9 “So this is a Phone”

A droplets of water rundown through my black watery hair. My thoughts change for a moment I remember Nira, without a towel to use my hands slip grabbing the scarf. Fussing my hair till the clothes sips my soak hair till some of the moist is a little further from dry.

A grown 2 months' hair soaking wet was enough to make my scarf drench. Out from the restroom, by my rushing didn't I cover the metallic like that embodies my neck.

In a rush I was relief to see Nira in good hands enjoy talking to Lara. Sit like nothing happen but I feel something as if someone is eying on us. The soaking wet scarf was still in my left hand holding it tightly in my arms.

After a conversation with Nira Lara glance at Arishok who seems to be in a dilemma. It took her time to finally notice the small metallic thing springing up from Arishoks neck. Luckily the Core was stable from this point of time but when he engages into action the metallic thing radiates emitting energy more powerful than the Athena's suit fuel output. It was all now just a black thing like a metal smoked pitch black covered in charcoal. She was a little bit curious, she wanted to ask him about the metallic thing sticking to his skin. She wanted to know if it is just a fake only for decoration or something even more.

She didn't know Arishoks name but luckily after conversing with Nira she was able to extracts some information regarding him. In a careful and polite way, she asks, "Arishok what's that thing on your neck".

Undoubtedly I suddenly realize her question, my scarf was still on my hand not realizing the stabilizer was exposed. I didn't know how to counter her question, but somehow in a stoic way of words I said to her, "it just a thing nothing more nothing less". Lara could see in his eye of nothingness as if all his emotion were being strip out from him. She already knows that conversing with a dead ass person would give her a right reason for answer.

"Uhhh… okey then", she said in a somewhat dumbstruck. After her words silence again invades, but I didn't care much for I was on a protective mode looking and sighting the surroundings.

The strange and mysterious men after noticing I return back they quickly pace out. Still a mystery they couldn't help but be baffled by their targets bodyguard they received report from the higher ups that their target 'Nira' had a powerful personal bodyguard from the Athena. Gathering enough information, they return to their headquarters.

Mistakenly the group of strange men thought that Lara was Nira's personal bodyguard. More to them Akatosh was just a simple citizen just a friend to their target.

Back at the café after the men left I was still there sitting on the table. A light from my brain came, changing my eye on Lara I said to her, hesitating a bit, "ahh… miss Lara can I borrow some of your so called Smart phone".

For the first time to experience society Akatosh didn't know anything from the outside world. Tho he was taught something regarding how society live.

Lara didn't hesitate for a bit but only ask a question, "sure… but… what are you going to do that for?" Lara said while giving me her phone. I was dumfounded by hers, "ahh… just checking something".

His knowledge regarding about smartphone was zero as hell and Lara could tell that Arishok didn't know how to operate her phone. She already knows that Arishok wasn't familiar on how or what to do but somehow seeing him like that makes her feelings somewhat happy. She giggles, her hands reach out to him helping him how to operate the phone.

Lara was sited right beside Nira and she could help but transfer to Arishok's place for her easily taught him how to use a phone.

For Lara this was her first time to feel happy in different way by just sitting right beside Arishok. This was the moment in her life to feel a spark in her heart. Born in a royal family her mother was once a great Athena user, after her birth Laras mother passed away. She was left with no memories of her but only memento, her mothers last gift was but a picture of her and even tho it just an image of her deceased mother. Since Laras mother like to make jewelry. A pendant with an image of her.

After the age of 10 they realize that she was capable of using an Athena suit same as her mother. Her father already know this would happen, he wanted her to have a normal life but he can't tell time when he can no longer protect her same as he couldn't save his loved no matter what coin he had.

Day by day Lara was trained utilizing the suit, she was able to master the Athena suit with in just the age of 15. A personal Athena suit was then given to her not to mention it was her mother's suit called, 'Silver Falcon'. It was a 5th class generation and one of a kind suit given to hers. Her training was dark and harsh but she manages to pull her out of the void, even tho she was trained to be a stone-cold Athena user. At the age of 18 her father decided to have her a life, he was sorry blaming himself that he knows that agreeing the harsh training of learning and using an Athena would turn her daughter into a emotionless person a heart filled with nothing but in the end she kept her will after reading her mother's last letter.

Being a royal family her father gathers countless suitors for Lara but person after person they could not move her heart a bit. They all wish to devote their heart to hers but it was different for Lara, she knew they loved her but this is not the ways she wanted. One after the other rejected after rejected she grew tired of faking reasons. It was always the same words same time like being in a loop. "I love you and I will give you all my heart just for you", while others say flattering words describing her as a beautiful lady of the moon when it shines the sandy beach of the sea, it was a repeated on and on that her heart could not be filled until this point of time.