Chapter 4 Broken Memories we see our team of friends

We see our team of friends dismayed by what happened before their eyes ... their friend, the one who had just recovered was snatched before them and nobody could do anything to avoid it ... they felt guilty for what happened, were they inept people who needed to be rescued or were they really weak?

Likewise we see the great winged man next to them, his gaze was on the horizon, as if meditating on what happened with his chosen one, suddenly we can hear Damián....

Damián: Oh my great Amir Gaoul ... I have failed in my mission to protect him ... I deserve any punishment that is imposed on me -He lowers his gaze- But before that please allow me to go for him wherever Zadock has taken him, I promise that I will bring it with me safe and sound ...

Hearing this we see that the spirit did the action of Inhale. By doing this gusts of wind and dust completely cover it in a circular shape (similar to when he became a phoenix during the war in Neotopia) and we see that he is descending in front of Damian ... and the air disperses ... when this happens we see the Amir Gaoul standing in front of the reddish-haired boy, this one had a different height than usual ... he was smaller than an ordinary spirit, but at the same time a little taller than an average human (As in Zed's visions) ... her lips begin to move saying the following:

"This is something that could not be avoided, even though I have tried it, it is something that could not be changed, still we must move to Task, he is in that place"

Everyone around was surprised ... They had never seen anything like this happen (with the exception of Tasker, of course) Although Damián did not flinch, it is as if the boy had seen this before ... Roya reacts from Amazement and says:

Roya: Please let me go with you, Zed is my friend and I can't stay here doing nothing, so I ask you to take me, I can be useful to you

Damián: Sorry, but you will only be a hindrance

Roya- Her face fills with anger- How DARE YOU TELL ME SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

Elliot: Don't say that Damián, I still want to go, Zed is important to me and I can't leave him like that

Damián: And tell me what will you do? If you are not even a Shard Caster, you will not be able to defend yourself, worse save it

Elliot: How do you know that?

Damián: I already said no, you did nothing but hinder during the combat, you couldn't even avoid it, so you will stay here

we see that Amir Gaoul raises his left arm and opens a portal which would take them to the dark land of Task, Damian quickly enters it and the Amir Gaoul followed ... the portal closes

Roya: Damn it!

Noah: You must calm down Roya, Damián is right, our presence can only hinder the mission, and could complicate everything

Roya: I'm afraid something will happen to him

Elliot: - He stands up infront Noah and Roya- Well well, I want you to explain to me why those people came for Zed, and above all ... How can I become a Shard Caster ... If that's the way to protect my friend, I'll be willing to become one ...

We see Zed unconscious ... he was reclining on a chair in the middle of that great room that had been prepared for Tasker's chosen one, on his wrists we see chains that are anchored to the ground ... There were four people around him ... one of them was Hiromi and Zadock, the rest were made up of a woman named Leiko and one more man who had her body covered with a Robe and her face was completely covered ...

Hiromi: Behold ... in front of us is the blessed child, the one who was chosen by our God to erase this boring world

Leiko -Take a sip from a glass of wine- Why does the boy sleep?

Zadock: The Amir Gaoul lived in him ... and at the moment of the attack he woke up which caused the boy to get tired ... I dare say that the Amir Gaoul was not the same as before, his presence caused terror, his strength changed ... but this spirit was left behind in Templar

Hiromi: So we must be vigilant, he could appear at any moment, I have given the order to attack all my men, it will not be easy for them to get here

Leiko: To tell the truth, that spirit is a traitor, to reveal itself against its creator in that way cannot be forgiven, if it were not necessary for the resurrection of God, I would have asked to be destroyed

We see that the white-haired man begins to wake up from his sleep, opens his eyes and begins to see what is around him, in this case the first thing he paid attention to was the people around him ...

Zed: Where... where am I, and who are you?

Hiromi: My great "Tasker" is an honor to have you in front of us, you are in Task and we are the new council of this land, when the first one was dissolved we took their places

Zed: What? - He gets up from the chair, but realizes that he is chained - Why did you bring me here?

Leiko: It is here where you belong my lord, not with the Templars ... You must be here, sitting in the place that corresponds to you -He says this pointing to the Throne that was behind him- You must be here preparing the destruction of this horrendous world and creating a new one

Zed turns slowly to see what the woman indicated and is surprised to see that throne and those statues representing the spirits and Tasker, is stunned to see such a construction

Hiromi: They are majestic, right? We think it would be to your liking to have them here

Zed: You guys are crazy if you think I'm gonna stay here, I'm not Tasker and I don't plan to be, so let me go now

Hiromi: forget it, my lord you will stay here with us, even if it is by force

Leiko: As Tasker, your duty is to stay in the land where your direct descendants are

Zed: I already told you that I'm not Tasker, don't insist

Hiromi: Did you forget what you were told when you returned one with the fusion of the Key spirits? Don't you get memories of your past life?

Zed: My past life?

Meanwhile we see a portal opening in the distance of the castle of Task, they were Amir Gaoul and Damián, who had finally reached the floating country, they were in front of a beautiful lake (the same one that Mirrete visited in the past)

Damián: Well, we are already here ... What do you have in mind? Also, for how much longer will you have me pretending that I have devotion to you and that I am a simple servant of yours, will we really go to the castle to look for that child? If I wer I let him die, totally you have already abandoned him in the past, twice to be exact, it would only be a burden for you and for this world in general, it is a danger

Amir Gaoul turns to see him, but his face showed the displeasure that the redhead's words caused him

Damián: I just saying ... you really want to push this to the limit, or do you really care about this child? You should have removed it when it was ruled by power and you know it perfectly

Amir Gaoul: No, he is different

The Amir Gaoul jumps into the void and begins to fly in the direction of the castle, Damian looks at him ... sighs and sprout from him wings, but these were black ...

Damián: I hope that your feelings towards the boy do not blind you and avoid doing the right thing - he says this with a serious voice-

Flap his wings and start following the spirit

Meanwhile in Templar ...

We see Noah, Roya, Elliot and Mikki gathered in the house of the last one, they were sitting in the dining room, there was tea and freshly baked bread ...

Elliot: So that's why they have referred to Zed as "the chosen one", because he beat that thing called Tasker

Noah: That's right, it was a hard process, to tell the truth, Zed has faced many things in his life before, but that certainly marked a before and after him, good for everyone in general

Roya: In theory, Zed is here to protect us, but who will protect him from all this?

Elliot: I want to do it, and for this I want to become that thing tha you call Shard Caster and control a spirit, that way I will get to do it

Roya: But we do not know if you can be, for now you have not shown any indication that it is, in addition to becoming Shard Caster does not guarantee that you can dominate a spirit, you must be very strong, physically as well as mentally, or you will end up dominated by the demon of them and you will succumb to the temptation of power

Elliot: I will take the risk if it's necessary

Noah: How important is Zed to you? I am also from Calm and I have known Zed since he was 08 years old and I have never seen you

Elliot: Are you from my world too? I didn't expect that ... -he turns to see the sky through the window- We grew up in the same orphanage ... Noah

Noah: what?

Elliot: Yes, we were in the same place when we were children ... He doesn't remember it, otherwise he would have recognized me, don't you think?

Roya: I don't know

Elliot: Despite being 4 years older than Zed, I got along very well with him, took care of him and protected him like my little brother, he was so fragile when he arrived at the orphanage, he was a baby and I immediately took care of him, his smile was very warm -smiles for a moment, then his voice fills with sadness- they separated me from him when he was 5 years old, soon a family adopted me

Mikki: I see...

Elliot: I still remember his crying, he told me not to leave him since he was alone, but there was nothing I could do, it was the decision of the orphanage that I left ... They took me out of the city of Calm, I lived in another region, therefore, I could not go visit him even if I wanted to, they changed my name to Elliot, before he used to call me Darío, so he could not locate me either ... but I promised myself that when I could do it I would go for him and protect him, even so, no he remembered me and I did

Noah: How did you run into him again?

Elliot: I traveled to Calm again with the excuse that I would find a job in this city, since where they took me there were not so many opportunities for young people, I went to work in a restaurant but at the same time I started my search, to my surprise there was a notice that the boy was missing and well that gave me a lot of discouragement and had considered leaving again, but one day I got to my job and found him there, he was being hired, when he saw me he didn't recognize me, but I did, and I decided to approach him like Elliot and seek his friendship again

Roya: That's amazing, what a beautiful story

Elliot: Beautiful? I feel that the tragedy is present and now that my friend is with those weird guys, who knows what can happen to him, that's why I must become a Shard caster, regardless of the cost, I must take care of him

Returning to Task ...

We see Damian with the Key spirit seeing the castle that was a few meters away

Damián: Nice remodeling ... there are many guards in there, how do you plan to enter? Fighting them will take a lot of time

Amir Gaoul: If you can't find an entry, create it yourself....

Damián: Why did I ask? - He says this with a puzzled face-

We changed scenery to the Taskan Castle Spirit Room....

Hiromi: Yes Zed, this is not the first time you have appeared in this world, you are the reincarnation of the great Tasker

Zed: What nonsense do you say?

Hiromi: Don't you remember what that being told you ... the one who calls himself as the power itself?

Zed: - He lowers his gaze- I don't know what you're talking about

Hiromi: You really don't remember? Don't you remember what happened inside the spirit or the feeling of power that was in your hands?

Leiko: Amir Gaoul must have blocked those memories from his mind, but why would he?

Zadock: To protect him, obviously

Hiromi: When that spirit becomes infatuated with something, it complicates everything, but don't worry boy -He gets up from the chair where he rested and walks towards Zed- I will help you remember everything, what happened to God and much more- He comes in front of him and with his hands he touches the face of the young man in front of him - You have a penetrating look, did you know? I love that - smiles- Too bad I can't touch you

Zed: - Removes Hiromi's hands from his face- What the hell is wrong with you? Don't touch me again, do you understand me?

Hiromi: I'm sorry to bother you, it wasn't my intention, I just couldn't help it - A dark aura appears in his hands- But I'll have to do it one more time

That said, we see that Zadock appears behind Zed and holds him tightly while Hiromi puts one of his hands on Zed's forehead and the other on his chest ... when this happens, the white-haired man begins to feel horrible pain in his head:

Zed- Screams in pain- What... what are you doing to me?

Hiromi: If you put up resistance it will hurt even more

Zed: Let go of me... you damn bastards

Saying this, the boy's eyes begin to turn gray, this due to the spell that Hiromi was performing on him ... and out of nowhere memories begin to appear in his head ... he saw himself as a child ... there was a person next to him from white hair and blue eyes next to his little self, then the scene changes seeing him in his first encounter with the Amir Gaoul, then he changes to the Neotopia war when he fought with Hugh, when he fought with Noah in Task to avoid that he seized the Key spirit that he possessed, then he saw himself being absorbed by the Tasker spirit and finally he arrived ... when he was in front of that dark entity which called itself "The power" and the latter mentioned the following words:

"You were chosen to bring it to an end as the last living human being ... your power will destroy everything and create a new world ... if ... you are ... THE GREAT TASKER"

That said, that entity begins to take over the body of the Zed that was in front of him, taking possession of his mind and will, becoming one with him and surrendering all that power, causing the boy to be bent by the sensation of this, the power Absolute was great and pleasant, an incredible ecstasy that I managed to perceive in that instant ...

The Zed of the present also began to remember it ... he began to feel that ecstasy once again, his body began to shiver at the sensation ...

Zed: What is this? What is this feeling?

Coming back to the reality:

Zadock: The more you will do this Hiromi, this boy is very restless

Hiromi: A little more ... the boy has finally found the memo ...

Suddenly we see that the Roof breaks and debris begins to fall from this around ... then Damián and the Amir Gaoul enter, which when seeing that Zadock had the boy in his arms, launches himself towards him and punches him, which makes to let go of the boy and shoot off to the other end of the room while Damián launches himself to attack Hiromi directly ...

Damián: Apparently we arrived just in time

Hiromi: I would say late, but still you are welcome to my humble palace - throw Shards of fire against Damian - With you the meeting will be exciting

Leiko appears behind Damián with a sword to attack him by the sword, but the boy notices and manages to dodge the attack

Meanwhile Amir Gaoul with one of his wings breaks the chains that the boy had in his arms at once, while noticing that the boy is in a trance ... he turns to see the group of Taskans in front of him

Hiromi: You can take him if you want

Damián: What?

Hiromi: We just needed to talk to him about certain things and since we're done, we don't need him anymore

Amir Gaoul extends his hand and launches his "Feather Arrows" against the officers in front of him, one of the feathers manages to hurt Hiromi's arm, Damian approaches the spirit and says:

Damian: We must get out of here Amir Gaoul now that we can, entering a battle with them is not convenient for us

Amir Gaoul gets up carrying the boy in his arms and he sees the council in front of them, in his gaze you could see the anger that it contained, flaps his wings and leaves the place, Damián follows him ...

Leiko: Hiromi, didn't you have the castle well-guarded? Why did you let them take the boy

Hiromi: Quiet beautiful lady, the boy will return on his own, sooner or later he will ...

Leiko: How are you so sure?

Hiromi turns around and walks towards the exit, laughs mercilessly, this devilish age and inspired fear

Hiromi: You will see - Keep laughing-

Leiko: -she sees it with bewilderment- That guy is a psychopath

Going back to Templar ...

We see Mikki and Elliot talking in the kitchen quietly, Noah and Roya are withdrawn from them when the girl turns around and says:

Roya: I'm glad that boy ran into Zed again, isn't he great? If Zed finds out he will be ...

Noah: There is something that does not fit to me ...

Roya: What do you mean?

Noah: Zed would not forget something like that, Roya ... I know Zed and he is a person who does not forget everything just like that.

Roya: Do you think so?

Noah: I'm sure - He meets Roya's gaze- I have a bad feeling about all this

Roya: Zed was very young when that happened and you know that children tend to forget everything easily - Smile- Maybe you are jealous of him?

Noah: what?

Roya: Yes, that there is someone else with whom Zed has shared a lot, or maybe it is fear that they take away your best friend

Noah: Don't talk nonsense Roya, I couldn't be jealous of something like that, besides that if Zed decides to call another as his best friend, I wouldn't oppose him, since I failed him in the past, I hurt him, I said things that were not and I'm sure he was sad about it and that deep down he must feel bitter against me.

Roya: Don't say that Noah ... Zed was always worried about you ... he said that you were trapped under the spell of the Key spirits, and that he would do everything possible to help you

Noah: -He makes a sad breath- Poor Zed, he has been through so much ... In Calm he suffered from many deficiencies, he always struggled to keep going, even though his mother was in those conditions, and without the protection of his father...

Roya: His father ... now that I remember, apparently his father was from this world Noah ...

Noah: What do you say?

Roya: I don't know all the details Noah, I only know that he had a relationship with the seekers, the Sagiri's clan ... Zed went with the seekers to find out more about him, that day was the last time he was in Templar before the resurrection from Tasker, from there he traveled to Task, and I had to go look for him up there with Master Zico, but we could not talk much, the death of his mother and the fight with you occupied his mind and we could not detail what happened

Noah: So Zed's father was a seeker ...

We see Amir Gaoul and Damián arrive at the lake where they arrived when they traveled to this land, The Winged man lays the boy on the ground, observes the state of the boy's condition... his eyes were gray, lifeless and his exhalation was very agitated

Damián: What have they done to the boy?

Amir Gaoul puts his hand on the boy's forehead and it is wrapped in a yellow aura, suddenly the boy's breathing begins to normalize and he closes his eyes for a moment ...

Damián: And what are you doing to him?

Amir Gaoul: Hide your wings

Damián: -he turns a little to see his wings- Oh ... it's true- He laughs and these disappear- I'm a bit forgetful ... hahaha

Zed opens his eyes again, they recovered their usual color and his gaze came alive again ... he saw the subjects that were in front of him ... but he is surprised to see the Amir Gaoul the size he had in his visions, he is scared and turns away of the spirit

Damian: Hey Lord Zed ... how do you feel?

Zed: - He turns to see the boy- What? -looks around- What happened? A moment ago I was ...

Amir Gaoul: They tried to manipulate your mind, my master

Zed: - His face fills with amazement- Did you ... did you speak?

Amir Gaoul: let's get out of here

He raises his hand and opens a portal again to take the boys back to Templar, Damián goes ahead and enters that portal, Zed continues to stare at the spirit from the surprise of his words ... Amir Gaoul also stares at him for an instant ... then he moves quickly and carries it on his shoulder and jumps towards the portal ...

We see Hiromi walking in a hallway, her arm was bleeding from the wound caused by that spirit, when she hears someone speak to her ...

Zadock: Why? ... Why did you make me go for that boy if you were just going to let him go like that? I don't like this at all

Hiromi: It was not convenient for us to fight with the spirit at that time ... also that he was accompanied by someone with whom it is not convenient for us to get involved, not for now ...

Zadock: The boy next to him? I did not see anything special

Hiromi: The boy is called Damián... that boy is not human, he is a very dangerous being, and he will bring us many problems, but I don't understand what he was doing next to the traitorous spirit.... If he had proposed, he would have killed us in one attack ...

Zadock: Is he really dangerous?

Hiromi: I must find a way to eliminate that demon at all costs, but I must first investigate how to do it

Zadock: Well ... what do we do now?

Hiromi: Regarding Zed- He turns to Zadock and smirks- Everything is going according to plan

He continues on his way... Zadock stays behind and turns to look towards the windows in front of him, he could see his reflection in them

"Who will that boy be? ... will I really have to deal with him? Who will be more dangerous ... him or Hiromi?

He said this to himself when he notices that someone is passing behind him ... it was that masked man, who simply handled himself in silence, Zadock when seeing him immediately leans towards him and says:

Zadock: My lord, I had not seen him ... I hope you are fine

The guy ignored the words of the King of Jimoto and kept going ... turned into a hallway to the right and disappeared ...

Zadock: With whom if I must be extremely alert is with him ...

We see a portal opening in front of the lake where the previous battle took place, from this comes Damián first, then comes the Amir Gaoul who carried the white-haired boy on his shoulders, who was throwing a tantrum since the spirit did not release him ...

Zed: Hey, let go of me, I don't like being in this position, I hate it, put me down now!

Damián: Do you stop making scandal now? Will attract attention

Zed: Don't tell me what to do ... and you put me down now!

The spirit heeds the boy's request and lowers him from his shoulder, as he does this the boy approaches the Amir Gaoul and shouts:

Zed: WHAT'S HAPPENING... WHAT HAS BEEN ALL OF THIS? YOU REALLY BLOCKED MEMORIES IN MY HEAD... WHY DID YOU DO IT?

Damián: Oops! I think I'm better off, - he speaks in a mocking tone- this is not my concern at all - When he says this, such a deer runs away running for his life when he hears a predator nearby-

Zed: That boy is very strange - He says this with a strange face, then he turns to see being in front of him- well ... are you going to answer me?

Amir Gaoul stares at the boy in front of him, he looked upset, worried and tired at the same time, after all, it had been a crazy day

Amir Gaoul: You must rest right now, your energy levels are low

Zed: What? Of course not, I must know the reason why I couldn't remember about Tasker ... I must know now ... Please ...

Amir Gaoul: It doesn't matter that you remember -He approaches to the boy- Now don't resist and let me do it one more time

Zed: What did you say?

The spirit launches itself on the boy causing it to fall to the ground, in his hand that yellow aura reappears and tries to put it on the boy's forehead, but he opposes resistance:

Zed: What's wrong with you? - Struggles with in the spirit- I don't want to forget it, not again

Amir Gaoul: Don't put up a fight, it's for your own good ... don't fight me, it will only make it worse

Zed: Forget it ...

The boy tries to use a spell Shard against the spirit, but he takes advantage of this bad movement and manages to take both hands of Zed and imposes force on them so that he cannot move them at the same time he puts one of his hands on the forehead of the boy:

Zed: Please I don't ... I don't want to forget it, I don't ... I don't want to forget that ecstasy, LET ME GO! ...

The boy tries to struggle once again, but little by little he feels weak ... his body stopped responding the way he wanted ...

Zed: Don't do it, please ...

Amir Gaoul: It is a promise I made to you Young man, you may not remember it ... but you asked me in the past ... If I leave you with it once more, it will become hell for you and I will never be able to forgive myself

Zed: In ... hell?

The boy closes his eyes and falls unconscious ... the spirit kept sealing those memories from the boy's mind ...

"Forgive me ... but I must protect you at all costs"

He withdraws his hand from the boy's forehead, but caresses his face for a few seconds ... and continues saying to himself:

"You do not deserve what is coming, so I will do my best so that yours pure soul will not be corrupted, you and humanity ... deserve to continue"

He carries the boy in his arms and flies out of the place towards the castle ...

We see Damián watching them from afar:

"Without a doubt, her feelings towards the boy invade him ... if he continues in that way he will not be able to do it in case the worst happens, you must be careful, and not lose sight of the most important thing ... keep our spice at all costs.

The boy will succumb no matter how hard you try to avoid him, and when that happens... what will you do?