Tera sat on the ground this was too much for him, what was he , what has he become, what happens now
" Well I am alive, that's good right" tera asked the almost empty room, if not for the destroyed furniture and 2 unconscious people on the ground.
" Right Sergeant Grant!" Tera exclaimed after remembering what happened before this all took place , he walked to sergeant Grant and turned him to lay on his back , sergeant Grant looked so much older, and frailer, the power that was supposed to be in his body was gone, tera could feel it , sergeant Grant bionic arms and legs were completely melted too, tera tried to pull them out as they were completely destroyed, he ended up pulling with too much force and ripping it forcefully and throwing it all the way to the wall impaling it there,he had gotten a lot stronger he wasn't used to his new body.
"Uggghh" Grant said as he woke up the pain had jolted him awake, he tried to hold his head with his bionic arms only to realize it wasn't there then he looked up and saw it impaled on the wall, then he noticed something else, someone was holding his legs it was tera ,wait what is tera up to then the pain hit him, tera had just pulled out his destroyed bionic leg,
" Goddammit you little rat, I should have just killed you if I knew you were going to repay my favor and gift with this" Grant said, "wait I can explain, tera said while smiling sheepishly he wasn't expecting grant to wake up so fast , it wasn't looking good on him, and he was still sitting on grants leg and looking back , "it's not what it looks like" tera said. Grant was ready to hear shit," I know what it looks like" " it looks like an ungrateful rat, being ungrateful " get off me before I knock you silly " Grant said as he raised his fist to punch tera on the back of his head with enough force to send tera flying from on top of his leg.
*Gonk* "fuccccccckkkkkkk" " what the hell" grant screamed as he drew his hands back and looked at his now swollen hands, he then realized he had lost the force, he was like any normal human now, no he thought that's not the only problem how is his body so hard I felt like I just punched metal, how is he so strong, you know what the less I know about this anomaly of a boy the easier and more peaceful my retirement will be I need to have an alibi , and get as far away from this monster as possible before I die or something worse,
" What are you waiting for get off me " grant yelled at the top of his voice , " oh sorry, I was lost for a second there I thought someone tapped me but it was nothing" tera said as he stood up, grants face twisted like a rotten tomato he had never suffered such a humiliation before. Yeah right, Grant thought a tap well what else should I expect from a monster like this. Grant tried standing up only to stumble he hadn't gotten used to living without the force he could no longer use his will and the elements to enhance himself and walk smoothly as he had been doing, he was just like any other crippled veteran now, he struggled to stand up on one foot but everything he held to stand up crumbled to the ground, the embarrassing could be seen written all over his face
" Are you just gonna watch this old man suffer or get over here and help me you dog, and do it slowly and carefully" Grant said to tera, " yes sir he said as he came rushing over ,he tried jogging over but ended up barrelling over at rushing speed.he had not yet gotten used to his new strength.
Grant saw tera rushing towards him at full speed, his eyes went wide with shock , he tried to get out of the way but it was too late , his face fell as he thought of what was coming, and closed his eyes and braced himself for the pain that was coming,
"Ahhhhhhhhhh" "are you trying to kill me boy "grant screamed on the ground with his hand on his back massaging his spine that had been rushed straight into by a tumbling tera, " sorry sir , it was really a mistake, I was trying to get there in time to help you believe me " tera said as his face fell this was not his intentions, "help me alright, help me into a crippled who can't feel his leg you mean" " or worse into the afterlife " grant screamed at the top of his voice, I am too young to live I haven't even began enjoying my pensions and gratuities you son of a gun"." Not to correct you but have you looked at the mirror sir grant, I think your older than my gramps"
" Let me come ,and help you up" tera said as he stood up and walked towards grant, " no no no" grant screamed in horror ," just stand there and don't move" he said,where is everyone grant thought, I should just call a guard and lock this guy , thing , monster whatever it is for now to teach him a lesson then send him back to his family he thought, " guards , guards , guards" he thought of telling tera to call a guard but immediately rejected the idea he needed to keep him as close to himself as possible where he can monitor him for now.
He swallowed his pride and crawled to the door and opened it , it was a bulletproof and sound proof door no sound could enter or go out , he finally crawled out but everywhere was very quiet , everyone was knocked out , he tried waking them up but they could not wake up just like the guard in the office, this is going to be a lot harder to cover up than he thought , how many people knew what happened, how many people are unconscious,how long has he been unconscious,he thought. He crawled back into the room and said to tera "probably the whole barracks and assessment sight is unconscious in the next case scenario, worst case scenario the whole planet is unconscious, and it will be a lot harder to cover up", tera looked at him then looked at the ground without saying anything, he couldn't tell him what he had just gone through, no matter how good grant was nobody knew what could happen a secret like this , especially one related to ai is better left unspoken, " look kid , I think your a good kid , bit your also a very dangerous kid , I trust you as you have taken the titans oath but what has happened in this office must never leave this office for your sake and my sake, I have a family,wife ,kids, grand kids, I want to be able to see them everyday, walk my grand daughter to school, my grandson is your age , he is even taking part in this year's assessment, a little round boy, not very bright but very hardworking, you are bound for greatness kid , could you look after him for me when you join the army with him, his name is Carlos, Carlos grant" grant said with a nostalgic look on his face evhis tike was over , but tera's and carlos's time had just begun. It was a new age. " I will sir" tera said.
Listen kiddo, I have seen a lot of things in my years, and I have been through a lot , if I don't help you , in less than a week you will be taken to a lab and poked with needles all over i will teach you to control the force and adjust to your strength, before you end up exposing yourself and implicating me , I just want to retire in peace, this was supposed to he my last year you know, just help me look after my grandson and you are owing me a favor , if all goes well and you become a titan you owe me a favor and you can't refuse, got it ? . " Yes gramps I mean sir,thank you for everything".
There is one more thing that needs to be taken care of grant said , as he crawled towards the body of the guard, he placed his good knee on his throat and closed his nose, with his hands, as he did this tears fell down from his eyes, he had broken his titans oath, he wasn't a titan anymore anyway so it didn't matter, " i am truly sorry" grant said to the suffocating unconscious guard, he was there for over 3 minutes in silence to be sure he had passed unto the after life. When he was done he laid down flat on the ground and looked at the roof and said "you owe me kid" to tera who had been standing and watching all along his mind had processed what just happened and he understood that grant was removing unwanted variables and it was the safest cause of action, he did promise never to harm and to protect all humanity, he didn't harm and he was protecting humanity by protecting himself, if protecting himself involved not protecting someone else then it was a fair choice for him, it was beyond his power he convinced himself.
Now listen kid, if anybody asked you when you came to office and we started talking I lost control of my power out of anger for what was done to you, and it released and knocked everyone for kilometers unconscious including you, and killing this officer in the process by accident, no matter what happen do not change this statement do you understand, "yes" tera said. You said you don't have a family right , "yes" tera said , good, find a corner and get comfortable and wait for the response squad they will be here once they notice the anomaly, if they ask you how your awake , i woke you, some people will also be awake by then, hopefully grant said, he had become a lot more chatty now that the burden of a titan was taken off him, and tera had gotten a lot colder since his brain got digitized, this was going to be a long wait for him , he might as well use this time to plan his life he thought.