Amity Park, Illinois
Three months ago
3:40pm
Danny's POV
I knew there was no way any of them survived that. But I couldn't help but stare at the remains of the fast food restaurant, hoping to see any sign of life, any small movements from the rubble and fire that somehow one of them had survived.
But of course that did not happen. I continued staring, hoping for the impossible. I didn't know how long I had been staring at the devastation, it felt like hours had passed as I kneeled among the debris. My mind still trying to process that I had just lost everyone I cared about. That I had been too weak to save them. That I am all alone now.
I felt my body going numb as my heart was ripped to shreds. This can't be happening. I was so close, so close to saving them. I had defeated Dan, so why couldn't I have saved them? Why was I still so weak?
Regret, despair and pain ripped through my whole being as it dawned on me that I was truly alone now. That I had failed to save the people I had cared the most for.
I wanted to curl into a ball and just let the pain and despair consume my being. I wanted so badly to just die with them. To let these feelings end. To make the pain and guilt go away.
Suddenly, everything stopped. I instantly recognized this as how Clockwork makes his appearance. Lifting up my head, the figure in front of me just confirmed what I had guessed.
Clockwork in his middle-age form, looked at me from underneath his hood. Questions ran through my mind of why he hadn't helped them. He had the power to save them yet he didn't. Was this what he wanted? To see me crushed? But that last thought was eradicated as I looked into his eyes. They held a deep sympathy and sorrow in them.
For a while, I just stared into those eyes. They reminded me of the look both my biological and adoptive parents would give me whenever I had been upset. It's the type of look you would send to someone you're trying to comfort. I gritted my teeth as I looked away.
"Daniel."
I paused and looked back at him. My own expression was one of anguish. I watched as his expression softened.
"Daniel, I'm sorry for what happen, the Observants stopped me from helping. And before you go on a rampage, I'll tell you this: It had to be done."
I stared at him in confusion, anger and despair momentarily forgotten. The death of the ones I love is for the greater good? Is that what Clockwork is saying?
I felt like I had the breath knocked out of me, the pain from the cuts and burns that I had gotten from the explosion had come back full force. I let out a groan of pain, I knew I was about to pass out if the black spots dotting my vision was anything to go by.
But what Clockwork said next snapped me back to reality.
"Daniel, I've come here to bring you to Pariah's keep."
"W-what?" Was all I was able to stammer out as I looked back at him wide-eyed.
"Do not worry, Pariah is still in his sarcophagus. The reason for your presence there is for you to be crowned King of the Ghost Zone." Clockwork spoke without a hint of humor. I could only stare dumbly at him as my body shook with the effort of staying conscious.
"I-" Before I could utter a reply, I had already faded into unconsciousness, passing out on the dust covered ground.
Well, here's the start of Danny's POV~! Sorry its so short, its just the prologue so hopefully the next will be longer! My eyes feel like they're burning and its midnight now, so I won't reply to comments this chapter T-T But I will do it the next one, so to all of you who is reading this, thank you for the support and reviews! I love reading them all and it help motivates me to post every week! I hope you all enjoy this and good night~!