Who is The Man Behind The Mask? (a Cryaotic Love Story)

Chapter 8: "Cry...where are you?"

My idea of fear is something you cannot comprehend. Fear is something that happens to you. It pulls you out of your safe zone, it pulls you out of your comfort and it makes you feel powerless in your situation. It's something that builds and it keeps on feeding into one core aspect of making you completely vulnerable. You can't control it whenever it happens. You're powerless. You're completely alone. You don't have any means of getting back to safety. You have nothing. Fear is something that makes you irrational, something that puts you in a state of doing things you would not normally do. Like cry out for your mother. Sprinting towards anywhere, you don't know where, but you're just running as fast as you can; trying to get away, but you know deep down you won't be able to. That's my definition of fear. You're just powerless. -Cryaotic

Ellie, Squirt, Buddy, and I left the next day towards the safe zone that supposedly dad and an old friend who called himself Nova resigned. I didn't want to believe it, that another person that I cared about was dragged into all of... whatever this is. I kept running through my head what Cry would say if he was... still here.

I know he'd say something like "that punk better keep his hands to himself or I'll stab him with a fork!"

I laughed lightly under my breath grabbing Buddys attention

"what's so funny princess?" he asked as we sat around a camp fire, we were still miles away from the safezone and I knew the girls were exhausted. I glanced over at the two sleeping little girls that rested close to my side in a sleeping bag.

"I was just thinking... about what cry would say about all of this..." I gently took off crys mask from my tear stained face, I rested its forehead against mine closing my eyes.

"I imagine him getting jelous if he met Nova... God I wish he was just here" I could feel the sobs begin again as Buddy scooted close holding me in his arms

"hey hey, everything is okay princess" he soothed "hey, do you remember that story Cry read to you when you were four?"

I nodded "yeah, where the sidewalk ends"

"you remember your favorite poem?"

I laughed "It's dark in here..."

Buddy looked up at the night sky "I am writing these poems from inside a lion"

we both laughed as I joined in

"and it's rather dark in here, so please excuse the handwriting which may not be too clear. But, this afternoon by the lion's cage I'm afraid I got too near and I'm writing these lines from inside a lion, and it's rather dark in here"

suddenly something hit me, it was a hunch but it seemed possible

"Buddy, do you know how Cry told me my future ten years ago when I left Victubia?"

he nodded "yeah... he used an enchantment spell on his storybook..."

"but I've seen that book so many times and I know those pages are filled with different stories..."

"Princess, where are you going with this?"

"He didn't use enchantment, that would mean he put words on blank paper... Buddy... I think Cry uses illution magic"

Buddy shook his head "that's impossible-"

"think about it Buddy, how would Cry be able to teach me how to control my powers like he did. That's not just something you can learn to do from studying magic..."

"the only way anyone would be able to teach another to control their powers..."

"is if he had to learn as well" I finished

Buddy shook his head "theirs something you should probably know about Cry..."

"Buddy..." I felt fear creep its way into my spine

"When I was in the other world watching over you... I saw Cry"

I shook my head "w-what do you mean?"

"I mean... Mark was wrong about Crys curse. He can travel to the other world"

I shot up "you mean I could've regained my memories sooner?!" I said through my teeth

Buddy stood too shaking his head repeatably "no no no, I mean... yes but... Princess, you have to understand that Sir Cryaotic loved you dearly and the only time I saw him visit was a week after your 10th birthday, he kissed you on the forehead and he swore under his breath..." Buddy stopped not wanting to continue

"Buddy please, tell me what he said!" I yelled through tears, I quickly softened my tone "please... I need to know"

Buddy stayed quiet for a moment, he stared down at his feet holding back tears

"I'm afraid I got too near..."

I slowly fell to my knees feeling every bone in my body ache in sadness as I can hear Cry's soft comforting voice, I look up shocked that he stood on one knee with his hand on my shoulder

"c-cry?" I whispered

"Ellie, listen to me I know Shit sucks now, hurts, nothing feels good and you just want it to stop. It will stop, it's not a blink and hey it's over thing, it'll take some time. You just gotta keep walking out of that mess and become the you you've wanted all this while. if you love me, Grasp that shit. You take ahold of what makes you happy and make it your own. It doesn't work out? Kick the dirt, cry a little, recover, and move on. Don't submerge yourself so far under that sea of tears you conjured up and drown. On the grand scale of things, the world is huge. The loss of one number amongst billions would effect the entirety of it all none.

But you gotta realize something... I will always love you. The world around you, your friends, family, those who you've personally affected with your own existence. That is your world. That is the world you are apart of and what makes you, well, you" he kissed my forehead then vanished right before me.

"Buddy?" I cried out "did you see that?"

Buddy rushed to me quickly whipping my face with his sleeve, I looked down noticing the red blood dripping from my face hitting my legs.

"I-I'm bleeding?"

"You're okay princess, just hang on" Buddy said worryingly, he took something out of his backpack just as everything began growing blurry "cry..." I whispered "...please..."

"Nova come in, I'm using the emergency walkie do you copy?"

I could hear only static as buddy waited for a response

"Please please pick up nova!" Buddy muttered frustrated

Silence...

I weakly extended my arm holding my hand out "h-hand it... to me..." Buddy did just that placing the walkie in my blood covered hand

I placed the walkie close to my mouth pressing the talk button "James... Please..."

Growling echoes in the distance

"Save me..." I close my eyes falling to the ground losing consciousness.

Before I do, I hear a familiar crazy voice echo through the air

"You don't mess with my baby!"