Getting A System In A Modern World

Luna was curious to know what the entity in Silas' head is and this is the reason why she made a decision to ask Silas directly.

She knew that it's a very sensitive topic and this is why she wants to ask him when she sees him in person. Thus, her reason for asking when he's coming back to Venezuela.

*****

Few hours later, the sun was already up and the people from the moving company had already arrived with the moving truck.

They were already carrying the Pod from the bedroom and loading into the truck.

When the movers saw the Pod, they were naturally curious but they knew bettter than to ask. They had already been told by their superior to not ask any questions and just do what they were sent here to do.

Actually even without being told, they still wouldn't ask. They were already familiar with Silas, as they had worked with him a couple of times, moving the Quantum Computer from the lab at Stanford University — of course, they didn't know what it was,— and when Silas moved to the house in Silicon Valley.

After they finished loading the Pod into the truck, they got into the truck and drove off towards the location they were given; Oakland International Airport.

Silas watched as the truck left the Villa's premises, making its way to the airport, and he went back into Villa to have his breakfast.

He had already made preparations for the Pod, by telling his hangar manager, Mr Henry, to help him put it on a cargo flight to Venezuela.

In the dining area, Silas took his seat and started eating. As he ate, his thoughts wandered to what he's going to do about the Villa and the girls.

Silas was thinking of telling the girls to quit as he doesn't know if he would ever have the chance to come back to the Villa. This is also considering that he's finally going to kick his plans into action very soon.

He gave it a bit of thought and decided to talk to the girls. He finished his food and called for Emma to come clean up the table.

Emma heard Silas calling her and she knew that he was already done eating. She left Serah in the kitchen and went to the dining table to clean up the dishes.

When she got to the table, she saw Silas still seated and she was a little bit surprised. She has known Silas to always leave for his room after he's done eating, but today seems to be different...

She was done cleaning up the table and was already going back to the kitchen with the dirty dishes, when she heard Silas calling her, and she turned to look at him.

"Emma, I would like to talk to you and Serah. See me immediately after you drop the dishes."

"Y-yes sir," She said, stuttering due to the surprise she felt.

She continued walking to the kitchen and as she did, she couldn't help but rack her brain, thinking of the possible why Silas wants to see her and Emma.

Silas sat on chair, waiting for Serah and Emma. Honestly, it would had given him less hassle if he just lay them off, paid a severance fee if there's one to be paid, and they go their separate way but he felt it would be too harsh.

He felt the least he can do is to let them know and have them prepare. Of course, he's still going to lay them off all the same.

He didn't have to wait as he saw the two of them walking towards him.

"Sir, you called for the two of us?" Serah asked.

"Yes, I did," Silas said, and paused for a few moments before continuing, "I won't be needing both your services anymore. The both of you have worked for four months, if I remember correctly, and I have already paid the both of you a year advance of your salary.

I know that it's sudden but I won't be asking the money back from the two of you. You can call it a severance paymeny of some sort."

After he said what he felt he had to say, he looked at them, wanting to see their reactions.

Silas saw the expression on Emma's face go from surprise, to shock and then fear. The last reaction was something Silas didn't expect but considering what he has overheard her talking about him, he felt it to be within reason.

Serah's reaction... Actually, apart from the initial surprise on her face, there was nothing else.

Silas waited for a moment but he heard nothing from the two of them. When he saw that they didn't say anything, he stood up from his seat.

"The both of you can finish up with whatever you're doing. Today is your last day," He said, and went up to his room, leaving the girls standing where they were.

A few seconds after Silas left, Emma slowly turned her neck to look at Serah.

"Serah, is this it?" She asked in a whisper. The fear in her voice was unmistakable.

Serah blinked and looked at Emma in confusion.

"Is this what?" She asked out loud. Not bothering to lower her voice.

"Shhh..," Emma whispered, and hurriedly put her hand over Serah's mouth, covering it. She turned and looked at the stairs, fearing that Silas would be standing there.

When she saw that it was empty, she sighed and looked at her friend.

"Don't be so loud. What I was trying to say is that we have taken his money, it seems it's time to pay up." She said in a low voice.

Serah couldn't help but roll her eyes, when she heard what Emma said, and she forcefully removed Emma's hand from her mouth.

"Don't be so dramatic, Emma. He said that he no longer needs our services. He didn't say anything other than that.

I'm really curious to know how your brain works. How and why do you just come up with all these conspiracy theories? What do you mean by we have taken his money, it seems it's time to pay up? Do you think he was trying to woo you with the money or something? Come on, girl. Wake up to reality!" Serah said in an exasperated voice.

She was genuinely tired of Emma's wild and exaggerated thoughts, but she knew that there's some truth to it.

She would be lying if she said she wasn't curious but as someone who knew that minding their business is gold, she doesn't want to know.

She let out a tired sigh and started walking to the kitchen.

"Come on, Emma. Let's clean up and get everything in order. Today's our last day," She said.

*****

Inside his room, Silas was making his preparation for his trip to Venezuela. He plans to leave the Villa by evening, after the girls have left.

After he was done with his preparations, he decided to do some training in the Pod. This time, he plans to beat the living daylight out the clone and recover the dignity he lost, when the clone wiped the floor with him.

He got into the Pod and loaded it up. After it was done and ready, he clicked on the Domain icon, launching it.

Few secondary later, Silas found himself back in his room, seated on his bed but the scene changed the next moment. He found himself standing in the wilderness, with lots of towering mountains around.

The following moments, his exact replica appeared in front of him, his clone.

"It's been a while buddy. Let's see how good," Silas said with a smile, and took an attacking stance.

"Let's have a proper dance, shall we? Hell mode. No restraints," He said and attacked.

Silas closed the distance between the two of them, and threw a punch at the clone's face. He wants to start the training by taking things slow, without using his superpower but it seems he made a mistake with the last part of the sentence.

The next moment, he saw himself flying through the sky.

"Fuck! Not this again!" He cursed and controlled the air around him, to stop his flight and he succeeded.

Just as he was about to control himself, he saw the clone appear in front of him.

"So fast?! I couldn't even keep up!" He said in shock.

Still feeling from his shock, he felt something pricking his chest, and he looked at his chest, and he saw a long earthen spike trying to penetrate through his skin.

"You fucker! You want me dead?!" He asked in shock, but the response was an very powerful punch that crush the earthen spike into finw dust, and sent him crashing to the ground.

Silas crashed into the ground, creating a massive man-size hole and raising an enormous mushroom dust cloud.

Silas pushed his battered body out of the gigantic hole, and looked at the clone that was quickly approaching him.

He felt that the fight escalated too quickly but he loved it. This is what he was looking for when he fought the Phenomenals but they were top weak to even perform to half his expectations.

With a crazed smile on his face, he controlled the earth around him, and shaped it into a massive great sword twice his height.

"Now, we dance."