Heroes

Shaky Smiles And Pain

Apparently, Marcus had assaulted a guard, stole his blood drug and left. They only bothered to check up on him two days after he's left. Disgraceful. I let the guards know that if they slacked off again, there wouldn't be a third time. The last time they slacked off, Renée died.
Jun ran over to me.
"I'm going to get Marcus. You coming?"
"Damn right I am. Let's do this."
I'd like to have brought Aria so she could get some payback, but she was still in hospital.
I held a revolver in my left hand. My right hand was gone, and although I was offered a prosthetic, I wanted to be reminded of what war had done to me, and why peace should happen at any cost. Now we had peace, but Marcus was ruining our country.
We'd put a stop to that. I would put a stop to that.
I had a lot of scars now. My right eye was gone after Maya stabbed me, my hand was gone after the explosion, and a large scar spread across my right cheek too, from Maya also.
Jun drove a basic black four seater, and the two of us headed to the shipwreck, where Maya died, and supposedly where the LR unit were.

The shipwreck was completely abandoned. We searched head to toe, and and found nothing, except for a small note that lay crumpled on the ground. It was next to where Maya died, a small cabin at the head of the ship.
"Marcus. If you're reading this letter, tomorrow you must escape from the prison. Find us at the shipwreck not far along the coast. From MT."
On the back of the note, bold capital letters were scrawled across the back.
"Scalleti scum. Maya is dead because of you, and now you will die because of me. You and your friends walked into a trap."
The door slammed to and locked. I briefly saw a shadowy figure closing the door. Marcus.
He'd found Maya's body and blood I presumed after escaping, and set this trap for me, Jun, and Aria.
Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic.
To make my day even better, white gas leaked under the door. I held my breath and covered my mouth and nose with my hoodie, and Jun did the same. My eyes burned, and I looked around for another way out. I saw a broken chair, and grabbed it. I smashed it against the small ship window in the corner.
"Jun! Help me with this!"
He smashed the window with his elbow.
"Go! Rivio!"
I instantly scrambled through, and helped Jun through too. I was instantly rugby tackled by Marcus, who then punched me in the face.
"Rivio! Why won't you fucking die?" He kept smashing his fist into my face. Jun grabbed him by the throat, but Marcus proved too strong and threw Jun against the floor. He stomped on his chest and Jun was instantly winded. I kicked Marcus's shin, but barely anything happened. He picked me up and slammed my head through the window I just escaped from. I was dropped suddenly, and turned to see a piece of glass stuck in Marcus's back, held by Jun.
"I got you now Marcus, you son of a bitch!"
"Try me, fuckface."
Marcus pushed backwards and slammed Jun into the ship barrier. He yanked out the glass from his back and stabbed Jun square in the throat and slammed his head against the barrier.
"NO! JUN!"
I ran at Marcus and clawed at his face. He grabbed me by the neck and threw me off of the shipwreck.
"Rivio! This place is rigged to blow! Now you will know the pain of losing your friends, what you believed in, everything you've loved and cared for! Burn in hell, Rivio Agani!"
He jumped off the ship and smashed me in the face.
Before I blacked out, I saw the shipwreck erupt in flames.
With Jun still aboard.

"Rivio! Rivio! Can you hear me?"
I opened my dreary eyes to see a much more colourful and healthy looking Aria.
"Aria? What happened?"
"Whoa, don't get up too fast. You've been out for a while. About ten hours."
"Jun? How is he?"
"The-the doctors. He's very badly burnt. They're not sure about the extent of his injuries yet."
"No.....oh shit. He doesn't deserve this. Marcus will pay."
"Yeah, he will." She gave me a shaky smile, before taking my bruised hand in hers.
Shaky smiles and pain. That's all I experienced anymore. Everything else, was just meaningless.