The individual with a black hood crossed the road at full speed in order to reach the forest, having been unable to imagine what was going to happen. He then hears the deafening sound of a car braking after hitting Na?ra, Arix's mother. Turning around, he tried to rescue her before seeing the driver and Arix arrive further as reinforcements, screaming in despair when he saw this woman lying on the ground, unconscious but still alive. He remained wide-eyed, contemplating the scene and in amazement and confusion, continuing on his way despite everything. He climbed the branches of trees on his path as well as the bushes, the forest seems dense and endless until a wooden hut appears in the distance. He ends up going in, trying his feet on the doormat and removes his hood and then his jacket which he puts on an armchair to cook. It turns out to be a Shirynite, another marine species that does not originate from Trastarce but has evolved there over the years. Their long thorn tails and their scales crossing along their body make them unfit to wear any clothing.

  "Grandma, I'm home! ?

  She says, taking off these gloves, turning her gaze to the kitchen. A thousand-legged creature comes out of the room, clinging to the mother, she crawls up to her little daughter. The latter seems to be disfiguring, having also undergone a mutation, having caused numerous deformations at the level of these scales and having considerably lengthened their body. Like parasites, all these eyes converge their gaze on the place in the room.

  "It's been a long time since I've seen you again. cough Did you manage to find the bracelet? cough"

  Declare yourself before coughing repeatedly.

  "No, Grandma Selmora, but I know who owns her at this very moment. I lost Sly or at least, Muddy. The Alter crystal in him exploded when he tried to pass under the prison door. I don't know what happened to him. Nevertheless, I know that such an energy would be enough to free Tyre Rad. ?

  Her grandmother interrupts her and answers in a suddenly aggressive tone.

  "Sileth, I told you, however, that what interested us was only the bracelet and the crystals! cough If we free Tyr Rad I could not - cough to use his energy in order to heal myself and to be able to live forever! cough"

  "Grandma! Why is life eternal and the only thing that interests you? These powers are unstable! Tyr Rad wants to restore the balance in the galaxy by getting rid of these.. crystals and the Lotheans absolutely want to control his energy. If we don't do something, we will all go through with it! ?

  Sileth then answers, leaving her grandmother speechless. She then shakes her head for a moment before bringing her gaze closer to her daughter. This makes her feel uncomfortable.

  "So you will never understand Sileth. No one can save this world, we all chose our side wrong. cough Muddy did his duty just like Tyr Rad and they both failed. Now tell me who has the bracelet? cough"

  Sileth stares coldly at her grandmother, clenching her fists.

  "You are even more selfish than I thought. I still have a future ahead of me and I won't let anyone guide me. I'll go get this bracelet myself. ?

  Sileth answers before turning his back on her grandmother, taking back his jacket and leaving the hut without saying another word.

  In front of Sly's apartment

  Arix has to walk all the way to the place where Sly lives. He stopped short in front of the electronic door. He then took a deep breath before pressing the intercom, hoping to get an answer from his friend. One and then several times, no response. He looks at the time on his phone, remembering that science classes last longer that day and that he must therefore always be there. He then turned his back to the door, rubbing his hands against his eyes before kneeling down. He stayed in this position for several hours hoping to see Sly return from school.

  When Sly finally came to appear at the foot of his apartment, he immediately noticed the presence of Arix who looked up at him, her eyes pale. While dropping tears that he was trying to dry, he got up and approached Sly, holding him by the collar.

  "You and I have a discussion to have. ?

  Sly, confused, turned his gaze to the luminous bracelet that Arix wears. He then declared :

  "Arix, please let go of me what's happening to you. Have I done something wrong? ?

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  Sly seems confused and afraid of the situation and tries to resonate with Arix. Seryn came to his turn, asking Arix to stop these actions. He can take over these spirits and ends up letting go of Sly.

  "Seryn how did you know that I was going to be here. It's late, you should be at home. ?

  "You weren't at home, or at school, or in the park or whatever it is sometimes. So I assumed that you would be here. I'm worried about you. Why are you picking on Sly like that??

  Seryn replied.

  "You can't even imagine what's happening to me right now. Sly lied about his identity all along, he's a spy! ?

  Arix declares, his hands trembling, staring at Seryn who also seems confused.

  "How about we talk about all this inside. Maybe we'll understand it better than in the middle of the street. I don't want the police to show up for a fight. ?

  All of them then headed inside Sly's apartment. Arix came to explain to them the whole situation, what these parents have hidden from him and what is likely to happen if nothing is resolved as soon as possible. He also came to explain why his mother accused Sly of having them in trouble.

  " Je..je i'm sorry, I have no memory of these events. All I remember is waking up in a strange but empty room with a hole in the ceiling or the water running afloat. I had like hundreds of visions of a room that I could barely distinguish.

  I could hear footsteps moving away behind me as the room was being filled with water little by little.I was trapped and I thought I'd stay there. So I used all my abilities in my possession to stop the water and go up through the hole. Then I saw him, a corpse was lying on the edge of a lake. I immediately got scared and ran away. ?

  Following these statements, all remained silent for a few moments. Arix, sitting on an armchair opposite Seryn and Sly rubbed those eyes again, out of fatigue.

  "Sly, why did you hide from us that you always had a double identity in you? ?

  Then Seryn declares.

  "I wasn't hiding it. It was this crystal that was inside me, it's like my old self is still there. ?

  Sly answers in a soft and seemingly sincere voice. He looked up at his friend Arix, still puzzled.

  "I got carried away too quickly, it's my fault. But you have no memory of who could have been with your other self that night... ?

  This Arix asks.

  "No Arix, I haven't the slightest idea but he must have known a lot about your family, which I didn't know all along. ?

  Arix got up from the armchair, raised his head to the sky before taking his hands out of those pockets showing the bracelet that his mother had entrusted to him.

  "You no longer have this crystal, which means that Tyr Rad has already recovered some of his energy. Another crystal would have, according to my mother, been recovered by the police of the North of Scriba. ?

  He then began to turn the crystal placed on the bracelet, luminous vessels began to appear all around him, all taking different routes. He approached the window.

  " Je...ne don't see those lights, Arix. But one thing I don't understand. Why hide this from the police. How dangerous is it to protect the planet from these things? ?

  This asked Seryn, this rising in turn from the sofa, looking at Arix, with his back turned to her. He stared at the luminous ships illuminating Scriba's sky.

  "I don't know yet, but it must be for a good reason. If we have ignored their existence until now, it may be for a reason. Or that you are now a dad, I will look for you. ?

  At Scriba's laboratory

  A special team has been tasked with security and research on the Alter crystal found in the trunk of a tree in the forest of the Revenant by the local police. The artifact was delicately attached to clamps and enclosed in a glass jar in the middle of an experiment room remote from the site where several scientists from the region are located. Inspector Austin went to the room at the request of one of the researchers who had discovered something. With a device in his hand, he pressed a button. All the scientists suddenly backed away from the object, starting to emit electricity. Sound signals are perceived through the machine and behind the incessant sizzling, a voice can be perceived, that of Kaeron declaring :

  "A-Help... Na?ra, Arix, please, help..- ?

  At the same time as these signals, electric rays emanating from the crystal showing us Kareon, his clothes torn and his face bloodied. The image is blurred by a succession of fluorescent colors. A few seconds later, the researcher stopped his device, having been unable to obtain new information.

  "Kaeron-.. ?

  Such and the only word uttered by Austin, shocking by what he sees to see and listen to. The investigation is just beginning.

  End of Act I