Advent

In the first few seconds, Allen didn't even realize who the man hugging him was.

He just wanted to struggle subconsciously, but was tightly bound by the opponent's strong and slender arms in the gap between the ground and the man's chest. The man's hug was so hard, as if he wanted to shake Alan's whole body People are directly crushed and blended into their bodies.

"Alan... Alan..."

It wasn't until the man began to enthusiastically call Alan's name again that Alan barely recognized the man's true identity by relying on his old memory.

"Raymond?"

Allen looked up at the other party in disbelief, and murmured.

It's just that they haven't seen each other for a few days, but Raymond's appearance has undergone a huge change.

Alan clearly still remembers the last time he met Raymond, which was really not a good meeting.That guy was obviously a humanoid monster in Allen's memory, with a strangely deformed body and a terrifying appearance.

But now, the one who was hugging Allen tightly and refused to let go was indeed a handsome and tall young man.

Allen stared at the man in disbelief, he always felt that he was going to lose consciousness—yes, Allen could easily find the outline of Raymond on that man's face, but even so, the man It is still so strange to Allen.

This is simply ridiculous, Allen heard a voice in his heart muttering inconceivably.

This was Raymond, he was sure of that, but...he felt to Alan as some relative of Raymond rather than himself.

Allen didn't realize until a long time later that the reason why he had that wonderful feeling was because of the physical distortion that Raymond experienced in the time vesicle.While that distortion elongated Raymond's limbs and body, it also more or less changed the proportions of Raymond's facial bones.At the same time, his newborn skin still showed a sickly paleness.Raymond's hair color also seemed to have changed strangely due to the erosion in the time capsule. Allen noticed that his originally bare scalp was now covered with a layer of hairy stubble, but in the past, Raymond's hair was just a normal golden brown with striking strands of dark brown, but now his new hair appears to be a pale-to-silver platinum shade.Even Raymond's iris had undergone significant fading changes. After the frightening bloodshot eyes in Raymond's eyeballs faded away, what Allen saw was a pair of wonderful silver-blue eyes with too pale irises. The color made his dark pupils look thinner. From the perspective of ordinary people, Raymond's eyes now reveal a little indescribable sense of inhumanity.

But in any case, the luck of misfortune probably lies in the fact that the change in Raymond's appearance is tilted in a good direction: Although he doesn't want to admit it, Allen still has to say that the current Raymond looks like A little more handsome than the violent and stupid male Alpha in Allen's memory.

Or... We can say that the current Raymond looks more in line with Allen's inner aesthetics of Alpha.

"Alan, my Alan...I miss you!"

Raymond Morecambe did not care about the panic that the change in his appearance caused Alan.

After hugging Allen at the beginning, he used his slender limbs beyond ordinary people like an octopus to entangle Allen tightly.

"Let go of me—Raymond!"

Allen struggled, but the more he struggled, the more reflexively Raymond hugged him tighter.

"If I let Alan go... Alan will run away, won't he?"

Raymond said every word very seriously.

Those words sounded a little strangely frivolous, but in the smile he showed when facing Allen, there was a special childishness and straightforwardness that only children could have.

It's just that recognizing this childishness also made Raymond seem all the weirder - especially considering the chaos Raymond Morecambe had created in the ward a few minutes earlier, with his delirious, mentally impaired And there was even a bit of a wonderful sense of terror in the cheerful smile that was revealed.

Allen almost exhausted all his strength to barely support his elbows and half-sit up from the ground.

He glanced over Raymond's shoulder to the interior of the ward, which looked as if it had been hit by a tornado.

There were several personnel in medical uniforms and people who looked like soldiers lying motionless on the ground. If it weren't for their painful groans from time to time, it would be hard to tell whether they were alive or dead.

As for the young soldier who first escaped from the ward, he seemed to have been scared out of his wits.

"Ray, Raymond...Morecambe...Colonel...please, please let go of Mr Alan Morecambe...please don't hurt him!"

The young soldier stammered and shouted at Raymond, who was still overly frightened, both in his voice and his expression.

The young man's pitiful appearance even made Allen a little curious—what did Raymond do in the short time after he entered the ward to scare the poor young man into such a state? Second appearance.

"Mr Alan Morecambe!"

"Be careful, Colonel Raymond was in a manic state... oh my God, he seems to have calmed down now..."

"Thank goodness it's you, Mr. Allan Morecambe... ahem... you're here at last! Colonel Raymond has been asking to see you—"

……

There were some rustling sounds from inside the ward, and Allen looked over vigilantly, and saw that the fallen medical officers and soldiers seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief.They kicked away a series of instruments and metal parts scattered on the ground, and barely crawled out of the ward.

And their words more or less answered some of Allen's questions.

"Thank God, Mr. Alan Morecambe, you are here! Colonel Raymond has always wanted to see you very much, and even the tranquilizers could not calm his emotions, but instead drove him into a state of frenzy ...we have been trying to silence him, but have failed."

The exhausted medical officer, as well as the soldiers who came to the door supported each other and came to the door. Each of them seemed to have died half-life. I breathed a sigh of relief.

On the contrary, after receiving so many people's eyes suddenly, Alan, who was entangled by Raymond, felt more and more uncomfortable.

"What am I going to do next?"

Allen looked at the medical officer with a wooden face and asked.

The medical officer looked at the ward—although almost all the instruments had been destroyed, at least the treatment bed was still intact.

"Please persuade Colonel Raymond to go back to the ward. He is still... in the treatment stage."

said the medical officer.

It's just that when he said "treatment", Allen always felt that his attitude seemed a little strange.

And while talking.The paramedic kept sneaking glances at Raymond.Taking advantage of Raymond's back facing him, he gestured to Allen - Allen saw the injection in his hand, and he could probably guess that it was probably an anesthetic.It's just that the needle tube looks a bit too thick, as if the anesthetic needle was used for elephants or cloned living dinosaurs, not for an earth soldier who just crawled out of the abyss of death and has been dormant for more than 100 years .

Allen easily understood the silent communication of the medical officer. He planned to inject anesthesia into Raymond while he was not paying attention, so that this difficult patient could return to the damn hospital bed earlier.

At this time, almost all of Raymond's attention was on Allen, and his mind degenerated, and his current state was closer to that of a child having a temper tantrum.

The medical officer's proposal should have been foolproof, but Alan felt a palpitation-like uneasiness the moment he saw the medical officer raise his hand.

The overly ominous premonition made him feel a slight tingling sensation on the back of his neck.

"Do not--"

Allen spoke subconsciously and stopped the medical officer's behavior.

And at this time... Even Alan himself didn't know why he said it.The medical officer's eyes widened in astonishment, and he looked at Allen strangely.

"I'll take Raymond back."

Allen added dryly to the medical officer.

【No, don't do anything to this guy, otherwise...】

【otherwise……】

……

Allen had no conception of what had nearly happened, only a vague idea.

After the medical officer reluctantly put down the sedative in his hand, the uneasiness that was so urgent that he felt palpitations disappeared in an instant.

But maybe it was a coincidence, almost at the moment when Allen's voice fell, Raymond suddenly turned his head, pressed his lips to his ear, and let out a happy laugh.

"I'm not sick."

Raymond said to Allen.

"...but I will listen to Allen."

He added, with a hint of grievance in his tone.

"Release me and let me go back to the ward, Raymond."

Allen was stunned for a moment, then said dryly to Raymond.

Raymond immediately scrunched up his face.

"I do not like……"

The tall, eccentric man spoke slowly, as if trying to figure out how to express his thoughts.

"I don't like the ward because there's no Ellen."

He said.

The straightforward loss and sadness in Raymond's tone made Allen feel a little more uncomfortable.

"I'll accompany you back to the ward, how about it?

Even Alan himself didn't realize that amidst Raymond's complaints and actions like a child, he himself began to coax Raymond like a child without knowing it.

As for Raymond, this weird patient who made the medical team of the entire base feel extremely stressed, he always looked very well-behaved in front of Allen.

Just like now, after hearing Alan's words, Raymond sighed a long time, and then he made a few vague beeps

"Okay, I'll listen to Allen."

He said.

Allen breathed a sigh of relief, but in the next second, Allen only felt his body lighten, and then he floated directly in the air.

"Raymond—"

Allen screamed and hugged Raymond's neck subconsciously.

Then he realized that he was directly hugged by Raymond.

Raymond's sudden movement made everyone present tense up.

Allen heard several exclamations, but... In the end, no one shot Raymond.

Raymond's wonderful silver eyes rolled around, and that strange, crazy gaze made everyone except Allen feel a little chill behind their backs.Just when everyone was unconsciously wary of Raymond's possible madness, a particularly satisfied smile appeared on Raymond's weird white face.

"Ellen..."

Raymond smiled, hugged Alan like that, and walked back to his ward step by step.

The medical officer who had communicated with Allen before, and the soldier who was obviously a former fan of Allen followed closely behind Raymond, trying to enter the ward.

However, before the two of them could even take a second step, Raymond suddenly turned his head and stared at them sternly as if aware of something.

There was a frightening gleam in his eyes.

A terrifying pheromone that almost made people unable to stand still suddenly filled the entire space.This kind of pheromone, which even Sakhir couldn't bear, made everyone in the entire area except Allen lose their strength in an instant.

The soldier couldn't even stand still, panting like that, his face flushed and he fell to the ground.

The Beta medical officer, who was supposed to be unaffected, also felt difficulty breathing, and he had to stagger backwards to barely stand still.

Only Alan was not affected at all, he just sneezed uncontrollably.It was this sneeze that made him notice the movement of other people half a beat later. Allen turned his head instinctively, trying to figure out what happened behind him.

"boom--"

But in the next second, the heavy metal door slammed shut in front of Allen's eyes—Raymond stretched out his hand before Allen turned his head, and slammed it hard at the control panel that controlled the metal door.

The surface of the control panel shattered immediately, followed by a series of small popping sounds, and some sparks flew out.

[Warning, the control center is damaged! 】

[Warning, the control center is damaged! 】

[Warning, Gate A001 is offline]

……

【Locked】

A rapid alarm sounded, and then on the cracked control panel, a line of words appeared.

Now, Alan is completely trapped in a closed room...with his husband, Raymond Morecambe.

"..."

Allen looked at Raymond's actions in disbelief, as well as the instantly damaged control panel and metal door.

At this moment, Raymond's actions were so smooth, and the development of the matter was so logical, as if everything was in Raymond's plan.

This really doesn't look like something a person with a damaged mind and severely degraded intelligence can do.

Everything was premeditated.

This thought made Allen's heart beat wildly, and the feeling of fear ran through his spine like an electric current, and his body froze for a moment.Raymond seemed to notice Alan's change immediately. He lowered his head and grinned at Alan.

"I hate...hate a lot of people...with me, with Alan...I just want to be with Alan...with..."

He tried hard to explain to Allen.

Immediately afterwards, he hugged Alan vigorously and hugged Alan a little tighter.

"Don't be afraid, Ellen."

He said.

Allen looked at Raymond suspiciously, like a detective studying his suspect.But no matter how he looked at it, Raymond seemed so normal-he behaved exactly as others told Alan, his mind stayed at a rather childish stage, his memory and spirit were quite confused, even Temper becomes out of control.

And the cunning and ferocity that Allen noticed from Raymond at that moment just now seems to be really just an illusion.

"Alan? Are you unhappy?"

Aware of Alan's gaze, Raymond also stared at Alan. He looked at Alan worriedly, with anxiety flashing in his eyes.

"..."

Allen didn't speak.

With his amazing hearing, Allen could still hear a little commotion coming from outside the now accidentally locked hatch, but the commotion soon subsided.

Someone arrived and immediately took control of the situation.

Not long after that, Alan heard without any surprise that the communication device in the ward rang.

A panicked voice came from the device... The voice sounded familiar, and a pair of gray eyes vaguely appeared in Alan's mind.

It was the medical officer who was almost killed by Raymond before.

"This is Jacob Fick... Mr Alan Morecambe, we have met before."

said the man.

"...we have been made aware of the situation and now kindly ask you to remain with Colonel Raymond Morecambe. We have observed that he becomes quite calm when you are around him. We hope you will not any panic about the current situation."

Allen raised his eyebrows, and he could already hear that what happened in the ward back then had also caused a great psychological shadow on that damned gray eye—no, that Mr. Jacob.

He ignored Jacob, but Jacob didn't seem to care either, he continued.

"Please don't pay attention to the failure of the ward door. We will solve this problem soon. Before that, please calm Colonel Raymond's emotions. We are very grateful for your help."

Still the same as before, Jacob always seemed polite when he spoke, seeming very polite and understanding.

But the more he assumed this attitude, the more disgusting Allen felt.

Thankfully, the man seemed to be afraid of Raymond (even if the guy was not in the room at all), and hung up the communicator immediately after unilaterally "communicating" with Allen.

Otherwise, Allen was really worried that he would lose control of his emotions and quarrel with that guy.

You know, the unexpected meeting and contact with Raymond today has almost exhausted all of Allen's self-control.

"Alan... unhappy?"

At this moment, Raymond suddenly poked his head in front of Allen, and that snow-white face immediately occupied all of Allen's vision.

His eyes were burning and straightforward, which directly interrupted Allen's thoughts.

Allen tried to back subconsciously, but the back of his head was held down by Raymond's palm.

Then, he found himself put on a hospital bed by Raymond.

On the contrary, Raymond himself directly pulled over a metal instrument that had been lying on the ground, and sat down beside the bed with his knees hugged.

His hands rested on the edge of the bed, and his chin rested directly on the back of his hands.

And his focused gaze fell on Allen's body like an invisible small awl, almost making Allen feel a faint sting.

"I'm always thinking about Alan... Alan is always thinking about other people..."

grumbled Raymond, sighed plaintively, and complained.

I have to say that during this meeting, Raymond's speaking proficiency has improved a lot. Although his wording and sentences still sound childish and stupid in many cases, occasionally there are a few sentences that sound like A young girl in love complains about her lover.

And whenever Allen heard this mature way of speaking, his nerves would instantly tense to the limit.

Fortunately, there were only a few sentences that Raymond could speak fluently.

"I've always wanted...to meet you."

Raymond continued, staring at Allen aggrievedly, begging Allen for a response.

"..."

Allen stared at the strange yet familiar man in front of him, and that wonderful sense of division reappeared...

He always felt that he was vaguely controlled by Raymond, and part of his instinct was clamoring for fear and vigilance, while on the other hand, he always involuntarily wanted to accept such Raymond.

Everything is so weird.

Allen always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with him.

"What do you want to do?"

After a long time, Allen asked with a straight face.

"Are you pretending to be an idiot...or are you really..." Allen's voice stopped abruptly, and he suddenly felt that his question was so stupid that he wanted to cry.

Raymond behaved extraordinarily calmly—he didn't seem to hear Alan's doubts and questions at all.

"I just need Alan.

Raymond said happily.

After the words fell, he suddenly leaned forward, and his whole body was close to Allen.

"I like Alan, and Alan likes me... I forget a lot of things, but I remember... Alan is a partner..."

While speaking, Raymond awkwardly pressed his lips to Allen's cheek.

This kind of intimacy without warning made Allen tremble suddenly.

He nearly jumped off the bed, but Raymond grabbed him.

The man's arm was like the tentacles of some kind of monster, moist, cold, and strong.

Allen felt like a small animal being hunted by a predator, and fell into Raymond's arms again in a blink of an eye.

"Damn—let me go—"

Bad memories from long ago overlapped with this moment in an instant.

Allen's resistance turned into a desperate struggle in an instant.

He kicked Raymond hard, a little irrationally.

Subconsciously, Alan didn't feel that his struggle would be of any use—three years ago, as an Omega, it was always difficult for him to beat Alpha's Raymond, let alone , after undergoing a strange transformation, Raymond still possesses that inexplicable strange power.

But at the same time that Allen thought so, Raymond was kicked out by Allen at once.

"boom……"

Raymond fell off the bed heavily. He seemed to have hit something and made a particularly heavy crash.

Then Allen heard a whine full of pain.

Now Allen couldn't help being taken aback... He didn't expect that he would cause such great harm to Raymond.

"...Raymond?"

Allen looked at Raymond in shock.

The tall, pale man is now sitting on the messy ground, looking up at Allen in shock...

Judging from the expression alone, Raymond didn't seem to have thought that Allen would really attack him that hard.

"It hurts, Alan...you hurt me..."

The moment Alan's eyes met, Raymond sobbed... Then, he just sobbed like that.

What the hell is going on?

Allen stared dumbfounded at Raymond who gradually turned from whimpering to crying loudly, always feeling as if he had fallen into some strange nightmare.

He watched Raymond warily, trying to find some traces of camouflage on him.

But he soon discovered that it was not Raymond's acting, but a very sincere cry.

This guy is Raymond—

Allen kept saying to himself in his heart.

But that strange sense of guilt, which made him extremely uneasy, still emerged uncontrollably.

"You...you...are you okay?"

Allen asked stammeringly.

"It hurts."

Raymond stopped crying immediately, then whimpered to Allen, blowing his nose.

Allen looked nervously at the place where he had kicked Raymond before.

"Ok?"

Afterwards, Allen frowned slightly.

I didn't pay attention to it before, so I never noticed it, but once I pay attention now, I can see that under Raymond's large hospital gown, there is a vague outline of a certain metal part.

Allen climbed out of the hospital bed and approached Raymond, then he reached out and lifted Raymond's hospital gown.

"This is--"

Allen's pupils tightened suddenly.

Several silver metal rings were firmly fastened to Raymond's limbs and torso.

Although it doesn't look conspicuous, and even a forced explanation can be interpreted as some kind of metal decoration, Allen knows what that thing is better than anyone else.

It is an electric shock restrainer that is only used for certain suspects who are related to serious cases but cannot be convicted without definite evidence.

Most of the time, these ordinary metal rings look quite harmless, and they can even be hidden under normal clothing, making it difficult for outsiders to detect.

But once they are running, it will not bring users a good experience.

Fasteners of this nature have their own positioning function as well as a shock penalty function.Once the wearer takes any action other than the set action, the imprisoner will activate spontaneously and release the electric shock...

If the wearer only inadvertently violated the rules slightly, then the electric shock of the restrainer can still be maintained at the level of "reminder".

But if left alone and insisted on fighting against it, the electric current it releases will cause severe pain to the wearer.

After Mercer Passmore, his teacher was assassinated by one of his ardent fans, Allen had to wear a restraint for a long time.

Of course, at that time, he still had the status of being a superstar, and the protection that Moses had given him had not completely disappeared... Those people never dared to activate the electric shock function of the restrainer from the beginning to the end.

But the humiliation of wearing such a thing would still give Allen a heavy and dark nightmare long after.

It never occurred to Allen that he would see such a thing in Raymond Morecambe.

Obviously everyone told him that Raymond Morecambe was a hero of the Earth Alliance.

Raymond Morecambe was a very important man.

Raymond Morecambe holds vital information that could save human civilization.

But now...they actually put a restraint on Raymond's body.

Nothing could be worse than this...

Allen stroked Raymond's arm tremblingly.

Raymond's eyelashes were still dotted with crystal teardrops, and when Alan's fingertips touched him, he shuddered heavily.

This scene fell in Allen's eyes, making him feel...distressed completely uncontrollably.

Even in the most absurd dreams, Alan never thought about this scene.

He should feel sorry for Raymond Morecambe.

Raymond Morecambe might be the most unfit man in the world to wear a restraint.

——If it is an ordinary person, after wearing a confinement device and violating the rules, the pain caused by the initial electric shock will definitely make them calm down, but Raymond is obviously an accident.

Yes, Raymond does feel pain, after all, just now, he whimpered because of Allen's attack.On the other hand, however, the pain did not control his behavior.

During the days when Allen did not appear, after his mental degradation, he has shown extremely violent violations several times.The imprisoner operates spontaneously, each time getting stronger and stronger. .

But that kind of severe pain couldn't stop Raymond. His severely damaged mind and broken spirit made it impossible for him to accept such domestication.

That's why, when Allen lifted Raymond's skirt, the scene he saw was so terrifying.

The strong electric current of the prisoner even left circles of dark spots on the surface of Raymond's skin... Some of the charred flesh burst open in the previous action, revealing the fresh flesh and blood inside. Slowly oozes from the dark wound.

What makes Allen even more unbearable is that Raymond still has many wounds caused by sampling.

Allen was so shocked that he was completely speechless.

"You're bleeding...what did these people do to you..."

He whispered, as if any louder voice would hurt Raymond.

Raymond flinched, then he lowered his head and saw the hideous wounds on his body at a glance.

It's just that compared to Allen's solemnity, Raymond himself didn't seem to care too much about the wounds-he directly raised his elbow, stuck out his long tongue, and licked off the oozing blood.

"Don't be sad... Alan..."

He observed Allen's face, quickly suppressed his tears, and then responded softly.

Allen's face was quite ugly, perhaps this frightened Raymond.

He blinked, and a tear fell.

Allen's breathing stagnated.

Raymond stretched out his hand cautiously, and pulled the skirt of his clothes.

"Alan...it doesn't really hurt..."

He said to Allen, but did not clearly respond to what Allen himself had experienced.

Allen originally tried to calm himself down, but the more he tried to suppress it, the more intense his inner anger ignited.

He turned his head suddenly and aimed directly at the communicator.

"What did you do to Raymond?"

he questioned.

There was no response from the communications facility.

But Allen knew that someone must be listening to the conversation between him and Raymond on the other side of the microphone, and someone must be watching them secretly.

So, he repeated it again with a blank face.

"Tell me, what did you do to Raymond?!"

This time he finally got his own response.

"...Please calm down, Mr. Alan Morecambe. All the marks you have seen are from formal and reasonable medical treatment. Colonel Raymond Morecambe suffered from a previous accident. He has undergone a series of special changes, and we had to take some samples and tests on him to determine his physical condition..."

"What about the restrainer? How do you explain it?!"

"We didn't expect that the restrainer would cause such great damage to Colonel Raymond. Our original intention was just to hope that he would be more cooperative with our treatment..."

If the anger in Allen's heart before was just a flame, then now the flame has completely burned into a raging mountain fire.

It never occurred to Alan that he would one day be shaking with anger at what had happened to Raymond Morecambe.

He simply didn't understand what was wrong with the people at the military base... Allen knew very well that if those people were really just for medical treatment, they would have a thousand ways to make sampling and testing comfortable and subtle.

Instead of being cruel, rude, and ferocious like now.

According to these people, Raymond Morecambe is obviously an important figure in the search for the truth. They tried everything to make Raymond recall what happened back then, but the way they treat Raymond now is the same as treating him. A livestock makes no difference.

"Raymond Morecambe is a human being, not a guinea pig for your experiments!"

Allen roared.

"Please calm down, Alan, Mr Morecambe, and let me stress that all we are doing is to heal your partner..."

The other party's words awakened Allen at this moment.

After a brief pause, Allen lowered his voice, but his tone became increasingly low and fierce.

"Yes...how did I forget. I'm Raymond Morecambe's partner and I'm going to file a complaint directly with the Union Military Association that you are abusing my partner."

Allen said stiffly.

Sure enough, after his words fell, Jacob's aura instantly became weak.

"...We are sorry, Alan. We will have a detailed talk with you after the hatch of the ward is repaired. I think you should be able to understand our approach after the talk. It's all just a misunderstanding... ..."

The other party's perfunctory words made Allen feel more and more bored.

"You'd better give me a reasonable explanation!"

"We... hiss... will... hiss..."

Just at this time, the voice in the communicator suddenly became intermittent and very unstable. It seemed that the communication facilities of the base were once again disturbed by the line. Allen could only hear a few vague calls, and then , that annoying communicator suddenly lost all sound.

The ward where Alan and Raymond are now finally fell into silence again.

Allen tried hard to control his breathing, and finally calmed down.

He rubbed his aching forehead, and then suddenly came back to his senses: it seemed that the quietness was a bit unreasonable.

A scorching gaze was falling on him.

After turning around, Allen happened to meet Raymond's direct gaze.

Allen: "..."

It was at this moment that Allen realized what he had just done.

He confronted the people at the Virgo military base because of Raymond Morecambe, and he also admitted directly in front of everyone... that he was Raymond's partner.

Even three years ago, when he and Raymond were still married, Alan never really admitted this.

But now, the mentally damaged and deformed Raymond standing behind him now made him admit it.

All of a sudden, Allen's mood was extremely complicated.

"Ellen..."

After noticing Alan's gaze, Raymond sat down immediately.

Compared with before, he looks very peaceful