Chapter 3:Prayer of a Refugee

"So what exactly is it?" asked Ezra as he stared at the Ghastly article before him.

"It's many things it's the beginning ,the end…the truth." Ezra's eyes darted to Gonzy and he began to shiver.

"What do you mean the truth!?" Ezra yelled at Gonzy.

He grabbed Gonzy's shoulders and shook him. Gonzy glared at Ezra and grabbed his right arm and pushed up his sleeve and gazed at the wound were the needle had broken.

"What is that what happened to you?" He said as he let go of Ezra's arm.

"My mom was giving me injections ,and she broke the needle in my arm." Ezra said as he pulled his arm away.

"This could trouble things….Ezra pull the sheet down." Gonzy said blankly staring at the article.

"Are you sure I mean, do you have the right guy?" Ezra said stepping forward.

"It's your destiny; you have to decide, if you want the truth pull the sheet, if not then walk blindly into damnation."

"….ok….I'll try." Ezra answered skeptic to move.

"No don't try "do" you must believe if you believe you will be connected to the planet!"

Ezra walked over to the draped object and gripped the sheet and pulled it off throwing it into the darkness. To reveal a mirror. Ezra's eyes grew wide with astonishment for what stood before him in his reflection. It was Ezra but his hair was a dark teal blue and his eyes were no longer green but a bright pink.

"What…Gonzy what is..?" Ezra looked but Gonzy was gone. Ezra heard a voice echo through the air. "If you want the answers find the Nirvash known as Vero; if you find it you will find Eureka." The voice was Gonzy's and it slowly faded away into the darkness. Ezra felt a shove on his; shoulder he blinked and the Dark room was gone He was back in the train with a man in front of him.

"Hey kid wake up; we're at the last stop." The man said. Ezra looked at the man; he was heavy set and had thinning hair, wearing a Belleforest train uniform.

"Where am I?" Ezra said still dazed .

"You're on a train, last stop….get off!" The man yelled. Ezra got up and looked out of a window and was amazed at what he saw; his hair had a thin ,dark blue strip going down it's right side.

"Oh my god; it's happening" Ezra said pulling his hair.

"What! Yes you have weird hair so does every young person, but the contacts are a first."

Ezra looked in the window and saw his green eyes were getting brighter ,changing to pink. Ezra ran out of the train dodging people and objects in his way. He looked at his hands and he began to tremble. "What the hell am I?" Ezra cried still running. "Whoa, look out Ezra!" Ezra turned around to see a boy in a white jacket with red sleeves riding right towards Ezra on a Motorbike at full speed. "RENTON!?!" Ezra screamed with confusion.

"Ok Anemone are you ready sweetie?" Asked Ezra's mom.

"Yes, lets begin please." Anemone said with delight, full glee.

"Okay Activate the trappar battery to 50%,Anemone how are you doing?"

There was a long silence that cut through the air like a knife to paper until a giant cloud covered the Vero.

"Oh my god…it's a *Kute- class coralian ,hello Anemone are you okay respond!" Ezra's mom said in complete shock.

A loud booming voice sprang from the cloud and echoed through the ears of Anemone.

"You who would dare try and become my guardian , you false child of the planet." said a deep holy like voice.

" Who is that? Who is there?" Anemone said frightened as a young child.

"I'm the Vero, and who are you false child ?"

"I'm Anemone….what are you?

"You're the one trying to pilot me I would hope you would know."

"How can you talk though? Your just a machine?

"Just a machine how dare you, so you want to know why okay then I will show you." Vero said angered. Anemone fell back into the cockpit as images flashed through her head of the true history of the planet.

"AHHHH please make it stop!!!!" Anemone screamed grasping her head in pain.

"I see your mind can't hold the truth; then your not the one to help me find my siblings."

The cloud disappeared, and the Vero fell to the ground with the cockpit wide open. Tyson and Ezra's mom ran over to the Vero in hazmat suits and looked at Anemone. She was curled into a ball whispering to herself.

"The two children must find each other, and brother and sister must protect each other ."

Anemone passed out, and Ezra's mom carried her to the medical area. Tyson pulled a small cellular device from his pocket.

" It's me Tyson project VERITAS is failure ."

2 miles from Belleforest tower

A man sporting a scar on his ghostly blue right eye and sleek black hair and wearing a modified black military battle suit except it had stitches all over it jumped out of a black KLF. He sniffed the air and he snickered and said. "It smells like a good day for someone to die." A crimson red haired young man about 20 wearing a suit that was nice and neat, sat on the leg of a black KLF similar to the other man's except his had a giant double-barreled photon cannon.

"Now now Commander Caius we were assigned to go in and get the Vero and kill no one we must follow protocol."

"Eros I know that but I think of it as sport not mission, ha ha ha!"

"Well, it's you and I only since Alex, Rayne and Raya went after the boy."

"Ahh the boy…Ezra Yuki why is he so special that 3 of my comrades must go after him."

"Well sir in the mission specs it says he…"Eros's explanation was interrupted by a loud ring. Caius pulled a cellular device from his pocket on his arm.

"Yes this is Caius what is it….. Fine get to a safe spot and we will take the VERITAS to the client ." Caius put the cell back in the pocket and snickered.

"Well it's time; lets move Eros." Caius said grinning with delight.

"You are truly mad Commander ,by the way who is the "Client?" Eros asked with query.

"Some military General that's all I know." The two jumped into there KLF's and took off toward the Belleforest Military Tower.

Ezra looked at Renton and started laughing he had no reason , he could have been killed just every time he saw him he laughed.

"Oh man Ezra are you okay I was just zooming past and….why are you laughing?" Renton asked confused.

"Oh me nothing I'm just.." Ezra stopped talking and looked away ;he had forgotten that he was changing.

"What's the matter Ezra?" Renton looked at Ezra and kind of laughed. "I like your hair; it is different."

Ezra looked at Renton and put on a confused expression. "So, your not freaked out by the hair or my eyes?"

"No I think it's cool you are standing out, and I bet Mar will like it." Renton laughed at Ezra as he blushed.

"Its not for Mar I just wanted to change my hair, and by the way there's still time till school starts why aren't you lifting?" Renton looked down and took deep breath.

"Well I was going to but my spot was confiscated by the military; it totally sucks." Renton sighed with malice.

"Oh Renton I'm sorry, but we have got to get going; we must be at school or Mr. Moji will kill us."

Renton laughed and picked up his bike. "Well Ezra do you need a ride?" Ezra nodded yes and stopped right in front of the bike. He felt a spark at the back of his spine like someone was watching him. Ezra turned around and saw nothing but the train station.

"Well Ezra are we going or not?" Renton said with an impatient tone.

"Yeah alright Renton lets go."

Ezra jumped onto the back of the bike and the two rode away .

"He was kind of cute don't you think Rayne?" Said a short girl dressed in a long gothic skirt and pants and matching tank top with black hair that had been pushed forward with a skull hair pin on the left side. A tall slender woman with turquoise hair walked next to her she was wearing slim jeans that dragged to the ground and button up dress shirt.

"Who the boy or the target?"

"The target of course the boy was a whiner ,disgusting."

"Be gentle now Raya ." Rayne said in calming tone.

"We really need to focus you two." A tall man with a scar on his face and wild black hair wearing a vest and white tank top with baggy jeans and tattoo's on his arms walked next to them.

"I think he almost saw us which means he's already changing."

"Your right Alex we need to follow orders and go after him." Rayne said with annoyance.

"Yeah commander Caius will kill us if we lose him." Raya added . The three ran forward and jumped on to jet black refboard and followed after the two boys.

Ezra's mom looked at Anemone and checked her vitals she was stable but still muttering "The two children must find each other and brother and sister must protect each other."

"What does that mean… no could it be…Eureka." Ezra's mom said astonished. Anemone's eyes busted open and glared at Ezra's mom.

"Anemone are you okay sweetie you need rest go back to sleep."

"You tore the siblings apart."

"Anemone what are you talking about?"

"You humans broke apart the children of the planet." Ezra's mom looked at anemone her eyes were dark with no source of life in them she then slowly began to talk to what had taken control of anemone.

"We had no choice Eureka was branded military property when we found her ."

"Then why not the boy he was found right after her."

"The only reason we found him was because…. Eureka dove to the ground and dug for him." Ezra's mom said raising her voice.

"There link was strong but ,since they were separated they lost it." Ezra's mom was about to continue arguing but an crashing noise pierced the desolate silence of the base.

"What an intruder we're 15 stories underground how is that possible." Anemone stepped out of bed .

"Atoli Yuki you must help reunite the siblings of the planet." Anemone's eyes returned to normal and she fainted.

Eros jumped from his KLF and ran to the Vero and secured it to the platform.

"Alright boss Vero secured what next…" A solider fired at Eros and missed hitting the Vero's foot. Eros slung his arm down releasing a blade. He then sliced through the soldiers chest plate. The solider stood there for a moment before the blood spewed from his chest like a erupting volcano. Eros looked away and said. "I don't like being shot at." Tyson walked from a crawl space next to Caius who had just jumped from his KLF. "Good you're here Caius." Tyson said walking towards him. A scientist who had been knocked down from the ceiling caving in grabbed his pant leg. "Tyson why would you betray us?" Tyson kicked the scientist off and snarled. "Get off or I will have my friends her kill you." Caius raised a pistol to Tyson's head and said. " not friends 't cling to us desperately." A shot fired and Tyson hit the floor dead. Caius heard a noise from a far off room. He quickly ran towards it and burst through the door. There sat Ezra's mom with Anemone in her arms.

"Please just leave us be!" Ezra's mom said with tears down her face. Caius entered the light so he could be seen.

"Come with me Atoli; it's time to go." Caius said with discontent.

"Caius, it cant be?" Atoli said with confusion.

"Yeah its me, now you need to come with me." Caius put out his hand and Ezra's mom grabbed it then the two left the room and Eros was already in his KLF he shouted from the machine. "Welcome aboard ." Ezra's mom got into the cockpit of Caius's KLF still holding Anemone. Caius activated the controls of the KLF and it stood up he then hit another button which activated the lift to the Vero which began to rise and take off. When the lift and the base had some distance between each other Caius opened a come link between Ezra's mom and himself.

"Atoli Im sorry but I have to do this." Caius said with a depressed look.

"Its okay I bet you have a good reason for taking me."

"Yes that and this." Caius pushed yet another button. Minutes after that Ezra's mom heard an explosion.

"Caius, what the hell are you doing!" Ezra's mom said angered.

"There can be no evidence." Caius closed the com link and the KLF's picked up speed and left into the blue sky towards Belleforest.