Chapter 6

Pain varies, physically and mentally. I don’t know what I’m feeling right now, maybe both but it’s so extreme I could say it’s ecstasy.

My leg can’t even classify as one anymore, vibrant red liquid gushing out of it. I wanted to scream but no sound came out. And the cause of my dismay is smirking above me. Am I just a plaything for her?

“Now you’ll come to understand-“ She was saying something but I don’t know what because my ears were ringing. Her mouth stopped moving and she let go of my leg which hit the ground in its dismembered state, my brain couldn’t handle the amount of electric signals my leg was sending it leading to me blacking out.

Everywhere was dark, I couldn’t breathe, my body felt stiff like a huge pressure was placed on it. Through all the dismay and anguish I could hear a morphed sound of someone crying above me, the sound was getting closer. I could see sprinkles of light penetrating the dark place where my stiff body resides. The light came flooding in which made me realize where I was. But that wasn’t my problem, I really don’t care because in those sparks of lights blinding me she was there…. Rein was there,her eyes filled with tears which seemed a little red.

“Ari, I finally found you.” She was crying uncontrollably, I haven't seen this side of her nor do I want to see it. She felt like a different person. I lay on her chest unable to move, her body littered with dirt a lot of it.

“I’m sorry Ari, oh my god why did this have to happen.” She was crying really loud. This was a side of her. She kept locked in the dark. Why ain’t I reacting to it? I just feel nothing , emptiness.

“I’m sorry Ari, I shouldn’t have left you back then.”

I wanted to reply to her but I couldn’t speak. The only thing that worked was my eyes. I can't even move my eyelids. Rein brought her cheek close to mine and she locked our bodies in an embrace. The smell emitting out of her I couldn’t even smell it. What am I? Dead? My ears stopped working and my eyes were taking longer processing the ray of light bashing into it. She broke out of the hug, the expression on her face was something between happy and sad at the same time. Her lips moved, it was getting slowly dark around me. Those words even though I couldn’t hear them but I know what they mean. Why did she say ? What does she mean by it? Her hands came to my eyes and closed them . Everything started going cold and distant, oh I’m dead, was I daydreaming all this time? Rein is alive, it’s better this way she’ll do more good for the world than me. It’s better this way

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Yeah.

That voice I know, hearing it strikes fear inside me. I opened my eyes and saw the woman that broke my leg. What does she want from me…

You broke my legs for that ?

I stared down, my left leg was still in a disfigured shape sucked with blood. I couldn't even feel the leg, I guess that is a good thing.

She stepped on the leg. I don't know what she’s expecting but that leg is long gone. It forced me to smirk, haha a little right back at you.

“ You know I can read your mind right?”

And why should I care? Uhhh that dream …. Our place was switched, why did she wake me up?

“Because I don’t want you to die”

But you crippled me permanently!

“Oh someone’s angry”

< Why are you so mad? Is it because you won’t be able to see your precious Rein again?>

You-

A stinging pain spread across my cheeks, felt like whatever was residing in my eyes was digging its tendrils deeper inside me.

“That’s very stupid of you because if you let it take over, Rein would cease to exist in your memories. She’ll be permanently gone.” I have never felt this vulnerable in my entire life…. Tears were streaming down my face.

“Yes that’s it “ she said sitting on my lap while creeping closer to me. I don’t want to see her face. I shut my eyes while trying to move away from her but she caught me by the chin, tilting my head up. My eyes instantly opened, she was too close to me and those eyes of her burning into my iris, I couldn’t stop looking at them.

“Yes I want to see more of you give me yourself to me” I felt something break inside me, don’t know what it was but the foundation of my sense of self was shattered.

Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah….