'This must be the 50th time I've been knocked out' Sparrow thought to herself as her heavy eyes snapped open. This time she lay on a bed, but to her that didn't matter, all she thought about was Ruvik.
'Why did he react that way to me?' She asked herself as she stared at the ceiling in wonder.
She thought about the past 16 years of knowing Ruvik. The times they
laughed and joked around, when he educated her when the nurses and doctors didn't, the way he always had time for her, never frustrated by her silence.
'Jimenez' just thinking about his name alone made her scrunch up her face in anger. Sitting up she took a look at her surroundings, a small room that looked a lot like when she first woke up in this world, only a bit more gory, and smelly. Sparrow got up and wandered around the room before trying the door knob, finding it to be locked.
'Great' she thought. She decided to take a more thorough look around the room, going through the nearby draws in the desk and searching under the bed, she found nothing.
Suddenly the door clicked and swung open, revealing the surprisingly calm burnt face of Ruvik. Sparrow tensed as he stepped into the room and the door closed behind him with a wave of his hand. She slowly stepped back nervously, until her back hit the wall, suddenly aware of her heavy breathing she tried to calm herself.
His staring made her uneasy, silence cutting through the air like a endless fog. Eventually he took a step forward and smirked seeing her tense even more.
"Why so...twitchy?" Ruvik questioned her, his white iris' burning a hole through her,"we used to be such good friends" he muttered menacingly.
'Aren't we still?' Sparrow thought.
"And so the bird finally sings" he grinned at her confused expression,"I don't know, are we still friends?"
Her eyes widened as she realised he could read her thoughts,'but how?'
"This is my world that you have entered, our brains have been connected and in doing so I can explore all your thoughts, memories, feelings, emotions and fears, ..." He muttered but loud enough for her to hear, " it's lovely to finally get to hear your voice Sparrow, even if it's all in your head"
'Why are you doing this? Why did you hurt me!' She mentally yelled at him.
"Why not? I have every right to be angry, Jimenez will pay" he spat, not really answering her question.
'Are you going to kill me?' She asked, dreading the answer.
Ruvik froze, staring off to the side for a bit before walking towards her, making her panic for a bit and scratch the wall behind her as if it was going to suddenly spin her around and take her to safety.
"Do you want me to?" He asked as he stood right in front of her that she could feel his breath flutter over her face. Suddenly reminded of the kiss they shared before he was taken away from her. Knowing what she was thinking about, he smirked at her even more and stepped forward, just as their lips brushed he vanished. Sparrow breathed out the breath she didn't even know she held and slid down the wall so she was in a sitting position.
'Why does my heart feel so heavy?' She thought, she soundlessly cursed herself for not being educated enough in these things. Feelings, intimacy and even some objects were alien to her, she felt so inexperienced in the world.
She clenched her eyes shut, feeling the sting of tears she refused to let out, now wasn't the time to cry and feel helpless.
Feeling a gentle breeze brush her skin she opened her eyes and found herself in a field of beautiful sunflowers, as she was about to step forward she suddenly realised she could feel her legs rubbing together and looking down she was dressed in a long pretty red casual dress with a neat white collar.
"Where am I?" Sparrow suddenly said, startling herself as she could speak, but it didn't sound like herself, although she never spoke she vaguely knew what she sounded like from her thoughts.
"I can speak!" She cried happily, then noticed the long black locks she had, "but this ain't... Who am I?" She muttered.
"Laura c'mon!" A young boy appeared from behind Sparrow and tugged her hand towards the barn in the distance.
"What..?" Sparrow questioned as she watched the boy prance about happily in front of her.
"Let's go play in the barn, bet you can't catch me!" The boy smiled as he ran towards he barn.
"But I'm not Laura" Sparrow muttered, she decided to chase after the boy anyway and play along, she might be dreaming,"who is that boy? He kinda looks like...no that's impossible"
As she entered be barn she didn't see the boy, confused she looked around until she was suddenly glomped by the small boy, making her fall over.
"Oof" she grunted, feeling the wind knocked out of her.
"Oops, sorry sister" the boy laughed, brushing his bright blonde hair back.
"It's ok... Ruvik?" Sparrow experimented, this couldn't possibly be Ruvik could it ?
"Ruvik? You mean Ruben silly!" He replied, getting up and brushing himself off before helping Sparrow up.
"Ruben... Sorry, slip of the tongue"
"Have you been feeling okay Laura? You seem, out of it" Ruben said as he walked up to his sister and put a hand on her forehead, making him go on his tip toes.
"I'm fine" she said, brushing his hand away, making him pout.
"Fine, hey I'm going to climb this thing, watch me!" Ruben said as he climbed to a platform.
"Be careful" Sparrow said, though she wasn't sure why she cared, she never saw the boy before.
"I'm going to jump!" He cheered until he looked at the drop and his smile faded instantly,"maybe not"
Sparrow giggled before stretching out her arms,"go on, I'll catch you"
"Promise?" Ruben asked, making Sparrow freeze for a moment before a smile appeared again.
"I promise!" Ruben smiled before jumping towards Sparrow, she did as she promised and caught him even though his weight pushed her back a little. Before she put him down she spun him around in a circle, making him laugh and outstretch his arms as Sparrow hugged around his middle. She wasn't sure why, but the urge to make this boy happy niggled in her thoughts, like an annoying itch.
Sparrow then put him down and he smiled brightly at her.
"Let's go back to the house, I want to show you something" Ruben said. Sparrow smiled but before she took another step towards the door a burning smell filled her nose.
"Do you smell that?" She asked him. Ruben sniffed at the air before nodding towards her.
"Smells of burning" he replied.
Suddenly a small but spreading flame appeared, quickly devouring the haystack nearby.
"Quick, get out!" Sparrow yelled as her and Ruben went to the main doors, only to panic when then wouldn't open.
"I'll try find something to get it open" Ruben suggested as he ran back to the other side of the barn.
"HELP! LET US OUT!" Sparrow shouted as she tugged and banged on the doors. She felt herself becoming uncomfortably hot as the fire spread.
"AAAAHHH" Sparrow turned towards the scream and saw Ruben on fire, spinning around and hitting himself as he tried to put out the fire.
"Ruben!" Sparrow cried as she ran towards him, noticing the whole barn was now on fire.
When she got to him she hugged him and tried to put out as much of the fire as possible, but the damage was already done and he had painful searing burns on his face and probably underneath his clothes. Leaning back Sparrows eyes widened.
'He is Ruvik!' She thought as the fire burns matched the scars Ruvik had today. Looking around Sparrow spotted a small window up above .
"We need to get to there!" Sparrow shouted above the fire crackling the wood and coughed as she breathed in black smoke.
"Laura!" Ruben shouted as he reached the top decking in the barn.
"I'm fine! Get to the window!" Sparrow shouted, climbing onto the burning hay barrels and onto the decking luckily not getting caught on fire.
"I can't reach, the burns hurt to much Laura" Ruben cried as tears poured down his face, making Sparrows heart ache.
"You need to be strong Ruben" Sparrow encouraged before deciding she was going to put her life on the line for this boy.
"C'mon" she said before kneeling down and clutching Ruben around the knees and lifting him up to grab the window.
He managed to grab the window and pull himself up before flinging himself over the edge, hearing his cry from the other side. Sparrow went to pull herself up before she felt a burning heat on her legs, looking down her dress had caught fire and she tried to brush it off.
"No no no!" Sparrow cried as fire caught on her long black locks and started to cook her skin.
"AAAHHHH" she screamed as the burning became to much, she stumbled from the window and fell off of the decking, onto the floor as she wriggled around the floor in agony. A blood curdling scream released itself from her throat as tears poured from her eyes, feeling her skin ripple and boil under the heat. Suddenly the heat went and she was at normal temperature, her body floating off the floor as if someone was carrying her bridal style. When she looked up she saw Ruvik staring back at her, but it wasn't his usual menacing stare, it was one of thoughtfulness, maybe even concern. Sparrow, no longer in the burning red dress or able to speak, thought about the pain that Ruvik must have been in, what happened to his sister Laura he spoke so fondly of when he used to spend time with her and the emotional toll it had on his sanity. Still being held by Ruvik, unwilling tears sprung in her eyes as they flew down her cheeks, she stared back at Ruvik with a pained expression before turning towards him and burying her head in his scarred chest.
Ruvik stared at her for a time before letting her weep on him soundlessly, content with just holding her light body as she hugged his middle.
AN\\ you'no I may have slightly teared up at this part ;_; anyway thanks for reading and thank you so much to the people who reviewed this story so far! It really means a lot to me since this is the only fanfic that really took off well so I greatly appreciate it :3 btw I forgot that Ruvik doesn't have feeling in his entire body because it's burned so bad so sorry if that mishap bothered you I'll try get all the facts right from now on, hope yu like where this story is going so far and see you in the next chap! :3 xx
P.s. remember don't be afraid to on me if you don't get what is happening in the story I'll happily explain it to you :)