" What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? "

- James 4:1 (ESV)

(TWENTY FOUR YEARS AGO: YURI GAGARIN COSMONAUT TRAINING CENTER, STAR CITY, MOSCOW, RUSSIA)

" What the hell are you talking about, Larry?! " his semi-balded brother glared and heatedly asked him while putting aside his coffee mug on the table. " You're gonna take that boy to France?! Do you know how dangerous to get there?! "

" Terry, if you're going to listen to me, Svet needs to see the Kree Eternal on his own! He has to get there for Earth's sakes, even the odds are. So, that's why we have to work together! " Larry raised his voice and pleaded. " Please, you have to listen to me! We can navigate him! "

Terry Bradford sternly glared at his bearded brother and crossed his arms. Larry nervously gulped and then sighed. He felt like being cornered by his brother's angry looks. He remembered what his Kree-Lizard friend had told of reconciling with Terry, but this time the conflict was getting worse than before.

Just outside, the hybrid boy overheard the argument and saw the two men from the room. He was astonished to see and hear the tensions between the two.

" NO! WE CAN'T DO THAT! " Terry stressed his words and angrily pounded the table. " WE ARE ASSIGNED HERE TO UPGRADE THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR SECURITY AND SPACE PROGRAM PURPOSES, NOT HELPING THAT SCP-682 CLONE! WE ARE BEING PAID! THAT BOY IS NOTHING, BUT A HINDRANCE! "

The boy heard the harsh words of the former CIA Agent and began to widen and water his eyes. Larry and his brother looked at him. He was trembling and running away.

" Svet! " Larry called the boy's nickname and felt sorry for him. Then, he turned to his brother and calmly replied. " You know, I'm not the only who has been bullied here, even HIM! "

" Larry, but he's a monster! "

" You're the real monster, Terry! You're not even aware, you're causing the trouble to all of us! "

" Larry...I'm...."

" I'm trying to forgive you, Terry, but you're getting the worst, " his bearded brother sadly sighed and instantly left the room. Terry remained silent and sat down on his chair.

Outside the training room, the boy covered his weeping face on his knees and sat near the tree. The words from Terry Bradford made him even more demotivated. It was true that the memories of the indestructible lizard has been haunting him for years, but he tried to cope up and adapt himself to humanity by making friends, learning and doing new things, and travelling all the way to Russia, but it seemed that his experiences from some people being stereotyped him as the murderer made him more conflicted and depressed. He had carried the pain by those nightmares.

With the help of his friends, he slowly began to realize and discover of his true identity and gradually breaking the bondage of 682. Something was missing to him, a true family to belong and care with. Upon seeing the families of other people, he was longing to have a normal and complete family life. The Kree-Lizard boy wanted to experience how was it to be loved.

Sitting beside him, his girlfriend Shadra noticed him crying and gently rubbed his shoulders. She got curious of why he was feeling that way.

" Svet? " she asked with a concern. " Are you all right? "

" No..." he faintly spoke and rubbed his eyes. " I don't feel so good. "

" Did you have nightmares again? "

" No. "

" Okay, can you tell me what bothers you? "

" Terry called me a hindrance to their work, " the Kree-Lizard boy sadly replied. " I was just trying to help his brother in translating what they're doing these days. "

" So, was that all? "

" No, it wasn't only that. On the first day I met him and his brother, he called me a clone of the murderer or a spy from the enemies. He said I might kill anyone here. "

Shadra heavily sighed and looked at her boyfriend. She hugged and let him cry for a while. It took some time for him to be pacified while she was thinking and composing her words to respond.

" I'm so sorry for you to experience that, " she calmly answered and touched his face. " There are some people don't understand why the others are being treated and spoken harshly by them. They judge everyone by their looks, but not their inner minds and hearts. You may look like that monster or remember his memories, but you're a true human inside. Your mind, heart, and deeds make you totally different from him. Even the situation is terrible, you find your ways how to do it. This is what makes you unique. You're proving yourself to be worthy, even you don't brag that much, Svet. "

" Thanks, Shadra, " he slightly smiled and hugged her back.

" Well, everyone is special in their own ways, " she replied. " I believe you can make your dreams come true. You just need to boost yourself up. "

" Right, " he nodded and stood-up as he looked at the manmade lake when people began to do their water landing drills. " It seems I need to fulfill a task here. "

" Your emergency landing, " she reminded and saw Smolder and Trifa headed a training. " So, are you in? "

" Yeah, sure. "

(MOMENTS LATER)

After doing the emergency landing drill, the Kree-Lizard boy was on his way to meet up with his friends to do some chores. Suddenly, he overheard another argument from the Bradford brothers in the mission control room. Their loud angry voices echoed throughout the hallway.

" There, they go again, " he heavily sighed and thought. " When will they ever stop? "

The boy checked at the mission control room as he got surprised to see Terry hitting and throwing papers and pens to his brother. Larry thought of fighting back, but he hid himself under the table.

" STOP IT! " he exclaimed and ceased the two. " THIS IS GETTING ANNOYING! "

" Svet, he started it! " Larry pointed at his brother and rose from his position. " I was asking him some questions and he yelled at me. "

" Because all of your computations and codings are wrong you imbicile! " Terry added. " I have figured them out by myself! "

" It's just you don't really understand, we have been upgrading all the systems in two weeks and there's no network connection! We have been working on some jammed communications, then you told me it's gonna work, huh?! We have accomplished the security software upgrade along with the intranet connection, not in the wide area network! "

Terry widened his eyes in shock as he heard of his brother's ranting. For a timid man like Larry, that was his first time to hear him speak more serious like him.

" What the hell..."

" I am telling the truth, Terry, " he stressed his words. " Last night, Svet and I were testing the codes and coordinates in Russian. He requested me to find the Kree Eternal. We spent hours of locating every coordinates. Nothing was found, because of that DAMNED CONNECTION LOSS! Have you been losing your mind, Terry?! Yes, we are being paid for our services, but you don't seem to care and understand in what you're doing! You care is about your prestige, money, and achievement, but you have ignored listening to me all these years! "

" I'm doing this to support the rebel forces against the Kree and those enemies! I asked you to be more serious and be like me during our CIA years! We are twin brothers! "

" Yeah, right! How thoughtful of you in making me your pushover minion! " he sarcastically laughed. " You unempathetic bastard tries to be the hero, eh? How about, me?! I'm also helping you to make things work for you, but you don't even listen to me! The truth hurts, doesn't it? "

" SHUT UP!! " Terry yelled, angrily clenched his fists and attempted to hit his brother.

" STOP IT!! " the boy instantly stood between the twins and ceased their argument. " We're not here to argue such senseless matters! We have a problematic situation outside this compound! The people are dying then you're just adding hell, here! I am sick and tired of hearing you two fight! You should end this right now! "

Terry and Larry remained silent as it was their first time to hear the Kree-Lizard hybrid's stern words. The semi-balded one became shameful for his acts, as his bearded brother looked at his friend with a concern.

" Look, I should go to my room with you, Svet, " Larry calmly replied. " We have a lot to talk about. "

" How about your brother? " he asked.

" Just let him be, but if you want to talk to him privately, then I'll let you do that later. "

The two headed their way to Larry's room and got themselves there. The Kree-Lizard boy and his friend in a lab coat both sat on the bed. The engineer-hacker looked somberly and sighed. The hybrid boy gently patted his back and stared at him with a concern.

" So, you're still having problems with your brother? " the boy asked.

" Yeah, Terry is really a total jerk. I can't stand his foolishness anymore. I wish the Kree and Lizard ditched him for good, " Larry answered.

" Aren't you supposed to say bad things against your brother? I mean this is really getting problematic for the both of you to stay this way. "

" Well, I tried to reason with him when you overheard our conversation. I was trying to convince your idea in finding for your hero, but he rejected it. He never cared about me or anyone else. Terry wanted to be the best CIA agent before we met you guys. He's always like that. "

" I see. "

" I apologize for what he had said earlier, " the bearded man replied.

" You don't need to apologize, Mar-Vell, " the boy calmly spoke and slightly smiled. " I completely understood why he had said that. He thinks I am less important just like you are. Terry wants to successfully finish that work with you. It's fine if I could stay here for sometime, when I look at you and him and then Old Smolder's family, I'm so envious at you. You have a family. Me, I don't. I have been wandering for years and looking for shelter and food. I joined the rebel forces. Yes, they are good as my family. But I'm longing for a real one. "

" I'm so sorry to hear that, Svet. " Larry sadly sighed upon hearing it. " Having a family is important and you're right about it. I guess it's really troublesome for me to experience arguing with my brother. "

" It hurts me to see you two fighting. "

" I'm really sorry. I don't know if how I could make-up with him. But maybe, you have ways. "

" I guess I need to talk to him. Maybe, you need to. "

" I'll catch-up, " Larry smiled. " You might be doing that after dinner. "

" Oh, right. "

(LATER THAT EVENING)

Terry looked at the stars on the sky and sat down on the ground. He felt guilty for what he had done to his brother these days. He remembered the day where he and Larry met the Kree Eternal at the Ural Mountains. The semi-balded man kept think of the mysterious blue man had said before. Then, the boy's words reminded of him.

" I don't get it, " he pondered and crossed his eyebrows. " An SCP-682 clone sounds like that Kree man. How come that boy is telling us to reconcile, just like what the blue-skinned hero told us. This is really getting absurd, but they both made sense. I guess Larry is right about him. I could have listened to my brother. I'm getting too harsh on him and that boy. How could I make up from what I have done?! Man, I'm such an egoistic and foolish prick after all. I'm afraid they won't forgive me..."

The boy approached and sat beside him when Terry noticed him. The engineer-hacker heavily sighed and felt ashamed to see him.

" Is something wrong? " he curiously asked.

" I admit, " Terry calmly spoke and sighed. " I am the one to blame for the trouble we have caused these days. My ego and pride has taken me for several years. Yeah, I'm the better sibling than he is. Back in the CIA, I was one of the top agents. My brother is an admin type, but I recruited him in the top secret division. I trained him to be similarly perfect and serious like me, but I guess I have expected him too much. I didn't acknowledge his weakness, quirks, and differences. I ignored them, when I saw how he failed I tended to get angry at him. "

" So, you made him get frustrated at you, almost everyday? "

" For more than two decades, yes. " he nodded. " I never noticed he has become angrier than me. I treated him like a dirtbag. "

" You have brought him so much pain in his part. Weren't you thinking how he hated you for not understanding him? "

" No. I strongly believe twin brothers should act and behave similarly like anyone else. That's how I groom him, but I think it made him more uncomfortable and frustrated. I never understood my brother acts and thinks more differently than I am. I have been pressuring him so much. "

" It's not too late for you to rekindle your relationship, " the boy smiled. " Look, I know you want your brother to be like you, but you have to understand and respect him for what he is. "

" You're right, " Terry nodded. " I could have listened to him and support for what he needs to do. "

" Well, you can begin with that. It's about time to change your attitude towards him. So, you can work better. "

" Yeah, I guess it will start through me, " the semi-balded one replied and smiled. " By the way, I'm sorry for treating you badly. I never realized a 682 clone like you is a good friend to talk to. "

" Hey, no sweat! '' the boy grinned and gently patted the man's shoulders. " I'm willing to help anyone else. Anyway, thanks for confessing and sharing your thoughts, too. "

" Well, I need to talk to him before I get to sleep. "

" Good, he will forgive you for sure. "

From a distance, Larry looked at the window and overheard the conversation as he sincerely smiled. The Kree-Lizard boy initiated to the reconciliation for the Bradford brothers.

(THE NEXT DAY)

" Yo, Svet! You're getting faster! " Enenra happily exclaimed while seeing the Kree-Lizard boy running for five minutes and holding his stopwatch.

" Almost there! " he panted and leaned on the tree.

" Yeah! "

Just then, the Egyptian mutant approached the two as the Kree-Lizard boy and his Spider-Faunus friend noticed him. Bombos was walking over to them.

" Hey, Svet! Good news! " he called. " You better check it out! "

" What is it? "

" The Bradford brothers are working together without arguing. "

" Good for them, " the hybrid smiled. " I guess they have already reconciled. "

" So, yeah, " Bombos raised his right hand interjection and continued. " You're not going to believe in what they will plan, next. "

" What is it? "

" Why don't you check it out by yourself? You might see something new. "

" Later, Svet! " the Spider-Faunus teen waved his hands as his friend waved back.

The boy headed inside and went his way to the computer room where the Bradford brothers had gone discussing about the systems. He curiously watched and waited for them.

" Svet, we need your help here, please, " Terry ordered.

" Yeah, " Larry grinned. " My brother and I need a Russian translator. We're not very familiar to this system in Cyrillic alphabet before upgrading it. "

" Sure, I'm happy to help for the both of you, " the hybrid smiled and asked. " What kind of equipment are you guys working on? "

" Navigation and GPS, " the semi-balded one answered. " Larry just found these in the storage room. The power is functioning, but we need a Russian guide to fix this. "

" You know, I spent dusting and sneezing around this morning after breakfast! " his brother laughed. " Man, that place is full of cobwebs. I guess we can consider cleaning it afterwards. "

" Good idea, Bro. You have some better thinking than me. "

" You're welcome! These will solve our no network connection problem. We can fix them in no time. "

" I'm curious, " the Kree-Lizard boy said. " What are you going to do with them? "

" Yeah, that's a pretty good question, Svet, " Larry smiled and replied. " Since I have already told Terry about the satellites are permanently jammed, I found these bunch of old internet modems to be in use. "

" We have decided to navigate your journey to France in the coming days, " his brother added. " Eventually, we will help Commander Ryliea's initiative in reviving the space program after the invasion. "

" Surely, it is interesting. "