Oh man we're really close to the end;;; And I don't have #82 done yet HAHAHA whoops. I'll get it done by next week noooooooo worriiiiiiiiiiiies. This is my shortest chapter ever but y'all have some loooong ass fics coming soon so you can deal :P Enjoy!
80. Only Human
:: White Knight
Sometimes it was difficult to be the…"average" person. Rex was obviously not average or normal, Six had strength that should've been beyond human possibility, and Holiday and Caesar were both above genius level intelligence. They were to the next level, whatever the hell that was.
Back in the day, White didn't mind as much. When he worked alongside other soldiers that were as normal as him, it was just how life was supposed to be. Normal, human men and women working together to fight the same thing. Then he brought Six along – not that it was a bad decision, no, no, it was an important decision, led to finding Rex and a cure – and suddenly things went downhill for normal humans.
He shouldn't complain and he knew that, but sometimes it was weird being in charge of everything when you could be considered the weakest of the group. Okay, scratch that, he could kill Caesar if he wanted to. But Holiday had the combined strength of Six never letting anything happen to her if he could help it, so all-in-all White was not at the top of his game.
Only 43 years old and he felt like an old man. Tired, annoyed, and angry at everything. Maybe it was his own fault he was like this. Maybe he was just rambling in his own mind, eventually thinking about the inevitability of death and the end of the world. But maybe he was happy – happy that despite his weaknesses, there was Rex and Six and Holiday (and Caesar…) who were strong and powerful and knew what they were doing. He could trust them, he was sure of that.
81. A Place to Belong
:: Circe, Cricket, Skwydd, Tuck
She hadn't really had a home since she was very young.
The Nanite Event occurred when she only ten years old. It was horrific – the feeling of mutating, of knowing that you're no longer in control of your body, of watching your parents horrified expressions as you destroy their car and half of your home. And suddenly they were gone – left you behind, at only ten years old. They were scared – what else could they do? She could've gotten worse and worse for all they knew. It was a gamble and they decided to fold.
The Pack opened up to her. Van Kleiss promised her a home if she did work for him. That was the closest thing to a home or a family that she'd had in a long time. It wasn't perfect, in fact it was downright terrible, but it was still a home. All she'd wanted for the past five years was a home and she finally had it.
Unfortunately, craziness doesn't get better over time, it gets worse. Van Kleiss kept trying to hurt people with his schemes and she couldn't take it anymore. She was gone. Hopefully forever – everyone knew that when you left a group of "bad guys" you'd regret it, but she was confident she could stay hidden.
In Hong Kong…Circe finally felt like part of a genuine family. She loved Cricket more than anything – she'd become her best friend and confidante, the best one she'd ever had. Skwydd and Tuck were like her adorable younger brothers – she loved them unconditionally. They also had experience of manipulation by an evil man, but they got out just like her. It was a pretty easy thing to bond over, she thought
