Old Place, New Sacrifices.

Chapter 6: Alone.

I wonder as to where I should go. I left the building and I'm wandering down a street about forty minutes from the base. I might go back... to Homeworld. I know I hated my old job, but they might put me on a different station this time, seeing as it's only me coming back...

I'm going back alone.

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"Cory... I'm sorry for giving you the cold shoulder earlier. You know how close I was with Ash, and I-" I paused as I glanced around his room to find it was barren, with only a few things left around the room. I walk over to the desk of which on it there was a note from him. It read:

'To whoever finds this,

My apologies if you wanted me for anything. I just felt like my influence would be best suited elsewhere, so I left. I had a legit reason for ducking out there, but none of you listened...While I was firing, I felt a small zap in one of my fingers, and it then went numb. As you guys might have gethered from Ashlie, they've either made or found a material that reflects our tasers' shots somehow.

But, that's beside the point. I've left to let you guys benefit more.

- Cory

P.S. Whoever finds this? Tell Jess I love her, but this is for the team.'

"That stupid idiot." I whisper, tears starting to well in my eyes. "You. You were such a STUPID IDIOT FOR NOT TELLING HIM!" I collapse as all my senses shut down. All my common sense goes out the window. I run to my room, ignoring Nick, Uni and Jon.

"Jess! What's up?" I hear Jon yell after me. I carry on running until I get to my room, which I immediately lock as I hear Jon desperately banging at my door. His voice shaky as he yells all sorts of things to try and get me down from my stool.

"Don't do it Jess! Think about Cory!" I stop tying the knot for a second.

I step down from my stool and say "Stop." by the door, just barley loud enough for him to hear me. He stopped talking within seconds. I open the door. Jon walked in, and I immediately shut and lock the door again.

"So." He glanced at the noose I was tying from a small hook on my ceiling. "What set you off if you don't mind me asking?" His voice was shaky as he stared at the almost finished noose.

"He left. He left without telling anyone. He... he..." I started having a breakdown.

"Jess, everything's fine. Just calm down." He sat me down and hugged me until I did calm down. "If he just walked out on you when you're in this sort of state of mind, he's not the one for you."

"Jon." I was talking in voice that was barely audible at this point.

"Yes?"

"I... I never told Cory about my depression. I've always only acted fine around him. I don't think I've told anyone else other than you. I've just always acted fine... I'm such an awful friend..." I started having another breakdown.

"Jess. Stop and look at me in the eyes." I try my best to stop and I look up at him. "You are not a bad person for not feeling comfortable with letting everyone know about how you feel, OK? That is up to you. But Cory still should've been here to support you even if he didn't know. And I know that what I say isn't going to effect the way you think about yourself, and nor will any amount of evidence I show you help either. But I want you to know that there are people who love you and that care about you, and that you're not alone. I'd like you to come and spend a bit of time with me Uni and Nick. You don't have to tell them, but I just don't want you on your own." He stands up as I nod and follow him to the others. Uni was right next to Nick. "Hey guys, what you looking at?"

"The tracker's landed!"Uni shouted. I instantly looked up.

"Are you serious?" I said, actually excited.

"Yeah! But are you OK Jess? You looked like you were about to cry, then Jon rushed after you."Nick looked worried about me...

"That doesn't matter! What are we waiting for? Let's get going!"

"We're waiting for Cory since he's still in his room." Oh, I still haven't told them, have I?

"Oh, yeah. Um... Cory bailed on us this morning." Jon said it for me.

"Oh... I guess we're waiting for nothing then! Let's get the supplies ready and go!"

~OK, hey guys, sorry for this little note at the end, but I just wanted to quickly apologise for not updating over the holidays. I am hoping to get back into writing but this year i'm starting my GCSE's (Main qualifications in England, don't know about anywhere else...) and need to concentrate a bit more on revision. Having said that though, I have had ideas on where to take the sequel of experiments. I also have had several other ideas to do with drawing. I've been finding it more easy to draw rather than write at the moment form scratch, but... I will say to just keep an eye out for ShadowC94 on webtoons. I'll try and write bits here and there for this and my other stories. Hope you all enjoy! Bye!~