Chapter 9
Hein smiled when he remembered her expression. Her humorous reaction to the tiny living, wriggling spirit they'd found that night.
From where he lay, the light of the moon shining in from his opened blinds of his room lit up the gun that lay on the table next to his bed. The gun he'd attempted suicide with countless times. He'd always been too scared. It was as if Anna had been standing next to him while he held the gun to his temple, all the while begging him, saying the same words over, and over again. "Don't do it, don't do it..."
The words pounded in his skull, filling his brain, clouding his mind, with his wife's long lost voice...he longed to hear her speak, but he knew. If she didn't want him to be dead, and join her...there was a perfectly good reason. It was logical.
Hein didn't believe in ghosts. This vision...the voice he heard, the voice of his deceased wife...it was just a memory. He thought he heard her. But he was actually hearing a memory. He was saying don't do it, but...he heard his wife speaking it.
He never gave it much thought before. But lying awake at 3 in the morning got your mind going and before too long...it was too late to stop the thoughts from flowing in, invading your mind, your privacy, your personal space.
Hein balled his fists and shoved them into his eyes, shutting out the pictures, covering the light. No light, no memories. No past. He didn't want to be haunted anymore.
With a sigh, he rose from his bed, and gazed at the moon. Anna entered his mind again. Where was she, really? Even though she was gone, did her spirit, her soul...still live on? Should he believe in another life? Why? Was there another life...? And if so...was Anna there? If he left his world, would he go to that other life?
Too many questions. He shut his eyes tight, leaning his forehead against the cool glass pane. It was going to be a long night.
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Aki lay awake in her cot. What time was it? Her digital clock beeped next to her, signifying 4am. Was she really still awake?
For some odd reason, General Hein crossed her mind. Why was she thinking of him?
She remembered his mocking smile as he'd laughed at her for being afraid of the specimen they'd found earlier that night. The worm. That stupid worm, she thought. He'd made her look like a fool.
He'd laughed at her. That gentle, patient, mocking laugh. Had she really looked that funny? Volunteering to venture into a dead city full of deadly soul-sucking alien phantoms, but too afraid to pick up a worm.
Aki smiled to herself. It was kind of silly, she thought. Not afraid of phantoms, but afraid of a tiny worm.
Shuddering with the thought of the creature, it's slimy skin touching her hand when Hein had tossed it at her. She'd squealed in disgust, nearly dropping the wave, if Hein hadn't expected her to drop it, it might've landed on the ground, and perished. She'd sealed it, and made Hein hold it.
Trying to hide a smile she knew no one would see, she stared up at the ceiling. Again, she heard Hein's mocking laugh in her mind.
She frowned. It was going to be a long night
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This Chapter was Solo by Raine.
Sevy: Wasn't that just dandy?
Disclaimer: You know that Final Fantasy in not mine.
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Hein smiled when he remembered her expression. Her humorous reaction to the tiny living, wriggling spirit they'd found that night.
From where he lay, the light of the moon shining in from his opened blinds of his room lit up the gun that lay on the table next to his bed. The gun he'd attempted suicide with countless times. He'd always been too scared. It was as if Anna had been standing next to him while he held the gun to his temple, all the while begging him, saying the same words over, and over again. "Don't do it, don't do it..."
The words pounded in his skull, filling his brain, clouding his mind, with his wife's long lost voice...he longed to hear her speak, but he knew. If she didn't want him to be dead, and join her...there was a perfectly good reason. It was logical.
Hein didn't believe in ghosts. This vision...the voice he heard, the voice of his deceased wife...it was just a memory. He thought he heard her. But he was actually hearing a memory. He was saying don't do it, but...he heard his wife speaking it.
He never gave it much thought before. But lying awake at 3 in the morning got your mind going and before too long...it was too late to stop the thoughts from flowing in, invading your mind, your privacy, your personal space.
Hein balled his fists and shoved them into his eyes, shutting out the pictures, covering the light. No light, no memories. No past. He didn't want to be haunted anymore.
With a sigh, he rose from his bed, and gazed at the moon. Anna entered his mind again. Where was she, really? Even though she was gone, did her spirit, her soul...still live on? Should he believe in another life? Why? Was there another life...? And if so...was Anna there? If he left his world, would he go to that other life?
Too many questions. He shut his eyes tight, leaning his forehead against the cool glass pane. It was going to be a long night.
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Aki lay awake in her cot. What time was it? Her digital clock beeped next to her, signifying 4am. Was she really still awake?
For some odd reason, General Hein crossed her mind. Why was she thinking of him?
She remembered his mocking smile as he'd laughed at her for being afraid of the specimen they'd found earlier that night. The worm. That stupid worm, she thought. He'd made her look like a fool.
He'd laughed at her. That gentle, patient, mocking laugh. Had she really looked that funny? Volunteering to venture into a dead city full of deadly soul-sucking alien phantoms, but too afraid to pick up a worm.
Aki smiled to herself. It was kind of silly, she thought. Not afraid of phantoms, but afraid of a tiny worm.
Shuddering with the thought of the creature, it's slimy skin touching her hand when Hein had tossed it at her. She'd squealed in disgust, nearly dropping the wave, if Hein hadn't expected her to drop it, it might've landed on the ground, and perished. She'd sealed it, and made Hein hold it.
Trying to hide a smile she knew no one would see, she stared up at the ceiling. Again, she heard Hein's mocking laugh in her mind.
She frowned. It was going to be a long night
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This Chapter was Solo by Raine.
Sevy: Wasn't that just dandy?
Disclaimer: You know that Final Fantasy in not mine.
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