"I just don’t want you to start breaking stuff if sothing goes wrong. So it’s important that your acting is good," Ayn said.
"My acting? I learned from the best. You don’t have to worry about it," Lucifer said as he walked back to the seat. "Just focus on your task. You’ll have thirty minutes before I start taking things in my own hand."
He laid on the seat and closed his eyes while slowing down his breathing.
The distance between the Uprising Helicopter and the APF base kept decreasing with each passing second.
Soon, the helicopter landed on the roof of the Headquarters, which was surrounded by the APF mbers from the Defence Squad.
Even though they had allowed Ayn land, they didn’t relax. They were all here to make sure that everything was as it should be.
The gates of the helicopter opened. Ayn stepped out of the helicopter, carrying Lucifer in her arms as if he was a sleeping Prince.
As she left the helicopter, APF mbers walked to the helicopter to check inside and to arrest the pilot, who was an Uprising mber.
All the guards greeted Ayn and congratulated her for her successful return.
"Is this Lucifer? The boy who disappeared eight years ago?" A guard asked her.
"Yeah. He’s the sa Lucifer. I drugged him, so he shouldn’t wake up before tomorrow," Ayn answered.
"Where is Captain Varant? We thought he went to save you?" The man asked again.
"I don’t know. I didn’t find him on the way. Maybe I left before he got there. Anyway, let go in first. After that, I’ll try contacting Varant to tell him that I’m back," Ayn said as she placed her thumb on the fingerprint sensor.
After her print was scanned, the entrance of the lift opened.
A few guards stepped inside the lift with her as well. The lift went to the lower floors where the strongest of APF prisoners were kept.
Ayn stopped in front of one such cell. She had the door opened before she stepped inside.
She placed the unmoving body of Lucifer inside the cell before she left, locking the door again.
After everyone left, Lucifer opened his eyes. He looked around the cell to notice that there were no caras in this cell. There were no fans or anything electrical here.
As for the walls, they were reinforced to brace the heaviest of impact. Other than the bed and the toilet, there was nothing else in this cell.
"So this is where they keep their prisoners. I guess it’s their lucky day. They’ll get their freedom today," he muttered as he stood up.
The gate was completely tallic, seemingly made of a precious material. There were no gaps in the door. So no one could see inside, just as he couldn’t see outside.
He stood up and stretched his arms as he walked towards the tallic doors of the cell.
Taking off his gloves, he gently touched the gates, just to test if they could resist decay. He had especially told Ayn to keep him in a cell that wasn’t made especially for him.
Even though he had the confirmation of Veracity that Ayn was going to do as he asked, he still decided to test just to be sure.
His finger grazed through the tal, which started decaying slowly. He soon took off his hands as he made sure this place couldn’t resist him. He could step out of this place any mont he wanted.
After making sure, he walked back to the bed and sat down as he started waiting... Waiting for the ti when the defenses of the base were going to be off.
....
Ayn was walking inside the base with the guards.
She was being taken to the dical facility as it was a protocol. She needed to be tested to see if she was hurt or not.
"Why is the base so empty today? It seems like no one is here at all?" Ayn inquired.
"That’s because Captain Varant took almost all the mbers with him. Only the bare minimum was left behind to handle the working of the base," the guard answered.
"When did Varant leave?" She asked the guards.
"He left a few days ago," the guards answered.
" Did any of you try contacting him?" Ayn asked, curious.
"We haven’t yet," the n answered.
"I’ll contact him. Let’s go to my office," Ayn said, changing her direction.
She went into her office and picked up her backup phone before she ca out.
After coming out, she called a number as she again started walking towards the dical facility.
"Varant? I’m back at base. Where are you?" She said as if her call was picked up.
"What? You aren’t Varant. Who are you?" She asked, yelling. She actually seed stunned.
It was all for show though. She just wanted to show the APF mbers behind her. In any case, she always knew what had happened.
She lowered the phone slowly. It even dropped to the ground, falling from her hand.
"What happened? Is everything alright?" The n asked, wondering what had happened.
"It was Raia. Varant is dead. All our n are slaughtered, and now the Uprising is advancing here to destroy our base," Ayn said as shock seed imminent on her face.
"We don’t have ti to waste! We need to boost the defense of the headquarters! You all, go and get the n in position!"
" I’ll call the Hunter Union to ask for backup. We’re facing danger like never before! Jake, you co with !" She said as she started running in a direction after picking up her phone.
She called another number, making it seem like she had called the Hunter Union, but it was just her acting.
Over the call, she inford the other side what had happened to the APF and that they needed help.
After talking, she kept the phone back.
"What did they say?" Jake asked.
"They said that they’d send their teams here. As for Zeiss, he’ll personally co to back us up. But it’ll take ti. We need to be able to hold on until then. We need to modify our defense formation and the systems to delay the Uprising!" Ayn said as she kept running.
She and Jake soon stopped in front of the Defence Room.
A few of the trusted Variants of Varant were keeping guard there.
"Captain Ayn, you can’t co here. Only captain Varant is authorized to enter!" The guards inford her.
"Varant is dead! That’s why I’m here! The entire base is in danger. All our mbers are dead, and the Uprising is coming here now!" Ayn said.
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