Hacker's Euphoria

Chapter 21 - Together Again

Hours have passed since the death of Lucas Lockheart.

Mask gently taps the back of his index against the door as he walked into the medical room. ' Hey there Sasha. You doin alright ? ' He walked towards the other, taking a seat against the end of the bed.

Sasha remained silent, holding Viper in her arms as she stared at the bed Lucas once was. She gave a simple nod in response to his question.

Mask remains silent, scooting towards her. He soon fully lays down behind her, wrapping his arms around her. ' It's alright Sasha. Just take it slow for awhile yeah ? I'll be here for you. Every step of the way. I promise. ' He gently nuzzled his face against her back.

Sasha simply nodded again, turning around and hiding her face in the male's chest. Her face was red from the crying, she didn't want anyone to see her like this if they walked in on the two.

Mask placed his hand against her back and gently rubs her, resting his head against the other's. ' If you gotta cry some more feel free. You know I won't judge you. '

She closed her eyes, pressing her ear against his heart so she can listen to his heartbeat. She started to feel calm, as calm as she can be. ' ' Thank you. . . ' ' She said, her voice in a somewhat emotionless tone. ' ' He's really gone. Isn't he. ' '

Mask remained silent, he simply held her close enough to where Viper wouldn't be crushed between the two. ' Don't think about that right now Sasha. We'll come back to that when you're not a crying mess yeah ? '

A nod was given in response. She slowly looks up to him, a frown on her face. ' ' I'm sorry I was so mad with you. I didn't mean it, Chris. ' '

The male simply gave a small chuckle, moving his mask slightly to the side to where he was able to now place a kiss against her forehead. ' ' It's alright hun. No need to be. Part of our plan in the first place was for it to make you seem like you were mad at me and well. . .definitely did a really good job at that huh ? ' He moved his mask back to the side.

' ' Chris. Are you ever going to show me what your face looks like ? Ever since I met you, you've had that mask on and you've never told me why. I'm starting to get really concerned it's something bad. ' '

' It's nothing. ' He replied quickly. He kept the mask focused on Sasha as he held onto her. ' Maybe I'll show you one day. But for now theres really no need for you to know what my face looks like. '

' ' No need ? Chris if we're going to start dating I want to know what your face looks like. Please ? ' ' She placed one of her hands against his cheek.

He remained silent, taking ahold of her hand with a sigh escaping him. ' One day. I promise you I will show you one day. Just not now. '

' ' I. . .alright. Alright, I trust you. ' ' She started to smile as she was held close. She felt safe for once, like nothing was able to touch her when she was in his arms. She was happy.

Virus pokes her head in slightly, looking at the two. . .she slowly closed the door careful to not make a sound. ' ' 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙝. 𝙃𝙚'𝙨 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮. ' ' She turned back towards the other three. ' ' 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙖𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 ? ' '

' ' 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼, 𝗜 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵. 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗮𝗮𝗮𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗼. 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 ? ' '

' ' 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒂, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒕. . .𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒚𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒓. 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐. ' '

' ' 𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩. 𝙒𝙚'𝙡𝙡 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙮𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧. ' '

To Be Continued. . .