Chapter 29: His Wall Part 2: The Million Sins Bricks

London, England, 10 AM

Lena walked into the old war office building in London, her jacket's collar raised and wearing a pair of sunglasses to avoid being spotted. She took a left and walked down the halls as various men and women went about their visit to the historical building, allowing her to go unnoticed.

Eventually she zipped out of the general areas, and entered on of the offices, where she closed the door, and asked "So love, what's the news you got for me?"

Standing by the window there was a man in a khaki suit as he puffed out a cloud of smoke, and turned to look at her. He leaned against the wall by the window, then informed Lena "Before you go running my mouth, I would like you to confirm a rumor I've been hearing recently."

Lena took a seat, crossing her legs as she told the man "Shoot love." He nodded, threw the cigarette out the window, closed it then asked Lena "Now... I would like to know if this... AB-31 is here on the island... And if so, is he... Awake?" Lena's smile faded as quick as she had it, followed by her responding "Yes, he's here in the king's country. And yes, he's awake."

The man nodded, took a seat, then informed Lena "There have been many Talon aircraft flying over most, if not all continental Europe... Thankfully there have been no sightings here on the isle, but soon it might start."

Lena nodded, and was about to speak up, when the man asked "Is AB-31 in a secure location?" Lena looked at him, and told him in a firm tone "He is safe, and no, I will not disclose his current location... Not until I know I can trust you and your branch..." The man gave a weak smile, then told Lena "Oxton, you have my word that the RAF and SAS are on your side... Bloody hell, me being here is an act of treason against king and country."

Lena however kept her expression flat, as the man sighed, and added "Look... This is very sensitive information I'm about to divulge... So please Oxton, trust me." Lena sighed, and asked "Can you swear on your family's life that your entire branch is safe? If you can do that, then I'll trust you." The man looked at her, pulled out his service pistol and handed it to her, telling Lena "If you feel I'm not trust worthy, then I suggest you leave no witnesses."

Lena took the pistol, looked at it, then sighed and handed it back, simply telling him "What's this sensitive information you have?" The man holstered his pistol, then told Lena in a low tone "According to some very reliable sources... The South Korean government wants to try and get AB-31 to join a special forces group... There is evidence showing various resources being moved for either the recruitment... Or containment... Of AB-31."

Emily's Home, 5 PM

Emily peeked through Abel's door, watching him tossing and turning as he groaned a jumble of incoherent groans. He was sweating profoundly as Emily entered the room, approached the bed, then placed her hand on his forehead.

He was burning up, causing her to sigh and ask herself "How can I help him...?" She watched as he turned his head to follow the gentle motion of her hand, making her smile as she ran he back of her hand along the side of his face. He followed the warmth of her touch as she did this, his groans and pants calming as she continued.

Emily found this reaction to rather endearing, causing her to run a finger along his cheek as he settled down. This made Emily smile more as she kicked off her flats and sat right beside him, running her knuckles against the right side of his head and guiding him close to her. He unconsciously followed, but turned and pressed his head against her hip, making Emily blush for a split second, then run her hand through his hair.

She looked at the stump that was his left shoulder as it pointed upwards, allowing her to see the dull colored skin and the single slit where substance came out of. She smiled and looked up at the doorway, seeing Lena smiling at her and asked in a whisper "Hey, how long have you've been there?"

Lena silently zipped up beside the bed, and watched as Abel slept blissfully, then whispered "Since you kicked off your flats... What do you think he's dreaming now...?"

Emily looked at his expression, and replied "I don't know... But I can tell it isn't anything bad..." Lena nodded, then sat on the foot of the bed, and started explaining to Emily the situation.

?

Abel sat alone on a bench, the white light shining down over him as he looked left, then right. Behind him there was a massive wall that stretched out for as far as the eye could see, into the black abyss.

He just sat there, listening as something clearly happened on the other side of his wall, the sound of someone punching it, screaming, and crying was muffled, shooting, explosion and burning was nothing more than thumps.

Hana approached him, the ground behind her a bright and beautiful green field while his was a grey stone, oppressive floor and wall, making her ask "Is this seat taken?"

Abel didn't reply, he just watched as she sat beside him, her beautiful world seizing to get near the wall as the sounds within stopped. She looked at Abel, that look of worry making him sigh and ask "Let me guess, you wanna know what's behind the wall, right?"

Hana gave a small pout, and replied "I wanna know why you are keeping me out... Why are you scared?" Abel let his head hang on his shoulders, then asked her "... What did you see...?"

Now Hana was the quiet one, but she sighed and showed him.

Before them the world became a corridor, revealing a small, innocent Abel as he walked down the hall with a bloody gash on his shoulder, a bullet hole in his leg, and a black eye. He watched as the echo of his past replayed possibly one of his more precious memories, making him scratch his chin as he chuckled and spoke up "Heh... I remember that day..."

The small boy hurried into the women's block and silently looked into a bedroom, finding a young teenage Alex doing pull-ups on one of the exposed tubes on the ceiling. Her long brown hair pulled up I a ponytail as sweat dripped off her with every motion, up and down, up and down, finalized with her muttering "299... 300!"

She then let herself fall down and land on both her legs, then turned to look at door, finding her little brother beat up badly. She sighed and hurried up to him, her freckled face covered in a sheen layer of sweat as she asked him "Abel, you should go with Mom to patch you up..."

Abel however looked down, and whispered "She's not in the base today..." Alex rolled her eyes, but if she was annoyed or amused was uncertain, then took Abel's hand and took him to the locker room. Hana smiled, and told Abel "She really did a good job watching over you. Being the second in command before... Well... Your mom left..."

Abel sighed and both watched as Alex tended to the young Abel, cleaning his gash and stitching it up rather nicely. Hana then fast forwarded the memory to Alex finishing the procedure, where young abel watched as she changed into a towel with her back to him. There they noticed she had a tattoo on her back of a heart with the right side being a wing.

Hana smiled and asked Abel "Ever considered getting that as a tattoo?" Abel shook his head and told Hana "Nah... Honestly I don't think I deserve it..." Hana and Abel watched as the memory played out, Alex and Abel showering in opposite sides of the showers, followed by them getting dressed and heading to the mess with a young adult Drake and 22.

They had a rather eventful lunch, with Drake telling a joke about Pizza and Jews, causing 22 to laugh like a cynical bitch. Alex countered by shoving a fry into Drake's nostril, starting a food fight.

Abel chuckled and watched the memory continue, Alex protecting Abel, Drake and 22 arguing as Reaper scolded them all, causing him to sigh and tell Hana "Follow me..."

Hana looked at Abel as a door appeared on the wall beside the bench, making her stand and follow him. The inside was a pitch black mess as she lost a track of him, and the door closed behind her.

- Insert Song: Darkness by Eminem -

Hana watched as the surroundings turned into a street, cars on fire, shattered windows, Chinese neon signs flickering and dead bodies of both police and civilians littered the street. Hana looked around, finding Talon troops and assassins shooting any survivors in the head, with Abel leading them through.

She then looked as the world was screen wiped and the scene changed, Abel sitting alone in an empty room with a gun to his head, but he lowered it, and looked up at the mirror on the wall, seeing Reaper looking back at him.

The scene changed again, showing Abel and a small squad of Talon mercs all loading their foreign assault rifles as the elevator went down. She watched as they put on masks, making everything go black and back into the room, where Abel sat on the beside, looking at an old photo of Alex, gun still in his hand as he sighed.

When the mask was now on properly did Hana see an Airport terminal filled with civilians, elderly, and children alike all present. Abel pulled his charging handle back, then aimed at the crowd, along with the other members of the squad. Hana tried to stop him, trying to push them back, screaming at the top of her lungs, but nothing worked, she went through them, and her voice fell mute in this place.

In just five seconds there were already over a dozen bodies on the floor, bleeding out as more fell. Hana tried to stop Abel, but she couldn't change anything, kids screamed as Abel walked at them, followed by full auto fire, then relative silence, making Hana cover her mouth as she watched him continue.

When he was out of her sight did the scene change again in rapid succession, first a village in Africa being burned down with everyone still in their homes, then a hotel being cut down by various firing squads, and lastly, and to her shock, a shoot out in South Korea.

She was on her knees, as everything blacked out, clearing up back to the bedroom as the television in the room showed every single one of these memories on loop. Abel sat on the chair, staring lifelessly at the television as Hana turned to look at him, fear in her eyes as she heard Alex say "Thank You, Abel." and right as she looked at the screen, did she see from Abel's perspective how he pulled the trigger, and cause the room to fall apart.

The blackness engulfed her, showing Abel as he laid in the middle of it, his eyes pink and glassy as the blackness held him there.

Keeping him buried in his own depression as the wall formed again with every memory, a million bricks for a million sins.

- Song Ends -

Hana was pulled out, spat outside his wall as Abel sat on the bench, hands holding his head as he told her "All those memories you saw... They were after I lost her..."

Hana was visibilly trembling, unable to reply as Abel added "You see why I don't want help... I don't need it... I'm just... Unsalvageable..."

Abel looked at Hana, tears streaming down her cheeks as her lower lip trembled, making Abel press his fingers against her forehead, then push her down, sending her back into the same position she was in the real world, making Hana wake up on her bed.

Chapter 29: Done-zo

And a really heavy chapter, to say the least. And i think i should be asking you guys how you doing through these hard times, seeing how everything is kinda shit at the moment. But honestly i really don't know what to say this time around, so onto the reviews:

Noble6117: And this chapter goes even further, hope you enjoy it man.

He23t: After this one do you really think it's gonna get any better? Honestly? (PS: Still waiting on you over in the other fic m8.)

BlueN0va: Glad you are liking the fic up to now, hope to hear from you soon.

And that's about it, let's hope i can keep this train together in the long run...

I'm still in the Trenches, and I hope You Enjoyed.