A New Melody Act IV: Allegro
Vice was also sitting quietly, scheming his escape. He knew that if he just made a ruckus it would just draw attention to him, which was the last thing that he wanted. If he could lay low, he might be able to sneak his way out and to Lala, at which point they could leave together. It wasn't much of a plan; more of an outline; but it was something.
He had long ago noticed a monitor in the center of the room but for the most part had ignored it. The masked man appeared on it. "What do you want?" Vice asked.
The man laughed. "And I thought you would be anxious to 'clear your name'."
"There's nothing to clear," Vice said. "I don't know why the hell you have us here. We didn't do anything wrong, especially Lala. I might be a bit rough around the edges, but Lala's a genuinely good person."
"That is yet to be determined," the man said. "However, I will admit, I suspect you more than her."
"I don't know what your problem is. We haven't done anything. We were just minding our own business, trying to get out of here. But then you have to show up out of nowhere and stop us from doing something that wasn't going to hurt anyone." Vice glared at the man.
"If your claims are true I will let you and your friend go. However, I must ask, where were you going?" The man asked.
"What's it to you?" Vice said defensively.
"Just curiosity I suppose." He looked at him, seeming to dare him to give the wrong answer.
"Well you can stay curious. It's none of your business."
"If you weren't up to no good, you would have no reason not to tell me." The man seemed satisfied.
"There's such a thing as privacy you know. You ever hear of it?"
The man chuckled. "A nobody has no right to privacy."
"Well I'm not a nobody, so drop all that 'nobodies have no rights' nonsense. Nobodies are people too anyway." Vice was controlling his temper fairly well, but he was growing impatient.
"You and your friend have many false illusions, I must say. If you aren't a nobody, then what do you even care?"
"I care because everyone, heartless, nobody, or human has thoughts and feelings and deserve to be treated as such," Vice said matter-of-factly.
The man laughed. "You really are fascinating. I'll be glad to have more time to talk to you over this nonsense, perhaps clear some of it out of your head since you seem to have it so completely engrained."
"Why don't you go fly a kite or something, make yourself useful somewhere?" Vice said sarcastically.
"Very well," the man said. "I will have plenty of time to figure you out. I'm sure that you are a nobody; that much is obvious to me."
"You're an idiot if you think that. I have a heart. I'm not a nobody," Vice reiterated. The man just chuckled again. He disappeared off the screen. "Wow. What an a-hole.
In an infinite darkness
The light lives.
That light it thrives
And hope it gives.
But not all can see it.
Some are too blind.
We all contain it.
And they must find
Find out that they
Were wrong
All along.
((Sorry for the short chapters, I'm trying to avoid character confusion as much as possible!))
