Part Two: Moving On (Through the Eyes of Rose)
"Are you sure we should be doing this Vic? I mean, we barely know what we are doing…" It's only been about month since the incident, and Victor is getting really edgy and has been doing all this crazy research that I don't know about, but right now, Victor is about to do something REALLY stupid… I can feel it.
"Who said anything about WE? I'm doing this on my own. I can't lose you too…"
"AND I CAN'T LOSE YOU!" And out of reflex, I felt my hand strike his face… and before I could stop myself, I just kept going. "I have nothing more to live for other than you. You are the only person left in my life, and I can't lose you as well. Don't do this to me Victor. Don't do this to me…" I couldn't hold myself any longer. My tears started to flow, my body started to shake, and my mind was going in places I wish it didn't… I reached out to him and cried on his shoulder… "Please Vic… Please… I can't lose you… I can't… You are all that I have left… Please…"
Victor held me, and he started shushing softly and telling me that everything would be okay. He was trying to calm me down. He wanted to calm me down so that he could get his way. It wasn't going to help. I didn't want to lose him. I didn't, and if he was going to be stubborn, then so would I. I can't lose my brother again. He came back different when he lost his arm, and it made me feel like my brother just died and something else was in him. It scared me, and I don't want something like that to happen to him again. It was a miracle to begin with that Rayven put Victor back together when the bear or whatever it actually was took a chunk out of his side and replaced it with automail parts that could keep it all together. It's scary to see it… and it makes me queasy to see or think about it. And now he was going to do something else that would probably end him being hurt or worse… he might need a new replacement or death. I don't want that.
"Rose, it'll all be okay. I'll be back."
"NO! Either I go with you or you don't go." I wasn't going to back down. I wasn't going to give in. I was dead serious about this. "Don't you dare think you can sneak away from this. I will hunt you down and find you…"
I could see Vic contemplating her words and something in his eyes wanted me to move away and just let him be, but he knew I wouldn't budge. "Fine Rose… but the second you notice anything out of the ordinary or something happens, you run, got it?"
"Fine… I'll compromise." I wanted to make sure my brother would be okay… was that a crime?
"Water: 35 liters; Carbon: 25 kilograms; Ammonia: 4 liters; Lime: 1.5 kilograms; Phosphorous: 800 grams; Salt: 250 grams; Saltpeter: 100 grams; Sulfur: 80 grams; Fluorine: 7.5 grams; Iron: 5 grams; Silicon: 3 grams; and trace amounts of fifteen other elements. Now I'm ready. All I need right now is a substitute for a soul…" I watched him walk slowly towards a knife, picking it up and slowly sliding it across his palm, creating a small crimson river from the bottom of the first knuckle to the midway of the side of his hand. I cringed at the sight of it, but he had no reaction. His face was stoic. He didn't even cringe when the blade sliced through the skin, nerves, and veins… It scared me…
He stood over the big plate that held all the materials that he mentioned earlier and he let his blood drip on top of the mountain of stuff. He double checked everything and then when he was satisfied he did something that I never seen him before… he preformed magic…
White light surrounded me and it was beautiful… but then something fucked up happened… the brilliant white light turned to a sinister purple and I could have sworn the shadows were dancing… it wasn't normal…
"ROSE! RUN!"
I heard those words and was ready for the door, but as I tried to run, I felt something stop me… it was the shadows… eating away at my leg.
"VIC! HELP!"
I looked towards him, and I could see Victors face change from the cold and senseless bastard that cut his own hand to the brother I once knew and loved, but the only difference now was his eyes… Guilt and Fear have consumed them, and I knew that he wasn't going to be the same.
And then, just as everything suddenly happened, it stopped, and I felt my body just give under all my weight.
"ROSE!!! Hang on Rose. I'll get us help!" Victor was jumpy and jittery. I wanted to say something, but for some reason, I couldn't even open my mouth. Hell, I couldn't even move.
Victor wrapped my arms around his neck as he lifted me up on his back for a piggyback ride… sort of like the good old days when everything was normal and easy…
"RAYVEN!"
Wait… what? How did we make it to Rayvens so fast? I must have been out of it… I felt out of it… and really light headed…
"What is it Vi- HOLY SHIT! WHAT HAPPENED?!"
"I don't care what has to happen, can you help her?!"
I wanted to calm them all down and Guys, I'm fine… Really…, but again, I couldn't say or do anything…
Even if I did, I knew Rayven and Victor. They wouldn't listen to me anyway… I need to fix that soon…
"Okay Rose, this is going to pinch a bit…"
Huh? Okay, seriously… I was way too out of it… Rayven came back with his set and a needle… I didn't even realize he left to begin with… And what was… with the needle any… wa…y… Oh look… Clouds… soft, warm, fuzzy clouds… I think I'll just grab one and sleep on it for a while…
