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Light Shining Amongst The Darkness Chapter 7
After the confrontation in the woods between the two adolescent humans where only one was left standing and alive Red Eye has ordered those under his command to keep a close watch on Tom Mason and his lot.
The Masons intrigue him, especially from what he gathers to be the middle son.
Ben Mason.
There's something special about that boy. So much potential lying buried deep within.
During the conflict before reinforcements had arrived Red Eye had linked their minds through the spikes on his back. Through them, the two were able to nonverbal communicate telepathically.
It left Ben Mason with many questions, but with Red Eye a lot were answered.
As Red Eye got a glimpse into Ben's mind so did the boy with Red Eye's. Red Eye communicated what he wanted Ben to bear witness to and gave him a small peek at what both his mission and intentions were.
Unfortunately given the time and place Red Eye was unable to converse as long with the boy as he originally intended. So the encounter was cut short.
Still, it was enough to leave Red Eye intrigued with this individual.
From what he saw there Red Eye believes that Ben Mason may be their key to expanding the rebellion and getting Tom Mason to trust them.
Red Eye strategically waited until Ben Mason was alone before approaching him again.
Ben Mason was lingering for far too long at the grave of his fallen friend. The two of them had been close and considering the war where so many innocent individuals already have been lost to it the impact has hit him deeply and pretty hard in an extensive way.
Red Eye can definitely relate. He's lost a lot of comrades to the enemy and still is since he and those strong enough have broken away from the Espheni.
Ben Mason was about to rise and depart from the gravesite to rejoin the rest of the 2nd Mass when Red Eye chose to make himself known.
Ben Mason's mind was so out of it that he didn't even realize he had company until Red Eyes was basically right on top of him.
Ben Mason falls onto his back as Red Eyes comes forward. Red Eyes hovers over the boy leaning forward over him so that he can't scramble away. Red Eyes then accesses the spikes on the kid's body to reactivate the link. For almost a minute the two are frozen, gazes locked as an unspoken conversation passes between them once more. As soon as Red Eyes delivers his message he breaks it off.
Shudders cross Ben's shoulders from the strain and he releases light pants.
Here Ben takes notice of Red Eyes passenger.
Regina is peering at Ben from the safety of her protector's chest. Regina blinks at him with wide innocent eyes as she clutches the doll to her chest.
Timidly raising a hand to wave at him, Regina said "Hi."
Smiling shakily at her, Ben said "Hi."
Red Eyes curls an arm around the sling holding Regina and lightly hisses.
Suddenly the revving of a motorcycle engine can be heard rapidly closing the distance to the clearing.
Red Eyes then decides he and Regina have stayed here for too long and make a swift departure. They leave the clearing just as Hal enters at the same time.
Hal called "Ben? You out here?"
"Over here," responded Ben.
Pulling up alongside his brother, Hal said "You all right?"
Nodding, Ben said "I'm fine. Let's go."
Ben then slides onto the motorcycle and Hal reeves it into high gear.
As they're leaving Ben looks back once in the direction he knew Red Eyes was hiding. Red Eyes watches them go looking forward to when he and the boy will next meet.
Authors Note:
I hope you all like this one! I certainly did while writing it for your vast enjoyment! ;D
For those of you just starting out with my stuff there are other works on my profile that may catch your interest. I highly recommend you take a look as soon as the opportunity presents itself to you. Who knows, you may be pleasantly surprised by what you discover.
Stay safe everyone. Especially with all of these crazy natural disasters occurring a lot lately due to global warming and climate change everywhere for sure. I swear it's like they're getting worse and worse all the time and it's like officials are simply just ignoring it or pretending it doesn't exist entirely just to go on with their daily lives. Especially those in multi-million dollar companies that rely on certain elements of our planet that we rely on to naturally keep us safe instead of adapting and finding new safer ways to keep in business. There are so many options out there where they can adapt, but they just refuse to see it because all they care about is money. Climate change is altering so much faster than anyone can really keep track of.
So, in light of all this, it is important to live life to the fullest as much as anyone can.
I know I am. ;) See you guys next time.
