Looking Forward

Chapter Eleven - Kyros

I stood in the red desert whilst rain poured onto me. Below me was Jean's corpse, I killed him and Angela. But.... they deserved it, right? My pocket began to burn, I reached inside and pulled out the black gem Angela once had. That's when I realized, I didn't want this. The gem did. I threw it as far as I could, I fell to my knees and stared at the sky. I began to walk away from the desert. I didn't have a location, I just wanted to go away. I had been walking for days on end, I reached a village that looked destroyed. All the buildings were old and decaying, there were dead soldiers everywhere. It was clear that there had been a fight, but how long ago was it? All the soldiers were now skeletons from decay, and the wood on the houses was rotten. In the distance was an old barn that had crumbled to the ground, presumably from the decay. I wandered around trying to find any sign of people being here recently, I saw a statue. It was of Throlik. I walked towards and I lifted my palm, I blasted the statue away, as it began to set in. This was "home", where it all began. I made my way down a path that led towards a grassy hill, once at the top I sat down and admired the scenery. I took off my helmet and threw it into the distance. I watched as it slowly went out of my sight and landed in a field of beautiful orange and blue flowers. I walked towards the edge, my toes hanging off the side. I was Looking Forward to whatever the afterlife had to offer someone like me. I lifted the back of my feet upwards, and I fell. I stared at the sky as I plummeted down, I closed my eyes.