Barbaric realms

"Judy,"

Judy heard a voice yell behind her, they stopped her holding onto her arm, Judy glanced at them and saw that it was one of her colleagues, she breathed deeply looking up at Judy,

"I need to ask you about something you said back there,"

Judy was taken aback; her eyes widened slightly, and it was her. She lied and smeared her. Made aggregation against her. Lied about her on national news, dragging her name in the mud and what she believed in,

"Why?" Judy inquired

"I have read the documents you have sent."

Judy noticed the way she was holding herself. She had a tight grip on her arm, looking at her with such urgency. It almost made Judy concerned. Judy turned to her,

"What?" Judy uttered

"They are right. Every allegation that was in it is true,"

Judy is unsure of how sincere she is. If she wants something that would harm her, that will not happen again. Not for her at least,

"If you are telling me is true, then follow me to my office," Judy told her

Judy saw her nod her head and motioned her to walk ahead, Judy walked to her office with her walking beside Judy,

Judy noticed how tense and stiff she was. Judy turns away, and the silence goes over them. She is in deep thought about Judy, comparing it to her speech. She knew that getting Max Klaus to be questioned was harder than it seemed, but with the information that Miss Diamond had and the work on the committee of investigation, she had all that she needed to question him. Will he answer it?

"We are here,"

Judy stares at her, seeing that she is in deep thought, Judy touches her shoulder and looks away from the wall to Judy. She gives her a nod and tells Judy,

"I alright, don't worry about me,"

Judy let go of her and gave her an uncertain look, Judy opened the door for her, and she walked into the offices

"Yes, thanks,"

She saw Judy's law degree along with a photo from when she was first elected senator, another one of Judy standing beside a young man, holding an animation trophy, Judy closed the door behind them, noticing her staring at the picture on her wall, She turned to Judy holding her hand close to her body, before holding on of them out,

"I'm sorry for what I have said and done to you, I want to start with a clean slate if I can, Miss Diamond,"

Judy listened to her and observed her to see if there was a different intention. A determination to make it better. She didn't seem to be lying to her. Or she is good at hiding it, but if she was, why would she go to this extent? Judy took her hand, shaking it. She stared at it and said,

"My name is Lee William,"

"Call me Judy then,"

Judy walked to her desk, offering her a seat, Lee gave her a quick thank you and sat down, Judy sat in her chair looking at Lee,

"Let's get to the point, the documents,"

"Yes, it was all true. Judy they,"

Lee thought about what she wanted to say, Lee read through those documents begrudgingly because of her team's encouragement and was appalled. All the wrong things they did were true. This whole time, they have undermined them behind the scenes with this AI. Judy was right. Lee still had a little doubt about this until Judy spoke to them in the senate about the AI and their connection to Yuval when he was assaulted.

"They did this on purpose."

Lee stared at Judy and saw that she was leaning toward her, listening.

"You were right, Judy, they have done this to us, and the whole time, I lied. At the time, I thought I was right. Now,"

Lee kept her gaze on Judy, who noticed how genuine Lee was acting. It made Judy realize that she was true to her word. Lee noticed Judy's eyes soften ever so softly, Lee looked down for a moment before continuing,

"I did some scandalous thing I have done. Please accept my apologies, and I would like to see more of the AI,"

Judy sat there in deep thought; she was angry about this issue. She wanted to help her find a way to stop this, the AI, Max Klues, Yuval Bates, and whoever was elsewhere in this plan, she was being true to her and apologizing to her, after she had done, Judy lifted her head uttering,

"I forgive you, and I will send you what I can, but I need to know something," Judy told her

"Go ahead," Lee let out

"You have read the documents, you know what was true and false, and the final words of the AIs creator, what will you do now with what you know?"

Lee knew Judy might ask of this and said,

"I want to know more about this, and if what I find helps you in the end, then that's fine. I've been blind but not by anyone. But myself."

"Then will I be seeing you in the meeting, we have tomorrow," Judy inquired

"I'm not sure, but who else is in the meeting," Lee asked

"They had to call a meeting with the committee of investigation, and I'm a part of it along with Alex," Judy told her

"I haven't gotten anything from that committee, not even the Senate Judy..."

Lee stopped hearing her phone ring. She looked at her purse and then back at Judy, Judy shrugged, and Lee picked up the purser, grabbing her phone,

Judy stared at her uncertainly. This will not be easy for them, but what is easy is not usually the right way, but what is hard is always right.

"Hello? Yes, this is Miss William,"

Judy heard her computer and glanced at Lee seeing her talking, Judy checked that it was an email sent by Claire,

But it's a hologram message with a text attached to it,

"Shai has woken up, but the figure appeared in the house, talking with her,"

Judy read it again, bewildered, and downloaded the hologram to her phone. She glanced at Lee still on the phone,

"I'm aware of what it would do to my reputation. I don't care, I have been asked to meet this meeting to find out more about AI, and what makes you think that I won't attend it? For what backlash from the Senate, I don't care, I know what I've read, I know what I have seen." Lee told them

Lee hears them that she will be there early to catch up on what they have found, Lee feels a small smile on her face and says,

"I will be there, then we can look into more of this, yep, bye,"

Lee ended the call and then looked back at Judy, She was at her computer but turned to Lee,

"I'm sorry for that Judy, it was my team,"

"I understand, Lee, but is there anything else that you wanted to ask?" Judy asked

Lee remembers all the information she has gotten and realizes that she has enough answers for now.

"For now, I have no more questions. But I have to go, I have some work that needs to be done on my end," Lee answered

Judy watched Lee get out of her chair and walk to the door, but Lee looked back at her and saw her staring back, having her hands on the computer keyboard,

"I will see you at the meeting," Judy says

"I will see you then,"

Lee closed the door, and Judy shot up from her chair, locking the door. Judy turned to the computer and saw the hologram of Claire standing there stoically.

"Proceed to listen?"

"Yes,"

"Judy, there have been developments with Shai. She just woke up from fainting, and a most peculiar thing has happened. The figure appeared again and told her to watch the Senate,"

Claire looked behind her and thought she heard someone, but it was only Shai and Eurus talking in the kitchen, Claire turned back,

"I think something bad is going to happen, mistress, I just wanted to warn you,"

The hologram ended, and Judy stood there confused,

"The figure?" Judy let out

"You found it out last minute?"

Sonya said, sitting on the desk, listening to Leif. He let out a sigh, remembering how Art acted after he told her that the last hour he had. Leif knocked on the door frantically just as Art started to lock up, Art opened the door and saw a younger Leif. He looked drained. Taking care of Shai on his own after his wife died is admirable to her. He leans on the door frame, uttering,

"So you have the answer?

Leif stood up and took a deep breath in,

"Faith,"

He remembered holding Shai... how she would hold his figure to the way she smiled at him,

"It means Faith,"

Art looked at him emotionless, Leif noticed this and started to panic, but a small smile broke out on Art's face, She held open the door beckoning him in,

"You are right, it is Faith. That's what it means,"

Leif smiled brightly at the memory and how long he stayed that night. Reading through the book, finding things he didn't believe were true, Sonya stared at Leif, but something glowed behind him right where Art went,

"What was that?" Sonya thought

"I was in the Library all night, the book it was shocking," Leif continued

Sonya moved off the desk, glancing back at Leif going through some books on the shelve, giving her some options for books,

"This book was one of Shai's favorites when she was younger, this one was one of mine... I used to read that a lot because no one else made a book like that," Leif muttered

Sonya walked past the desk behind him, near the entrance to the hallway. Leif placed both books on the table beside him, and Sonya saw the name of one of the books, waiting for an adventure. It must be Leif's book.

She walked down the hallway, and Lief, still taking in the background, Sonya went through bookshelves but stopped at a sitting lounge with two chairs and a couch. Sonya went towards the chairs and saw a book placed on the seat. The History of Archery, Sonya looked at it, but a bright light came from further into the library,

Sonya placed the book down and left the area to the next hallway, She saw the bookshelves getting longer and longer, almost unimaginable ways.

"How could this be possible?"

Sonya saw the books opening when she got closer to the light, and a door appeared. It had the same markings as the desk. Sonya walked closer to it with the pages of the books being ripped and now flying around her, a voice calling out to someone else,

"There is no choice anymore figure. There will need to be answers for this realm just like the other one,"

Sonya knew that voice was Art, but a new voice talked with Art.

"I know that Leif would look for Shai, and he knows what the books are. Does he not?"

"He knew of the myths, but nothing like this figure. He didn't think that it would be his daughter."

"We didn't know that it would be her Art. It could have been anyone, but it is Shai,"

"How do you know that it is her?"

"The signs I have seen from Shai are why I believe it is her. the lightning coming off of her... the gold coursing through her veins."