Lord of Annihilation

Hearing her voice Lucius turned to look at her. Her face was filled with concern and care.

"Your face looks very pale. Are you sick?.", she continued as she reached in to touch his forehead.

'I'm fine.", Lucius uttered calmly. He smoothly dodged her hand as he spoke.

"Oh, okay then.", she said confused.

'Why did he suddenly dodge my hand? Don't I usually do this? He's acting very weird today.' she thought to herself.

'I need to calm down right now. I can still think about what happened later. Right now, I need more information!', Lucius thought to himself.

As the both of them sunk into their thoughts, a loud beeping sound approached. Both of them looked up to see a miniature robot flying to them.

"Patient name- Lucius. Scanning for injuries..... None detected. Eligible for discharge. Please clear the bed and leave.", the robot scanned Lucius and then spoke mechanically.

"Is he really fine?", asked the girl with concern.

"No injuries detected. Mental fluctuations stable. Cleared for discharge", the robot replied and left.

"I guess I'll wait outside then.", said the girl as she looked at Lucius.

Lucius nodded. After she left, Lucius got up from the bed and started getting dressed.

'Firstly I need to find out who this girl is. Then I need to collect more information' Lucius thought to himself.

As he was dressing himself, he realized there was something in his pocket. Reaching in he grabbed the item to check what it was. As he opened his fingers, he found a small crystals resting in his palm. It was dark gold in color and was giving off a faint light. Occasionally a faint sound of a pulse could be heard. It was different from that of a heartbeat and more similar to that of moving current.

'It's Ka'lor'ah's Existence Crystal.' Lucius thought to himself as he recalled the woman in the dark gold robes. He then put it back in his pocket as he walked out. Outside he found the young woman waiting for him. He then spoke up.

"Can you help me back to my room, I feel a little dizzy", Lucius spoke trying to sound a bit more humane. He was worried he might expose himself if he spoke with his characteristic emotionless voice.

"Sure!", she quickly agreed.

"By the way, why does your voice sound so weird.", she couldn't help but ask. Throughout the entire conversation with Lucius, she noticed his voice was different from usual. Previously he sounded more bright and sunny, whilst currently he sounded like the autumn chill. Too calm and detached.

"I guess, I need a glass of water. My throat is sore.", he replied while further adjusting his voice. He then thought to himself. ' This girl is very familiar with me. I need to be extra cautious'.

Neither of them spoke after this. She silently held onto his arm to prevent him from falling, whilst guiding him back to his room. Coming out of the medical facility, Lucius could see the evening sky darkening as night slowly settled. He walked silently as he sharply watched his surroundings.

Many young boys and girls of similar ages could be seen walking back and forth. He noticed an emblem pinned to their clothes. Taking a closer look at the symbol, Lucius noticed something.

'That's the symbol of Earth Space Alliance Academy. I'm back here?', Lucius thought to himself as he carefully recalled.

Before crossing over Lucius was 317 years old. He had a long life filled with many hellish instances. The human race was annihilated and he was the only surviving human in the cosmos. He had no friends, family or relatives.

He had been in the truest sense alone and discarded.

Lucius quitely concentrated and looked through his memories, although he had forgotten much of his earlier life some important events that had left a deep impact on him remained.

'As of the year 2320, I am 17 years old. I did study in the Earth Alliance Academy. I was in the Space and Interstellar Mechanics Department. If I recall correctly 'that event' will start next year in February. I don't have a lot of time to prepare.' clenching his fists, continued

'I will absolutely not let history follow its course again.', Lucius thought with determination.

The look in his eyes sharpened as he stared ahead resolutely. What he did not notice was that, with change in his thoughts and the confirmation of his goals, the crystal in his pocket gave off a deep radiance and a small change occurred in its depths.

At this point they had already arrived in front of Lucius' residence. The girl quickly let go of Lucius and spoke.

"We are here now. Be careful and don't exert yourself too much. If you need my help, contact me immediately."

Lucius' nodded as he spoke, "Thanks for everything."

The girl smiled and replied. "Anytime."

As they faced each other, Lucius suddenly swayed as he tripped and fell towards her. The girl reacted quickly and caught him.

"Careful", she said with concern.

"Ah, I tripped over my legs. I think I have to rest now. See you tomorrow", Lucius spoke as he walked into his house.

"If you aren't feeling well, you don't have to come for class tomorrow. I'll vouch for you.", the girl quickly spoke as she saw him leave.

Seeing that he nodded, the girl sighed to herself and left quietly.

Inside the house, Lucius locked the door and then looked at this hands. In his hands was a thin metal card like object with the Earth Alliance Emblem on it. He tapped at the emblem and an holograhic screen shot out.

"So, her name is Olivia Mayer huh. I don't remember such a person in my memories.", Lucius spoke to himself as he stared at the screen in front of him.

On the screen was the image of the girl who has just helped him along with her details. At the last moment, Lucius had deliberately tripped into her. AS she reached in to catch him, Lucius had picked her ID card that was in her left pocket. He had seen her place it in her pocket when she had opened the door to his room at the medical facility.

"Single child with a single parent. She's from the same place as me.", Lucius continued looking through her ID card. Unfortunately, the information available was quite limited.

"I guess, I can somewhat manage the next time I see her. Although I have to keep our interactions minimal.", Lucius concluded.

"Now then, let's look at this body of mine.", Lucius said softly as he proceed to his bathroom.

Standing inside his bathroom he made his way to the mirror that was placed in the wall adjacent to the bathroom door. He stood before the mirror and looked at his face.

He was startled at what he saw.