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The Moment Where Everything Was Lost

Part I: The Eclipse

"The sky, the one that colours and engulfs the world is its duty."

-Tsunayoshi Sawada (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

Chapter XII: Silver Lining, a Ray of Hope

Author's Note: Remember the flow of the story up to this chapter.

Shinichi's point of view

I could see a faint light slowly becoming closer to me. I couldn't move any part of my body. I didn't know if it was a dream or am I just dead...yes...

...death is yet another great adventure...

...but is it true or just another fantasy of mine? The light grew closer and closer. I started being blinded by its rays of light. Is this a sign of hope? Will this help survive and also help the others? The light slowly devoured my body I thought of fighting it but something inside me made me trust it for some reason. I gave myself in and was devoured be its light. I expected that inside the light was nothing but blinding light. I was proven wrong because inside it was nothing I ever imagined. I saw a new world. A peaceful and beautiful view caught my eye.

I realized that I could now move. I looked around and realized that I was like in a stranded island. I saw the clear beautiful view of the ocean behind me and saw the breath taking sight of the mountains in front of me. What am I doing here? How did I get here? I irritably looked around because I was lost and can't find my way back. All I could hear was the waves of the ocean. Other than that I couldn't hear anything left. Even like that the silence seemed soothing. After being in a warzone this place felt like a paradise. How tempting it was to be here but I must do my other mission and that is to rescue the other including Ran.

I've already lost one member and I don't ever want to experience that pain again. Loosing someone dear to you felt like killing yourself so I don't want to experience it again the same goes for the others. Looking for a way out I heard a voice singing at the top of its voice. I tried to look around but I couldn't find it. I left the beach and looked around. I could still hear it clearly. I followed directly without hesitation. I finally found it, the source. It was a girl wearing an all white dress. She was on the edge of the cliff singing. For some reason I kind of recognized who it was. "Excuse me?" I asked.

She stopped singing and turned around. It was Ran. "Ran?! Is that you?" I asked. She slowly walked towards me and put her right hand into my left cheek. I became speechless when she just looked at me with her innocent smile. Such awkwardness built inside me. Inside me I just wanted this moment to last. "Ran are we dead?" I asked out of curiosity. "No" she simply replied not letting go of my cheek. "Then where are we?" I asked. "I don't know." She said. "Are you even Ran?" I asked. "You should have known from the moment I touched you if I was the real Ran." She said. "You're right what a stupid question to ask. Then what are we doing here." I said. "Even though I don't know how I got here, I know why I'm here." She said.

"Why?" I said. "Well you see I'm only a part of Ran that's here to guide you." She said. "Wait a part of Ran?" I said. "You know there are certain parts of a person's personality. Ran has a brave part, shy part and scared part." She explained. "What part are you?" I asked. She leaned closer to my face. "The part that's madly in love with you." She said diving into my lips for a kiss. I didn't resist instead I gave in to her. "That's enough for now." She said pulling away. "So you said you've here to guide me." I said.

"I am, just follow your heart." She said holding tightly to my hands. My eyes began to be covered by a bright light again. I noticed that she disappeared. I couldn't see anything but light. I closed my eyes and when I opened them again I was inside a large room tied to a stretcher. I looked around and saw the others in the same situation as me. I thanked God they were okay but I still need to escape this. My arms and legs are both incapable of moving. I needed a way out fast.

I realized that the others were unconscious. I didn't even think of screaming because the persons who brought us here might hear me. I tried getting out using brute force but I only ended up getting hurt.. "Kudo?" Hattori said waking up in the stretcher next to me. "Hattori good you're awake." I said. "Were alive?" he asked. "Yes, don't fantasize, help me get this off so I can help us get the exploding gum from my pocket." Hattori said. "Exploding gum?" I said.

"When we came to rescue you Professor also gave us gadgets and this is one of it." Hattori explained. Hattori successfully took out the exploding gum and amazingly he threw it in mid air and drop inside his mouth. He chewed and spat directly to the metal cup chaining on my left hand. It did a minor explosion but it worked like a charm. My left arm was completely free after the explosion. I reached to Hattori's pocket and got another three sticks of exploding gum.

After exploding every metal cup that was putting me down I was free. "Hattori, wait here I'll go and find the key." I said. I ran towards the door and looked outside. I saw the guard on duty asleep on his chair. On his belt I saw the keys. I knew that one of those must unlock the metal cups that keep us tied down. I quietly approached the guard and got the keys. I returned back to room and tried each key to one of the metal cups. When I found the one I called everybody to wake up. I unlocked them from each of their stretcher.

"I thought it was the end back there." Kaito sighed. "It was a good thing you woke up earlier than us." Sato said in relief. "There's no time to have a conversation we must get out of here right now or else we're busted." I said. "Wait right we don't even know where we are." Kaito said. "Don't' worry I think I have a faint idea of where are we. Remember when I said that the blueprint for this level is kind of weird. I told you that in the blueprints there are two big boxes. I think those boxes are rooms that controlled the thing that attacked us." I explained.

"So we're in those rooms that you told us?" Jodie asked. "Yes, there is a high chance we're in there. So follow me." I ordered. They didn't ask anymore and just followed what I said. Getting out of here was not really hard because the hallway was really straight forward and didn't have much turns. There were many doors but we didn't even think of going in. Our one goal was to find a way out. A door faced us at the end of the hallway. A strange feeling emitted from the door. I slowly got my hand at the door knob. When I opened the door I realized it was a control room of something because the room was surrounded by machines with many button, switches and levers.

In the middle was a big throne-like chair. The head controller must be the one who sit there. "Hey look another door." Takagi said pointing the door at the left side of the room. I also suddenly realized a big rectangular window at the front. I couldn't see anything on the other side of the window. Nothing but darkness.

"Intruders!" a man shouted behind us. We looked behind and saw him pointing a gun at us. "Excuse me, if you don't want to die horribly right now why you don't return to your stretchers and die but not in a painful way. If you ask me I wouldn't care because either way we'll kill you." The man confidently said. "Haibara! Duck!" I shouted kicking the ball directly to the man's face. The kick immediately knocked him down. "Nice kick" Haibara complimented.

"Do you really think that would knock me down?" the man said lying on the floor "Y-y-your still conscious? How?" I said surprised. "Surprised are you. Well that kick really did a number on me, too bad I don't have human skin." The man said standing. "Not human skin? Then what is it made from?" I asked. "Well it looks like human skin but its components are 100% iron." He said smirking at us. "Iron skin?" That's impossible!" I shouted..

"Kudo, this is one of this organizations experiment. Assuming he has one means he's an ex-convict. I can't believe that the organization has gone this low." Haibara said. "Wow, judging from your words you used to work here." The man said. "I once work here but I got sick of its ways." Haibara said. "Me, I used to hate them but since they made me like this I've learn to love them." The man said twisted smiling at us.

"Wait answer us. Are you the one who attacked us in the darkness?" I asked. "Yes, got a problem with that?" the man said. "Yes I do." I said kicking again a ball to his face. This time his face didn't move an inch. In fact he didn't even move when the ball hit him. The man smiled deviously and charged with all his got at us. "Everybody take cover." I ordered. The order wasn't needed because he was after me. "I'm going to rip you to shreds!" he swore. I ran towards the chair and went above it.

As the man came close to tackling me I used the chair to jump high and leap over the man. Landing to the ground the man grabbed my leg and threw me to the window. The window shattered but it wasn't a window. It was a monitor because when it shattered wires came out of the glass. Blood rushed behind my back. The pain was blinding me. Without thinking I took the wire dangling beside me.

As the man jumped I forced the wire inside his mouth. He twitched in pain. I saw his mouth getting burned. He suddenly fell to the floor and knew that I killed him. I got to the floor limping. "I'm sorry you got to see that." I said. "We're all here knowing we'll kill someone." Sato said. "Let's get out of here." I said. I led them to the door. When I opened I saw a hallway leading to a gate like in a Level Five. It was probably the entrance to Level Three.

I walked through that door with y dignity inside me yet I feel no ounce of humanity. I felt it disappeared when I took one's life. I had no choice. He was gonna kill us why not do it to him first? But still he's still human, no matter how evil he is, did he really deserve it? The deeper we go inside this stronghold the faster darkness spreads within us. I don't know if it will consume us before we get Ran. What bothers me the most was when I killed the man somewhere deep inside me was happy.

Author's Note: That's the end of the chapter hope you liked it! Stay tuned to what will happen next because starting now I will update weekly as promise hoping that there must be nothing happening in my life that will prevent me from updating. Again sorry for the two weeks leaving you clueless. Reviews everybody!

Coming Soon: Chapter 13: Level Three