Her blue eyes consumed my soul. They shone and glistened as tears fell. The fire next to us crackled and gave us warmth.
Devina is crying. She didn't have her usual T-shirt and short jeans. She wore a dark blue hoodie and gray sweatpants.
Her sweatpants covered in wet dots. How long has she been out here?
"Hey Vivshi."
Devina finally breaking the silence startled me as I asked her what was wrong.
In a casual expression while crying, she smiled. She asked me to forgive her for not being able to help Emovi. Devina also requested that I forgive Sekito for her impulsiveness. The reason Zerstörer activated his Aeon and cursed Emovi was due to Sekito.
"Devina… you told me before, that Zerstörer is in love with Sekito right?"
She had a disappointed expression etched over her face. Looking at me like I'm an idiot. She stopped crying after hearing my sentence.
"You really think Zerstörer would release Emovi's curse if Sekito became a couple with him?"
She shook her head. Stood up on her foldable chair and declared that I'm the biggest idiot she has ever seen.
She sat back down and explained.
"Look, Zerstörer isn't that type of guy alright? He has fallen in-love with a lot of women and had sex with them, and then they die. Then he changes woman after that. Replacing his old one."
"Doesn't that mean Zerstörer have a point for falling for Sekito? She is basically immortal."
"Well, that is true."
"Maybe humans doesn't cut for him anymore. So he dates an Aeon instead because they live forever."
Devina pouted, telling me to shut up.
"Am not giving Sekito nee-chan to anyone." She declared with her hands crossed.
She told me that Zerstörer wouldn't uphold his promise like that. He is scum. She told me in that type of scenario, Zerstörer would just take Sekito and not undo the curse.
"But what if we use Sekito as a bargaining chip first? Telling him to undo the curse before getting Sekito.
The wind stopped blowing, the fire continued to burn, the silence grew. This bellicosity I sensed from Devina, like she wanted to kill me.
"I told you. I'm not letting my sister get taken by a literal ball of destruction."
"Wait, wait, wait!!! I didn't mean it like that."
Devina seemed to calm down a bit, but she is still really mad at me. She sat there waiting for an explanation.
"How about we use Sekito to scam Zerstörer? Like: Sekito will become your girlfriend if you undo that curse."
Devina had calmed down and shook her head.
"Zerstörer is overly cautious, he wouldn't buy such bullshit. He is not dumb ya know."
"Then what can we do?"
Devina asked me to show my hands. Opening them she placed a weird piece of flesh on my hand.
"These are cells from Emovi."
She explained that she took some cellular examinations and discovered that apoptosis of her cells would occur within 40 days.
She said that the deactivation of the aeonic curse can only be undone by Zerstörer himself. There were no other methods or artifacts that could save her.
"Then lets go and beat him up to reverse it!"
"Calm down, idiot. Look, at your current state, there is no way you are beating him. Second of all his current location is unknown. All the information about him is blurred and I can't find information about him through my Aeon."
"So what do you know about him then?"
Devina told me about a whole other side of society I didn't know of. Zerstörer is a big part of the underground society, he is one of the richest people, but he lives in total secrecy. The reason for that, illegal activities. To fulfill his worldly desires, he need money, a lot of it. So he works in the drug industry. Manufacturing methamphetamine, cocaine, heroine, etc. Zerstörer also works in the assassination and homicide associations, he is the leader in both of these crimes corporations.
The time I spent homeless, I witnessed drug abuse from other homeless people but I never knew that there were corporations out there that sold off these things. There were children using these stuff. I saw children getting beat up and killed in the streets. They stole money to buy that stuff.
I can't forgive him, Zerstörer, you stole the lives of thousands. Now you are even taking one of my friend's lives. Your greed, will cease. I will find you one day and on that day, I will make sure, your greed is sated.
Devina's eyes lit up as she told me her magnificent and brilliant idea.
"Vivshi, do you want to start cooking crystal meth?"