Nigel's fireside stories always seem to draw a crowd. None of them were true, but the kids seemed to love them, as do most everyone in camp.
"Tyler's back!" one of the children gasps as we all turn to see him and the group walking into camp, even Nigel who seems to pause his story to see as well, but something's wrong. Tyler walks towards me only followed by the group and a younger kid with curly hair dressed in an all-black glorification garb, but his face is what made me realize. Arlyn isn't with them. The group and the new kid split from him to presumably take them to get checked out, but Tyler quickens his pace slightly as he makes his way towards us.
Nigel and I stand from the log we sat on as Tyler approaches,
"Tyler w-" he grabs my arm before I'm able to get much out and pulls me out of the way and somewhat between 2 tents,
"Arlyn wasn't there." Tyler confirms the fear, "But we did find Alex there in the cavern."
Tyler runs a hand over his head and glances over to Nigel before looking down, "damn it, Arlyn." he mutters as his hand moves to rest in the crook of his neck before looking back up, "How are we going to tell Clancy they weren't there."
We all stand there in silence with no idea how to tell him.
"Arlyn did give Clancy the bandana last time, yes?" Nigel asks and we both look at him, "what if-"
Before Nigel can finish, yelling breaks out by the medical tent and we all knew immediately,
"Well at least you don't have to tell him any more," Nigel frowns in both sorrow and concern before we all run to the ruckus.
"WHERE DID YOU GET THAT! LET GO- WHERE DID YOU GET IT!" Clancy yells struggling against 3 other Banditos,
"Clancy!" Tyler yells above him and he snaps his head around to face us, "Clancy-"
"WHERE IS ARLYN?" he yells now making his way to us, "WHERE ARE THEY?"
"Clancy, man, take a breath and we can talk." Tyler holds a hand out in front of him, and Clancy stops,
"They can't have that, it's Arlyn's." Clancy shakes his head, still enraged, but also a bit calmer,
"Go with Tyler, I'll meet you both in my tent," I tell him and he nods before shoving past Tyler, who gives me a look before quickly following behind. There are not many things that can cause Clancy to act up like that.
"He will be alright," Nigel sneaks up behind me and places a firm hand on my shoulder, causing me to jump a bit. For a man his age, he sure can sneak up on you,
"I know. There's only a small amount of things that can get him that upset, and seeing as Tyler didn't bring back Arlyn..." my words trail off, but Nigel gives a small nod and a hum in understanding before letting go, patting my shoulder before walking away.
Taking a breath before walking into the medical tent, someone lightly touches my arm causing me to turn around and face them,
"Did you say, Arlyn?" Zeik leans in to ask, Anthem just behind him holding Zeik's arm,
"Yeah, why?" I fully turn to them,
"So that idiot is still alive," Zeik beams proudly while turning to Athem, "I told you, they're immortal," he seemingly beams over to Athem who shakes her head as she rolls her eyes playfully,
"Wait, you both know Arlyn?" I ask, now curious about how they knew them,
"Yeah, we've been close for what," Zeik turns back to Athem, "2 or 3 years, right?"
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Rebel Red Hope
FanfictionTRIGGER WARNING: mentions and implied self-harm and mentions of su*c*de! WARNING: Some of the contents of this book might be triggering to some! My name is Arlyn. I am a resident of Reisdro's district in the city of Dema and this is my story. My sto...
