Yuri laughed hearing what Fedyenka said. Suddenly, Phantom appeared and threw some knives at them. Yuri dodged all of them. Then Phantom went towards him in full speed, he pulled Fedyenka but he couldn't because of the field Yuri created. He could not break through it. Yuri ran fast and said,
"Fedyenka, can you use your power?"
Fedyenka tried using and succeeded to make a flow.
"Yes I can. But why should I hurt Phantom?" said Fedyenka.
"You do as I say you get it?" said Yuri.
"But, Yuri..."
"JUST DO AS I SAY!"
Phantom came close and broke through the filed, he got to Fedyenka really fast. But at the moment, Fedyenka fled. She was nowhere to be seen. Yuri got startled. He started searching for her and when he couldn't find him after looking here and there, he pulled Phantom's collar and said, "Where is she?"
"What do you mean? I don't-"
Phantom couldn't finish his words he slammed him on the ground and said,
"Where is SHE!?!?"
"You are crazy Yuri! You are overthinking things. I am not trying to kill her-"
"You have always tried to kill her haven't you?"
"Who knew that you've always had such a soft spot for that brat. I wouldn't go that far with her then and give her some more time. Of course, giving her more time means killing more people."
"Soft spot aren't there from the beginning, they are created. She is a daughter to me. She is my pebble!"
"WHAT? ARE YOU CRAZY?!? Your daughter is DEAD!"
"I KNOW MY DAUGHTER IS DEAD. It was my first daughter and now I can't lose another one."
"Yuri look, I was just pushing her a bit because she needs-"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
Phantom couldn't say another word. He was amazed how raging a face like Yuri's can be. Yuri's face is a little goofy and sarcastic. Seeing him angry is a rare moment. His grey eyes made him look like a wolf who cannot find his cub.
"You two are going too far about me. Both of you." said Fedyenka.
"WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GO?" said Yuri and rushed to her.
"I was reduced to atoms. But not gone."
"What?"
"Like how one can shapeshift. They reduce their atomic numbers and distribute those to the nature."
"How did you know these?" said Phantom.
Fedyenka replied with a stern and frail voice,
"I remembered everything that happened while I was in that reality."
"What?!? YOU WENT THAT FAR?!? THAT IS WHY YOU-"
"Okay okay, I am sorry. I won't take this many risks any further without precautions."
"That doesn't sound assuring at all!" said Yuri.
"What..." said Fedyenka with a confused face.
"*sigh* Anyway, come back to me. You ain't going with Phantom." said Yuri and pulled Fedyenka to take her away. Phantom stopped them midway and said,
"Yuri, what do you plan on doing after you move away with her? What will she do without me?"
"She is a thousand times more than you." said Yuri while giving a death stare to Phantom. Qiang on the other hand, finally came. He stared at Fedyenka with an angry face.
"You look like you are mad at me." said Fedyenka.
"What have I done to you?" said Qiang.
"I am getting confused. What?"
"I should have been the one asking you something. What did you tell to Yuri about me?"
"You are misunderstanding her, she did not tell me anything. I am the one who was taking her away and IS taking her away. I hope you get it now ef off with that sage or master of yours." said Yuri.
"I didn't do anything. Why are you moving away from me, from us?"
"You will side with that bastard when hard time comes. I lost everything. That old father of mine...wants me TO DIE! Fedyenka is the only thing left to me now. She was given to me. I will not lose her."
"Look Yuri, I tried my best to stop Phantom. Why are you blaming me for something he did? I side with the righteous, not the powerful ones."
"Okay okay, I get it. I will not ever do a single thing to Fedyenka without a discussion and I promise to do that." said Phantom with an annoyed face. His face was also filled with guilt.
"Okay then, let me set a chip on you. If you do anything that breaks this oath you made, you will blast off. Even your regeneration system won't work."
"Okay." said Phantom and pulled his sleeves. Yuri injected something in Phantom. The area became blue.
"So this is what injecting these chips looks like." said Fedyenka.
"Yeah, you're happy about that?" said Phantom.
"No...I did not mean that."
"Alright then. We shall go back to the place where we set our cottages then." said Yuri.
"No. Fedyenka's blood stream has quiet possibly significantly changed the atmosphere here. You can see that new jades have grown. If OUTE notices this, we are gonna be in trouble." said Phantom.
Fedyenka fell on the ground. Her fever got worse. Yuri checked her, her condition seemed to be worse than before. Her whole body was hot except her legs.
"Yuri...My head hurts."
"It's because of the fever. Let me carry you."
Yuri lifted her up again. He took his coat off and covered her with it. Fedyenka closed her eyes and pondered about what has happened to her so far. She got tired of pondering and started to fall asleep. Then she could feel a light, a warmth. She looked up and saw a marvelous place. The whole place was covered with white marble. The ground seemed like it was glowing. They could see their reflection. They walked for a long time, they kept following Phantom.
"Why is everything so white here?" said Fedyenka.
"It's an illusion I put here. I put some more on the peak too. There are a lot of things here. You will see these on your journey. You still have a long way to go. Take it slowly." said Phantom.
Suddenly, Fedyenka could feel a white light which came towards Fedyenka. She closed her eyes. The moment she opened them, she could see a sun shinning.
"Um...Will I ever come back here?" said Fedyenka.
"You will. After you finish your main mission."
"To finish the war?"
"Not only that."
"Oh...All of the stuffs that are included in your plan?"
"Yes."
"So how are we gonna go?" said Qiang.
"We are gonna go by the sea." said Phantom.
"Underwater?" said Fedyenka.
"No, underground." said Yuri.
"So it's deeper than the sea?"
"No, it's deeper than the first part of sea. Even the sea has many parts. Most of it are unknown."
"Oh..."
They kept walking. They saw some marionettes so they backed away. Phantom handed them some cloaks. He told them to wear them. Fedyenka fetched a marionette, ruined it's core and eyes immediately and gave it to Phantom.
"Um...there was no need for this but thank you, I have always wanted to study a marionette and we might be able to hack some of OUTE's internal connections with this. It's a marionette guarding this place so, it will provide us information mostly about this place." said Phantom.
Qiang started hacking it. He seemed to try his best. He was hesitating. Yuri did not help him even a little bit. Perhaps it was for his improvement. Fedyenka still couldn't figure out how they are not being seen and then she noticed that Phantom was pointing his fingers upwards. His hands seemed to be covered in some grey matter.
"Why is your mana grey?" said Fedyenka.
"Mine is pretty similar to yours but not exactly. Mine is the mixture of soil and wind which makes dust." said Phantom.
"Can you turn into sand?"
"I never tried."
"Can I turn into-"
"Try it yourself one day."
"Um...okay."
Fedyenka stayed silent. Qiang in all of a sudden said,
"I cannot figure out how I can break through without making them notice me."
"Oh you have gotten pretty far. Leave the rest to me and watch closely." said Yuri and started working on the device that Qiang set to hack the marionette.
It took them two minutes. Yuri hacked the marionette and managed a map of the nearby OUTE headquarters.
"Huh...they have moved their headquarters a bit here and there after we escaped. I am a bit worried about that Kristen though. I don't know what kind of troublemaker she is dating." said Yuri.
"Is her boyfriend's name Roland Logan?" said Fedyenka.
"Yes."
"Fuck."
"You have been using this word a lot and if you say that again I will choke you." said Yuri with a smiley face.
"Okay then we will split into teams. Yuri and Qiang will operate with the device and tell us about their whereabouts. Yuri will be the backup and Qiang will operate it. Yuri will handle both sides whilst, me and Fedyenka-" said Phantom. Though he could not finish his words.
"Fedyenka will not go with you." said Yuri.
"Yuri dude, only she and I can make Fusion." said Phantom.
"Ughh...we are running out of time. Okay."
"Thanks man. I will leave the cloak in your hands, me and Fedyenka will leave now. Fedyenka, wear this." said Phantom and handed her a headset.
Fedyenka and Phantom went outside. Carrying Fedyenka on his back, Phantom ran in his full speed.
"Woah dude slow down!" said Fedyenka.
"No can make me do." said Phantom.
"Hey, Phantom, Fedyenka...can you two hear me?" said Yuri.
"Yeah we can." said both Fedyenka and Phantom.
Yuri told them the locations of the headquarters and the enemies. Fedyenka memorized all of them well and told Phantom about their whereabouts. With Phantom's speed, the whole place was wiped out.
"Woah Phantom you are a brute!" said Fedyenka.
"We don't have much time. Fedyenka, try moving your cells to me." said Phantom.
"Wait, NO! She will DIE!" said Yuri.