Chronicles of the Unknowns: Intervention

Chapter 15

That next day I saw Ayana chatting with Salali.

"Yeah so you know I was just astounded that he was actually upset that I got in line. Like he was standing ten feet away from the person in from of him. Was I supposed to assume he was waiting? Then he had the nerve to yell at me for line jumping. When he wasn't even in line. You know I can't stand assholes like that. So I had to call up my brother to teach him a lesson," Salali was saying as I walked up.

"And what did Sakima do?" Ayana asked.

Salali looked at her with surprise. Like she hadn't expected a follow up question.

"Well...uh...he told me he didn't really have time. Y'know. Enforcer business and all," she responded.

I saw Ayana try to discreetly roll her eyes. Then her gaze fell on me and she looked relieved.

"Daisy Lynn! I sure am glad to see you. You said you wanted to chat earlier and now you're here. Sorry Salali, but I will have to leave you now," Ayana said, quickly making her exit.

We walked away from Sakima's sister.

"Needed an escape huh?" I asked.

"You would never expect someone like Sakima to have a sibling like that. I mean, I do realize that he has a temper, but I have never known him to be so self centered, selfish and quite frankly annoying," Ayana said.

"Imagine if she tried that with Dziko instead of you," I giggled.

"Dziko would shove a stone in her mouth before she got ten words out," Ayana agreed.

We walked a little further, away from the others. Our camp was pretty small considering we had to stay away from civilization in a very populated area.

"Something is bothering you," she said.

My blue eyes ruefully met her green ones. Ayana is very quick to pick up on things like that. I let out a deep exasperated sigh.

"Hunter and I ended things last night," I said.

Ayana skipped a step in her stride and then skidded to a stop.

"What?"

I nodded.

"Why? What happened?"

"Ayana, do you think a war justifies killing people? Not just 'war is war' type deal but I mean really, truly and genuinely justifies it? Is it right that we killed all of those humans?" I asked.

She pressed her lips together and mulled it over for a few moments.

"To be honest with you, I don't know. I do believe when it comes to self defense, if you are in a situation of kill or be killed then it's acceptable to save yourself. But those instances happen regardless of war."

"So only in self defense basically," I said.

"Killing in self defense is justified from my point of view. But I respect and understand if someone views things differently."

"I think that's what I struggle with," I sighed.

"Respecting and understanding others' viewpoints on the matter?"

"I don't know why, but I see myself as a protector of life. Our mission is to save the Unknowns from the humans, and I'm okay with fighting. I can justify that well enough. But I just can't bring myself to take someone's life away like the others can. Not even in self defense. And seeing them do it so freely. It disturbs me. Am I wrong for not understanding why other people think that killing another person is okay?" I said.