New World Order: The Rift [ARC 2]

[Sakura Alexia]

"Oh no, it is not because of him, I agree with sparing him the pain, she'll never even want to see him" she says.

"I just want her to hate Silver and his similars, the way they hate us without knowing a thing. Besides I'm still conviced that someone staged that attack in her home too, we know wolves, we know that when its full moon they don't hang around cities in fear of hurting people, someone must have lead them there, and given how many they could have caught during these years, maybe it is not so much unlikely"

[AquilaTempestas]

"We could ask him."

"Go for it."

She places her hands on his head once more.

"Who led the attack on Lyra's home? Was it the wolves? Or someone else - like your family?"

Silver shakes his head. "It was the necromancers."

 

[Sakura Alexia]

"Do you have a name?" she asks.

"I sure hope it is not Naoko, she hasn't shown interest in wolves so far, hasn't she?" she asks Morty.

[AquilaTempestas]

Morty frowns.

"Naoko? No. She wouldn't. She has no reason to go for the wolves... Why would necromancers... why would we have any interest in wolves... or attacking Lyra for that matter. I don't..."

"... They all want the same thing. Power. Sabrina wants the old gods and their power to reap god himself...  and the necromancers.... the Brotherhood.... they want their leader back to bring in a new world. After all, they're all a part of him."

"But why attack Lyra? We don't just walk around killing people because we can."

Silver cracks a grin. "You can't trust anyone."

[Sakura Alexia]

"But Naoko said she wanted to avoid Ghetsis coming back to this world again, unless it was the other sisters" she says.

"We saw one last night didn't we? Wanted to convince you to turn on her. That old hag ally of Sabrina, Agatha, is also a necromancer. This would be easier if we had a name"

[AquilaTempestas]

"No name."

Morty frowns.

"Agatha seems likely. I know the sisters. They would not intervene nor would they be interested in some human girl. But Agatha.... Fits."

[Sakura Alexia]

"As far as I know, Drake, Oak and her knew each other, Drake described her as a power hungry woman, it would fit" she says.

"Was it an old woman then?"

[AquilaTempestas]

"The face was covered."

"Typical," Morty remarks. 

He pauses then,

"Agatha will be in the city."

[Sakura Alexia]

"Probably, which means we can't get to her yet." she says.

"I remember Drake had something like a diary, I didn't read it for privacy when he invited me in, but maybe it would be time to do so, we could find something of use"

[AquilaTempestas]

Morty nods.

"Right. We raid the captain's den."

Caitlin moves away from Silver looking a bit drained.

"You think he'll be okay with you reading through his stuff?"

[Sakura Alexia]

"Do we have a choice? The more we know the better, besides, why would necromancers attack a human?" she asks.

"Caitlin if you're tired you can rest up"

[AquilaTempestas]

"Easy blood supply," Caitlin says.

Morty frowns. "You make it sound like we are vampires or junkies."

"Well, she's getting her power from somewhere."

[Sakura Alexia]

"But why use wolves? To cover herself? How did she even get them?" she asks.

"And most importantly, why Lyra?"

[AquilaTempestas]

Morty looks at Lyra.

"Why are you so special? You're just a normal human being... Did your parents know something?"

"I was an orphan. I never knew my parents."

[Sakura Alexia]

"As far as I know her parents have never been involved into this stuff" she says.

"They are alive in my world, but I don't know much of them"

[AquilaTempestas]

"And I don't know anything about them either," Lyra remarks.

Morty sighs. "Well, that's not very helpful to anyone. Clearly, they wanted you for something."

[Sakura Alexia]

"Whoever it was, they wanted you for something precious" she says.

"There are a lot of humans, but they chose you above all of them, are you not willing to find out what happened?"

[AquilaTempestas]

"And how would I even find out?"

"We find Agatha and make her talk," Morty remarks. "Now, the only person who knows her well is a certain old wolf called Drake but Drake is missing along with the other wolves."

[Sakura Alexia]

"So we find the wolves first, along with hopefully a way to get back in the city" she says.

"But if I manage to be convincing enough, Grimsley might take me along to it"

[AquilaTempestas]

Morty frowns.

"Question is, where are the other wolves. We don't have a way to track them."

They all look at you.

[Sakura Alexia]

"Ever heard of tracking spells?" she raises an eyebrow.

"We just need something of theirs and I can do that, and I doubt they left with their belongings"

[AquilaTempestas]

“Does he actually have anything else?”

”Extra clothing?” Caitlin says.

”I suppose that can work.”

[Sakura Alexia]

"Clothing, something they used, a hair, anything really" she says.

"Its one of the few other spells I know that aren't elemental, so let me use it"

[AquilaTempestas]

Morty nods.

”Right. Maybe there might be something down at that fighting pit. That’s the last place he would’ve been.”

”Might be some clues there too.”

[Sakura Alexia]

"We haven't been down there because we had other problems, but it might be worth checking out" she says.

"Some people might know something"