Humanity's secret

On Our Way To Our Goodbya

"Mommy...." i asked with my tiny and gently quivering voice.  My tiny and cold hands where clenched on the only familiar thing i knew. My mom. I held her hand like it was the only thing that could keep me safe from all the bad and unknown things in this world.

Or at least in this street. It was really dark in here. It also didn't helped that this was a new and unknown place. By every tiny noise i heared, a small squeeck of suprise escaped from my mouth. I hated the dark, and i will never think about it differently. There was nothing you could do to make me like the cold and unknown darkness.

The thought of somoene who could follow us withouth any problem and eventually killing us was to strong. The dark made the most horrefying thought in my mind escape from its cage and pread itself in my head. Making me thinking that every mouse that bumped into a metal can, or every sound of a bird flying away was something that would jump from a hidden dark spot and kill us.

' Never go alone on the Streets little kid, it's dangerous. and never leave youre mom's side, promise? You need to protect her from the bad guys. ' I remembered where that sentance came from. I heared it from a soldier. Someone i look up to and hope to be one day like them. This soldier was one of the nicest persons i ever met! I remember sitting on the Streets, cuddeling close to my mom to get some warmth and comfort. That was our way to survive, chear each others warmth and stay close by each other. 

One day an unknown man, a soldier to be more specific, saw us huddeled together like a mother dog and it's tiny puppy. Most soldier's would come and demand to give them our food, that was already so hard to get. Or chase us away. But not him. No, he looked at us with a small smile and walked over to us. I remember my mom shouting at him to leave me alone. But when he got closer my momy began to get silent, like she kenw this man. Sadly, i was still cleuless about the whole situation. Who was this man? And could i trust him? My mom did stop with yelling at him. So maybe it's okay? He ignored the confused eyes of my mommy and got  over to me, still huddeled like a scared puppy close by my mom. He knielend next to me. Laying hes gun on the ground. Like he wanted to tell me silently it was alright and that i could trust him. And something inside me beleved it. I just nodded at him as a sing it was alright to come closer. so he came to is and knieled down so he was on the same eye height as me and got somoething out of he's pocket.

I knew what it was. It was somekind of 'necklace'. My mom said that in the time the city was still whole, almost everyone weared them. Now in this time, they where really rare. Especially the ones with the tiny glowing stones in them. and suprisingly, this was one of them. The soldier just puttet it around my neck and winked at me. I coulnd beleve my eyes at theat moment!  i had never seen something as unique as this! It looked like a big dark bleu stone, wit in it some small white glowing stones. But the combination of the two looked like a piece of the nightsky!

Then the soldier said the only thing he said to us, or betther said to me. "Never go alone on the Streets little kid, it's dangerous. and never leave youre mom's side, promise? You need to protect her from the bad guys. " Then he ruffeled my dirty blonde hair and leaved as soon as he came. Since that time, i promised to protect my mother, no matther what. I will beacome the greatest soldier you will ever see! And there is nothing you can do to stop me!

"C'mon Levi, we are almost there. " my mom said withouth anything more. Her voice was slighly shivering, like she was trying to hold back some tears. But why would she cry? There isnt any reason for...

I understand that it is hard living here. In this broken city that once was called' the beautyfull London'. It's state was barly livable. There where sharp and metal peaces everywhere and i even hurt myself a few times.

But together we can survive. Im ceartan of that. I will never leave my moms side! "Levi, stop dreaming you silly boy. I dont want you to hurt youreself by tripping over something." She said. And then something happened that surprised me.

A single but clear tear streamed over her cheek, It was only seeable by the moonlight reflecting in it. My 'little-son- protective-nature' took over on that moment. Why was she crying? Did i do something wrong? Why was she sad?

I tugged on her sleeve but she just ignores it and whiped the tear away like it was nothing. It was like she puttet on a emotionless mask and the mommy i once knew, was gone. I decides to just hold my mouth about it, not wanting to make het even more upset.

We just walked furter and followed my mom blindly under the beatufull starry sky.
The night was beatyfull.
The only thing that could give me peace once again. I clenced my other tiny hand around the neckalce the soldier gave me back then.
We walked further
Little did i know
I was on my way to our goodbya.