Chapter 6

I get out of the shower, get some pants on, a towel around my neck and head towards the kitchen.

After that morning I started avoiding Agito, I've been accepting missions with other teams… the police can't properly face storm riders so every time Kaito receives a request to handle small fries I'd go… he hates to be bothered with these things. Right now I'm with a special unit that needed a skilled AT rider… it's supposed to be a normal raid on a drug gang that have their headquarters in an apartment building… thinking that they could mingle in with the families… it took the police a while to find them since it's in one of the best parts of the city… and the idiots used stereotypes to search for them… you know … if you're a drug addict than you'll live in a shitty place… I hate these kind of people and if I could I'd avoid working with them.

They start and very soon things get out of control… one of the captured guys shows us a bomb… it seems that they are a small branch from a big organization and as such the boss took into consideration a police intervention and put some bombs all around the building… not even the members know where they are. He starts laughing like mad saying that we won't be able to save everyone. So now we're against the clock… and have less than 3 minutes to evacuate the entire building… fucking shitty police didn't take the proper precautions. We start the fire alarm and I go up to the roof. I have to make sure there aren't any people left in the building and since I'm faster than them this became my job.

"THIS IS THE POLICE. EVERYONE OUT OF THE BUILDING" I run fast through the apartments with a kid on my back. He was alone at home and scared so he hid in a closet.

When we reach the bottom I see the kid's mother in tears… I'm glad I managed to help them. Everyone gets behind the security line decided by the bomb squad and watch as their entire life goes up in flames. The guys we captured start laughing like mad and run inside the building. A police officer yells at me to stop them but … let them die, the world will be better without them and idiots like that don't have the information needed to take down the organization… they're just expendable minions.

"HELP" I hear a girl screaming at the last floor as it explodes and she's sent flying. I gather all my strength and run towards her. Faster… I have to go faster… just as I reach to catch her… just a little more but not in time… She fell head first… and now her beautiful face was crushed. I fall on my knees… if only I was faster… I touched her still intact cheek… she must have been so gorgeous when she smiled… I bet men always fell for her… why couldn't I save her? Why didn't I notice her when I ran through the apartments?

I feel strong arms around me dragging me away as I see a part of the building falling over her…

"It may sound corny but we can only do our best and hope it's enough" I hear Kaito nii's voice. I know… everybody knows… but do they also realize that knowing just doesn't help?... it's just not enough. He helps me gather myself and we head for the trailer.

I hear Agito's mocking voice but I don't bother to listen… I head up take clean pants and head to take a shower. I hear Kaito telling him everything before heading to the driver's seat… I look at the water around my feet… dirt, ashes and that girl's blood... I finish my shower and get out.

"Fuck get over it idiot. It's not the end of the world. Shit happens" … Agito… I love you… God… I love you so much it's driving me insane but right now I can't face you … you're words would break me into pieces and I can barely hold myself together right now. I head upstairs, sit on the bed and hide my face in my hands… I can't get her out of my head…

I feel a drop of water going down my neck before being absorbed by the towel. I start drying my hair.

A couple of minutes later Agito comes up.

"Dry your hair or you'll catch a cold." I reluctantly move the towel through my hair… a cold is the last of my thoughts. I feel Agito's hands taking the towel… he drags me up and stands between my legs before starting to dry my hair. I move my hands around his waist resting my head on his abdomen.

"Fuck… no matter how strong we become, how high we can fly or how hard we try… there will always be people that we can't protect… you have to pull yourself together because others will need saving" … he's voice is soothing… his words flow around me before embracing my heart. I can't help but hold him closer. Moments like these are rare… small fragments of time when I feel I'm important to him… this is why I fell in love with him… sigh…

I turn the music off and notice that the annoying voice disappeared… guess he got tired of being ignored.

The following days everything went back to normal… well… our normal… that is being loud, fighting like crazy and beating into a bloody pulp idiots that came in our path. I can still see that girl's face at night… but when I open my eyes I see Agito in the other bed… sometimes he has nightmares too… but I know that if he's beside me … my heart settles down a little.

I head for the bed… after I left the trailer the first thing I bought was a big double bed… now it just reminds me that I miss that small one next to Agito's.

Small chapter that I dreamt last night and wanted to put it down before I forgot it. On a side note I HATE the horde.