Chapter two:
"Do you know any good safe places? I'm not sure if the ones from the time I'm from will even be here." He says.
Near glances around. "There might be a place but we can't bring the motorcycle in it."
The blonde slightly grumbles. "Then we'll have to make do with something else. This motorcycle is how we can escape him while he is in his car. Without it he can easily catch us and kill us since he has his car. I'll try someplace and hope that it's there." He says and starts to motorcycle again.
Near keeps his arms securely around the blonde's waist as the blonde begins driving off to somewhere.
Where to Near isn't really sure but he senses he can trust the blonde and his senses have never let him down before.
The blonde continues to drive through town careful to avoid police cars and watching out for signs of the red head.
"What's your name?" Near suddenly asks.
"My name….. Well you Near like to call me Mello. Kind of a nickname you made for me." The blonde responds.
Near blinks a little surprised that the two of them in the future are that close, since he doesn't give nicknames to just anyone, then he smiles. "I'm glad I'm close to someone like you in the future." He says and once again leans against the blonde.
Mello glances back to Near with a gentle look. He looks back where he's going even though he's skilled at looking back for a short amount of time and to not crash he doesn't want to take chances with the other. "You have no idea." He says under his breath. "How much you really mean to me."
"Hm?" Near glances up to the blonde.
"Nothing." Mello says to him as he continues to drive. He gains a soft smile on his face as he remembers a good memory. "Just trust me to protect you." He says.
Near nods. "I do." He responds.
"Good." Mello responds then he speeds up since they were going at a slower speed.
They ride through town for most of the day and they leave town and now are on the outskirts of it as the sun begins to move in position to set they are slowing down as they seem to come up to a place.
Mello slows to a stop then he glances back to Near who seems to have managed to fall asleep. He smiles and turns to the building he stopped in front of. "It's not as I remember but it'll do." He says then he drives the motorcycle into it through a hole.
Once inside he parks the motorcycle where it won't be seen right away from the hole they came through.
He shifts managing to take the helmet off Near then puts it on one of the motorcycle handles so it won't fall. He gently unwraps Nears arms and making sure Near won't fall he gets off keeping one hand on Near to keep him from falling. "Must have been up late possibly studying or working on something." He says quietly and he brushes some hair strands that fell into Near's face out of his face. "Typical of you." He chuckles then shifts the smaller one into his arms bridal style. He turns and begins walking through the building. "Let's hope there's at least a little here that is still fully the same as from my memory." He says as he approaches the staircase.
The staircase creaks but doesn't break and he makes it to the second floor which is the only other floor.
He turns to go towards a hallway. "No matter what. I will keep you safe." He says with a glance to Near's sleeping face as the young one's head slightly shifts to rest on the blonde's chest. He smiles and looks up moving towards a door pushing it open with his back since it's open a little. He turns to look into the room. "Well good enough." He says and walks over to the bed in the room. He shifts Near so he can brush some dust off the bed brushing it away from Near.
Once he sees it as good enough he gently lays Near down onto it.
"Get some peaceful rest now." He mummers with his hands on the bed as he slightly leans over it. He has a gentle look on his face but then he turns away determined. He stands straight and leaves the room.
Near's P.O.V.
I had closed my eyes for a few minutes… Or so I thought. I find myself opening my eyes in a ratty looking place and I am on a bed. I sit up and look around. I'm alone.
The door is open and the window is dusty and closed but I can see the sun's almost risen in the sky.
I get up and walk over to the door peering out but still I see no one. I leave the room and walk down the hall looking around myself.
One end of the hall leads deeper into this place and the other way looks like a possible dead end.
I exit the hall and walk over to what looks like a grand staircase.
This place looks like it's been abandoned for a while.
I stop at the top of the grand staircase and I look down the steps.
Sitting on the second bottom step is the blonde named Mello.
He is facing to the main entrance and a little beside the main entrance double doors is a hole by that hole in the wall leaning against the wall is the motorcycle with the helmet on it.
So what happened wasn't some dream that I dreamed up while living on the streets in alleys and abandoned or under construction places I could sneak into for some quick rest.
It all really happened from me going to Whammys to Mello saving me.
I take a few more steps and without meaning to I make a creaking sound as I step on a board that just happens to creak.
"Hm?" Mello turns and sees me. He gives me a smile. "Ah. You're awake." He gets to his feet. "A little early though. Are you sure you're not still tired? You can sleep longer if you want. I won't let anything happen to you." He says.
I shake my head. "I got plenty of sleep." I say. "And besides I'm used to getting up early. I had to when I lived on the streets since I couldn't get caught in under construction buildings or abandoned ones." I walk down the first two steps and a board breaks from under me making me gasp slightly in surprise.
Mello races to me and picks me up bridal style. He jumps into the air and gracefully lands at the floor at the bottom of the stairs. He then lets me stand on my own. "I thought they would hold." He says glancing back to the stairs.
"It probably was just one of those weaker parts." I say and he looks back to me. "It's typical for buildings like this. It all seems alright then you step on that one part and it breaks."
He nods glancing back to the staircase. "Probably." He agrees.
"Well anyways thanks. You know for saving me." I say.
He ruffles my hair. "Hey. Just try to not fall through anymore stairs." He says as he removes his hand from my head.
I laugh softly and shake my head. "I'll try." I say and I look back to him. "But I also meant thanks for saving me from that red head."
"Well we still have work to do." He says. "But we should be ok here for a little bit." He glances to the main entrance.
"Then may I ask something." I look questioningly to him and he turns to me. "Can I ask why that red head is trying to kill me? Since we have a little time." I add.
He glances down then turns back to the front entrance. "Might as well sit down." He sits himself on the bottom step and I sit next to him.
I watch him as he watches the front entrance watching for danger.
"I don't know the whole story." He begins. "But you and him used to work together at least in the future." He says. "But then one day things began to change. You two started to drift away. I'm not fully sure the details of what happened. But the red head. Matt. Or at least as he went by. Turned to extreme measures. He got himself changed to a Terminator but he planned to destroy you. You managed to defeat him and you put him offline you could say. He stayed that way then when he was awoken I was sent to protect you. He has a new mission. He's going after you here in the past instead of you in the future. He's hoping to destroy you before whatever happened well happens." His eyes flicker to me. "So you see that's why he's after you. I don't know what he will gain when he actually destroys you but he also tried using me before he changed himself. He changed my programing to destroy you, to destroy the future, even though I didn't want to. You saved me from that and because of you I was able to go back to normal. When he saw this he went to his extreme measures."
I blink and glance away. "Oh." I say and I look down in thought.
"You ok?" He asks.
I turn back to him. "I was just thinking." I say.
He wraps an arm around my shoulders and pulls me close. "I'm here for you and I'm not going to let anyone hurt you."
I lean against him. "What if I try to reason with him?" I suggest.
"It didn't work in the future. I doubt it'll work now." He tells me. "You didn't want to hurt him but you told me you had no choice."
There are a few moments of silence then there's the sound of a car engine.
Mello gets to his feet and I sit straight up. "Stay here." He tells me and moves towards the hole in the wall. He goes to beside the hole then peers outside.
I get to my feet wanting to know what's there but I stay silent in case it is Matt or some other danger.
