Old Dreams
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Chapter Five
Dreams of the Past
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Ved rubbed the back of his neck, releasing some of the tension that was up there. He wished for a moment he remembered whatever it was that he forgot but he hoped that whatever it was - it could wait till morning. He was way to tired to remember anything now. He pulled back the covers and crawled into his bed, falling asleep quickly.
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"Ved, wake up." Ved groaned under his breath.
"I dun wanna get up yet!" He heard his closet doors opening and clothes rustling around.
"It's time to move Ved. You need to work to keep your position you know." More rustling around with the clothes. "You of all people should know. After that trick you played on Java the other day…I thought she was going to kill you." A snort from the figure under the bed.
"Well, Ram didn't let her, now, did he?" A snort from the figure at the dresser.
"He isn't that fond of you at the moment either, remember? Oh, wait, no one told you yet…" Ved sat up quickly, a worried look on his face.
"What? What did I do, Jay?" His brother looked at him grimly.
"Someone seems to have been hacking into every single program there is - including Ram's personal files. I wonder who this could be." Ved looked at the older blond, shocked.
"Ca-caught! But I made sure to-" From the way his brother's glare intensified he figured that he had just said the wrong thing.
"So you ARE the one hacking into all the files…dammit. I told Ram that it couldn't have been you. To young and…we need to get him off you." Jay went silent thinking for a moment. "You can't just stop, way to dangerous but maybe-" His brother interrupted him.
"You're helping me get out of this?" His brother looked at him as though he should know the answer to this.
"When have I not?" Ved grinned at the older boy.
"Thanks Jay."
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"Jay, are you absolutely sure that your brother didn't do it? I could've sworn that the pipsqueak was with us…" Jay shook his head 'no' to Ram, the other person he was talking to.
"He couldn't have been, he was at the Casino the entire time." Jay spied his younger brother, listening to the two of them. When Ram began to speak again, Ved mouthed the words 'Thank you' over to him.
"-but if you're sure…" Jay nodded.
"Positive." Jay told him without blinking. Ram looked away for a moment and he mouthed back 'You owe me'.
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"Jay, what's going on?" Ved asked, right after hearing the scream in an alley after his brother had sent the troops to split up.
"I don't know." His brother said after a beat. Ved began to get a worried feeling in his gut, running after his brother. Jay stopped quickly, Ved following.
"What the fucking hel-" His brother let out. Since it was rare for his brother to say anything worse than 'crap' , Ved was really starting to get worried and in front of him, he saw an even better reason of why.
Seven huge tall Myrmidons were coming towards them, a few members already being taken.
"Ved, go back and tell headquarters what's happening!" The younger boy didn't listen.
"And what, let you guys have all the fun?"
"Ved, go!"
"I'm staying here!" His older brother glared at him, looking back quickly to the approaching Myrmidons.
"Fine, but you had better do absolutely everything I say, understood?" Ved nodded his head quickly When Ved saw his brother going for his wrist, he began to go for the 'band' on his to.
"Get ready to fire!" Jay yelled, already setting it there. Ved got his there shortly after. "FIRE!" All the remaining Technos shot at two different Myrmidons and it barely did anything to either, they paused for a moment, but then jut kept on moving - like all they had to do was swat a bug. Ved looked up towards his brother, waiting for what to do next.
"Again!" They did it again. This time one of the ones they hit paused so Jay told them to get it as strong as they could again before firing - like he needed to tell them. "Again!" They did. "Again!" They did.
Neither worked.
There was only one more option that Jay could think of. "Do not run back to headquarters with these things behind you and - Retreat!" He yelled. The others had no problem taking that order - though some of them were taken by Myrmidons already - again.
Jay and Ved were still running though - still fighting. But the thing was gaining on the two of them and quickly. Suddenly, Ved felt his brother's hands on his shoulders, roughly pushing him into an alley.
"J-Jay what are you-" Ved let out before another scream, like the others that were being yelled whenever a Myrmidon grabbed them - he had been ignoring them earlier, but couldn't now. "J-Jay…" He let out a choked sob, before getting up and running to the other side of the alley.
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Ved got up with a groan, and tear marks on both sides of his face.
"Dreamless sleeping pills, the stupid damn dreamless sleeping pills… God, dammit!" He let out a quick sob and sigh. "Why'd you have to go Jay? Why'd you have to fucking go?" Ved hunched into a dangerous position and put his head into his hands.
"How can I keep on doing this Ved? This was always your type of thing… Are you still even out there?" A quick gasp, "Why'd you have to go?"
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