Chapter 7 - Shirozou Tadashi

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40th of Nadus, 2990
7375 days to The Cataclysm

15-year-old Tadashi approached Eirini palace and flew in through the forming doorway with the disoriented Elric in his arms.

As soon as he landed, he was approached by healthcare personnel that guided him to the emergency ward. He entered a large room with rows of floating beds that occupied the majority of its space.

The personnel ushered Tadashi onto one of the beds. He placed Elric down and sat on his designated bed, but Elric stood still, facing away from Tadashi.

"Elric" called out Tadashi.

Elric didn't respond.

"ELRIC" repeated Tadashi, this time in a much louder tone.

Elric finally turned towards Tadashi. When Elric's green eyes met Tadashi's own, he knew something had changed within his little brother, something terrifying. Without saying a word, Elric broke eye contact and went to his bed.

"El-" Tadashi began to say, but then stopped himself, knowing it wasn't the best time. Tadashi plopped down onto the bed and stared at the ceiling. He turned towards Elric, but his view was blocked by a woman in a white coat holding a syringe.

"So, do you like, need a moment or something? Sort of on a tight schedule here dude, you know, doctors are busy and all" she said.

Tadashi nodded, and the woman injected a healing serum into his wounds, which made them heal instantly.

"You're good to go," said the woman, and walked off.

Tadashi continued to stare at the ceiling and contemplated the events that transpired earlier in the day. His thoughts were interrupted by a kick to the side of his chest that sent him skidding across the ward floor.

Tadashi immediately hopped to his feet and gripped his skotono while activating his gauntlet at the same time.

Tadashi looked back at the bed, trying to discern the source of the attack, but all he saw was the same woman who treated him, staring at him with rage-filled eyes.

"I SAID YOU'RE GOOD TO GO! WE'VE GOT OTHER PATIENTS HERE!" she snapped

"S-sorry" Tadashi stammered as he loosened the grip on his skotono.

The woman stared, angrily, until he reached Elric's bed, her gaze sent jitters down Tadashi's spine.

"There were so many other empty beds, what a fucking psychopath," said Tadashi under his breath.

"WHAT WAS THAT!?" screamed the woman

"N-Nothing," replied Tadashi hastily.

"GOOD," replied the woman as she continued treating other patients.

Tadashi gave out a sigh of relief and turned towards Elric.

Elric looked him straight in the eye and said, with a slow, emotionless voice.

"The weak deserve to die, and you're the weakest of them all, Shirozou Tadashi."

Tadashi was taken aback by Elric's change of heart and quietly walked out of the room.

He exited the Eirini palace and flew off to a distant place where he landed and took a deep breath.

He fell to his knees and started to slam his head on the ground multiple times and pulling his messy black hair while he was at it.

"USELESS, IM FUCKING USELESS" screamed Tadashi

"I SWEAR, I SWEAR ON MY LIFE, I WON"T EVER LOSE ANYONE AGAIN"

Tadashi kept slamming his head on the ground but was stopped by a man's thick voice that said

"What do you think you're doing, Prince Tadashi?"

Tadashi looked up, and through the blood in his eyes, he saw the towering silhouette of a man. He immediately recognized him and hastily stood straight in salutation with his bloody hands.

"C-Commander," said Tadashi.

"Calm your aura," replied the man.

Tadashi closed his eyes and relaxed his muscles. The man placed his hand on Tadashi's head, and he felt a tingling sensation all over his body.

Tadashi opened his eyes to find himself in a well-lit hallway. He looked at the man, and he signaled Tadashi to follow him into a room which had 'Commander-In-Chief, Randel Spider' engraved onto its door.

He entered a large room with transparent walls that had the view of the Eirinian central city.

Randel signaled Tadashi to sit down on a sofa.

Randel walked towards a cupboard, pulled out a towel, and tossed it to Tadashi.

"Wipe off that blood," he said as he sat down beside him.

Tadashi wiped off the blood and noticed that his wound was healed.

"How did you heal my wound, Commander," asked Tadashi

"I used to be a doctor before I became a soldier, anyways I've come to talk to you about something very important."

"What is it you want to talk about, Commander."

"I just came from the Wing Commander's house, he is no more."

Tadashi's eyes widened, and he gasped in surprise

"H-How"

"Not too sure, but the killer apparently wanted Gerard."

"THE GUY WHO KILLED MY MOM WANTED ELRIC!" screamed Tadashi.

"Yeah, which is why I wanted to ask you. What's the deal with those two?"

"I'm not too sure, sir. Dad and The Wing Commander went on a 3-year-long mission around 8 years ago. On the way back to Eirini, they found 2 children and decided to bring them along."

"Do you know what the mission was about?"

"No sir, I assumed you would know."

"I don't know about that. Do you know anything about their parents?"

"The only thing dad told me was that Elric's parents were from the old Vasilian government back during The Rocketman's rule. They escaped the initial onslaught, but Zark got to them later."

"I see," said Randel, reaching for his phone.

He took it out and showed Tadashi a picture on it.

"Do you recognize this man?"

"Yes, sir. This is Dylan Mantzoukas. He is a bartender at my dad's favorite bar and a family friend."

"Well, he was the man behind the mask."

"WHAT!" exclaimed Tadashi.

"Yeah, he gradually poisoned Erebus and Takashi."

"Poisoned the wing commander and my dad?"

"Yeah, it's a biomechanical poison that deposits in the heart and slowly weakens it. It's the only way Takashi and Erebus could have died, if they weren't poisoned, they would have easily won."

"We are still trying to figure out who sent them though," said Randel as he put his phone back into his pocket.

"We seem to ha-"

"It was Zark," interrupted Tadashi.

"That's a bold claim, what makes you say that?"

"It's simple, Zark killed the Rocketman, and wants to erase all signs of the previous government."

"Zark wouldn't do that."

"How do you know?"

Randel took a deep breath and said;

"It's becau-"

Randel was interrupted by an emergency message on his phone. He took it out and read the message.

"Calm your aura," said Randel hastily.

Tadashi closed his eyes, and when he opened them, he found himself in a wrecked room with Elric and Gerard in the middle of it. Elric was rampaging around while Gerard's face was bloody and covered with a piece of cloth.

"How did Gerard get here?" asked Tadashi.

"I found him unconscious beside his mother's dead body" Randel replied

Tadashi felt a sudden jolt as he remembered his own.

"Who murdered them?" asked Tadashi.

"We don't know. The man got away. Our team-"

Randel was interrupted by Elric lunging straight at him, but Randel caught him by the face and pinned him down.

"Man this kid is strong" exclaimed Randel.

"Yeah, dad trained him ever since he could walk."

"That's rough, how old is he?" asked, Randel

"5"

"You fucking kidding me?"

Tadashi nodded and looked at Elric as he struggled to get free, and then he looked at Gerard.

"Looks like Gerard found a way to cope with the trauma, but Elric can't handle it."

"So what's the plan?" said Randel

Tadashi took a deep breath and came up with a solution that he would regret for a very long time.

"Erase his memories."

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