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Chapter 51: Apology
That next day, Stormer sat in his office, trying to keep an eye on his work for once instead of that online war game. THAT, he felt could wait for whenever he got home. But as he continued to sign a load of documents, he knew that there was something else that COULDN'T wait. So as soon as he finished up on the seven or so signatures, he got up, nearly walking out the door until seeing a conversation going on in the hallway that stretched just outside his said door.
This said CONVERSATION was going on in between Furno, Surge, Breeze, Evo and Omega. Now normally if he had seen this happening outside his office, he would've started screaming for them to get the heck back to work. But after everything that had transpired last night, Stormer had decided to go ahead and throw that part of himself away. Especially since he felt that he and Furno needed to have a talk.
"Hey Furno"?!, Stormer calmly called out.
Furno looked up then, indicating that Stormer had his attention.
"Can I see you in my office real quick"?, Stormer asked.
Furno nodded, then walking towards the doorway that led into Stormers office as he(Stormer) sat down then behind his desk, patiently waiting for Furno to enter. Furno knew that this conversation was gonna be about what had happened last night. THAT much was pretty clear. But at the same time, Furno almost wasn't sure he was ready to talk yet. He still felt a little bad about himself for yelling at Stormer the way he did. Yeah, Stormer had insulted Breeze, calling her collateral damage, but at the same time Furno still felt that he could've solved that problem with a better attitude and a more polite tone.
But Furno just entered at a normal walking pace, and sat down in one of the chairs that sat in front of Stormers desk and waited patiently for Stormer to say whatever he needed to say next. He didn't know if he would receive some sort of punishment, but if he did, he would accept it. There was no need to make anything any worse than it already HAD BEEN.
"What do you need sir"?, Furno asked.
Stormer looked up once more from his paperwork and said: "It's... it's about yesterday". "When you yelled at me the way you did, I'll admit, at first, I was pretty ticked off". "But then I TOOK a few minutes". "Thought about what you said, and eventually I realized something". "You were right".
Furno nearly widened his eyes upon hearing this. STORMER of all bionicles, was actually admitting that he was WRONG?
"After all you said, I started to realize that I DID in fact need to start trusting others". "And I also knew that I was wrong to accuse you of your reasoning to join the force along with talking bad about Breeze the way that I did"."So even though I don't catch very many bosses saying this, all I really have to say is I'm sorry".
NOW Furno was pretty surprised. Out of all the years he had seen Stormer working as the boss he still was today, he had NEVER heard Stormer apologize about ANYTHING. Well, he took that back. He had never seen Stormer apologize about anything in a calm or polite manner. And it was clear now that Surge had been right about what he had told him. He HAD changed. But now, it was Furno's turn to speak.
"Stormer, in actuality I think I should be the one apologizing to YOU"., Furno told him. "Because I KNOW why you were the way that you were with us". "I know about that mission when Thresher, your partner in the force and your best friend, was assassinated right in front of you". "And it makes sense that after seeing that, you didn't want to get close anyone ever again". "It makes sense that you didn't want to FEEL that ever again". "I don't and WONT blame you ever again".
Stormer then took a moment to look down at a small, framed photo that sat on his stone desk, next to his computer. It the frame was a picture of himself and the dark green armored cop known as Thresher standing and practicing at the firing range. That photo had also been taken on the same day they were called on a mission. A tear nearly slid down Stormers face as he thought back to it too.
On that said mission, Stormer and Thresher had been sent with a few other cops to take in a gang of thugs who had somehow gotten their hands on firearms that would normally be used by Toa forces. Upon getting there or better yet, being the FIRST to get there, Stormer and Thresher were caught in a firefight against this said gang. At the rate of which they had been firing, they were VERY unwilling to give these weapons away anytime soon.
Then it had happened. One second, Thresher was ducked behind a crate for cover with Stormer, both formulating a plan to take this gang down. And only a few seconds later, when they had been firing back at four or five other thugs, Stormer heard something pop and then splatter. He had looked to his right, watching as time seemed to slow down and watched in horror as Threshers head exploded. Upon seeing this, Stormer ducked back behind his cover, a bullet barely missing him, and tried to keep calm. But for the last twenty years, he never seemed to be ABLE to. All these years, that ONE gruesome memory had stayed with him, permanently engraved in his memory. Even now, it continued to scar him.
"But as I have learned myself, Anger only makes the pain stronger"., Furno told Stormer who then looked up at him, continuing to listen. "Anger is strong, but it only gets you so far". "And sometimes, it gets you farther away from where you need to be"., Upon saying that sentence, Furno started to think back to Dukan, what had happened to him and what could've become of him. Furno took a breath, continuing: "But it's love and friendship that makes us strong enough to pull through all the bad things that happen in our lives". "It helps us get past all the rage, that we are prone to feel as our days continue". "And when something as powerful as love exists within us, we find out then, how to live the rest of our days, as the best that we CAN be".
While Furno was saying all of this, he had truly realized how factual it all was. Love was why God created the universe and all of the races that inhabit it. Love was the reason why Jesus died on that cross for the sins of all. In the end LOVE was a reason to do all the good with his life that he could. And why everyone could do good with their lives. All along, all Furno had had to do was throw away his anger and move on, keeping love in his light for all those who would truly need his help now.
"And even if you don't realize that, I will always have enough respect to forgive you"., Furno told Stormer. "Like I am forgiving you now".
Stormer sniffed a little, obviously holding something painful back and replied for the first time in many years: "Thank you". "I know that might not be enough now, but it's all I've got right now".
Furno smiled at Stormer, saying: "You're welcome sir".
Stormer nodded to the open doorway and Furno walked out, first returning the nod with a greater deal of respect before continuing the conversation he was having with them earlier. As Stormer then realized everything in what Furno had just told him, all he could do was smile to himself. Yeah, he'd regret being the butt hole that he used to be, and along with that he'd always miss his best friend friend. But now, Stormer would go through the rest of his service as the TVPD sheriff as Furno would be living his as an officer. As the best that he could be.
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Well there's the message of the story. The story's not over yet, but it would make me feel great if whoever read this novel would take this message to heart like I had a year or so ago. Ever since I've accepted this fact, my life has been so much better than it was before I put this novel online. Remember, through God's love, we can all be the best that we can be. I thank you all again for reading this and please have a God-blessed rest of the day. :0)
