Mini-Stories

He Helped Me (FirebrandXObserver) (2)

     People always ask me: "Why Firebrand? Why Him?" I always respond with: "There's something about him that no one else sees.." Behind that darkness there is someone who wants love, someone to talk to when he's lonely or sad, But that's not the only reason I love him. I, Observer of The Collective, can see into the past and the future, I can see into other time lines and possibilities, but I never saw what happened back then, back then when Dead Head and the others were planning to kill Noah and turn him into Firebrand, I had, woken up, The Administrator was loosing his grip on me and I had realized the mess I had caused, the shit I was forced to do. I had taken the blame for all of it, I hated myself for it, but that night they pushed him into the flames, I couldn't do anything other than watch, because if I made one wrong move I'd be done for. I can still hear his screams in my mind, they repeat, alone with the thought of "I should have done something, I could have done something." But I know it's not my fault, Firebrand reminds me all the time, but after Noah became Firebrand, I stuck with him the entire time, not leaving his side, one night I saw him leaving, he had broken from the web, he had awoken form The Administrator. But I always knew he had been awake, he's smart like that, stronger than any of us, I admire him for it. I decided to follow him and to my surprise, he let me, he helped me leave even after all the shit I put him through, he still helped me. I don't understand why, but he told me: "None of the Collective wants to be here, I know that, and I know you don't want to be here either." That's why I help him and love him. Because he helped me escape my hell, he helped me when I didn't think there was a way to be free, and I plan on doing the same for him. No matter what he does or what he says, no matter what other do or say, I want to help him.