Alex followed John back to the camp site, John was in the tent very upset, Alex crawled in and laid beside him and moved closer.
"Go away"
"Im sorry ok?" Said Alex
"Just leave me alone"
Alex got up and left the tent just as Suyo came out of his, he was just waking up. Suyo looked at Alex like he knew what had just happened, but how could he, he had just woken up.
Alex's eyes swelled as he ran off down a path in the woods, and Suyo followed, but soon lost him amongst the trees. he kept looking for him and then he saw Alex stading at the edge of a cliff in a clearing up ahead.
"Alex what are you doing? your not going to jump are you?" Suyo yelled to him.
"no i just needed to clear my head, me and John just had a fight" he replied.
"i know i heard you"
Alex turned and met Suyo's brown eyes, and dropped to his knees and covered his face in his hands. Suyo ran over to him and clutched his arms aroun him in an attempt to calm him down.
John laid quietly in the tent, down on his side, all he coud think of was the day Alex fell into the raging river and how he had saved him from drowing, memories soared through his mind of that day, the devastation he felt when Alex didn't wake, the relief when Alex caughed up the water from his lungs when he did finally wake. so why is he so mad at Alex right now, he was alive wasnt he?
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Alex and Suyo sat on the side of that cliff, their legs dangling off the edge, Suyo's arm around him for comfort, Alex only thought of John, he's the only one he ever thought of, well not counting his mom.
They heard a rustle in the bush behind them, they jumped to their feet, ready to fight whatever came forth.
"Hi" John said as he came out of the bush, trying to get the twigs from his hair.
Alex and Suyo relaxed their guards and Alex turned away not looking at John, instead looking out into the horizon of the rising sun.
"I'll leave you two alone then" he said as he walked back to the camp.
"Alex...can we talk?"
"Theres nothing to talk about, you..." he stoped
"I what, care for you? what were you going to say?" John's voice began to rise again
"nevermind...we do have something to talk about"
"What i it?"
"I...I don' t think i can do this, how am i going to win agianst someone whos knows peoples weaknesses?"
John walked up to him, grabbed his hand, their fingers intertwined with anothers, put his head on a shoulder and said
"Right beside me, thats how, you are never alone, not even when were apart, your always on my mind, and i know im always on yours, your never truly alone."
Alex eyes began to water, tears about to fall, but he wiped them away right before John looked up and into his eyes, but his redend nose gave him away.
"Dont cry babe, its going to be ok"
"How do you know that? nothing can ever be certain"
"No nothing can but i can tell you this much, i love you and i dont want to be without you."
"I love you too" finally tears fell from Alex's eyes
A rustle came from the bushes behind them. Their guards perked, but there was no need. an exhausted suyo appeared from the bushes, cuts and bruses covered him.
"Suyo what happened?" John yelled
"The camp was attacked by...lizards" he spat
"Kana" Alex's teeth grinded together as he let go of Johnand ran through the woods, heading for the camp.
when he got there, the lizards were destroying everything in sight, they seemed to be looking for something, or someone. John and Suyo caught up to him and held him back from going balistic on the rasacking lizards.
"There is something different about these ones" said John
"you noticed did you" replied Suyo "these ones are stronger"
Alex was staring at the lizard going through his and John's tent, he was getting angry, his teeth still glued together, he jumped from the bush they were hiding in and lunged for the closest bad guy. the creature thrashed and spun trying to get Alex off his back but no matter how hard he tried, Alex wouldnt let go.
"ALEX!!!!! what are you doing?" John yelled
Alex's hands wrapped around the lizards neck and then twisted, breaking its neck, Alex had just killed one of the bad guys. John sat there not knowing what to do as Alex moved from one lizard to another killing each one as he went. As the last one fell Alex stood exhausted, his arms by his side, he sapped back to reality, saw the lizards all around him lying dead, he began to freak out, e jumped over the bodies as he ran and ran, past John and Suyo hiding in the bushes, John chased after him but it was no use Alex was too fast and he quickly lost him.
Alex didnt come back that night, after John came back wihtout Alex, suyo and him attempted to pack what was left of the ruins from the camp. once the packing was done they headed out to find him, they cut their way through the thick brush with his sword that he had left behind. John clasped the handle trying to hold back his fighting tears, but they weere just too strong, his tears fell from his eyes like a raging waterfall that just broke loose from its rocky barracade. he dropped to his knees his hands covering his eyes, he let out a scream that made even Suyo almost trip.
They searched for hours, or what seemed like hours, but still no Alex anywhere in sight. they finally came to a clearing with a high hill covered in beutiful green grass, the sky was a bright blue and a gentile wind blew, John walked to the top of the hill and he looked over the horizon but nothing was beutiful about the sight he saw.
A barren waste land lay before him, homes burning, you could smell the burning bodies from that hill, even though the village was in the valley below.
"Kana?" asked John looking at Suyo
Suyo said nothing, instead he closed his eyes and pointed his head down.
John turned his head towards him and saw tears fall from his eyes.
"This destruction...is my home."
John just looked at Suyo, seeing the sadness he felt, his entire family dead, and there was nothing they could have done to prevent it. looking down the hill onto the chard gates of the village, John saw a figure standing there, cloaked, walking into the dead village.
"Who is that?" he asked
Suyo wiped the tears and followed John's pointing finger.
"I dont know, but we should find out. Follow me"
Suyo jumped down the hill and began to land surf.
As John and Suyo headed down the hill, the cloaked began to run, as if it knew there desires to find out who it was
"Stop we just want to talk" yelled Suyo.
The figure stoped and turned to the two and then, he bent low and pushed himself off the ground towards Suyo and John in an attack. The cloaked figure was too fast, John and Suyo didnt have any time to react, they were easily beaten.
They got up off the ground and continued the pursuit of the clocked figure through the destroyed village. As they ran, John came across a skeleton of a child, he knelt down nd reached out to touch it.
"John we dont have time for that, he's getting away"
before John's fingers could touch the skeleton, his hand clenched into a fist. he stood up, grabbed his spell book and summond lightning force, but this time something different happened.
The ground split in two, magma spewed from the ground, the best that followed was nothing short of a disaster either. its body was pure magma with bits of rock acting as armor, it had the head of a lion, and the tail was like a stone snake.
The cloaked figure stopped running as the beast fell infront of him, blocking his escape route. his hood fell as the wind blew, revealing the back of his head...John looked and then dropped to his knees, he would recognize that head anywhere. It was Alex.
John ran to him, thinking he would see the emerald green eyes he loved so much, but when he put his hand on alex's shoulder, his head turned and he said coal black eyes. John jumped back, then he jumped back at Alex, pressing his lips to his, he stayed there for minute but Alex pushed him off and attacked the lava beast. He pulled his sword and cut right thorugh the beast, destroying it. Alex returned his sword to its sheith, and continued running.
John stood there devastated, it was like alex didnt recognize him in the least bit. he dropped to his knees again and screamed Alex's name. Suyo ran by him and continued after Alex.