Mystery from Another World

Part 90: No Going Back (unfinished)

  Shine supposed she might have been too hard on Mirko.

The woman cllary had never been confronted on any of this, it was problay too much to hit her with at once. No one liked being seen through like that so easily.

Yet, it all was bound to come out sooner or later...was it better to know now?

Someone ho culdn admit they were afraid of anyitn would be impsosoib to work with to do smoesnt unheard of... no one did new things without some fear.

"Hey!" Mirko sodn cuagt up with heradn gni he arma ND spun her aourdn. "You don't jstu get to walk away after sthat... what was that? You just drop that bomb and leave?"

"You hated it, right?" Shine said. "If you cant stand me seeing the truth abuto you, how can you eve work with me? Bt I Dont do liars, Rumi. I knew you were hiding something...and I had to know what it was. I'm sorry but... if I don't usn you anture, the'rs not way I Can trust you."

"Quit song of it already..." Mirko pulled her ears in annoyance. "I... look, I don't ve know... how you knew all that just by tlakgn to me. Did someone tell you?"

"No."

"How do you do that? And why. You felt like yo u need to out me?"

"I'm not outing you. No one else is here. N one else has to know." Shine tugged her hair. "But what we're otint o do... it's gonna take alto out of us. Vern else is wlin tadmit ta they're scared spitless by it. I get the your thing is never to be afraid... but thas' fake as heck. WE don't do fake in our group."

"Im' not frkean fake just because of hta" Mirko ptu her ear bak giant. "I'm really like this. Do OU think I Woudl fight all those ano fivlinas if I was fair of wanting? Even of dying."

"But, being fair oaf sdying is healthy," Shien Sai, wtha pullze look. "IT means you ahv soemtoint o ose. I'm afraid to die. not ebuae I fear pain and suffering. I have suffered plenty already, not much new. I believe in heaven, so I Dont fear oblivions... but, I fear leaving this weraht before I have time to make the most of my life. I fear leavin pele I care about alone... I hope when my times comes, I'll be at peace about hta', but hti about hat I have to lose isn't such a bad thing. If you don't have that...well, maybe efI Wanted a sodl I Adht aht front lien sitn feeling guilty, that would make me feel better...but as it is, I'd feel as I was expsltn you. I want people to live their lives with more than just thrilssl. IF tha's all you care about...maby this isn't for you."

"I'v enemy ema tn an fauraiotn asy OU are," MIrko lashed out. "I wen to a tiwth this bine IT htier be some action at the end of it. Big tiem action. So I waited on beai up those losers. And now I don't qualify on some so arib rules you made up? Is this relal some bulls--- excuse because eyou think I'm not up to the task?"

"Do you think this is a joke?" Shine retoreted hotly, tkain her of guard sign. "Ims ory, are we in a TV show where the point is to end every spsion with some flashy fight scene? Woman, the are pesl real live at stake here. And their souls too. Do I live to provide you with a flashs fight tyou can brag obu to prove your self to an audin I coudln't car less about? IF you car tulr aon no that, yorue' as ashlow ath vialisn think you are. I bli there was more to you than that, but if I was wrong, thank you for telien me now."

MIrko had noa never been Todl that this was a reoan to reject her. Sure, her moths dind' get aproa form evyeorne, but it walsn aloverln bi seh' was effective.

OF cho she found it nelary mpos to tolerate from Shine. N one who had her ego oula hv taken that easily.

She slnt in the ssno to ekepf orm kcin her into next week.

Shienwa aion reoan by this dipsaly and kept walking.

But Mrk cuaher  to her again. "Hey you asked me for help, remember?"