Collateral Damage
Chapter 2: Tears and Blood
** This chapter is even shorter than the first, it was mainly meant for a cliffhanger. So...yeah.
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Margarete wrapped her arms around herself instantly, as she appeared in a snow-covered alley.
"Oh my." It wasn't exactly what she had expected, but she didn't worry about it too much as she made her way to her house
She walked in and found just a hollowed out shell. The staircase, and all of the doors, including the one to the basement, was gone.
"I suppose I'll just have to ask Eike to return me to my original time when my visit's over." She closed the door and made her way to the square. It was empty; everyone was probably at the bar warming up.
Margarete strolled down the nearest street, deciding to find one of those clothes shops. She'd surprise Eike if she found him at the bar.
Halfway down, however, she stopped when she heard heavy breathes coming from nearby. Curiously, she looked around the snow-laden trees off to the side of the road until she found the origin.
Margarete gasped. "You! You're--."
The familiar black clad figure straightened up and looked at her. He smirked. "Naughty naughty, someone's not in their own time." He shook his head still smirking. "Come to see your mother then? I'm afraid you're too late."
Margarete blinked. "My mother? What are you talking about? My mother died five years ago."
Homunculus stood up. "So he didn't tell you then. I guess he didn't figure it out." His dual-voiced chuckle sent chills down Margarete's spine.
"He's talking about Eike." Margarete thought. Then to Homunculus, "Where is he? Where's Eike?"
Homunculus turned his back to her and shrugged boredly. "How should I know? And anyways, you'll not likely find him here. This is twenty years before his existence."
Margarete dashed forward and grabbed the genie's frail arm. "Then take me to his time!" when she received no answer, she squeezed harder. "Do it, or I swear I'll."
Homunculus glared at her, then smirked again arrogantly. His body disappeared suddenly, slipping from Margarete's grasp, who gasped and back up a couple of feet.
"Why not?" Margarete heard Homunculus chuckle again, and swiveled around to see him pull out his digipad. "This could prove to be quite entertaining."
She suddenly found herself in a bubble with him, and soon they were soaring through time to the future.
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They arrived in the square just behind the statue. Margarete saw a red machine with two boys in it. "A car, I think my brother called it." She thought.
"Hey mister, you shouldn't lay in the street, you might get run over!" After yelling the warning the boys took off, swerving drunkenly through the streets.
Wondering whom they were talking to, Margarete walked around the statue, and gave a small shriek.
There, lying broken and bloody on the ground, was Eike.
Margarete dashed to his side, tears streaming down her cheeks as she knelt beside the fading life. "Eike! Eike please, don't you die on me too!"
"Dear, dear." Margarete looked up as Homunculus strolled up to Eike. "Looks like my bad feeling was correct."
Margarete looked at him in horror. "How can you say that?" She screwed up her eyes in pain and yelled at him. "THERE'S BLOOD EVERYWHERE, AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS CONFIRM THAT YOUR 'BAD FEELING' WAS CORRECT?!?!"
She sobbed into Eike's shirt. "You're a monster."
"... Oh well." Margarete heard a couple of footsteps, then silence. She looked up, and through the tears, found nothing.
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Yeah, yeah, so I killed him off. Well, technically the game killed him off; I just acted upon it. Anyways, Homunculus is a guy in this story. For those who hadn't guessed already.
** This chapter is even shorter than the first, it was mainly meant for a cliffhanger. So...yeah.
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Margarete wrapped her arms around herself instantly, as she appeared in a snow-covered alley.
"Oh my." It wasn't exactly what she had expected, but she didn't worry about it too much as she made her way to her house
She walked in and found just a hollowed out shell. The staircase, and all of the doors, including the one to the basement, was gone.
"I suppose I'll just have to ask Eike to return me to my original time when my visit's over." She closed the door and made her way to the square. It was empty; everyone was probably at the bar warming up.
Margarete strolled down the nearest street, deciding to find one of those clothes shops. She'd surprise Eike if she found him at the bar.
Halfway down, however, she stopped when she heard heavy breathes coming from nearby. Curiously, she looked around the snow-laden trees off to the side of the road until she found the origin.
Margarete gasped. "You! You're--."
The familiar black clad figure straightened up and looked at her. He smirked. "Naughty naughty, someone's not in their own time." He shook his head still smirking. "Come to see your mother then? I'm afraid you're too late."
Margarete blinked. "My mother? What are you talking about? My mother died five years ago."
Homunculus stood up. "So he didn't tell you then. I guess he didn't figure it out." His dual-voiced chuckle sent chills down Margarete's spine.
"He's talking about Eike." Margarete thought. Then to Homunculus, "Where is he? Where's Eike?"
Homunculus turned his back to her and shrugged boredly. "How should I know? And anyways, you'll not likely find him here. This is twenty years before his existence."
Margarete dashed forward and grabbed the genie's frail arm. "Then take me to his time!" when she received no answer, she squeezed harder. "Do it, or I swear I'll."
Homunculus glared at her, then smirked again arrogantly. His body disappeared suddenly, slipping from Margarete's grasp, who gasped and back up a couple of feet.
"Why not?" Margarete heard Homunculus chuckle again, and swiveled around to see him pull out his digipad. "This could prove to be quite entertaining."
She suddenly found herself in a bubble with him, and soon they were soaring through time to the future.
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They arrived in the square just behind the statue. Margarete saw a red machine with two boys in it. "A car, I think my brother called it." She thought.
"Hey mister, you shouldn't lay in the street, you might get run over!" After yelling the warning the boys took off, swerving drunkenly through the streets.
Wondering whom they were talking to, Margarete walked around the statue, and gave a small shriek.
There, lying broken and bloody on the ground, was Eike.
Margarete dashed to his side, tears streaming down her cheeks as she knelt beside the fading life. "Eike! Eike please, don't you die on me too!"
"Dear, dear." Margarete looked up as Homunculus strolled up to Eike. "Looks like my bad feeling was correct."
Margarete looked at him in horror. "How can you say that?" She screwed up her eyes in pain and yelled at him. "THERE'S BLOOD EVERYWHERE, AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS CONFIRM THAT YOUR 'BAD FEELING' WAS CORRECT?!?!"
She sobbed into Eike's shirt. "You're a monster."
"... Oh well." Margarete heard a couple of footsteps, then silence. She looked up, and through the tears, found nothing.
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Yeah, yeah, so I killed him off. Well, technically the game killed him off; I just acted upon it. Anyways, Homunculus is a guy in this story. For those who hadn't guessed already.
