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Iris Paula West had always been the baby of the family. Even though she was only three minutes younger than Jai she was still treated like the youngest. It came with its advantages, for instance her father was wrapped around her pinky finger, but it also came with disadvantages.
She and Jai got along for the most part when they grew up. They were quite close for siblings. Every so often they would argue about something stupid, but they quickly forgave each other. Jai acted like any older brother. He was sometimes bossy, overprotective and annoying but she knew he cared. They were siblings; they loved each other, or it least they used to. It's hard looking back seeing where they are now.
It all started when her father disappeared. Irey still hoped he was out there alive somewhere; she was the only one who refused to believe he was dead. She took it hard, but out of all of them Jai took it the hardest. Her brother tried to hide it, but Irey saw through his mask. She saw his hidden tears. No one else did. After that he was different, darker even. Irey didn't realize it until it was too late. She remembers the night he left it would haunt her forever.
It was late in the evening, Irey and Jai were both at their apartment they shared in Keystone. Irey had started to notice that Jai was bending the rules more and more recently so she decided to confront him about it. When she went into his room she found him packing up his stuff.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"Anywhere but here." He growled. "What do you want?"
"I want to know what the hell has been up with you lately." She said sternly.
"Nothing, it's none of your business."
"NOTHING!?" She cried. "Jai, you almost killed someone."
"He got what he deserved." He replied.
"It's not out job to punish the guilty. We protect the innocent and leave the rest to the law."
"That's the problem."
"What do you mean by that?" Irey was starting to worry even more.
"There's always a loophole, bad guys go free every day." He murmured.
"That doesn't mean you outstep your bounds."
"We don't have to follow their rules."
"What are you saying?"
"We don't have to abide by their laws, we're better than all of them. We should be the ones in charge."
"JAI! WE CANNOT PLAY GOD!" the horrified red head shouted.
"IREY! LOOK AROUND YOU! CAN'T YOU SEE! THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN IS COMPLETELY BROKEN. STOP LYING TO YOURSELF." He hollered.
"NO IT ISN'T." her heart felt heavy as she sighed.
"Look around you, can you honestly say that it's all going to be ok? The world's not worth saving."
"Jai…" she pleaded but he continued ranting.
"Life's too short to play by the rules." Jai sneered.
"Do you hear what you're saying? This isn't you." She could feel the tears pricking at her eyes.
"This is me! I'm done with pretending, I'm done with the lies. They're not going to bury another speedster." He yelled. "There's no such thing as justice."
"Dad would never want it this way…" she was soon cut off
"DAD IS GONE IREY! HE'S DEAD!" He thundered harshly.
"NO HE ISN'T!" she sobbed.
"When will you stop being naive little girl and realize that there are no happy endings?"
"Jai…don't go…" she pleaded as he headed toward the door.
He pushed her aside. "I'm out of here. From now on do yourself a favor and stay out of my way." He slammed the door so hard the picture of their family on the wall fell down and shattered.
Irey collapsed on the floor melting in a puddle of tears. She felt so belittled, so betrayed, so hurt. The twenty year old sat there staring at the photo, as she picked it up her finger was sliced by a piece of broken glass. She didn't feel it, the tears burning in her eyes stung much more than the tiny cut.
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