Chapter 3: CHAPTER 2: Who I was
It was dark when he opened his eyes, from his left came a familiar sound of beeping, the one that came from a machine that monitors your heart. The window was open and the curtain swayed with the cold breeze from outside.
Barry sat on the bed and touched his head as a very painful feeling came from it.
"What's going on?" He was having trouble thinking straight, his mind was fuzzy and the memories all jumbled.
His hands closed into a fist and he hit the bed, tears fell down from his eyes, as his face contorted with anger, he couldn't explain why, but he had a weird feeling as if he had failed to do something as if his whole life was a lie and his efforts in vain.
"What's happening?!"
It wasn't just disappointment, it was a level of rage he had never felt before. His mind was in chaos, and his thoughts completely out of the track, as if they didn't belong to him but to someone else, someone whose grieves were as high as the heavens... and suddenly, it was no more.
He blinked his eyes and stood up after taking out the electrodes from his chest, the white hospital shirt hanged from his shoulders making the empty sleeves dangle on their own, as he walked barechested, feet touching the cold floor and his eyes focused on the dark sky.
After approaching the window, he leaned on it and watched the landscape with a blank face. Ever since he got this new life, not even once had he thought about how he died in the first place, and now, it all came back to him, he remembered betrayal, he remembered other aspects of himself that had vanished when he was reborn.
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August 2012, Republic Of Americas
"Hey, Mikey!" A shout came from his back, Mikey turned to look and smiled seeing that familiar scar cutting through his eye and eyebrow.
"Eugene, you've changed nothing after two whole years."
"Oi! Can't you see that I'm much more handsome now that we're 17!?" Eugene's white and black hair fluttered with the winds, the smile on his face was similar to that of a wolf, because some of his teeth looked just like that of one, it had an aggressive and intimidating feeling to it.
The two shook hands and walked down the wide street, be it left or right all that there was in these regions were skyscrapers and dark alleys.
"How were those years in the reform school?" Mikey asked as they entered a french restaurant with an outside area for customers to eat at.
Once they sat down the look on Eugene's face became slightly different compared to a few moments before, and as if he was contemplating on his answer, he only answered after some time.
"It wasn't like when we hung out with the gang..."
Hearing this, the look on Mikey's face became somber, he frowned and took a bite from one of the appetizers the waiter brought. "... I kept your bike safe."
"Thanks..."
Silence took over, the atmosphere getting worse with each second that passed, so much so that when the food they ordered got ready, he made sure to leave it there for them as quickly as possible before leaving without a word.
"Mikey... I'm sorry, Uto, Tavin, Santos, Bell... but you gotta understand my situation..." Eugene's dark pitch-black eyes were focused on Mikey's face, while his's was as cold as ice.
"Eugene, I miss her and the crew as much as you do, but there's nothing we can do about it, you don't have to explain it again, we all knew what hell hole we were getting ourselves into when we followed you into their headquarters, the Mech Sverkhu family wasn't kids play, and we knew of the risks."
Eugene lowered his head. "For how long did you had that crush on my sister again?"
"Eh?" Mikey coughed as he tried to cover his blush by looking at the menu. "I think... 5 years maybe... those feelings started around that day on Hillpeak park when I first met you and your sister, do you still remember?"
"Yeah... the brother of the Sky Breachers' 1st Hellish lord ganged up on me with 10 other subordinates of his brother. They were about to do something awful with her when you came out of nowhere throwing that fucking heavy set of pencils on one of them while taking out another almost instantly, for a skinny frail boy like you it was very impressive." Eugene laughed as the memories of that day came back to his mind so clear that it felt like it had just happened.
"Hm... and then she said that I looked like a hero when I saved her, so she started calling me Iroas..." Tears fell down from his face. "You know Eugene, even though it has been two years, I still miss her... You think I'm stupid but I had it all planned, once I finished school I would have asked her hand, you'd be my best man, I would ask Tavin to do her dress and my tuxedo..." Mikey touched his face as he crushed the menu, tears overflowing from his hands.
"We would have married at that church by the beach, I would have become a manga artist, we would have kids, everything would be awesome..."
Eugene stood up and kneeled on the ground, his face touching the pavement.
"Eugene?"
"Mikey, if we meet in hell, please, forgive me!"
"What are you-"
[PAH!]
It was sudden, too sudden for Mikey to notice... when he came closer to understand what was going on, blood had already made his vision red, he saw Eugene being patted on the shoulder by someone, it was a tall man with a snake tattoo on his arm who wore a black leather suit, with the drawing of white swords on it.
"Second... captain... Zmeya?"
"Oh? This shit from Thrýlos Droméas actually withstood a bullet in the head? Hahaha! Man, I don't know if I should respect or pity you, don't worry, the next one is to send you to your god's doors."
Those were the last words he heard before hearing that same explosion from before.
...
"Eugene... why did you betray us... That was why you said you were sorry? Because you lured me into a trap?" Tears fell down from his eyes.
'Mike you're such a crybaby... but you're still my hero.'
'Mike, we wouldn't have defeated Sky Breachers without you, good work!'
'Mike, thanks for saving my brother from the Russians, I don't know what I would have done if it weren't for you.'
'Mike.'
'Mike.'
'Mike!'
"AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH! EUGENE YOU DAMN FUCKING BASTAAAAARRRDDD!"
The lights of the hospital suddenly lit up and the nurses started to run towards his room when they heard his shout.
"What's going on?" They asked, but the only thing they saw was a boy kneeling on the ground with tears falling from his face like a waterfall.
He, Mike, wasn't just a boy who loved manga, anime, and light novels, besides this part of his life, he was what people usually called... a delinquent, a gang member, a loyal friend, and someone who had lost everything.
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