Broken

Chapter 10-Part One

Penny's POV--

Where is everyone? I thought, as I made my way out of the room and towards where I heard the sound of music.

I could hear my brother singing along to "Viva La Vida"

Oh no oh no oh no.

He always sings this song before attempting suicide.

"For some reason I can't explain

I know Saint Peter won't call my name."

It was getting toward the end of the song, which is when he always attempts.

I made my way through the small crowd and kicked the door down, but I was too late.

The one person that meant the most to me was lying on the floor in front of me, soaking in a puddle of his own blood.

"Never an honest word,

But that was when I ruled the world."

I could feel my heart sink down to my stomach, along with my knees to the floor.

I heard people cheering in the backround, but I just ignored them.

"Nobody cared about him anyway."

I immediately burst into tears, leaning my head on my brothers' chest. How can this be happening?

I wasn't here to protect him. I promised him I would never let him slip away, but now its too late.

All of these people, Claire, Peter, Hiro.

They don't know my brother as well as they think they do.

They don't know about his disease. They don't know about how every night he prays to God that he never has to hurt a single soul again.

They don't know the nights when he would just cry and cry for hours on end, begging for forgiveness.

He never wanted to hurt anybody.

He tried his hardest not to, but every time he failed.

I was the only person who cared about him.

Everyone else called him evil, and a murderer.

But in truth, he's probably the sweetest person alive.

Or he was

Just thinking about this made me cry even harder, sobbing so loud that the crowd behind me shut their mouths.

"Zach." I whispered.

"Zach I'm sorry. They didn't know you didn't want to hurt anybody. They don't know about Robert. They don't know anything. I wish they knew." I cried softly in his ear, my tears falling onto his face and into the cut on his throat.

"You wish we knew what? Why do you even care that he's dead? He's a murderer." Suresh snarled at me, spitting on my brother's body.

I pressed my lips in a thin line, standing up and making my way over to him.

Before he could say anything, I was throwing my fist into his jaw, sending him backwards and into Peter's arms.

"Nice punch." a hoarse voice said from behind me.

My eyes widened in shock before filling with tears, my mouth curving up into a smile.

I turned around to face my brother, who was sitting upright with absolutely no cut on him. I bent down next to him and engulfed him in a hug, kissing him on the cheek. "You scared me." I whispered, only for him to hear.