Ezra stord into the peacekeeper HQ.
His footsteps echoed as he made his way down the halls and the peacekeepers in his way all found sowhere else to be.
He moved with the focus of a natural disaster and right now, he was a man with a plan.
Gen still hadn't returned ho and with his focus now on Lana. He was currently looking for a way to get to her but he hadn't found one yet.
That was when he noticed that he had a resource that he wasn't using.
A resource that if what she had truly been saying was right, should be very useful to him.
He made his way to the cells, stopping for the security checks on the way. He wasn't about to set a bad example.
Now that the mystery of the missing body had been solved, maybe it was ti to get back to their usual operations.
This heightened state of security was a bit taxing on his officers.
He gave them a nod and walked into the cell block, heading for Connell's cell.
When he opened the door, he saw Connell sitting timidly. Her hands were fidgeting in her lap and she looked all pitiful like a baby chick.
His determination deflated. He'd co ready to exchange words with the… person inside her and not Connell herself but all hope was not lost.
"Hello, Connell." He greeted her. They could still find a way to bring the… person back.
"Captain." Connell smiled at him.
"I want to ask a favor from you." Ezra said.
"Err…" She looked confused, probably wondering what she could do for him, stuck in this cell. "Okay."
Ezra nodded. "I need to speak with the person possessing you."
"W- wha?" Connell's eyes widened in fear.
"Apologies but it's important." He said.
She glanced away for a mont before nodding. "I… I can bring her back." She whispered. "But it takes my vitality. It drains ."
"Do it." Ezra ordered. He made sure his tone had no trace of unkindness. Better a willing participant than a forced one.
Connell hesitated, then closed her eyes.
Ezra watched as her body shuddered. She gritted her teeth and humd quietly under her breath.
Then, she shifted. Her posture changed, straightening into sothing more confident, more dangerous.
When she opened her eyes again, she was no longer… vulnerable.
The possessor had taken over.
"So," Connell's voice spoke, but it was no longer her own. It was more confident. "You missed ."
Her words were followed by a teasing grin.
"You said you're from the future." Ezra said, going straight to the point. "Prove it."
Connell blinked, having not expected the question.
"Give sothing, anything, to prove that you're who you say you are."
Connelly's surprise morphed into a smirk. "And what I've already told you isn't enough?"
"What you told ?" Ezra scoffed. "All you did was make ridiculous proclamations on what I'll do. You call that proof? Well, it isn't. I need sothing else."
Connell studied him for a mont before sighing. "Fine. I'll tell you sothing about the present."
"Around this ti, you should be struggling to find Gen. but you won't see her again until Jas' ball. Don't try to find her before then or it all goes to shit anyways."
Ezra frowned. That would be easy to deduce for the average vampire based on their previous conversation. That didn't prove anything.
"You also suspect Jas is covering sothing up and right now, you're stuck between what Lana knows and what you can actually prove."
"This ans you've been spending more ti in the room of records than your ho and office put together."
Ezra's frown deepened. She knew he was looking into Lana? "That still doesn't prove anything." He said, holding her gaze.
"Is that so?" She chuckled. "Then, if this isn't proof, what is it?"
Ezra paused, narrowing his eyes. "All this ans is that you have soone watching . There's nothing special about all you've said.
"I can see you're still not convinced." Connell laughed. "Fine, let's cut to the chase."
"You're scared. Deep down. You want to know if you really did kill Gen and destroy Faewall because if you did, it ans you sohow lost a significant chunk of your humanity."
She tilted her head, studying his reaction. "Well, let tell you the cold… honest… truth. You did it."
There was silence in the cell as both of them stared at each other.
Ezra was stoic, listening and saying nothing.
"You tear everything apart, doing more for the Veilbreaker cause than even the Veilbreakers themselves have ever managed. And the cherry on top? You lose yourself in the process."
Ezra's mind was stuck on the fact that she said he had supposedly exposed Vampire Society.
"You know the humans." She hissed, her voice low. "They can't live with sothing that they don't understand. We can't just wipe them off the face of the earth. Who else would we feel superior to if they're all gone?"
"We left to our own promised land but the damage was already done." Connell broke the gaze, glancing away. "Another witch hunt… or should I say vampire hunt… began. Brother turned against brother and sister against sister. Nations accused one another."
"Before long, war began and the vampires all laughed, watching from their place of safety." She turned back to et his eyes. "Until the world began to fracture."
Ezra opened his mouth then closed it. He forced himself to stay quiet and not ask questions. This was not the ti.
"Parts of the world began to disappear as if it never existed in the first place." Connell whispered. "Both human and vampire. There was no way out."
"Turns out, our world has been cut off from the abyss."
Ezra flinched. This was what the progenitor had said would happen.
"I guess you do know sothing about that." Connell laughed, having caught his movent. "Pity you were not there to help us with whatever it is that you know."
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