Chapter 7 Trouble in a Criminal's Mind
Hey guys so this chapter was inspired by Praetorianwarrior's review, they pointed out I didn't quite explain the dream Reaper had. They was right it needed to be more in depth but I wanted to save it for its own chapter. Now shall we begin?
Reaper was standing in a familiar setting, a hospital room. On the bed in front of him was his dying mother. She had light brown hair and faded blue eyes. She looked so calm, so at peace. Reaper wasn't in his clothes he normally wore, he was wearing a pair of blue jeans with a gray t-shirt and a brown leather jacket over. He was still wearing his pair of dark sunglasses but behind them his eyes where watery and tearing up. He slowly walked up to her left side and knelled next to her.
"Justinian, you've grown up a lot since I came ill." She said in a soft tone.
"I've been trying to save you. Dad and I have been trying to get funds to help save your life." Justinian said.
"While I appreciate it you should stop now before you get caught." His mother said in a concerned and soft tone.
"But if we stop then you'll die, I never got to see my real father, I can't lose my last real parent." Justinian replied starting to cry.
"You'll never come back from being a criminal if you don't stop before I die. Please, Justinian, redeem yourself." She said as she held back her tears.
"Mom, I can save you!" Justinian yelled with the tears in his eyes. "We almost have enough to pay for all you expenses and save you."
"Justinian, you can't. My fate has been sealed. Now can I please see your eyes one last time?" She asked as the tears started to roll down her checks.
He reached up to the sunglasses and removed them slowly. His eyes where closed still and had tears slowly falling down his checks. He opened his eyes and looked at his mother. His eyes where bloodshot and puffed. His eye color still showed through the tears and redness of his eyes, silver. His eyes where a tint of silver. He looked at his mother to see she had a smile across her face.
"Thank you." She said in a quieter tone. "Thank you for everything."
That's when the heart-rate monitor's beeping started to slow down. Justinian hugged his mom one final time and she hugged him too. The beeping slowed down until it was a solid beep. Roman stood in the door frame behind Justinian with his hand over his forehead. Justinian released his mother setting her down gently on the bed and stood up. He turned and looked at his father who was also tears. The two just stared at each other hoping one would say something but they stood there as the nurses came in and escorted the two out.
Reaper shot straight up from his bed in a cold sweat. He surveyed the room to see he was at Mount Glenn. He got out of his bed, put on his undershirt and pants and walked over to the window and stared out to the subterranean ruins. All he could think about was his mother, even after the encounter he had with Neo earlier that night. He continued to look out the window thinking about what his life had become. 'Mom, you where right, I should have stopped. I'm a monster. WE are monsters now. What kind of hell awaits us? Why did I not listen to you? Can I redeem myself still?' He thought as he watched Roman and the White Fang load the bombs onto the train cars. He stared at the Paladins he stole as they sat on the train. He was now too deep in the plan of Cinder and too big of a criminal to just disappear, he had to stay on the course and hope the plan unfolds perfectly. He then walked back to his bed, slipped under the covers and returned to the realm of his dreams hoping he would wake up and it was just a dream. Unfortunately this was far from a dream, it was reality.
So that ends this chapter. I decided to make it short because I only needed it to be this long. Also this is not the end of his problems relating his family, it is just the beginning.
