"I see you still haven't shaken that bad habit of playing with your food."
Jeremiah says entering the fountain area turned fight zone.
"Tch."
"C'mon at least give me some credit for putting on a show."
Bo says smugly in response
"Hm."
"It's not like I asked you to though."
Jeremiah responds calmly
Jeremiah then reaches over the top of his shoulder to pull out his double axes when…
"…"
"A two on one fight against a frail old man hm?"
Mark says watching the situation
"Heh."
Bo scoffs
"That's not gonna work here old man."
Bo says
"Oh really?"
Mark says sarcastically
"Yeah."
"The boss here has done way worse."
Bo says grinning.
"…"
"Actually I really don't have time for this."
Jeremiah says placing the axes back.
"Yeah tell him…"
"Wait… what?!?"
Bo says ridiculously
"Bo."
Jeremiah calls blankly
"Stop messing around and finish this."
"We have more pressing matters to attend."
Jeremiah says, tone cold and serious
"…"
"Hmmmm…"
"And what pray tell might that be?"
Mark chimes in curiously
"…"
"Nothing a dead man need concern himself with."
Jeremiah says giving Mark a quick glance
"Hmph."
Mark scoffs
"Yeah you got that right!"
Bo says
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"But just out curiosity…"
Bo begins
"What exactly do we need to attend to??"
Bo asks awkwardly
"…"
-silence-
"…"
(sighs) "…"
"Hmph. Well if you must know…"
Jeremiah begins
"Jeremy is in this city."
Jeremiah says unimpressed staring at Bo, who freezes at the name for a bit.
"He-hehe…"
"I see."
A shook Bo laughs uncertainly
"Ahahaha--"
"HAHAhahahahaHA!"
Bo laughs uncontrollably
"Hey!"
"Hey old man!"
Bo laughs
"Sorry about this."
"But things just got a whole lot more interesting."
Bo says his tone shifting to serious
… ("Pa!!!!!!!!")
Bo clasping his hands together as the sand beside him begins to swirl!!!!
-MEANWHILE-
… 'Ursula's Kebab Stand' …
"I was useless again."
Xavier thinks to himself as they continue to run away.
"Just like before I…"
"I couldn't do a thing!!!"
He thinks to himself before casting his gaze to Lucy.
"I couldn't do anything to help…"
"And because of me..."
He pauses
"because of me someone else got hurt."
He thinks tilting his head downward in shame they continue.
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"If only…"
Xavier thinks
"If only I was a little--"
"It's not your fault."
Lucy's says interrupting his thoughts.
"What--"
"So you can stop worrying about me now."
She says reassuring him
"No one could've known this would happen today."
Lucy continues.
"But even if they did do you think that would've changed anything about how today turned out??"
She says bluntly
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"I know you think there is something you could have done something to change what's happened today."
Lucy says.
"But the truth is there's nothing we could have done to prepare us for today."
She says
"So don't beat yourself too much about it…"
"Okay…"
Lucy says softly.
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"She's right…"
Xavier thinks.
"I know she's right!"
He thinks
"But that doesn't mean I have to just accept all that's happened."
He thinks
"For starters…"
"I knew before anyone else0 this was going to happen."
"So maybe if I had just--"
"No."
Xavier stops himself
"What am I even saying?"
He thinks
"Nothing can change what's already happened so I shouldn't think about it anymore."
He thinks
"What's happened has happened."
"I can't change the past."
He thinks
"So instead…"
He pauses
"I should look forward."
"And to the future."
He thinks looking forward to Lucy who drags
"And to a time when I…"
"When I can save her too."
Xavier thinks to himself staring at the little devil beside him.
Yeah.
This can't be the end of his resolution.
Once this is all over he will do whatever he can to make sure that this never happens again.
That.
That is another promise he can make to himself.
"Look."
Lucy says in short breathes
"Just passed here and we'll be able to see the road to your place."
She says
"Yeah and just passed that the Southern Exit."
Xavier says full of conviction
The two hills of the Oasis.
Massive sand and rock hills that open and close the city.
If passed Smart Mark's store is the direction of the first.
'The Northern Exit/Entrance'
Then right passed Xavier's home would be the second.
He does literally live on the second hill after all…
The route to his Xavier's home becomes clear and it reminds him of what Lucy had told him right before Barry had interrupted them.
His mother the Beyaz heir.
At first it seemed super far-fetched
But now that he stares at his home from below…
And witnesses how it alone sits atop the hill.
He can't help but wonder why they alone occupy that spot in the city…
Why they alone occupied a spot that high like nobility.
Why had he thought nothing of it until now?
But would that alone be enough to confirm her status?
A house atop a hill?
It's not that big of a deal is it?
I mean if they really were royalty shouldn't the people have treated them a little more…
Different?
I mean the other kids in this area didn't really talk to him.
But that's more his fault for allowing Lucy to bully them whenever she can.
But what about his father?
Up until now he thought him to be just an ordinary farmer.
Tending to the farm and selling the sunflower to Uncle Jerry who distributed it.
Given all he knew does that mean he knew who his wife really was too?
No.
That isn't right.
Ofcourse he did.
He has his own secrets too after all.
So is the reason they didn't share anything with him because they shared secrets?"
"…"
In any case…
They're almost safe now so he should focus on making sure they--
"…"
"Huh?!?"
Just then Xavier sees a flash of wait from the corner of his eye
"Mylo?"
He thinks to himself.
"WAIT!"
"MYLO!!!"
The thought jumps to the fore of his head forcing to come to a skidding halt.
"WHOA!!!"
Xavier shouts as he is flung forward again. (-_-)
"Xavi??"
Lucy pauses looking back.
"M-MYLO…"
Xavier says out of breath getting up quickly.
"What?"
She asks unable to make out what he said.
"MYLO!!"
Xavier says again.
"Mylo, Mylo, Mylo!!!"
He says
"Mylo?"
Lucy echoes him.
"Exactly!!"
Xavier responds
"I think I just him saw him."
"…"
Xavier says patting himself down.
"MYLO?!?"
"MYLO!!!"
Xavier calls for the husky.
"MYLO!!!"
He shouts
"He's not responding he must be hurt."
Xavier says once more before deciding to go back to where he saw the pup
"Xavi…"
Lucy says face down and low holding onto the back of his shirt.
"Yeah?"
Xavier responds blankly
"We don't have time for this."
Lucy says lowly.
"I know."
Xavier says blankly
"You can go ahead I'll catch up to you once I get Mylo."
He says
"XAVI!"
"You said it yourself right?"
Xavier says cutting her off
"What's the point in me surviving if am all alone."
He says emotionless fully driven
"…"
-silence-
"..."
"Aah--"
"It's fine Lucy."
Xavier says cutting her off as he lightly pulls her hand off
"…"
"In that case let me…"
"No you're hurt."
Xavier says cutting her off once more.
"Don't you think you've done enough for today?"
Xavier says eyes sombre
"…"
Lucy stares at him silently
First stiff and unwillingly to let her go
Then soft
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"hmph."
She exclaims smiling to herself face downwards
"Fine."
"First we get Mylo and then we head south to the gate."
She says facing up before walking passed Xavier
"Right so--"
"Wait."
"What?!?!"
Xavier adds confused
"You go get Mylo I'll wait for you here."
She says
"What?'
"No but you're hurt?"
Xavier tries to add
"Oh?"
"And when did you become a doctor?"
Lucy responds smirking
"C'mon!"
"We don't have all day."
"Pretty sure baldy is staying down for that long…"
She says pushing him away.
"Lucy…"
Xavier thinks
"…"
"Fine."
"But you stay put okay!"
Xavier says
"Sure… sure"
Lucy responds waving
"G-GOOD!"
Xavier shouts before waving back.
"Lucy…"
Xavier thinks
"I definitely owe her one after today…"
He thinks Jogging
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Haaaa… we really don't have time for this."
Lucy thinks…
… ("PA!!!!!!!!!!") …
"…"
"…(souls)…"
Lucy mumbles to herself activating her souls and sitting cross legged in a meditation pose
"Mylo!!!"
"MYLO!!!!"
Xavier thinks running
"Please be alive."
He thinks coming up to the alleyway he saw the pup.
"My--"
He shouts turning
"…"
"Huh?"
Xavier sounds when he doesn't find the pup.
"I could have sworn I saw him…"
He thinks
"AH…"
"MYLO!!!"
He shouts facing forward and spotting a white silhouette buried under some sand!!!
"My--"
"XAVI MOVE!!!!!!!"
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Whimpers) "Aah!"
A gun is fired!!!
As the sound echoes in the area…
Lucy tackles Xavier to the ground slow.
"Huh?"
Xavier exclaism as he is suddenly thrown off his feet!!
("THUD!")
Lucy and Xavier hit the ground.
"LUCY!!!"
Xavier says quickly flipping over to check on Lucy
"LUCY!!!"
He shouts
"LUCY!"
He shouts shaking
"HEY! LUCY!!!"
He shouts.
(Coughs) "… "
(coughs) "enough already…"
Lucy responds starting to get up
"Its fine he just grazed me."
She says trying to act tough but struggling to her feet.
… ("thud!!!!") …
Lucy falls back to the ground!
"LUCY!!!!"
Xavier shouts
(struggling) "…"
(struggling) "You again huh?"
Lucy says struggling to her feet once again and signalling to Xavier to stay back!!!
(Sighs) "Tsk…tsk… tsk.""
Barry responds
"You're not getting rid of me that easy."
He says coming out into the open.
"YOU!!!"
"…"
"…"
-To Be Continued-
-3 HOURS TILL THE INCIDENT-