A bustling cityscape, buildings lining up the streets, with people coming in and out of the restaurants, inns and bars, you could see mages, worriers carrying all sorts of weapons, this is a bigger city than most so a number of powerful families and clans have bases located here, so you have to be extra careful of who you offend, Enya clearly doesn't care about that rule.
Walking through the street, joining the crowds of people from all corners of the world, Astro and Enya completely blended in as they are not the only ones hiding their identities.
"So this contact of yours, you say they are a master of their craft, they'll be able to make me a completely different person?" Astro, out of curiosity asked, the art of disguise is not something he is really interested in, he doesn't like to hide, it's against his personality, his element, he prefers to disappear than just hide, what happened back in the case with Alice was one of his vulnerable moments.
"You should really put more trust in me, didn't max get us through the city and even got us these robes, my contacts are masters in their fields and since I think your hair attracts too much attention you might have to dye it… or you can cut it off".
'Cut it off…cut it off… cut it".
Those words repeated themselves in Astro's mind like a bad song with a catchy verse. In Astro's mind, a far, almost forgotten memory resurfaced, it's a memory of him and his mother in his past life. They're standing in front of a mirror, with his mother behind him, holding scissors.
'This long hair, it reminds me of your father, you look so much like him, I hate it so much, let's cut it off, you'll look so much better and It might even stop the disgust I feel when looking at you'.
'Mommy, why do you hate me and my father so much?' A 12 year old Astro said with tears streaming down his eyes.
'Oh baby, your father is a monster who did terrible things to me, he ruined my life by putting you inside me, I carried you for nine months, just for you to come out looking like him, so let's cut this hair off, I promise you'll look so much better, you'll be a handsome boy and get all the ladies'. Said Lisa Scott as she cut of her son's hair, making sure to not leave even a single strand with a razor blade.
This is just one of the many, traumatic memories of Jayden Scott AKA Astro Cross.
"Astro…Astro…Astro!"
Enya has been trying to reach Astro who had suddenly stopped moving and had his head down, she called him like ten times without receiving any response, this caused her to worry, so she held him by the shoulder and shook him, to bring him back.
When she finally got a response, what she heard and saw sent a chill through her spine.
As he raised his head, she could see only madness in those eyes, but the words that came from his mouth is what gave her a chill, a completely different voice from the regular Astro spoke.
"Astro is not here…"