Roles Reversed

When Sadness Comes Marching Home

We arrive at Blaize's house and miraculously, other than some trees that have tipped around it and random items that have blown about, everything looks to remain intact at least from the exterior. "Well, I'm glad you have your home at least, maybe the storm didn't affect things as much up here because I noticed many of the homes and the nearby apartment building look to be in good shape," I said as I looked over down the street and notice that two Officers were carrying a woman each by one of her arms. I nudge Blaize on the arm and motion with my head so as not to point down the street to draw their attention.

The woman was screaming bloody murder and trying to fight loose from their grip, but it seemed to be pretty tight on her arms. With one hand free, one of the Officers pulled out a gun and my eyes went wide as I thought I was about to witness a bloody murder but instead when the gun was shot, there was no sound rather the woman suddenly calmed down as they release her from their grip and watch as she lay on the ground. I couldn't see too well but I'm going to assume that it was a form of tranquilizer she was shot with, eventually the woman goes motionless, and the soldiers turn and walk away in unison.

"B-Blaize?..Is she asleep or is sh-she?" I stutter and look at Blaize and his face was in as much shock as mine. "I don't know Blue... I feel like I want to help her if she is alive, but will those Soldiers shame us for doing so? We would have to be very discreet about taking her with us." Blaize said and started walking towards her and I grabbed his arm and stopped him "No... let me go up to her, if we are caught then it would be better for them to see her with another female rather than a male. She's also pretty petite so I think I could even pick her up myself, I'm stronger than I look" I say as I flex my arm and pat my muscles, and Blaize laughs. "Alright but be careful, okay? I'll go in and make sure everything is intact and get things a bit picked up a bit if three of us are about to occupy my space."

I nod and jog a little bit down the road to the woman and reach down to check her wrist and neck for a pulse, there was one. I put my arms under her legs and back to lift the woman and start to make my way back down to Blaize's home. She was very pretty, she had ash blonde hair that was shoulder length and straight but very shiny and healthy, she had on a little bit of makeup it appeared, consisting of lipstick, some eyeshadow, and mascara.

I get to Blaize's yard and walk up his steps he opens his door and holds it open as I take her in. "You can lay her down in my guest bedroom, it's the bedroom straight down the hall," he says as he shuts the door and locks it and makes sure all the blinds and curtains in his home are closed as well. I make my way down the hall and gently I lay her on the bed making sure her head has full support. I bend back crack my back and do some stretches before sitting down in a nearby chair.

"So she's alive? Or did you just carry a dead body in here out of respect?" Blaize asked as he walked in the doorway behind me. "Yes, she has a pulse. I wouldn't have mind giving her a proper burial of course but I'm just glad she's okay." I say to Blaize as he takes a seat on the floor against the wall. "I'm glad she's alive, let's just hope when she comes to, she doesn't freak out too bad, I don't want to attract any Officers to my house. With the fact they are possibly robots or cyborgs or something and not human they probably have voice recognition and can keep tabs on everyone who has been punished, maybe I'm just thinking too deeply into it, but I'm not scared of much but the way they do everything in sync and all sound the same give me the ick." Blaize says and shivers a bit. We both look over at the mysterious woman and wait to see if soon she will wake up.