1.11 Memories Part 5

“Did he survive?” asks Legacy eagerly as the memory ends as Green Delta loses consciousness.

“He did as Junit kept him alive with her telekinesis, but Green Delta had to be rebuilt with extensive cybernetics to fully recover,” answers Ceta, “With the death of their emperor, the Fayyick Empire soon splinted as the opposing Fayyick Lords battled one another for leadership of its remnants. Within five years, the Alliance had regained control of the galaxy with only Antorian remnants on the fringes.”

“So what happened to Junit and Green Delta?” inquires Legacy.

“That is one of the things I wanted to show you,” replies Ceta, “Guardians don’t always end their lives by falling in battle and many have retired to live out happy lives. Junit and Green Delta are a good example of that. They got married, settled down with another adventure every now. Junit opened an academy for telekinetics and telepaths while Green Delta trained new Mindorrians. They even had two kids, Borrmin and Surrasarr, who became grand and mighty heroes in their own right.”

“It is good to hear that I can have a happy ending,” says Legacy.

“But Green Delta and Junit each suffered their own costs,” continues Ceta, “Not only was Green Delta turned into a cyborg, but Junit lost her voice in battle against the Fayyick Emperor. They never suffered any other injuries of that extent as when they faced another foe as deadly as the Fayyick Emperor, Green Delta and Junit were much more skilled and dangerous.”

“So a happy ending is not without cost,” notes Legacy.

“A Guardian must earn a happy ending must be earned through hardship,” corrects Ceta, “And those hardships may cost you.”

***

“Ceta,” asks Legacy, “Are there memories showing me from before I became the Guardian?”

To Legacy, it feels like years have passed since she arrived in Ceta’s world. Ceta tells her that is because perception happens faster here and claims only two months have passed in the real world.

She also says not to worry about experiencing years in here because I haven’t experienced actual years in the real world.

“Yes, but I should warn you that you might not like what you find in them,” replies Ceta.

“I would still like to find see them,” answers Legacy.

“As you wish,” replies Ceta, “I shall find the most useful memories. Just remember my warning.”

“Thank you Ceta,” says Legacy, “And I shall heed your words.”

***

David Knight draws Gord’Ang as a blue energy beam hits the street behind him. The man is in his late fifties and starting to look it with his dark brown hair now mostly grey.

Not that anyone can see it beneath his power armour consisting of overlapping plates, the inner ones being black with the outer ones a shade of dark green.

Ceta!

Shattered Hope is making another push at us.

The girl relies too much on raw power.

I agree, but don’t forget she has a lot of raw power. More than almost anyone else on this planet.

Yeah, only you or the Demon are stronger than Hope.

The vast majority of people shorten her name to Shatter or Shattered, but you call her Hope. Why?

You know why. You know her background as well as I does if not better.

True.

 “Come on Guardian,” sings a female voice as Guardian turns cloaks himself, making him invisible, “Face me!”

A teenage girl wearing a tight fitting blue and white costume with a bright blue energy field around her body comes flying around the corner of the street. Her long hair flying behind her head and both her hair and her eyes are glowing white while a blue domino masks conceals her face.

Dammit girl. You could have done great thing if you hadn’t chosen this path. Heck, you can still do great things if you just turn back from this path.

Atavari’s hold is too strong on her and Charity believes her lies.

To be fair, they aren’t lies, but half-truths.

Half-truths are still half-lies and these ones leave out the most important half of the truth!

Oh I know, just another reason to hate Atavari for.

We shall bring about her downfall.

David dashes to the side of the street and jumps off the side of a building at Shattered Hope. He tackles her from the back in midair and they both go tumbling to the ground. As they hit the ground, David slams his fist into Shattered Hope’s face.

Shattered Hope coughs as David jumps away.

“I hate fighting you,” hisses Shattered Hope as she gets to her feet, “And not just because you are such a nice person.”

“The feeling is mutual,” replies David.

She has such potential.

That is the reason why Atavari corrupted her.

Shattered Hope sends a large blast of energy down the street, but David jumps into the air as he cloaks himself again.

“Just let me hit you for once!” shouts Shattered Hope in frustration.

“Sorry kid, but I can’t let that happen,” replies David as he ground pounds Shattered Hope into the road.

Shattered Hope groans before slumping in defeat. Her hair goes back to normal including returning to a shade of black while her eyes become blue. The energy field surrounding her disappeared and her costume, including her mask, fades away, leaving in civilian clothing.

The memory ends abruptly as Legacy recoils in shock. 

That was me. I was Shattered Hope. I was a supervillain.