The CoDas: Reboot [By Hex]

Chapter 37: And Freedom is Sin

The Distant Storm Arc: And Freedom is Sin

Echoes of his past resonate in his sleep, his eyes moved rapidly under his eyelids as he was in a deep sleep, a heavy dream. He heard mumbling of his relatives, the loving words of his brother, the aching screaming, the blasting sounds of explosions and gunfire.

W̢̝h̀at̺̣̭͠ ͏̰a̰̲̙̲͔͕͚͜ ͇b̙̙̯͙̪͍͘e̦͎̘̘͉ͅa̭͔̖͉̻̥͠u̲̭͔̱t̖̬̯̺íf̪͖͔͍u̳͈͉͡ͅl͏ ̹͕̗̰͙͈d̻͝r̨̞̹̜̜e̬͕͕a̬͓͚̺m̧̩̪̞

Zack gently opened his eyes, conscious of the voice in his head, he rose from his bed and sat by the edge. The bedroom was darkly lit with the city lights illuminating it, he glanced at his shelf which was filled with small cases disk drive cases that contained games he would often play with Nathan. Nathan...Zack feels distant with from that name, from that boy. Zack felt the looming presence of the creature near him, speaking softly, "Yes...it was a good dream. But I must ask, what should I call you by?"

Y̡͇͉̯o̳̼u̫̟͢ ̨̼̖ͅm͢a̻͕͍̲y̥͓̜̭̠̹̫ c̪͉̬̳͇̟a͏͍l̼̗̼̻̦l̘͝ ̛m̦e͓̜̹͔͔ ̨̠͉G̢̼̩͉̖̥̘u̝͎a̞̭͙͉͡r̗̙͕̥d̴̳͙̺̠͔i̦̙̟̗̜͈͍͠a̳̼̫n̶̩̳̯.

Zack nodded slightly, "What is that I must do, my Guardian...?"

Co̖͓̼r̙ͅp̣͇͙̤̦̣ͅs̘͓͍͔̙͇e̖̟͇̤͓̪ ͕̭̖Pa͕̩͓̲̻̮̥r̙a͉͙̘ḍ̱̙e͉̺

Zack raised an eyebrow, "Corpse Parade?" 

Y͚͕͓o͍̼̫ụ ̙̻̰͙̤m͕̘̲͇̝̜u͈̪̱͉̹̗s̫̳̤̳̪̹t ̣͚͍̬̪̯j̠o̻̗̦i̙n̮̻ ̜̦̘̦̲̳t̟͓͇h͎̟̤ͅe̼̫m ̻̻͉ạ̬̦̳̬̹͎n̗̻̝̱d͕͖̦̙̻͙͈ ͖͚̱̖l̺̰̯̼͚ͅḙ̞̰̥͚̘̼adͅ th̝̩̖̝̙̭e͓̩̺̬͎͚͎m͚,

̲O̠̰n̺l̖͔̞y͍͓̲̻ ͙̱̟t̫͕ͅh̥̥̯͍͖en͔͇̭̟͈ ͕̻̰̬w̻̲͎͉i̬l̠͎͚͍͚l͈ ͙y̩o͓u͚̼͇͈̺͎ ͓̣̞̼ͅr̰e̱a̜̤̙̰̗̗c̹h c̖̤ḽos̭̹̫̼e͚̩r ̦̝͎͇t̹̠o̥ ̮͕y͖̗̞̯ọu̻̺͎̤̬͙r͖̤̘͙ͅ g͇̣o̭̪̼̮͎̦ͅa͔͕̩̠͎͔ͅl.͎̠̖

"What is so special about them? How do I find them?"

T͎̰h̹̳͖̳̖̙̦e̬͖͇̺̜̪y͔̝̲͙̬̱͖ ̠̙̩a̭r͖̼e͓̻ ̼t̖̦͍̪h͕̞͉e͙͇̭ ͇̟͓͔b̹̤ṛ̠͉̦̯i̳̳͉̝n̲̙̯͕̰g͇͈e̫̱r̟̮͍̙̠s͔̙ ̝̥̭͕̳o̬̝f̞ ̫͔̲de̜st͙r̦̣̖̣̲͇u͎͔̟͖̰ͅc͇͙͇̟̤t̳̬̹̮̺i̠͙̯͔ͅo̖̘̺̤͓n̻̬͈̫,͚ ͈̼i̪̩̞f̬ y̙̺͓̖o̝͖̲u ͈̪̝̯͈̥̘wa̝̼̩͍̥n̩̪̯̭̳̘̟t̲̯̙̯͈͕̯ ̙̰̫̟̜̫t̟̙̘̹̳͚ͅo̪̬̣̘̠̠͓ ͚̼͇̼b͖r͍̟in̩̥̤̞g̟̣ y̥̥̳̠͓͈̗o̳u̯̘̣̺̦r̩͖͉͇ ̝̻h̫͇̲̲͇̜ạ̤̙̝̹̠̺t̮͚r̦̭͉͍ẹ̹̪͔d̬̜̖̬̻ ̠̞̖̲̰u̠̩̗p̠͚̙̤͉̗͈o͇͕͉͓n̫͎͙̞͙͖͔ ̟͎t͎̗ḥ͕͍̤̤e͓̤͕̫̗̟̫ ͍͇ẉ̻o̥r̦̬̖̝̠̟̣ld ͈͎͓͙̳̺

t̝̭̦͓̪̖̪h͎e̳̦̙̲͙͖͓n͎͎ ̟̦y̜͖̩͕̣o̙̺͈͇̦u̻͔̘͔͓͖ ̘̥̗͇͙̹̘m̯͉ͅu̮͈̗͔sṱ̼̤͔ j͓̣̱͓̖͔o̘͕̥in̘͕͓ͅ ̗͖͖͕̥̥t̘̪͎̭̯͍he̤i͚̮͇r̠̣̻̱̠̬͓ ̮̲̬̯̤s͎̟̳͇̗ͅi̖̪ͅd̻͍͍ͅe̥͚̤.

̖̲͓B̯̦̗̣͖e̺͇͖͇ p̞̪̝̤̲̙̥a̳̟t̤̥ͅi̠͇͍̫͍ͅe̞n͈t, ͙ͅmy͍̘̩̺̤͍ c̥͈̟͓h̖͕̠̱i̦ͅl̹̝̱̪̱͎d̖̮̯.̯ Y̳͍o͍͔̲u ͚͎̱ḏ͎̜̙͚on̟̞'͓͚t̲̩̬͈ͅ n̙͖e̫̝̠̩͖̭e͉̦̭͉̺̪͍d ̺̰̳t̞̼o̖̗̰̪͉ͅ ̹fi͈n̳d͕̻̲̜ͅ ̩̠̗̰̻̜̳t̺̰ḥ͙̥̪ͅe̻̲̲̗̞͉m͇̦͙,͉̺̘̝̬̳̞ ̞̝̺̲t̬͍̖̮̻͇̯h̻̩̬̝͔̫e̘̜̪̰̻y̗ ͖̱w̜i̦͖̭̦̹̘̙l̻͇̱l̤̥̤͓ ͎̙͔f̥͙̙̭̹̤ͅi̥̞n͈̤ͅd͈̩͚ ̠̯y̲̖̰o͉̯̼͉̲ṳ̘̗.̻͓̪