Firewall

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

"Hey now, don't go running through the Wasteland like that!" Vanoss cupped his hands around his mouth so his voice would echo farther, but even if Sky had heard, he showed no intention of slowing down. Vanoss sighed and went after his friend, climbing up onto one of the many boulders that decorated the stretch of mangled ground that they had given the fitting name of "Wasteland." Crushed rocks and cracked earth were all the Wasteland had to offer, since the pitiful stretch of land was at the foot of one of the many mountains in the outer ring. Many fights took place up near the intimidating peaks, debris coming to rest right where Vanoss and Sky were right now. The ugly sight was a dangerous place, somewhere not many people were even allowed to go due to the threat of falling debris.

Regarding that, it was the perfect place for Sky. Somewhere where he could hide if his emotions got out of control and Vanoss could respect that. Yet as of now, the situation was different, he had to confront him. Vanoss cursed to himself as his nearly twisted his ankle on some loose rock "Sky..." he tried not to raise his voice so Sky wouldn't get any more stressed out "come on, you know we have to talk about this!"

"Oh piss off already!" Sky snapped back from a taller debris pile, not even looking back at Vanoss as he disappeared from sight, presumably climbing down on the other side "just leave me alone!"

Vanoss winced as his voice echoed throughout the Wasteland, making him warily glance up at the mountain in case his shouting had caused an avalanche. Upon seeing nothing of hazard, he sighed and continued climbing "I could fly after him, but that might make him even more frustrated..." Vanoss muttered something under his breath as he made his way through the unfriendly environment "Fucking Christ... I hate walking! Especially here!"

After the incident with Jack, Sky had fled from the safety of the Firewall and into the outer ring. Vanoss had flown after him, struggling to keep up with Sky's frantic running. He had no idea how Sky was able to outrun him for so long, let alone make it all the way out to the Wasteland without resting, but he had fortunately been forced to slow down due to the hazardous terrain.

Sky had a crazy knack for running. He ran all the time, no matter what his mood was he always found joy in it. The only one who could run faster than him was Jack. Yet he only used his running for two things: Fighting and escaping into the outer ring when he got out of control.

"Sky!" Vanoss called again as he rounded the pile just in time to see his friend in the processes of weaving through a series of jagged rocks that stuck out of the ground "you could be over thinking it! It's not like Jack-"

"He fucking knows!" Sky nearly screamed back up at him, actually making Vanoss flinch "Jack fucking knows!"

"You don't know that!" Vanoss found himself yelling back in order to compete with his intimidating volume, working his way down the hill of rocks "how could he even possibly know!?"

"You didn't see the way he looked at me!" Sky had stopped trying to escape Vanoss's attempt at comfort and had started to pace back and forth in a violent fashion, occasionally stumbling over the rocks underfoot but he apparently didn't care "his eye may have been green as a fucking emerald but I still saw that fucking FEAR!"

"You need to address this rationally" Vanoss held up his hands up in front of his chest as he slowly approached his pacing friend "we've done all we can to hide this from him, there is no way that-"

"I've let everyone DOWN!" Sky didn't even acknowledge Vanoss's words and grabbed at his own head, his fingers digging in and tugging at his curly hair "Felix and Mark are gonna have me fucking lynched!"