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Chapter 10: Sister? The air in Kerning City smelled of smoke and pollution. Our new house was supposed to be a bungalow on the outskirts of the city, with enough room for me and Lopez to practice archery, for books to be studied by Lacus and Mei Ling, and most important of all, there was enough room for all our belongings. Lacus and Mei Ling had a room to themselves, I slept with Alexis and Lopez slept with Roy. Mei Ling seemed a little uncomfortable to see the two of us sleeping together and said that Alexis could move into her room. "Nah, Ivan IS my husband in my past life after all." Alexis declined politely. The next three days was spent unpacking all our stuff, for we had quite alot. When I was exploring the house one day, I uncovered a trapdoor in the cellar, opened it, slid down a rope to find an entire swimming pool, built underground and filled by underground water. The last owner probably had it constructed secretly. There was even a changing room built into the rock with lights, although some were sparking every now and then. Fixing the lights was a simple matter, and we were soon enjoying ourselves there. We removed the trapdoor and the rope and added a steel ladder. "This is the life!" Lopez remarked, diving into the pool from a diving board we had rigged up. "Yeah!" Alexis agreed. She was floating on the water on her back, wearing a yellow swimsuit. Once, she took a swim when she was sleepy and ended up falling asleep on the water. That times, the Siren had to take control of her body and swim back up to lie on the ground, which we had added white tiles to. She woke up cold and shivering the next morning. I wondered where the book of Inner Beasts went. It would be a great help to us now, since we needed to find out what Saevio was capable of doing. Right now, I was at the archery range having target practice with Lopez. He was doing as good as me, sinking bolt after bolt into the direct center of the target bullseye. He misses occasionally though. Alexis's PoV...... I decided to go shopping today, since its a Saturday. The Kerning City Market is rather far from our house, so I had to take a bus. As I took a seat, I felt slightly nostalgic. The day I had lost my first 'baby' to a bomb explosion was etched into my mind forever. I shook my head and stared out the window. Chinese noodles today! I wove through the crowd of people around the market. I had hidden my purse somewhere safe, so that the pickpockets around here wouldn't have a chance to steal it. I stopped off at the supermarket and bought a few bundles of noodles and a tin of mushrooms along with some sauce. An unfortunate pervert that tried to touch my chest received a sharp pinch on the back of his hand. Vegetables were next on my list. As I took off towards the stall, I spotted a familiar face that ducked into the shadows of a dark alley when it saw me looking at it. Afrodita! I ran into that alley and bumped into her. "Sis!" I said excitedly. She turned around. It was then that I noticed her eyes. They were emitting a faint yellow glow and unfocused! "What the......" I took a step back. "Who're you?" she snarled. "Don't you remember me? I'm your sister, Alexis!" I quickly replied. "I don't have a sister. Go away or I'll kick your sorry arse into oblivion." she went on her way. Did I get something wrong? But...... that face was obviously Afrodita's! Was she being controlled or something? I followed her silently. I gasped when I saw where Afrodita was headed. She was walking in the front door of a giant needle pointing towards the sky. A sign hung over the entrance read "Fidelo Corporation" I then remembered Roy telling me that Afrodita had joined the bad side. I wiped a tear from my cheeks and hid behind a corner as a few men in black suits walked out the door. "I don't believe it......" I said to myself and turned around. I accidentally stepped on someone's foot. "YOWWW!!!" that person screamed and held his foot painfully. I quickly clamped a hand over the guy's mouth, but it was too late, the men in black suits had already started running towards my hiding spot. "Mmmmph!" the guy's voice was muffled. "Did I interrupt an intelligence operation or something?" he broke free and looked around the corner. "There's nothing there." the guy looked at me. I peered back and saw the men getting closer. Maybe the new maplers couldn't see them. "We need to get away from here!" I hissed. "Whatever." he rolled his eyes, grabbed my hand and we disappeared. We reappeared at the base of a skyscraper near the market district. "Secret portal. You stepped on my foot the moment I passed through." the guy winked at me. "Sorry." I hurriedly apologized. "It's okay." he grinned. "By the way, my name's Xorten." he smiled. "I'm Alexis, nice to meet you." I shook hands with him. |
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