Chapter 6:
Twist and Turn
"Cyn! Cyn! Wake up!" The darkness shuddered. "Cyn! Dammit Cyn!" The young girl felt a slap; she groaned. White. Bright white lights....
"Ahgg..." Cyn bolted upright, was grasped by the shoulders firmly, and pushed roughly down unto whatever it was she was on. "ARRGGHHH!" She lashed out unconsciously, slashing through a dark man's throat. He grasped the wound and began to choke. Cyn struggled to get away, fiercely yanking on the metal chains holding her down. Bright brown eyes looked up at her from his face. Tears streamed down, staining his cheeks, but he didn't once open his mouth to sob or scream in pain.
"Cyn... Cyn.. I-I.." His eyes softened. TONY?! TONY!!Cyn tried to calm the beast that apparently had taken over her, trying to call out his name. "I-I love you... Cyn..." She felt a sudden shock, a sharp pain vibrating through her heart. TONY!! TONY!! I LOVE YOU TOO!! PLEASE! PLEASE! Help me!!!"I love you Cyn... but.." the struggle suddenly stopped. Her blue eyes widened. Her subconscious seemingly knew what he was going to do but all of this made her afraid, hurt, betrayed, and above all, confused, NO! NO TONY!! IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY!! PLEASE-"But I must do this." A glint of silver and a single gunshot and it was all over.....
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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" A cold sweat ran down her back. Cyn's bright blue eyes stared, wide-eyed and unaware it was a nightmare, at the stone floor covered in dried blood. Her chest heaved, and her mind throbbed. The dim candlelight flickered and messed with her vision. Cyn closed her eyes, reluctantly recalling the nightmare and resting her eyes, trying to calm down. She pushed herself off of the wall and stumbled across the room, past the golden Buddha statue and out unto the temple grounds. She tripped and fell into the grass, sharp pain echoing through her head.
"Cyn?" A deep voice full of disbelief found its way to her hears.
"A..Ahh...." A groan was all she could manage.
"Cyn... You're... You're hurt!!" A pair of strong arms lifted her up. The cool wind seemed to howl as she stared blankly into the sky as she was carried quickly into some kind of shelter in what seemed seconds.
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A mop of red came into view. Followed by light brown eyes and Asian tanned skin.
"H-Hwo..Hwoaarr.." Cyn coughed up blood; it took only one split second for a cool, damp, blood stained rag to wipe the blood from her skin.
"Sh... Hush. Yeah, It's me. Hwoarang. Ok? Hwoa-rang.. Ok? Remember?" Cyn nodded. "Good. At least I know you don't have amnesia or somethin'." He let out a deep sigh of relief and lifted her head, putting a pillow behind it. She winced as he picked up a needle that she suddenly realized that he was sewing her back up. "Heh... Don't worry. I was part of the medics during the tournaments and classified A.M.AF.T.S. Medic in the military." Cyn's eyes widened.
"Oh.. Fuc.." She coughed. Hwoarang let out a small chuckle. "What the hel.." Cough. "... Is A.M.AF.T.S. ?"
"Army/Marine/Air Force Training Squad."
"You... trained people to do this?"
"Heh, sort of. More of surgery type thing, injections, medicine science, you know, stuff." Cyn laughed.
"Stuff huh?"
"Yeah, and everything else I learned from Master Baek.... Master..." Hwoarang smiled at the sound of Baek's name. He chuckled. "I'm glad I can finally use his name as more of a happy memory than before." He tied the final stitch and cut the string.
"What's been up wit' you? I saw you at the tournament but you seemed to be thinkin' 'bout somethin'."
"Nothin' serious just recalling everything that's happened over the past year, that's all."
"How come I don' believe you?"
"I donno! You tell me!" Hwoarang laughed.
"You've changed.... A lot." She looked at him in a thoughtful look. He smiled.
"..... You know what?" Cyn raised an eyebrow. "I haven't really changed." He looked at her, his light brown eyes flickered. "I used to be this way before Baek was taken from me.... and I changed after that." His smile broadened. "I've gotten Baek back, and I laid him to rest. Along with all the bad memories he wouldn't have wanted me to remember him by." Cyn couldn't believe it. He was finally happy, after everything that had happened to him. If only... Jin could do the same....