Hello readers and readresses… I'm not exactly sure what happened this chapter. If you thought the rest of the story was crazy then you haven't seen anything yet but this chapter is also extremely important and can't be skipped however, you have officially been warned. Also, it contains some MAJOR spoilers for my other story, First Time For Everything. Enjoy!
Mercy and Kawino were waiting for the hovercraft that would bring Cato. It lowered down into its usual spot in the forest. They walked towards it and opened the door.
Mercy screamed as Cato suddenly tackled her. "Get away from me!" Cato shouted before Kawino tackled him off her and sent them both tumbling over the nearby hill.
"Cato! This isn't the arena!" Kawino shouted pinning him down. "The games are over! You lost!"
"Lies!" He said throwing Kawino off him and charged at him.
"Mercy! Go call for help my comm is right beside you," Kawino said dodging Cato's punch and hitting him hard in the gut.
Mercy was in a kind of trance considering how her father died so it took a second to process what he just said but once she did, she grabbed the comm putting it in turning it one. "We need back up right away."
"What's wrong?" Petra's voice asked through the comm.
"Cato thinks he's still in the arena and attacked us; he and Kawino are locking in a battle right now." Mercy explained fearfully.
"We'll be there soon," She said.
"Please hurry." Mercy said nearly crying.
"We will, stay calm," Petra said.
Meanwhile Kawino dodged another punch and rammed his knee into Cato's jaw.
Despite how terrified she was, Mercy went to help Kawino not wanting something to happen to him too before the backup arrives. Cato managed to hit Kawino in the gut and sent him flying into a tree and Mercy tackled Cato down in a sudden burst of strength.
He grabbed her and threw her at Kawino who caught her. "This may not be a fight you want," Kawino said jumping away with her in his arms to avoid Cato.
"I just don't want anything to happen to you." Mercy said.
"I don't want anything to happen to you either," Kawino said.
"I know, but keep in mind that this is exactly how my dad died." Mercy reminded sadly.
"I know, but I can fight," Kawino said.
"I know, but so can he."
"I know that, but you have not been taught yet," Kawino said.
"I know." Mercy sighed.
"So please go climb into a tree and let me handle this," Kawino said.
Mercy looked around at trees awkwardly, "I can't climb."
"Right Okay, stay behind those large rocks," He said pointing at them.
Mercy nodded and went behind them. However, Cato wasn't stupid and tried to go after her. Kawino tripped him and kicked him in the back of the head. "Don't even touch her! I told you! This isn't the arena! Do you not remember your own death?"
"I'm not dead!" He said.
"You're right you're not, just give me a second to explain."
"You have a minute," He said
"The people who lost any Hunger Games are actually taken to a secret underground society called District 0." Kawino explained as quickly as he can.
"So, you really are Kawino?"
Kawino nodded, "Yes I am."
"Really?" Cato asked.
"Yes, really."
"So… that means Clove's still alive?" Cato asked hopefully.
"No," Kawino said sadly.
Cato looked very mad but not at Kawino obviously. "Why not, you just said the people don't really die in the games. What happened to her?"
"You remember how she was killed in the arena?"
"Yeah the bastard from 11 bashed her skull in with a rock."
"Well, the reason we're all still alive is because every weapon, mutts, and disaster in the arena is rigged to just make it look that way, there even something in the tracker that prevents you from killing someone with your bare hands, but they apparently didn't rig all the rocks." Kawino explained sadly. "She's as dead as the world thinks she is."
"He killed her? Where is he?" Cato asked now sounding furious.
"He's in District 0's nearest hospital, I'll show you to the entrance." Kawino said helping him back up. "You can come out!" Kawino called. Mercy got up from behind the rocks still looking very nervous.
"Sorry," Cato said.
"I guess it's okay, it's more of a personal issue." Mercy said honestly.
"Well, still," Cato said.
Mercy didn't say anything so Kawino explained, "Her father was attacked and killed by a Career who thought he was still in the arena."
"Oh, I'm so sorry," Cato said as she walked over and hugged Kawino.
"Let's just go." Kawino said hugging his girlfriend back. Cato smiled at that sight before he followed them. "Welcome to District 0." Kawino said as they came in through the entrance.
"Wow!" Cato said looking around.
"Yeah, it is very impressive." Kawino said.
"Where's the hospital?" Cato asked furiously.
"The last building on the right," Kawino said leading the way.
Cato followed ready to kill Thresh a second time. "I thought you told Rue you would not let Thresh die?" Mercy asked.
"No, I said I would not kill him that does not mean I have to save him," Kawino said. They found out where his room was and Cato entered with a malevolent smirk.
"Hello, Thresh," He said walking in.
Thresh gulped nervously, he was hoping Cato would win knowing this would happen otherwise. "H-Hello, Cato."
"I see Kawino roughed you up pretty good,"
"Yeah he did, but I take it not as much as you're going to?" Thresh asked knowingly.
"Yeah, but I'm going to drag it out then I'm going to kill you," He said.
"Clove must have really meant a lot to you. Then why didn't you come save her when she was screaming your name for help?" Thresh asked.
"I was on my way when you killed her!" Cato said.
"Not very fast since I had yelled at her for a while, killed her, decided to let Katniss live since she was Rue's ally, got my bag, and left before you were even in view." Cato punched Thresh hard in the face breaking his nose "You're just upset because you know I'm right." Thresh said.
"I was going as fast as I could since I had all our supplies I would have died for her!" Cato said. "And now, you are going to pay for what you did to her!" Cato grabbed his throat.
"I'm sorry," He said.
"No you're not!" Cato hissed tightening his grip.
"Yes I am," He gasped.
"You're just saying that because you think it will save you."
"I... can't breathe," He gasped out.
Cato however, kept it that way till he was close to passing out then released it leaving Thresh to gasp for air. "That was the idea."
"Why not kill me?"
"I told you I was going to drag it out and THEN kill you, and I meant it." Cato reminded.
"How long?" He asked.
"I'm not sure yet." Cato said thoughtfully.
"You can't be serious!"
"It all depends on how much more you piss me off." Cato said with a shrug.
"That could be hours to days," Kawino said.
Cato nodded, "Exactly."
"You aren't kidding?" Thresh said.
"Of course not. I never kid about this stuff." Cato said coldly.
"Yeah he does not kid," Kawino said honestly. Thresh looked absolutely terrified still gasping for air. "Yeah, good luck," Kawino said.
He and Mercy left letting Cato do whatever he may. "Shoot, I forgot." Mercy said and went back on the comm. "Never mind, Kawino brought it under control."
"Are you sure?" Petra asked.
"Yes, I'll let you know if that changes." Mercy answered.
"Alright, be back as soon as you can," She said.
"We'll be right back." Mercy promised.
"Alright out," Petra said.
Kawino hugged Mercy from behind, "Are you okay?" He asked.
"Getting better." Mercy said honestly.
"Not totally better?" He asked.
"Well, no." Mercy admitted.
"Talk to me," He said.
"Just a little sad with my dad and stuff, it's nothing." Mercy said.
"It's something to me," He said.
"Well, there's not really much you could do about in unless you can raise the dead and if you could I'd assume that you would have brought Clove back." Mercy said.
"We should talk to scientists about that," Kawino said.
Mercy chuckled, "That would be incredible! Like, even cooler than what they're doing for Petra!"
"Yeah, it would, I wonder if they could!" Kawino said.
"We should totally go ask." Mercy said excitedly.
"Come on then!" Kawino said. She took his hand and he pulled out the teleporter taking them there.
"That will always feel weird,"
Mercy nodded in agreement, "Very."
"Your back!" Petra's voice said from behind them.
Kawino turned to her. "Yes we are, Aunt Petra."
They turned around and their jaws hit the ground at what they saw. It was Petra, but she did not look the same her hair was now dark brown her skin smooth and her body more filled out now that none of her skin hung off her. "What?" She asked innocently
"The vials?" Mercy asked knowingly.
"Yeah, how do I look?" She asked
"You look amazing." Mercy said honestly. "How do you feel?"
"Better than I have in years!" She said.
"Good, it's working perfectly then." Mercy said with a huge smile.
"Yes it is," She said.
"So, now you could be a solder again?" Kawino asked hopefully.
"Not just a soldier, Kawino. I am your commanding officer in the black oops division," She said.
"Impressive, but certainly unsurprising." Kawino said honestly.
"Good because in teams of two you are my partner," She said.
"Really?" Kawino asked excitedly.
"Yes really they seem to feel we make the most effective two person team," She said.
"Well, I can't say I don't agree." Kawino smiled.
"That is what I said," Petra said smiling
"Great minds think alike I suppose." Kawino shrugged.
"Yes," Petra said.
"We have an idea to talk to the scientists about though." Mercy said.
"What is that?" Petra asked.
"Something that could bring someone back from the dead." Kawino answered.
"You think they can do that?" Petra asked.
"We're hoping so; it's worth asking at least." Kawino said.
"Well then follow me," She said
They unhesitantly followed her to the lab.
"Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen," She said
She had easily gotten their attention. "Is there any way you could do us a HUGE favor?" Mercy asked.
"Well that depends what it is," One woman said.
"Something that could bring someone back to life?" Kawino asked hopefully.
"Well it could be done, but it would be tricky and there would be a VERY limited supply." She said
"How limited?" Mercy asked.
"Four vials only, forever. One full vial per each resurrection."
"That should be enough," Petra said.
"Alright, then we'll get to one on it." She said.
"Go!" Mercy said happily. The set straight to work. The three of them paced waiting. They were finished in a few minutes.
"Here we are," They said holding up black vials.
"Thank you so much." Kawino said taking the vials.
"No trouble you pour it in their mouths or if they have been buried for a while all over there body and it will set in. They'll be back among the living within the hour."
"Is there anything you guys can't do?" Mercy asked.
"Play sports," They said.
She just chuckled. "Well, alright. For the vials, would they look and act completely human?"
"Yeah skin and hair back they will be as they were when they dies so you may have to fill them in on what they missed,"
"That shouldn't be a problem at all." Mercy said smiling down at the vials.
"We have to go and dig people up," Kawino sighed.
"I'll get the shovels." Mercy said.
"Actually where I need to go makes this harder, and Kawino you are coming with me," She said.
"Where are we going?" Kawino asked.
"District 12's Graveyard," She said.
"District 12? Who's there?"
"Felicity Jackelle, she was my ally into games and the leader of the district's rebellion. She one but killed herself minutes after she got back." Petra explained sadly.
"Well, alright," Kawino said.
"Would the teleporters not work going up?" Mercy asked.
"They would but we still need to dig her up," Petra said
"Well, according to Aiden who lost from 12 last year, the peacekeepers there now days would let anything go without a blink of an eye." Kawino pointed out.
"Yeah, but they draw the line at supposedly dead people," She said. "We need a plan but that still makes it a lot easier than getting someone from any other District."
"Yes it does," Kawino said.
"We should probably enlist Aiden's help in the plan then since he is our District 12 intell." Petra said.
"Right, let's go!"
"Do you happen to know where he is?" He asked.
"Planning room?"
"Alright." He said and they headed over there.
Sure enough Aiden and Rue were there. "Aiden, we need your help." Petra said getting their attention.
"Petra?" He asked shocked.
Petra nodded and explained the serum.
"Amazing!" He said.
Petra nodded, "We also have something even more amazing that we're gonna need you help with using."
"Alright, what?" He asked.
"We have something that can literally raise the dead up to four times but we need a plan to get someone from District 12's cemetery." Petra explained.
"Okay, should be easy enough," He said.
"Really?" Kawino asked surprised.
"Yeah, it's 12," He said.
"Luckily, otherwise we would be screwed, but don't they draw some kid of line at dead people?" Kawino asked.
"Yeah, I believe so, there is a patrol around the graveyard," He said.
"Any ideas on how to get around it long enough to dig someone out?" Petra asked.
"Cause a distraction," He said.
"What could cause a big enough distraction in 12 though?" Mercy asked.
"An explosion," He said. "Anywhere else, an explosion would cause too much suspicion but in 12 being the coal mining district it's common place but big enough to attract the attention of the ENTIRE district. We'd just need to make sure that everyone makes it out alive which is luckily not unheard of."
"So, a small controlled explosion," Kawino said.
Aiden nodded, "Exactly."
"Like three Grenades?' Petra asked.
"That should work perfectly, but you should obviously set them off in the mines that way it just looks like a regular mining accident."
"Perfect," Kawino said.
"So, when is this going to happen?" Aiden asked.
"Tonight," They all said.
"Then get the grenades and meet back here." Aiden said. "The mines are open from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. everyday but reaping day."
They nodded and went to get grenades. Luckily, the weapons room was empty of people so they were able to just get the grenades and leave. "Ready?" Petra asked pulling out the teleporter.
"Weren't we supposed to meet back with Aiden before going?" Kawino asked.
"Right, sorry, I was eager," She said.
"Perfectly understandable, so let's get back to the planning room to talk to him." Kawino said and they headed there.
He was waiting for them. "We got them." Petra said when they came in..
"Okay you need to plant them in the mines not too deep," He said "However, if you plant them to close to the entrance then you might collapse it so you want to plant them closer to the middle. Does that make sense?" Aiden asked.
"Easy," Petra said.
"Alright then, there's mines," he pointed to all the mines on the model of twelve saying 'here' each time, "and the cemetery's here." He pointed to that, too. "Good luck."
"Thanks!" Petra said taking Kawino's shoulder and teleporting them away.
In two teleportations, they arrived in District 12. "Still weird," Kawino said.
"You get used to it eventually." Petra said quietly. "They're the same makes they used a lot during the Dark Days."
"I did not know that," Kawino said.
"You don't seem to know very much about the Dark Days, do you?" Petra asked.
"No one does any more," He said.
"Well, I guess that's a good thing since it's definitely a bad part of history to remember." Petra said as they headed over to the nearest mine.
"Alright ready?" She asked.
He nodded, "Ready." They entered the mine not having a terrible time seeing due to having lived in District 0 a year and 74 years respectably so they easily got a good distance into the mine and planted the grenades. They ran out hide and triggered them. The grenades went off and everything went to pure chaos like it always does when there's a mining accident.
They slid into the graveyard unseen because of the commotion, they: got shovels, found Felicity's grave, and begun digging. They got coffin after ten minutes
They opened the coffin and took the body out. "We'll have to rebury the coffin or they know for sure once everything dies down." Petra whispered.
"Right I'll do it," Kawino said.
He did and after a while, they were done and back in 13 with the body which they hadn't yet given the contents of the vial yet her whole body was covered in electrical burns, but mostly her left palm, and had decomposed quite a bite. "Okay, for her we'll obviously have to dump it all over." Petra said uncorking the vial not taking her eyes off the eighteen-year-old's body.
She poured out the contents. Slowly she watched as the skin began to come back and the burns healed she just saw the internal organs being repaired as the skin healed.
"They said it would take up to an hour, would you mind if I go to District 0's cemetery for Mercy's dad and Clove?" He asked carefully.
"Yes go ahead," She said.
Kawino got Mercy and two more vials and they headed off via teleporter.
"More digging," He sighed.
Mercy nodded, "Would you rather do it one at a time or each get their own family member?"
"Each get their own," Kawino said. They each grabbed a shovel, went to Rye Tears and Clove's graves, and begun digging.
Twenty minutes later they were both done. Clove's obviously just had to be taken by mouth but Mercy was unsure of where the line in drawn. "Try all over," Kawino said. Mercy nodded and they both uncorked the vials and administered the contents the appropriate way.
Kawino watched as the dent in his sisters head began to heal. "Should we bring them back to District 13?" Mercy asked not looking away from her dad.
"Yeah, you want to carry Clove or your dad?" He asked.
"My dad of course." Mercy said holding his reviving body close.
"I just asked because he's heavier than clove, Ready?" Kawino said pulling out the teleporter.
"Ready." She said and they teleported all four of them back to District 13.
They arrived beside Petra. "Good you got them." She said not looking away from Felicity who was almost completely healed.
"Yeah, how is she?" Kawino asked.
"Almost all better." Petra observed happily.
"That's great, it looks like she's waking up," Kawino said.
Sure enough, Felicity sat up clutching her head. Most people would see that as a side effect of the resurrection process but Petra knew that she almost always had a headache, "What's going on here? Where am I?" She asked looking around confused.
"You're in District 13, Felicity," Petra said carefully
"That's impossible. District 13 was destroyed three weeks ago." Felicity said even more confused. "Plus, this looks absolutely nothing like District 13, even before the RPG went off."
"It was not destroyed, they moved underground and it's been a little longer than three weeks," Petra said.
"What do you mean? How long has it been then?"
"Oh just 74 years," Petra said.
"74 years?!" She asked in complete disbelief. "Surely, you can't be serious."
"No I am deadly serious and also I'm Petra,"
Felicity turned to her, getting more and more confused as tears started to well up in her eyes, "but, you're dead, you died because of me. It's all my fault."
"No I didn't I went to District 0," Petra said before explaining everything.
Felicity still looked shocked but hugged her. "So, then the Huger Games are still going on?"
"For seventy-four years now," Kawino said from his spot beside the bed his sister was in.
Felicity looked down sadly, "I'm so sorry, it's all my fault that this happened. No one else deserves this."
"It's okay in all the Games there has only been 2 actual death and one is about to be reversed. To the rest of us it really hurt for a few minutes."
"Still, whether you died or not, still, none of your deserved something so horrible." She said sadly. She didn't know how much the games have improved over the years.
"Wait, how bad did it used to be?" Kawino asked.
"Hell." Felicity and Petra both answered.
"Well it's not so much hell anymore," Kawino said.
"Really, what it like then?" Felicity asked.
"They basically completely publicized the whole thing." Petra said.
"What!?" Felicity asked confused.
Kawino explained the parade, training scores, interviews, and all that weird junk, that of course made Felicity crack up.
"That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Really?"
"Yeah really we all went through it," Kawino said.
"That's insane, prior to the 1st Hunger Games you're just locked into a small completely empty room separate from the your district partner and kept there till you go into the arena with the exception of a ten minute training session which I had spent finding the best fighters and forming an alliance with them." Felicity explained.
"Man if it had been that way I would have won," Kawino said.
"You would have won anyway; you just stopped trying," Petra said, "Oh, by the way, speaking of winning." She told Felicity. "They have this place called the Victors Village where the victor and there family live for the rest of their life and are showered in riches and stuff. They also have another interview and a Victory Tour through all the districts and Capitol, and a feast."
She cracked up laughing again. "No way, that's completely ridiculous, I was just sent back to the Seam to continue to starve to death."
"Really?" Kawino asked.
Felicity nodded, "Then I found out that the Capitol had killed my second in command Slate Delini leaving me truly alone since everyone else I knew was killed during the war… I don't remember what happened after that actually." She said trying to remember but she couldn't.
"Well, you sort of committed suicide," Petra said.
"What do you mean sort of?" Felicity asked confused, sort of committing suicide is like being sort of pregnant.
"You went over to the fence that surrounds the district and used it to electrocute yourself to death." Petra explained. "We had just managed to revive you though."
"So, I was dead?" She asked shocked.
Petra nodded sadly. "Yes, this is why you're still eighteen and not ninety-two."
"Then, why aren't you?" She asked suddenly worried.
Petra explained the serum she had taken.
Felicity was relieved that Petra hadn't died as well. "That is all completely amazing."
"Yeah, oh and the boy is my Great-Grand Nephew,"
"Really?" Felicity asked looking over at Kawino. "That's so cool!"
"I know! He even got my firearms talent!" She said proudly.
Felicity smiled, "Good job." she said and held her hand up to him which he just stared at confused. "What? No one does that anymore?" She asked lost.
"What is it?" Mercy and Kawino asked.
"It's called a high five, if someone does a good job at something then someone might offer one and you just slap it." Felicity explained.
"Okay," He said smacking her hand.
"That's... weird." He said honestly.
"What have they done to kids?" She asked.
"What do you mean?" Kawino asked.
"Kids used to have fun and be free and imaginative now your all serious and soldier like," She said.
"Well, at least from 1, 2, and 4; I spent all my time training with the exceptions of eating, sleeping, using the bathroom, and going to reapings." Kawino shrugged still not seeing the problem with that.
"That's horrible!" She said as her jaw dropped.
Kawino shrugged. "Not really.
"Yes really what did they do to you?" She said.
"Not really anything but just lots of training on mastering a specific weapon you choose unless you said you didn't want to train anymore." Kawino said. "Then you were used as target practice."
"How can they do that to kids?" She asked.
"Well, they weren't as sharp as the regular weapons." Kawino added. "It didn't hurt too bad."
"That's still horrible!" She said.
Kawino shrugged, "Well, I never really knew any different."
"I don't know what to say," Felicity said and then they heard groaning from Cloves bed.
Kawino instantly turned his attention to her as she sat up. She froze the second she did in disbelief. "Kawino?"
"Hey Clove," He said smiling and starting to cry a little.
Clove started to cry as well. "How is this possible? You're dead."
"No, you were dead," He said hugging her.
"I was dead? How did I die?" Clove asked just like Felicity being unable to remember her own death.
"Oh, Thresh bashed your head in with a rock," Kawino said.
"Well, how did you not die though?" Clove asked. "Also, where am I?"
"The arena was rigged most people did not die and in District 13," Kawino said.
"13? Wasn't 13 destroyed?"
"No," Kawino said before explaining the two hidden Districts and all that had happened.
"Oh, wow." Clove said not knowing anything else to say.
"Yeah, it's been a long year since you last saw me," Kawino said.
"Yeah, for me, too. So, that means I wasn't dead for very long?" Clove asked.
"No about two weeks," Kawino said.
"Well, that's a relief then." Clove sighed then realized something instantly panicking. "Where's my locket?"
"Oh here," Kawino said taking it off and giving it to her.
Clove smiled taking it, "Thank you." She said strapping it on. Then she hit him lightly on the head. "That is for stopping fighting in your games do you know how sad I was watching you get beaten like that and knowing you were not fighting back?" She asked still teary eyed.
"I'm sorry." He apologized genuinely. "I didn't really think of that. I just wanted it to be over. You know how hard it was for both of us being the elite trainers' children."
"I know but never give up," she said.
"Would you like me to show you your own death then since you can't remember it?" Kawino asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Will you watch yours?" She asked.
"I remember mine vividly but if it gets you to watch yours then yes." Kawino shrugged.
"Good because I want to see yours," Mercy said looking at Kawino.
"You haven't?" Kawino asked surprised. "Oh by the way, Clove, this is my girlfriend Mercy Tears."
"No," Mercy said.
Clove looked at her sizing her up. "So, tell me about yourself then, Mercy." Clove said as she looked her over.
"I was born in 0, and I like to play, I'm protective and I have one sibling. Oh and I love your brother," She said.
"Did you guys ever… you know?"
Mercy blushed, "We thought about it, but no not yet," She said.
Kawino rolled his eyes, "Sheesh, personal question, sis. What if I were to ask the same about you and Cato?"
Now Clove blushed "Well..." She said.
Kawino was honestly surprised by that hesitation. "Clove Drezel Yetter, did you have sex with Cato?"
"On the way to the Capital, and the night before the games," She said blushing.
"Then is it okay that Mercy told a fib?" Kawino blushed.
"She what Kawino Taylor Yetter?"
"Well, we actually did not very long ago in one of the empty rooms." Kawino said looking down.
"Well then, I guess there is nothing that can be done," She said.
"So, the deaths?" Kawino said changing from the super awkward subject.
"Right we can watch them on the TV's every death ever is recorded for play back," Clove said.
"Alright, which first, mine or yours?"
"Yours," She said.
"Well, alright." Kawino said and the tree of them headed to the room with those recordings. He looked through them finding his own.
"Ready?" He asked the girls. They hesitated but nodded so he started it.
It started as Kawino stood with the other boy surrounded by the dead. The boy, who's from District 1, smirked malevolently approaching him with his barbed wire wrapped baseball bat that makes no sense. "It's just you and me now, 2."
"Yeah I noticed," Kawino said stopping to close Yizziki's eyes for her.
Now that they were looking for it, all three of them did notice Yizziki's chest rise and fall ever so slightly.
The boy chuckled at that gesture. "That's pathetic. You know that right? You killed that one yourself. Not mention she's a Capitolite and there for forever deserving, she admitted so herself. Get up and fight like the Career you're supposed to be." He said stepping closer. The barbed wire bat raised ready to strike a blow.
"She was one of the few good ones, and what's the point in fighting?" Kawino asked.
"What the point in fighting?" The boy was laughing hard at that. "You're sounding like a pathetic boy from a background district. It's who we are. It's why we came here in the first place. It's all we know how to do." He hit the bat hard against Kawino's chest.
"So what happens when we win then? We become empty and have no direction," Kawino said
"Fine, if you don't want to win then I'll take away that burden." He said before repeatedly bludgeoning him with the barbed wire bat until the canon went off signaling his 'death'. Clove was right; he didn't try to fight it at all. He just accepted his own death.
"You could have countered so many times," Mercy said.
"I know." Kawino said looking down guiltily. "But I choose not to."
"Kawino, your death really shook mom and dad," Clove said.
"I'm really sorry, Clove." Kawino said guiltily. "I should have seen that coming instead of being so selfish."
"It's alright," She said gently.
"What happened because of them being shaken?" Kawino asked worried about his sister.
"They sort of shut down and realized how bad they were," She said.
"Really?" He asked sounding surprised; he almost expected the opposite somehow.
"Yeah they were still trainers, just not 24-7 you actually got a funeral," She said.
"Wow, I'm not gonna lie, that's really surprising." Kawino said.
"Well, the fact that their own son would rather die so agonizingly than continue living the way he was is bound to be an eye opener for even the most clueless parents." Clove said.
"Yeah, but wow!" He said.
"Doesn't seem like them at all does it?" Clove asked knowingly.
"No it does not," He said.
"That is how it happened though, the extra time I couldn't really do anything with because I didn't know how to spend free time and… I was too depressed over losing you."
"I'm sorry," He said sadly.
"So, mine now?" She asked changing the subject and though not terribly wanting to know how she died.
Before they could Petra came in, "Mercy your dads up," She said.
Mercy was up and back to that room faster than should be possible. She found him sitting up. "Daddy!" She said hugging him.
"Mercy, you're bigger… and older," He said.
"Yeah, you've actually been dead for quite a few years." Mercy said.
"I was dead?" He asked.
Mercy nodded and explained what happened and how they revived him. To her shock the first thing he said was:
"You have a boyfriend?"
Mercy nodded. "Yes, his name is Kawino Yetter."
"Is that so where is he?"
"A few rooms over with his recently resurrected sister." Mercy said.
"Does he treat you right?"
Mercy nodded. "Yeah, he's very nice."
"How far have you gone?"
Mercy was nervous but found herself being honest not wanting him to find out from Clove instead. "Well… I'm not going to lie to you; we did go all the way once."
"Well, I can't change that I want to meet him.
"Alright, follow me then." Mercy said nervously leading him to the room Clove and Kawino were in. "Guys, this is my dad and he wants to talk to Kawino," She said.
I told you. INSANITY! If you want to learn more about Felicity Jackelle and eventually Petra Sage then follow my story First Time for Everything. Review and you're free to flame.
