A Thousand Suns

Chapter Nine- ...Blood In Your Eye

"Yeah, okay." Mike said as he walked back into the bedroom, ending the conversation with the guy who interrupted him and Chester. He shut the door and took a big breath before looking over to the bed. Chester was laying here with his eyes closed and his breathing back to normal. God damn it. Mike thought in aggravation while walking over to the bed. He fell asleep. Great... Just great.

He looked over at the clock on the nightstand on the side Chester was sleeping on, and saw that it was 12:24 am.

No wonder he fell asleep. It's late. He's probably tired. Mike walked over to the empty side of the bed. He climbed on top of the mattress and pulled the blanket over the two of them. He laid down and was about to fall asleep, until he felt arms wrap around him and a body snuggle up to him. Mike smiled and wrapped his arms around Chester, pulling him closer.

"Hey." Chester mumbled.

"Hey, lovely."

"So... who was that?"

"I can't tell you. He doesn't want anyone outside our group to know who he is... which is funny since everyone in the work probably knows him."

"Oh."

"You know him, I'll tell you that much."

"So why not tell me who it is?"

Mike didn't answer. He only rubbed Chester's back lightly. It was comforting to do this. It was comforting that they were together again, laying in bed together. This will actually probably be the first night he's getting sleep after a while, and having Chester beside him makes it even better. It was like it was a few days ago... or has it only been one day? He couldn't remember.

I need to ask him... Maybe there's still a chance... "Chazy?"

"Yeah?"

"Can I ask you something?"

"I don't know..." Chester smiled. "I'm pretty tired... and you left me here to deal with myself earlier."

Chester was playing with Mike now. He really wished that had stayed with Chester instead of leave, but that was business he had to take care of. The cubes wouldn't be around for much longer, especially if that thirty eight year old finds out he blew up another place, which was gonna happen only one more time. After he blows up Phoenix, Arizona, it'll all be done. Him and Chester could try to live a normal life again.

It's never gonna be normal.

"Chester, the guys and I only have one more place to blow up, and we really want you to be the reason this place is taken out."

"Why? What place is it?"

Mike didn't expect that question. He thought Chester would just say 'No, I can't do that.', but this sent a light of hope to him.

"It's just a place very close to here that needs be destroyed. So many people there hurt you. I can't stand to know those people are still out there."

"That's why?" Chester asked. He shook his head and said, "I honestly don't think there's a place around here that I've been to."

"It's not in this area. It's in the state next to us. Only about six hours away."

"And you really want it destroyed, do ya?"

Mike nodded. "You'll be better off once it's destroyed and everyone there deserves this for treating you badly, I promise ." Mike assured the older man. He kissed the top of his head and said, "And we need you to join us. Without you it's basically useless. Please?"

Chester looked up into Mike's eyes. "I need to think about it..." was all he said. "Right now, we should sleep. Just us, like before."

Mike smiled and said, "Yeah. You're right." We'll need it for tomorrow...