CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

The sky was a beautiful orange color. The sun was setting behind the hill as well as the tall white building that sat in the foreground, letting go of one final burst of beauty before disappearing completely, allowing the crystal moon to take over the sky, backed up by diamond stars. He watched the exchange, he was there that long. He was able to see the sky turn completely dark and then watch as the stars popped out.

The wind blew a crying whisper, rustling his hair and playing a song in his ears. Core let out a determined breath as he walked towards the building. It had been a while. He hadn't been there in years and now this time, he wasn't sure if he was going to come back from it. But it was what needed to be done, just so the others…those kids had time to be able to do what they needed to do. It had been building up for a while. Everything inside just suddenly over whelmed him, making it so easy to take the pills. First three, then another, then another, and half an hour later four more, just for good measure. Now all that's left for him to do is go inside and do what needed to be done. His eyelids were getting heavier by the second, so he started to walk faster. He knew that as soon as he got into the vicinity of the building everything would go down. He would be recognized and there would be a scuffle and things would turn out the way he….they needed them too.

It's been a hectic two years since his first attempts to end his suffering. He could turn the blame on his original studies way back when. If he hadn't researched, nothing like this would have happened and they could have all lived peaceful lives instead of causing pain and suffering everywhere they went. There were the nightmares, too. Of falling or bleeding, then waking up to find real blood on his hands, arms or legs. He remembered that he had gotten told by the doctor that he needed to make sure that his nails were consistently cut short. Apparently he clenched his hands into fists too many times and with too much force.

Sometimes everything just got to him.

Now is one of those times.

A/N: Yeah, I'm officially back and off of hiatus. Unfortunately, I had to make the chapter short so I could get back in the swing of things. But, I'll have it updated again soon, I really want to get to the ending of the story and show how everything ties together. But I had to do a little something with Core first.

I hope you guys liked it.

Cheers,

-Riles