I managed to fix up some errors in this chapter and I'm posting the third chapter up today. I hope that you enjoy it and have a good day.
Takeda, Jacqui, Cassie and Kung Jin stared wide-eyed in horror at the scene before them. As Raiden got closer to them, they noticed dark red stains of blood on the cloth. Fearing the worse, Takeda ran up to Raiden, ripping Hanzo from his arms and laying him down on the ground.
He ripped the cloth off him only to be met with a horrendous sight. There on his master's body were two deep stab wounds on his chest and stomach. "No… NO NO NO!"
Jacqui, Cassie and Kung Jin came up to Takeda's side. Cassie placed her fingers on Hanzo's neck trying to find a pulse. She found nothing. Cursing, she quickly told Kung Jin to start chest compressions while she tried to help him breathe.
Kenshi tried to telepathically contact Hanzo but was only met with silence. As Sonya watched her daughter and Kung Jin try desperately to save Hanzo, all her anger towards him drained away. Raiden just stood there, his head down. Sonya, Johnny and Kenshi jogged up to Raiden, hoping that he would tell them that he came here for Hanzo to get treated for his wounds.
Their worst fears came to life when Raiden looked up to them, his pale blue eyes full of sorrow and shook his head. Johnny kneeled next to Cassie, pulling her close to him and held her there. Cassie struggled against her father's grip.
"Dad! Let me go! I need to save him!" Cassie refused to accept that Hanzo was gone. That the man who took care of her and her three friends when they were younger and became another father figure was dead.
"Cassie. Stop. Hanzo's gone. I'm sorry but he's gone." Cassie looked up to her father's sorrowful eyes before looking at her mother who also had the same sorrowful expression, confirming the dreaded news. Tears welled up in her eyes as she felt her heart rip apart. She sobbed against her father's shoulder, soaking his jacket.
Takeda tried to contact Hanzo telepathically too but only found silence. He couldn't even hear a mere whisper from Hanzo's mind. Takeda however refused to believe his father figure was dead and tried to take over from Cassie but was held in place by Jacqui and Kenshi. He tried to fight against his father's hold and told Jacqui to let him go but once he saw Kenshi's sorrowful expression on his face and the tears streaming down Jacqui's face, the news was as clear as day.
Takeda hugged Jacqui, sobbing loudly. Jacqui could only wrap her arms around Takeda, trying to comfort him but failing as she too broke down. Kenshi could only watch the two of them break down, the scene described to him by Sento as grief engulfed him.
Kung Jin was sweating buckets as he continued the chest compressions, refusing to stop. He didn't even notice Sonya kneel in front of him and gently grab his wrists, stopping him. He looked up to her and tried to protest only to be met with Sonya's sorrowful face. Kung Jin looked back and forth at Sonya and Hanzo, slowly turning numb. Sonya released Kung Jin and watched as he sat down on the ground, his legs curling up to his chest and his arms wrapping around them, his head on his knees. She could hear Kung Jin softly sobbing as Raiden kneeled next to him and comforted him.
Sonya didn't know what to think. At first she was angry at Hanzo for his actions but now here she was kneeling beside his corpse, looking at Hanzo's pale and still face, his eyes closed to the world. She felt sorrow and grief for the dead man, tears pattering onto the ground. The Special Forces troops looked on at the scene with their heads bowed, their helmets held in their hands.
Everyone that day grieved and mourned for Hanzo, the cries and wails of Cassie, Takeda, Jacqui and Kung Jin the only sounds echoeing throughout the base.
While Sonya led Johnny, who was carrying Hanzo's body, to the morgue with Raiden, Kenshi took the four young adults back to the tent. Before Sonya left, she had told Kenshi to call Jax and Vera to the base. "Jacqui really needs comfort right now from her parents after everything that has happened today."
With Kenshi gone to make the call, Jacqui, Takeda, Kung Jin and Cassie all sat on the ground next to each other, their legs curled up to their chests and their arms around their knees. Every time they tried to say something, their throats would clog up and fresh tears would drip from their eyes. All they could do was sit there drawing comfort from each other, quietly mourning and grieving for Hanzo.