Erik gently brushed a strand of hair from Emily's face as they lay in bed together.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"Yes," she said, smiling up at him. "More than alright."
Erik returned her smile, overjoyed to see the worry and sorrow had been temporarily lifted from her face. But as Emily nestled closer against his chest, Erik saw her expression shift again.
"Are you all right?"
Emily hesitated, but then whatever was keeping her from talking vanished. "Can you really save my father?"
Erik cupped Emily's cheek.
"I can," Erik said, injecting as much sincerity and resolve into his voice as possible.
Emily lifted her head to et his eyes. She held his gaze for a long mont before nodding. "I believe you."
Erik wiped the woman's tears from her face, "I must go soon, but I will bring you good news next ti we et."
"All right..." Emily said. "Save my father. And then co back to ."
Erik kissed her once more. "That, I promise," he said. Then he rose from the bed and got dressed. He still needed to talk to many people.
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Erik looked up at the Grand Ducal Prison's walls, the place his nesis Volkov had imprisoned Emily's father, Richard.
A week had passed since his encounter with Emily, and now Erik was waiting for the rebels' diversion.
His thoughts wandered to the attack on the northern gate, wondering if the clones would succeed. The attack, while thought to distract the blackguards, wasn't going to be "fake". People were going to die that day. The best they could do would be to at least bring as many opponents to the grave as possible.
The rebels would lead the initial charge while faking being led by Erik and drawing the blackguards' attention long enough for the Chimaeric Demons to act.
Making sure no one was watching, he activated the Phantom Veil brain crystal power, turning his body invisible.
A few minutes later, his communicator buzzed. It was Van Dyke calling.
"The attack has begun," the man said. "Now is your chance."
"Kill them all," Erik said to the older man.
"Don't worry, we will."
Without a word, Erik ended the call. He could already hear the sounds of fighting in the distance.
"Let's hope things will go as planned."
He turned his attention to the prison's towering walls once again. The usual guards had left their posts to respond to the threat at the northern gate, leaving only a skeleton crew defending the prison itself. It was now or never.
Erik jumped up to the wall, unseen. They were not tall enough to stop him. He didn't even have to turn into a fly to reach the summit. He was simply strong enough to make the jump.
The guards noticed nothing.
The biological supercomputer connected to the prison's system and then unlocked each door Erik approached.
The man headed to the door, unseen.
"Invisibility is fucking great!"
He went through the door and took a mont to assess his surroundings. No guards were in sight.
The prison seed eerily quiet, save for the occasional pounding on the few guards' boots.
There was a hallway leading further into the prison. Sowhere down that hallway, Richard Stone was being held captive.
Without wasting another mont, Erik went forward.
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