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During our flight mikianea sits looking outside a window pulling out and old phone from her pocket that says JHA on the back of it, there's also a picture my eyes can't properly make out seven anounces that we should all get some rest before we land, as soon as I hear that I head into the back cabin that has a bed, seven went a little bit too far when it came to luxury, there is gear scattered on the bed, when the door behind me closes all there is, is silence then my hand reaches for my collar to play a a song know as rude by eternal youth, while standing before the bed the song plays as my mind reflects all that has happened in the past couple of days then my body collapses on the ground as tears run down my face, as the weight finally hits me, (fuck… I can't do this forever…) then my HUD displays that I've received a voicemail (play voicemail) {hey honey, it me nina, uhm sorry uh yeah I'm how do I say this, umm i-i oh this is harder then I thought umm I know that you've been struggling a lot these past couple of years as there more expected from you each day, but the only thing you receive from meeting those expectations is betrayal… I'm sorry I'm not laughing I'm crying at the fact that all I can do is watch, right now you must hate me for turning against you, but you already knew that Jasmine gave me everything she gave me a home, a mom, a family, and she gave me you. You might be wondering who you truly are at this point, but I just want to tell you that you're not a clone, a pup of the wolf, or a failed experiment. You're selfless, you're someone who fights not for the money, you fight because you know that other people can't so you believe it's the right thing to do because you have to fight in order to survive… oh god I'm doing that thing where i… I'm so sorry... I can't… I just I'm so sorry, I just wish there was some other way… I just really want you to know that I love you and I cherish you more than anything in the world, and- and wh-when we meet again I don't want you to hesitate "Nina cmon… are you crying" no mom I'll be there in a second} as the message end my helmet collapses back into a collar (fuck!!!) My hands run through my hair as my breathing increases, my teeth grind against each other at every muscle in my body starts to flex as I scream at the top of my lungs a scenario plays in my head, knowing Nina she likes sword combat, if we were to faceoff it would look as if we were dancing, ultimately in the end I'd win, all I can see though is her smile as she plunges herself into my sword, my scenario is interrupted by Kelly as she sees me crawled into a ball in the corner of the cabin she then walks to me, she gets down to knees she pats me on the head say "there there duck" and instantly I go into laughter at the fact in the end I am a dog who does what he's told and now I'm the wolf who hunts his prey, my prey being that of my old pack. James huntely Adams when thinking about that name all that comes to mind is a liar, one whose greatest lie was, was that that of lying to himself about the fact that he could never grow to love someone because he never knew what it means, also he lied about being a monster, he was an animal born to prey on evil that why he was the wolf, he lied that he was taking all their pain and sorrow of their shoulders when taking off their heads, he was a good man, good men mean well but sometimes they don't do well, when looking into the mirror the shadow of him stands behind me as my shadow reflects of the mirror that being an image, that of someone with the head of a wolf. By the time my eyes close, we have already landed in Goliath, before exiting the plan mikania changes her clothes as well as grabs some weapons, for her it's only a Mr5 and two diamond tip karambits, the Mr5 is a pistol that uses ten millimeter rounds and uses magnetism to suppress the sound of the round, for me it's basically the same kit as hers, but she takes off her bra and wraps her body with a type of medical wrap before putting on a ballistic vest she then stares at me as my eyes lead straight to her chest, I soon realize her frustration with me as she tells me "do… you... like... what...you.. see!!!" After getting are gear kelly already secured transportation as she has stole a vehicle when saying my goodbyes to seven he tells me "I'm proud to have known someone like you" his words carried lots of sadness behind them as if this was the last time he was going to see me, in his line of work it might as well be. While moving through the city we layout our plan, my duty is to find Mike who got messaged by Kelly to look for Cloe, he was first extremely angry and said we should find our allies instead of a needle in a haystack, though moments later he spotted her reading a book while walking down the street. Mikianea says that she'll go talk to Karma about their significant other which was H, Karma held up in this house that when the wolf was younger he used to live in it before he would go to school. I get dropped of near Mikes location, Mike and myself have never really seen eye to eye, we were always at odds as he second guesses my thinking at all times but in the end we work very well together, as his strength matches mine. Mike meet up with me in a place called the glades which use to me named the burrows until large amounts of bombings, riots, and other acts of terrorism caused a full rebuild, its nickname is the whites city which was taken from Tolkien. While we walk he tell me about Cloe, how she feels so calm and at home with this place, he hasn't talked to her just watched her, his words were "the presence she gives off, is that of someone who was born and raised here, it's strange ?" He also told me about Caleb's orders and how me and him are the only one left, immediately after tell me this I spot Cloe, Mike was right when it looks like she's at home here as she is sitting at a cafe drinking coffee though about sixty yards away from her are three vans carrying  the alpha century logo, my body moves towards her position sprinting by civilians she sees me, the looks behind Hera's she sees men fire into the crowd where I'm located. My hand pulls my gun firing at them instantly Mike goes and grabs Cloe, making my way towards the alpha century troops they waver as their numbers deplete, one of the vans drives away, the last van finally opens, when the door opens I push myself and head into the van, shutting the door behind my as my knives start to feel like claws as I slash them back and forth against them, my body feels animalistic when my hands drop the knives and instead push the driver out of the vehicle, as my hands turn is face into playdough, an image flashes in my head with every punch, it's a wolf in shadow smiling at me, my hand waver for some reason as a voice cries out to me. A crowd has gathered around me, luckily my collar helmet activates when my body his a curtain adrenaline level. Mike drives up next to me saying "get in" when lunging into the car he then drives away when he increases the speed it shifts my body on to Cloe's where my right hand lands on her breast my helmet then collapses as my first instinct is to apologise, but instead I say (hi!) She then hits me again and again (stop! God dammit woman! "why should i" because Theo is dead "and" what do you mean and ? "We all have to die someday" what the fuck is wrong with you "I was perfectly fine before you came" they were coming after "well they wouldn't know where I was at if you didn't bring them here" why are you so calm, your best friend is fucking dead you were just almost kidnapped, and… I'm sorry… it's been a very hard "well I don't know why you came for me" well I…. I just… i don't want to lose you like I did Theo and "I already know everything" what ? "My mom told me" what do you mean) her words began to make more sense as Cidny her mother told Cloe about her father about Theo's father,alpha century, Candyce, Jasmine Isla, and myself, then laid out this plan for her to follow she could finally find the piece that's been missing in her life, because a while back she fell in love with a boy, which caused her to act out of character many times, but as the boy grew more distant the impending loneliness that affected her father started to affect he as well, and so Cidny created the idea of her father being a mystery to peek Cloe's curiosity and cause her to try to unveil the truth, and on her path of truth is could lay down the brickwork for Cidny to go back to what made her feel closer to the man that has once loved and for Cloe to fill that loneliness with a new home. ( Wait how did you know that Theo died "does it matter" to me it does "I guessed" Cloe I mean Cleo….Cloe… ahh what does it matter your blank expression doesn't help at all "I'm fine that all matters to you right" yes… I'm sorry "you should be… But you shouldn't be, I'm sorry for getting mad at you, it's just, I haven't seen you in so long and I was okay with that, I found out the truth, your clone of my father, my mother is not my actual mother, Theo is my brother which in a way I knew all along…." wait… that boy you fell in love, who was he ? "Doesn't matter" it was me wasn't it "..." Ah fuck… really…. Why "you were real! Okay you were the most real person I've ever met" but that was just a facade Cloe, a facade that was a nervous reck "life is a lie d-a-n-t-e" hahahaha "what's so funny" I'm basically your fucking dad, that so funny "it's not funny" alright! Now listen to me you… curious individual iI am fucking angry "dont…" no don't move a goddamn muscle, I am a wolf that hunts its prey alone, and now that it's in front of me it apologizes for causing me to go down a rabbit hole, that rabbit hole leads to life he knew be destroyed right in front of him and "Dante Gabriel Carver Adams… stop...please" uh I'm 'hey I don't mean to bother you two lovers but we're here')Cloe leaves the car first as we arrive in front of the house that the wolf once lived in when he was younger Cloe whipped off some of the tears that gathered in her eyes as Leon walks out the door saying "big sis" as he runs into her arms. It makes me realize that she must've already talked to Karma about her dad, and Karma must've told Cloe her side of the story, and what she knew about her father, it must've been very overwhelming for her, and she is calm because there is no point in freaking and making a scene, if it was a body else, makes me really think that she, it doesn't matter what I think, the only thing that matter is what happens next, from my understanding the clean house protocol is clear out the past to make way for the future, Karma was and operative for alpha century for a long time so was the wolf so they must be a part of the protocol though this house was extremely hard to find, the only way it came to my knowledge that the house existed was Mikania bringing it up when thinking about it I feel as if I've known of this place's existence since my birth as this place makes me feel comfortable as well as calm (Leon where is your mother) he then looks at mean as he hold Cloe's hand "she with aunty mikia, why do you ask 'what is that expression for' (it's nothing) 'no what is it.. oh' what oh… I know be knows that mama and aunty mikia have their little fight when I'm not around (bingo)" instantly we hear thrashing and yelling come from the house. 

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I ran into the house just to see three women fighting like animals then there is Kelly holding coffee, she then offers it to me as we both watch these women fight over the love of a dead man these three women being Cidny which I had know idea would be here but like her daughter there's no real need to question her mother's presence the one fighting more ferociously is Karma who fights more like the wolf, because since they've been together so long she's picked up a way to telegraph his movements, the third being mikania who fight quick with power, from my understanding she is the one who has loss the most, from the man she loves to her son. While fighting they argue on what they should do about Jasmine, one says kill her another says destroy her company, and then Michael who I just spotted is sitting on the couch watching them fight as he reads Holo pad says they shouldn't do anything. Cloe then walk in with Leon and they instantly stop fighting and Leon ask who the white haired lady is and she replies with "she's a b… a best friend now Leon why don't you go play with Lily 'but Lily's' go… play...With lily 'alright also if Lily touches me again' she probably will 'ugh' by sweety… love you (what in the hell) what was that (nothing)" after Leon leaves Michael lays out a digital mapping of the foreces that Jasmine has control over, he explains to everyone that we must be very cautiaus on where we choose to battle her, from my understanding cidny tried to lead the fight away from her daughter, but ultimately the fight brought itself to her, it was particularly my fault, though when they all speak of how we will fight Jasmine Cidny seems very independent when it comes to keeping her out of the fight, when Karma talks about how we should approach her she wants her son Leon to fight with her, from her words it's sounds as if he only works better when he doesn't know anything about his enemies, as they bicker I begin to twidle my thumbs thinking on where will Nina be in this battlefield, even after all the lies and deciet about my existence, as well as saying that it was Isla that brought us together, after all that my feeling for her are still the same, some people would call you dumb to love someone even after all that, in the end, I truly am an idiot. My face starts to smile as my thoughts wonder at the time we've spent together, and how she made such fast friends with Theo, when burying Theo he had a paper on him, it was a coming out speech, he was probably going to come out at the next assembly, thinking on it, his mother would've been proud of him, so would his father even though he was kind of a short sighted ass when it came to the live he's impacted over the years after this "war" Mikania should see this speech. While pondering in the my thoughts Kelly then begins to ask me a question"do you think you'll have to kill Ms Heine" my reply was simple (yes) Kelly then gripped her coffee cup to where it cracked the handle, her features are much like a humans, her emotional response is that of a friend who has known all of us for years, but also that of someone who believes that the best way to carry on the memories of the one we loss, is to progress in a way that lays a better path for those behind us. If I say that out loud my optimism might get shot down by the people in the room, Mike comes in the door with suitcases worth of equipment as he adds to the bickering by saying "Jasmine has a large army of drones, they're all clones of the wolf they have his strength and his skills she controls them like a hive mind, if we take her out first the other will fall" Mike doesn't really have that bad of an idea, but it's easier said than done, her drones have all of my skills and capabilities, my only weakness is Nina, but this are mindless animals, when thinking about it, I might be able to kill Jasmine first, but going through an army of myself will take most of my strength, someone else is coming. When walking to the door everyone grows silent (Nina) "hi everyone" I then rush to her as my hands grab her and push her outside while outside with her my heart starts to feel as if it's about to burst out your chest, but there is a strange of someone else's eyes on me"I'm sorry for coming (w-why are you hear ?) I uh… I came to warn you (about what exactly) Jasmine is in Goliath, this will be the battlefield (how long do we have) listen Carver we can end this battle right now and never go back to any of this, I know this might sound a little cliche but we can be rid ourselves of those who are tearing us apart (ha) Carver ? This isn't funny I m trying (I know what your trying to say, but I feel a large amount of deja Vu right now)what….? (It's nothing, alright how would we run away) we can uh we can fake or deaths or we can just blow up that house behind you and never have to worry about people coming after us (are you wearing different contacts) carver please just listen to me (it looks nice goes really well with your blonde hair) oh my God I hate when you do that, you always do this thing whenever I question you or try to get through to you (because my answer is no, and I hate saying no to you) do you not love me (it's not about that) then what is it (Nina I have know idea who I really am or who I'm supposed to be, I've always put on these facades for curtain people as well as scenarios, and to learn that I'm a clone of the man who I aspired to be has cause that pain the is created by those facades grow ever stronger, but those people inside that house, are the shadows of their former selves defined by the man whose dna flows through me, and these shadows… these shadows are much like mine, they feel like family to me, and not to mention Theo who was my best friend, our squad who worked day after day to fight the monsters underneath the bed were killed for me just gaining knowledge of my upbringing) you don't love me (Nina) you said that you put on a facade for curtain scenarios and people, do you put one on for me (... Nina) ahh im….uhh so this was all fake (no it's not what you think) then what is huh (it's complicated) how is it complicated you just said that you put on a fucking metaphysical mask flr curtain people (...) I'm sorry haha I uh shouldn't have came (Nina please) don't Carver just stop please" she then leaves drastically as she covers her face. Mike walks out the door saying "what does that bitch want" quickly after he said that my hands collide with his face as he hits the ground he's knocked out instantly before delivering a killing blow my hand hits the ground to his left breaking through the concrete (fuck!!!!!) Bringing Mike's uncouncious body into the house caused a lot of people to yell at me incesentley until I interupted the yealling by speaking up (I'm tired of your constant bickering, I'm going to be the one that fights me and only me, I will fight until I have nothing left and until Jasmine is in the fucking ground, she is already in Goliath I will confront her alone, this will happen tomorrow now everyone shut the fuck up, and let me fucking work.) The whole room goes silent after my outburst, also no one asks why Mike is knocked out or why it looks like he got mauled by an animal. Through the silence I hear large amount of carse drive by Michael screams "everyone get down" as flashbangs go through the windows,it must be alpha century as they keep barrating us with ballistics, as soon as the firing stups Michael in sign language communicates to me saying "you go after jasmine, well take care of these men" then after that I go through the back door where there are only a dozen drones using only swords as a way to mock the person they're cloned after, using my pistol and a sword my hands party and Dodge while making quick work of them, for some reason my face grind as it smile while slicing through them, when stabbing two of them in the chest I quickly disarm one of them to take their sword,one of them get lucky and Knicks my helmet, after he becomes the last one my hand rip his helmet off after staggering him then using my thumbs I shove them into his eye socket, as he struggles he doesn't scream but claws at my helmet, after that there is a motorcycle in the back of the house.