Chapter Twenty-One
Nine
When the mist full enveloped Nine he heard Two scream. "Two, Two!" he yelled in response, running towards the sound of her scream. Not even a few pace from where he heard the scream he saw two corpses. One was Two's, the other was one of Kurt's failed experiments, Twelve.
They both raised and looked at Nine. Then is scary unison they spoke, "This could have been avoided Nine. You could have kept Two by your side and protected her. You could have helped Kurt find a way for Twelve to sustain herself. If only you had decided to make those decisions we could still be alive."
"NO!" Nine roared at the corpses. "You two are just extremely powerful illusions. Now tell me. WHERE. IS. THE. REAL. TWO." They then pointed him to a direction and he took off that way. He eventually made it to another parting in the smoke. In the middle of parting was Two, curled up in the fetal position. "Two," Nine cheered in joy.
"Stay away from me!" she yelled back. "You are just an illusion meant to harm me."
"No Two," Nine stated, "it is really me."
Two looked up from her fetal position. She saw that it really was Nine and ran into his arms. "The smoke showed a vision of you dead," she sobbed into his shoulder.
"Don't worry," he comforted her. "I am still alive, and I will never ever leave you alone. That is a guarantee." He then scooped up her chin and looked into her forest green eyes. She then kissed him. Not a little peck on his cheek that she normally did, but a proper kiss on the lips.
"I love you, Nine," she told him.
"I love you too, Two," he responded. She then wrapped herself up in his arms and fell asleep. "I promise that I will do everything in my powers to protect you." They stayed like that until the rest of the smoke was cleared and the others found them.
Side Note: You might notice that I spend a lot of time building Nine and Two as an actual couple. That is because it is meant to show that even though Nine grew up training, he is still very scared that he wouldn't always be able to protect the ones that he loves and cares for.
