Percival, either too confident or too eager, grinned and cracked his neck.
"So if I pluck the apple and bring it back, you'll admit I'm strong enough to join the Expedition?"
"Yes, I would acknowledge you." Kane nodded.
"And if I bring it back before Neo?" Percival questioned.
"You get a bigger slice of the tart."
"If that tart is as special as it sounds, I'd love a big portion." Percival laughed.
Neo remained silent, still staring at the farm.
He entered the farm with a jump over the fence.
His body blurred as he shot forward at breakneck speed.
He covered half of the distance in an instant—
Neo blinked, and everything had changed.
Percival's body was rolling through the farm.
A hole had been shot open in his head, and his eyes were lifeless.
"What?"
Percival was dead.
Neo had not seen what or how killed him, but Percival was deader than dead.
