Second Encounter
Chapter 10: From A Distance
AN: Time for more of Glitch's POV! Yay! T.T.*cries*
"Well," he thought to himself, "Things had gotten interesting since DG had appeared."
He watched from a distance as his new friend went through a rainbow of expressions as she talked to her parents, no, that's not right….what did that blonde woman say? Oh yeah, 'nurture units'.
Somehow he found he wasn't really surprised at all to find out that those two had no actual relation to DG. They just seemed kinda…..wrong when he pictured them as a family. DG was such an impulsive person that Glitch figured her parents would be more like her, stubborn and not….robots.
Something glimmered in the bright sunlight and caught his eye.
He cocked his head with curiosity.
'Now what is that? Is that just scrap metal? Well, with all of these mechanical people around I guess parts can just lay around and-'he paused and blinked, completely losing his train of thought, "I wonder where DG is. That tree over there looks like it could be an apple tree…."
"My life is a lie!" came a frustrated voice that sounded familiar.
Glitch turned his messy head in that direction.
Oh! There she is! I guess the robot-nurture things had some bad news for the blue-eyed girl.
He frowned. He didn't like DG to be upset.
The former advisers face lit up as an idea came to him. He could go check out that maybe-an-apple-tree and see if it really was an apple tree, and then give them to her if it was.
He grinned happily.
Apples make everything better.
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Glitch set off suddenly, leaving Raw to watch his departure with confusion.
'Mmm, big juicy apples are so delicious. I can barely remember the last tim—'
THUMP!
Glitch sat up, spiting dried leaves and dirt out of his mouth. What did he trip over?
Using his long, thin hands he dug around at his feet and pulled out a filthy object that was only as big as one of his hands. It was in the shape of a heart. Distracted from his original mission, the man started brushing off the dirt to see what it really was.
Flecks of gold started to become visible, and his breathing increased.
There was something about this thing.
Something too familiar.
More dirt fell away and through the golden beads woven tightly together, a dull light could be seen.
Glitch froze. Staring with wide eyes. He knew this! He did! With now frantic fingers he tore at the dirt and debris, rubbing the object on his tattered jacket to get the harder pieces off.
The light now shone brightly, showing off a mini rainbow contained in the handmade heart.
The voice of the unknown child that has been haunting him came again like a whisper from the past.
"Happy Sweetheart's Day, Ambrose!"
He took a shaking breath; there was something about that voice that made him feel like his chest had been ripped opened. He clenched at his heart with his free hand, attempting to keep an invisible hole from opening.
"I love the heart! I am going to keep it always!"
His vision of the beaded heart in his hand blurred as tears filled his eyes and trailed down his cheeks.
Why couldn't he remember? That person must of meant a lot to him once, but now only the painful feelings were left, with no memories except for a faint voice…..
Glitch wiped his wet face on his sleeve and slowly stood up.
After a brief hesitation, he placed the object in his pocket.
Apple tree forgotten, he walked back toward the run down village. Wondering to himself what else had been taken from him when his mind had been ripped away.
AN: Ok, this chapter went a whole different way then what I had planned, but I think it turned out oK. ^.^ I changed the POV to Thirdish there at the end because Glitch can be hard to write for. Oh! Can anybody guess about the heart? Anybody remember it? Bwhahahaha! Another thing from the past! Now that I am done with school and stuff for a loooonnnngggg time I can work on this again. Yay! If anyone is still following this, I LOVE YOU! Please review, it makes me very very happy!