Budder Rising: A Hero's Legacy

Chapter Seven : Tragedy

"Quickly! This way!" Mia cried

"Alright!" Cried, Joseph and Maria

Mia made her way down an alley with her mom and dad in tow, A soldier came from around the corner.

"Mia!" Maria cried

Mia grabbed the soldier's gun, slamming it into his face. The soldier reeled back, and Mia finished him off by slamming his head into the brick building. Mia and her parents turned around the corner and ran into someone they didn't want to see.

"Well hello Mia, glad to see that you gave yourself right to me!" Fan laughed

"Please Sis, stop doing this!" Mia cried

"I can't! I'm doing it all for him, he can be so great~ I need to see him stop me!" Fan cried

"Sis! Why did you have to change! This isn't healthy!" Mia cried

"Shut up! You're wasting my time!" Fan cried

Mia heard guns clicking from behind her, she shot around and saw that Fan's soldiers had them surrounded and they were about to fire.

"Save her for me though, I don't care about the corpses" Fan said

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"T...they killed my parents right in front of me, I don't remember much after that. All I could see was red" Mia stated

I was silent, Fan and Mia were sisters! Not only that, Fan...she killed her own parents.

"How long ago was this?" I asked

"I...don't remember...it's as if time has stopped for me. I've been killing these soldiers for as long as I can remember." Mia replied

"Oh..." I responded, not knowing on how to come back after a comment like that

"What about you? You seem to be lashing out as I have been, has something bad happened to you?" Mia asked

I nodded

"It was a good friend of mine, 2 of them actually. One recently died...if you couldn't tell" I replied

She nodded, and I continued

"It was a year ago I think...we were at Delacroix's base, ready to take him down" I said

"Oh! I saw that on the news, you were amazing" Mia interrupted

"Yeah...well I wasn't amazing enough" I stated

Mia was silent, so I took this opportunity

"I was fighting with a rival, and even though I held him off the best I could...he got caught in the crossfire." I said

"What about the other one?" Mia asked

"She was killed right in front of me, I couldn't move...I couldn't save her" I replied, feeling tears coming to my eyes

I heard a click come from my arm

"There, I got it on nice and tight. I'm sure you can put on the clothing by yourself" Mia said

"Mia, you're a good kid" I said

"W...what?!" Mia cried

"Talking to you...made me feel a little better. I can tell you'll go far" I replied, smiling

"I'm not that much younger than you!" Mia squealed

"I'm 20 years old Mia" I said

"O...oh" Mia stumbled

"Now get going! I'm sure the group is looking for you" I responded, sliding on the hoodie

Mia nodded and left the room after she was gone I slid on the pants. From my waist to my knees, the pants were black and then from there became yellow. There were white streaks on the side of the pants. There were new shoes with clothes so I decided to slide them on to.

"I need to apologize to Fisher...I also need a favor from him" I mumbled

I left the room and made my way over to the east side of the building were Fisher was located, he still looked pretty fucked up. Why did I lash out like that?

"Hey Fisher..." I said I couldn't even hear myself because I was so quiet

"Hey Dash" Fisher replied

"Hey...I'm...sorry for what I did earlier...it was uncool of me" I said

"Don't worry about it, I would've done the same" Fisher stated

"W...what was that?" I asked

He let out a long sigh, was he annoyed? His facial expression was giving me mixed signals.

"I liked her you know?" Fisher said

"Y...you did!" I cried

He nodded

"I was actually planning on asking her out when she came back with you...guess I missed the chance" Fisher said, a tear running down his face

I felt tears running down my face, I...I didn't know he felt this way. Why! Why was I such an idiot, trying to defeat Fan the second I came back!

"I...I'm so sorry Fisher! I'm sorry I couldn't save her!!" I cried

"You know? I think I finally get it" Fisher replied, looking off into the distant

I looked over to where his eyes were drawn, Mia, Abby, and Mercedees were all laughing with each other and having a good time.

"This whole hero gig we got going on, trying to save the world again. It isn't easy. I don't have any powers like you, but I do know something. The hardest thing about this job is that...you can't save everyone Dash, there are going to be times were a loved one or someone you care about dies in front of you. Those are things that can't be helped, but crying like this won't bring them back, with the power you do have. Make sure that the people you couldn't save can push you to save others, make sure that those who died won't have died for nothing" Fisher said

I couldn't speak, Jason, Dani, Jessica. The people who did so much for me, only to be put in the ground as a result. I was weak, I couldn't save them no matter how hard I tried. If what Fisher said was true...then I didn't want to be a hero. I can't live with the burden of losing another life. No...no I can't think like that!! I need to be stronger, they wouldn't want me crying about their loss. They would want me to keep going, they would want me to end this thing!

"T...thanks Fisher...for helping me understand." I replied

"No problem" Fisher said

I decided to bring up what I came here for

"Fisher, could you do me a favor?" I asked