Running
"Another locked door… another… ANOTHER!! DAMBIT! At this speed I'm going to be found. NO. I have to keep running. Until I find a place to hide and get away from that monster. That huge guy is going to kill me. I have to find a place…"
"reload…Reload…RELOAD!! Wake up dude! WAKE UP MAN! We have to get out of here." Wire told me as I came to. "We have to get out of here before something else happens."
"Before what happens man? What are you talking about?"
"Dude you don't remember what happened."
"No I don't. All I remember is running."
"Well that isn't what happened. You went head on against that huge dude that at that girl you tried to save."
"OH NO! What happened to her?"As I asked all Wire did was look at pair of glasses on the concrete. "Oh my god… HE ATE HER!!"
"There was nothing you could do to help. You weren't strong enough man. Not even Flank could have done much. I don't even think he could have done what you did?"
"why….WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? All I had to do was run from him with her in my arms and we would have been fine. I could have done it if I didn't get carried away with fighting someone." As I thought of my mistake I got on my feet and started running. Running from everything. "I don't disserve this power. I should have just given up." I thought to myself as I ran away from my destiny.
"Reload… stop man. Why are you running man? Stop running!!"
I didn't know why I was running but I couldn't face what was put in front me. I knew this much. "Nobody can kill something that didn't have a life inside of it like that thing did. No way am I ever going to be able to win if he is the youngest." I said to myself as I kept running.
"Sir. We have failed. Reload ran away and I couldn't keep up with him."
"Wire. Why did you let him get so close to that place?"
"I don't know Flank. I just thought he had to see what this city would become if he didn't complete his mission."
"Well your thought just cost us our hope in winning this war against the enemy."
"I'm sorry sir; I guess I should have thought it threw more before I had let him in that city."
"Well we can't do anything about it now. All we can do is train Leo. Hopefully he is as strong as Reload was going to be."
"Your orders sir?"
"Help train Leo and don't tell him about his brother."
As I woke up and looked around a voice said, "Your finally awake I see. How are you felling?"
"Who are you?" I asked the woman that walked in the door of the room I was in.
"Oh, I'm sorry. My name is Rebecca."
"How did I get here?"
"My grandmother had a couple of guys from the town to bring you here. She had a feeling that you would be waking soon so she sent me to see if you would."
"Thanks for the help but I must be leaving now so…." As I tried to get off the bed a sharp pain went through my whole body and knew I wasn't going anywhere.
"Don't try to more. She found you in the forest a mile out of the town all banged up like you just got out of battle."
"Forest? Hey, where am I by the way?"
"Tour in Juncture City. At least that's what the sign says out on the highway. This is an old town and only a few families live here. It is more like a village or a town."
"Juncture huh. Hold on… where is it? Where is my sword?"
"Oh that thing. My grandma has it. You won't need that thing for awhile here. There hasn't been any crime in this city for about 5 years."
"Well… if you say so. As long as I can thank your grandmother properly for all she has done then I'm good for now."
As I said that the beautiful woman that help me left the room.
"Flank! We just got terrible news. Leo's sister was killed trying to escape. People are saying that the leader had killed her himself."
"Well that can't be good. Our training is going so well too."
"Sir, what about Leo. Should we tell him about his loss?"
"No."
"But sir….
"Look Wire, if he finds out he will want to rush into battle and our training will go to waste."
"Sir. He should know."
"Wire. You took the mistake of losing our only hope last time and you won't do it again."
"I won't let you us him like that!"
"Guards, take Wire to the holding cell. Now!"
"Flank you bastard!"
"So what should we do now? I can't allow Wire to tell Leo, but word will get out sooner or later. I know, I just say that Wire was trying to inform the enemy of our training with Leo!"
"So… do you think this will work?"Flame asked as he walked out of the shadow.
"Yes I do. As long as Leo's training remains a secret we will be alright."
"I hope so. Never the less I will follow your orders as always."
"Good, at least you are still loyal to me."
"It isn't that. I just don't want Leo to get himself killed. He is like a brother to me other than his missing brother Reload."
"How is the search going anyway?"
"Not good. There is no sign of him at all. It is like he just vanished into thin air."
"Not good at all. And ya'll are sure he wasn't killed right?"
"From what Wire told us he was using all the soul power he had to run away. Nobody could catch something that fast even if they had your speed. You know that."
"Your right about that. He had the gift that we were looking for, for about a century now too."
"Well I guess I'll be on my way and let you get back to work."
"Okay. Just stay safe and keep protecting this city for Leo."
"Understood."
"Reload… hey where are you?"
"Over here."
"What are you doing over here by yourself?"
"Just thinking."
"About what?"
"Oh nothing."
"Come on, tell me."
"Nope."
"That's not fair."
"I'll tell you later okay?"
"Well… okay." Rebecca said happily as she gave me a kiss on the check.
"And what was that for?"
"Oh nothing." She said secretively.
As she walked away all I could think about was Monica. I thought to myself, "Are you still okay? I hope that Leo will be able to handle it alone. I just hope you understand my decision. I can't go and rescue you like I thought I could. That horror was just like the time I lost my parents. I couldn't have that feeling in me again. Everyone looking down on me because I am helpless. Nobody coming to help me, nobody there to tell me it would be alright if I just kept moving. I'm sorry Monica but I will have to break my promise. But I hope that you will find someone that will never break a promise to you. Like I did when we were first together." Tears…why are tears coming from my eyes? Why am I so sure that this is what she wants me to do? Is it because of Becca?
"Those are tears of relief. Those tears are a sign that you know what you need to do and you don't have regret for doing those actions." The old lady told me as she walked toward me.
"How would you know….Know anything about me or what I'm thinking!? Answer me!" I yelled uncontrollable at her.
"Because I know what you are. I've known since I found you in the forest."
"But then why did you let me stay?"I asked puzzled.
"Because you are not ready to fight for a lost cause yet. You are not yet ready for what I was going to tell you but I know you need to know"
"Know what!?"I yelled in an angry tone.
"That the reason it is a lost cause now is because Monica is dead"
The news the old woman told me changed my whole thought of the situation so dramatically that I didn't even have anything to say.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier but I thought you would leave. Wait don't leave. It can't be helped!"She yelled at me as I got up.
"And why not?!"I asked angrily at her.
"Because if you leave Rebecca will follow you and you will both die. And once that is done your brother will finally hear of what happened and rush out there and die as well!" the little old woman yelled at me to nock some sense into me.
And with that said I fell to my knees."WHY!? WHY DID THIS HAPPEN!?"
"Because it was meant to. You weren't to go and rush of the field and die for someone that was going to die before you got there."
"But I could have prevented it!"
"NO! she did this for you, or can't you see that? She died so that you could be free for a moment."
"What?"
"Yes. She knew that you would end up here and she wanted you to be happy even if it meant that she had to die for it."
"That's not fair! Monica! You're so selfish…." With that said I just started crying uncontrollably.