The Future That Ticks By

The Infinite Loop of Life and Death

"Eidis. Wake up."
"I'm already awake." Eidis sits up in pain. "Man,what a rough sleep."
"Eidis. Remember me?" The Djinn faces him directly and looks hard into his eyes.
"Yeah. Somehow." He says.
"Zoran and your mother wants you home early today."
"It's only 7 right now."
"Yeah,let's try catching the 7:40 train."
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Eidis and the Djinn stands silently in the train,squished between a bunch of people during the rush hour. Eidis,his shoulders slouched,head resting against his hand,manages to stay half-awake. The Djinn leans aside to whisper into his ear.
"Eidis. Zoran and your mother needs you."
"I don't really understand why we're doing this,but something in my guts tells me to continue."
"That's a start."
"Should I trust you?"
The Djinn does a silent chuckle,and grins at him,amused. "What does your gut tell you?"
Eidis sighs,and looks out the window. Just a few stations until he'll find out. That stirring feeling in his brain, a piece of memory stuck between subconsciousness and reality. How can it be described.....like a deja vu within a deja vu. It's like the familiarness seems way too familiar to ignore.
The train stops at the final station. The moving people who work and live aimlessly without a true goal,exits out of the carriage in order. It leaves the Djinn and Eidis sitting alone,staring into space.
"Eidis."
It took a few seconds for Eidis to snap out of his thoughts. "...y-yes?"
"It's all up to you now."
"What about you?"
"I'm always closer than you think."
He walks to the door,hesitates for a bit,and runs out. As he's running,he checks his phone,9:30am. What am I doing here so early... Eidis exits the Tokyo train station,and ascends into the crowd. Suddenly,a figure rushes past him,knocking both of them over. He rubs his sore legs,and looks around to see what hit him. On the ground,is a small girl with short black hair,covering one eye. She wears an extremely oversized leather jacket. The jacket is slightly undone and Eidis accidentally takes a glimpse of what's underneath. He notices hardwire and glowing lights. The girl gets up immediately,and proceeds towards outside the station before Eidis can say anything.
"Oi!" He pushes through the crowd and chases after her. The girl kept running,and soon Eidis had followed her outside the station. "Wait a sec!" He makes a stop,and shouts as he watches the girl disappear into the sea of people.
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The small girl frowns upon the city beneath her.
She reveals the metallic machinery underneath her jacket and walks towards the edge. "This is goodbye." She says.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!" A sudden voice made her pause her step; It was boy from before.
"S-stay away from me!" She exclaims. Eidis starts to charge towards the girl.
"Stay away from her." Eidis halts to a familiar voice behind him.
"Zoran...why are you here...?" A wave of shock and confusion hits Eidis.
"It's too much to explain. But,listen,I've been trying very hard to protect you so please-" He got interrupted by the girl,who had already been sprinting to the opposite direction. "She's getting away!" Eidis yells. As they both dart towards the building's edge,a voice in his head whispers to him. Are you willing to sacrifice everything yet? Eidis hesitates for a split second and Zoran jumps out and exceeds him. "Make this the last time I have to live through this pain." He said the moment he grazes past Eidis' ear. He grabs the girl by the waist and they both fall off the building.

Eidis collapses to the ground,knees first,then altogether. The Djinn walks up to him. "The power of brotherly love,how impressive." She sighs. Eidis replies with muffled sobs. She walks over to the edge,and looks down. Already blood and chaos. "Eidis. You're still too scared aren't you?" She says. "Zoran had been going back in time to protect you,and having to relive this over and over again. Stuck in an infinite loop,of trying to protect each other." Eidis was kind of crying and cursing at that moment.
The Djinn begins to walk away. "If you're not willing to risk all that you've got,you'll just be repeating the same fate. My deed here is done."
"No!" Eidis yells. "Give me one more! One more chance! Just one more!" She whips her hair back. "Do you think time travel is a joke? Do you think life is willing to give you so many chances just for you to waste?!" They stare into each other's eyes intensely. "Okay." She closes her eyes and exhales. "One more chance."

The decision in his mind is overwhelming,Eidis understands exactly what he will do.