Chapter 49

Shadow sat on the edge of the Canyon, Markus stood over him, his hands against the side of Shadow's head.

"This scar is pretty bad, brother. The blow that caused it may of injured your mind."

"Thought we had a deal?" Shadow said.

"Right, sorry." Markus said. He had agreed to stop calling Shadow his brother, in return for being allowed to follow him. He was currently using his healing abilities to get rid of the scar, and fix what damage Shadow's mind had sustained. "This could of seriously screwed up your abilities."

Shadow though of how he hadn't been able to see where Aerith was, when he had concentrated on her. Perhaps Markus was right for once.

"Well, the physical damage is gone, and any problems you may have had with your..."

Shadow was overcome with a vision. He found himself standing in a place he had not seen before. It was dark, definitely inside. He stared at the vision in front of him. There was a man, dark black hair, and cold grey eyes. He held Tashia in his arms, from the looks of it, she was dead. He walked over to a slab, placing her gently onto it. He quickly looked around the room, he spotted Markus laying on the floor. His lifeless eyes told him that he too was dead. He turned back towards the man, and watched as he walked towards someone else. He watched as the man raised a knife in his hand. He recognized the other person. It was himself.

Shadow's eyes snapped open, he actually screamed as the realization of what he had just seen dawned on him.

"What's wrong?" Markus asked. "What'd you see?"

Shadow shook his head. "I don't know, but it can't be the future. I won't let it be the future."

Markus stared at Shadow. "What did you see?" He demanded.

"What's the guy look like? The one that's following you." Shadow asked.

"Tall. Black hair, and deadly eyes. Why?"

"Because we have to stop him before it's too late." Shadow said. "He's going to kill us."

Markus stared at him. "You saw this? You're sure that is what you saw?"

"Yes. I have to return to the forest, I have to find Tashia."

Shadow started to walk back in the direction of the forest.

"Wait wait wait!" Markus said, grabbing his arm. "Listen to me, he doesn't care about the girl."

"I know, which is why he'll kill her."

"No, listen to me. If she's with us, she dies, but if she's not there, not only will she not be killed with us, but we can concentrate on killing him, and not have to worry about protecting her."

Shadow though about what Markus was saying. He had a point.

"Then what do you suggest?"

"You carry on the way you would have without the vision. You can't focus on the future too much, or you ignore the present."

So, you think we should continue to look for Aerith?

Markus nodded. "Destiny is Destiny. Don't worry about the future, we'll do what was meant for us. Nothing more."