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Posted by lolita on Jul 29, 2006 17:41:40 GMT -6
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"Today we bury a beloved son, friend and uncle Drachir Talwod. At the tender age of 16 he has been sent back to where he came from, sent to a high haven above..."
He's dead. Riruki thought to herself. She thought to the preacher and to the congregation. Her best friend was dead he was about to be six feet under, cold in the ground. No one knew how he had died, she assumed he had been killed by a mutant during the ambush that separated them.
"Often times we are robbed of our loved ones, they leave us too soon. But we must remember..."
He's not coming back. The thought echoed in her head as the thin black veil on her hat flapped in the warm july wind, dampened by the summer rain. He's not coming back.
They were supposed to grow old together. She and Drachir had plans to raise their kids as friends, to work near eachother, to go to college together. He was the one who never judged her about dressing how she did, or carrying Hina around with her. He always told her what was good for her, what was the right thing to do...he...took care of her. What was she supposed to do now...without him?
"HUH? What am I suppose to do now?" she asked the empty coffin after the crowd had withered away. His parents had stayed the longest and finally they left leaving riruki near the open grave. "Who's going to look after me now?" Tears welled up in her hazel eyes. "Who?..." she began to sob.
"Please Drachir...you have to come back to me...I need you." her tears rolled off of her pale cheeks. "Please....." she sighed.
"I'm an Xman now. Well..sort of. I just had my first mission. We had to get this magic stone back from this General who wanted to control mutants. It was scary...No one teases me at the mansion." she continued. "I'm almost close to normal." she laughed.
The sleek brown coffin looked hauntingly beautiful in the dim sunlight as the rain died down. "We were supposed to find eachother, Drach. You didn't keep your promise." She stood and kicked the coffin. "WHY DIDN'T YOU KEEP YOUR PROMISE?"
She cried hysterically now and collapsed on the ground next to the grave. She could've just slid into it and died herself. She had very little to live for. Her parents just gave her money and expected her to be happy. Drachir was the only person who even bothered to ask her how she was doing.
she thought she heard his voice just then...
"I'm fine, Drach....I'm alright."
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