Chapter 3: Who To Trust?
It didn't take him all that long to find Sky in the end, because Sky was right where he was, standing in front of the pile of dead Togruta bodies still in that state of shock and horror. It reminded Alex of his vision of the room full of bodies, only in that vision Aky was more calmer, and more evil.
Alex hated to think what must've been going on in his half brother's head but whatever it was, it must've been either good or bad "hey" Alex said and Sky turned round to face his brother, it was the first sign of movement he displayed since he saw the dead bodies.
Only when Sky turned round the person he saw standing behind him, wasn't his brother, but more like a reflection of himself, people often said Alex looked like him, but Sky didn't see it, but now, his brother had changed into something new, and Sky understood.
Alex had been given a second chance, and that surprised him more than anything "hey" Sky said back and he walked forward to the newly changed Alex "like the new look" at this Alex couldn't help but laugh, and he wondered how Sky knew it was him, oh well he thought, a question for another day.
"Well, it's a long story" Alex laughed and at this Sky laughed with him, and Alex thought to himself that this was a rare oppertunity nowadays. Considering what had happened to them back on Skaro which was 5 months ago. "What the hell happened to you?" Alex asked curious to know where Sky had been all the time they had been separated.
"I told you" Sky said smiling as if he were considering telling him a secret "I was clearing my head" he looked at his brother and laughed "I found myself a hobby"
"Which was?"
"If I told you" Sky smiled slyly and Alex could tell that his brother was holding back a secret "it wouldn't be a secret now would it" he then turned away to face the dead bodies "amazing isn't it?" He said without looking at Alex "how something this powerful, could do something like this?"
"In a morbid way" Alex said taking a step forward "yes, what's your plan Sky?" At this Skynturned around again and faced his brother and chuckled
"My plan?" He walked forward and placed a hand on his brother "my plan is something you don't understand"
"You're not making any sense" Alex looked at his brother in shock and wondered what is was that cause him to snap, all that time ago, and yet here he was, looking fine as ever, like his normal self. But that didn't phase Alex, Sky had to be here for something, there was always a catch with his brother "what do you mean? How can it be a plan if it's something I don't understand"
"It's a plan" Sky said turning back around to face his brother 'let's just leave it at that"
"What are you doing back here Sky" Alex asked his brother and at this Sky sighed in frustration "you know I can't exactly trust you" at this Sky laughed and said
"No" he chuckled "no I don't suppose you can't" he then looked across from Alex as if someone new had entered the fray "maybe you shouldn't trust you're new friend anymore than you trust me" with that he then walked away leaving Alex to ponder what Sky meant.
But he didn't need to because at that moment he turned round to see Faith standing there watching the whole thing, Alex knew what Sky meant as he didn't exactly trust Faith either. But in his position if were the lesser of two evils, he'd pick Faith over Sky any day.
"How long were you standing there?" Alex asked her curious to know. At this Faith smiled and said
"Long enough to see that" Faith walked next to him and said "few words of advice, don't ever dissapea on me like that again" she then checked to see if Sky wasn't listening in on them "don't trust him"
"That's funny" Alex laughed "coming from you"
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"How can't I trust my brother when I can't even trust you?"
"I don't know" Faith said and her answer really surprised Alex but he listened to her anyway "when you've been alive as long as I have, you tend to forget who to trust" Alex related with Faith on this, not because of the immortal part, but knowing who to trust these days.
"I agree with you" Alex said smiling 'it does take a tole on you" he held his hand out to hers and she took it whilst smiling at him. "But I believe, with friends like ours, it won't be so easy"
"You got that right"
"Hah" Alex laughed "you know I had a friend like you once, not exactly your age mind you, but she still was brave, mysterious, charming" he paused on this last word "beautiful"
"What happened to her?" Faith asked curious to know, even though she already did.
"Her name was Darlene Turner" Alex said smiling at Faith "and she was the bravest person I ever met" he walked away from the pile of dead bodies and Faith looked away from them "come on, we'd best get back, others will worry" and at that they said nothing else as they walked away, following Sky back to the others.
