Make them bloom. They will show you the way.*"
"Helen… what?" Nova's magic power shined brightly. Then he got a feeling from his weeds. Three weak life signs were placed on far from his surrounding. They were three children whose age smaller than 6 years old. It looked like they got hit with aftereffects of his attack, injured and fainted. Two of them were boy while other one was a girl.