New Eden: Live to Play, Play to Live

Chapter 940  A Needed Conversation

Ever since the first day that David had convinced him that the world was ending, Alex had thought about this day.

The day when he would have to leave home to protect other humans across the globe. And this day had come.

He had imagined it quite differently, many times, as his situation changed over the last months. Over half a year had already flown by, and so much had changed since then…

He had gained many reliable allies, friends he trusted his life with, and a woman he loved with everything he had, and that was just people-wise.

Alex killed a mafia family, allied himself with both a company of mercenaries, and one of the wealthiest men in the country, as well as died to protect someone dear to him.

Most recently, he had found out he was embarking on a path to godhood, even though reluctantly, he sent a man through time who had most likely become the most fearsome foe they would ever fight and beat to a pulp the person who could have made this whole ordeal easier. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

But even with all these things, he didn't feel as febrile as he did now.

The true fight for survival was now starting, and humanity was embarking on a path that could spell its demise or make it stronger as a race.

One wrong move, a single loss, or the unlikely retreat from an unwinnable fight, and thousands would die.

The weight of this burden on Alexander's shoulders made his mind heavy with doubt, as he started wondering why David had picked him to help.

Was it because he was a wild card? A random variable that he had no idea what would happen with?

OR was it because he felt Alex had more potential than anyone else? He doubted that.

David had seen the future. He knew who the strong ones were, and where they would come from.

But why hadn't he reached out to them? Shouldn't he trust those powerful people to make a better frontline for humanity?

All these questions troubled Alex's mind as the plane finally took to the air, and he watched the ground disappear from view under the aircraft.

As soon as they crossed the clouds, Alex decided he wanted to talk with David to clear his mind on the subject.

"Have you seen David?" he asked Kary, who was reading a book that had been lying on the table before her.

"I did. He stayed in the cargo hold, for some reason. I'm sure he's still there."

Alex nodded, standing up.

"I'm gonna go have a chat with him. Be right back."

Kary looked at him with a worried look.

"Do you want me to come with you?"

Alex shook his head.

"You don't have to. I just have a few questions to ask him. It should take more than a few minutes. If there is anything, I'll call you over," he reassured her.

Kary nodded, going back to her book, as she watched Alex walk away from above the pages.

'What's troubling your mind, Alex? Can't you tell me?' she thought.

But she couldn't bring herself to ask him. If he wanted to tell her, he would.

Alex made his way to the back, where he took a small flight of stairs into the cargo hold.

It was colder in that part of the plane, even though it was still a heated area. The lack of insulation on the walls contributed to this, and Alex slightly shivered as the cold bit at his skin.

"What are you doing down here, Skelly?" Alex asked, not seeing David.

"I 'was' enjoying the silence, fuck-face. What do you want?" David asked, jumping down from a rack above Alex.

Alex jumped up a bit, not expecting him to land beside him, and shook his head slowly.

"The hell were you doing on the ceiling, dude? Do you think you are Spiderman or something?"

"Spiderman would have felt you coming and fled, dumbass," David chuckled.

"What do you want to ask?" he added, sitting on one of the hull seats next to Alex.

Alex looked at him and frowned.

David seemed totally unbothered by the cold, and just looking at him, seated in that metal chair, which already had some frost forming on it, made him cold.

"I was wondering about something and thought you would hold the answer to my quandary."

David waited for him to ask his questions, looking at him with a deadpan expression.

"You know who will become strong, in theory, right?" he finally asked.

The question made David frown.

"In theory, yes. Why do you ask?"

"I was wondering… Why did you never go to them? For help, I mean. If you know who is going to be strong, and at what point, why did you stick with us, instead of going toward the pre-determined powerful players?"

David understood the actual question behind his words.

"You want to know why I trusted you, over someone I knew would be powerful in the future…"

Alex looked at him with wide eyes.

Was he that easy to read? He sighed before nodding.

David leaned against the cold wall, looking at the ceiling for a second.

"To be honest, I don't know either. You were a wild card from the beginning. I had no idea if you would grow strong, or die early like last time. All I did know about you was that you had a good heart and tried helping whenever you could.

"At least that was true until you…" David said, cutting his sentence mid-way.

Alex knew what he meant.

"Until I died in that timeline, right?"

Nodding silently, David sighed.

"I won't tell you how you died, as it doesn't matter anymore. You've already become too strong for that to happen again. But I will say this. Becoming stronger has also changed something about you, on a fundamental level…"

"What do you mean?" Alex asked, frowning.

"I mean, I don't know if you'll be our saviour or our downfall in the end anymore. The heart you showed in the past life… It's gone."