Chapter 8

Lucy POV

I sat there, listening to the birds chirp and sing songs that could never be translated to any of the languages humans choose to speak. I watch as the children, human children to be specific, run and frolic amongst the flowers and grass of the park. No fear. No sorrow. No regret. Just…so free. The kind of free I always wanted to be.

"Our kind could've been this peaceful you know," Akeno placed his hand on my shoulder. My first instinct was to smack it away but I left it there, reserved. I was lost in my own little world. My eyes could not be torn from the happiness the children of the park felt. A little girl with a dog ran and she threw a stick far away and screamed, "fetch."

I wish I played that with my dog. I couldn't. They killed it.

"Hey freak," the boy with black hair would mock me everyday.

"Why do you even bother living?"

"Freak."

That word. Freak. It just resided with me. Yes. That word lived with me. It grew with me. It is me.

FREAK.

"Are you okay, Lucy?"

"What does it matter to you how I feel?" I ask him but do not look at him. "Shouldn't you be off planning the demise of my father? I told you. I refuse to partake in such a devious act."

"But you're Lucy. Isn't your middle name devious?"

"So, the scientists have classified me. It's none of my concern whether you want to kill him or not. Honestly, it is none of my concern if anyone wanted his death. I just choose to simply not kill himself."

"The humans have infected you with their emotions. It's that guy, Kouta, isn't it?"

"No. He has nothing to do with the matter at all. He is just another pawn on the chessboard of life as are you and I. We're merely just players on the Earth's game board."

"That's quite poetic."

"Thank you, but the poetic symbolism you sensed in my words were not intended."

"What are you thinking about then?"

My eyes pierced through his, revealing everything. Why does he want to know so much? "I'm thinking about my life," I told him. "I'm wondering why I was placed on this Earth. Am I really a weapon of destruction?"

Akeno POV

No…Lucy…you're not. I am.

****Yes, I know. Super short chapter. lol. Sorry guys. :) The next one will be longer. I'm gonna read more of the manga for inspiration. Actually...I think I got something crazy for you guys, who ever is following this fanfic. Sorry for my absence. I'll update more often, I promise! Happy Memorial Day! ****