Ethan: "They should be arriving soon enough."Ethan says so while staring out the window. He and Sneha are sitting in the opposite corners of the pa.s.sengers lobby.
Sneha: "Talking about Ro and … Barry?"
Sneha asks the question as she wishes for the answer to be "no". She doesn"t want to hear a "yes" to that but she already knows that"s the answer.
Ethan: "Yeah."
And the answer doesn"t surprise her at all.
Sneha: "No matter how devious you are, I really doubt you can outsmart someone like Barry, especially when he also has Ro"s support."
Ethan: "Well, that"s the interesting part, isn"t it?"
Ethan accepts that evaluation of his abilities without a struggle. So what does he intend to do? What exactly is he thinking?
Ethan: "I"d like it if more people were sent to stop us since that will make it easier to create some chaos, but I think those two will be the only ones who would come."
Sneha: "And why"s that?"
Ethan: "Simply put, the fact that Barry didn"t do anything while we were ambus.h.i.+ng Ro means he hadn"t figured out my plan back then."
She nods in affirmation.
Ethan: "So whenever he figured it out, he probably rushed here along with Ro who obviously would have wanted to come as well. I doubt they would have waited long enough to let others get ready to come here."
Sneha: "You are saying because he was already late in noticing it, he would rush here so he could at least minimize the damage."
Ethan: "Something like that."
Ethan nods while smiling as he answers her question. His logic makes sense, surprisingly enough seeing how his mind isn"t the most sensible thing on the planet.
Sneha: "I see."
Sneha thinks of what may happen when they come here as she looks at Ethan. He doesn"t seem bothered by it at all. It is almost as if he"s inviting them here.
Sneha: "So is this part of your plan?"
Ethan: "Well, it sure is convenient to think that way, isn"t it?"
An unexpected answer comes from Ethan, forcing her to look at his expressions, which she finds to be –
Sneha: "What"s up with that face?"
The smile has vanished from his face and what has replaced it is a dark expression showcasing almost despair.
Ethan: "It just happens to be that"s what people like to believe. They think every problem that arises in their lives is because of a scheme of other, all the while they live as if they are saints."
Sneha doesn"t say anything. The sudden change in his expression is so overwhelming that she can"t bring herself to respond.
Ethan: "That"s what causes genocide, doesn"t it? I bet that"s what caused that incident 12 years ago."
Ethan"s words make sense, but Sneha has no idea why he would certainly start saying these things. It"s true that he may think these things deep underneath but did something she say trigger them to come out? After all, just a little while ago, he was smirking. No, to say the truth, she had always known – that smile of his was a fake one.
Sneha: "So … you mean to tell me this is not a part of your plan? Shouldn"t that mean we are in trouble?"
Ethan stays silent for a moment while the darkness slowly goes away from his face. He then sighs and answers,
Ethan: "Well, they think it is all part of my plan, so it doesn"t matter what"s the truth. After all, history isn"t shaped on facts; it is shaped on people"s perception of those facts."
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Having flown in the jet for hours now, Barry and Ro are getting more and more anxious about finding and intercepting Ethan. They knew the journey will take a while, but they had no idea it would take this long.
Ro: "Hey, you sure we are going in the right direction, right?"
Barry: "Here"s a friendly advice for you, whenever someone says that, they only end up increasing their own stress level no matter what the answer is."
Ro clicks his tongue in annoyance at both his partner and the situation they are in. Barry tries to keep a poker face while answering Ro, but in truth he too is desperately asking this question to himself.
Barry: "Well, can you check where we are right now?"
Ro: "Wouldn"t that increase stress?"
Ro says as if get back on him, but then goes on to check their location anyway.
Ro: "We are …"
He stops mid-sentence on noticing where they are.
Barry: "Something wrong?"
Ro: "We are … about a minute away from the island."
Barry: "What!"
Both ghosts look at each other in astonishment. Neither of them expected they"d reach the island so soon, and before they ever come across Ethan"s jet as well.
Ro: "Doesn"t this pose problems on our front though?"
Ro asks the obvious question that starts bugging the both of them.
Barry: "This might not be that bad of a situation actually."
Ro: "Huh?"
Barry: "We were to come here eventually anyway, so why not now? And if things are going right, then we can just stop Ethan when he comes here."
Ro understands Barry"s logic but he thinks this ghost is being too optimistic about the situation.
Ro: "I get what you are saying. The thing is – what if Ethan"s already here?"
Barry: "That"s fine as well. As long as Kais hasn"t agreed to his deal, it should be fine, right? After all, we did take into account the possibility that he may come here before we ever get a chance to intercept him."
Ro: "Well, that"s true as well."
They did indeed think of that situation as a possibility and came up with counter-measures for it. So they can manage the situation as long as Ethan"s schemes haven"t succeeded.
Barry: "Well then,"
He looks at Ro, and both nod. Following that, the black jet whose pilot isn"t even in the jet is brought down to the island and they get off on the sh.o.r.e.
Ro: "No matter what you may say about technology, travelling in a jet whose pilot controls it from a station back from the Vampire Kingdom is still creepy."
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Barry: "Well, it isn"t our technology, you know. The Vampire Kingdom stole this thing from the Ghost Nation. They are the ones you should blame for it."
As the two continue to do some off-topic chatter, the doors are opened up for them to get out.
Ro: "Okay then, we should first find out if he is here or not?"
Bringing his attention back to the matter at hand, Ro says so.
Barry: "True."
???: "Do you really plan to do so?"
But just as the two are about to head out, the barrier is crossed by another jet and a voice comes from it. This jet is much more ordinary looking than the black jet that the two ghosts have travelled in but regardless it is a high speed jet.
Ro: "What the h.e.l.l?"
The jet lands on the ground right beside the black jet and the door opens up. Two people come out from the jet and they are two people both the ghosts can recognize pretty easily.
Ro: "Ethan!? Sneha!? What"s …?"
The timing has been too good to be a coincidence. This definitely isn"t a coincidence is what the two ghosts think.
Ethan: "Are you perhaps considering the possibility that this might not be coincidence?"
Barry: "What"s going on here?"
Sneha sighs on hearing Barry"s question as she looks at Ethan,
Sneha: "I can"t believe such a plan worked."
Ethan: "Hey now, even something like my eyes can be useful sometimes."
Ro: "Your eyes?"
Ethan looks at Ro and Barry as he continues,
Ethan: "We had no way to tell where this island was so we got undercover and let your jet pa.s.s by. Once you entered the barrier, all we had to do was following your lead and lower yourselves accordingly."
Ro: "But you shouldn"t have been able to see our jet."
Sneha sighs as she hears that. Ethan gleefully responds to Ro.
Ethan: "You tried to use a lower-level version of the invisibility spell surrounding this place on your own jet, right?
He pauses to observe the reaction of the two ghosts. Their gazes stay fixed on Ethan as he says these words. This brings a certain sense of joy to him, but he continues without trying to celebrate.
Ethan: "Unfortunately, my eyes can"t be deceived by that level of spell. That"s the one thing I have that separates me from completely normal humans.
Barry: "Wait now, are you telling me …"
Barry stops mid-sentence. He can"t grasp the situation. No, in truth, he can grasp the situation but that is what makes it so hard to accept.
Ethan: "Well, I guess I"ll finish it for you …"
He says as he closes his eyes and pauses. Then, opening his eyes, and staring right at the two ghosts, this "normal" human says,
Ethan: "I have "The Eyes of Truth"."
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