Monday, February 19, 2007
4:32 AM
13.
"So speak up, Omegawd or something..." Seana snorted, a bit tired from all the waiting, and the small cat-fight did not help make her mood better.
"Cool down, Lady," The voice boomed over the intercom again, echoing around the dome, overcoming any other sound made. "Your hot-headedness will not help you get the information faster."
"Say WHAT?" Seana yelped, stomping on her heels only to find the heel of her left shoe broke, twisting her ankle instead. "Ouch... Oh my god, My VINCCI!" She cried as she crouched, took off her red heels together with the dismantled part, "Argh! Do you know how HARD I worked for this shoe?!" She shouted out to the air, not aiming at anyone, probably at the man over the intercom.
"Relax... It's just $30..." Edward chuckled as he looked at the girl's actions. "I'll buy a new one for you." Kyo grunted, took his kanata, walked towards Seana and cutted the broken shoe on her hands further into another half.
"Kyo!!" Seana stared at Kyo in disbelief as the shoe fell on the ground. "My VINCCI!"
"Alright, enough of that. Do you or do you not want to get your mission brief?"
"For hell YEAH!" Kyle happily cheered, getting stares from the girl who lost her shoe and the guy who further broke it into half.
"Now listen carefully," Omega speaked in a serious tone, "Have you ever heard of the Pandora's Box?"
"No?" Seana groaned, picking up the remains of her shoes and stood up.
"Well I do," Kyle said, "it's some sorta an old Greek myth or something."
"Yes, you're correct, Mr. Kyle Sealarz. Pandora's Box is an ancient myth. In brief, there was this box in this world that contained all evil and sins in the world, somewhere. This girl named Pandora opened this box, and at that moment all sins of the world came out, and now here we have it-- hatred, jealousy, greed, sorrow. If the myth is true, then the world we're living now, this world of sin, is caused by Pandora's Box."
"So what does that have to do with our mission?" Kyo asked.
"The story was a myth alright, so we cannot tell if this Pandora's box was really opened, or even if it does really exist. "
"So are you just telling us some old grandma's story?" Kyo snapped as he was getting impatient.
"No, I'm here to tell you that the story is not a myth."
"What do you mean?"
"The box does exist in this world, and it is vulnerable to be opened by anyone."
"What the...?"
"You must know that the 'sins' of this world are not caused by any box or any God, but by humanity itself. It's the humans who had this deficiency in their hearts and created all these evil. If this box is to be found and opened, it will only further enforce the evil of the world."
"Are you telling us this Pandora's box does exist, but it hasn't been opened yet?" Seana asked.
"Yes."
"And that is grandma's story!" It's Seana's turn to snap this time, "Why are you telling us all these?? It just sounds like a bunch of nonsense to me!"
"Oh yes. Your objective is to seek out the Pandora's Box before it is opened by anyone else."
"WHAT??" Kyo, Kyle and Seana shouted in disbelief, "You're asking us to find something that is a MYTH?? It doesn't even exist!"
"Don't forget, we're of the CIA's Department of Mythical Affairs," Edward joined in, chuckling. "If there's a myth, there must be a reason for the people who created the myth. And that reason is the clue for the truth. We want the truth. Therefore you see so many things that are deemed 'myths' in this lab. Dragons, they're myths, aren't they? But you still see them here."
"But..." Seana's voice softened, as she looked at the contents of the tubes on the tables. "Are you sure..."
"Time is running out, young ones. Seek out the Pandora's Box, before it's too late. So Kyo, Seana and Kyle--are you with me?" Omega questioned, an air of doubt began to engulf the trio.
