The little girl sat in a thin rug staring at the monitor of a computer on the opposite section of the room,, her nanny sat next to the keyboard "Nanna, why are you using the computer?" "Your father told me to check his e-mail inbox, miss Josephine," The maid answered in a rough tone, in a sudden the eyes of the maid grew wide open as she read an e-mail, quickly typing some random keys the printer made a ticking sound and begin to print a letter "What is it? Nanna what's wrong?" The girl inquired, but found no response, the maid seized the letter and ran to the main hall of the house.
The little blonde girl moved away from the rug and
next to the computer. She wasn't able to read anything that was wrote, so she
ran to catch her nanny.
"Please with Mr. Carter, it's an emergency…" The
maid whispered nervous. "Yes, Mr. Carter? I have something to tell you… it's…
it's about Mrs. Carter…"
The girl chose the worse moment to arrive with the
maid "… I'm sorry Mr. Carter, but the mail said that, Mrs. Carter have died… I
know it's so hard, but you know I couldn't play a joke with this kind of
matters…"
Josephine felt as if the weight of the entire world
were dropped in her shoulders… her eyes turned red… and she busted to tears
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"Maverick attack at point FS398765BLO" Alia warned as the scramble alarm resonated in all the Maverick Hunter HQ "Launch Special Class #00 immediate response team to the scene" Signas ordered.
"Immediate response team from SC#00 dispatch!!"
I ran to Zero's room, his door locked, I knocked on
it, but had no response "Zero! Let me in! Hey you gat a mission!"
Zero opened the door unceremoniously "I'll drop the
mission, I will not take another mission anymore!" He said in a hushed tone, he
sounded like he didn't rest at all, in fact, I have seen him many times
wandering around the Mizunos –gardens- past midnight. My heart lurched to see
him so listless "Zero… you can't drop the mission"
"Yes.. you're right… I'll not drop the mission…
I'll drop the Special Unit" Came the cool reply. "I'm considering to pass it to
Nissan indefinitely, I don't want to know NOTHING about this business anymore!" He sighed profoundly "But why… you
cannot drop the unit, we all know that unit is everything for you…" distress
clumped in my throat.
"Humm, it's something more than just a simple
choice, it's all a whirlpool upon my mind, those nightmares… the sorrow for
losing my friends… their deaths… the virus… my past… I can't stand this
anymore! I want to DIE! I'll follow
Bolt Kraken's example, I'll quit of my duty with the Maverick Hunters"
"But… What am I going to do without you?!"
Certainly, that was all I could think of. Figuring out living and overcoming
all the death and the sorrow… it would be hard without him scolding me.
"Do the same you have been doing for a long time,
cry like a little baby! After all there's Chibi and Mertie to stomach your
stupid regrets!!" All of a sudden my hand flied straight to his face, for a
moment, Zero was sitting there glaring at me, and the next, he was on his side,
his left cheek glowing red. Normally I
didn't swear but I was really irritated "Fuck you Zero! You're not the same you
used to be! At least I've learned to stomach the fact that people die in this
damn business, you teach me that, bastard, wha… what the hell is wrong with
you?" He didn't move, but I noticed an abnormal sign. His eyes were red, I
thought it was because of the smack I gave him, but looking a bit intensely I
noticed that his pupils were abnormally dilated "Zero… what's on your eyes?
Have you been taking something?" He turned his head to me, a mask of rage on
his handsome face, he nodded slowly "It's nothing of your business… now… GET
OUTTA MY ROOM, FUCKING BASTARD!!!!" He said in an angst tone, I moved toward
the door and strolled out of his room fuck you Zero That was the
first time I ever swear to Zero, but pure rage was on my veins.
I wandered to the Mizuno, swearing at Zero and his
odd moods, suddenly Chibi ran to me "Hey X! What's up? Have you talked to Zero?
I saw you in front of his door" She inquired in a husky tone, staring at me
with her deep pink eyes, when I looked at her eyes, I feel as if she were
questioning me deeply in my soul making questions I would never be able to
answer. She has been so estrange ever since she arrived to the Maverick Hunter
HQ, her precedence was a mistery, but she had a charming presence and I was
fascinated with her, I couldn't lie at her "Yes I talked to him… I thought he
was stoic, now I see that he's an apathetic bastard" I replied controlling my
anger "He's going to drop his unit, possibly pass it to Nissan, even worse I
saw something abnormal on him, I don't know what's wrong… his eyes were red and
his pupils were dilated…"
Chibi stared
at me perplexed, half irritated. She was really hard to irritate, so if this
irritated her, then it must be very serious. "I must talk to him" A voice
thudded from far away calling Chibi for her trainings, she saluted me and left
headed to her commander.
Zero realized everything he had said and done in
his entire life, he felt like a murderer… like an antichrist… as if he were the
son of the devil, he swore to himself, desperate, he walked to a desk and
reached an envelope were he had a white dust and some other stuff.
He prepared a sticky liquid white substance.
Zero leaned against the cool surface of his door,
he locked it. He felt like the weight of a mountain was suddenly dropped on his
shoulders. He closed his eyes engulfing himself in a complete darkness letting
the white substance he had just injected in his veins lift him from the world
in an exuberant ecstasies.