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“It’s a good thing the weather is great today,” Mom said, staring at the sky in front of her tent. I was observing the people gather, counting them and familiarizing those who were coming with us. Today marks my father’s 12th death anniversary. It’s usually just me and mom visiting my father’s grave above the east mountain since we only say our prayers and have a few drinks, but today, the people suddenly started gathering while bringing food, saying that they want to come with us. Red and his squad will be coming with us too, and it’s going to be their first time coming to his grave.
“Well, looks like everybody’s ready,” I said as they all wait for us to lead the way. Captain Hiragi and a few men will be staying to guard the camp. Mom and I lead the way to the east mountain while Snow and Ace tagged right behind us. The east mountain isn’t really that far from camp, but the trail is a little steep. It leads to the highest cliff there is in Aleris and below it are
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19 years ago “Hey, Nat? Do you think this will fit me?” I heard Gabriella ask Nat. I was busy working on the steel bow we just finished creating here in our camp, so Nat is currently keeping my daughter busy. Gabriella found herself a soldier’s uniform in one of the cabinets and decided to try it on. She's only five, but her curiosity is unbelievable. Nat chuckled and placed her hand on her chin, pretending to be thinking deeply. “Hmm, I guess it would need some stitching, Gabi,” she told Gabriella. Nat just arrived here four months ago, and she already developed a close bond with Gabriella. Nat helps us look out for my daughter whenever me and my husband are busy. Speaking of my husband, I haven’t seen him in six hours already. “Nat, I’m going to look for Louisiano. Can you watch her for a little longer?” I asked Nat as I stood and wore my coat. I’m just so grateful that Nat enjoys Gabriella’s company even when she gets a little annoy
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“Louis!” I called to him. My mind was not processing and I couldn’t let out my voice once more. My legs were just sprinting toward him and I couldn’t see the other people fighting by the entrance. When I rushed toward him, I immediately knelt and held his shoulders. “W-what happened? Where did you get hurt?” my mouth blurted out as my eyes looked for his injury. I didn’t want to touch him anywhere near the blood, but he was panting. I embraced his head and let him lean on me. “T-talk to me, please!” I pleaded to him. He held my hand and turned to me. He suddenly held my head to his chest and rubbed my back. I couldn’t understand what he was doing and I was trying to push him away because I might hurt him. “You came back for me,” he softly said. I closed my eyes and breathed. I hugged him back lightly and placed my hands on the back of his shoulder. This isn’t the first time that we got attacked, but this was the first time we got attacked with Gabriella.
The Yellow & Red Sea 11
“Are you sure you’re going to keep it?” I asked Louisiano while observing the hook. It looked old, but it wasn’t broken or torn, like it was just recently used. We were walking back to the camp, but he said he wanted to look into it more and bring it to our lab. “It’s safer for it to be with us, than leave it be at the cliff,” he said. I gave the hook back to him and he suddenly reached out to his back and brought out a book. “I found this as well. It looks like a diary, but it’s empty,” he said and then gave me the diary for me to look. It was indeed, empty. The structure of the diary looks new and the pages were smooth and brightly white. The cover didn’t have any design, simply a colored brown hard cover. There were no signature or ink spill, like it was newly bought. “I think I might use it for records. Have our own copy, don’t you think?” he suggested with an anticipating smile. He smiled with his dimples and teasing eyes, so I tossed the diary back at h
The Yellow & Red Sea 12
Louisiano’s It’s so stressful how they keep sliding off my hands when they’re so close to us already. They managed to attack the camp and plant cameras, but I still can’t get a clue about Causan Industries. My wife has been creating our own cameras for the past two days, and it’s been nothing but amazing. She’s the main reason how we’re progressing on our weapons and experiments, and she’s been working on medical research at the same time. I’ve been venturing around the east forest for a while now and I’ve discovered a few clues about the intruders. There were signs of camping on the cliffs and marks on the trees, so I decided to illustrate them on the diary I found a few days ago. I kept track of the things I discover so I can put them together when I have enough clues. Recently, I saw from the cameras that were just attached to the cliffs of the east forest that there were scouts who climbed the cliff to enter the forest. I’m guessing that they got
The Yellow & Red Sea 13
I stared in shock and disgust. They continuously worked will being ordered around and nobody seemed to stand up for themselves. I’m thinking they’re scientists, because they were mixing chemicals and had human-sized tubes. I couldn’t figure out what they were trying to create because the window seemed tinted, but I could see at the other side of the room some equipment and wiring. What exactly are they trying to do? Is the guy standing on the platform the head of Causan Industries? I doubt it. Someone important to this threat of a company wouldn’t expose himself in a mere laboratory with other individuals who can possibly betray him, but I don’t think they can do that anymore. They look so lifeless, like they’re being controlled by strings. I couldn’t imagine who their families would feel right now, being separated from each other, not knowing that they’re alive. It was a wide window, but the door wasn’t in my range of vision. The laboratory looked like it was a round room.
The Yellow & Red Sea Prologue
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The Yellow & Red Sea 1
For centuries, our ancestors, have been enslaved and forcefully taken to work at Causan Industries. We never discovered how to get to Causan Industries. First of all, they have assassins and camps all around our city to prevent us from looking for them and to take more people. A scientist and professor named Louisiano Alon made a stand to protect us and formed the Aleris Imperial Army by creating elemental and self-generating weapons. The people started to fight back, but it wasn’t enough. Causan Industries started to take our natural resources such as iron, oil, and fuel to make their own weapons, and they were good at it. They created weapons that can easily kill a human being even from a long range and trained the people they enslaved to be assassins with nanotechnology. Louisiano Alon infiltrated Causan Industries, the first to ever succeed. He discovered the true plan of Causan Industries- to make the city fall, literally. Our city is a big island that evolved. We made walls ar
The Yellow & Red Sea 2
The ground below us completely crumbled, but it’s a good thing that it didn’t extend. If the path that we took collapsed as well, there’s a possibility that it will reach camp and the people will not be prepared to evacuate. We examined the platform and the lower part of it was still stuck to the ground, so we couldn’t see the whole thing. It’s like there was an underground facility near the cliff. “What should we do, General?” Marco asked General Alon. We all stood behind her, waiting for her instructions. A cold breeze whipped past us that sounded like choirs, like it was a message from someone above us. Later on, General Alon turned and looked up, like she was waiting for someone to fall out of the sky. Suddenly, the trees behind us rustled and the birds flew to the sky. General Alon was not alerted, so we remained calm and did no move. Three persons emerged from the forest- one of them was a woman with platinum medium length hair, wearing our uniform with a silve
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