Don't Forget Me

Chapter Five

Tord has been sitting in one of the large trees on his mountain, one of his legs hanging off the side. He was bored. Looking down, he wondered what had become of Tom, and why he had vanished in the first place. Maybe he should try getting ahold of him.

So, adjusting himself to be in a more comfortable position, Tord aimed his fingers towards the ground. Small, thin bolts of lightning shot out of them, and struck the ground. He kept shocking the ground in Morse code, hoping the other God would respond.

'What's going on?'

He paused for a minute, hoping he'd get some response. But, none came.

'Tom, what's going on?'

When he, again, got no response, he groaned in frustration and tried one more time. However, this time, the bolts were larger. He was getting careless, confused, and irritated.

'You need to come back.'

The ground beneath him shook with every shock, and only afterwards had he realized what he did. He froze, and listened. When no sound came, he released a breath of relief. He remembered Tom telling him that the caves underneath his mountain, were rather weak, and could collapse easily. But, he hadn't felt or heard anything, so, hopefully, nothing happened.

Honestly, he wouldn't admit to the others, but, he actually did want Tom to come back. Without him there, everything seemed empty, and lonely. He wasn't there every second of every day, but, when he was, it was nice. Really nice.

Tord was also worried about him for a separate reason. He still hadn't gotten a grip on himself, so, he was worried for his health. Transformations were obviously painful to him, and he had a bad habit of transforming whenever he felt he deserved the pain.

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"You don't deserve this, Tom. No one does." Tord sat next to the God, and watched the silver moon with him.

"Maybe I do..." His voice sounded strained, but Tord didn't mention it.

"You don't. No one deserves this kind of pain." Tom turned to look at him. He smiled, slightly. He didn't say anything, but instead, he leaned his head on Tord's shoulder. This was enough for now. Both were tired, and neither minded what they were doing. But, it was enough.

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"Tord, did you get through to him?" The voice of Edd pulled him out of his thoughts.

"Huh? Oh, no. He's still..."

"Gone?" Tord nodded. But, he really hadn't expected Edd to feel the shocks in the ground. Maybe he did go too overboard.

Tord turned, and jumped off his tree, stretching. He turned to the sun, the position indicating sunset. Hopefully, he'll be able to get some sleep tonight, despite his short 'nap' up on the tree.

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Later that night, and Tord was still awake. Right now, he was pacing through the trees on his mountain, trying to tire himself out. However, he's been wandering for hours, and he was still wide awake. He kicked a pebble and watched it tumble down the mountain. And, like a chain reaction, he watched the pebble knock into larger rocks.

Everything was silent, aside from the sound of the rocks, until he heard a sharp shriek, as they neared the floor. Confused, Tord began down the mountain again, and hurried in the direction of the sound. Whatever it was, must have heard him coming, and it took off at a run, the leaves and branches snapping beneath it. Tord, with spur of the moment thinking, ran after it, not pausing to think of what it would even be.

"Stop!" he shouted after it, but, of course, it didn't stop. It moved swifter, turning at as many places as it could. Eventually, the two were nearing the edge of the forest. The figure slowed briefly, and turned, wondering what it could do. Either, risk running through the forest again, or run into the clearing, and possibly reveal itself. However, before it could do anything, Tord had finally caught up.

Noticing, the figure turned, and let out another shriek, as Tord tackled it to the ground. The figure put up a fight, but, it didn't take long before Tord was pinning it to the ground. With the moonlight shining over the two of them, Tord finally got a better look at the figure. He froze.

"...Tom..?"

[This chapter is really short, I know, and I'm very sorry, but I'm forgetting my sleep right now to work on the next chapter. Because. I really want to.

But, Tord caught Tom! W O A H

Also, even though, he caught him, that doesn't mean the story is going to end soon. I'm actually really hoping to continue the story for way longer. I don't know when it will stop, but it's not too soon.]