☁︎ 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐕 𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬 ☁︎

𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨 𝐗 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 ☁︎ 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚.

𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 2 𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝑮𝒂𝒏𝒋𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓. 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒅𝒆, 𝒊 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒎 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝑮𝒂𝒏𝒋𝒊, 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑲𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒑𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒏𝒋𝒊 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆. 𝑰𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒕 "𝑭𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈!" 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒂𝒏𝒋𝒋.

"𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏" 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉.. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝑾𝒖 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌... 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒂𝒏𝒋𝒊 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉. 𝑯𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈..
"𝑨𝒉!"
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑲𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏.

𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒐'𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒔𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆.
"𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆! 𝑵𝒐𝒘! 𝑮𝒐! 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒖𝒏!"
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒓.
"𝑩-𝒃𝒖𝒕.." 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚..