Pokémon - The Final Journey in Fenyuu
Chapter 40: I didn't have a choice....
Matt clutched his hand on Lizzie's wrist as they followed Arrmun towards the nearest exit. Taking many turns around long hallway corners, dashing up and down many flights of stairs, they continued to make their great escape.
"Guys, guys, guys, slow down!" Lizzie yelled.
"Lizzie, we have to get out!" Matt replied.
"I'm aware of that, but nobody comes down this corridor during emergencies anyway! And for God's sake, let go of my wrist; you don't need to drag me around like I'm some kid!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Matt replied, releasing his grip on Lizzie. He then turned towards Arrmun. "How long have you been tracking us, exactly?"
Arrmun smirked. "Oh, not very long. We only did it because we were worried; not because we were spying on you. It's fortunate that we did; because now we've found what we've been looking for the past several months."
Lizzie shook her head. "Now I have nowhere to go, and both your lives are now in danger. You have to realize what's going to happen after we leave this place."
"Will you stop saying that?!" Matt exclaimed.
"Don't worry; I'll make sure that you'll never be followed anymore," Arrmun reassured.
"How, Arrmun?! The remaining Black Rocket hideouts know who I am, and will soon know who I'm traveling with! Matt's life is in more danger than it was when I first met him!"
Matt placed both his hands on Lizzie's shoulders. "Lizzie, you listen to me. You just be quiet and you listen to me good. My life will not be in danger!"
"Are you completely blind?!" Lizzie exclaimed. "Were you not listening at all to a word I said?!"
"Stop it, you two, calm down. Come on, we've rested long enough; we have to hurry before they start coming down here. There's only a few minutes before they destroy this entire thing." Arrmun began to run again, with Matt and Lizzie following right behind him.
Arrmun turned a corner. "Here it is! This is the exi--"
"Going somewhere...?"
"What the...?" Matt stopped, watching a sliding door place itself in front of the emergency exit.
Arrmun noticed a small keypad nearby, and pulled out some tools. "It'll take me a few minutes to hack into it."
"You'll do no such thing." A tall, bald man with a cold glare walked into the long hallway, blocking any other attempts to leave.
Matt stepped forward. "Listen, pal, if you're smart, you'll let us leave."
The tall man shook his head. "But if you do that, you'll be taking my most prized possession, which happens to be Lizzie."
"A prized possession? She doesn't belong to you. She never did."
"Listen, boy, don't speak of pure ignorance. That child had no one else to go to! You're having her repay me by forcing her to go with you?"
"Hypocrite!" Matt yelled. "After her parents' mysterious death, you come and take her away! Tell me, who's responsible for that?"
He pulled out a gun and placed it directly in front of Matt's face.
"Matt!" Lizzie gasped. "No, please, don't shoot! Don't kill him, please!"
"I suggest that if you want to live, you'll give me the girl, and remove that attacking squad that is very close to barging through our doors."
"Matt, please, don't do any more! Let me go with him. Please!"
Matt looked back at Arrmun, who reluctantly nodded towards him, as he shifted his attention back towards the tall man. "Fine, go with him."
The man smiled, then shifted his view towards Lizzie. Quickly, Matt watched carefully as the tall man lowered the gun, as he approached Lizzie. He fiercely launched forward a kick, and knocked the gun away from his hand. He then leaped head first, grabbing the man by the waist, and tackled him to the ground.
"You dare?!"
"Matt! Stop! Please, just stop!"
Matt released a fury of punches at the man before eventually being tossed off. As the tall man scrambled to his feet and approached the fallen handgun, Matt leaped forward and surrounded both of his arms around his legs, causing him to fall flat on the ground.
"Arrmun! Quickly! I have him!"
Arrmun smiled, pulling out a pair of handcuffs. "Sorry they've grown some rust, but they'll be perfect for a criminal like you."
"Don't bet on it," he replied, before tossing a smoke bomb onto the ground.
"Damn it!" Matt exclaimed. "I should have known he'd pull something like this!"
Smoke began to fill the entire area, allowing both Matt and Arrmun to burst into fits of violent coughing.
"Lizzie? Lizzie, where are you?" Matt asked before coughing again.
As some of the smoke settled, all Matt could see was Arrmun; Lizzie and the tall man were no longer there.
"Damn it!" Matt began to run where the smoke begans to trail off.
"Kid, no!" Arrmun yelled. "Damn it." He pulled out his communicator. "Somebody has been taken hostage, and I'm going to follow them. Seal off all except for this exit; over and out." He put the communicator away and began to follow Matt.
Matt turned a corner, and entered a brightly lit room with bright white tiles, and computers surrounding every wall. He witnessed in horror as the tall man was holding his arm around Lizzie's neck, and his other hand holding a pistol to her temple. "Take another step, and the girl dies."
"You...you've always been a coward..." Lizzie stated.
The man tightened his grip around Lizzie's neck and held the pistol closer to her. "You watch your mouth; you're in no position to be saying anything."
Matt took a step forward, but quickly stopped.
"Are you going to kill me...?" Lizzie threatened. "Are you going to do to me what you did to that kid?"
"Shut up!"
"Lizzie, don't say anything else; he'll kill you!" Matt shouted, worried for the life of his friend.
"I saw what you did. You beat that poor child, almost killing him! You're just a bully, and a coward!"
The man lowered the gun, but continued to point it at her. "I don't think you realize what danger you're in young lady. This is the final warning. If you say anything else, I will not hold back."
"Matt, don't listen to him! He's nothing but a coward and--"
Lizzie's voice was cut off. The man raised the gun and fired just underneath her left shoulder. She let out a yell, as she she was released from the tall man's grip. She collapsed violently to the ground, in pain.
Matt's eyes widened, and his eyes began to twitch. His mouth began to dry, as tears began to fall from his eyes. He could no longer hear anything, except his heart beating, so fast, so powerful like a jack-hammer. He slowly trembled, and collapsed onto his knees, never taking his eyes off of the fallen Lizzie, who began to breathe heavily. He replayed her collapsing to the floor in pain. His eyes burned, although they were being showered with his own tears.
Blood began to stain the tiled floor, at a gradual pace. The man lowered the pistol.
"You see what happens to clients who won't shut up? Your parents were exactly the same way...."
Matt quickly shifted his vision towards the man.
"They were in my debt; they actually worked for me. However, since they refused to give payment, I had to get rid of them. This put you in my arms. You were just as bad; refusing to co-operate. And now look. My beloved organization is about to be destroyed. You will be the first to go." He slowly raised the gun towards Lizzie's head.
"NO!" Matt screamed, jumping to his feet; the man's vision now upon Matt's face. "How dare you?! How DARE YOU?! You ruined her life! You killed her parents! And now you do THIS to her?! You big, stupid, son of a bitch! I will not let you get away with this! ONIX!" His hands shaking, he enlarged a Greatball, and tossed it violently. It struck the pistol away from the man's hand as once it rebounded, Onix appeared.
The tall man took several steps back, knowing now that his pistol was out of reach. "No! Somebody help!"
Arrmun dashed into the room. "Matt! Thank God!" He suddenly saw Lizzie fallen, and Onix released into the room. "Oh dear God...."
"Arrmun! Seal all exits to this room!" Matt exclaimed.
"What? But we have to--"
"Damn it, Arrmun, do it!"
"I...okay...." He quickly turned next to the doorway began to hack into the nearby keypad. In seconds, all doors were locked..
"Matt...no...." Lizzie muffled.
"You creep! You're going to pay, DEARLY! ONIX! Do everything possible to take him down!" Matt screamed, tears flowing freely in his eyes. They continued to burn.
Onix curled down in a pouncing-like position before releasing all is energy leaping towards the man. He jumped to the side, collapsing on the ground while evading the attack, but was struck violently by Onix's large, rocky tail. The man howled in pain. Matt delighted at this; the man's howls of pain were cries of victory for him. The tears of burning pain slowly felt like tears of fantastic joy, and victory.
"Yes! That's it! Do it, Onix. FINISH HIM!"
"That's enough!" Arrmun shouted, tugging on Matt's arm. "I think he gets the point Matt, call him back!"
"Shut up!" Matt freed his arm and slapped Arrmun violently. Arrmun grunted, then quickly stared into Matt's eyes again. They burned, but this time not with determination. They burned of a bright fire, surrounded by a coating of shining tears. Matt turned around and shouted at the top of his lungs. "Onix! CRUSH HIM!"
Onix prepared to attack, looking down at its victim. The tall man lay flat, with eyes now trembling with fear; many bones in his body broken. He looked back at Matt, and witnessed the infamous look. His eyes full of powerful, glaring rage; his face red hot like the flowing lava in a volcano. His teeth clenched; his entire face now looking like as if he was a ravenous wolf.
Onix launched itself off the ground, before landing violently on the man lying on the ground. The ground began to shake as it cracked; pieces of the ceiling began to collapse. The man shouted one more one final cry of pain. Loud and piercing, and nearly unbearable to those who listened to it, except for Matt. Along with the cries of pain, Matt unleashed one cry of its own. One cry of rage, of unforgiveness. It would eventually overpower the cries of pain, as the tall man with his ice, cold glare would stare at Matt, now full of fear. He had to witness the hard way the awakening of a sleeping giant. His vision blurring, and fading, he took one final look at the blazing blue eyes, before it went black; it was the last thing upon which he would lay his eyes.
Matt collapsed to his knees, breathing heavily. He looked around him, and noticed his head was swimming. He felt as if he has break out of a trance. His eyes felt wet, and also felt as if they were on fire. He quickly wiped away the tears, before glancing in terror that Lizzie was still lying flat on the ground, continuing to bleed.
"Lizzie!" Matt shouted, and crawled himself towards her. "Lizzie! Lizzie! For the love of God, say something!"
Lizzie slowly looked at Matt. "You...shouldn't have done that...." She let out a loud gasp of pain.
"No, no. Don't speak. We're going to get out of here right now. Onix! Return!" Matt pointed the Greatball towards Onix as he was brought back inside. He then stared at it, his memory blurry of the past few moments which just occured. "There. I've avenged your parents, and I've avenged you."
Arrmun quickly pulled out a piece of cloth, and wrapped it around the wound tightly, then extended it around her right shoulder and underneath her left arm. "Quickly, we have to get out of here now." He picked her up and ran to unlock the door.
Matt stood up, looking at the man he had just crushed with his Onix. No movement whatsoever could be seen. "I've killed him...." He then turned and followed Arrmun towards the exit.
* * *
"A mess! An unnecessary mess!" an inspector exclaimed towards Arrmun, slamming down a folder on top of a nearby desk. "The room where we found our victim was in a mess! The autopsy had shown that every bone in his body was broken but mostly there were many blows to the head. Arrmun, what the hell happened...?"
Matt sat down in the police station, with a large blanket wrapped around him. He looked towards Arrmun, as suddenly he turned and pointed towards him.
The inspector walked towards Matt. "So, you were involved in this mess...?"
Matt nodded.
"So I see. Do you happen to know how the chief of Black Rocket was killed...?"
Matt gulped, then nodded.
"Very good. What happened?"
"He...he was crushed..." he took a deep breath, then quietly muttered, "by an Onix."
"By what? Sorry, I didn't hear you."
"By an Onix," Matt replied a little louder.
"An Onix? A Pokémon? Please don't tell me that Onix was yours; please!"
"Well, I...--"
"I did it," Arrmun replied.
The inspector turned around and stared at Arrmun in shock. "YOU did it? Why?! You were doing an excellent job of tracking and taking down these secret headquarters!"
"I'm sorry, sir; I suppose I allowed my emotions to get the better of me when my young friend's friend was shot."
Matt stared straight at Arrmun, not daring to say a word.
"You will see me in my office right away." With that, the inspector turned around and walked away; a door slamming could be heard moments after.
"What is wrong with you?" Matt said harshly, now standing. Why did you take the blame?"
"It's the least I could do," Arrmun replied, smiling.
"What the hell are you talking about?! Now you're going to have your trainer's license removed and you're going to be in jail for possibly the rest of your life!"
"It was for self-defence," he replied, smiling again. "Don't worry about it." He turned and walked right down to the inspector's office, as Matt sat again.
"Lizzie...." He quickly stood up and approached the front desk. "Excuse me, but I would like to see my friend. She was the one who was shot today."
The lady at the front desk nodded. "The hospital is just across the street. We'll have somebody escort you."
"No, that won't be necessary."
"But I insist; you just saw somebody get nearly killed right in front of you. We surely can't allow you to walk the streets alone."
Matt's head went blank for a moment, as suddenly the images of his commands to his Onix became very clear. He watched as that tall man cried out in pain, begging for his life, but Matt continued with the vicious, relentless assault. Eventually, his mind cleared, as the lady at the front desk was still staring at him. "All right."
"We'll send somebody down right away. It'll take a minute."
"Okay, thank you."
He sat himself back down and sighed. "It's too bad that she had to get injured. It's all my fault. It's my fault she was shot, and now Arrmun's taking the blame for me.
"What's wrong with me? Why don't I have any control over my emotions?"
TO BE CONTINUED.
Chapter 40: I didn't have a choice....
Matt clutched his hand on Lizzie's wrist as they followed Arrmun towards the nearest exit. Taking many turns around long hallway corners, dashing up and down many flights of stairs, they continued to make their great escape.
"Guys, guys, guys, slow down!" Lizzie yelled.
"Lizzie, we have to get out!" Matt replied.
"I'm aware of that, but nobody comes down this corridor during emergencies anyway! And for God's sake, let go of my wrist; you don't need to drag me around like I'm some kid!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Matt replied, releasing his grip on Lizzie. He then turned towards Arrmun. "How long have you been tracking us, exactly?"
Arrmun smirked. "Oh, not very long. We only did it because we were worried; not because we were spying on you. It's fortunate that we did; because now we've found what we've been looking for the past several months."
Lizzie shook her head. "Now I have nowhere to go, and both your lives are now in danger. You have to realize what's going to happen after we leave this place."
"Will you stop saying that?!" Matt exclaimed.
"Don't worry; I'll make sure that you'll never be followed anymore," Arrmun reassured.
"How, Arrmun?! The remaining Black Rocket hideouts know who I am, and will soon know who I'm traveling with! Matt's life is in more danger than it was when I first met him!"
Matt placed both his hands on Lizzie's shoulders. "Lizzie, you listen to me. You just be quiet and you listen to me good. My life will not be in danger!"
"Are you completely blind?!" Lizzie exclaimed. "Were you not listening at all to a word I said?!"
"Stop it, you two, calm down. Come on, we've rested long enough; we have to hurry before they start coming down here. There's only a few minutes before they destroy this entire thing." Arrmun began to run again, with Matt and Lizzie following right behind him.
Arrmun turned a corner. "Here it is! This is the exi--"
"Going somewhere...?"
"What the...?" Matt stopped, watching a sliding door place itself in front of the emergency exit.
Arrmun noticed a small keypad nearby, and pulled out some tools. "It'll take me a few minutes to hack into it."
"You'll do no such thing." A tall, bald man with a cold glare walked into the long hallway, blocking any other attempts to leave.
Matt stepped forward. "Listen, pal, if you're smart, you'll let us leave."
The tall man shook his head. "But if you do that, you'll be taking my most prized possession, which happens to be Lizzie."
"A prized possession? She doesn't belong to you. She never did."
"Listen, boy, don't speak of pure ignorance. That child had no one else to go to! You're having her repay me by forcing her to go with you?"
"Hypocrite!" Matt yelled. "After her parents' mysterious death, you come and take her away! Tell me, who's responsible for that?"
He pulled out a gun and placed it directly in front of Matt's face.
"Matt!" Lizzie gasped. "No, please, don't shoot! Don't kill him, please!"
"I suggest that if you want to live, you'll give me the girl, and remove that attacking squad that is very close to barging through our doors."
"Matt, please, don't do any more! Let me go with him. Please!"
Matt looked back at Arrmun, who reluctantly nodded towards him, as he shifted his attention back towards the tall man. "Fine, go with him."
The man smiled, then shifted his view towards Lizzie. Quickly, Matt watched carefully as the tall man lowered the gun, as he approached Lizzie. He fiercely launched forward a kick, and knocked the gun away from his hand. He then leaped head first, grabbing the man by the waist, and tackled him to the ground.
"You dare?!"
"Matt! Stop! Please, just stop!"
Matt released a fury of punches at the man before eventually being tossed off. As the tall man scrambled to his feet and approached the fallen handgun, Matt leaped forward and surrounded both of his arms around his legs, causing him to fall flat on the ground.
"Arrmun! Quickly! I have him!"
Arrmun smiled, pulling out a pair of handcuffs. "Sorry they've grown some rust, but they'll be perfect for a criminal like you."
"Don't bet on it," he replied, before tossing a smoke bomb onto the ground.
"Damn it!" Matt exclaimed. "I should have known he'd pull something like this!"
Smoke began to fill the entire area, allowing both Matt and Arrmun to burst into fits of violent coughing.
"Lizzie? Lizzie, where are you?" Matt asked before coughing again.
As some of the smoke settled, all Matt could see was Arrmun; Lizzie and the tall man were no longer there.
"Damn it!" Matt began to run where the smoke begans to trail off.
"Kid, no!" Arrmun yelled. "Damn it." He pulled out his communicator. "Somebody has been taken hostage, and I'm going to follow them. Seal off all except for this exit; over and out." He put the communicator away and began to follow Matt.
Matt turned a corner, and entered a brightly lit room with bright white tiles, and computers surrounding every wall. He witnessed in horror as the tall man was holding his arm around Lizzie's neck, and his other hand holding a pistol to her temple. "Take another step, and the girl dies."
"You...you've always been a coward..." Lizzie stated.
The man tightened his grip around Lizzie's neck and held the pistol closer to her. "You watch your mouth; you're in no position to be saying anything."
Matt took a step forward, but quickly stopped.
"Are you going to kill me...?" Lizzie threatened. "Are you going to do to me what you did to that kid?"
"Shut up!"
"Lizzie, don't say anything else; he'll kill you!" Matt shouted, worried for the life of his friend.
"I saw what you did. You beat that poor child, almost killing him! You're just a bully, and a coward!"
The man lowered the gun, but continued to point it at her. "I don't think you realize what danger you're in young lady. This is the final warning. If you say anything else, I will not hold back."
"Matt, don't listen to him! He's nothing but a coward and--"
Lizzie's voice was cut off. The man raised the gun and fired just underneath her left shoulder. She let out a yell, as she she was released from the tall man's grip. She collapsed violently to the ground, in pain.
Matt's eyes widened, and his eyes began to twitch. His mouth began to dry, as tears began to fall from his eyes. He could no longer hear anything, except his heart beating, so fast, so powerful like a jack-hammer. He slowly trembled, and collapsed onto his knees, never taking his eyes off of the fallen Lizzie, who began to breathe heavily. He replayed her collapsing to the floor in pain. His eyes burned, although they were being showered with his own tears.
Blood began to stain the tiled floor, at a gradual pace. The man lowered the pistol.
"You see what happens to clients who won't shut up? Your parents were exactly the same way...."
Matt quickly shifted his vision towards the man.
"They were in my debt; they actually worked for me. However, since they refused to give payment, I had to get rid of them. This put you in my arms. You were just as bad; refusing to co-operate. And now look. My beloved organization is about to be destroyed. You will be the first to go." He slowly raised the gun towards Lizzie's head.
"NO!" Matt screamed, jumping to his feet; the man's vision now upon Matt's face. "How dare you?! How DARE YOU?! You ruined her life! You killed her parents! And now you do THIS to her?! You big, stupid, son of a bitch! I will not let you get away with this! ONIX!" His hands shaking, he enlarged a Greatball, and tossed it violently. It struck the pistol away from the man's hand as once it rebounded, Onix appeared.
The tall man took several steps back, knowing now that his pistol was out of reach. "No! Somebody help!"
Arrmun dashed into the room. "Matt! Thank God!" He suddenly saw Lizzie fallen, and Onix released into the room. "Oh dear God...."
"Arrmun! Seal all exits to this room!" Matt exclaimed.
"What? But we have to--"
"Damn it, Arrmun, do it!"
"I...okay...." He quickly turned next to the doorway began to hack into the nearby keypad. In seconds, all doors were locked..
"Matt...no...." Lizzie muffled.
"You creep! You're going to pay, DEARLY! ONIX! Do everything possible to take him down!" Matt screamed, tears flowing freely in his eyes. They continued to burn.
Onix curled down in a pouncing-like position before releasing all is energy leaping towards the man. He jumped to the side, collapsing on the ground while evading the attack, but was struck violently by Onix's large, rocky tail. The man howled in pain. Matt delighted at this; the man's howls of pain were cries of victory for him. The tears of burning pain slowly felt like tears of fantastic joy, and victory.
"Yes! That's it! Do it, Onix. FINISH HIM!"
"That's enough!" Arrmun shouted, tugging on Matt's arm. "I think he gets the point Matt, call him back!"
"Shut up!" Matt freed his arm and slapped Arrmun violently. Arrmun grunted, then quickly stared into Matt's eyes again. They burned, but this time not with determination. They burned of a bright fire, surrounded by a coating of shining tears. Matt turned around and shouted at the top of his lungs. "Onix! CRUSH HIM!"
Onix prepared to attack, looking down at its victim. The tall man lay flat, with eyes now trembling with fear; many bones in his body broken. He looked back at Matt, and witnessed the infamous look. His eyes full of powerful, glaring rage; his face red hot like the flowing lava in a volcano. His teeth clenched; his entire face now looking like as if he was a ravenous wolf.
Onix launched itself off the ground, before landing violently on the man lying on the ground. The ground began to shake as it cracked; pieces of the ceiling began to collapse. The man shouted one more one final cry of pain. Loud and piercing, and nearly unbearable to those who listened to it, except for Matt. Along with the cries of pain, Matt unleashed one cry of its own. One cry of rage, of unforgiveness. It would eventually overpower the cries of pain, as the tall man with his ice, cold glare would stare at Matt, now full of fear. He had to witness the hard way the awakening of a sleeping giant. His vision blurring, and fading, he took one final look at the blazing blue eyes, before it went black; it was the last thing upon which he would lay his eyes.
Matt collapsed to his knees, breathing heavily. He looked around him, and noticed his head was swimming. He felt as if he has break out of a trance. His eyes felt wet, and also felt as if they were on fire. He quickly wiped away the tears, before glancing in terror that Lizzie was still lying flat on the ground, continuing to bleed.
"Lizzie!" Matt shouted, and crawled himself towards her. "Lizzie! Lizzie! For the love of God, say something!"
Lizzie slowly looked at Matt. "You...shouldn't have done that...." She let out a loud gasp of pain.
"No, no. Don't speak. We're going to get out of here right now. Onix! Return!" Matt pointed the Greatball towards Onix as he was brought back inside. He then stared at it, his memory blurry of the past few moments which just occured. "There. I've avenged your parents, and I've avenged you."
Arrmun quickly pulled out a piece of cloth, and wrapped it around the wound tightly, then extended it around her right shoulder and underneath her left arm. "Quickly, we have to get out of here now." He picked her up and ran to unlock the door.
Matt stood up, looking at the man he had just crushed with his Onix. No movement whatsoever could be seen. "I've killed him...." He then turned and followed Arrmun towards the exit.
* * *
"A mess! An unnecessary mess!" an inspector exclaimed towards Arrmun, slamming down a folder on top of a nearby desk. "The room where we found our victim was in a mess! The autopsy had shown that every bone in his body was broken but mostly there were many blows to the head. Arrmun, what the hell happened...?"
Matt sat down in the police station, with a large blanket wrapped around him. He looked towards Arrmun, as suddenly he turned and pointed towards him.
The inspector walked towards Matt. "So, you were involved in this mess...?"
Matt nodded.
"So I see. Do you happen to know how the chief of Black Rocket was killed...?"
Matt gulped, then nodded.
"Very good. What happened?"
"He...he was crushed..." he took a deep breath, then quietly muttered, "by an Onix."
"By what? Sorry, I didn't hear you."
"By an Onix," Matt replied a little louder.
"An Onix? A Pokémon? Please don't tell me that Onix was yours; please!"
"Well, I...--"
"I did it," Arrmun replied.
The inspector turned around and stared at Arrmun in shock. "YOU did it? Why?! You were doing an excellent job of tracking and taking down these secret headquarters!"
"I'm sorry, sir; I suppose I allowed my emotions to get the better of me when my young friend's friend was shot."
Matt stared straight at Arrmun, not daring to say a word.
"You will see me in my office right away." With that, the inspector turned around and walked away; a door slamming could be heard moments after.
"What is wrong with you?" Matt said harshly, now standing. Why did you take the blame?"
"It's the least I could do," Arrmun replied, smiling.
"What the hell are you talking about?! Now you're going to have your trainer's license removed and you're going to be in jail for possibly the rest of your life!"
"It was for self-defence," he replied, smiling again. "Don't worry about it." He turned and walked right down to the inspector's office, as Matt sat again.
"Lizzie...." He quickly stood up and approached the front desk. "Excuse me, but I would like to see my friend. She was the one who was shot today."
The lady at the front desk nodded. "The hospital is just across the street. We'll have somebody escort you."
"No, that won't be necessary."
"But I insist; you just saw somebody get nearly killed right in front of you. We surely can't allow you to walk the streets alone."
Matt's head went blank for a moment, as suddenly the images of his commands to his Onix became very clear. He watched as that tall man cried out in pain, begging for his life, but Matt continued with the vicious, relentless assault. Eventually, his mind cleared, as the lady at the front desk was still staring at him. "All right."
"We'll send somebody down right away. It'll take a minute."
"Okay, thank you."
He sat himself back down and sighed. "It's too bad that she had to get injured. It's all my fault. It's my fault she was shot, and now Arrmun's taking the blame for me.
"What's wrong with me? Why don't I have any control over my emotions?"
TO BE CONTINUED.
