No Fear

Chapter Twenty-Two

Third person Pov:

Tom looks down at the lavender flower pinched between his index finger and thumb and sighs, he questions what this feeling he has in his chest is when he looks at the flower. It's close to the feeling he has when he looks at Tord's bracelet, but there's just the slightest difference that makes him wonder.

Tom sighs and leans back in his chair, asking himself, "Who is this man?" Suddenly there's a knock at his door which makes him panic, he quickly opens his desk drawer and throws the flower in there, quickly shutting it and getting into a casual position before saying, "Yes?"

"It's Edd! I'm just wondering if you got the email?" Edd says from the other side.

"Email?" Tom asks and opens up his laptop and signs in.

"Yeah, I just got a email from Red Avenger and I thought you might've gotten it to," Tom opens up his email and sees a new email from Red, he tilts his head in confusion and opens it.

he then reads it out loud, "Dear Rebellion leaders, you probably heard that I rebuilt half of London and that half includes the royals castle, which I now control. I decided since it's rather new and not many people have been there yet, I wanted to invite people I met at the party a few days ago to a tour of the building. I also gave the castle a life barrier so no one will be attacked, I was hoping you'd come from this fact. It's very large so you shouldn't miss it and I hope for you to come at 10:00 AM tomorrow to come visit!" Tom smiles softly, what a lovely man. "Love, Red Avenger."

"Should we go? I kind of miss London to be honest with you, it's been awhile since Tord destroyed it and I find it kinda cool that they rebuilt it," Edd asks and Tom thinks about it for a moment.

"I'm sure going wouldn't hurt, but we might look bad to the rebels and others if they keep seeing us go to the enemy's social events, after this one we should take a break," Tom replies to Edd and stares at the screen with the email.

"Sounds good, now I'm going to go do some laundry, I promised Heather I would start doing my own laundry and cleaning so she could take a vacation, cya Tom!" Edd then walks away from the door before Tom can say bye.

Tom then looks at the screen with a sigh and thinks to himself, "I wonder what he's doing now.." Tom then notices the reply button and quietly says, "I'm sure replying would be fine, Edd obviously didn't do it.."

Tom then presses the reply button and types into the email, "Green Leader and I will be there tomorrow, but afterwards we won't be able to go to your social events due to the fact that we're technically enemies and us going to your plans would look bad on us to just about everyone we know," Tom then finishes off the email like a letter. "Much appreciation, Blue Leader." Tom then presses the send button and the email sends, Tom sighs before going to close the laptop- but then he suddenly gets another email from Red, which he decides to open up.

"I understand the circumstances, as long as I can see you once more tomorrow then I'll be alright. If you don't mind me asking, what is it like being a rebellion leader? I heard you're one of the hard leaders in the group, but you don't seem that way at all," the message says, what surprises Tom is how casual Red sounds. Tom assumed that Red always sent formal like messages, he wasn't expecting such a friendly email.

Tom then decides to email back, "I'm usually hard when I'm training underlings, so you might've heard that from the rumors the rebels spread around, and when it does come down to protecting the ones I love and making sure the people I care about are safe, I'll do anything to make sure they'll be okay," Tom sighs from what he writes next since it makes him feel bad for saying it. "Which I hate to admit, but you are a enemy and someday I must defeat you. Even if you are actually quite kind, I can't have you killing anymore innocent people and forcing people into a world of despair and hardship." Tom then thinks about making another letter ending, but mutters, "Fuck it." and sends the email without it.

It seems like a instant that Tom gets a reply, "It's definitely a fact that you will do everything in your power to defeat me, I know you will. I will admit that I am ready to be defeated when the time comes," Tom sighs when he reads the next line. "but right now is not that time," Tom continues to read in silence. "I have people I need to impress and those people are counting on me to do my best, which is exactly what I am going to do," Tom can't help but smile when he reads what Red has written next. "But I am willing to be your friend, even if we have to fight to the death one day."

Tom then sends sweet and short reply, "I am willing to be your friend too until that day."