Chapter 20: The Eyes of God

[††Venice "Cephrien" Ashgrove††]

Ceph calmly narrowed his eyes when Yasmin snapped at him. She was very energetic for someone with no home.. quite the temper too.. but why did he get the feeling that he had seen her face before.. even before the Socialist Home.

"You are going to hurt me for protecting you against an unjust government.."

He turns to face her and slightly leans in to stare into her eyes.

"Why is that, little girl?"

[Yasmin Seyyedi]

"The rebels are so lucky.....they able to able age....but not me......." Yasmin answer. "but.....my reason...for hurting you because you betray us...."

She slowly took out her blade. Yasmin may not be really strong as the other members of Invisible Hand, but she will fight back and perhaps killing them.

[††Venice "Cephrien" Ashgrove††]

Ceph closed his eyes and released a quiet sigh, taking his hand away from her and standing up straight again. "So.." He trailed off, opening his eyes halfway.

"You were a spy afterall."

He thought for a second, watching as the girl took out her switchblade. There was suddenly a look of affectionate sympathy in his ruby red eyes.

"Yes.. I remember you now, Yasmin Seyyedi."

[Surma Keitoleinen]

Surma looked from Bonifaz and then to Heikki still with a uncomfortable expression on his face. It was true that the Eyes of God would cause the deaths of many people.. rebellious or innocent. That was an inevitable fact. But Surma was far too much of a pacifist to be let himself go through with this kind of thing.

He didn't know what to say, honestly.. He became worried that if he didn't go through with this, he would be fired from his job or something.. but doing this would undoubtedly go against everything he stood for.. and yet, it was the only way to help against the cause of bringing about change.

[Jack Kruschev]

Nodding as Li spoke about the matters of Jumala's powers and Genetech's involvement in restoring Japan, Anthony almost jumped when Li said she sometimes doubted Father Manala's existence.

Had he heard her right? What was going on?

It was a good thing that there were no hidden microphones or anything in Anthony's office, otherwise Li would be prosecuted for heresy within moments of her saying that.

Seeing how Li was brave enough to say that, Anthony confessed, "I know how you feel."

Anthony knew that Jumala was possibly, most likely, Father Manala, but he had never confessed it to anyone. Seeing how the two were friends, Anthony decided to leave the secret to himself.

"I think that Father Manala, personally, is mainly just a tale to tell little children to keep them in line, ya know? Sort of like the boogy man."

[Eun/Aoi Kiriyama]

Once Eun finish digging the hole, she place her mom's dead body in the grave and buried. She sat their for a couple of hours before standing up. She manage to gather some of her belongings and left her destroyed house. She walk through the streets and saw broken down mechas and buildings crumple to many pieces.

"I really need to find a place to stay for a while but.....I don't know anyone. I am all alone now..." Eun says to herself. "Except for Aoi...."

[Yasmin Seyyedi]

"I am very glad you remember my name. Sorry to 'play games' with you, but we need the rebels right now...." Yasmin says to him with a sad smile.

"So....can you leave me and my 'friends' alone? We have a misson to do. You do understand right......Cephrien?"

[††Venice "Cephrien" Ashgrove††]

"I do." He spoke, still with a sympathetic look in his eyes. After all, Ceph used to be one of them.. they used to be his comrades as well. But he was on a different side now, he had seen the world for what it truly was..

and it was wrong..

At that moment, Cephrien quicky reached over and gripped against Yasmin's shoulder as he attempted to push in her pressure point and put her to sleep.

[Armin Lehrer]

Armin hears some voices on the other side of the door. He stops Kasper before he exits and hushes him. Both listen at the door. "Something's up, Kasper. Let's go upstairs and tell the others." Armin whispers to his friend. He quickly and quietly leads Kasper upstairs to the library where the rebels were meeting.
"I think someone is here..." Armin says to the others iwith alarm.
"Charon, are there any hiding spots or emergency exits here?" He asks with worry.

[Yasmin Seyyedi]

As soon as Ceph touch and squeeze her shoulder a bit, Yasmin slowly went to sleep. She try to fight it off, but due to her child body....she was unable too.

"I really do hate you....." Yasmin says to him quietly before her body gave in and went to sleep.

Yasmin know that she will get in trouble once the mission is over, but it doesn't matter at the moment.

[††Venice "Cephrien" Ashgrove††]

"I know.." Ceph spoke softly as he caught the girl in his arms and watched her as she slipped into unconciousness. He gently laid her down on one of the steps and sighed before reaching over and stroking her hair some more.

"When all of this is over.." He trailed off as he stood up and looked down at her. "I will find you a home."

He turned around again and moved up the steps to the door that led to the inside of the house. "Until then. Don't die."

Instead of opening the door, he used it's shadow to silently phase through it and enter the home.

[Charon Dejardins/Asphodel]

"Then...we must evacutate the library. These books are precious. OUT OUT! We mustn't let anything happen to the books!" Charon shouts. He starts physically pushing people out of his library. If the Invisible Hand is here, he would much rather be captured than allow anything to happen to the books. Books are rare, especially history books like the ones he has.

"I should have never agreed to let everyone come here! What was I thinking?!" He asks in a panic.


Asphodel, Charon's fairy, zips by towards the front of the library. "Don't worry everyone! I'll fly around downstairs and see if I can see any intruders!" Asphodel chirps. She zips out the door in a pink flash and starts searching Charon's home.

[Niilo Ukkonen]

TO: Eun/Aoi

Walking amongst the rubble and horrific scene of destroyed machinery, crumbling houses, and limp bodies, Niilo was on the verge of tears. Constantly lately, he'd gotten very high and even more addicted to his drugs in order to "escape reality" and ignore what was going on. Still, he sometimes cried when he saw how bad things were getting, and how terrible things already were.

Niilo supposed he should feel fortunate. He still had his home, most of his friends, and most of all, his drugs. He wasn't in the hole for very much money, but he was in the hole for not helping. He was here for himself, and besides, he was too good to help many people.

Hearing someone, Niilo turned around to find an individual on the verge of tears. Walking up to her, he took one of her hands and said, "It'll be alright...Are you hurt?"

[Dr. Lonnrot Kukkanen]

TO: Jumala

Lon walked down the hallway of his office and got into his counseling room. Suddenly tackled to the ground, he pushed the mentally insane patient off him and order him to be put out for a few hours. After which, to be put in solitary confinement.

Sitting down in his chair, Lon got out his paper work and began shuffling through it. He had a lot of work to do, so he'd have to make this a quick meeting.

Jumala had gone overboard on his destruction rage thing, and Lon was assigned to council Jumala on his behavior, and even evaluate him.

Still, one thought ran through Lon's mind:
HOW THE HELL DO YOU COUNCIL A GOD!?!?!?!

[Hilja Kukkanen/Sasha Pisarev]

"What? What's going on?! Did you guys see someone? Is there someone really here?" I question after Armin and Kasper return from downstairs. The room falls into a panic, especially after Charon freaks out about his books.

"Aren't WE more important than the books?" I ask. At least Asphodel left to scout things out. Maybe she will see who is here. Hopefully, Armin and Kasper are just over reacting.