Hero of Judgment

Chapter 2

Rue wondered why he decided to go. Maybe it was because he still felt bad. But the kid was fine so it wasn't that. Maybe it was because he thought that he owed him for taking that hit. But Rue could have laughed at that. He doesn't care if he owed him. The only conclusion that he could think of was that he thought it might have been fun. But it was the opposite.

Rue pumped his leg as he weaved between alley ways. Alley from alley and shadow from shadow. Boredom filled his entire body as he finally made his way out of town. Thinking to himself

"This better be entertaining."

He lightly touched his backpack to see if he had all his stuff. He nodded to himself when he did. Phone,keys,money,dagger, candy, and lock on backpack. He gripped the sides as he bears down on the wheels making the scooter screech to a halt.

"Guess they were good for something." Rue muttered as he looked towards the abandoned building. Yelling Greysons name as it echoed throughout the entire lot.

A few scratches and banging later Greysons runs out of the building grinning as he gestured to follow him. Rue smirked before unzipping his backpack and taking out the candy and popping it into his mouth. He then took out his dagger concealing it on his back making sure it was out of sight. Just in case. 

He and Greyson went through the building. Rue could see cobwebs and dust and even rats and spiders.

"What are we doing in here?" Rue asked looking towards Greyson.

"Just waiting until the rest show up." Greyson said before Rue went to look at him saying the rest but he was cut off before he could even start.

Dust flew everywhere blinding him and he spiraled through the air. He grasped at the air trying to get a hold of something until he decided that he was not doing this. He ripped off the dagger trying to stab it into the wall forcing his eyes open but it was so dark he couldn't see. But then he heard a scream. Another body flew through the air noise diving. Perfectly... Greyson was their in an instant. Yes Rue fell through the floor.

Rue raised an eyebrow at the performance but Greyson just laughed. An idea came to Rue as he began to speak gesturing towards the wall.

"Can you push me towards the wall?" Rue asked as Greyson nodded as Rue grasped onto his arm as Greyson pushed him propelling both of them forward. Rue stabbed into the wall and for a second they were safe. Well not safe they were dangling for who knew how many meters. But then with another creek they were falling again landing with a crunch hitting the floor with a hard thump.

-cut-

We see darkness surrounds the room but as we go deeper a small light shines. Pink stuffing filled the walls as a book is their. The glow is coming from the book as we see three people like phantoms hovering before the book. The phantoms look towards us and say something similar to " where did you go?" before they dived into the book. The pages start to flip and just as it's about to stop we look up to see kids calling out Greysons name. And then we teleport back into the book.

-cut-

Rue coughed, his throat dry from the falling and the dust filling in his mouth, he spit it out quickly, as he looked around in shock.

"Where is he?" Rue asked as he saw someone raising their hand in the darkness. "Oh your going to get it!" Rue said while he rushes forward slapping Greysons head.

"I'm sorry" Greyson yelled as he looked toward Rue "If I knew I would have told you."

"I know" Rue announced "because If I did think you were dangerous" Rue paused "even for a second I wouldn't be here. Your different." Rue says this as he twirls his dagger, spinning it in the dim light.

Greyson just smiled asking Rue were'd he got that but Rue turned around weeding through the junk cutting it before waving Greyson over. They continued to move through it until they walked into a wall. Which Greysons ideas was to break the wall with his forehead. At this point he was an armored tank. Through the wall was an entrance to a small door and a withered book sat tucked away in the corner. It had a small glow as Rue bent over to pick it up. He felt the cool metal underneath his skin as he touched the leather. It was wet and rubbery. He sat down as he pried open the pages.

"What's in it?" Greyson wondered as he looked down at Rue.

"No idea" Rue says. "It's empty."

Greyson just shrugged as he pulls on the door but it didn't open. Greyson pulls and pulls but it didn't budge. He let out a huge breath as he landed on the floor next to Rue. Rue cracked his knuckles as he went towards the door pulling on it but it didn't open. He pushed on it to see if that was the way but it still didn't budge. Even the combined effort of both of them did nothing to open the door. Rue watched as Greyson tried to break open the door but it didn't work. Rue tried to stab at it but it just clanged onto the stone floors the sound reverberating through the room making his teeth hurt. But at that this point of his life he was used to the clanging of blades.

"Lets find another way around." Rue said before picking up the book and making his way through the junk and trying to see if their was another way out.

Short answer no their was not. But their was a gigantic spider bigger then the both of them. Which you think would be shocking to Greyon but no. He just dogged out of the way of the spider's feet. Climbing onto its back and wrestling it onto the ground before he held onto it and suggested that Rue would threw something on it fast. Rue seeing that their was no other way to do this pulled a chair lifted it up and threw it onto the gigantic spider. He continued to do this until it couldn't move.

"These spiders are so annoying" Greyson muttered before walking away.

Crazy strength check, impenetrable skin check, nothing in his head check, scar on face check. He was shaping up to be like a movie protagonist. Or an anime one. And I was his sidekick. It was like Luffy and Zoro. The only thing missing was the never kill anyone idea.

"So we gonna kill the spider or nah?" Rue asked pointing at it before Greyson shock his head.

"Nah" Greyson said almost robotically.

This was the first time Rue noticed how much Greyson sounded like he was British or a royal.

"I don't kill." Greyson said before walking away. "that's up to you. But me I don't kill a fly."

Rue was about to say never kill anyone idea check before Greyson yelled "just kidding" and squashed the bug with his bare hands. Cool Rue was here with a freak. They walked for hours but they could never find another way out and just went back to the door. Rue took off his gloves. He must have cut himself while moving through the house and now his hand was bleeding a bit. A drop feel and landed on the book. Rue quickly put the glove back on to make sure the book wasn't stained to bad but before he could do that it started to shake. Wisp of energy came out of it displaying spells and scenes.