Half the Fallen Angels
Episode 15: Moral Bias

Devan drives the car.

Suddenly Julian who was sitting to the left held Devan's steering wheel and slammed him to the left. Devan's car ridden through the road barrier and walked on the desert sand.

"Siuuuu!!!.... BOOM!!!", the sound of a missile being released hit the asphalt of a trans road.

On the desert sand, the car drove uncontrollably due to the steering wheel dings. The speed of the car leads to the fence of the building, Devan immediately stepped on the brake, the car almost hit the fence.

The two flying jets then stopped and floated in the middle of a huge trans path. Then turn around to face Devan's car.

"I didn't expect a pair of jets to come after us either" Julian said.

"So what now, Devan?. Returning to the city path was also impossible, there were many blockades and soldiers who would block. While here, there are two jet monsters that are ready to destroy us" said Morgan.

"Any kiss is not a good choice" Devan lamented.

From the middle of the trans path, the pair of jets started aiming.

"nit..nit...nit...nit..."

"Oi, it's like a sign that something bad is going to happen to us" said Morgan.

"Damn!. There's no time to think", Devan said. He then rushed to run his car.

The car is running and speeding up on the sand, but the pair of jets still make a suspicious sound while turning to follow the motion of the car driven by Devan.

"The two monsters still can't get their eyes off us" said Morgan with an anxious look.

devan's gaze focused forward, his brain thinking hard, his face increasingly showing anxiety.

Suddenly Devan remembered...

(.....Julian who sat to the left held Devan's steering wheel and slammed him to the left. Devan's car ridden through the road barrier and walked on the desert sand.

"Siuuuu!!!.... BOOM!!!"..

"We're going to avoid the missiles, like before" Devan said as he looked at Julian.

"Huh?. You sure?. We were lucky, Devan. I'm not sure we can avoid it twice, missiles that fast" Julian said.

Morgan, who heard from the back bench, stood up and touched Julian's shoulder.

Devan looked at Morgan for a moment and then his gaze returned to the front. "Morgan?".", asked Devan in surprise.

"Ha?.", Morgan reacted in surprise.

Instantly Julian moved his right leg, stepping on the brake along with the steering wheel dings to the right.

"Siuuuuu!!!..."

The car dragged and turned around until it was half a dark circle on the sand.

The mission glided very fast, and nearly hit the rear corner of the car as it spun.

"BOOM!!!"

The car is still turning 360 degrees.

"Don't let go of Devan's gas!".", Julian asserted, as soon as he lifted his leg to take off the brake at once.

The car was suddenly plunged forward, passing right next to the fire of a missile explosion that hit the sand land, making the sand bounce high up to fall back like rain.

"Hiuuh.", Julian sighed.

"Nice save Julian, but it's still not time to be relieved. We can indeed avoid his attack, but we have not been separated from him" said Devan.

Devan's car could only run outside the trans-city route while being overshadowed by the two jets flying low over the trans.

"I'll tell you first, Devan. If the jet strikes again in the near future, we can no longer dodge" Julian said.

"Nits...nits....nits...nits...."

"Jet Damn it!.", Julian curses at once.

"That jet doesn't seem to have a firing time. Morgan, activate your magus when it shoots, we'll leave mo....."

"Devan, my magus was just used" Morgan cut.

Devan was astonished to hear Morgan's reply.

"When are you?.".", Devan's sentence was suddenly held back by the sound of the shot that was tempo getting faster.

"Nit..nit...nit...nit..."

("Damn!. There's not even time to be confused" Devan said in his heart.)

Devan did not give up thinking, but nothing came out of his head.

"Nit.nit..nit..nit.."

The sound sign of the shot that is getting faster is pressing Devan's mental. His heart is beating fast. Julian and Morgan were also visibly anxious and just looked at the two jets.

"Siuuuuuu.", the missiles are sliding very fast towards their cars.

"BOOM!!! - BOOM!!! - BOOM!!!."

Both jets exploded, creating a huge fire explosion many times over the course. Debris scattered around the trans asphalt road of the city.

Devan, Morgan, and Julian only saw the phenomenon from inside the fast-paced car. From a distance they also saw an Aslan Era standing outside the trans path, and saw a puff of smoke in the straight missile path and then turned sharply towards the two jets.

Devan lifted his head to the car window and looked towards Aslan. Aslan looked at Devan's car, Devan nodded his head slowly, after which Devan refocused his drive.

The car returned to the Trans line, running fast to get out of town.

***

"We're going to stop in the next stopover town" Devan said.

"You sure?" asked Morgan, who was leaning in the back seat, looking up at the night star.

"Yes. I need to eat and rest" asked Devan.

"We don't know how famous you are by humans. Considering you hunted a lot of soldiers."

"really. It's likely that soldiers are also on standby there", Julian added.

"So we still can't stop. I think we got away when we got out of town" Devan said.

"We're just out of town, but we're still in government" Julian said.

"You mean?", asked Devan.

"Avalon is the name of the city as well as the kingdom. We are just out of the center of government. And the stopover city ahead, still within the government of Avalon."

"So to really get away with it, means I have to get out of his territory."

"Please take it that way."

Devan was silent for a moment, he then sighed.

"It seems like I have to endure hunger and fatigue longer" Devan lamented.

Morgan then lowered his head back and looked at Devan from the back seat.

"You can rest in the car, drive, let me take over, and if it's a stomach thing, right up there....", morgan said while looking at the store that was still open in front of the roadside, he deliberately did not finish his sentence.

The car pulled over and stopped in front of the store. Morgan jumps out of the car, Devan and Julian open the car door and exit.

"Wait, I don't have any money. You guys?", asked Devan.

"No need for money, we just take it, after all Morgan is here" Julian said.

The three of them walked towards the entrance of the shop.

"So we stole. Okay" said Devan.

"Oh, I think you're going to have a problem with it" Julian said.

"Haha, where is possible" said Morgan with a small laugh.

"Devan, who easily killed many human soldiers in the city of Avalon, is strange when he just discussed the moral of stealing."

Devan's move suddenly stopped after hearing Morgan's remark.

("I...murder.".", said Devan in his heart, he only realized his actions.).

"Especially at the last moment, before we headed for the car, when we could have ignored the soldier, but Devan chose to flatten it" Morgan told Julian.

Morgan and Julian stopped. They looked towards Devan near their back.

"Devan?".", call Morgan.

Devan was silent thinking about Morgan's words. He didn't feel guilty, but he didn't feel right.

***

Some time later.....

The three of them have completed the theft, now the car has been driven by Morgan. Devan sat in the back of the car with the stolen food and drink next to him, leaning back and holding his face with his hands resting on the car door.

Devan still doesn't stop thinking about Morgan's words. He's really distracted. While looking at the night view of the desert, he recalled the previous trip he had passed.

Devan recalls the last time he picked up something at a convenience store in the city, he felt uncomfortable leaving behind a piece of paper with the message that one day he would pay for it.

Devan then glanced at the food beside him.

("Repot also if you have to leave a piece of paper in every act of theft. Besides, it's risky" Devan thought.)

Devan stopped glancing and looked back out, pondering deeply.

("All I did was survive.

So I thought.

I.maybe forced.

Just like I was in town.

All I did was defend myself.

So I thought.

I. There's no choice.

If there is, I do not have time to choose.

Like that last moment.

So. I'm not wrong. Yeah, I'm not wrong.

But..........

Ah never mind", thought Devan in heart.)

Devan also closed his eyes, dissolving with the night wind.

***