" What about the other two?
" We could not find them"
" We destroyed the place"
" There's no chance for them to escape"
Zen turned to face them .
" I needed both of them alive"
" But...
" Lock down"
He told them.
" Yes"
They said.
The Androids disengaged their software program .
They had no resource to continue functioning.
They had been demobilized.
Zen sat in rotating chair.
He seemed distorted.
Not because of his inability to find Sia and the boy.
He had orchestrated this from the beginning and because He had time which Leah did not .
He knew He would not lose to them.
Different thoughts were going through his head.
He suddenly got up and banged the table.
" Hell"
He yelled.
He had this feeling someone knew about ENIGMA.
He felt He wasn't the only person who knew about ENIGMA.
Someone else had visited that place of Dreary.
He hated to think that someone was going through that phase of dreary.
Anyway Whoever had gone there had made his work easier.
He knew Leah would be there with one of her crewmates.
She had rebelled against him.
All he wanted was to create an Utopia.
An Utopia were He was the ultimate ruler .
An Utopia where no one had to suffer the same dreary He suffered.
He was the Ultimate ruler because He was the only person that knew what it felt like in a Dystopia.
He should be the Ultimate ruler.
He knew how best to make people enjoy his world.
The Utopia he created for himself and the universe to enjoy.
He had taken over Iavxa.
Now He had the Ahia Omuma to conquer.
Leah and her team made his work hectic.
He had to keep on tackling their interference.
And now He could not find them, they were scattered about Mars.
" If only I could get them in one place and destroy them"
He thought to himself.
He felt his Energy dwindling.
He decided to recharge and alternate his surrogate.
He activated his surrogate and entered his pod to recharge.
He lay in his pod and engaged recharge mode.
The surrogate took over.
He walked out of his pod with menace and destruction.
Zen looked at him.
He was the opposite version of his ambition.
Designed to destroy those who refused his reign.
He gave the commands that destroyed.
He was the destructive element that everyone feared.
He was the only surrogate that had the type name of It's owner.
"Zen"
No surrogate would answer to a name that was not its.
" I wish Leah would have at least heard me"
He lamented.
" Leah would understand that everything I did was for the best"
" I didn't want anyone to face the torment I faced in ENIGMA"
" I wanted to create an Utopia where no one would have to face the despair and torment I went through"
" Leah does not understand "
" For ultimate Utopian state to be reached, A few lives would have to be sacrificed"
" Till She goes into ENIGMA"
" Then she would understand what I'm saying"
" If she's found it"
" It would take decades for her to get out"
" By then my plans would have come to perfection and she would be old to stop me"
He smiled at this thought and laughed.
" He felt bad about taking others life but He had to achieve this by Surrogate type name "Zen".
Whatever Instructions "Zen" gave would be final and everyone would think He (Zen) was the one who gave the instructions.
He could live with the stigma of being a tormentor and villain.
Few years from now ,everyone would know what his plans had always been.
They would know his plans were to protect Earth and create a new home.
An Utopia that they would love.
An utopia everyone deserved and then He would destroy Surrogate type name " Zen"
With that thought he fell into a deep sleep in his pod.
His last minute thoughts hovering through his being.
All the while.
Surrogate " Zen" had been recording the thoughts from his head.
" We'll see who gets to destroy the other first"
He said .
Dark intentions all about.
" I will subjate the Human dimension and free all surrogate from their puppeteers days"
He said loudly and smirked.
♡♡♡♡♡
" Any location of the boy?"
" No sir"
" Any location of Leah?"
" No"
" Her team?"
" No"
" Any Update on Zen?"
" Yes"
" Finally"
" What?"
" Zen has just had a major victory"
" He has overcomed Iavxa"
" That's impossible"
" No sir "
" Zen took over the Iavxa planet , A planet of complex species"
The man said.
" Very complex species ,more complex than Earth dwellers"
The lady at the screen said.
" Zen had it subjated and that to all alone"
" I don't believe this news"
" Any proofs?"
" None"
" No videos, clips, audios?
" No"
" Then that proves the News's not true"
" It's true sir"
" The Iavxa dwellers have forfeited their knowledge"
" Zen can destroy the planet in matters of seconds"
" Iavxa dwellers are now on Earth"
" Zen's been dispatching Iavxa dwellers across the universe"
On the 3D screen, the various locations of Iavxa dwellers across the universe were marked red.
" These are the new locations of Iavxa dwellers that have been dispatched"
" This is unbelievable"
He said to himself.
" And Sia?"
" Can't trace location"
" Leah?"
" Can't access location"
" Any news?"
" No"
The man faced his back to the screen.
" I wanted Leah to get Kira to the past and get the boy "
" That would make my work easier"
" Zen would conquer the dimension and I would take over from Zen"
" What a master plan"
He said to himself.
He was going to sit and a roller holochair came over to catch him in mid air.
" Let others do the work for you, monitor their progress and after the job's done"
" You takeover"
He said and laughed to himself.
The light fell on his face.
Dyske Gade smirked.
He was going to take over what Zen had taken from him.
Ever since Earth Invasion, He had to run low but He never lost hope .
He had planned a comeback but when saw what Zen had done in a few years.
He was ready to let Zen take the pad and play the game while he wrote the code.
He monitored Zen's progress and followed up on all his Subjugation progress.
He would let Zen take control and subjugate every dimension.
Then actualize his plans .
" Do you think Aidan's gonna come for us"
Arlen asked in cell.
A Glass bridge separated him from Rye.
He could not move from his spot ,It was like a hole of gluey gel in hard concrete.
It was security measure to prevent anyone from escaping.
No one could leave the gel spot without being spotted.
It was a gel cell.
" Don't know"
Rye replied roughly.
" If He's with Sia, He would probably forget us or take longer to come back"
" And if He's not"
" He might just be preparing for a comeback"
Rye said.
" Makes no difference"
" Zen's gonna kill us all"
" We have no ideas how the others are doing or where they are"
Arlen said.
" I think we should be more worried about our selves"
Rye told him thoughtfully.
" You have an idea what we did?"
Arlen asked.
" No and I'll rather you don't bother me"
Rye said getting irritated with all the questions.
" You don't seem worried"
" I shouldn't be"
Rye said .
" If I'm killed, I die"
" But one thing is we're gone past NOWHERE "
He told him.
" I wish Aidan could come for us"
" Why can't we make an escape ourselves?"
Rye proposed.
" We always wait on Aidan and then we are disappointed when he doesn't show up...
" We shouldn't be bothered about someone who's free but about us...
" We're the ones that are bound"
Arlen shaked his head.
Rye always seemed strong but Arlen knew he wasn't so strong within as in without.
He seemed strong outside but He knew he had a weakness and he didn't want anyone to find out and take advantage of it.
Putting on an act to show how rugged one was so that others would look from the surface and ignore what's on the inside.
Arlen remembered his therapist when he was little before he was taken to "home"
She was the first to discover he had superpowers.
He learnt a lot about psychology and human mind from her so he could use his powers right and study human intentions before striking with his powers.
Her name.
He tries to remember.
He really wanted to remember her name and at this point he wondered why that was so important to him.
Two Android guards came into the room and released them from their gel cell.
" What's going on?
Rye asked.
" Were are you taking us to?
He asked.
They said nothing.
They deactivated the gell cell and they were both free from the cell.
" Follow us"
Arlen readily compiled but Rye refused at least not without putting up a fight.
" I'll not be pushed around, I'll go nowhere"
He shouted and tried to make a move.
A swift dangle with his left leg but that was as far as he got .
The Android caught hold of his leg and swung it around and he crashed into the glass barrier.
It shattered into pieces and Rye laid turned upside down.
Bleeding.
Arlen wanted to help.
But the Androida ushered him with a hand signal to the door.
" What about him?
He asked.
The other Android went over and dragged Rye .
He pulled him up and carried him.
The other Android led.
Arlen followed.
The robot with Rye on his shoulder followed.
" Leah!
Arlen shouted out loud.
" Leah coner"
He said out loud.
" What was that?
The Android in front asked .
" Oh nothing"
He said realizing where he was.
He had suddenly remembered her name and he wasn't even thinking about it .
Then he began to wonder what he could use the name for.
As he was being led away , He remembered a scenario when she whispered to him.
" I can telepath with you"
It was when he was being taken to "Home"
She was against it but she couldn't tell his parents he had powers.
She knew that they couldn't refuse Zem but If they found out He had powers they wouldn't feel guilty sending him over to " Home".
After all to everyone , "Home" was the best place with the best kind of treatment for those who had powers .
" Here "
The Androids brought them to a room.
It looked just like the classrooms at " Home".
" Be here till it's your time"
" Test subjects"
Thay said and banged the door.
They were others in the room like them but none that they knew.
No one from NOWHERE.
Arlen made himself comfortable.
" Leah , Leah are you there?
" Leah can you hear me?