Kojo noticed Adriana Staring at a star shaped silver necklace with a blue gem in it.
" You want it?" He asked.
" Huh? Uh no not really" she replied.
" You sure. Hey Sol,how much a this necklace?" He asked.
" But you could use your money for something else." Adriana said.
" I have more money than I can spend anyway so it's fine" be replied.
" You know what. Take it." Sol said.
" Huh? But-"
" No buts. Consider it a gift from a friend" Sol said with a smile.
" Really thanks" Kojo said taking it and putting it in Adriana.
" You're welcome" Sol replied." You guys really are a merry bunch"
Kojo looked about the window at the tower in the middle of the city.
" I'll probably be able to get more information about Estelle from there." He thought.
" Um I'm gonna check something out,you guys should continue shopping. Here." He pulled out a large bag and threw it at Sol. It was so heavy it caused him to lose balance.
" Get them anything they want. And keep the change" Kojo said stepping out. Sharone follow him out. He saw the look in her eyes and pulled her aside.
" Listen I have a feeling that the atta k yesterday was deliberate. I'm gonna look for answers"
" Let me come with you" Sharone said.
" Whoever's behind it will keep an eye out for us. It'll be faster if I go alone." Kojo replied.
" Am I , holding you back?" she asked.
" No" Kojo said drawing closer." You're not holding me back. None of you are. I'm happy every second I'm with you all. I just don't want you to worry." He hugged her.
" Ok I'll tell you what. It's been a while since we were alone together. So we'll go on a date when I get back ok?"
" Ok" she said.
Kojo unfolded his wings and flew away.
Saleem,who was watching them from an alley turned to follow Kojo. She saw a group of men standing behind her. They held variety weapons and grinned at her.
" I don't have time for this. Step aside." She said.
" Uuuuuh a fiesty one" one of them said walking forward." That's a pretty nice body you got there" he said smelling her hair.
"You don't look like you have much so I guess we'll ll make due with what you've got. You'll have to cooperate with us in your own interest." He said holding a knife to her face while reaching for her breast with the other. His men moved in. He noticed his arms flying over his head. He looked find and his arms gone. He turned to yell at his men but their disfigured bodies were flung all over the alley.He realized that his head was facing backwards.
" Who is she?" Was all he could think before his body fell to the ground.
" Filth" Saleem said stepping over the corpses. A shadow flew over head and she looked up. She ran after it, zigzagging through the alley and dodging people and objects that were there. She climbed up a building and saw Kojo flying toward the tower. She jumped off the building following while blending in with the crowd.
Kojo flew around the tower. It was quite the structure,and seemed to have been carved out of a single stone.
( It must have been made with very advanced magic)
" I don't see any windows." Kojo said looking for and opening.
( Why would you look for one up here?)
" It'd be faster"
( God you're lazy.) She sighed.
( That's he Tower of Babel doesn't have any windows. This was to furry reduce the risk of infiltration while preventing the beats Estelle captured from escaping.) Sysia said displaying a map in Kojos head. Kojo landed on the wall of the tower, holding on with his claws. He was above the clouds and a few birds flew past.
( Just give it up and take the main entrance like everyone else)
The runes on the ring glowed and a magic circle appeared under his hand.
" Huh?"
The wall turned like a trap door and he fell into the tower sliding into a large room and falling down a sand dune.
" See,where there's a will,there's a way"
( Hmf)
" So we're in the tower huh?"
( Calculating...
We're in the 75 floor)
Kojo looked around at the barren landscape.
"Definitely wasn't expecting this"
(The tower imitates various climates. It varies every 25 floors.)
Kojo was suddenly alarmed by strong aura. It was coming from a distance and seemed to be facing him. A bead of sweat ran don the side of his face. The presence suddenly vanished.
" What was that?"
( There have been legends of a nameless beast that even the other beasts are afraid of. Since no one's ever laid eyes on it it's been dubbed the unseen)
" How convenient" Kojo said." So how am I gonna get out of here.?"
( You'll have to kill the floor boss)
A giant scorpion , as tall as a fm three story building suddenly burst out of the sand. It had four stingers.
"This is just like in a video game" Kojo said.
QUICKSILVER
It fired spikes from its back at him. He dodged all of them and slid under it scratching it with his claws before making and ice slide which he used to shit himself in the air. He gathered the sand and combining it with fire made a giant flaming foot which he used to stomp the scorpion.
He landed . He felt a vibration and turned as more Scorpios came forward him.
Quicksilver.
He summoned Caliburn and ran towards the horde.
Sharone and the others sat with Sol at a table, chatting away. She suddenly sensed something and got up . The others were alarmed and looked at her questioningly. She looked around and saw a hooded figure observing them from a distance. A cart passed and the person disappeared. She sprinted to the spot and looked around. She noticed a shadow pass through a nearby alley and ran in that direction. The shadow ran out through the crowded streets at top speed in order to evade but Sharone wouldn't let up. She made blood spikes and fired them at the person. The people around moved out of the way to avoid getting caught up in the chase. The figure caught some people and threw them but Sharone caught them and threw a blood spike at tye figure who dodged although barely. She threw some darts at Sharone and tried to leap away but Sharone made a blood whip which she used to catch them by the leg and pulled them against the ground. The hooded figure tried to fight back pulling a dagger. Sharone recognized it and the two exchanged blows Sharone deflected a stab made at her taking the dagger and kicking her assailant back restraining her with blood chains.
" Where did you get this?" She demanded.
"Sharone" Lin called as she and the others ran towards her. The hooded figure fired a blood spike at Lin. Sharone ran Infront of her and deflected it. She turned to her assailant but they made a smoke screen, escaping.
"Damnit" she muttered under her breath.
" Who was that?" Adriana asked.
"Let's go after them." Koniko said but Sharone stoped her.
"Let's go home" she said,her grip tightening around the dagger.
(Deciphering: Babel Archive
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