Kai
The train lurched violently, and I felt my heart skip a beat. The storm outside was relentless, and the shrieks of the chiropterans were growing louder. I turned to check on Trae and Riku, but my blood ran cold when I saw Trae and Riku falling off the train.
"Trae! Riku!" I shouted, my voice barely audible over the howling wind and chaos. Panic surged through me as I watched them disappear into the white void. My mind raced, a thousand thoughts colliding at once. I had promised to protect Riku, and now he was falling into the abyss.
I rushed to the edge of the train, my eyes straining to see through the blizzard. The storm was a merciless beast, obscuring everything in a swirling frenzy of snow and ice. My heart pounded in my chest, each beat a painful reminder of my failure to keep them safe.
"David! Luis!" I called out, my voice cracking with desperation. "Trae and Riku—they've fallen off the train!"
David and Luis turned, their faces grim. "We need to keep moving," David said, his voice steady but urgent. The coldness of his answer though left me raging. "We can't help them if we're dead."
I knew he was right, but the thought of leaving them out there, alone in the storm, was unbearable. I clenched my fists, anger and fear boiling inside me. "We have to find them," I insisted, my voice shaking. "We can't just leave them out there."
Luis placed a hand on my shoulder, his grip firm. "Kai, we need to focus. If we don't secure the train, we're all dead."
I nodded, swallowing hard. The logical part of my mind knew they were right, but my heart was screaming in protest. They didn't know the truth about Trae. They didn't know he was a chevalier, capable of surviving the fall. But even knowing that, the fear gnawed at me. What if something went wrong? What if he couldn't protect Riku?
I took a deep breath, trying to steady myself. "Alright," I said, my voice barely above a whisper. "Let's move."
We got through the open car and into the upper class part of the train and continued through, the scent of blood and iron thick in the air. The chiropterans were relentless, their shrieks echoing through the cars. Each step felt like a battle, my mind torn between the immediate danger and the fear for Trae and Riku. Saya and Haji rejoined us, their worried expression not seeing Riku and Trae gave me little room to breathe. But I pressed forward, my father's gun in hand and moved.
As we fought our way forward, I couldn't shake the image of them falling. The storm outside was a death trap, and the thought of Riku's terrified face haunted me. I had to believe in Trae's strength, in his promise to protect my brother. But the uncertainty gnawed at me, a constant reminder of the peril we were all in.
Finally, we reached the front of the train. Elizabeta was already there, her eyes scanning the horizon. "We need to dislodge the remaining cars," she said, her voice cutting through the wind. "It's our only chance."
I nodded, my resolve hardening. We had to survive this, for Trae and Riku. As we worked to secure the train, my thoughts remained with them, hoping against hope that they were safe.