I stopped believing in humans too long ago. I realized that times, they change, and people stay behind.

I refused to become one of those people.

I refused to let any one person, any one human being, interfere with my life. I refused to let something as trivial as "emotion", take me over.

Killers don't feel emotion.

In times of war, things change. You can slaughter men, and you'll get a medal. You can refuse to kill, and you'll be thrown in jail. Hope rides on gossamer wings. Death soars on a vulture's back.

Shadows take over every soul. People look at things differently.

Darkness becomes a way of life.

I'll never stop hating, however. I know never is forever, that an eternity is a long time to feel one specific feeling. But time has made me a "forever" kind of person. I don't let go as easily as others.

My heart…if you can call that dark pit inside me a heart…is made of quicksand. It doesn't release. Things sink in and they don't come out.

A black hole.

OOO

A/N: It begged to be written. In case you haven't figured out who's talking, it's the Dark Ace.