Martin's love twist V2

chapter 3

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-Torrington Academy-

Martin was staring up at the ceiling with a blank expression with just him in the room. He turned to the side and took a deep breath before sighing heavily. 'Is mom right? Am I gonna be dealing with worse stuff? And what's it gonna be like as a Delta Agent?'

As he thought long and hard about this he remembered the screams of the weretigers that still haunted his mind. He could even remember their expressions and it made him cover his ears to try and blur it all out.

'Why can't they leave?!' He yelled in his mind while trying to think about something else but it wouldn't leave.

'ROAR!'

'Kill them!'

'NO!'

'AHHHHHHHHHHH!'

He sat up and panted while rubbing his head. 'I need something to distract me.'

Knock knock.

"Martin." Spoke Hyohime. "Can you let me in? I forgot the key again."

"Hang on." He said before getting up. 'This is the tenth time this week.'

Click.

"Thanks." she spoke while walking in and seeing him plop on his bed.

"So how was class?"

"Boring." She said while taking a seat on a chair. "Like I couldn't focus boring."

"Yeah, I get that alot." he spoke into his bed.

Hyohime sighed. "Martin, ever had the feeling that mu was the only thing inside your heart?"

"What?"

"Mu, nothingness. Like a void."

"I'm feeling like it right now." He said while seeing Hyohime slump to the floor.

"It's like life is sucked out of the world." She groaned. "And it's happening again…." she muttered under her breath.

"I feel like a ghost."

"I feel like a gap hag."

"Wow, that's big." he remarked while turning on his side. "I feel like we crossed a line we can't go back on."

"Same." She grumbled. "And it pisses me off." 'Kuso!'

He sat up and frowned. "If mom had just told me, maybe I would have had time to think it over, instead she drops it on us and expected us to accept it like that."

"Well it's easy for you." She frowned. "You get to do that all the time, oh wait no. You're just a child." She turned on her back. "This is just too much, and I've seen it all."

"Me?!" he glared at her. "You were probably happy fighting them, that's part of your nature isn't it?"

"No it's not baka! Sirens hate fighting! We aren't vultures like you!"

"I'm a person birdbrain!"

"Same thing!" She growled. "I bet you love fighting other paranormal creatures like me for fun! Yama be damned you're crazy as fuck!"

"Oh yeah, clearly you're in the right considering you tried to KILL a guy who broke your heart like some moody teenager!"

Hyohime growled in rage. "He betrayed me! Used me like a common whore!"

"But did you two even go that far?"

She got up and slapped him on the cheek. "Shut up you teme. Shut up shut up SHUT THE KUSO UP!"

He frowned and stood up. "How about you shut up! You could have left after he dumped you, but nooo, you had to drag other people into your lover's spat!"

"JUST SHUT UP!" She screamed angry while tears ran down her cheeks. "YOU DON'T KNOW ME! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!"

"You're right I don't know! Hell I don't even know if your name is real or not!"

"IT IS YOU BAKA HUMAN!"

He opened his mouth, but shut it and walked past her. "You know what? You wanna get pissy, do it when I'm not here, I'm out."

She growled as Martin tried to open the door, but found out he couldn't for some reason.

"Initiating CENTER protocol delta sigma omega. Estimated time till reactivation, 36 hours." Spoke a computerized voice from out of nowhere.

"What the….open up!" spoke Martin tugging on the knob harder. But the door just electrocuted him as it gained a green force field around it. He fell back and twitched while a hologram of Mom appeared.

"If you are watching this agent Martin then you have seen your first death. Knowing how volatile your emotions are when angered I installed this program in case you try something stupid. It is for your own good Martin, I don't want agents that go rogue and cause the end of the world. Oh and don't bother getting out with the U-Watch, protocol delta sigma omega overrides all ranks below master."

He growled and walked over to his desk before grabbing his lamp and tried hitting it against the door. Only for it to electrocute him again.

"And Martin, I know it's tough but if you don't come to grips with yourself then I have no choice but to activate protocol omega alpha gamma." She spoke before saying in a cold tone. "Also called your immediate execution."

"WHAT?!"

"Master rank Mom, signing out." it spoke before the hologram disappeared.

"Kuso!" Hyohime roared in anger. "Just damn it all! Now I'm stuck here with…." she started to cry.

"I know I know." he spoke while sighing and sat on the floor. 'Great, thanks a lot Mom, things just got worse.'

'Why must everything in my life go down the kuso toilet!?' She thought while walking towards the bed and pushed her face into a pillow. "AHHHH!"

Martin looked at her while imagining Diana doing the same thing. 'Now what do I do? If I say something she'll get pissed and not wanna talk about it, if I don't say anything she'll still get mad.'

Hyohime cried some more while feeling very depressed. 'Why? Just why?'

"Um Hyohime? You could rest on my lap if you want?"

"J...Just…." she sniffled while muttering incohesive.

"Just what?"

"Just...sit down…." she spoke through the pillow.

He walked over and took a spot next to her.

She turned to him with red eyes stained with tears as she rested her head on his lap.

'Man, I really fucked up this time.' He thought while feeling very down as well.

"Why…?"

"Huh?"

"Why….must things be….so shitty?"

"That's life." he sighed. "Things don't go as planned and they can turn out worst, especially right now."

"..." she sniffled while Martin could feel the tears on his pants. "Martin….should I end it?"

"End what?"

"...me…."

"What? Wait...no! That's crazy talk!"

"I've tried before." She spoke with a hoarse voice. "I….tried…."

Martin looked at her in horror before leaning down and tried hugging her.

"Thanks...but it's on your mind too." She sniffled. "We've been broken."

He looked down at her and rubbed her while closing his eyes. "Maybe I'm not cut out to be an agent."

"With that attitude yes." spoke another voice near them.

They looked and blinked.

"Hello."

"Mom?!"

Said master rank agent was sitting next to them on a chair while drinking some tea. "That's my title. And I never expected you two to try either committing suicide or leaving the Center."

They frowned while Martin managed to stand up and pointed at her. "What the fuck is wrong with you?!"

"About what?"

"You know what I'm talking about!"

"Let's see, it's either the massacre of man eating weretigers that was started by an orb of Shiva or having you two coping with death in a fortified room with a protocol from the year 2001." She sipped her tea. "If it's the latter then know that omega alpha gamma is an old protocol that doesn't apply to you anymore."

He ran over and slapped the tea out of her hand with a scowl. "You think this is some game, don't you?"

"I don't." She said crossing her arms. "That mentality came from your delusions of grandeur." she stood up and glared at him. "Let me make this clear Martin, you can get mad, pissed, and sad all you want, but you're the one who wanted to stick with the Center and face supernatural dangers, several of which could have killed people and treated them like some game. You had the choice to leave any second, but you chose to stick around."

He tried to say something,but couldn't find the strength.

"So either cry a river or shape up and act like an adult." she walked by him. "I didn't say a word cause I wanted to see if you still wanted to be an agent or handle it, but if you're gonna be like this and not understand that the world and the dangers are real, then maybe you shouldn't be an agent at all."

He looked down while feeling conflicted.

"As for Hyohime, killing yourself isn't the best way. It's not an escape, but a prison of the mind."

"Shut up!"

"Fine, don't listen to me." Mom frowned. "But know this, I went through the same thing you did and look what happened. I didn't kill myself because I had something to live for, the question for you however is do you have anything to live for or are you just that hollow?"

The siren looked at her while Mom walked to the door.

"Besides, killing is sometimes the only thing you can do to save more lives. Are you aware of how many lives were in the town next to them?"

"...yes."

"Then you must know if you went through with that plan of yours then the village would suffer too. Especially the children that were waiting for their parents and older siblings to return home. Imagine if they somehow lost their wills from that tune of yours."

"So then what do we do?" frowned Martin.

"Simple, think on the fact you saved lives instead of letting them die in a massacre. In war people die, you can't stop it, but what you can do is try to save as many lives as you can. Being a Delta Agent isn't easy, and you will have to get your hands dirty from time to time if the situation calls for it, and if you feel you're not up to it, then you can either stick to what you've been doing, or quit altogether. It's up to you."

He blinked while Mom opened a portal.

"Oh and remember this bit of advice." She said with a slight smile. "Even in the darkest night, hope can find a way. It's what makes us strong after all."

They watched her go through before the portal closed right behind her.

Hyohime looked at Martin before saying. "Martin, I'm sorry for snapping."

"No, I should be." he looked away. "I got so mad I took it out on you when I should have just kept my big fat mouth shut."

"No I should. I got you mad." She said. "I mean when I'm coping with something I get very emotional."

"Well I could have kept quiet, but I wasn't thinking and said all that."

"Well same with me." Hyohime said while turning him around. "I mean yes I was thinking of suicide in the past but I just thought you hated me for that slap."

"What? I wouldn't hate you over that."

"Oh…." she blushed. "Well that was on my mind. Does it hurt?"

"Nah, really it's nothing compared to the other girls." he tried joking.

"..." she placed a hand over his red cheek and touched it.

"Ow."

"Oh! Sorry." She said as her hand jolted away. 'Great now I'm a kuso hime. Just great!'

"Really I'll be fine." he replied before looking away. "But, I hope you don't hate me or something."

"I wouldn't." She said while trying to relax. "I'm not that hateful, plus it was stupid of me to act like that. I mean we should have just talked about this instead of acting like bakas."

"Well, maybe we should. Like for instance, I felt sick cause I always thought killing was overboard, but in the past the missions I had seemed….well toned down compared to stuff in movies and dark tv shows so I guess I never saw it as something to feel bad about, but maybe I was taking this job for granted."

"Well I was kind of sheltered as a child so I guess seeing death as a casual thing just seemed natural." she admitted. "Hunting for food was just part of life and we did it to survive and I figured that's how the rest of the world went by, until I grew up."

They looked at each other while feeling their very beings getting filled up with something. Something that made them feel like their old selves and a sort of new selves at the same time.

"You know Hyohime, maybe I'll stick with what I did before, dealing with missions that weren't as dark as that one."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course." He said before seeing a hologram message appear on his U-Watch. "Huh? Delta class examination mission retakes will take place in a month. From Mom."

"Are you gonna take them?"

"Not sure, I'd need to think real hard on it. I mean this is big, if I don't feel like it's me by then I'm sticking with my level."

Hyohime nodded. "Alright, but if you feel like taking it then I'll be rooting for you."

"Thanks, and just in case, let's keep the mission between us, if Mom wants to tell Java and Diana that's fine, but I don't wanna tell them the details."

"Agreed. I don't want them to get eaten by some kind of giant neko." She shivered. 'I hate nekos!'

"Cool, now I don't know about you, but I'm feeling a little hungry."

GROWL!

She blushed red. "S-Same here."

Martin got up and tried to open the door, only to get shocked again by the door.

"Protocol end in 34 hours."

"FUCK!"

"Protocol Fuck activated." It said before a steel door covered it. "Protocol deactivation in 30 hours."

"We didn't mean it like that!"

(Sometime later)

Diana walked by to the cafeteria to get a snack before early morning class. She then noticed both Martin and Hyohime scarfing down tons of pancakes and bacon and eggs like it was the only thing left on earth to eat. "Uh, you two alright?"

"No time!" Hyohime yelled while eating some bacon. "Can't talk!" 'FOOD!'

"We didn't get a chance to eat for over a day!" spoke Martin while biting into sausage links like a coyote.

Diana stood there confused. "What?"

But they kept on eating while looking ready to eat an elephant, which they might have if given the chance.

'I'll question them later.'

'FOOD!' Both thought while trying to finish the meal and get ready for the day ahead of them. Which might be difficult since today is PE outside of the academy, but hey, they're starving.