EYLIS ※ Tony Stark [3]

{ Prologue }

Two silhouettes were all that could be seen at first.

Two silhouettes in the distance, blurred edges and muffled voices.

It took a few seconds for the figures to clear against the hazy white backdrop. One of them, a child by the look of things, was running towards the other.

The second figure halted, only then did it become clear she had been limping.

The child's short arms wrapped around her legs, clinging onto her. She kneeled down so they could be on the same level.

More muffled voices... words that couldn't be told apart except one...

"Mother!"

There was a commotion around them. It appeared as though they weren't alone but no one else could be perceived.

The woman rested her forehead against the child's, as a heavy silence fell upon them.

Only then did the child look down at her own hands, the hands that had been wrapped around her mother.

There was blood.