Destiny Sorrow by Rod Galves (recommended ebook reader .txt) 📕

“Try not to break me next time.” Complained the leader.

“I'm helping you! You have to be emotionally prepared for the next mission!”

Sorom snoozes and threw himself into one of the chairs without energy.

“With the state of mind, we're in, I don't know if we're going to get that cannon.” He interrupted himself and became contemplative and said to himself: “I just wanted to help everyone...”

...

Evelin found Jamin and Sliger in their room thrown into their beds.

“How are you doing?” She asked.

“Sliger is talking less than usual,” commented Jamin without much emotion, “and there's a Tug's die if you want to get it for yourself.”

Evelin saw her companion's red die and felt Dommerick's die in her pocket.

“Why are you like this?” Asked Evelin with a strange inspiration. “Did you all know this could happen, or is it the Chaos Agents' first death?”

“Of course not,” replied Jamin angry, “but it was Tug!”

“Would Tug want you to be corroding in your beds? We still have a lot of ground ahead of us, we can't stop now!”

Sliger got up, rubbing his face.

“She is right, we are close to overthrowing God, I can feel it.” the speech made Jamin also stand up.

“Great,” said Evelin. “There are more people who need to hear a few words. You get up and go to raise other people's morale.”

The two men nodded, leaving the room in a hurry. Evelin withdrew her orange die from Dommerick and placed it next to Tugsten’s red die then went to the hangar.

There she saw Dice with tools moving on Norna's ship.

“Dice,” said Evelin, “do you know where Norna is?"”

“Right here,” Dice replied pointing upwards and Evelin saw the woman's red hair hanging from one of the wings.

Evelin climbed on the wings and saw the woman lying there listening to music.

“I thought you'd be all excited about Rubilacxe,” Evelin said.

“He is very interesting,” Norna replied, “but I am not in the mood to fly now. What's more, he's being analyzed for the construction of Ringnug.”

“What is what exactly?”

At this point, Dice appeared on the wing with an end-to-end smile.

“Well, this is Rinlojm,” said the engineer pointing to Norna's ship. “My creation, of course. Now Ringnug is the evolved version of this ship, powerful enough to compare with God's technology!”

Evelin was amazed by Dice's animation.

“She's pretty excited about ships, huh?” Asked Evelin. “So, you need a ship to stop God?”

Norna looked at Dice with disapproval, but without the energy to really scold her.

“You weren't supposed to talk about Ringnug the new girl.”

Dice opened a yellow smile and kept talking.

“Well, Rinlojm needs to be in good condition for the mission anyway, so I'm going to finish my inspection.”

She got off the wings and moved the ship again, leaving them both alone.

“You're mad at Sorom for the way he treated this Garreth guy, aren't you?” Asked Evelin.

“In part. Garreth always did everything for Sorom and he never reciprocated as he should, now I can hardly imagine what's happening to him. You're mad at him too, aren't you? I heard he used you as a hostage for Simeht to leave you alone.”

“Yes, Sorom sucks, but he is still the leader of this operation and I really believe in the cause.”

Norna looked at the young woman and saw the same determination in his eyes that she saw in Sorom.

“I would trade you for the weapons,” admitted Norna. “If you hadn't convinced Kurtrick, I would have made a terrible choice, all to achieve Sorom's dream.”

“It is the cause for which we fight. Not that I'd like to be traded, but you were going to do what you needed to do to do a greater good.”

“How much is it worth achieving a greater good if we all hurt along the way?”

Evelin didn't have an answer for Norna.

“Are you thinking of quitting?” Asked Evelin.

“No, not that. I'm just wondering if we're as bad as the people we want to stop. Sorom's problem is that he doesn't mind becoming a demon if it makes him end fate. Is this the right way?”

“I think that only you can decide,” Evelin said, “but we cannot simply abandon the cause and everything you have done in the last years. I know it's hypocritical since I've lived in luxury all this time, but you've gone too far to stop now.”

The woman smiled at her recruit and stood on the wings.

“I will think about the changes I want to see here,” continued Norna, “and then we will have another long talk with Sorom.”

“That's for sure.” Agreed Evelin.

The two said goodbye and Evelin walked to her next goal in the medical ward.

There she found Willys and Dijo looking at Ratz's unconscious body. The young man had the entire front side of his body with serious burns, which left the scar on Willys' head looking banal.

“How is he doing?” asked Evelin.

“He will survive,” Willys replied. “If we had real medical equipment, maybe he'd be awake by now.”

“One more thing to ask Sorom for,” said Evelin. “Speaking of which, I'd like to talk to you about him...”

“You don't have to,” said Dijo. “I overreacted, but Willys got hurt and it made me very angry.”

Willys smiled and squeezed Dijo's cheeks with his metal fingers before speaking.

“You warm my heart by talking like that. I'm so proud of the man you've become.”

Dijo dismayed Willys as a rebellious teenager, so Evelin turned to the demolition specialist.

“And you, how are you?”

“Preparing Dyna42, it will be essential to our adventure in the Air Temple!”

“Aren't you upset about Sorom?”

“I took a bullet because I threatened to blow up your father.” He spoke casually. “Not that I was actually going to do it! It was just a bluff. If not, we all would become ashes as well.

“That's... good.” Said Evelin who did not expect this conversation. “So, you are prepared for the rest of the plan?”

Willys raised both his thumbs and showed the teeth that he still had in a smile.

“You also have work,” said Willys pulling Dijo. “Evelin, could you get a barrel of liquid