21 Full Recovery Edited

A notification sounded out through the system which Taka had long awaited for. His Two-day recovery had finally ended.

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[DING]

[HOSTS RECOVERY COMPLETE]

[ALL SKILLS NOW AVAILABLE]

[ALL RESTRICTIONS REMOVED]

[HOSTS STATUS AS SHOWN]

[DUE TO HOST PREVIOUSLY GOING BERSERK SOME ATTRIBUTES HAVE IMPROVED]

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[Name: Taka Everlast]

[Male]

[Titles: 'The Reaper', 'Analog', 'Berzerker']

Age: 10 (Real age: 30)

Level: 5

Experience: 50/1000

Life points: 5500/5500 < 6100/6100

Stamina: 20,900/20,900 < 24,700/24,700

-Attributes-

Health: 55 < 61

Strength: 51 < 66

Speed: 50 < 58

Agility: 54 < 62

Intelligence: 278

Luck: 63 < 70

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A smile formed on Taka's face. He hadn't only fully recovered; he had improved, by a substantial margin.

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'Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.'

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A famous quote by Pablo Picasso floated to the surface of Taka's mind and seemed to fit the current situation perfectly. With his sudden recovery, came along a shocked Emily, Snow, however, didn't even react, he had already gotten used to Taka's extraordinariness. Although seeing that Taka had recovered made him breathe a huge sigh of relief.

When Emily was one hundred percent sure that Taka had completely recovered from his exhaustion, she finally gave him permission to return home.

Finished packing his things up, he left his room, not long after he met up with Snow, to get ready to leave.

Making sure he hadn't forgotten he needed one last time, they began their journey to the lobby where an awe-inspiring scene played out before them.

The entire lobby was filled with the staff of the research institute, from the security to the scientists, to everyone in between. As he walked Taka was greeted with military salutes from the security and thanks from the rest.

A feeling of accomplishment welled up from deep within Taka.

While he continued he heard a commotion.

Turning, his eyes widened noticing what the commotion was.

The few people who were injured by Abigail Joseph's men had come to say their goodbyes.

Standing with their comrades, they saluted. Despite being battered bruised and broken they still saluted, some in clear pain but it was a form of pride and honour for these ex-soldiers. Expressing their thanks and respect to the person who saved them was something they needed to do; it didn't matter about the pain.

Despite how cold-blooded Taka thought himself to be, he couldn't help but wipe a tear from his eye and salute back; in his eyes these ex-soldiers deserved all the respect, defending the weak in spite of the chance of injury or worse death. Even in the face of overwhelming odds they still held their ground. They deserve every ounce of respect he could muster, it was rare to find people like that, in any world.

Snow, who was standing beside him suddenly had a premonition.

Within Taka he could see a great leader growing.

A leader that would be blessed with love and respect from his allies.

A leader who would be both respected and feared by his enemies.

A leader, that would bring great change to this world of theirs.

Thinking this, Snow's mouth curled into a smile.

Finally, they made it to the car and started their journey back to the Everlast house.

As they left Taka waved goodbye to Emily and everyone at the facility.

The inside of the car was peaceful.

Radio on low.

Windows down.

A light breeze blowing into the car. The sounds of the road beneath the wheels of the car.

Time passed as they drove, though it was quiet, there was no awkwardness between Snow and Taka.

Nearing Taka's home, Snow finally spoke, pride filling his voice.

"You did good kid."

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Hearing this Taka looked at Snow and nodded.

With that nod, they both understood the meaning behind it.

The roads continued to twist and turn.

They finally arrived outside of Taka's home.

Stepping out of the car, Taka just stood and gazed at his home. Memories of the past began to surface once again. Memories of him and sister. Remembering the happy times, Taka became stuck in his reminiscence, only to be broken out of it by the very person he was thinking about. His sister, opening the door to his house.

Showing no signs of hesitation he dived into his sister embrace. In his sister's embrace, his flashbacks reoccurred. Though the physical side effects of his berserker state had subsided, the mental ones were still apparent.

Memories that he hadn't remembered for a long time in his previous lifetime began resurfacing. Taka was neither happy nor sad about this, he appreciated the happy memories and hated the bad ones but one fact was true. These memories, though holding significance had no purpose in his current life. All the things he was remembering, would never happen in this lifetime; or they would be different.

Times were different and so was he.

When Snow saw Taka jump into his sister's embrace, a shocked expression filled his face. In all the time he had spent with Taka, this was a first. The first time he had seen Taka truly act his age, to truly act like a child.

Taka eventually removed himself from his sister's embrace but as he did his sister looked at him in worry, as far as she remembered Taka had never been one to randomly hug her like that unless something was wrong.

Seeing his sister stare at him a bright smile blossomed on Taka's face stunning his sister. He finally spoke.

"I'm home."

Hearing the happiness in his voice Becky couldn't help but replicate his smile. Pulling him into yet another hug and taking him in the house.

Snow soon followed after being invited in by Taka's father.

Soon after they entered laughter could be heard from the Everlast household.

Snow now understanding Taka, seemed to fit in with the Everlast family perfectly.

By the time it came for him to leave Taka's father had already claimed him as his brother after hearing Taka call him Uncle, in addition to how well they got along; just watching Snow and Taka together made the family laugh. They were like old friends constantly bickering and joking with each other, at times one would forget the age gap between the two.

The time finally came for Snow to leave. Though Taka's father appeared to be reluctant to see him go.

Bidding the family farewell, he walked to Taka and hugged him while slipping a mobile phone to him, telling him that he would contact him in a few days if not before when he had obtained the information Taka had requested. With a nod he departed leaving the Everlast family to enjoy the rest of their night together.

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Morning of the next day soon rolled around.

It was early and still dark out but Taka still hadn't slept. His mind going over everything that had happened so far. One thought, in particular, kept him awake.

Was this the world he knew?

No matter how hard he tried, the thought kept returning. so he decided to do something about it.

Pulling his laptop from the side of his bed, he started his research, all while Fen slept comfortably next to him.

He quickly found some things that surprised him.

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The first.

This world wasn't the one he'd once lived in, though it was very much the same. All the information in his memories was still true, as far as he could tell.

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The second.

Though this world was in every way was the same, one major difference was clear. This earth was far bigger, by Taka's calculations it was roughly 3 to 4 times larger than the earth he'd previously lived on. Though it was bigger, the placement of countries and landmasses were exactly the same. This also meant that the people on this earth were far stronger than the earth from his past due to the increased gravity on the planet; though he hadn't noticed it.

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The third

Hacking his way through every database he could find, he quickly found that some of the culture of his old world was missing. Some of his favourite movies, music, books etc didn't seem to exist here. However, that did give him an opportunity to make some money, so it didn't really bother him.

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The fourth

Many of the old players and major characters in the underworld such as Snow were the same. The same could also be said about the 'Normal world', though there were a few discrepancies here and there due to certain pieces of culture missing.

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The fifth

The fifth thing he found both made him happy and confused. In this world 'The Organization' didn't exist. He searched and searched. Hacked everything possible but it was clear they didn't exist.

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Finding out all he could. He came to realise that one thing never changes.

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'Scum will always be Scum.'