Broken World

Chapter Seven

This is for IsaCherryAnne. Enjoy!

Owen's D&M

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27th January 2018

Owen's POV

"Arrgh, what the fuck."

I sat up fast and looked around to see Mr Coleman trying to fight off one of the guys who we tied up.

We all jump into action, but Mr Taylor Jr. beats me to him and pulls him off Mr Coleman before I can.

He raises his gun and shoots the guy point blank. He then turns to the other guy, who has starts to panic and cry.

I smell something foul and realise that the guy has shit himself, and then I hear another bang.

I realise that Mr Taylor Jr. has killed him too.

We all look at him in shock. Yes he was defending us, but the other guy was tied up still and couldn't even defend himself.

"Mr Taylor. You could have at least allowed the man to defend himself first. Since when do we kill those who can't fight for themselves."

He turns around and punches me straight in the face, knocking me to the ground.

He gets right up into my face, and I can see the anger almost pouring out of him.

"Do you even care about us? Are you so willing to put our lives at risk for the sake of your conscience? When will you learn. It's us or them." He's yelling so much that he is practically foaming at the mouth

I push him back and stand up. Everyone is frozen and watching, knowing that this had to happen.

"Do you think I don't get it? Of course I do. I would do anything to make sure my family stayed safe, if not for each other at least for Sang. But is is worth it, if we lose who we are, and who Sang fell in love with? If we join every other murdering arseholes out there. The world has already gone to hell, and I don't want to go down with it."

He takes a step back in shock.

"So you rather us die than to save us, to save your conscience?"

I growl in frustration. "No North. I will kill anyone to save this family if I had to. But if I don't have, to I won't. What do you expect from Sang when we eventually find her, when the people she fell in love with are nothing more than like those bastards" I point to the dead men. "Can you honestly look her in the eyes and say that you are still the same guy? Someone she would recognise?"

"But we aren't Owen. Nothing is the same. Sang is most definitely not going to be the same. We have to do what we can to make sure we get to her, and if that means losing a bit of myself to make sure we all get to her safe, then I will do anything." I watch as he paces back and forth.

"But at what cost North. What happens when we find her, and the person she remembered, the person she fell in love with is gone. You will just lose her all over again. You may hate me. But I will not change who I am, especially not for someone who would kill me without a second thought. Because in the end, it's Sang whose opinion matters. This world means nothing if I don't have my family." I take a deep breath and look around at my brothers. "Don't change who you are, just because the world has changed. Yes we may have to kill to survive, but don't lose yourself while doing it."

I watch as North collapsed to the floor and the sound of his broken sobs reach me. I walk over to him and pull him into a hug.

"North, you are not alone. We will always have your back and I'll make sure I get you and the rest of the guys back to Sang. If I seen I don't care, I do. I really do. I would defend you all with every remaining breath in my body, if it meant getting you back to her. But I don't want you to lose yourself, close yourself off. Sang wouldn't want that, she would want us to remain strong, not just for her but ourselves." I feel a tear slid down my cheek and I watch as the remaining guys surrounded us in a hug. "If I act like I use to, it's because I'm trying to hold onto what remaining control I have left.

I hear a snort from Gabriel and look up at him. "Is something amusing Gabriel?"

He starts to laugh. "Yeah. Even when you still drop the formalities, you still have a way to sound like a pompous git. Call me Gabe Owen. I promise not to judge... Much."

That sets everyone of and I decide to shock him even more but giving him a full blown smile.

"Holy shit. He does have teeth." I smack him across the back of the head.

"Respect your elders boy." I say straight face and then burst out laughing at the look on his face. "Come on. Let's get something to eat and then get back on the road. The sooner we get moving the closer we get to Sang."

Everyone jumps into action and within a couple of minutes everything is packet up.

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20th April 2018

It has been a few month since I had my deep and meaningful with North and the guys.

Since then, I have watch as the North we remembered, finally comes back to the man he was.

Has he changed? Yes. But he also talks more now, he even smiles every now and then.

I have dropped my formalities, and joke around with the guys. At first they didn't know what to do, but soon took it in stride.

I have to say my talk with North, not only helped him, but helped myself as well.

I understood more now, how my actions were affecting the team and that trying to keep hold of the man I was, is no longer the man I wanted to be.

I wanted for the first time in my life, to act like the twenty three year old I was. To be apart of the family, not just exist in it.

Since then we have grown more close than I thought we could have ever been, and if one good thing came from this messed up world, it's this.

I just hope Sang likes this new me, and that she will accept it.

But then I think, Sang will no longer be the quiet timid girl we use to know, especially if she has lasted this long in a world full of Chaos.

But no matter what she has become, I will love her none the less, maybe even more.

It wasn't until we arrived in the next town, that we finally got confirmation of her existence.

We met a lady called Judy. Apparently she has been searching for us and followed the 52 back the way they came, hoping to meet up with us in our travels.

She claims to have seen Sang, and that she owes Sang her life.

She goes on to tell us how she was, how she acted and what she was dressed like.

I must admit I'm proud of our girl, but also heart broken to finally have learnt that she has had to kill. Not because I judge her, but because I never wanted that for her.

Judy then point to a painting on the wall, something we had missed in our travels. But apparently it is everywhere.

The painting is of a blonde hair girl holding a gun in one hand pointing out and the sword in the other slightly angled down to the ground. She has a fierce look on her face, and if I had to cross paths with this warrior I would be scared.

Then Judy tells us that her son who saw the in counter started painting her picture, and that the girl was Sang.

He wanted everyone to know that there is still good in this world, and it comes in the form of a girl.

I listen as silent tears fall down my face, and marvel and the fact that Sang still is the beautiful kind soul she was and always will be.

We ask her when she last saw Sang and she informs us that it was nearly two months ago.

I relish in the fact that we are only around four months behind Sang. And I can't wait to see her again.

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Authors Note

Hi everyone . Sorry about the mistakes. Isa wanted a chapter so I quickly wrote this up.

I'll go through later and fix it all up.

I hope you enjoyed Owens POV.

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