A Walk Among Giants, Chapter 25: Weight of the World.
Something… something… something… ah yes hello there lassies and laddies, I got my mojo back and used it to whip out this new exciting entry! While I was away and because (SPOILER!) This story is nearing its end… It got me thinking on what I would like to do next, and where I should go from here. I mean this is my first ever fic, and although it had a very rocky start I'm very happy with how it's come along. Sometimes (although it was actually very necessary) I feel like my decision to rewrite it was just an excuse for me to spend more time on it. It's my special little creation, going four years strong now! It's been something I had been wanting to make since 2013!
Anyway, one thing I do feel an itch for is doing a rewrite of my other story "The Thorned Rose" and stretching it out to be much longer and more story driven. Mostly caused at its current state, while I feel it is very good, it felt too rushed. Also I need to finish my LOZ story that I left hanging since 2016 as well. As for brand new projects I have two in mind!
1: A LOZ story set far into the future where Hyrule is at like a more modern era rather than a medieval setting.
2: A prequel to this story (not brawl because let's be honest Brawl has been overdone to hell by now, same as Sm4sh) set in Melee. Following Marth and his initiation into SSB!
Anyway without further ado…
Special thanks to:
UltimateCCC: *Points* Good Question!
TheShadowStarr23: Well you are in for a surprise and a treat, heh…
"Are you sure about this?" She asked as he mounted his bike. "Something about this whole affair doesn't feel right." She states as she crossed her arms hugging herself.
"We won't ever know if I don't take the risk" He said with a simple shrug of his shoulders revving up his motorbike. It was a particularly dark night with a sheet of dark clouds plunging the world into a deeper darkness. The woman who stood beside the man on the bike had long dark hair that rivaled the color of the darkened sky. Her wet bangs clung to her face as she held her gaze low.
"The whole thing is absurd!" She protested, "A multi-universal tournament?! It's unheard of!" She says fixing her eyes on him, he remained stoic however. If he held any doubts, or let alone a hint of fear he did well to hide it.
"The messages have been pretty persistent. I can't Ignore them any longer. I must find out what this Smash Brothers is and more importantly who this Master Hand is. All I'm doing is getting answers and should the need arise I'll deal with the problems that come with finding those answers." He assured her as he leaned back on the bike letting out a slow sigh. "I'll be back before you know it I promise!" He said in assurance more so to himself it seemed.
"Then why didn't you tell the others, why are you going at this alone?" She added.
"The massage strictly stated I must go alone" he replied plainly while fixing his gloves on his hands.
"And you don't see the problem in that?!" She persisted.
"If it is something nefarious, you should be more worried about what I'll do to them, then what they'll do to me. I'll be sure to make them pay for ever considering wasting my time with a pointless scheme." He stated as a matter-of-fact. "Hey, chin up." He said, placing his hand under her chin to lift her gaze towards him. "Keep an eye on the horizon, you'll be sure to see me riding back with the rising sun if all goes to plan." He could see a small smile formed on her lips despite her pleading eyes. He grips the handlebars of the bike tightly and with a final rev of the bike he speeds off into the distance. The sky flashed with a loud boom afterwards as he took out a weird stone from his pocket. It began to shine and he balanced it on his fingertips before he flung it straight ahead of him. The raindrops before him seemed to be defying gravity and began to swirl in front of him. A portal is opened shortly after and he speeds through it as a flash of lighting streaks through the sky. In an instant the light, portal, bike and its rider vanished, only the gentle pelting of the rain remained…
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It was loud! To say the least that is. The city was busy with its endless stream of traffic and busy city streets with all kinds of inhabitants. Vendors shouting out to the pedestrians about their goods, vehicles honking impatiently at each other in intersections. Some inhabitants sat outside small shops sipping the hot beverages or eating the hot meals sold within. The two individuals in the van however stared in awe at the huge stone and concrete creations that rose high into the air. Or at least one of them did… The other however just scowled at how long it's taking for them to reach their destination.
"Those towers are huge!" Lucina exclaims, pressing her face against the window to try and see exactly how tall the buildings are. "That one there looks as if it can touch the clouds!" She adds while pointing at a particularly large building with a needle point that soared into the sky.
"Uh huh, no wonder they are called skyscrapers!" Dark Pit replied sarcastically with an eyeroll.
"That's a clever name!" She states sitting back down straight in her seat again. Pittoo rolled his eyes as his sarcasm flew over her head. She seemed to be preoccupied being flabbergasted at all the sights. Unlike last time while going to the supermarket which was a trip through the countryside, this time was through the heart of the city itself.
"Oooohh look at that light there!" She suddenly exclaimed, pressing her finger against the glass. There was a large neon sign advertising the bar underneath it. Something that did catch his eye though was a single street advertiser handing out flyers about a wrestling match in a ring nearby. Now that is something he'll pay to see, two things beating the ever living shit out of each other.
"Yo driver how much further?" Pittoo asks impatiently, the Mii cocked his head to the side staring at a monitor in the dashboard.
"It's going to take a little longer than expected sir. It appears as though there has been a collision in the intersection ahead. I estimate at least a 30 minute delay." The Mii responds politely.
"Here will be fine then. At this point it's better to just walk towards the shopping district!" Dark Pit states and the Mii nods his head and parks next to the curve.
"Very well sir." He nodded as he pressed a button for the automatic doors to slide open.
"Wait what?" Lucina asks rather confusedly while looking around.
"Out!" Dark Lit says ushering her with his hands.
"This is a bad idea, we are far off from the designated drop off with no clue of where exactly we are!" She protested but he wasn't interested in what she thought. He just simply shoved her out of the van making her plunk unto the sidewalk.
"Hey!" She shouted. "This is a horrible mistake!" She states while getting up and dusting herself.
"Whatever blue, put a lid on it and just follow me and we should be fine." He shrugs as he takes a look around.
"Should you require anything further do not hesitate to contact me, I'll be sure to respond quickly and make a pickup just as quick!" The Mii says before pulling out and driving back the way they came disappearing into the distance.
"Sure we'll do that pal" Dark Pit says sarcastically while adjusting his coat.
"Smash city maps! Get your maps here!" A young boy was shouting while waving a map in the air. Dark Pit approached the boy pushing him aside and taking a map off a pile he had on a table nearby.
"Excuse me, thank you!" He says as he begins to walk away looking at the map to get his bearings.
"Um sir, sir…" The boy says timidly, but the dark angel seemed to be too distracted to notice him. "You have to pay for that!" The boy called out but to be honest he didn't want to follow that individual, he gave the boy a bad vibe. He just slumped his shoulder and pouted in a big city that spans thousands of miles, he expected something like this to happen. Someone then gently taps his shoulder and turns to see a woman holding out money in her hand to him.
"You'll have to excuse my partner, he does things without thinking with no consideration of others. He's not all there if you catch my drift." She jokingly tells him as he takes the money and a smile spreads across his face. He looks down and sees the woman had handed him a five, but his maps were just 1.
"Um I don't have any change…" He admitted as he slumped his shoulders, indeed sales weren't going as expected. He holds out his hand again handing her back the money but she just smiled and closed his hand holding the money.
"It's fine keep it" she assured him and ruffled his hair, "for the trouble." She adds and he looks down at the money in awe. When he looked back up she was gone, was she truly there, or was that some sort of angel just now?
Meanwhile…
"Why…?" there was a figure surrounded in dark mist. It seemed to be talking to himself speaking from within… How? Was he just listening to his own thoughts? No. It was something inside him speaking he was sure of it! He could see an orb surrounded by darkness almost as if it were protecting it like a fortress. Was he finally going mad, has the stress finally caught up with him. All he did was work tirelessly to give others what they wanted but it was never enough.
"Why…?" The question echoed in his mind once as if spoken by another. "The hold is weakened, the rift is awoken" the voice told him. "Your hold has shattered, the world is broken…"
In the city…
"You're lost just admit it!" Lucina states while placing her hands on her hips with a scowl.
"Will you shut up! I'm trying to concentrate and your nagging isn't helping!" He retorts while looking over his map.
"No! No I will not shut up! Because when I listened to you and your idea of a 'shortcut' I ended up here!" She proclaimed while motioning around her. They were standing in an alley behind a restaurant with bags of garbage surrounding them on all sides. It smelled just as bad as it looked.
"Well this fence isn't supposed to be here!" He grumbled while pointing at the chain-link fence behind him separating the alley apart. "We're going to have to climb over this junk and over that fence and it'll put us right across from our destination." He says with a simple shrug pocketing his map.
"I'm not going anywhere near that, we're going around!" She states while she recoiled away, she was sure she saw one of those bags move and there was something alive in there.
"That'll backtrack us by at least half an hour!" He states as he flails his arms, "we are going up and over and that is final!" He says taking her arm and moving forward but she was firmly planted in her spot.
"Pittoo…" She breathed out, but he just looked at her rather annoyed.
"What it's just trash it's all dead!" He claimed and shook his head. "Don't tell me you are afraid of rats too!" He says.
"Rats are the least of my worries…" She squealed.
"Hey either you go through with me willingly or I drag your ass over, but I'm not wasting time going around or arguing with you!" He states and she just sighs in defeat and begins to follow him. She stood idly by as he began climbing the mountain of trash blocking the way towards the fence. The smell was even worse up close like something died and then dipped itself in sewage for added effect. As Pittoo clung to a bag up top a group of flies scattered and began to take off in different directions. "Ok the ground is stable-ish, just watch where you step and you should be fine, if it can hold me it can hold you. Unless you put on some weight quite recently that I didn't hear about…" he says with a cheeky smirk as she growls under her breath and follows after him. She swats her arm around as flies buzz all around her as she reaches for the next bag to push herself up. As she hoisted herself up her foot slips on the slimy surface of one of the bags that was oozing out a greasy liquid. Her foot then goes through a withered old box and gets stuck and she cries out as a swarm of flies escape out of the box and a few cockroaches scurry away. Pittoo turns to see her half sunken into the pile and then sighs exaggeratingly.
"This was your stupid idea!" She states frustratingly and throws her bag at him. "I swear when we get back I'm taking a three hour bath…" she grumbles to herself trying to get a grip of something around her to pull herself up. But everything was either too damp or oily to effectively take a hold of.
"Hold on let me move this big bag out of the way..." Pittoo says and pushes a large garbage bag blocking the way and that was the worst mistake he ever did. Instantly she saw it, her leg landed in an old box filled with remains of what looked like a half eaten chicken from a year before. But that wasn't the problem at hand no, it was the hundreds of maggots swarming in the box and around her leg. The slimy things were big, apparently they had been feasting quite good before she abruptly disrupted them. Instantly the color drained from her face and he could see the sheer panic in her eyes that instantly gripped her in an iron clad hold. "Hold still I'm going to pull-" that's as far as he got before she screamed in horror like a wailing siren. She fell backwards and tumbled down the bags taking the box with her and scattering the maggots all around. When she hit the floor she quickly scrambled to her feet shaking violently as some maggots landed on her and took off running so fast that'll put Captain Falcon's speed to shame. "Dammit Blue come back here!" He scurries down the pile quickly chasing after the bluenette that seemed to have lost all sense of reason. "Wait a minute, slow down!" He says frustratingly but was unheard through her sheer cries of panic as she scattered around aimlessly. "STOP!" He exclaimed but it was too late as she went face first into a metal pole sticking out the side of the building that instantly knocked her to the ground. Dark Pit cringed as he watched it all happen instinctively holding a hand over his head as if he had been the one to hit it. The thing clang loudly like a bell in a church and it jittered around violently before going still once more.
He approached as she laid sprawled out on the ground in a daze half conscious. She was letting out a faint groan and looked completely lost, like a child at a supermarket who can't find their parents. "Hey what's going here?" A man says loudly having heard all the commotion, as he turns the corner he finds a not so friendly looking boy standing over a crumpled girl sprawled on the floor. Other pedestrians seemed to also take notice and began gathering around at the end of the alley where they stood. Are you causing trouble young man?" The big dude said, he wore a red jacket with torn sleeves showing the man's bulging muscles, blue jeans, and long locks of golden hair tied back with a cap sitting on his head with the word fury inscribed on the front.
"Why don't you mind your own business" Dark Pit retorts and the man lifts his head showing his bright blue eyes full of fury.
"Because I make it my business when assholes like you show up to cause trouble!" The man states crossing his huge arms over each other. The guy looked like he could crush a grown man's head like an egg, yet Pittoo wasn't intimidated one bit.
"Whatever you say goldilocks" Dark Pit says with a simple shrug and walks towards Lucina or at least tries to before the man steps in his way much to his frustration. Dark Pit begins to grumble to himself and glares menacingly at the ignorant man.
"I think you've done enough" he states while the bluenette babbled to herself incoherently.
"Look man you either move, or I move you. I don't have time for this shit!" Dark Pit says visibly annoyed now and getting more irritated by the second.
"Why don't you just step back now young man" the guy says to him plainly much to his annoyance.
"Maggots…" Lucina shutters incoherently through her tattered groans. Although to everyone else her faint words sounded more like "muggers" rather than what she said. The man turns to look at the bluenette rather horrified as it seemed she was caught in a mugging gone wrong. The man in the cap takes hold of Dark Pits arm getting a tight hold of it.
"I think I'm going to turn you in now!" He quickly states to the dark angel
"The mugger… So many muggers… It's all over me…" Lucina babbled on, she was completely out of it at this point.
"Let. Me. Go." Pittoo gave the man his last and final warning before things got ugly.
*back at the mansion*
"STRIKE!" Roy proclaimed as he sked all around in a big circle around Marth. "Lets see… This makes it 3 for me and oh look at that! a big fat 0 for you!" Roy taunted as he held his hand to his forehead forming an L with his thumb and index finger. Marth however looked like he was elsewhere and got all queasy and stumbled about. He held a hand to his chest as he got a deep sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach that something wasn't right. Roy instantly noticed and lowered his hand looking quite concerned. "Look man I was just kidding… You don't have to take it so personally." Roy states while patting Marth on the shoulder.
"it's not that… I just feel like something's wrong…" He says placing a hand up to his head feeling faint.
"Maybe you should sit, man you look like you are about to faint!" Roy said setting the prince down on a bench nearby. He helps Marth remove his helmet and ski mask as the prince tries to calm his nerves. "You look like you've seen a ghost, and frankly you are starting to freak me out…" Roy admits as he pats Marth on the back.
"I'm freaking myself out.." Marth says as he leans forward and exhales deeply while running his hands down his face.
*Meanwhile in the city*
His first reaction was "holy shit I underestimated this kid!" His second reaction was "holy shit this kid is more dangerous than I thought!" The man tried to apprehend the Dark Angel and take him away but once he tried Dark Pit took hold of the guy and slammed him into the brick wall leaving a huge hole.
"Maggots!" Lucina groaned more audibly while trying to come to her senses and get a feel of her surroundings. She had no idea where she was or what was happening for that matter. Everything was muffled and she could only hear the loud thumping in her head, what was that her heart beat? She had no clue. Although it didn't matter that she said it more clearly as everyone was too focused on what was going on behind her.
The two combatants had a tight grip on each other and Dark Pit kicked the man's feet from under him. He then used the moment to slam the guy to the floor by adding his weight to the fall. But the man seemed to anticipate this and instead flipped the dark angel over his head. Dark Pit ended up crashing into a dumpster nearby instead putting him in a daze. The man then came from behind wrapping his huge arms around Dark Pit immobilizing him, or so he thought. Dark Pit stomped hard on one of the guys feet and also swung his head back into the man's face. The double blow seemed to have left the man wide open and Dark Pit kicked him very hard sending him crashing into a side door for a building ripping it off its hinges and breaking apart. "Is that all you got!" Dark Pit said through his heavy panting.
Dark Pit saw a glint from within the doorway but even so it was too late. The man returned and delivered a powerful punch so fast the dark angel didn't have time to properly react. The heavy punch connected with his gut knocking the air out of him forcefully. Not only that but was thrown off his feet and sent crashing into a large window behind him. Dark Pit stands up slowly shaking the glass off his coat while swearing. He then stops and turns around seeing a multitude of lifeforms spread around a bar all staring at him, some with their drinks still in hand. The man hops in through the broken window and Dark Pit turns to glare at the guy already picturing the many ways he wished to hurt this man. "Had enough?" The man bellows while holding his arms up as if to dare the dark angel to come at him again.
"Oh you mother-" Dark Pit grumbled as he took a bar stool and swung it at the guy. He ducks and it shoots over his head breaking a very large man's beer glass instead. He turned around in his drunken state and punched the thin man behind him in a dark suit. The other identical men all stood from their seats and attacked the big drunk guy, and then chaos ensued. Everyone was trading blows or throwing things or in the case of the band in the corner, playing like their life depended on it. The bartender, who was a Toad from the Mario universe with a yellow mushroom on his head and an eyepatch, gets up on the bar.
"Hey! you'll keep civil in my bar!" He shouts while waving his little fist, "you sons of bitches!" He spat before getting hit by the 8 ball. Dark Pit grabbed hold of the man's jacket slamming him down on a large table sliding him across making him hit everything on it before tossing him on the floor. He kicks Dark Pit away before flipping back on to his feet.
"You wanna play dirty?" He says while picking up a large beer glass, "two can play at that game!" He proclaims tossing the drink on the dark angel's face and momentarily blinding him. He takes the opportunity to tackle Dark Pit unto a pool table completely shattering the thing. As they roll on the ground having each other in a strong hold they start to trip others around them. Pretty soon a flash of red and blue could be seen glaring in through the front windows. And shortly thereafter the front door bursts open and several officers in riot gear start pouring in.
Meanwhile just outside…
Lucina groaned loudly as she turned to the side trying to get a feel of her surroundings. Her head was throbbing and she could faintly hear loud shouts and grunts. She sits up while rubbing her head feeling a giant swollen bump on her head that hurts to the touch. "What happened…" She groaned out weakly while looking around, she was alone in an alley. The other pedestrians that had gathered earlier had all taken off running when the bar fight broke out, and someone was thrown off the roof and landed on a car dismantling the thing. She remembered something though, something Marth had given to her right before she left. It had been their secret but he gave her something he thought might help should a situation call for it. She reached into her pocket and took out a small plastic wrapping from her pocket and opened it. Inside was a small slice of a tomato which was badly squished up. It wasn't just any plain tomato though, Marth had given her a slice of maximum tomato. The thing worked just like it did on the stages healing anyone who ate it for any injury they should sustain. Although it is strictly forbidden to have official smash items outside of stages, Marth strongly insisted she take it should she get hurt. Although she told him he had been over exaggerating, wouldn't you know it the prince turned out to be right… although she would never ever admit it to him as it would just fuel his righteousness having proved her dead wrong. She took the slimy thing and forced herself to eat it, now in stages there was a magic that made you absorb the items but out here was not the case. It helped and as much as she would like to thank Marth she decided to find an alternate way to do so. The throbbing in her head stopped and she could think more clearly now and she of course heard the loud commotion from within the bar. She slowly gets up still feeling a bit lightheaded to see the big shattered window leading into a bar. She sees a strange alien get sent flying out through the broken window and crash into the dumpster behind her. She turns to look at him to see him holding a piece of cloth in his hands and she takes it from him and ties it around her head. Then she of course remembered her partner, the dark angel was nowhere in sight and she wouldn't be surprised if he had something to do with this bar fight. "Pittoo?" She called out while looking around cautiously and stepping further into the alley.
"I'll show you a pit-a-two!" A drunk toad waddled towards her holding a comically large mug of beer. He drunkenly swings it at her but she just catches the mug in his pathetic swing. She then boops him on the head and he falls backwards and passes out. She began to wonder if it was indeed Dark Pit who started all this after all. Seeing as how drunks tend to act before they think, leading to some very questionable choices, she would know she's been there afterall…
"FREEZE!" came a shout from behind her, she yelped and jumped in place completely startled. She turns and sees three officers holding stun guns aimed straight at her. They looked at the knocked out toad then back at her still holding the comically large mug. She quickly follows their gaze and then looks back and forth between them in rapid succession.
"Wait no! NO!" She blurts out holding out her hands, "it's not what you think!" She pleads while taking a step forward.
"I said freeze!" The officer shouts back raising his gun and making her stop in her tracks. He then leans over to his shoulder and begins to talk into his radio. "We have a possible suspect out back, possible minor trespassing, armed and dangerous." The officer says into his radio while keeping his gaze on her.
"Hey! I'm not a minor!" She protests while stomping her foot with a pout.
"That's exactly what a minor would say!" The other officer behind the one speaking into the radio says while crossing his arms.
"Well what else am I supposed to say?!" She exclaimed while waving the mug at them.
"Suspect is armed and agitated, repeat, suspect is armed and agitated!" The officer quickly radios in.
"Im unarmed!" She proclaimed before she noticed she was still holding the large metal mug. "This isn't even mine!" She states while tossing it back to it's blacked out owner.
"Then why do you have it?" The second officer states.
"Because he dropped it!" She quickly blurts out while pointing at the blacked out toad.
"Then why did you pick it?" The third officer speaks up.
"Because-" She began but then audibly growls while pulling her hair. She hears their shoulder radios come to life and some orders come through.
"Copy that" The first officer says and then steps forward. "Suspect is female and blue, that's about it, blue hair, eyes, shirt, skirt, shoes" he begins while Lucina just looks down at herself. "We're going to need to see some ID kid" he says while holding out his hand. Of course! An ID this will finally resolve everything! She isn't supposed to reveal who she really is in public. Except the authorities or emergency services, so this was a HUGE exception. She reached down and that's when the realization hit her like a meteor. She gave it to Dark Pit when she got stuck in the box of maggots on the trash pile. Thinking back to that she visibly shuddered and the officer was still waiting with his hand stretched out. "Ma'am, I need to see some identification" he says again while she just sheepishly smiles while rubbing the back of her head.
"This might sound made up" she begins, "but I lost it because of the maggots..." She explained. The first officer raised the visor on his helmet with a completely dumbfounded look.
"Excuse me?" He said.
"Yeah, look I can explain it all, you wouldn't have happened to have seen a angel around here by any chance?" She added as she clasped her hands together. "Kinda evil looking, you know red eyes, dark hair, and big dark wings…" She said and the first officer turned to the other two behind him. Officer two just shrugged his shoulder high up while officer three put a finger up to his head and moved it on a circular motion.
"Ma'am how much have you had to drink!" The first officer says as he turns back to her.
"I'm not drunk!" She protests while stomping her foot, "I haven't even been drinking!" She adds. "Look he's wearing a large coat to conceal his wings, you know the big dark wings I told you about. He's my partner and he has my bag which just so happens to have my Identification card!" She says rather excitedly hoping she made a very compelling case.
"Riiiiiiight" The first officer said sarcastically. "Well then we're going to have to take you in to the station to ID you then we can call your parents to pick you up alright." He said as he motioned her to come with him but she just scowls.
"No! You're not listening! The angel has my card, he's my partner! If you find him then we can sort all this out!" She protested.
"Ok we'll do that but first let's get you to the station, we'll look for the unicorn as well if you agree." The officer responds much to her annoyance.
"1010 we need back-up in the back, calling all units!" Their radios kicked to life. The first officer turns to the other two who take off immediately. He turns back to Lucina and then back towards the end of the alley.
"You say here, don't move! We'll be back and then we'll sort all this out!" He quickly says before he turns and goes off after his two comrades.
"Look for the angel I got a feeling he's in there!" She quickly calls out. He puts up his thumb before he turns the corner and disappears.
"Blue!?" She hears from up top.
"Pittoo!?" She says quickly and looks up to see him on the fire escape, he then quickly jumps down and lands in front of her. "Where have you been, what's going on?" She quickly blurts.
"Some people don't know how to mind their own business that's what!" He quickly states while crossing his arms.
"Well I think we're in trouble, but nevermind that where is my bag!" She quickly says while grabbing him by the coat.
"I left it back on the pile when you decided to take off like a wailing banshee." He says as a matter of fact.
"I need my bag, I have my ID in there and yours when you gave it to me!" She quickly states.
"Ok… and?" He asked nonchalantly.
"Well-"
"Alright then where were we?" The officer called out as he made his way back.
"Eep!" Lucina squeals while looking back and forth between the two.
"What did you do?" Dark Pit quickly says.
"Nothing but I really need my bag!" She says while shaking him.
"Ok don't worry I have an idea…" he says as he slowly lets out a sigh.
"Yeah, what?" She asks while raising an eyebrow.
"Run." He said plain and simple.
"What…?" She asked dumbfounded.
"Run!" He says and takes her hand and runs the other away.
"Hey get back here!" The officer shouts, "we have a suspect on the run, it's the girl in blue all units be advised." He quickly shouts into his radio before giving chase.
"Great, now we're being chased! any other bright ideas?!" Lucina exclaimed as they ran down the alley looking for the spot with the large piles again.
"Yeah!" he says while looking at all the different junctions in the alley and where they lead "run faster!" He states while picking up speed and dragging her along as she groaned to herself.
"Where did they go?!"
"That way!"
They could hear the officers several junctions away from them out of sight. The duo kept on running turning junction after junction to find their way. a
Although it didn't seem like it, Lucina actually covered a lot of ground while running away in complete panic. Dark Pit comes to a halt shortly after while looking back in forth in the fork of their path. Lucina leans on her knees while trying to catch her breath, though he tried not to show it she could tell he was tired. His chest was rapidly heaving up and down as he tried to control his breathing.
"We're close!" He muttered.
"How could you be so sure?" She breathed out while she straightened up.
"The smell…" he remarked as he continued forward. The rancid smell hit her at once and she quickly placed a hand over her face while trying not to gag. It wasn't this bad before so it was confusing as to why the smell seemed to have worsened. Once they turn another corner they see why…
"Ah, no!" Lucina quickly yelped while hiding behind Dark Pit and grabbing to his coat tightly. The reason why the smell got worse was because the box was tipped over and all its contents were spilled on the floor. An assortment of rotten food littered the floor when it was spilled, worse yet the sun seemed to have baked the smell right out of the rotten food. The maggots had all crawled their way back unto the food and were slithering all around it and each other. There was a swarm of flies buzzing all around brought forth by the horrid smell. "M-my bag…" She shuttered hopelessly as it sat atop the pile of trash bags all the way in the back of the maggot feeding frenzy.
"Ok now we just need to get over there, get your bag, and go over that fence and be done with it." He says with a sigh while looking around him. He takes a step forward but is halted and turns to see Lucina tightly holding on to him frozen in place. "Oh my goddess! you aren't serious right now are you?!" He says, rather frustrated.
"Please! I'm begging you! let's just go around this time..." She pleads with him. He just slides his hand down his face while audibly groaning.
"Did you check over here?"
"No, check everywhere!"
"What about over here sir?"
"Is 'there' part of everywhere?"
"Uh, I guess so…"
"Then look there!"
"In case you forgot we don't have the luxury of going around!" He whispered harshly while tightly gripping her shoulders. "And in case you forgot we still need to retrieve your bag over there!" He adds while motioning to said bag still sitting atop a trash bag.
"I'll get a new one, it doesn't matter!" She quickly blurts.
"What about your ID you tart?!" He quickly retorts.
"I'll get a new one, I'll just ask Marth" she says quickly.
"Bleh! What's that smell!" One of the officers quickly exclaimed, they were getting closer.
"I will drag you through all those maggots if I have to blue to test me" he warns sternly.
"Can't we fly over the buildings instead!" She whined.
"No, Palutena isn't here to grant me flight, now start walking or be walked!" He said slowly sliding her forward as she tried to plant herself down. "If you don't do as I say right now you will have forfeited your fund to me!" He quickly adds but she didn't budge.
"I don't care, I will literally pay you all my money just so I don't go near that!" She quickly exclaimed while pointing at the field of maggots.
"Why are you being difficult!?" He says while slightly shaking her.
"Oh, I'm being difficult!" She says with a scoff while pointing at herself. "I'm being difficult!" She says more loudly while shoving him.
"We wouldn't even be in this mess if it wasn't for you!" He fires back.
"Me!? I'm not the one who started a commotion!" She quickly adds.
"I wouldn't have happened if you hadn't been running around like a headless chicken!" He says frustratingly.
"And who's idea was it to take the 'shortcut' in the first place?!" She says to his face.
"And it was going fine until you ruined it by being stupid!" He states angrily.
"Over here I heard shouts!" One of the officers shouts.
"Quickly before they get away!"
"I got my stun set!"
"That's it I'm done arguing with you, we're cornered and out of time!" He proclaims before she could reply he takes hold of her and hoists her up and over his shoulder.
"Put me down you jackass you can't do this!" She exclaimed though her voice cracked halfway through. He turns and quickly and briskly walks across the field of maggots who crunch under his boots. "Let me go, let me go!" She says with quick panicked breaths while slamming her fists on his back.
He turns his head slightly with a wide mischievous grin however as he comes to a stop. "Very poor choice of words…" he stated as a matter of fact. They were smack dab in the middle of the maggot fest she had created, and it seemed they multiplied, which wasn't a surprise seeing the amount of flies buzzing around.
"I hate you so much!" She quickly breathed out while looking in horror all around her. He just laughs and continues on his merry little way, crushing the little critters under his boot without a care in the world. She started to feel sick and quickly covered her mouth with both her hands as she felt hot bile coming up.
"Don't you dare…" Dark Pit stated simply as he began to ascend the trash pile from before.
"I'm gonna be sick!" She said though short gags.
"Ok up and over you go!" He says, hoists her up and throws her over the fence. She let out a short cry in surprise before she landed on the other side. He takes her bag and hops over himself landing on his feet and kneeling over to press his hand against her mouth. She was slumped on the ground and looked about ready to shout at him but the officers had catched up. He placed a finger to his lips while looking at the fence.
"Where'd they go?"
"Oh lord!"
"I think they went around, look!"
"Idiots tried to climb the fence and fell."
"Teenagers..."
"We're going to need a sanitation team down here."
"Well what are you standing around for!? Go get them!"
"Who exactly?"
"Just look for a blue girl, blue everything hard to miss!"
Loud stomps echoed away from them before it was back to total silence. They both get up slowly while listening to their surroundings, once he was sure they were alone Dark Pit let out a huge sigh of relief. Lucina however quickly turned and began to hurl in the corner. "You done?" He asked shortly after as she leaned against the wall while panting. She just lifts her head slightly to give him a look before kneeling down to hurl again.
"I hope you're happy now!" She breathes out as she straightens up and wipes her mouth on her sleeve.
"Not quite," he says with a simple shrug, "we still need to do something about that look, you'll completely give us away." He states.
"What do you want me to do, burn my clothes and walk around wearing a trash can!" She exclaimed while slowly setting her head against the wall.
"No you idiot we improvise!" He says while looking up at a fire escape of the building she was next to. He removes his coat and spreads his wings before he jumps up and uses them to get extra momentum and reach the ladder that was pulled up. With the added weight the ladder comes down next to Lucina who stood idly by with arms crossed.
"What are-"
"Just follow me ok" he cuts her off and begins to climb.
"No" she stated simply.
"What?" He stopped and looked down at her.
"No" she says again, "following you has been causing us nothing but trouble!" She says as a matter of fact.
"Because you are ignorant and don't listen!" He fires back.
"Well no more, I'm done following you" she says simply.
"Fine get caught see if I care!" He shrugged and continued up the ladder. She waved him off and looked down the new alley they were in. There was an old rusted car at the end, a silver trash can with a bag and a pizza box set on it, there were boxes stacked up next to a wall and a large blue dumpster with faded colors. She heard a crash further down and got uneasy and looked back up the ladder Dark Pit had already gone. There was an open window at the top where he must have gone. She just hung her head and sighs before going up the ladder, the smug prick might get satisfaction in this after all. When she reached the top she made sure to also pull the ladder up as well. She sees two officers at the end of the alley who had come around the corner, they were slowly making their way down the alley with stun guns in hand. She quickly heads to the window and throws herself in before quickly closing it behind her. She walks a short distance before stumbling on a cord and dropping to the floor with a loud thud.
"Why don't you set off the alarm while you are at it and let everyone know we are here?" Pittoo says from behind her. She gets up with a frustrated groan while looking around.
"Where are we?" She says while trying to look around, all the lights were off and the only light was the one streaming in through the windows in the far back.
"Thrift store, it's closed at the moment though" he says while he continues forward into the darker parts.
"I don't think we're supposed to be in here…" She says while slowly following him.
"Thank you captain obvious, anything else you wanna point out?" He says mockingly.
"Now you listen you son-"
"Shh!"
"You did not just-"
"Will you shut up!" He says appearing in front of her with a stern look. He flicked a couple of switches and soon the lights kicked on flooding the room with light. "Ok now we have to do something about you looking like a stale marshmallow covered in mold" he says while looking around.
"Excuse me!?" She exclaimed.
"You heard me!" His reply echoed from the back making her growl angrily. "We're going to need something that will make you unrecognizable, and uninteresting." He says more to himself than anything. "Lucky for you I know a thing or two about not wanting to be noticed." He quickly adds appearing behind her and startling the bluenette.
*moments later*
"No!" She protested and turned around with a visible frown.
"What? it looks good on you!" he said sitting behind her in a large leather chair with his feet kicked up and hands behind his head.
"No!" She said again and slumped her shoulders. "This isn't me…" she adds while tugging on the jacket she now wore.
"That's the point you tart!" He says as he stands up from his seat. "It isn't supposed to be you" he adds with a smirk and crossed his arms. She just slowly turns back around and looks at herself in the mirror again. She didn't recognize the woman staring back at her, it might as well have been a door frame than a mirror frame. At least the nasty bruise on her head was gone thanks to the maximum tomato, otherwise she would have never heard the end of it from Marth. She was wearing a black leather jacket, under that a dark red buttoned up shirt and a black V-neck short vest over it, black jeans and black faux leather laced up boots. She just tugged on the jacket again groaning unsurly to herself.
"It's still missing something…" He said while stroking his chin in thought.
"How could I possibly look more ridiculous than this…" She sighs as she turns to face him, and he just grinned again.
"Right I almost forgot!" He said and disappeared off into the back of the store again. She heard him rummaging through a few things before he reappears short after holding out the item. "you'll most certainly give us away with that mold color bulbous head of yours." He says and hands her a wig. She just sighs and adjusts it on her head completely concealing away her natural hair under the wig. Miraculously he found one that looked like her natural hair, except it was the color of pure evil; black. Now she looked completely different than she did before and could hardly recognize herself. The only thing left of her old self was her bright azure eyes.
Dark Pit however had disregarded his previous clothes for a dark red and black checkered buttoned shirt, dark red jeans and a black long coat to conceal his wings in again, but kept his old footwear. Before they left Lucina had left a note and some money in the front paying for everything they took. Afterwards they headed towards the ground floor and out the back door unto a large busy city street.
"You should have gotten rid of that!" He says motioning to the large bag she carried with her old belongings.
"I told you I won't, Raven bought me these and I'm not about to just throw them away!" She protests.
"And I'm sure she can buy you new ones too so you don't give us away!" He whispers harshly.
"Will you relax, I got a plan!" She says taking her phone out of a small red purse with long straps. Moments later the shuttle that brought them pulled up to the curve and the door slides open. "Good day to you sir and madam how can I be of assistance?" The Mii says as he turns in his chair to face them.
"Take this bag back to the mansion and have someone take it to our room." Lucina says while placing the bag down. The Mii nods his head and turns in his seat again.
"Very well ma'am" he says with a nod before the doors closed and he was off.
"See nothing to worry about!" She says assuringly, he just waved her off and turned around.
"Alright well like I said before, taking my shortcut put us right across the shopping district now we just have to cross the street." He informed her while walking away towards the road. Traffic was at a standstill so it would be easy to cross the road regardless. Lucina looks across to see the other side littered with shops and bright colors and signs and posters plastered on the windows. "Now we just have to find the game hut store so I can finally buy what I came for!" he says while rummaging through his pockets. "We lost a lot of time because of your shenanigans but hopefully they are still in stock." He says still looking through his clothes and patting himself as well.
"What are you doing?" She said looking at him confused and leaning back a little.
"Please tell me you have the map…" he says while tightly gripping his coat.
"Um, no… You're supposed to have it…" She says while he just lowered his gaze.
"Shit!" he shouts angrily while kicking a lamppost making it ding loudly. Several people stopped to look at him as he leaned against it holding a balled up fist over his mouth.
"Sorry, sorry, he's just having a moment don't mind us…" Lucina says to the onlookers who walk away from them in awkward silence. "We can just look it up on our phones, Samus told me how to use the gps to get to places." He assures him and he turns to look at her with a dumbfounded look.
"Dammit I forgot about that." He said while hanging his head low with a chuckle. "Ok let's see here..." he says, taking out his phone and opening the map app. Lucina looked behind them to a sandwich shop and started to feel a little hungry. Breakfast was so long ago and she didn't even get to keep what she had.
"Ok we can take another shortcut through a junction around the corner here and we should reach our destination in no time!" He says as he looks up from his phone to her looking back and forth from the shol to him.
"Can we stop and get something to eat first at least?" She tried to plead with him.
"That's going to slow us down!" He states, "we can get something after we leave alright!" He says but she didn't budge.
"Look man, I know you are used to being immortal and all and eating is just a luxury for you. But I don't function like you do and you got me running around everywhere, at least let me get some food so I can keep going." She says and he could tell it was going to be rather pointless to try and argue with her. He just breathed out heavily and waved her off.
"Alright fine, but take it on the go and eat it along the way." He says as he leans against the lamppost and crosses his arms.
"Alright, thank you!" She says glad that at least he met her halfway instead of being unreasonable. He just looks at the window with posters of the food plastered to it.
"Hey" he called as she opened the door making her stop and turn to him.
"Yeah?" She asks.
"Get me one of those specials of the day now that you are going in there" he says motioning to the window next to her. "I'll head over towards the next junction, I'll wait for you there." He says and she nods.
"I was going to get that anyway" she says and walks in while he walks off. Meanwhile from across the street there was someone following him carefully so as to not be noticed. Dark pit takes out his phone and enters another alley while opening his messages. He had like three of them from Dark Link, a missed call from Palutena and five messages from Pit. He opens up the messages from Dark Link to see he sent him a video, he puts on his headphones and taps play on the video. And that's when the person decides to sneak up on the unsuspecting angel. The video shows Dark Link recording Wario trying to do a stunt on ice, but he completely goes through it instead and comes out completely frozen with a ridiculously shocked face. Dark Pit laughs to himself as he replays the video again. But before he hits play he is grabbed by behind and out into a hold.
"Thought you could escape me? huh asshole!?" The person says rather smugly while Dark Pit growled out angrily.
Meanwhile…
The shop was nice and warm inside compared to the chilly weather outside. There was soft music playing on the speakers and a young brunette woman behind the counter with a green apron.
"Hello, welcome to Pete's what can I get you?" She said politely as Lucina approached the counter.
"Yeah, I'll have two specials of the day, and two medium coffees please." Lucina ordered as the girl put in the order.
"Will that be all?" She asks and Lucina nods.
"Yes thank you" she responds.
"Ok your total will be 8.95 please" the cashier said as Lucina handed her the cash. and then received her change and a receipt
"It'll be a few minutes ma'am ok" the cashier tells her while Lucina nods. She stands to the side while looking around while the cashier stood there looking uncomfortably awkward. Lucina looks at her phone to see several messages from Marth in quick succession.
Prince of Althea: (are you ok? it's been an hour since you left.)
(Are you ok now? You've been gone a while now and we haven't heard from you…)
(Hey it's me just checking in again, you haven't responded yet and it's a little worrying…)
"Please tell me you are still there, I just had a really bad feeling and we haven't heard from you and quite frankly I'm worried. Palutena tried calling Dark Pit but he didn't answer either, I'm not surprised at that… but you have us worried.)
(Ok so it's been hours now and I'm starting to get worried sick I think we are going to send out someone to look for you…)
(Ok. Ok. So you might not have been able to message me. I get it it's a loud city after all hard to hear. But at least I know you are safe since you sent something back here. But then again should I be worried that you changed your wardrobe halfway through the trip?)
Ylisse Warrior: (Marth… It's only been like an hour give or take, I'm fine nothing happened you need to stop over exaggerating. I haven't responded because I was pretty preoccupied for the most part.)
Prince of Althea: (Ok… If you say so, you sure you don't want more company out there?)
Ylisse Warrior: (Marth… We talked about this.)
Prince of Althea: (You're right. Sorry. Enjoy yourself.)
She just shook her head with a slight smile before she heard the little bell on the counter ding. She was handed a large paper bag which she took while pocketing her phone. "Thank you!" Lucina says while the cashier just smiles and nods awkwardly. Lucina just heads off and reaches for the door but it swings open and someone bumps into her. Before she could respond the boy stumbles back and holds the door open.
"Oh I'm so sorry please allow me!" He quickly mutters while holding the door. She was going to assure him it was fine but he looked at her like she was about to end him or something. Then she caught a brief look at her reflection in the door, she didn't look friendly and approachable anymore. She remembered him though it was the boy from earlier who was trying to sell maps. But he didn't recognize her however, she forgot she had completely changed her appearance. She just smiled awkwardly at the boy as she walked by, "please don't hurt me" he whispered quickly as she passed him. She just walks off and turns to look at him making him scurry inside. She just shrugged it off and went on her way to meet Pittoo at the junction he talked about. If there is one thing she would like to have today is a new bed, something to remind her more of home, maybe some furnishings as well.
As she walked she noticed people intentionally curve out of her path upon seeing her. Did she really look as evil as they made her out to be? Pittoo did walk this way before her and she was sure he left an impression that they kept in mind for when she walked the same path. But somehow she felt like it made her feel good about it, was this what he liked? This feeling of intimidation, giving him power, fueling his ego. It gave her more confidence oddly enough, this felt good! "No!" She quickly shouts to herself in her head. "No, I am not that asshole, I don't feel good by putting others down. I don't intimidate others to get what I want to feel better about myself! I'm not him, I won't stoop to his level!" She exclaimed to herself and quickened her pace. Was this his plan all along? to put her in his shoes quite literally. If everyone misjudged you and feared you, it would be a very lonely existence. It would be hard to be accepted, to be understood, to feel worth redeeming. Perhaps this is why Pittoo built up a wall around himself with a no fricks giving personality of his, why he was always angry and shut off from the world.
As she approached the alley she heard loud grunts and a huge commotion. "This boy! He just can't stay out of trouble!" She says to herself and rounds the corner. He sees the man from before holding Pittoo in a choke hold and the dark angel slowly losing consciousness. She could see from his slow grabs and hits that he was being drained fast.
"When I said I was bringing you in, I meant it!" The man stated while tightening his hold.
"He let him go!" Lucina quickly shouts while jumping on the man. She takes hold of his face blocking his vision but he keeps his hold on Pittoo.
"Lady you are making a mistake!" He quickly claimed.
"I don't think so, that's my partner you just attacked!" She responds, still clawing at his face. He finally released the dark angel who dropped to the floor trying to catch his breath.
"Then you need to reevaluate your life choices!" He retorts while spinning around wildly and throwing her off his back. She is sent crashing into the wall nearby losing the bag of food she just bought in the process.
"I'm giving you a chance right now to walk away, because I don't think you really know him, that or you are fully aware of who he is and are in on it." He says while she slowly scrambles to her feet after being knocked down.
"Actually…" She says as she composed herself, "I think I know this man better than you can possibly imagine. I thought I did, but everytime I think I managed to break him down to simplicity I was dead wrong. But that's the thing, you can't truly get to know someone unless you've put in the effort to actually know them, to understand their position, to know what it feels like to be them. If you can get past the defence they set up to drive you away, if you can manage to see past the negativity, you see the hidden gem inside, the true person. So whatever you may think of him I'm afraid you are dead wrong about it, whatever you think he did is a mistake. And if you want him you'll have to deal with me as well, I won't let you take him!" She says as he stared at her as if she had grown a second head. He just shook his head slowly and slumped his shoulders.
"So be it then, I guess I have to take you both in now…" He grumbled and got himself in a fighting stance.
"Where do you want to take him so badly?!" She asked.
"Well to prison of course, where he belongs!" The man responds.
"Why, I know he can be difficult, but he means no harm… not too much anyway…" She says in his defense.
"Lady he tried to mug someone earlier, he viciously attacked some poor girl. You should have seen the bruise on the head of the poor thing!" He quickly states while looking at her pleading to believe him. She instinctively raised a hand to her head touching the spot that seemed to tingle to her touch. Oh she believed him, but the story was in fact a little mixed up of course.
"It was me…" She said and again he gave her a look as if she had lost her mind. "He wasn't trying to mug me, he was trying to calm me down…" She admitted shamefully while lowering her gaze in embarrassment.
"And you expect me to believe that?" He responds.
"I won't go into full detail about it but yes, it's the truth and if you refuse to believe him then at least you can have the courtesy of believing me!" She says but he still appeared unsure. "And if that won't convince you, then maybe this will!" She states as she removed her wig letting her natural azure hair flow down. He was stunned after that and he seemed to have let his arms down limply at his sides while his head dropped. She just fixes her wig back on concealing her hair once more.
"You were telling the truth…" He mumbled, "forgive me I've made an ass of myself." He says apologetically, "then again your friend here isn't good at greeting or explaining himself" he adds while she just smiled a bit.
"You'll have to forgive my partner, he's rather simple minded." She says jokingly, causing him to smile a bit.
"I'm sure, but first I must ask that you forgive me, um…"
"Lucina" she says before she realised what she did and clasped her hands over her mouth. Rule no.1 of going out: never use your real name.
"Hold on as in the Lucina?" He asked surprised but she just slowly shook her head. He just smiled to himself and waved her off assuringly. "Relax I won't tell anyone your secret, and I guess that also explains the get up." He says while motioning towards her as she looked down at herself. "I'm actually in town to check out the tournament!" He says excitingly while she slowly lowers her hands from her mouth. "Im-"
He was then viciously tackled by none other than Dark Pit himself. He looked completely enraged and had a fierce look in his eyes like a wild animal. "Pittoo!" She screamed in horror watching him savagely beat on the man who became reasonable. "Stop, Pittoo stop!" She screamed while rushing over and trying to pry him off the man.
"Get off me bitch!" He turns and forcefully shoves her away making her slam against a wall. He looked beyond reasoning but she refused to believe it.
"Pittoo stop it right now!" She shouts at him and threw an old tin can at him. He stopped momentarily to gare at her while heaving madly. "Look at yourself, you are acting like an animal!" She tells him but he didn't seem to care what she said. He stumbled towards her and she instinctively backed away, she couldn't shiw fesr now, she had to show him that she wasn't scared of him. But right now he didn't look like himself at all he looked like a completely different person, a demon, a monster. He just glared at her fiercely but she didn't back away from him she came toward, she couldn't let him get to her, she wouldn't let him get to her. The man with the blonde hair was slowly getting up again using the wall to support himself. "Will you stop acting like a fuckin asshole for once in your life!" She shouts at him angrily.
He walked towards her but then the man placed his hand on his shoulder, "this is between you and me" he said as he stumbled about. Dark Pit turned and savagely head butted the man, making him stumble backwards and slide down the wall behind him. Dark Pit then took a rusty metal pipe on the ground and hit the man on the head as he tried to get up again. The man went limp after that he stayed slouched on the floor. But it didn't seem as if the dark angel was done however as he prepared to swing again.
"Pittoo stop it you're going to kill him!" She said taking hold of his arm and latching onto it. He turned and slapped her across the face real hard. She hit the floor while holding her stinging cheek looking up at him in shock.
"You can't tell me what to do!" He barked angrily and rather smugly to himself, a little spit flew out his mouth like a savage. He had truly become uncontrollable now, and beyond reason. But as she laid there holding her cheek something in her snapped as well. All this time and it seems as if he still looks down at her, from that very first encounter they had in the hall he had always thought little of her. It didn't seem to have changed, and she has had it with his attitude. He can't go on forever doing whatever he wanted and acting like the world was his playground. He had walked over towards the limp man raising the pipe up again with a trembling hand.
Lucina slowly stood from the ground with newfound courage. She started breathing heavily and she closed her eyes for a moment. She breathed out quickly and her eyes shot back open with madness of their own. She rushed at him with a screech and he turned to see her completely tackle him to the floor. She got him head on and the force of the impact dropped him to the floor and knocked the air out of him. She took the pipe lying on the floor and began to beat him with it. Why? She herself didn't know. Perhaps the torment, the teasing, the abuse. No, she was frustrated, she wasn't taken seriously by anyone. Pittoo was just the beginning, even Robin admitted he didn't think much of her when she poured her heart out to him. Marth thinks of her as a mere child, and countless others think of her as a fraud of Marth, a clone. She kept to herself however, she pushed on and continued going. But at last she's hit her limit all her anger and her frustrations were being let out at this one moment. She growled angrily every time she brought the pipe down again and some tears rolled down her face. She was a joke to them all and now she felt she needed to let everyone know what she thought about that. After she figured his body has had enough she let the thing out of her hands clank to the ground. She stood panting hard over the dark angel who was groaning on the ground in a daze.
"Is that all you got…" He croaked out weakly, she just quickly turned and kicked him as hard as she could. He didn't even move it seemed as he had gone numb from her relentless attack on his body. She closed her eyes trying to collect herself, to calm herself after such an outburst. She looked down at the angel before her on the ground, perhaps they are not so different after all. He too wasn't taken seriously either, unlike her, he coped with it by always being angry at the world. She kneeled down next to him, he looked so broken and helpless at that moment. Then she did something she thought she'd never do…
She embraced him, she laid next to him while hugging him. Laying her head on his chest listening to the rhythmic beating of his black heart. She didn't think the bastard had one, but what do you know, there it was making itself heard. Maybe all he needed was someone to hold him and let him know he wasn't alone, that it was all going to be ok. She knew she needed that just as much as he did. And that's how they stayed with him sprawled on the ground and her hugging his body. Gentle snowflakes started to fall around them shortly after, as if to remind them that it was still winter.
Alright then Bs and Gs that concludes another exciting chapter to the saga! Review if you wish and I'll catch you all on the flip side! Toodles!
And before you say or think anything, don't y'all act like you wouldn't freak out if your leg got stuck in a box full of maggots. I'll even admit it, I'd freak out myself! Maggots are disgusting! enough said!
Anyway, toodaloo! (* ^∀^)ﾉｼ
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