Rooarrr!" He tinted his front glass window, which made Pilot's vision difficult.
"YOU BITCH." The Warden's face redden as he wiped the glass with a glass wiper. Nexus 0.5 paced towards him and held a blade in his left hand. Swiftly, he cut his gooey black arm in between.
"How do you feel about it?" He asked, feeling satisfied.
Kepler's curious look turned into anguish.
"You bitch." The Kepler copied warden words as they had very developed learning motors and could mimic their surroundings in a very short period of time.
His arm regenerated within 10 seconds, which awed the mecha pilot. Out of the blue, the mecha kicked Kepler's chest and hoped he would die instantly. Unfortunately, Kepler stumbled to the ground. He put an evil grin on his face as smelled victory.
His smile didn't last as Kepler stood on his leg again with his dreadful golden eyes. The eerie smile on his face made him as horrid as someone putting red lipstick on the Joker's face. Absolutely terrifying!
He had not expected a freak to appear in his garden. When you didn't understand whether that thing was your enemy or ally, you made a tactical move.
Nexus 0.5 stepped back, and his missile radar was targeting the Kepler head.
Next moment, he launched five GPS air missiles towards them and flew away from the building.
*Wooshhh*
→Warning! Five missiles are coming towards you. Run←
→Warning! It will harm your body. Evacuate from here.←Meg said in a frustrated voice.
What our homie did was just keep standing there and opened his mouth with a grin.
On the other hand, Prisoner 2, aka the translator, was hiding under the table and mumbling. "What are you doing, monster?" His face drew terror.
"He is waiting for his food!" Vidyut's squeaky voice echoed in his translator's ear. He turned around, glimpsed at Zekrom's wet clothes, and held a cloche.
Vidyut continued, "Kepler's eyes can detect the infrared object as they think of their food."
"So that's why you two are wet, so the vile won't you eat." Both of them nodded their heads in agreement.
"We have a few ice packs if you want."
The translator didn't hesitate and started rinsing his body with ice.
Their eyes popped out of their sockets as they watched the horrid scene. The beast, Augustya, was trying to eat missiles. Today, he was going to die for sure.
→I'm warning you—don't eat this. Not good for your digestive system.←
→ Augustya, stop this madness. Can you hear me? ←Meg's voice changed into a pleasant but annoying tone.
It was already too late. Kepler had already swallowed an air missile.
His whole body started burning, emitting red light. It was so bright that it made everyone blind, including the camera, which couldn't detect anything.
Before that, all of the air missiles exploded.
"Bubble electromagnetic shield activated.."
"Injecting paralysis serum on his body," Maraya Pandora, aka the 3rd heir of Pandora, ordered. She had been watching everything from the camera but didn't dare interrupt.
Grade 5 danger activated." Announcements could be heard from the loud speaker.
"What was that?" Zekrom grimaced.
"I guess someone in the upper realm decided to pity us." Vidyut commented and let out a sigh.
"These royal members are really hypocrites."
→Kepler's body was paralyzed for 150 seconds.←
.......
The white land, which was coated with different shades of white. The sky was white, as were the sun, buildings, and park. Surprisingly, Augustya's least favorite color was white.
Meanwhile, Augustya had been walking on the glass bridge over and over.
Every time he would leave this damn place, he would return to the same bridge. As if he were going through a never-ending cycle.
"Ahhhh! Someone help me!" He screamed in frustration again. His eyes were weary after seeing white, silver white, and pale white. The white background made it difficult to understand this world; he could neither smell nor hear anything. For sure, the boy was not pleased with it.
"Where the hell am I? Meg! Zek. Tiny thing."
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" He stopped his legs in anger. Then he sat down on the ground with crossed legs and closed his eyes. He decided to do nothing. There was no reason to do anything anymore.
'Am I going to die? Why am I feeling hot in my stomach?'
' I don't think I am going to die. Am I trapped somewhere, or someone did witchcraft to me?' Augustya was analysis the situation.
'I should have eaten the last cold yogurt. This world is so weird.'
"Perhaps you should add some color to your unconscious mind." A familiar voice rang into his ear.
'No, this is just my brother's voice. Pay attention.'
A tan, lean man got closer to him; his eyes were blue, and was 6 feet tall. His sharply fractured, shiny black hair with a warm smile on his face.
"Go away, whatever you are! I am busy." Augustya said in annoyance that he couldn't tell what was real or an illusion.
Sweet pea! Are you refusing to see your brother?" Stranger said in a playful tone.
As he heard those words, he got up and quickly hugged him tightly. He wanted to assure himself that he wasn't in a dream.
"You are alive, Verma. I thought I killed you." The tears were streaming down from his cheeks.
"You look and sound like Verma."
Vermaish didn't respond to that and gently patted his head.
"Stay here. Don't l-leave me. " His words stuttered, but he held his tears back.
"Hi kiddo, how are you?" Vermaish asked.
Augustya was holding him tightly, leaving him no space to breathe.
"Relax; I am not going anywhere. Not for now."
"Are you angry at me for killing you?"
"I can't answer that as I am already dead. Ask me a legitimate question." Vermaish Pandora showed a wry smile.
"Am I dead? Where is this place? How the hell did I leave this place with you?" He inquired many questions in one breath.
Vermaish patiently answered, "This is a world that was created by you with my assistance, and you are not dead yet."
"Lastly, you will find that answer soon yourself."
Augustya sighed as his dear brother never gave all the answers at once. He gazed at his shoulder and smiled. His brother wasn't as tall as he was used to. Little did Augustya know he was growing fast.
Out of the blue, a flat screen came in front of their eyes.
"What is this?" Augustya seemed confused to see a screen in the middle of nowhere.
"Something you need to be aware of, something that has been hiding for your life." His expression changed to solemn. "It's time to face the truth, boy."
On that flat screen, a lab appeared with many medical devices. Two doctors in white coats were present too.
The lab was painted white, like Augustya's unconscious mind. The doctors were treating a young toddler who was around 2 years old.
One of the doctors summarized, "Test 18, subject Augustya Pandora.
Age: 18 months.
His body reacted to the Kepler parasite very well. We are going to check his vitals now."
The scenery changed as well as the boy's growth.
"Test 52. Subject, Augustya Pandora
Age: 5 years.
His palm started to manifest new objects with the help of Kepler. A few days ago, he vandalized the lab, but we kept him calm with a stabilizing device and drugs."
The image vanished, and a new video formed in front of his eyes. After a few videos, the doctors were replaced, but the color of the lab and Test subject never changed. As if it were always the same.
"Test 87. Subject Augustya Pandora
Age : 7, the boy started disobeying our commands. He even killed a doctor in anger. The test subject is beyond our control. We have to wipe his short-term memory again for the sake of continuing the next experiment.
His vitals are normal, but his brain gives some minor...
"°….°" Augustya's face turned yellow and purple after watching this.His miniature self was brutalized by doctors in every videos. In all videos the little boy was helpless and fragile, as if he would break with a single touch. However, no one consoled him.
The way he was treated was more like a rat experiment in a lab than the youngest prince of the Pinok kingdom.
"Tell me this is just one of your pranks, right? It really did not happen…," Augustya shouted and clenched his fist in rage. His blood was boiling, and his heartbeat was pounding like a drum. Besides, he detests it. They did not toy with their feelings but always lied to him.
Verma had a faint smile on his face.
No! You are lying. Get out of my face. This is not true. Am I just a piece of pawn for you guys?"
No response came from Vermaish, and he tried to pat his head. However, he didn't let him touch him.
A few minutes passed, but Augustya's wrath had not subsided yet.
"Shall we walk?" Augustya's elder brother asked.
Augustya nodded his head and strolled along with him. He was angry—more than just feeling like a fool and a naive boy. The warmth he shared with his sisters and mother, who always treated him as a spoiled child. Was it all a lie?
Finally, Vermaish broke the tension between them. "So, what are you going to do next?"
Augustya bit his lips and decided not to say anything.
"Augustya Pandora, look at me. You will be dead here if you don't grasp your senses."
No reply came. He was traumatized by the betrayal that his family gave him.
Vermaish's voice is getting louder and louder. "You can't remain the living dead. If you want to leave, you have to do something."
Augustya's golden eyes stared at him and walked further.