[20] The Revelation

                                    

                                          
I stare at him at a loss for words. I am so speechless. I was sitting on the floor in the mirror, crisscrossed, listening to the story he was telling me. I shake my head and ask, "Wait wait— what about Orion? What happened to Lucius?!" I ask him in desperate need of an answer. I've always hated history but this story has really caught my attention. 
He pauses for a minute but then a faint smile forms on his lips. "Ah, the young lover's hm?"
I nod in a hurry.
"One was slaughtered and the other got lost to pain, darkness, and drugs.. he couldn't bring himself to face reality so he hid away, chasing that stupid pappy pipe dream on the other side of an unknown paradise. Orion has been dead for so many years, I've lost count.. that's what happens for trusting the Beverly family, they're cruel people"
"And Lucius..?"
"He was the first-ever inhuman creature out there, a shapeshifter... trapped in a mirror dimension because He ran instead of fighting back. Lucius was pushed into the mirror dimension, he was locked with no way out! It was a curse. That fucker lived but at what cost?"
His voice is tinted with pain and guilt. 
"Wait... hold on— this doesn't make any sense, you're describing—"
"Myself, I am very much aware of that"
"So you're.."
"Lucius" He quietly says. "And I'm the reason that this godforsaken government has turned on us, it's because of me that we might die if we don't do this right"
"Fuck" I curse under my breath.
"I need a way out, to end things for good"
"I'm sorry" is all I manage to say.
He forces a smile trying to lift the tension. "On the bright side! We're going to have so much fun, don't be sad. Some things are just not meant to be"
I hum. "So what do I do with him"
"You.. can kill him"
"That is out of the question"
"Savannah"
"Huh?"
"Savannah is a descendant from Thomas, you can start with her. I need you to do an important job for me"
"What is it?"
"Find my files, documents... anything with my name on it— and my criminal files"  
"Criminal files?" 
"Yeah and anything with my name on it, maybe there's a way for me to escape the mirror direction and sever our tie... without either of us dying" 
"How the hell am I supposed to break into the white house?"
"You have intelligent friends, figure it out!"
I groan and stand up from the floor. I look at Liam who has been unconscious for the last two hours. He'll be fine on his own for now. I take one more glance at the mirror and smile. Lucius winks at me before disappearing. I roll my eyes, with a smile on my face that was hard to hide. I head out the room's door and back into the main corridors where the others were.