Black Section

Chapter 17

[ A/N: This chapter is long. Enjoy reading! ]

Lunox’s Point of View

Things went back to normal. The incident with Gusion didn’t spread all over the school. The student council president let it slide and keep it as a secret. Gusion and Leomord were back to their old selves. Leomord as the Black Section’s president and Gusion as Gusion.

I still don’t fully trust Gusion. He’s still one of my prime suspects. Tomorrow is the day. I’ll start to investigate. Soon, it will be known if Gusion’s IDK or not. I threw the dart on my hand and it exactly hit to the spot where I wanted to hit. May 6.

Pharsa’s crossed out. I have a feeling that IDK is one of my classmates. My reasons were that because they’re different. Someone’s related to Mask Man is not an ordinary person. It’s either IDK was trained under Mask Man or IDK was his son and trained him or IDK was his loop dog. A high school student related to Mask Man, interesting. Does he want a successor to continue his evil doings? I wondered, how many more people did he kill besides my parents?

My parents changed their lives, changed who they are for us, for their children. I can’t help but to blame myself for what happened to them. They wanted us to live a normal life. Maybe because they never felt how a normal life should be so they wanted us to experience it. They wanted us not to be like them, not to be a killer. Sometimes I think if the decision we made were wrong.

Is this right? Should I take revenge for them? Would they be happy that I gave justice to their deaths? Many questions lingered in my mind. But I can’t just sit down and do nothing. I can’t just shrug it off and tell to myself, 'justice will prevail‘. The feeling of grief, anger, sadness, hatred… It’s still there. The feelings I felt that day haven’t change. I wanted to erase these feelings. I don’t want to regret that I didn’t do anything. This is the right thing to do, this is what I believe is correct and I’ll believe this through the end.

“A penny for your thoughts?” I jumped on my seat. “Brother!” I shouted and hugged him. Brother hugged me back and messed my hair. “Looks like my sister missed me so much,” said Brother Ling. “What’s on your mind?” asked brother again. “Brother Ling… is taking revenge bad?” I asked. Brother flicked my forehead. I touched my forehead. “Brother!”

“‘If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?’ Shakespeare quoted."  He said. He sat down beside me. “Shakespeare obviously believed revenge was just as natural and inevitable as the rising sun. Revenge is evidently one of the strongest impulses we have. We can’t blame a person who have been hurt and wanted to seek revenge…”

He lays on my shoulder. “However, getting revenge will bring peace for a while but in the long run it will steal our peace. If it backfired, we needed to be ready to face the consequences of our actions.” I remained silent. “Forgiveness is the solution. I knew it's difficult. I also thought it's impossible. Most people will strike back but few have the courage to forgive. If you've got the power, you should. Always remember that the one who forgives is always the great.” Does it mean…

“Nothing’s wrong about seeking revenge for the people we loved. No matter what happens, I’ll be there for you. If you lost your way, I’ll take you back. I won’t ask questions. I trust you, Lu. All of the decisions and the path that we took, it was to survive and to be stronger so that we’ll have power to protect ourselves and the people around us. It was you, my little sister, because of your braveness I am what I am today. I thank you for that. If you think that revenge is the only way, I’ll root for you. I want you to realize it yourself. Continue what you’re doing until you reached your destination. Until then, you’ll realize what you did is correct or wrong, if it’s worth it or not. If you’ve came up to a realization, whatever your decision is, remember that you have Ling Radcliffe as your brother. This brother of yours love you very much despite what will happened.” He said. We remained at our position. I closed my eyes and let my tears dropped. I cried and cried. It’s the second time I’ve cried this hard with my brother.