811 Going Back Home
Lenny, standing before Minnie in the shadow of the revelations she had just unfurled, felt a jolt of surprise as she spoke. Her ability to cross dimensions and her insights into events past, possible, and inevitable, cast a new light on the challenges ahead. "Maybe it's because of my ability to be able to cross dimensions, but I have seen things in the red sands. Things that have happened, will never happen, and will definitely happen," Minnie explained, her voice trembling slightly, not from fear but from the weight of her knowledge.
Intrigued and cautious, Lenny urged her to continue, his curiosity piqued. Minnie, with a shaky hand, drew a rune in the sands—a symbol resembling '6's joined at their sides, a mark deeply familiar to Lenny. It was a symbol that resonated with him on a visceral level, mirrored in the stamp upon his chest and prominently featured on Anguis, the Holy Tool. Minnie, noticing Lenny's recognition, pressed on, "The others, born of the same bloodline that bear this, are coming!"
Lenny was taken aback. "Others?" he murmured to himself, pondering the implication. His mind raced to Luca, his son, the only other person he knew who bore this rune. Yet, another figure loomed in his thoughts—Agent 'X', his father, who had ominously said, "This is the curse of our bloodline. I must hunt you." Lenny recalled his fatal encounter with Agent 'X' in the red sands, before time had looped back on itself. But with the timeline altered, what of Agent 'X's fate now?
Minnie's next words cut through his reverie, "Trust me, he is not the only one. Those cursed with the corrupted touch of the Morningstar shall battle for his glory!" Her declaration was not just informative but charged with a sense of inevitability.
"Rise!" Lenny ordered. Lenny was not one keen on having a slave, and certainly not one that wanted to kill him once upon a time. With the things he had discovered, he was sure that Minnie had her own plans. And he was more than willing to bet that she would back stab him the moment she got the chance. Lenny made a reminder in his head. When they went back to earth, he was going to use his own methods to dig into her mind and find the things he wanted to see.
Nevertheless, all that was for another time. Right now, he was going to do something else. "Come along!" he ordered as he grabbed Ella by the hair, pulling her along Lenny had already extracted the command rune from Ella's chest. He waved his hand and another portal appeared. this portal led once more, back to the castle of the accords. On entering the castle, he found Athena on the ground. She was still tied up. She had a surprised look on her face. After all, he had returned pulling their captor by the hair. Instantly, Minnie rushed to Athena, loosing her binds. Both women having missed each other embraced tightly.
"How?" Athena asked, speechless for words. Minnie turned to Lenny, "Master did it!"
"Master?" Athena was left surprised by that word. Lenny turned to both women, "we don't have time. There is a war waiting for us back home..."
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