Villain Retirement
chapter-1046

"What… are you even trying to say?"

"That I would rather fail this trial than have to kill you, Sister — and you are the only one that I am allowing to kill me."

"You're fucked in the head."

Riley and Hannah were still on top of the rubble of their house talking. Hannah, however, did not seem to be that much interested in what Riley had to say as she just left him and started running toward their bunker. As for Riley, he stayed outside for a few seconds, contemplating on what to do before just letting out a small sigh and following his sister down the bunker.

"Where is it… it should be here somewhere. Ah, there!"

And before Riley could even plant his feet in the bunker, Hannah was already able to find Bernard's secret storage where he kept all of his inventions and gadgets.

"Sister," Riley could really only just once again sigh as he followed Hannah further down, only to see her already running toward Bernard's collection of airships.

"...Which one of these is capable of going to space?" Hannah frantically walked around the aircraft, meticulously looking at them one by one with haste, "I think this is the one. I saw him using this when he set up one of his satellites. You said there was like some sort of moon we could live in near here, right? We should go there and just—"

"Sister, please listen."

And before Hannah could finish her words, Riley grabbed both of her shoulders and once again looked her in the eyes, "You need to kill me so I can end the trial."

"I don't fucking care about that trial shit or whatever crazy thing is going on in your head!" And once again, Hannah lashed out, "If you think I am just going to hurt you, then fuck you! You are my brother, and I love you — I fucking love you, okay? If you're going to die, then I am coming with you. That's just how it is, so deal with it."

"...But you hate Darkday, Sister," Riley shook his head, "I know how much you hate Darkday."

"I don't fucking care about Darkday, I just fucking care about you. Now, if you're not going to help me bypass the security in this ship, then just shut the fuck up and wait there."

"..." Riley could really do nothing as Hannah pushed him away and started hacking their father's ship. She did not need to, however, as she was actually already authorized to use it.

"G… great," Hannah forced out a chuckle as the stairs to the ship lowered, "Blankface! Quick, get in!"

"I am not—"

"Get the fuck inside, now. You albino fuck."

"Okay," Riley just nodded as he followed Hannah to the ship.

"Now… let's see here." Hannah then quickly started checking on all the controls and terminals, spending a couple of seconds there before the floor beneath the ship started to move them to another, more spacious area — and soon, the sun showered them from above as the ceiling opened to the outside world,

"I swear, we have so much money and Dad can't even fucking buy me the fucking headphones I wanted. And… there we go."

Hannah did not really need to do much to get the ship started and flying, as most of Bernard's ships were equipped with a seamless autopilot powered by an AI that was still comparable to all the AIs Riley had seen.

"I just set the coordinates to just get the fuck away from Earth as fast as possible," Hannah than just fell down to one of the seats; her head, just flailing back in exhaustion as she stared at the ceiling, "I… also sent a message to Dad to try and not to follow us, that we won't come back to Earth ever again and they don't have to worry about Darkday anymore. So…

…let's just go, okay?"

"Okay," Riley answered immediately as he also sat down as the ship quickly moved to the sky, "I wonder, will the Sister I have lived with still make the same decision as you? To run away with me and just forget everything else?"

"Look, you are clinically insane. And I know it's not your fault you killed all those people. There's just… something wrong with your brain," Hannah let out a small but very deep sigh as she glanced at Riley. She was about to say something else, but before she could do so, her eyes landed on the view of the outside as they passed the Earth's stratosphere,

"Woah…"

Hannah could not help but just stand up from her seat, "So, this is space, huh… I could get used to this."

"You will," Riley nodded, "My sister lived in space for more than 600 years, Sister."

"Look, even if there's an off chance that what you're saying is real, and all of this reality is just created by that Paige woman…" Hannah sighed, "...Then maybe this isn't a trial at all?"

"Hm?"

"You said that the first trial was with Ms. Phoenix, right? Your biological mom?" Hannah explained as she turned around and looked at Riley, "Then maybe this Paige… just wants you to live your life here? I mean, think about it. First your mom, and now this…?"

"Hm…"

"What I'm trying to say is… just come back here, Riley. Come back to Earth," Hannah sighed, "Well… I mean, we can't really go back to Earth, but you know what I mean. I don't even fucking care if—!!!"

And before Hannah could finish her words, her eyes widened as she felt her vision suddenly change. It took a second for her mind to register what was happening, and when it did, the only thing she did was reach her hand out to Riley.

Riley, however, was just completely still and looking at her even as the entire ship was blown to smithereens. The next thing Hannah saw was a blond young man suddenly flying toward Riley.

Hannah then quickly covered her mouth.

'It is fine, Sister. You can breathe in space.'

Hannah's eyes widened as she heard her brother's voice inside her head. Riley, however, was still just casually floating; surrounded by the debris of their ship. The blonde man who was flying toward him, now just inches away from hitting Riley's face with his fist.

His fist never made contact, however, as everything just completely stopped there and then; the debris scattered everywhere suddenly stopped floating away. Even Hannah found herself suspended.

"Julius Reuben," Riley whispered out as he started floating toward the blonde young man, who turned out to be Julius, "Or should I say, Alistair Reuben."

"You…" Julius's eyes quickly turned wide as soon as he heard Riley's words, "...How do you—no. It doesn't matter, you'll die here today."

"I will," Riley nodded, "But not from you."

"Don't kill him!" Riley was about to place his hand on Julius's face, but before he could do so, Hannah flew between them and stretched her arms to the side, "Please, Riley — let's just go. We'll… get another ship. I have no fucking idea who this guy is, but I'm sure no one else is going to go after us. And you…"

Hannah then turned to face Julius,

"I don't know who the fuck you are, but we're leaving," Hannah gritted her teeth, "Darkday's gone, dead. Just tell everyone you killed him — you won't see him ever again. I promise—"

"Fuck your promises, little cunt," Julius did not let Hannah finish her words as he bared his fangs at her; his eyes, slowly but violently starting to glow red, "I'll fucking gut you and that evil spawn you call a little brother. You—Gah!"

"!!!"

Hannah winced and slightly floated back as Julius's glowing eyes suddenly popped out of their sockets before just exploding right in front of her.

Riley then once again floated toward Julius before just throwing him away; his silhouette, almost instantly disappearing into the endless expanse of space.

"I did not kill him, Sister," Riley then glanced at Hannah, "I sent him toward the direction of Theran, I think. I believe they are going to have fun with him, seeing as he is carrying the same DNA as Megawoman in his body."

"Okay…" Hannah clasped her head, "...I have no idea what the fuck is going on anymore. The only thing I know is that we need a ship to get us out of here. I'll… return to Earth and get us another one of Dad's ships. Just… you stay here or something."

"I could get us to where you want by using my abilities, Sister."

"What? Then that's good, then! We should just—"

"But is that what you want?" Riley once again looked Hannah in the eyes, "To just leave everything behind — Mother, Father, your non-existent friends, your favorite TV shows and music — you will leave everything behind."

"But I'll be with you," Hannah returned Riley's gaze, "And for me, that is the most important—"

And before Hannah could finish her words, a blade suddenly went through her neck.