The Awakening: Bio-Genetics

You could hear a faint waterfall, a small pool of water in view, along with some remnants of it between some rocks close to it, flowing down to the pool.

Hiro placed his blistered hands in it, he hisses from the sting, he may be a bio-genetics but surely he could still feel the aftermath of wielding his sword for so long.

His sword fully transformed was lying against a tree.

Hiro used the back of his hand to wipe the beams of sweat against his features, before putting his hand back in the cold water, the wounds were already healing but still hurt like hell.

"Been training I see" Anzai's voice came in from behind.

Hiro quickly rose to his feet turning.

"General Anzai!"

"You have been scarce," He said with a smile against his lips.

"I have been training"

"Well isolating yourself from your friends isn't such a good idea, they are worried about you," Anzai said taking a seat on a large rock.

He tapped beside him.

"Come sit with me, Hiro".

Hiro in silence walks towards Anzai taking a seat beside him.

There was a moment of silence as the cold breeze blustered around calmly.

Anzai cleared his throat breaking the silence.

"I see you no longer wear your Ring to cover your eyes".

"They don't glow again... not unless I want them to and the things around are much easier to sense, they aren't too bright anymore"

"I see"

There was an awkward silence again.

"You know you shouldn't work yourself up, Sand is gonna be better, they will do everything they can to treat him here, there are enough resources for it"

"I know" Hiro states.

At his melancholy voice, Anzai turns to him, the poor boy wasn't as high spirited as before, his blind gaze to the ground, the bangs of his red hair almost covering his eyes but still kept in place.

"There's something you need to know Hiro... I have been meaning to tell you" he began in a serious tone.

Anzai took a deep breath.

"I'm your godfather"

Hiro's eyes slowly went wide in an instance. He gasps turning to Anzai, his blind eyes shaking.

"Your dad and I were more than comrades, we were like brothers," Anzai said with shaky eyes.

Hiro still had a shocked expression.

"We met way back when we were still kids, ever since then we were inseparable"

Hiro's teeth clenched.

"How come you never said anything!" Hiro yelled going up on his feet, super pissed.

"A lot happened kid, the main goal was keeping the bio-genetics from becoming lab rats... I became General so that that can happen, and more look out for you"

"But still..." his fist clenched hard.

"For a year, you kept quiet about it... I thought" his eyes watered.

"I thought I was alone!" he yelled in tears.

Anzai up abruptly.

"You're not alone Hiro," he said placing a hand on his shoulder, bringing him close, his head pressed against Anzai's stomach.

"You were never alone".

Hiro cried and sobbed.

"The truth is..." he sobbed.

"I'm not isolating myself... I'm just so sad and angry that I couldn't do anything to save Sand and now he's in there because of me, I-I hate myself for it" he cried.

"I know," Anzai said softly.

"Over the years I had my reason for not being there for you... I ran away from my responsibilities, for that... I'm sorry... You won't ever be alone again, I promise".

In the cluster of trees. Yuki was present, her sad light violet eyes on them.

The wind from a certain direction felt strong, at the feel of it she turned, with a stern expression.

The golden tiny markings in her eyes beamed for a split second, she shut her eyes closed. 'I feel her' she thought as her lips pressed in a thin line. In the abyss a pair of two bio-genetics eyes flashed open, consisting of red and blue.

She opened her. 'I can feel it... it's coming close' she looks up to the dark skies, her eyes traveling to the very solar system, watching everything unfold before her eyes. 'The closer it approaches, the stronger it gets... the stronger 'They' get' she frowned.

'He's not strong enough yet' she turns back to Anzai and Hiro, 'Which is why we must protect at all cost'

She took a deep breath closing her eyes before she then slowly opened her now dark violet eyes.

***

Unknown

Someone in a tall, big glass cylinder tube, water inside, having long dull brown hair. Wires connected to the tube. The figure's eyes are covered with a box-like Ring around, a mouth breather looking like a device covering her nose and mouth, as she breathes through it faintly.

She slowly opened her eyes slightly, revealing bright violet ones that beamed in the darkness, within tiny coding of gold.

*Footstep Approaching*

"Awake again, my dear," A raucous voice sounds in the dark.

"You should be asleep gathering your energy... you know how precious that is," he said, you could hear his boots against the metal floor.

"I wonder what you do when you're awake... its a mystery"

She breathes deeply enabling bobbles in the water.

The voice chuckled, having no humor in a it.

"I hope it's not anything that will get in the way".

She breathe more, suddenly she felt sleepy once again. 'Not again' she thought, as her eyes grew weak.

"You know the consequences of getting in the way"

'Please stop... I have to stay awake' she tried to fight it, but the urge was too strong.

She groaned.

Through the wires a dark fluid passed through into the water, her naked body creeping up with black veins.

She moaned and groaned, trying to fight it but it was too strong, the will to shut her eyes was too strong.

"It's time to have a deep nap..." the voice said.

'Hiro' she thought as her eyes shut close, a tear sliding down her cheek from one of her eyes.

".... Yuki"