Hopeless - A Powerless Fanfiction

Paedyn

"Hands where I can see them, and I don't want no funny business either, got that silver savior? ". Damnit, the guard had found us. I thought the dark corner would keep me and Makoto safe, but I was wrong, if anything it aided in our capture. The imperial had managed to sneak up on us without either of us realizing. 

"Got that Silver savior?" the man asks once again, more annoyed, while taking another step towards me. I wasn't going to be caught that easily. I could just run away, this man would never find me again, but I couldn't leave Makoto here on his own, could I? He had tried to help me after all... and Adena would hate me if I did that. So, I came to the conclusion that I wasn't leaving till I had Makoto conscious or unconscious with me. 

"Nope, I've not got that at all, could you repeat that for me?" I say sarcastically and then lunge at him hoping to get a punch at his stomach. I was too slow though, and the man managed to evade my attack causing me to slam right into the wall behind him. As I peeled myself off the wall, the man came up behind me and attempted a high kick at me, but I managed to drop into a crouch and avoid getting hit, which resulted in his leg painfully colliding with the wall, as he let out a curse. While he was in a pained state, I decided to use this to my advantage and attempted to sweep him off his legs with a low kick around his ankles, which caused him to trip. Then once he's lying down face flat, I send multiple blows to the back of his head, resulting in him losing consciousness. 

Once I'm sure he's down, I change my attention towards Makoto, who is still unconscious. I shake my head in annoyance, how was I going to drag him? And more importantly where am I going to drag him? All the alleys of Loot are infested with Elite guards. Me and Mak barely avoided them while both of us were conscious. There was no way I'd be able to avoid them while carrying an unconscious Makoto. 

"What the hell are you doing here?"

The voice came from behind me, I stilled at the sound of the voice. His voice. The enforcer's voice. No. Kai's voice. Malakai's voice.

I whip around to see him. He's right in front of me. He's staring at me. Not in the way I'd like him too either. He's staring at me in anger, in irritation, in fear. Not fear of me, but fear for me. Fear that I'll be taken away from him to another. To Kitt, or worse... to death. 

"Paedyn? Answer the damn question. What. Are. You. Doing. Here." He enunciated every word, with a fierce anger coating all of them, like a fire would a forest. I just stared at him unable to speak. I stared like an idiot. That seemed to irritate him even more. He grabbed my chin roughly, with his calloused hands and angled my face upwards, causing our eyes to collide. Our eyes collided like two stars. Our eyes collided causing something to ignite. A spark, only for a second, but still a spark. I know he felt it too, no matter how much he was trying to hide it from me. He felt that way too. 

"I... Adena... I couldn't leave without...The fort...I-" My words are all over the place, my words are a mess. I'm a mess. Everything's a mess. The only thing in the right place are my feelings. My feelings for him.

"Pae, look at me, shh, everything's going to be alright. Just...just-" 

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My eyes flutter open, only then do I realize it was a dream, Kai wasn't going to save me, he couldn't be with me every time I needed him, no matter how much I wish that were possible. Sometimes I have to fight my own battles.

 How long had I been out for? What had even happened? I certainly wasn't anywhere I recognized. My hands seem to be bound together, my vision is still blurry, I had only just awakened.  Opposite of me was another unconscious figure... Makoto. Panic started to overwhelm me. Was he okay? Was he alive? Where even are we? 

Within a few moments memories came rushing back into my head like a flood. Makoto and I sneaking around Loot's alleys. I accidentally let my big mouth get us into trouble. The elite guard who chased us down. The dark corner. Then Makoto and I getting sneak attacked by that damn guard. 

All because of me. This is all my fault. All because I was too busy thinking about him. About Kai. Maybe I won't be his undoing after all... but rather he'll be mine.