{A/N: Well, here it is, ch.3. Sorry it took so long! Ugh. This'll be a long
story. I never realized how hard it is to get to the conflict from
introducing people. -_-}
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The sun was starting to set along the western horizon, dying the sky a blushy shade of pink. A slight chill had crept into the air, and whether it was from that, or the fact that we had still not found Kennie; I was starting to shiver.
I didn't even want to chance a look over at Will. I had a feeling that he just may turn and bite someone's head of at the slightest provocation.
"Kennie? Kennie, where are you?" Ivy called out into the pre-twilight.
We were in a strange part of town, far from home by now. Ivy had sent Blaine (much to Will's reluctance) down a different part of the street to check. I couldn't remember how long we had been looking, but it had certainly been more than two hours. Ivy and I had done most of the calling, and Blaine had done most of the scouting. I'd managed to convince Will to let us all go to their home, just to make sure Kennie wasn't there. Much to my surprise, he hadn't been. I knew that Kennie was a capable kid; he wasn't one of those types's who would wander off without leaving a note. Especially with a brother like Will, and Blaine too, to a degree.
"Blaine, any sign of him?" I asked, seeing the blonde haired boy rounding a corner to meet us. But the look he gave me told me 'no' immediately.
All the while, Will was strangely silent, only breaking it every so often to make an unidentifiable noise in his throat.
I sighed, and leaned up against a brick wall as we decided to stop at a streetlight. I was really starting to get worried. And seeing to it that I was the most unemotional of the group, so I could only imagine what the others were going through.
"DAMN IT!!!"
At Will's explosion, I jerked my head suddenly, hitting the back of it painfully on the wall in the process. Ivy let a small scream escape, and Blaine simply blinked. I had to wonder if he was either immune to Will from extended exposure, or deaf.
"Kennie! Kennie, damn it, where the hell ARE you?!" He shouted, taking a step forward and looking frantically left and right, as if he could make him materialize if he yelled loud enough. I had no idea where the outburst came from, but to think of it, I'd have probably done the same thing in his position.
"Will, calm down. Yelling won't solve this." I tried, walking to his back and resting a hand on it.
The reaction was instantaneous. In half a second flat, he had spun around, locked eyes with me and moved his face a mere inch away from mine. I flinched backwards involuntarily.
"Don't you DARE tell me to calm down, Ebon." He said, with a quietness to his voice that was even more intimidating than his volume. "Don't you DARE. You don't know what it's like. I don't care what you say, I'm tired of following you guys around, while you try to lead the search for MY little brother. I'm doing things MY way, and if you have a problem with that, then LEAVE. I never said you had to tag along. Who knows what could have happened to him by now."
I said nothing, staring into the crackling depths of black that tried to pass themselves off as eyes.
He glared into my soul for a few seconds, before turning around and vanishing around the corner. No one tried to stop him.
After a few minutes of silence, Ivy broke the tension.
". We should follow him." she mumbled, looking down at her feet.
". Yeah." I agreed stiffly, trying to blink the negative vibes out of my being.
"Blaine, where do you think he's-. Blaine.? Huh?" Ivy spun around once, twice, three times, four. I glanced left and right, and did my own spinning act. Blaine was suddenly gone.
Blaine was not one to impulsively run off after Will, especially in one of his moods. He was like Kennie in that sense: he wouldn't leave without saying so, or waiting until we'd all go. It never really occurred to me what a dysfunctional bunch of people we were.
Ivy furrowed her brow, and stuttered, "Um- Well, maybe he. went after him already?"
I nodded, but inside, I seriously doubted that.
***
{A/N: Um, I sorta made it happen, right? Heh heh.}
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The sun was starting to set along the western horizon, dying the sky a blushy shade of pink. A slight chill had crept into the air, and whether it was from that, or the fact that we had still not found Kennie; I was starting to shiver.
I didn't even want to chance a look over at Will. I had a feeling that he just may turn and bite someone's head of at the slightest provocation.
"Kennie? Kennie, where are you?" Ivy called out into the pre-twilight.
We were in a strange part of town, far from home by now. Ivy had sent Blaine (much to Will's reluctance) down a different part of the street to check. I couldn't remember how long we had been looking, but it had certainly been more than two hours. Ivy and I had done most of the calling, and Blaine had done most of the scouting. I'd managed to convince Will to let us all go to their home, just to make sure Kennie wasn't there. Much to my surprise, he hadn't been. I knew that Kennie was a capable kid; he wasn't one of those types's who would wander off without leaving a note. Especially with a brother like Will, and Blaine too, to a degree.
"Blaine, any sign of him?" I asked, seeing the blonde haired boy rounding a corner to meet us. But the look he gave me told me 'no' immediately.
All the while, Will was strangely silent, only breaking it every so often to make an unidentifiable noise in his throat.
I sighed, and leaned up against a brick wall as we decided to stop at a streetlight. I was really starting to get worried. And seeing to it that I was the most unemotional of the group, so I could only imagine what the others were going through.
"DAMN IT!!!"
At Will's explosion, I jerked my head suddenly, hitting the back of it painfully on the wall in the process. Ivy let a small scream escape, and Blaine simply blinked. I had to wonder if he was either immune to Will from extended exposure, or deaf.
"Kennie! Kennie, damn it, where the hell ARE you?!" He shouted, taking a step forward and looking frantically left and right, as if he could make him materialize if he yelled loud enough. I had no idea where the outburst came from, but to think of it, I'd have probably done the same thing in his position.
"Will, calm down. Yelling won't solve this." I tried, walking to his back and resting a hand on it.
The reaction was instantaneous. In half a second flat, he had spun around, locked eyes with me and moved his face a mere inch away from mine. I flinched backwards involuntarily.
"Don't you DARE tell me to calm down, Ebon." He said, with a quietness to his voice that was even more intimidating than his volume. "Don't you DARE. You don't know what it's like. I don't care what you say, I'm tired of following you guys around, while you try to lead the search for MY little brother. I'm doing things MY way, and if you have a problem with that, then LEAVE. I never said you had to tag along. Who knows what could have happened to him by now."
I said nothing, staring into the crackling depths of black that tried to pass themselves off as eyes.
He glared into my soul for a few seconds, before turning around and vanishing around the corner. No one tried to stop him.
After a few minutes of silence, Ivy broke the tension.
". We should follow him." she mumbled, looking down at her feet.
". Yeah." I agreed stiffly, trying to blink the negative vibes out of my being.
"Blaine, where do you think he's-. Blaine.? Huh?" Ivy spun around once, twice, three times, four. I glanced left and right, and did my own spinning act. Blaine was suddenly gone.
Blaine was not one to impulsively run off after Will, especially in one of his moods. He was like Kennie in that sense: he wouldn't leave without saying so, or waiting until we'd all go. It never really occurred to me what a dysfunctional bunch of people we were.
Ivy furrowed her brow, and stuttered, "Um- Well, maybe he. went after him already?"
I nodded, but inside, I seriously doubted that.
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{A/N: Um, I sorta made it happen, right? Heh heh.}