Bonds Throughout Time

Chapter 18: It's a Small World...After all

Arion was on his knees, his fingers latched onto his temple as fierce pain ran through his head. For Sophie, and Yuki whom he had saved minutes prior, it was a worrying moment. They tried calling out to him, but he couldn't hear them for voices nearly thundered in his mind...and he knew who they belonged to.

As Arion struggled he heard Yuki's angry voice thunder in his brain "How could you!? You lied to me! You lied to ME!"

"Yuki...come on" this was Arion's voice but the tone felt wrong. It was boisterous and almost cocky "I'm sorry okay? If I didn't tell you that...you wouldn't have trusted me"

"Why couldn't you have just told me the truth?"

"Because would you really believed me if I told the truth"

"That isn't the point! Even if it was beyond comprehension...I would've felt better knowing you could fully trust me"

"Really? And you would've trusted me"

 

Arion felt the voices continue to fight each other in his mind but he saw an image pop into his brain. In this image he saw a sunset and dull sky, Yuki stood upon a cliff with only a view of jagged ice behind her. Yuki wore an angry expression "To think...I thought I finally found someone who could understand me" Arion saw himself step forward and spoke in his un-naturally boisterous tone

"But I do understand you, Yuki come on don't be silly"

"I'm not being silly...I will make sure no-one gets hurt"

"How...by killing yourself?" Yuki stepped backwards her feet literally on the edge

"If that what it takes...than yes" Arion felt the strong urge to call out but couldn't, this being only a vision

"Yuki wait...don't jump! Come on...we'll work it out"

"So long...at least I lived some of my life with hope. I hope you live yours well...Adam" Yuki stepped backwards, her body tilting backwards but then...time froze.

The vision remained completely still, Arion stood in place and Yuki at an angle of the cliff. It then cracked, and fizzled like a TV channel losing its signal. As the 'signal' deteriorated the Arion in the vision, or Adam, vanished and suddenly appeared before the real Arion with pupil-less eyes near shouting "YOU WILL NOT BEND YOUR FATE!" Arion then felt himself literally slapped to reality, as he was knocked to the floor.

Arion was gasping desperately for air, as if someone had been squeezing his neck "Arion...Arion are you alright?" asked Yuki bringing him back up to a kneeling position

"I...I don't know" said Arion feeling his head "I honestly don't know"

"Did...something else jack into your brain?" asked Sophie coming to the doorway

"I have...no idea whatsoever"

"This...has happened before?" said Yuki puzzled before shaking her head "Nevermind let's get him sat down on the bed" Sophie remembered Arion's fear

"No wait, don't touch him" but Yuki already touched Arion's shoulders and to Sophie's surprise...he didn't react.

Sophie looked a bit puzzled, and minor bewildered, as Arion didn't look to have reacted to Yuki's touch "What's wrong?" asked Yuki

"He...he didn't react" Sophie simply said