Chapter 10: Protective
(Lucas P.O.V, four years ago)
I grabbed my bag and walked out of my classroom, my school day getting close to ending, all I had left before finding a way home was to meet up with my friend and talk about the school project we were working on. But I just knew that she and I wouldn't really talk much about it, we would mostly sit in quietness and either read, or have some small talk between us like we usually did. I didn't really mind the quietness and the small talk we had, because spending time with the only friend I had at that point was all that mattered. So that we were also in a group project together wasn't that bad really, since we had gotten closer since then, so it was an alright thing for me. I put the bag on my back and walked out of the classroom, leaving the noisy classmates behind. They were always like this, so noisy both in class and when school ended so I didn't think much of it. I walked away from the school building and towards the fence outside the school, where I could see another girl leaning against it. A small smile appeared on my face as I waved to her and walked up to her. She looked up from the ground and to me, both waving and smiling back to me as I came up to her and sat down beside her. I put the bag beside me and looked over to what she was reading. She closed the book, and showed me the title of the book.
"The legend of the Sakura flowers…is that the one thing you wrote yourself?" I asked her as I placed my hand on the side of it and opened it, looking inside it. She nodded and pushed the book towards me, so I took a hold of it and quickly looked through it. It wasn't only text, but it was also a couple of drawn pictures of those type of flowers. I smiled and closed the book after looking through it. "Looks really well, nice work as always Robin" She laughed and grabbed the book back. She put it down beside her and just looked towards the school. While she was looking at the school, I felt my phone vibrate as I got a message. I pulled my phone out from my pocket and looked at it. It sure was a message and it was from my parents.
We won't be home until a couple of days, work is still keeping us busy. You know where the food is and if you don't have enough, you got to buy it. Also, you got to pick up your sister from school, she should be finished in about twenty minutes.
From "mom" and "dad".
I sighed and put my phone back into my pocket I looked back at Robin, who was staring at me with a curious look. "Parents away again" Was all I needed to say before she nodded and looked back at the schoolyard. Seeing that message didn't' really surprise me, as they often were away on meeting or such things with the job, so it often left me and my sister home alone. So that they were away again this time didn't surprise me, only that I had to pick up my sister, which wasn't very often I had to do, and if I had to, she would normally wait for me here and we would take the bus home together. But this time it seems like I have to pick her up at school, which I didn't mind. Though it was a bit of a walk to her school, and I had to job with Robin on our school project. I saw that she was pulling something out of her bag, and I understood right away that it was the book that we were supposed to talk and discuss about. Sure it wasn't that much of a work project, but for two eleven years old kids and you have to discuss and argue about that book, then it makes some problems.
"So Lucas…how are we going to solve this?" Robin asked me as she opened the book back at the point we left up and sat closer to me, making it easier for me to read as well.
"Well, we can start with telling about the book, that's for sure, but for now we should just read the book, then we can find out later." I said as I sat closer to her, so our shoulders touched and started to read the book from where we left off. "Does that sound like an idea?" She nodded and rested her head on my shoulder, as we both sat there reading the book together. Robin and I had been friends since we started on schools and we always tried to work together. Now it wasn't much we said when we worked together, we just did the task, read what we needed and just relaxed like we did now. Was always nice having my only friend around me, and doing things like this. It was really calming in a way. We kept reading for a good while, until I felt my phone vibrate again, this time it seemed to be a call. Hmm, who can be calling me n-no…now…. shit! I quickly pulled out my phone and sure enough, both looking at the time and who was calling I had completely forgotten it. It had been thirty minutes since "mom and dad" had sent me that message and now Lucy was calling me here. I clicked answer and put the phone up to my ear, and the first thing that I heard was heavy and quick breathing.
"H-hey Lucy. Sorry I wasn't there to pick you up…I'm o-on my wa- "More didn't I get to say as heard a small scream come from her end of the call. "Lucy?!" Robin widened her eyes and pushed herself away from me, closing the book and standing up.
"...B-big...b-bro…w-whe…where are you?" Lucy asked me, her voice sounding scared like hell. "S-someone…i-is…. f-following me…. a-and…t-they ...w-won't…l-leave me…a-alone" I stood quickly up as well, threw my bag on my back and started to run towards Lucy's school, and I heard Robin picking up her bag and running beside me. "B-big…bro…i…I'm…s-scared…" Her breathing got faster than it was, which made me extremely worried as we left my school and kept running towards Lucy's school.
"Y-yeah…I know Lucy, I'm on way as fast as I can. C-can you tell me w-where you are exactly right now?" I asked her as I tried to keep her on the phone, so I wouldn't lose her that easily. If she could tell me that, then I could surely find a way to get to her faster."
"U-uhu…i…I'm…p-passing…y-your f-friend…d-dad's…..c-café" She said as I heard other low voice come and go, mostly her just passing other people. "P-please….h-hurry…. b-big b-bro…...h-he's…c-coming c-closer…e-eep!" Her voice suddenly cut out, and all I could hear now was the wind howling through the phone, I could suddenly hear it getting picked up again, her voice still scared.
"O-okay Sis, I'm on my way! Try to lose him by running around the Café. But don't get lost! I will find you!" I said to her again as I turned to Robin. "Can you show me the quickest way to your dad's work? My sister is being around there, someone is chasing her" Just by looking at her eyes, I could see the sorrow in her eyes as she nodded and ran in front of me, taking the lead. The sorrow I could understand, her dad has had some problems lately as well, so just going to where her dad usually worked was a bit sad for her. But she was also worried about Lucy, that I knew. After I introduced them to each other when Robin was coming home with me, they quickly found the tone and Lucy told me she saw Robin as a big sis. Which I thought was really cute of her, and then Robin said that she saw Lucy as a little sister as well, which made them have a really good connection.
"Is she going to be okay Lucas? You sounded pretty scared" Robin said as we passed the mall and kept running straight forward, knowing well that the place was in the end of the street. "That's what I hope Robin…b-but I really don't know…she told me someone was following her…and not in the friendly way" Her expressions changed from one of sadness and fear, to an expression of worry and anger. She started to run a bit faster, which surprised me on how fast she could run. I held the phone closer to my ear and listened to Lucy's breathing.
"B-big…b-bro…a-are y-you h-here yet? H-he…is…g-getting…c-closer…and…i…d-don't know w-where t-to go…" She said as I could hear that she was starting to sob as well. "P-please…b-big bro…save me! …he-help me…" I felt a tear fall down my cheek as I ran after Robin again. I have never heard Lucy be this scared before, not even when we watched scary things and it was dark, she wasn't that scared. This is an entire new level of her being scared, and that worrying me like hell.
"W-we are almost t-there Lucy. Robin and I…are going to save you…j-just let the phone be on. We aren't going to lose you that fast." I said to her as we got closer to the café and I could make out a large silhouette standing by the café, leaning on the doorway. "O-okay L-Lucy, we are getting close…w-where are you now?" Both Robin and started to slow down with the running, and looked around. Just by looking around I couldn't really see her, which was making me scared for what could have happened to her. I looked at my phone and saw that the call was stilling going on, so she was still there.
"I…I'm…s-somewhere a-around it…i-I'm l-lost….h-huh?! EEEPP! BIG BRO! HELP ME!" She suddenly screamed and the called ended, most likely her hitting the end button. I widened my eyes and look at my phone, putting it away. Shit! NO! We have to worry. I was just about to tell Robin that I lost connection to Lucy when I suddenly heard a loud scream coming from the alleyway just ahead of us. A little girl scream that was all too familiar.
"Lucy! Hold on, we are coming!" I screamed as I ran towards the scream, seeing another person walking in that alleyway. "NO! Get away!" I couldn't hold it back anymore. I pushed the bag of my back, letting it fall down on the street as I ran into the alley and I stopped right by the entrance, my eyes filled with anger from what I saw. I could see my sister struggling as two older boys holding her tight against the wall, and one of them seemed to be trying to get her to shut up. I clenched up my hands and quickly put one of my hands into my pocket, pulling out a small pocket knife.
"HEY! GET AWAY FROM HER YOU FUCKING CREEPS!" I screamed as I ran up to them, hiding the knife away. One of the guys let go of her, and walked towards me, and just now I could see what I feared the most. The other guy that was there was starting to try to rip of Lucy's clothes and was having some problems, since she was struggling against him, but he seemed to only hold her tighter and I could see his hand press against her neck. Looking closer at those people, they seemed to be around twenty or something, which made me even more mad. She was only seven, she doesn't deserve that. The person getting closer to me smiled and pulled out a gun from his pocket and stopped right beside me, pointing it at me.
"Piss off kid! Don't want to get hurt will you?" He asked me as the loaded the gun, holding right in front of me. I glared at him angrily and dropped the knife in my hand, hearing that Robin was getting closer, alerting her to not enter here. "Now, what's that? Tried to hurt me huh? Good move you dropped it" He crouched down to pick it up and I smiled. For a twenty year old, he isn't all that smart. I quickly kicked him in the gut and managed to get the gun out of his hand and ran towards the other guy which was now getting closer to Lucy's mouth, which was really disturbing.
"Now now sweetie, stop struggling and this will be over so much easier." He said as he manages to tear of some of her sweater, leaving her sides completely bare for him "Why won't you listen?" Lucy answer by simply glaring at him, and I could see clearly that her eyes was full of tears, and she bit his hand. He just glared at her and dropped her to the ground before kicking her hard in the stomach, and her eyes closed, not opening again. I felt a sting inside as I took a tighter grip on the trigger and couldn't control myself as I pointed the gun towards that man, shooting him directly in the neck.
"I fucking hate you! Don't you dare hurt my sister!" I said as I saw his body suddenly collapse to the floor, his eyes filled with shock as his body fell to the floor, and I could see blood dripping out of his neck. Just seeing it made me feel slightly dizzy, but I didn't think much of it as I ran over to Lucy and crouched down. "LUCY! SIS! Wake up! please…" I stood up again and widened my eyes in surprise. Wait, what about the other guy?! I was just about to turn around when I could hear someone run up right behind me.
"Oh you shouldn't have done that!" He screamed as I suddenly felt a cold blade press against my back and traces deep down from my shoulder and to the other side of my back. I fell down and turned around when I fell down, looking straight in his eyes and I could see anger in his against and I saw his knife was stained in blood as he tried to attack me again. I reacted out of instinct and pointed the gun back at him and fired again, hitting him in his chest. His eyes widened as it slowly filled up with shock as he stopped and started to walk backwards towards the alley entrance. "H-heh…you sure know what to do kid…"
"Please…j-just leave us a-alone…i…d-didn't want this…all I want to do i-is help my sister" I said to him as I slowly sat up against the wall, feeling the cut opening up, the fabric from my clothes hitting the wound, making it hurt even more than it already was. I was expecting the guy to try to kill me while he could, but when I looked up at him, he was nodding and looking at me sadly.
"I will…good luck" He said as he held over his wound and disappeared from the alley. I gave a weak smile but it disappeared quickly as I looked back down on Lucy, tears forming up in my eyes. I shook her, hoping she would wake up, but she didn't. She seemed to be unconscious or something, hopefully nothing bad happen. That's what I hoped for to happen.
(Lucy's P.O.V, Present. What? You thought was the end? Heck no, it's more)
Tears was streaming down my eyes as I kept wiping them away, listening to what my big brother was telling Sans. I just couldn't believe it. All of that happened when I was just 7 and I couldn't remember anything from it. Just knowing how much pain he must have been in, I just felt really sad for him. Looking at him, I could see tears was forming up in his eyes as he told it, and I couldn't hold myself hidden more.
"I'm so sorry big bro!" I said as I walked out from behind the tree and ran up to him. He quickly stood up and looked towards me right as I jumped at him, hugging him tight, tears falling down from my now red eyes. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, so so sorry!" I buried my head into his chest and held tighter around him, not wanting to leave him.
"L-Lucy?!...d-did you hear it all?" He asked me while putting his arms around me. I nodded and moves my head from his chest, looking right at him. His eyes were full of sadness, and I felt it was all my fault. He sighed and held me tight while sitting down, putting me on his lap.
"B-big bro? W-why…c-can't I remember any of that?! Why?!" I pretty much screamed at him as I buried my face once again into his chest, wiping my tears on his sweater. I could feel his hands, rubbing my back and I stayed like this, not wanting to let go now.
"Yeah Kiddo, why's that? Surely there must be something about that" Sans said as I could hear Papyrus come towards us and stayed quiet.
"HUMAN! IF THERE IS ANYTHING THE GREAT PAPYRUS CAN DO TO HELP, I WILL!" He said as I could hear him sitting down beside us. Big brother sighed as he removed his hand from my back and I could understand that he was resting on it now.
"It's really nice to hear you say that…but let me finish the story, then you will understand" He said as he laid himself down, and I followed him down, resting my body over him, listening to the rest of his story. P-please…d-don't be worse.
(Lucas P.O.V, four years ago)
I looked back at the alley and saw Robin running towards her, putting her phone and crouched down in front of.
"I…c-called the ambulance, they are on their way" She said as she looked down at Lucy and traced her hand slowly over her cheek. "L-Lucy…g-god…I'm so sorry" Tears started to fall down from her eyes and slide over her cheeks, and I could tell she blamed herself from what happened her. It wasn't her fault though, it was all my fault. If I had just gone to pick Lucy up earlier, none of this would have happened. Then she wouldn't have been this hurt and we would be home now, all of us.
"Robin, don't blame…y-yourself for this" I said as I could feel the cut on my back hurting more and more the longer I let it be. "Y-you didn't do…a-anything bad, i-it's my f-fault…for not g-getting there in time" I tried to stand up, but the pain in my back was too much so I fell back down. Sirens could lowly be heard in the distance and I just knew that it was the ambulance was on the way. "R-Robin…s-show them where we are…p-please" She stood up, nodded slowly and ran back to the entrance, waving for the ambulance to get here. I looked back down at Lucy and saw that her eyes were still close, which made me starting to worry more. I put my hand on where her heart was, hoping to feel a small pulse or anything when it was there. I could feel a small pulse, a small and slow beating be there, which meant she was still alive, which made me smile a bit. Looking over her, except for her clothes being half ripped off, she seemed to get a really large bruise and wound around her stomach from the kick she got. The bruise seemed to have blood around it and I could notice that it had opened up in the middle, so blood was flowing out. I took of my jacket and saw that the cut mark was on it, filled with flood. I put it around Lucy and held her close as I could hear more footsteps coming from the alley. Just feeling the pain from my back, was the payment I had to pay, for not letting my sister be safe.
"T-they are here now Lucas! T-they can help her!" Robin said as she came running up to us, a couple of people from the ambulance coming after her, a tray between them. They came up to us and sat the tray down in front of us.
"Please lay down on the tray, we will get you to the hospital and help you" One of the people say as they pointed at the tray and walked up to me to help me up. I quickly stood up, ignoring the pain in my back. I shook my head and slowly put Lucy down on the tray, making sure my back was not turned towards the others.
"I-I'm fine…it's my sister t-that I'm worried about. she's the one y-you must look at p-please" I said to them as I laid her down, making sure my jacket covered her bare skin from being seen. I took a step back as I saw them pick her up and started to go back to the car. Both robin and I followed them as they put her in the car and made a gesture towards us to tell us to come back there. I nodded and walked in there, and I felt myself feeling dizzy, so Robin grabbed my hand and helped me up and we sat down on beside Lucy. I could just see how her body was twitching all over as she got hooked up to a couple of machines that was here, and one of the doctors was looking at them, then back at her.
"Doctor…is something the m-matter with our s-sister?" She asked them as she took a hold of my hand, feeling my shaking. "H-he…is really worried about her." The doctor who was here with us looked at the machines, then back at us. I couldn't meet their glance, so I just looked at Lucy and used my other hand to hold hers, trying to ignore the pain in my back.
"She isn't extremely wounded, or have any issued that will cause permanent damage…however" The doctor said as they looked back at us, and I lifted up my, wanting to hear how bad it could be. "Due to the damage she got, she seems to have gotten short term memory loss, meaning she won't remember the recent experience of what happened."
"B-but o-other than that…s-she's fine right?!" I asked him, standing up and looking at them hopefully. Just from that sudden movement, I could feel the wound on my back open up more, and I clenched my hand together and I felt that Robin's hand moved away from mine and I heard her let out a quiet gasp. S-shit…she saw it. I sighed and sat back down on my place, looking at her and shook my head no.
"Other than that, then yes, she will be fine. But we have to call your parents about this, I'm sure they are worried about you two. When we get to the hospital, you can borrow a phone and call them" They said as they looked back at the machine and kept an eye on Lucy as we drove towards the hospital. I felt shivers go down my spine just by the thought of having to call up mom and dad, telling them what had happened. Looking at Lucy, and seeing the pain on her face, I just knew what I had to do. Not letting our parents know about this, would be for the best for her. she would be blamed for letting it happen, for not being careful. So as long as they didn't know, the less chance it was for us to be caught.
They will never know what happened here…no one than us ever will…
And now i'm finally back from the mid- term exams! I hope i did well, don't feel like i did. Anyway enough about that. This story will carry on, this is one thing i'm really proud of making, and it makes me really happy seeing how many people that likes this story. Oh yeah, Review time!
DerpPriest: Lucas gonna have a bad time! Hehe, maybe he will now, maybe he will later. All to say, is bad time is incoming!
GamehunterMC: I am loving the shipping between Lucas and Chara! Keep up the great work! This story is too great to die! And that is a ship that i actually don't mind writting, and don't worry. I'm sure it will come more of it later. And don't worry again, this story won't die that easily, hehe
So yeah, that's it for now! I decided to publish today, because this weekend i will be really busy, so i won't get much time to work or publish that weekend. Hope you guys enjoyed it! See you guys next week!
Dark chara out!