1Sins of the Past
"How could she do this to me? Why? When? Damn her, and damn those other bastards!"
"You have to forgive them, you cannot live with the hatred inside you or it will destroy you."
"The Hell with them, if it wasn't for me, they would all probably be dead!"
"You have to let go otherwise you will never be a Dragoon, Locke!"
"Locke!"
"LOCKE!"
Locke slowly opened his eyes, doing so caused him to feel a sharp pain in his side. His sight was still a little blurry and his head dizzy. He turned towards the voice that called his name as his vision slowly recovered to normal. "Banon? How long have I been out?"
Banon slowly stood up from the chair next to Locke's bed and walked towards the window, "About two days old friend. How do you feel? You took a nasty shot from Gesthal." Look slowly lifted the sheets and looked at his side seeing a large burn mark on his left side. "Damn that Gesthal, he caught me off guard. He somehow knew who I was, I wish I knew how."
Banon turned back towards Locke, "Well Gesthal isn't the only one either." This caused Locke to turn suddenly to Banon causing a sharp pain in his side that he tried to ignore but still cringed. "What the hell do you mean Banon?" Banon simply sighed, "When Gesthal hit you, your helmet flew off...they all know."
Locke immediately stood up, but his actions caused him extreme pain that caused him to fall to the ground. Banon rushed to help him but Locke pushed him off and was able to stand up under his own power. With bloodshot eyes, Locke starred directly at Banon, "So THEY all know?" Banon simply nodded. Locke just stood there, breathing heavily and tried to walk but found it impossible so he sat back on his bed.
Banon looked up, "SHE was here a lot, by your side." Locke would not even look up but he know who Banon was talking about as he clenched his fists so hard that his nails dug in and drew a little blood. "Screw that bitch!" Locke yelled, and just sat breathing heavy. "Celes turned on me, they all did."
"Locke I know what they did was horrible but it wasn't all of them, just Edgar and Celes." Banon pleaded. Locked looked up with a stare of death in his eyes, "Do not patronize me Banon, they were all in on it, they all covered it up. They all knew Celes was cheating on me with Edgar and they did not tell me, they are all just as guilty in my eyes."
Banon was about to argue when the door burst open and Terra rushed in, "Oh my Goddesses, Locke! Your up, thank goodness we were all so worried about you." Terra rushed over and hugged Locke who was still sitting on the bed. Locke let out a soft growl and pushed Terra off him and managed to stand up without cringing, as he was determined not to let her seem him show weakness. Terra stepped back confused as Locke looked her dead in the eye.
"I am sure you were all so worried about me Branford" Terra was shocked as Locke never called her by her last name and he tone was harsh. "Get the Hell outta here and leave me alone." Terra began to protest but Locke cut her off, "Get out NOW!" Locke screamed, and Terra quickly rushed out, confused and hurt. Locke looked back to Banon, "Once I am healthy enough to walk on my own I am gone, you hear me!"
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Edgar paced around the room, biting his nails constantly. "You know that is not a good habit, especially for a king." Edgar turned to see his wife in her nightgown looking at him. "I am sorry dear I am just so confused about this whole situation. We have Geshtal who mysteriously returned, and then there is Locke, and plus we have a baby on the way."
Celes simply walked over to her husband and wrapped her arms around him and kissed him on the lips, "Don't worry sweetheart, we will defeat Gesthal and do not worry about Locke." Edgar put his head down, "But Celes honey, they way he acted as 'Jules' why would he have done that? He must know about us from before."
Celes simply rubbed Edgar's shoulders and again kissed him on the lips, "I said don't worry about it, everything will be alright." Edgar nodded and put his hand on Celes' stomach feeling for the baby and smiled, "Whatever happened to the 'Ice Queen' I used to know?" Celes smiled and hugged Edgar tighter, "She melted away when I was with you."
The two were about to kiss until they heard a knock on the door, Edgar put his finger on Celes' lips know she was probably going to cuss for being interrupted during an intimate moment, "I will take care of it darling." Edgar went to the door and opened it seeing a distressed Terra. "I am sorry for bothering you two but its Locke, he's up and he's, he's" "He's what, Terra?" Celes inquired. Terra took a deep breath, "He is different."