The Onyx Legacy By Mara Ng Part 6
—◊♦◊~◊♦◊— Cassidy closed the door of the maintenance closet, and sighed deeply. “Phew! I finally lost E.T. She sure is persistent, running after me all this way. Not to mention scary with that look in her eyes!” She let herself sink slowly to the ground. She took a picture of her parents from her bag and stared sadly. “Mom, Dad,” she whispered, “why is it all coming back? I can remember everything again. You wanted the three of us to forget it all and live a peaceful life…but we’re being pulled back into this mess because of me! I’m really sorry I broke my promise!” Cassidy could see it all again.
The Onyx Special Research Armory was originally established by their parents with the help of their mom’s brother. All of them were scientists, but they each had their own specialties. Their mom was a doctor, their father was a chemist, and their uncle made different types of weapons for the army. When the Korius Disease surfaced, their mother was one of the doctors who searched for the cure, but all attempts ended in failure. At the same time, her brother, their uncle, was making a certain type of weapon for soldiers who were greatly
wounded in action. It was a microchip put into their brains that would help them control robotic arms or legs or even some weapons. When several of the soldiers with the microchip got infected by the disease, none of them died—though they all lost their memories. After this, all three scientists agreed to form the Onyx Special Research Armory in their search for the cure. The Onyx Project was made with the microchip as the basis to find a better cure. While they worked unceasingly, the OSRA headquarters was repeatedly attacked by people who wanted the cure. These people had many different reasons. Some wanted to sell it, others needed it desperately to cure themselves or people they knew, and many wanted to use it so that they would be immune to the disease. As a result of the attacks, they needed people to maintain tight security over the facilities. That was how the OSRA Legacy, or Onyx Legacy, was established. Many of the first members were other scientists who took professional training for combat, espionage, and other useful things. Then many children of those scientists began to train as well in reconnaissance because they all lived in the OSRA facilities. Cassidy also joined them, but Nick and Kate were still too young. Despite all the measures they took to protect the scientists and the data on the cure—which was still too unstable and dangerous, they never suspected that one of their own would betray them. One of the scientists who caught the disease was trying to get his hands on the cure for