Breaking News: Last night, a group of mercenaries from the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation arrived our orbit and landed in the middle of Sethion City, explaining the strange occurrence of beams of light appearing in the dark sky. These came in without notice and without permission, but once authorities arrived at the scene, they had already been gone. Their intentions were unclear, until this afternoon. In the prestigious hotel Sundown, a woman was attacked in her very own room, as the mercenaries broke in. However, a brave man named Elliot Witt, and his friend Pathfinder, heard this, and decided to take action, helping in taking in the custody one of the suspects at the scene. Unfortunately, the lady fell from the balcony two floors from the 13th floor. She landed at the balcony of one of the rooms of the 11th floor of the building unconscious. The mercenaries came in three, however two managed to escape unnoticed. We've been told that she is in a critical condition, and is currently being treated. But that is all, since we've been asked to keep her name and were she is being treated private. Authorities reassure the victims, and the citizens of this great city, that they will find the ones responsible for such atrocity...
Beep... beep... The same beeps have been going on for almost a day now. Elliot has been sitting besides the same medical bed since she was brought in. Wraith have been resting, not waking up since she fell. Doctors said that they did what they could, and ofcourse they would always say the same thing. Yet Elliot was still sitting there, with nothing he could do but think. "..." He realized that he hasn't eaten anything since the event. 'A little something wouldn't hurt,' he thought. So he stood up and opened the door. "U-ugh...
..E-elliot?" "H-hey! You woke up, how you feeling?" said Elliot while sitting besides. "I'm... still, light headed..." said Wraith while touching the back of her head. "No wonder," Elliot responded. "You fell from two floors! Good thing the glass slowed down your fall, but you hit the ground a little bit too hard for comfort." "Where, are we? And where's Path?" said Wraith confused. "Path's doing good actually. The insurance got him good to go so there's nothing to worry about."
"Did he...," Elliot knew where she was going with this. "Wraith, he's fine. We all are. It's all good, just relax." Wraith laid down again on the bed. "Doc's said you should stay still for a bit. You got an injury on your back but it's not that bad." "...ok," said Wraith reassured. Elliot went for the door, "Anyway, you haven't eaten anything, haven't you? You want pizza? Not that, you would know what it, is... never mind I'll be back!" Elliot closed the door and headed outside of the hospital. Small feelings of guilt were on Wraith's mind, as she thought that they could have easily avoided this if she just left. Or maybe stayed up there at the station. "It's not your fault, you know that," the voice said. "Yeah, I know it's just..." Wraith said frustrated. "I don't understand. Why won't they just, leave me...?" "It's clear that they want you back. You must be somehow vital to them." "Could it be... my, abilities?" Wraith said while looking at her hands. Her abilities. She was just a tool for them in the end. For killing. Atleast that was was she was intended for. Knowing them, they would not let go until they would get what they want. Wraith was exhausted, tired, and frustrated all the same.
Elliot walked outside the dark streets through the living city. It was around 9 and people was still outside like nothing. While walking down the road, sometimes some people walked along him and just stared at Elliot. He though it was just him, but it happened way to many times. The pizza place wasn't too far, just a couple of blocks and crosswalks away from the hospital. He opened the door of the pizza place to be greeted with the smell of fresh pizza being made. The employee walked in and Elliot made his order. He took a seat near the window to wait for a while until his order was done. From the seat right besides the window, he had a clear view of a huge building in the middle of a traffic intersection. On the top floors, a huge screen was covering a portion of that side of the building. It appeared that the news broadcast was being showed in the screen. He didn't care, until a huge image of himself and Pathfinder appeared on it.
...intentions were unclear, until this afternoon. In the prestigious hotel Sundown, a lady was attacked in her very own room, as the mercenaries broke in. However, a brave man named Elliot Witt, and his friend Pathfinder, heard this, and decided to take action, helping in taking in the custody one of the suspects at the scene...
...a brave man named Elliot Witt...
...a brave man...
...Elliot...
...brave...
...Elliot...
...brave...
...Elliot!
Elliot jumped off his seat from his calls, and turned to the table. His order was ready, so he stood up to pick up his box. He went for it, right before he was stopped. "Hey!" one of the employees said called his attention. Elliot, with his pizza box in his hands, said, "Y-yeah?"
"...Dude, your that guy, right...? Elliot!" Elliot was a bit uncomfortable now that the news was doing it's effect. "Y-yeah... Yeah that's me!" "Man, just take it. You deserve it after what you did there. I hope that woman's OK! Are you guys like a thing or something?" said the employee while closing the cash register. Elliot was caught, "Oh nonono, we're just friends! And my robot friend too. We all are friends! She's doing fine, this is for her-" the employee jumped in, "so you guys are a thing! You could've atleast told me and I would've gave you two of these!" "No we're not. We're just teammates going for the Apex Games." 'Man, I can get used to this to be honest. But the nerve of this guy...' thought Elliot. "Good luck with that! I'll definitely watch you guys! Come again soon!" the employee said. "Yep," said Elliot while leaving the place. At this point Elliot was just enjoying getting the attention through the sidewalk while walking as if he owned the place with a free pizza box on his hand.
But that moment stopped when he was waiting for the traffic to stop and a crosswalk sign to turn green. Another person walks besides him and appeared to be wearing a hood. Elliot immediately recognized the person after hearing it's voice. "I told you I wasn't done with you..."
"What do you want?" Elliot quickly said. "You know exactly what I want... You don't have any idea of what your getting yourself into, do you? Just leave it to us. In fact, let's make a deal. Give her to me, and you and your little robot are free to go, won't be coming back anytime soon." "Like hell I would," Elliot responded. "She clearly won't come back to you guys, and she'll be out of here before you know it. Me, her and my 'little' robot are kind of like a team? So you'll have to get through a little more trouble to get to her... Don't you think you guys done enough? Hell, she now speaks to voices for crying out loud... What did you do to her?" "I didn't do anything. I'm just following orders," the officer said. "Ofcourse you are," said Elliot. "Tell whoever your superior is that it's not happening." "Fine," a quick and direct response from the officer. Elliot turned to his right, but she was already gone.
Elliot arrived at the hospital with the pizza still in his hand, and went through the elevator. A few floors up, and the doors opened again. He took a left to go through a hallway were he could find Wraith's room. He entered, as the doors opened automatically, yet Wraith wasn't there. He stood there confused. 'Maybe wrong room?' he asked himself. But then he saw her, in the other side of the bed sitting on the floor with tears falling down her face. They met eyes, and for a moment they just stared. Caught off guard by it, Elliot laid down the box and went for Wraith, "Wraith, w-whats wrong?! Are you hurt?" He went down with her while she was just sobbing quietly. "Wraith come on, talk to me, what's wrong?" "I-I..." she was having trouble finding the right words. "I... don't want to live like this..." Elliot was just utterly in shock as to hearing this, and was quickly trying to look for something he could say or do at the matter. 'What did they do to her...?' he asked himself in pitiful curiosity. He couldn't take it, as he grabbed her and placed her in the bed again.
"Wraith, listen. When I tell you that I don't know what's going on its because I don't. Atleast tell me, please..." Wraith sits in the bed in silence as Elliot stands besides her, waiting for an answer. "They won't. Stop... they... keep... following me... They won't leave me alone... if my life is just me... being persecuted... like this...? Then I dont... I... A-and what if... what if I find... what I'm... looking for... then what...?
...then what...
"Then you look for a new goal in life," Elliot said. "I mean right now you wanna know a bit more about yourself, am I right? This means a lot to you, like a goal, or something. When you get to it, then look for another one, easy. Don't just waste your time on one thing when there's other stuff you can do. Me and my mom are inventors... When we build or create something, we don't go by the book all the time... There's many ways to build something out of nothing, like the gear my mom and I made. Took us some time... but in the end it was done one way or another. Same with your, eh, dilemma. One way or another you'll get to it, I'm sure, but it is up to you to choose, really. Atleast start by choosing to live, ya know?" Wraith sat there, wiping her eyes. "And since when I was a phil-phi-philo-phi-smart?... A-anyway, remember. Now we are in this together. Let them bring all their little soldiers. Path will do, whatever it is that he does, and I'll stop them... I think. So count on us a bit more, will ya?" Wraith could not help but chuckle. Elliot was always able to make some smiles in any situation whatsoever.
"Oh yeah! You want some pizza?"