Mother… This word rings an endless loop in my head. How dear this word is to others, yet to me it is nothing but mere trash. Though it's the one who made me; I can't think positively of her, that rat. Never the less, I always ramble on how much I can't stand her to myself. My father however, he loved her and me. I was a remarkable sight to him; an excellent creation-his creation. A splendid introduction of beauty to the world, but…but…
It doesn't matter anymore…
"Come on Len! Let's explore the Acrobites Cavern! Wow! these graphics are beautiful; your hair looks marvellous underneath the sun! The Sun, the Sun! So wonderful, but I wonder how they made it like that, don't you?"
The older twin whisked his head towards the lovely voice of his sister. He smiled gently in her direction but remained mute. She tackled him to the ground, keeping her innocent grin plastered on her soft almost angelic face.
"Why don't you talk lately? The sky is stunning and you usually praise the graphics of games, but today you aren't speaking."
He shrugged and pressed his gentle lips against her forehead. The child pushed herself off her elder brother sulking and began to walk towards the cave; Len tagged behind, snickering obnoxiously loudly.
Peering over at the two adolescents, a group bathed in black hid within the shadows.
"I wonder what a bunch of Level 1's are doing in a Level 30 cave."
"I guess they don't know better, they should've stuck to the tutorial though."
"True, let's ambush them!" A third member nearly jumped out of their hiding place before being choked and flung back. Len quickly spun his head in the direction of the rather loud crash and spotted the group. He clutched his sibling's shoulders tightly and gestured her to continue forward.
"Look what you did, you dimwit! You let the boy see us! We can't ambush them; it isn't right!"
"Why can't we help them from getting into trouble?" A much younger voice spoke up.
"We aren't allowed to; our job is to scout the land and report any concern, bugs or glitches to the Queen, nothing more, nothing less."
"Still…why can't we help them just because we want to?" The child replied.
"We just can't! If someone sees us doing that, we can lose our jobs! Why are you guys so hooked on helping these fools?"
'I'm not sure," the three muttered in unison, "I am just compelled to them."
"Len, is something wrong?"
"Hmm? Oh sorry Rin, just making sure you're here." Len hastily lied.
"A-alright, so where are all the monsters?"
"Shhh, I think I can hear them."
Len swiftly drew a match from his pocket and flung it ahead of the pair. Multiple shrieks from monsters fought against the blazing fire.
"Rin, run!" Len bellowed. He shoved Rin into a room before sealing the door, bolted to the wall.
Rin, hearing the screams of her brother; flustered around for a health potion of sorts. She clutched an average sized bottle and held it close until the noise died down. She then burst the door open and watched her brother's state. Her shoulders quivered as her arms trembled, and the last thing she remembered; was hearing the laughs of her brother. She beamed brightly, reminiscing old memories.
Blurred silhouettes surrounded the child. She followed the movements of, what she called her 'captors', in a rather creepy pattern.
"Are y- fe—ing better –in?
"What did you say?"
"I asked if you were feeling better."
"Oh." That was all she could say, she could care less on how she felt if her brother wasn't next to her; she wasn't okay. Call her obsessive but she cared for her brother more than anything.
"My name is Haku, we 'found' you lying in a Level 30 cavern, what were you doing there?"
Rin observed the room. It was a small hospital ward, complete with mechanisms that went 'beep' leaning against frost-white walls and ceilings. Circled around her bed, stood adults, kids and teens her age; their hair shined different variations of the colour wheel. Rin felt plain being around such unique children. She sat up and peered at her now torn shirt; the shirt her brother got her. Whatever attacked her was going to pay; with their life. She growled at the thought, startling the circle.
"Huh? Ummm…I can't remember?" Rin felt confused. What just happened, where am I, where is Len? These thought's floated around like a bubble, in her mind.
"Haku, isn't she supposed to remember what happened?"
"No, we gave her a potion. It would be troublesome if she remembered what happened there."
"Then why did you ask?" Rin pouted.
Haku grinned mischievously, "Just to make sure you didn't remember."
'Pang, Pang!'
"What was that?" The children jumped.
"We have to go, c'mon guys." Haku was ready to jump out a nearby window, while Rin; still lying in bed, shook her head baffled.
"Wait, what's going on? Hold on for a minute, where are you going?" The poor blond nearly fell out of bed. She held her head in her hands before staring at the one person in the room still.
"Please stay; I really want someone to stay. My brother left and now I have no one left." Rin cried.
The boy watched Rin in curiosity, but was frozen to the floor. Several men let themselves in and slammed open the lone door that separated the duo from the assailants.
"Piko Utante, you are charged with robbery, homicide and kidnapping. This must be his partner. Grab the two of them; we are going back to the Queen." A guard clothed in camouflage ordered. The underlings clutched Rin carefully while others dragged the boy out.
"What are you talking about? Let me go, please! I have nothing to do with this! Let me explain!" Rin pleaded.
Piko on the other hand, allowed the guards to drag him out. His soulless eyes saw right through Rin. She gave up on struggling and fell limp. Again, the only thing that ran through her mind; was the memories of the smiles and laughs of her brother.
"Len, promise me you won't ever leave."
"Only if you promise to take care of me, I'm getting old you know."
"So am I, say; when we grow up, are you going to marry Yuzuki?"
"Yup, and you're gonna marry Maika, and Piko's going to marry IA!"
"We'll have a huge wedding! I can't wait till we get out of here!"
"I know right! Wanna blow up the place again?"
"Sure, but this time we have to invite Piko! And Ollie?"
"Yeah?"
"Please try not to get caught again!"