Chapter nine; Acting the wrong role
–DREAM–
"Ow! Stop it! Stop it!" a five year old Senki whimpered as some bullies beat him up in the play ground at school. "I'll get my brother if you don't stop!"
FLASH
Little Senki covered his ears as the bullies beat up on little Genki who tried to fight back.
FLASH
"Genki!" Their mother was scolding him. "I always said not to fight, what am I ever going to do with you?"
"But mom..."
"No buts! In your room!"
"But..."
"Now! Because of you Senki got hurt as well, if you didn't start fights."
"But I didn't...."
Little Senki whom had been watching from the bed room door whimpered as he saw his mother back handed his brother across the face. He stood there trembling as Genki walked past him into the room with tears in his eyes.
"Gen-chan...."
Genki gave him a betrayed look. "You always get me in trouble...."
FLASH
Senki found himself standing on a street in the rain. He grew cold and pale, he knew this place—that was when the accident had happened....he looked down the street to see an eight year old him and Genki arguing.
"No..." He whispered stepping forward, knowing what was going to happen. This image had haunted his dreams since the day it happened, but....but it was never clear and the memories had always been kind of fuzzy. He saw his past self turn away from Genki and ran off into the street. A car was coming. Senki closed his eyes not wanting to watch, but the image still appeared in his mind. Genki screamed his name and ran forward, pushing him out of the way of the car, getting hit himself. Everything else after that was a blur. The images vanished from Senki's mind and he found himself floating in a void of darkness.
"I'm dreaming aren't I? Gen-chan, don't leave me alone in this dream. I don't like being alone like this....without you I...."
The darkness disappeared and he found himself standing in the room with the giant monster and the alter.
"Sen-chan..."
"Genki?" He turned around hopefully, smiling as he saw his brother standing behind him. Genki smiled and walked up to him, taking his hands gently.
"My big brother." The younger twin smiled sweetly. "Are you going to betray me again...?"
Senki's eyes widened in terror as the form of Genki changed and became that of the bloody boy whom began to laugh in murderous glee. ––End Dream----
8 Days Remaining
"Ah!" He opened his eyes frightened to see his brother leaning over him with a concerned expression.
"Senki, relax it was just a dream."
Senki took a deep breath trying to calm down. "What a creepy nightmare...what time is it?"
"I don't have a watch, but I think that it's about 1 am. It's still dark."
"Oh. I guess we should be getting back to sleep, then."
"Not so fast."
Senki looked over at his brother confused, seeing a mischievous smile on his face accompanied by a dark glint in his eyes. Senki could not say he cared much for the expression but asked anyway. "What is it?"
Genki glanced over at the sleeping members of the group, his smile widening. "I have no intention in joining up with them. What do you say we take the mirror pieces and continue on our own?"
"What?" Senki gave his brother a shocked look. "But aren't they...weren't they your friends?" "Once upon a time. Come on, Sen-chan, what do you say? Let's go. We only need to get three more pieces of the mirror and then...."
"And then we go home?"
"..........." Genki glanced over at the sleeping members, his eyes landing on Holly. "Thanks to her, we know that the next piece is three villages from hear so...."
"But we can't. If we take the wagon that will make too much noise and wake them up, and you can't walk far..."
"Oh, we'll leave them the wagon." Genki smirked. "We'll just take the horses."
"This isn't like you....."
"I just don't want to be around them. I'm going if you agree or not, but we promised we'd stay together so..."
"Yeah, we did promise. Ok, I'll come with you."
"Thanks Sen. Come on, let's hurry before we wake 'em up."
The two twins moved swiftly and quietly in unhooking the horses from the wagon, and taking the power plate with the two pieces of mirror in it, using extreme stealth in not waking the others. Senki felt like a real meanie, he had no idea what they would say if the group woke up and caught them in the act–or if they ended up getting caught later. Genki jumped onto one of the horses and helped Senki climb up onto the other.
"Are you sure we should be doing this?"
"Sure I'm sure, besides." Genki grinned a very un-Genki-like smile, taking a look back at the sound asleep rebels. "I think the role of a goodie is the wrong role for me this time."
"..................."
"Let's go."
"R–right!" 'Oh man...' Senki thought to himself as they sped away from the camp sight. 'Those guys are going to be sore about this in the morning.'
–DREAM–
"Ow! Stop it! Stop it!" a five year old Senki whimpered as some bullies beat him up in the play ground at school. "I'll get my brother if you don't stop!"
FLASH
Little Senki covered his ears as the bullies beat up on little Genki who tried to fight back.
FLASH
"Genki!" Their mother was scolding him. "I always said not to fight, what am I ever going to do with you?"
"But mom..."
"No buts! In your room!"
"But..."
"Now! Because of you Senki got hurt as well, if you didn't start fights."
"But I didn't...."
Little Senki whom had been watching from the bed room door whimpered as he saw his mother back handed his brother across the face. He stood there trembling as Genki walked past him into the room with tears in his eyes.
"Gen-chan...."
Genki gave him a betrayed look. "You always get me in trouble...."
FLASH
Senki found himself standing on a street in the rain. He grew cold and pale, he knew this place—that was when the accident had happened....he looked down the street to see an eight year old him and Genki arguing.
"No..." He whispered stepping forward, knowing what was going to happen. This image had haunted his dreams since the day it happened, but....but it was never clear and the memories had always been kind of fuzzy. He saw his past self turn away from Genki and ran off into the street. A car was coming. Senki closed his eyes not wanting to watch, but the image still appeared in his mind. Genki screamed his name and ran forward, pushing him out of the way of the car, getting hit himself. Everything else after that was a blur. The images vanished from Senki's mind and he found himself floating in a void of darkness.
"I'm dreaming aren't I? Gen-chan, don't leave me alone in this dream. I don't like being alone like this....without you I...."
The darkness disappeared and he found himself standing in the room with the giant monster and the alter.
"Sen-chan..."
"Genki?" He turned around hopefully, smiling as he saw his brother standing behind him. Genki smiled and walked up to him, taking his hands gently.
"My big brother." The younger twin smiled sweetly. "Are you going to betray me again...?"
Senki's eyes widened in terror as the form of Genki changed and became that of the bloody boy whom began to laugh in murderous glee. ––End Dream----
8 Days Remaining
"Ah!" He opened his eyes frightened to see his brother leaning over him with a concerned expression.
"Senki, relax it was just a dream."
Senki took a deep breath trying to calm down. "What a creepy nightmare...what time is it?"
"I don't have a watch, but I think that it's about 1 am. It's still dark."
"Oh. I guess we should be getting back to sleep, then."
"Not so fast."
Senki looked over at his brother confused, seeing a mischievous smile on his face accompanied by a dark glint in his eyes. Senki could not say he cared much for the expression but asked anyway. "What is it?"
Genki glanced over at the sleeping members of the group, his smile widening. "I have no intention in joining up with them. What do you say we take the mirror pieces and continue on our own?"
"What?" Senki gave his brother a shocked look. "But aren't they...weren't they your friends?" "Once upon a time. Come on, Sen-chan, what do you say? Let's go. We only need to get three more pieces of the mirror and then...."
"And then we go home?"
"..........." Genki glanced over at the sleeping members, his eyes landing on Holly. "Thanks to her, we know that the next piece is three villages from hear so...."
"But we can't. If we take the wagon that will make too much noise and wake them up, and you can't walk far..."
"Oh, we'll leave them the wagon." Genki smirked. "We'll just take the horses."
"This isn't like you....."
"I just don't want to be around them. I'm going if you agree or not, but we promised we'd stay together so..."
"Yeah, we did promise. Ok, I'll come with you."
"Thanks Sen. Come on, let's hurry before we wake 'em up."
The two twins moved swiftly and quietly in unhooking the horses from the wagon, and taking the power plate with the two pieces of mirror in it, using extreme stealth in not waking the others. Senki felt like a real meanie, he had no idea what they would say if the group woke up and caught them in the act–or if they ended up getting caught later. Genki jumped onto one of the horses and helped Senki climb up onto the other.
"Are you sure we should be doing this?"
"Sure I'm sure, besides." Genki grinned a very un-Genki-like smile, taking a look back at the sound asleep rebels. "I think the role of a goodie is the wrong role for me this time."
"..................."
"Let's go."
"R–right!" 'Oh man...' Senki thought to himself as they sped away from the camp sight. 'Those guys are going to be sore about this in the morning.'