The Light when all is Dark

Chapter 1

They took her away.

They took him away.

They're all gone.

I'm the only one left.

Out of them all. Just me.

No mum, no dad, no sister.

No family.

Just me.

My name is Edward, and this has been my life ever since the war started, that being most of my life.

I vaguely remember my family being taken away, and the kidnappers left me because I was 'weak' and 'wouldn't grow up to be any use.' I promised myself that for as long as I remembered, I wouldn't live up to their expectations.

I decided that I would grow to be strong and useful, and that some day I would find away to bring my parents back. And if I couldn't, I swore that I would avenge them. No matter what the cost. Even though I didn't know anything about them, family is family. Nothing could ever change that.

This has always been my goal. Nothing could ever change that.

For years I had plotted a way to infiltrate their base, but every way I looked at it, I would need more people than just me. But I didn't know anyone.

From what I knew, the only people in this world were me and the kidnappers. Nobody else existed. Absolutely nobody. Ever. I was alone in this long, vast world.

And among all the places in the world, I landed in Sweden. Sweden, a place where I needed to actually be prepared for the weather to live alone in. That, I wasn't. Not at all. I thought it would be just like the Philippines. Obviously I was a complete idiot back then, because it was nothing like that. There was snow in almost every season of the year.

The kidnappers, on the other hand. They were based in Denmark. Their base of operations was rather large, but easy enough for me to be able to run around and scout the outskirts. On each edge of the pentagram-shaped headquarters, there was an army guarding, all with laser-machine guns. I only had a laser pistol. Clearly, I was no match. Now, just imagine my face when I shot a guard and alerted the organization that they had someone on the outside to look out for.

I was terrified. I thought they would come after me, chase me to the ends of the earth. Luckily for me, a soldier from the group hid me and helped me escape. On that day, I realized that not all of the soldiers were evil. Some had hearts. The only job was to find which ones were like that, and recruit them.

This day was many years ago.

Still, despite all my attempts, I had not been able to get any of them to join me. All I had done was make them more and more aware of me, and the time will come where they come out for me and take me in. I wouldn't be able to escape if it happened again. No 'god soldier' would smuggle me out anymore.

I know this because I found my savior on the floor with a laser mark on his chest.

He was laying there, dead.

All because of me.