Chapter 20 - My memories

After their conversation, Dante made Serena aware of the fact that it was about to be his third day on the planet. Assuming that what she said applied to him as well, he was going to regain his memories few hours from that time. Serena did not want to stay in this particular cave any longer as it was possible that Ren was now aware of their presence in the garden. It would only be a matter of time before they were found. Though taking into account what had happened to her on her third day, it was possible that Dante would become a whole lot more vulnerable. After that it was likely he would become stronger than he was now. It was not something new to Serena that he was a mutation of the normal human being on the present Earth, taking into account the unknown was important.

She came to this conclusion since he had no control over his Nano Lites the way human beings usually would, though it was possible it was as a result of him not regaining his memories but she couldn't really be sure about this. Another was the fact that he apparently had a system in his head which gave him access to his strange abilities. This was a deviation from everything that she had witnessed so far. She also believed that this could cause some kind of problem in the future. Serena knew that Ren was most likely aware of the Density gauntlet by now and would probably want more of such weapons in his possession. If he discovered that they were being created by Dante he would want to capture him for sure. She did not even want to think about what he would do when he discovered that Dante was the most powerful human on Earth at the moment. Sure Dante was powerful but at his current power level fighting Ren would be suicide.

"So what is your decision?", Dante asked awaiting a response.

"Well I guess we have no choice but to wait for one more day. After that if nothing happens we will keep on moving", Serena said before laying down on the floor.

So just as agreed they waited the remaining hours in the cave. Few minutes till they officially entered the third day, Serena explained to Dante how the whole process was, though they couldn't really be sure how this process would play out with him. It was possible that because he was different his own process would be entirely different.

"When I first got my memories back I had some certain things happen to me. First of all, my body stopped function as it was supposed to. In short I couldn't just control my body anymore. If I wasn't in a secure place at that time monsters would have most likely killed me. Secondly I started to absorb massive amounts of Nano Lites from the environment, it is probably what enabled me to use them as freely as I can now. Lastly in terms of new abilities acquired we were just aware of them, we didn't need to suffer to find out or anything. We just knew", Serena explained. "So are you ready for this."

Dante on hearing this laughed a bit before responding to what she had asked.

"You should know that there is no way I would be prepared for this."

When it was few seconds to the next day, Serena moved a little bit far from Dante to observe him from a distance.

"Three, two, one", Serena said counting down.

When she reached zero, Dante was aware that he had entered the next day. Instinctively he closed his eyes awaiting for what was to come. Serena who was watching could not believe her eyes. Just as they feared his body was doing the complete opposite of what Serena's did when she was regaining her memory.

His body was glowing and emitting a faint but noticeable blue light into the environment. Serena was aware of what this meant instantly as she witnessed Nano crystals growing all over the place. Unlike her body which was absorbing Nano Lites, he was emitting it which brought a lot of questions to her mind. How could anyone possess such amounts of Nano Lites when they had not even stayed in the planet for so long? Is he going to be okay?

"Dante are you okay?", Serena asked as she could now hear Dante shouting out.

Looking closely she noticed that he had no control over his body at the moment. Sure it was not a good thing, however Serena was relieved to know that he at least had something in common with her own process.

Nano crystals spread through the cave causing Serena to get a little bit worried. Jumping backwards she avoided the crystals from reaching her. She had no idea what would happen if they made contact with her but she did not want to find out. Jumping over and over again, she gave a reasonable distance between her and the crystals, however she did not know how long she could keep it up. It was obvious that the cave did not infinite amount of space and she was nowhere close to the exit.

"Dante! What's happening in there! If it continues like this you are going to get me killed!", Serena shouted out.

Jumping back once more, she had reached the end of the cave. Having nowhere to go she pressed her back against the cave wall giving out a shout once more.

"Dante!"

Just as the crystals was about to reach her it stopped. Serena gasped heavily for air as she had just seen her life flash before her eyes, however she believed that she would be use to it by now. The air in the cave looked misty with a bluish color just like in the city. Taking a step forward she was relieved to find out the crystals had stopped spreading. She ran to Dante before helping him to his feet.

Surprisingly he had changed all over. His once brown hair had become white with his black eyes now becoming blue. He looked a lot more fit than before as well as slightly more attractive. She had never gone through such a change during her own time, she wondered what else could have changed in him.