Prologue
Five years. It has been five years since the world we knew ended and we were there, all us, standing right by the switch. We should of known from the start that we couldn't of stopped it, no matter how many times I look back over it. It was near to impossible. I accept that now.
For all that time April and I have been on our own. You really get to know someone in that time when you spend a complete twenty-four seven in their company, rituals, habits... longings.
I should have kept up with the others. I shouldn't have hesitated. We would be with them now if I were that split second faster. That's all it took a split second and now it's just us.
God only knows what it must have looked like to Leo as the massive quake split the city asunder. April and I fell into what must of looked like gaping oblivion. I'll never forget that desperate, blind panic that filled my oldest brother's face just before the shelf we were standing on dropped. A horrible knowing that there was nothing he could do. Oh my god how he struggled in Raphael's grip. Snatched back from our fate even as he reached down for us.
I can still hear his scream.
They must have thought we were dead and I still don't blame them if they think that. If they aren't looking for us I bear no grudges but we will never stop looking for them. I will march through this fractured wasteland until I find them or die trying. It's just that simple; my only clause is that April is kept safe because I promised.
I promised…
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((Bit of a teaser huh? I've been working on this fanfic for a couple of years now on and off and decided to take the plunge. This is ploughing into territory that I never thought I would venture into but over that time I have summoned my courage. Welcome to my mad mind and hold tight, this one is going to be quite a ride! XD Please, I beg you don't eat me!))