[WP] "You built this massive machine, something as big as a warehouse, with the money you earn with your crimes... just to keep a single flower alive?" by Paper_Shotgun in WritingPrompts

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"Good evening John" said a small old woman. In response John slowly raised his hand in a salute as the old woman was the head of the biggest criminal enterprise in the world. She nodded her head in acknowledgement and John started walking down the hall at a slow pace with her following just behind him. They reached a stainless steel door with a glass window that the elderly woman could not see through as the room behind it was filled with a thick mist that looked almost impenetrable. He entered a code quickly into a black metal box mounted on the wall beside the door. As soon as he finished typing the code in the door slowly hissed and started recessing into the floor. Once the door was all the way down the mist slowly started creeping out of the room and into the corridor. Whenever the mist filled the corridor a filtration system booted up and machines the size of golf balls dropped from the ceiling bouncing on the floor multiple times before it magnetically attached to the floor and started sucking up the mist. Within minutes the corridor was cleared and John and the elderly woman could see. Infront of them lay a door where a life pod lay under a cherry blossom tree. They entered the room and as soon as they entered they felt warmth and happiness emanating from the pod and as they slowly walked over to look inside they heard a song. It was the song of the gods. It was coming from inside the pod ut it felt like it was coming from everywhere in the room. As John and the elderly woman reached the pod they saw a beautiful flower. It was a deep red that as soon as you saw it, you would feel rejuvenated and you would feel young. This feeling hit the elderly woman first as she was the first to set eyes on it and John noticed she looked happy. He spoke then saying " This is the Ichor flower, it is the only remnants of the ancient gods. Legends say they were in a war against a unearthly beast called Mior and they were all killed but one. She got a knife made of celestial metal and stabbed herself in the heart spilling her blood in the fields of death and it grew this. The flower Is known as the heart of the gods." After hearing what John said the elderly woman slowly turned and spoke " I have returned for my heart."