This chapter may seem short, buts 777 words without the author's note. I'm getting pretty good at making the chapters longer, eh? And I must say, I frickin love writing for Kyle. There's just so many things to say from his 3rd person point of view. I actually have to stop myself from getting to far into the story with Kyle, and not mirroring with Rythian. *sings joyously* DON'T STOP ME NOW, I'M HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME!
Rythhung limp in the long black arms. He'd tried. He'd failed. And now he'd lost all will to try again. Th queen motioned and they dropped him the middle of a stadium. A hauntingly familiar stadium with Colossuem-esque feel. Rythian hadn't even noticed they were going anywhere until now. The Queen allowed the trailing Endermen to flood into the stadium, and one by one they sat. One Enderman particularly caught Rythian's eye. A young one, small and well hidden amongst the other Endermen. His eyes, unlike the others, were a light purple. Lavender would be good way to describe them. His eyes, much to the contrast of the others, were on Rythian. They seemed to hold a struggle of their own.
It was definitely not immediate that it hit Rythian, but it sure hit him. That was the Enderman that had teleported him free.
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Kyle watched. He felt like he did that too much. He knew he needed to act, but how? How could he make any difference in the human's fate? Even if he tried, the human would end the same, and Kyle would end similarly.
For more than just a glance their eyes met. The lavender eyes softly watching the seafoam green eyes. They held eye contact for awhile, then let it go. Kyle was almost certain in that moment before it disappeared, a flash of understanding passed through those seafoam green eyes. Kyle ached. He was almost sure the human would despise him now, letting him free to be captured once more. Maybe the human thought that Kyle'd done it on purpose. But the seafoam green eyes did not seem accusing, or hateful, just regretful.
Regret. Oh, boy, where there a lot of things Kyle regretted. The biggest one was ever growing compliant. He'd just let his mom, teacher, and peers string him up and control and contort him like a puppet until he fit their liking. But, honestly, Kyle's current regrets did not matter now. What mattered was his furniture regrets if he did not save the human.
The Queen stood up, in all her pompous glory, and began speaking, "Hello, and welcome to the slaying of Rythian Enderborn... part 2." She said with an evil laugh, "Today, I promise you, my loyal subjects, there will be no disappointment. There will be blood!" The crowd erupted into cheers. However, Kyle noted, they would've done the same if she had said that there would be unicorns and rainbows. Kyle didn't like cheering, he almost felt traitorous when he did so, but he had to to blend in. He almost laughed at how ridiculous that was- traitorous! Traitorous to who? The human? Sure, Kyle wanted to save him but he held no loyal responsibilities to the human. Traitorous! The word seemed so silly.
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"Hello, and welcome to the slaying of Rythian Enderborn... part 2"
Rythian froze. Not just for the 'the slaying of Rythian Enderborn' part, but for the 'part 2' part. Part 2?! He'd been slain before? He was about to be slain again?
Something wasn't clicking in his mind, and he knew it. He couldn't put two and two together without one two.
The Queen smiled deviously, "Today, I promise you, my loyal subjects, there will be disappointment. There will be blood!" The roar if the crowd almost shook the entire stadium. Rythian felt fear gnawing at his brain. He hated it. He didn't want his mind crowded with fear.
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"Nilesy! Nilesy, look! Tee's home!" Zoey exclaimed happily to Nilesy. Nilesy opened his mouth to say something, but all that came out was, "Yeah." He'd almost pointed out her hallucinations, but he hadn't seen her this happy in a very long time, and decided to let her be happy.
Happy.
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Rythian Enderborn was his name, Kyle now knew. And it sounded so familiar... ah, yes that was it! Some time ago- well, actually it couldn't have Bern much more than a month ago- the Queen sent out word that she was on the hunt for a Rythian Enderborn. She'd enlisted 'all Endermen with full telepathic abilities' to hunt down this Rythian Enderborn. Kyle could've joined the hunt, but he found it stupid to follow every word of the Queen. Besides, what could this 'Rythian Enderborn' have done to deserve this? Kyle still didn't have an answer.
The Queen turned to the human and went to lunge.
This is my moment, Kyle thought, there will never be a better time.
He took a deep breath and...
"STOP!" the word was out if his mouth before he thought about what next.
He'd made a big mistake.