Chapter 28: The Exodus

Six days had passed since Ryder had his episode on the training field. He had spent most of his time meditating either in his room or a meditation chamber inside the indoor training facility. The Exodus would be any day now. All he had to do was check the phone he had been using to communicate with the US. The goal for Ryder was to try and recruit some of his students to join him in the Exodus, but he could feel how dedicated they were to the Council. However, there were about ten of them that he could feel that they didn't agree with the Council and how they worked.

It was a Friday morning Ryder woke up to his US phone vibrating loudly on his wooden night stand. He turned to it, picked it up, and reached into the drawer grabbing a translator. He opened the translator and then the phone.

"Impisi lapha," he said sitting up in his bed.

A voice came through the phone that said, "Eksodusi. Sishiya ikhaya lakho ngo-2 ekuseni. Phuma emva kwemizuzu emibili." The call faded out and a loud beep was heard afterward telling Ryder that they had hung up.

Ryder put the phone back on the night stand then looked at the translator. It had translated the coded conversation to, "Wolf here."

Then a new message below that read, "Exodus. We leave your home at 2am. Exit after two minutes."

Ryder quickly turned off the translator and put it back into his drawer.

He took his normal communicator and sent a message to the other shadows saying, "Meet me in our office in twenty minutes."

Ryder swung his feet out of his bed and ran to his bathroom.

So, the exodus is in the morning. That was unexpected.

"I know. Pretty inconvenient," replied Ryder.

He turned on the shower and hopped in. Using the Force, he could quickly shampooed his hair and washed his body at the same time. The shower was definetly on the top of the soon to be most missed about this place list. It had nice pressure, and there was a nob that controlled how the water came out. Ryder's favorite was the one that could massage him.

He got out and dried himself off using a new jutsu of his. Since he found out that he could use water, wind, and fire jutsu, Ryder developed a wind jutsu that dried all the water off him within seconds. It also cooled his body down so that he wouldn't sweat after the hot shower.

Being dry, Ryder walked to his closet. Not knowing if he was going to sleep tonight since the exodus is at two in the morning, he thought battle gear would be the best bet for today.

Ryder put on his long white socks and his ninja pants that went a little past his knees. He taped his shins up to where his pants stopped. He put on a black t-shirt then slid on a red, worn-out mandalorian chest armor piece. He tapped his right thigh and strapped a pouch with kunai in it around the tape. Next, Ryder clipped his two lightsabers to his belt.

"Time to go," he muttered to himself.

You're forgetting shoes.

"Glad I have you on my side… Anakin?" replied Ryder. His "Force Jinchuriki" had been really nice to him as of recently.

My persona changes with your state of mind and emotions. That's why I've been more of Anakin than Vader.

"I guess that makes sense," Ryder said confused.

Ryder walked to the wall that had all his shoes and began deciding on the pair he was going to wear.

'Not the Nikes. Not the boots. Hmmmm. I'll just go with the ninja sandals,' Ryder decided in his head.

Ryder walked out of his room and few doors down the hallway to the Shadow's office. Along the way a few of his students said hello and good morning to him, so he waved them off giving them the proper response. "Get to class."

Ryder reached the office door and put in the numeric code that opened the door. It slid open revealing that he was last of the Seven Shadows to show up.

"Good, everyone's here," said Ryder walking to the front of his desk. He leaned against it and looked at everyone.

A few were yawning, and everyone else looked half asleep.

Ryder clapped loudly then said, "The Exodus will take place at two in the morning on the dot. Tomorrow morning. They said that they are leaving here after two minutes which means that they are probably jumping to mach speed after two minutes."

"What are they going to be coming in?" asked Murdoch.

"They'll bring a cargo ship. They're hoping that we can bring as many students as possible. And right now, I have about ten," replied Ryder.

Nero stood up and asked, "What happens if they try and stop us?"

Ryder looked him in the eyes and said, "We fight back and make sure the transport ship jumps with the Rogue Shadow in it."

Everyone nodded as if they understood that it was their job to make sure that neither ship is shot out of the sky.

"So, everyone pack up everything that you need to take. I'll stop by everyone's room and use a transformation jutsu to make things easier for us to sneak out things to the ship. Any questions?"

No one raised their hand until Blair's hand rose. "Should we take anything of theirs. Like ships or books?"

"Oh, yes," said Ryder. "If you know of any texts or holocrons try and take them, but DO NOT get caught. Don't worry about ships."

Blair nodded in response.

"Okay, now go pack and get ready," Ryder said walking around to the other side of his desk. Everyone left the office and went straight to their room.

Ryder sat in his office chair and yawned as he put his head on his hands.

His mind flashed back to the vision he had. Dismembered bodies laying all over the ground. The sense of despair the two felt while fighting that man in the white suit.

Who was he?

How was he that powerful?

Ryder shook his head and opened the bottom right drawer to his desk. After taking out a stack of papers, Ryder grabbed a red and blue holocron. They were larger than the other holocrons he had opened before. He hadn't opened either one of them, but he knew that now was not the right time. Ryder grabbed a nearby backpack and put the two holocrons in its biggest pouch.

Ryder then pulled out his communicator and sent a message to the few students that wanted to go with him, but he slowly put the communicator back into his backpack.

'All they're going to be is fodder for the fight,' he thought.

But, they'll have a choice. They won't have one if they stay.

Ryder took a deep breath because he knew that Anakin was right. They need to come.

Suddenly a knock came from his door.

Ryder stood up from his chair and walked to the door curious who was on the other side. He waved it open and on the other side stood three students from his class: John, Sim, and Victor.

"Master," said Victor. "We want to come along."

Confused on how they knew about the plan to leave, Ryder asked the three, "What do you mean?"

Sim stepped forward summoning a leather back book then flipped it to a certain page. "I acquired a telepathy power, Master. I only told these two about your plan to leave. I swear."

Ryder slammed his palm onto his face and let out a large breath of air. "Hurry up and come in." A slow rage coming from letting a novice like Sim read him began to boil inside of him.

Once the three students walked inside, Ryder turned to them with his Sharingan activated and placed them under a genjutsu.

The students saw their surroundings slowly take on a red hue. The walls suddenly began to ooze what looked like blood. Within a second, the three felt themselves frozen in front of a large grassland that had a small lake that was red and black.

A flock of ravens flew past the heads of Sim, Victor, and John then grouped together right in front of them. The birds merged together and formed their master, Ryder.

"Don't ever go behind my back again. Next time you won't be in a genjutsu," Ryder said with wrath in his voice.

His eyes burned with the redness of his Sharingan. Before any of his students could speak, Ryder summoned a tsunami that came from the nearby lake, and it crashed upon the students drowning them all.

Ryder released his sharingan genjutsu, and the three students immediately slumped over gasping for air.

Sam looked up at his master with beads of sweat rolling down his face. "What the hell was that for," asked Sim obviously pissed off.

"First off, I'm pissed at myself for letting a novice nen user get inside my head, and then you go and tell people of our plan?! We could die if you told people that are moles for the Council!" Ryder paused and turned to Victor and John. "And this means that if either of you report us, I'll have to kill you. I can't let this mission fail."

"Calm down, Master," said Victor trying to catch his breath. "We have no intension in ratting y'all out or ditching you. We want to leave because this place just turns people into selfish monsters and tools for war."

Ryder sighed, rubbed his head and said, "Sit down. All of you." He pointed at a couch that was in front of his desk, and the students walked to it and sat down. With his Sharingan still activated, Ryder sat down behind his desk, folded his hands, and rested his elbows on its surface.

"We are to be waiting for a ship to show up at two in the morning, so meet in the hanger at twenty minutes before two," explained Ryder. "Only bring a backpack that contains the absolute essentials. Nothing more. When we get on the cargo ship, be ready to be strapped in and go mach-speed instantly. The ship will only be here for two minutes. If someone notices us and a fight happens, stay put. One of us will handle it. Our objective is to get as many of y'all out of here as quickly as possible."

Ryder looked at the three students who sat in front of him nodding. "Victor, make sure you bring your sword. I know how forgetful you are."

Ryder looked down at his watch and saw that it said to himself, "Four-thirty." Looking back at his students he commanded them, "Now go and pack your stuff."

Victor, Sim, and John got up and left the room heading to their rooms to gather the items they planned on taking. Once they left, Ryder decided to go to the hanger to make sure the Rogue Shadow was ready to leave.

Nero and Murdoch were walking to the dining hall to get dinner when they were stopped by a man in a white lab coat.

"Dr. van Hoosier. What a pleasant surprise," said Murdoch. He was surprised to see one of the Council members casually walking in the hallways. They didn't usually mingle with the students.

"Yes, indeed," replied the doctor.

Dr. van Hoosier looked about thirty and had black hair and glasses. He was wearing black pants and a black shirt under his lab coat. "I saw Ryder taking boxes to the hanger. Are y'all going on a mission?"

Murdoch and Nero exchanged a quick glance at each other. "I think he's just restocking some supplies that we used on our last mission," said Nero.

"Quite strange to be doing that about a month after the previous mission," commented Dr. van Hoosier.

Murdoch quickly butted in and said, "I guess he just forgot a few things."

Dr. van Hoosier didn't say anything for a few seconds. All he did was look at the two in front of him.

"Tell him to come see me tomorrow morning," said the doctor. He then walked in between Nero and Murdoch and marched down the hall.

Nero and Murdoch immediately changed directions and went to the hanger to meet up with Ryder and tell him about their run in with Dr. van Hoosier.

"Do you think he suspects the exodus?" Murdoch asked Nero.

"No way. We haven't done anything that warrants suspicion for that. However, we should probably keep an eye out for him."

The two entered the hanger, and walked over to the Rogue Shadow. "Ryder!" yelled out Murdoch.

There was no reply as well with no sign of him being there.

Blake, the hanger manager, walked over to them and said, "He left about thirty minutes ago."

"Do you know where he was going?" asked Nero.

"Nope. Didn't care what he doing," responded Blake as he walked back over to his table.

"Let's go check his office," suggested Murdoch.

Nero nodded and they began walking there.

Upon reaching the office, they walked in and saw Ryder sitting at his desk writing something. They told him about their encounter with Dr. van Hoosier.

"Wow, I didn't even notice him watching me," said Ryder shocked. "We're gonna have to be careful tonight. Especially since we have two more students coming with us."

"What?! When did this happen?" asked Nero.

"About an hour ago. Sim told two of his friends: Victor and John. I told them they could come after I made sure they weren't spies for the Council," Ryder explained. "They're strong too, so it isn't that bad."

"Shit," said Murdoch. "What if that's how van Hoosier might be on to us? One of them could be a spy for him."

Ryder pondered that for a moment. "I don't think so. I would've found out, and van Hoosier would've been more confrontational than what he was." Nero and Murdoch stood there thinking over the possibility. "Anyways, let's just focus on making sure we're ready to leave for now."

Nero nodded and Murdoch said, "Got it, boss." The two left Ryder's office and went to finish packing their belongings.

*BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP*

Ryder rolled over to turn off his annoying alarm clock, except he accidentally broke it. He didn't mind that though. It was his last night staying in that room. The face of the clock, with only a few cracks, read "1:00 am."

'The ship shows up in one hour. That's more than enough time,' he thought.

Ryder, already dressed to leave, threw off his sheets and began putting on his black socks and shoes. He was wearing a black long-sleeve shirt with a black, short-sleeve hoodie over the shirt. He was also wearing black tights with black short on top of those.

Next to his bed, Ryder had put two backpacks and his black belt with his two lightsabers. He put on the belt and attached a lightsaber to each of his hips. The backpack that contained scrolls and holocrons, he threw onto his back. His other backpack which contained spare clothes, he threw over one of his shoulders.

He was ready to go.

It was 1:08 am.

Ryder opened his door and peaked his head outside to make sure no one was watching. Then reaching out with the Force, he checked to make sure that no one was around that he couldn't see. Everyone was asleep.

"Anakin," said Ryder within his head.

What is it? I was meditating.

"Can you be a continuous lookout for me? Keep meditating, but feel the surroundings with the Force."

Only if I can help you fight if you get caught.

"That's not going to happen."

Promise.

"Fine. Just keep watch."

Ryder slowly shut his door and began walking towards the hanger. To get there, he had to turn four corners and walk down five hallways. Each having the possibility of having a student, teacher, or Council member walking in that hallway.

Luckily, everyone was in their room, so Ryder didn't run into any trouble while making his way to the hanger doors. Finally, he arrived at the doors. Here was his first challenge.

Behind the doors, Blake, the hanger manager, and three other guards were patrolling the area. Ryder had to deal with them before the others could arrive. Ryder lifted his hood over his head and raised a black, cloth face mask over his mouth and nose.

Ryder opened the doors and walked a few steps forward. Blake turned to the doors and yelled out, "Who are you?! Take off the mask!"

Ryder didn't move or talk back.

Blake motioned the guards to walk up to the unknown man and reveal who was behind the mask. As the guards began to walk towards Ryder cautiously, black armor began to form around Blake.

That's his berserker armor. Do it now!

Before the helmet could be formed, Ryder opened his eyes and revealed a deep crimson Mangekyo Sharingan.

Blake and the other guards staggered then fell to the ground.

Ryder quickly deactivated his Sharingan and began tying up the guards and Blake. After doing so, Ryder looked down at his watch. It read, "1:32 am."

Nero stopped by Murdoch's and Katie's door before going to the hanger to make sure they were ready. He knocked on Murdoch's door lightly three times.

Murdoch cracked the door open to see who it was. Upon seeing Nero, Murdoch opened the door and exited the room.

"Hurry, we need to get Katie. Her room is on the way to the hanger," said Nero walking slowly down the hall. He looked down at his watch. It read, "1:30."

Ryder put his bags inside his room on the Rogue Shadow.

"Let's see," he said to himself. "There are sixteen of us including me. We're definetly going to have to take two other starships." Ryder hurried and checked out the other starships.

Two ships really stuck out to him. On was long and flat with wings that folded out like an ETA-2 Jedi Starfighter. Its name was, the Scimitar.

The other ship looked like the body of a y-wing ship. It was a Lethisk-class armed freighter. "These will do just fine," he said to himself.

As Ryder was walking back to the Rogue Shadow, the hanger doors opened and in walked Nero, Murdoch, Katie, Blair, Hunter, and Skibo. "Are the students here yet?" asked Nero.

"No," replied Ryder. "They should be here any minute though." Ryder looked down at his watch. It read, "1:42 am."

Ryder looked back up at the Shadows and said, "We're taking the Scimitar and the Lethisk armed freighter too. Nero, you fly the Scimitar. Katie, you take the Rogue Shadow, and I'll take the Lethisk. Everyone else will be divided into the three ships. Just as he finished saying that, nine students scurried into the hanger.

"Hurry up. Y'all are five minutes late. Murdoch, Hunter, Victor, Sam, and Javier, you five follow Katie into the Rogue Shadow. She will be flying you five to the transport ship. Skibo, John, Avery, and Connor. You four will be with Nero in the Scimitar. Blair, Sim, Jude, and Dylan. You four will be with me in the Lethisk over there." Ryder pointed to an old, heavy-looking freighter about thirty yards away.

Ryder looked down at his watch. It read, "1:48 am."

"Everyone get ready to leave. Go get in your ship and strap in. Katie is going to leave first. Followed by Nero, and I will leave last. The transport ship will be here in twelve minutes. Once we get the hanger doors open, expect company," explained Ryder.

"How are we going to open the hanger doors?" asked Katie.

"I'll take care of that," said Ryder. "It won't be a problem. Also, once you get in your ship, turn on your communicators and set them to frequency: 1634."

Everyone nodded.

The students were loading up on their designated ship while Ryder and the Shadows were wishing everyone luck. Ryder walked over to Katie and gave her a big hug.

"Don't worry. I'll see you in a few minutes up on the transport," he told her.

She lifted her head off his shoulder and whispered in his ear, "Last one there's the rotten egg." She giggled then released Ryder from her hug.

Ryder smiled and said, "Game on, girl."

Everyone rushed to their ships. They officially had seven minutes until the US transport ship would appear above them. Ryder turned on the power to the ship, but didn't start the engines. He turned on his communicator and turned the dial until a digital number showed that he was on frequency 1634.

"This is Typhon. Checking in, over," said Ryder.

"Cthulhu and company are ready," Nero confirmed.

"This is Tartarus checking in. Ready to get out of here," Katie finished.

"Good. We have one minute until the transport appears. Everyone, prime your thrusters," Ryder commanded.

Ryder nodded at Blair letting him know to flip the switch to prime the Lethisk's thrusters.

Ryder looked at the big hanger doors and saw a large red button to the right of them. He knew that this was how to open them.

He closed his eyes and calmed his mind. He reached out his hand and picked up a wooden training sword with the Force. With precision and speed, Ryder had the wooden sword up against the red button pushing up against it. Within a few seconds, the button was pressed the hanger doors flew open.

Ryder picked up the communicator and said, "Katie, you're good to go."

Inside the academy, Dr. van Hoosier woke up to the noise of what sounded like engines revving and the hanger doors opening. Muttering under his breath, he said, "I'll be damned if it's Ryder and his gang."

Quickly, van Hoosier rolled out of bed, threw on his lab coat and shoes, and stormed to the closest exit. He found himself standing on the training grounds looking up to see three starships hovering above the academy. Seeing the Rogue Shadow meant that it was definetly Ryder, but what were they doing. To get a better vantage point, Dr. van Hoosier ran up the side of the academy using chakra then leaped onto the roof.

Right as he landed on the roof, a smaller sized Republic transport ship appeared in the sky. Immediately following its appearance, the three ships quickly accelerated to the opening where ships could fly into its hanger bay. "Those sons of bitches are trying to desert us," he said looking up at the ships. "And they're stealing two of our ships!"

Dr. van Hoosier's eyes swirled and turned into a deep crimson color as blue chakra formed around him and developed into a blue skeleton that quickly conjured armor.

"Ryder! Someone's noticed that we've left," said Blair pointing down at Dr. van Hoosier on the roof of the academy.

Ryder looked down and immediately realized what was down there. "Damnit."

He grabbed the communicator and said, "Everyone. We have company. It's Dr. van Hoosier. The Eye of Horus. He's able to use the Mangekyo Sharingan and is currently using a Susanoo."

"We just landed in the transport. I'll instruct everyone on where to go and make sure they get strapped in. You and Nero can hold him off," said Katie through the communicator.

As Katie finished speaking, Ryder saw a body jump from the Scimitar heading straight for the Susanoo. "Damnit, Nero," muttered Ryder to himself. He turned to Blair and said, "I'm gonna need you to take over and fly this into the transport."

"What are you going to do," asked Blair?

Ryder pressed a few buttons, and the loading ramp opened and extended a few yards out. "I'm going down there to make sure everyone can get to the transport safely," said Ryder into the communications system.

He got up and hurried to the ramp. Looking down, Ryder saw blue arrows made of the Susanoo chakra fly past their ship and luckily missing the transport ship.

"Here goes nothing," Ryder said bending his knees then jumping.

"So, you're the first to try and stop me, Nero? How pitiful. It would've been fun to experiment on you," said Dr. van Hoosier with a sinister grin. The blue Susanoo unsheathed a blue sword and began swinging it at Nero.

Nero's four bright red kagunes burst from his lower back and propelled Nero into the air towards the Susanoo. His speed and unique style of mobility made it hard to hit him. His kagunes also had a lot more volume to them than when he used them on planet, Luminous. They were long and thick. Being a ghoul, Nero was a lot faster than Dr. van Hoosier, but the Susanoo was too strong for his kagune to really pack a punch for it. However, he was making van Hoosier go after him instead of the ship.

After a few seconds of fighting, Ryder landed next to Nero and said, "Keep attacking him. I have a plan."

Nero nodded and continued jumping around and slamming his dense kagunes into the Susanoo in hopes that it would crack.

Ryder held out his hand, and a sphere of dense, blue chakra began swirling in his palm. As he activated his Sharingan and using the Force to draw in more power, the Rasengan began to get larger and larger. The ball of blue chakra was now about five meters in diameter. However, to make the destructive power increase, Ryder began to infuse his Force Lightning into the Giant Rasengan.

Fighting off the nuisance that was Nero, Dr. van Hoosier saw the Rasengan expand out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head to Ryder and said to himself, "This is going to be a problem."

Van Hoosier faked out Nero and hit him off the roof and into the ground of the training area creating a small crater. He then focused his attention on the approaching Ryder.

Dr. van Hoosier readied his sword to block the Rasengan as Ryder began to thrust it towards the rib cage of the Susanoo.

The two connected and violent winds and bolts of lightning were produced due to the clash of the two powers. It took about two seconds for the Rasengan to break past the sword, but the real challenge was going to be the body of the Susanoo. Just as how Ryder was putting his all into breaking through the Susanoo, Dr. van Hoosier was using his all to keep the Susanoo from cracking.

Over his communicator, Ryder was able to get ahold of Nero and said, "Go ahead and get to the ship. I'll be there right after I break through this thing."

Instead of immediately following orders, Nero froze there because of the thought of leaving his best friend and captain alone to fight was against is way of fighting.

"Go!" yelled Ryder to Nero from on top of the roof.

The yell was enough for Nero to snap out of his trance. Nero made his kagunes grab onto the side of the academy, and they immediately tightened. Jumping forward, the tension sent Nero directly towards the transport ship that was waiting for them.

Just let me know when, Ryder.

Ryder chuckled and said, "I almost forgot. How about now?"

Suddenly, Ryder could feel the Force flow through him like never before. He felt stronger, more aware, and more in tune with the Force and his own chakra. Ryder could feel his body change too. His whole body had gained muscle, and he was toned.

Use your passion to save your friends. Use your emotions; they will make your attack stronger!

Remembering the good times that he had with his friends, a sense of pride in them and love for them grew within. His Mangekyo burned bright, but it was slowly turning orange and yellow instead of red.

The words of Master Korvin appeared in his head. "It's okay to dip into the power of the light and dark side. As long as you remain in the middle at the end, you will be fine."

Yelling, Ryder's new power and emotions turned the Rasengan's core red and the lightning was crackling more violently around it. Ryder thrusted the Rasengan as hard as he could, and the Susanoo finally gave in and cracked just a little bit. This small crack was enough for a large amount of the Rasengan's energy to enter the Susanoo and hit the crazed doctor.

After using up a large portion of his chakra and energy, Ryder slid back on the roof, and after taking damage from the Rasengan, Dr. van Hoosier slid back on the roof scuffed and slightly bleeding from the head.

'What power did he just acquire,' though the doctor. 'And what was that presence just then? That anger.'

"We have to go," said Rodan from the transport ship.

Breathing heavily, Ryder responded, "I'm coming." He paused for a moment then spoke again. "If worse comes to worst, leave me."

Rodan understood the sacrifice that Ryder was potentially going to have to make and how hard of a choice it would be, so he simply said, "I understand."

Back down on the roof, the two fighters, breathing heavily, were staring at each other. "I'm assuming that they'll need to leave any second, and I know you can feel all the other council members and students running through the hallways right now. It'd be a shame if they made it out here," said the Eye of Horus.

Ryder knew he was right. The ship needed to leave right now.

I have a little more power for you.

"Give it," demanded Ryder.

"Don't think for too long," said van Hoosier. He noticed that Ryder's physique hadn't changed back to normal yet. The power flowing from him was terrifyingly tremendous.

The doctor scoffed at him and held back his right arm. Suddenly, a clearish white sphere appeared around his fist. "I hope that transport can survive the power of the Quake Quake Fruit!"

Ryder could feel the incredible destructive magnitude that was reverberating from it, so he began to summon all his chakra and bring in the Force. Red chakra began to swirl around his feet as he crouched.

With a wink, Dr. van Hoosier said, "Good-bye ship!" The doctor threw the white sphere towards the ship.

Ryder used his chakra and the remaining power from Anakin to jump at superhuman speeds to the point where he was in between the ship and the orb.

"So fast," mutter Dr. van Hoosier to himself.

"Go!" yelled Ryder through his communicator as he activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and releasing his orangish red Susanoo that had more armor to it now.

The transport ship prepared to jump to mach speed as they saw the orb collide with Ryder causing a massive explosion and tremor. The orangish red chakra of the greatest defensive jutsu disappeared.

A single body broke through the cloud of smoke as it fell to the ground.

Rodan looked with a sense of dread and sorrow. The student that showed tremendous promise as he walked into the academy. The ex-mercenary that sacrificed his life to perform reconnaissance on the deadliest organization in the universe was falling towards his death.

He saw people start to burst out from the academy. All of them followed the lead of the doctor on the roof in activating their powers, so that they could bring down the transport ship.

Rodan reached for the mach speed throttle on his right and pushed it forward barely missing a multitude of attacks that would bring down that ship.

The clock on the dash board read, "2:03."

While in mach-speed, Murdoch walked over to where Nero was sitting. He sat down next to him and placed his hand on his shoulder. "He's not going to die. We'll get him back," he said partially trying to convince himself.

The next chapter is going to be a little dark, but I really like it. I hope you liked this chapter, and let me know what you thought about it. Don't forget to check out my poll on my profile. Until next time…..

~Aldon