After they had defeated that drug lord, Arthur and Jenny went home, both heavily exhausted. The battle was a long one, and they deserved some good rest after all that.
Jenny quickly excused her self and went to sleep, whereas Arthur simply laid in the floor, reminiscing of his past, then when he confirmed that Jenny was asleep in the couch, he got up and entered the bathroom.
He adjusted the temperature's control of the showers in a specific way and the wall made a 'click' noise before slightly opening, then Arthur pushed the wall open, revealing that it was a door this whole time.
He entered a dark room, covered by webs and dirt. It seemed like the room hadn't been opened for a few years, much less cleaned.
Inside of the room there was only a desk, on top of it there was a vase and a box.
Arthur approached the desk and picked up the vase, then he cleaned the dust that had accumulated in its surface.
"Hey, dad"
He left the vase where it was and focused his attention in the box, he opened it and inside a gun and a knife were revealed.
These were his father's time weapons, he had been reluctant to use them, since he didn't want to be associated with his father. The Redhorn gang was long gone, it collapsed shortly after his father's death, and the police arrested anyone who had anything to do with them.
Since Arthur was a superhero, he couldn't exactly use them.
Nevertheless, now that he was going to Europe, he could use them freely and he had realized that there was no use in hating his father.
The past was the past, but now he was going to focus on the present, he had to save Becky and he was going to need all the gear he could use.
He picked up the gun and the knife, instantly feeling his energy resonate with this weapons. Arthur's powers were essentially the same as his father's. He could to an extent manipulate time, be it by slowing it or infusing it in this weapons.
His father had actually reverted the time of his body the day that he saved him, but Arthur was never able to replicate what his father had done that day, it's not like the powers came with an instruction manual either way. You had to try and guess what your power and its limits could be.
There were cases in the past when a power was completely different that the user thought it to be.
Arthur unsheathed the knife in his hand, the blade was sharp and shiny, clearly an expert had created this weapon. The gun looked like a regular gun, only that it didn't have an space for bullets.
He put the knife in the sheath again and equipped both weapons in his hip, below his shirt.
"I should bring the regular gun too"
Casting one last glance at his father's ashes, he spoke.
"Goodbye dad, I never got along with you and I don't think I will ever be able to forgive you, but..."
He turned around and slowly abandoned the room.
"Thank you for saving me that day"
He closed the door and locked it, finally feeling like he had some closure regarding this situation.
He returned to the living room, only to see Jenny sprawled all over the couch, with drool leaking out of her mouth.
He stared at the scene for a few seconds before shaking his head.
"Does she have any awareness of where she is? No, a better question would be if she even cares"
With everything sorted out, he laid once again on the floor and closed his eyes falling asleep without problem. He slept very nicely, with his mind at ease.
***
A week passed quickly, Arthur and Jenny prepared as best as they could for the trip, they bought food, drinks, ammo... They also planned the routes they will take and the estimated time of the mission.
Now there was nothing else they could do to prepare, they picked up Becky and arrived at the airport. It was massive, to say the least.
They boarded their plane and took flight to Portugal, the flight was long and it turned worse when Jenny realized that she was afraid of heights five minutes after taking flight.
Becky and Jenny were sit together so she had to console Jenny from time to time, as well as accompany her to the bathroom when it was necessary, it honestly was quite a pitiful sight for someone that considered herself a villain.
Arthur couldn't help but smile a little at the sight, he didn't know when, but he had taken a bit of a liking to Jenny.
After a very long trip, they finally landed on Lisbon and exited the airport, the air was fresh and pure and Jenny finally felt at peace.
"Finally, solid land, at last..."
Becky patted her back and Arthur pulled out his phone to look at the map.
"Alright, let's leave our things at the hotel and then we'll start searching for that doctor immediately. A taxi should come pick us up in a few minutes"
The taxi came and took them to the hotel, during the ride they also realized another problem that they hadn't take into account: The language barrier.
Thankfully, English was a universal language, so they could more or less communicate normally.
Dropping by the hotel and leaving their things there, they went to explore the city and ask the locals if they knew about this weird doctor.
Naturally, most of them looked weirdly at them and didn't know anything.
"I think that's enough for today, lets just continue tomorrow"
Both of the girls agreed and they just returned to the hotel, not aware that someone had heard their questioning and was tailing them.
Once they entered the hotel, the shady figure called someone in his phone.
"Notify the boss, I think I discovered something interesting"
He paused and then smiled.
"Glory to Eclipse"
(End of Volume 1: Prologue)