Chapter 2 The Escape
It had been four months since I had last seen all my friends, and the last time I saw Celes. I couldn't even remember her face, let alone the times we all spent together. On the outside, my face had shown to everyone that I didn't mind that we were all going to split apart, but inside it was as if someone was tearing my organs away and kebobing them with a fence post. I even wondered if they might even all be together, doing quests for everyone. This thought made me so mad that I accidentally set a woman on fire. "Ah'm burnin'! 'Elp me!" she screamed. I quickly put her out. "I'm really sorry ma'am," I said in a hurry, "I didn't mean to do it," I finished, rather sheepishly. "You should be!" she spat. I don't know what's been up with these people. Lately, people seemed very hateful towards me, as if I had done some great wrong. I performed spells and rarely did I actually hit people... wait... maybe that's why... That point aside, I didn't consciously try to hurt anyone. The small town of Kohlingen had many souls for such a small village, and they were very open to new things. This open-mindedness soon evaporated when one of the town children had been hurt by an outraged esper. At this thought, I sat down on a nearby bench. It was really peculiar that espers would all of a sudden attack people, let alone with an uncontrollable rage that made them seem almost...evil. It was as if some dark and malignant force was controlling all that was good and bending it to their will. As I was consumed by my thought, a boy walked up to me and shook me out of my stupor. "Ah' you Locke Cole?" he said. I was rather confused at this outburst; everyone in this town knew everyone's name. "Yes, I suppose I am." I replied, cautiously. The boy talked to me in a monotone, one that made me think that he really didn't want to talk to me: "A man by th' name of Sabin wan's me to summon you." My heart skipped several beats. Could this truly be the Sabin that I had been in a team with?