Dreams Of the Only Girl Who Matters

New World

I dreamt of a world where EMP's were permanent and the were randomized on what they affected. Most effect electrical appliances, some affected different materials or objects. Some of the zones bullets couldn't fly two feet before disintegrating in the air and vanishing. Some houses in these zones were destroyed as if they were targeted because the houses next to them would be untouched.

I lived in one of these zones because I felt more comfortable in it that outside the EMP's. I had felt like this was the only life I could possibly live comfortably in. In my faction, factions were the groups people had formed in the EMP areas, I was a scout and would run around in search of supplies to take and improve our lives inside at camp. This scouting mission had been the longest one I had been on. I had scouted for over a month with nothing to show and had ran into other groups in other EMP's. 

I was in what was once a grand city but soon fell to ruin. The city still held the majority of the people in the EMP's, but was now filled with once would have been called crimes. Luckily for this town a.k.a. me, this town had an EMP that effected bullets. For a scout to be sent out they must exceed in hand to hand combat and know have to survive in the wild. I had these attributes and I was also an expert with sword combat, able to best most anyone I meet. For those reasons I would willingly travel into a city such as one as this.

I was walking down a city street when I was assailed from a foe slightly smaller in stature than me from an alley. Instead of drawing my sword and dispatching my foe I chose to quickly disarm him of his weapon and have him at my mercy to do as I wished.  I caught the arm with the knife and twisted it to make him release knife. Before the knife hit the ground I had trapped my foe so they could resist me. 

I looked into his eyes and instead I found a feminine's angry set of eyes. I scanned her dirty body and took into the account of how close we were. I release her and scoop up her knife and examine it. "You were going to assail me with this?" I raised an eyebrow holding up her knife. The knife was old with many nicks on the blade and had prominent rusting, but it had a comfortable handle. I felt a twinge madness for the poor state of the knife 

She glared at me not looking at the knife. She probably presumed I would retaliate and end her life and her not replying was her last act of defiance. I reply for her "A poorly kept knife." She then glanced at the knife in a flash a regret and returned to glaring at me.

The regret I saw told me it was important to her in some way. "Come on." I wagged the knife at her ass if she was a dog I was tempting to get to follow me. I started to walk away, I got ten steps away before I heard shuffling behind me. After a bit I arrived at a collapsed building and sat down on the rubble and patted to motion the girl to sit down with me. When she sat down I started my assault of questions.

"What's your name?" She didn't tell me, probably because she doesn't trust me enough. I didn't know it at the time but I would never know her name in the years we would spend together. I ask her some more questions, but she would answer with silence. In retribution I tell her I shall keep her knife and let the smithy back home melt it down and make it into something else. That provoked a response.

"That's mine, and I would like it back." She replied in a stern, yet delicate and memorizing voice. 

I raised my eyebrow at the comment and replied "Why should I give it back?" She wouldn't answer. "If you want it you will have to come with me." I could visibly see that that had pissed her off more so than before. 

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I decided that I would quite the mission and start heading back home with my new companion in tow.

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A couple days later outside the city nearing night, we found a clean water pond. I cleaned myself up and once I was done I noticed that she hadn't cleaned herself up. "I shall leave you to clean yourself up. I will be setting up camp on the other side of the hill" I gesture east towards the hill I meant. "Yell if you are in danger." With that I took my leave to set up camp.

As I set up camp I wondered if she wold take this opportunity to run and get away from me. By the time I had cleared an area of twigs and rocks and made a fire she returned. I heard her clumsy walk threw the the trees. As she got closer I turned away from the fire to look at her and confirm her identity. I had to take a double take for I was astounded by the beauty that now stood in front of me. She had pretty and delicate skin and contrasting black hair. 

I stood there gawking at in the sunset and it took till she asked me if I was alright to bring me back to my sense. The rest of the night I resumed as if in a trance because I was captured in her beauty.

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We continued on our trek for a couple months slowly getting to know each other more and becoming closer, but in this time I never got to see her smile, nor did I learn her name. I had scrounged up a nicer dress for her that seemed to make her even prettier. I gave her her knife back when I felt confident that she would not attack me with it in my sleep. Because I wanted to spend time with her alone before we arrived to camp, I took her on a detour to outside the EMP's to show her that there is always another world where is she wanted to she could go and live there and live a new life. I silently prayed she would continue to stay with me and be mine forever. 

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While in our time in the outside we ran into a couple who loved photography. They asked if she would be willing to pose for them. She looked to me for my answer, but I simply looked to her with a raised eyebrow telling her that it was her choice. She decided to grant their favor and pose for them. 

As I watched as she posed taking in her figure, I notice that she still would't smile. I could tell she would try at times but she seemed like it wasn't in her capabilities. When the couple left with their new photos I was sure sell for a good amount of money, she sat down with a sigh. I came over and sat across from her. I took her hands and looking into her eyes, "Why don't you smile? Before you get mad just know that I don't care whether you smile or not. I am just concerned about you." 

She took a couple moment seemingly to take the time to gather her thoughts and answered downcasted with her eyes on the floor, "Because I am a slit throat." 

I had suspected from our first encounter together that she had done so, but to be honest at one point or another most everyone in the EMP's had killed someone, myself included. I didn't care whether that was her past or not so I told her. I put my finger under her chin and and met her gaze and told her, "I don't care about your past, I just care about you." 

She smiled then. The first of hers I had seen and if I had lived the same time as the greeks I would have likely thought her to be a recarnation of Aphrodite with a smile like that. She kissed me and it was amazing, like heaven opening up, it seemed like the kiss was forever, but still it ended much too soon. 

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We became the closest of lovers and were everywhere together and as the years passed our passion for each other never faded. 

Sometimes life is too short and every nanosecond should be spent with loved ones.