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Kyle and Mabel chatted for a bit.
"How do you even stand her? I mean you may be a boy, but you could have any women you want in tribe and you choose a pretty princess that comes with no benefits? Have you guys even fucked yet?"
Kyle blushed and shook his head.
"No Mabel, and while I am fine with your mannerisms believe it or not most people are not. Most people who are, I dont know normal, do not share our perverted personalities."
Mabel rolled her eyes."Yea smooth move not explaining what you are doing with her. But whatever. Now get out I have to take a nap before I violate the next person that comes into this office."
Kyle laughed and walked out. Kyle rubbed his shoulders and cracked his knuckles. He started walking along the guard routes, checking in on everyone, ending his walk by the front of the tribe entrance.
Ranna had followed the guards as they carried Ruyn's body to the medical office. Once it was taken in for Ailsa to start on Ranna went to look for Kyle. Eventually she found him. "Kyle? I need to tell you something." Ranna stopped unsure how to tell him. She looked up into his eyes. "I went out of the city after I left the medical office and on my way back I found a person on the ground. He had been attacked and was dying. He only had a moment or so to live. I held his hand and cried and then I dragged him back here."
She stopped to see his expression. "His body is at medical now. I don't know how to tell you this but it was Ruyn. He is dead."
Kyle stopped when he saw Ranna and walked over to her as she was walking to him. He could tell something was up because she had a very somber expression. After hearing the news about Ruyn, Kyle stood there. His face blank, Kyle crossed his arms. Kyle felt numb. Ruyn was his best friend, he had been his whole life. When they were kids they would always sneak around the tribe, in fact they found more hiding spots and exposed areas in the tribe than anyone ever had. They had a friendship like no one ever, and no one knew Kyle better than Ruyn.
Kyle bit his lip and furrowed his brow.
"Thanks Ranna. I appreciate the news."
Kyle turned around and began walking away, slightly tripping over a small rock. When he stumbled he screamed in rage and blasted the rock to smithereens with a light blast. Kyle panted, then collected himself and brushed down his hair. Kyle looked at Ranna, clearly showing the hurt in his eyes, but he kept a straight face. Kyle began walking towards the Medical room now.
Ranna was not surprised at all. She walked next to him and gently took his hand in hers. They went inside and she warned him. "Kyle he was attacked at the throat and the chest so it's pretty bad when you see him. Ranna stayed there in case he needed her but she was worried about him.
Ailsa had been working on him and because of that Ruyn looked even worse. When Ranna saw what she was doing and the pain in Kyle's eyes she made her leave the room. Ranna neatened Ruyn up a little as Kyle looked in agony at his friend.
Kyle let go of Ranna's hand and took a step forward standing in front of Ruyns dead body. No matter what Ranna did, he looked horrible to say the least. Whatever did this..........was merciless. And strange. The bite marks were not consistent with regular markings of all known beasts. Kyle hovered a hand Ruyns body, almost touching him, but retrieved his hand. Kyle knelt and stared at the body. Then Kyle stood up and walked out of the room in a hurry. He kept his calm the entire time.
Ranna watched Kyle and she could feel his pain. It was in the tension in his back and the way he walked and the fury just under the surface. This was going to be a hard death for him to handle. Ranna followed him outside. "Kyle....babe. How can I help you?"
Kyle looked at Ranna and shook his head slowly. He stood there, eyes closed, just breathing. Then after a few moments he opened his eyes and put on his usual smiles. Kyle began walking towards his room in the main office building, Ranna right behind him. Kyle walked into his room and changed into a fresh Obsidian logo outfit, a black shirt, jacket, and jeans. Then Kyle grabbed a box from under his bed and set it on top of his bed. He opened it and inside there was a bunch of photographs of him and Ruyn, a flask, and a small dagger. He put the dagger on his belt, the flask in his pocket, and the photos in his other pocket. Kyle walked out of his room and out the front entrance of the complex. The guards did not even say anything, knowing what just happened.
Ranna followed and when she got to the guards she told one of them to go get Zach and to hurry. He might not want her help but she wasn't going to let him go out there alone. He and Zach had become friends so maybe it would be easier for him if it was a guy and not his girlfriend.
Zach came running and she pointed him in the right direction. "Zach keep him safe for me." Ranna said and she watched until he caught up to Kyle. She told the guards if they heard anything, anything at all to come and get her and if they got back and went somewhere else to come and get her.
Kyle walked in a random direction, not really heading in any particular direction. As he walked he took small sips out of the flask. After some time had passed Kyle ended up being surrounded by Blighters. Kyle sighed, took a big sip of the flask, then pulled out the dagger. As the Blighters started swarming, Kyle screamed. His eyes lit up with light and he started swinging. Not a single Blighter seemed to be able to touch him as he let muscle memory and instinct take over, taking drinks from his flask and screaming. Although for every one Blighter killed, two would take its place.
Zach had stood back and watched Kyle. When the blighters started to attack Zach had jumped in. Kyle at his best would have been okay but Kyle drinking...probably not so much Zach figured. Zach's electricity was terrifying to the blighters and they quickly scurried off. Kyle was getting more drunk. Zach came up and put a hand on his shoulder. "Kyle, I heard about Ruyn. I'm sorry......Tell me about him. We never met."
Kyle shrugged off the hand on his shoulder without even looking at Zach, took another swig of the flask, then held the dagger by his side.
"Ruyn and I.....we had a deal. A long time ago we snuck out of the tribe and raided a store that contained very aged alcohol. We drank maybe....a single bottle and got hammered. We stumbled back into the tribe drunk off our asses, then said asses got in extreme trouble by our fathers. After the incident, our fathers got together and made Ruyn and I drink till we puked, telling us that if we wanted to drink we would drink untill we got sick of it. Which we did. But while doing so we came across this one certain bottle that....just tasted amazing. We hid the bottle and later we found a flask," Kyle said shaking the flask," And another one just like it. We filled it up with the contents of the bottle and hid it away. Reason being is we had no illusions we would live long. This is a cruel world we live in. So the deal was, if one of us ever died we would drink the contents of the flask, in rememberance."
Kyle emptied the last bit of the flask into his mouth. By now his words were slurred and he was stumbling.
"The dagger is Ruyns......he gave it to me a awhile ago. And the photos," Kyle pulled out a few photos," Well awhile ago we found a really old camera that printed photos out of the bottom of it when you took a photo. Needless to say I dont think they require an explanation."
Zach smiled at the pictures. "You guys look like you were having a blast. You were very lucky to have a best friend like that. Any idea what killed him. The guard said Ranna found him. She must have been upset. Was she okay?"
"Ranna....Ranna was fine I guess. I dont know she was about as upset as she could be. And no I dont."
Kyle began walking forward, looking for more beasts.
Zach felt really terrible for Kyle. "Kyle, let's head back. You aren't really in any condition to fight tonight."
Kyle shrugged and flipped Zach off.
"Fuck off, I can do what I want. Besides im not done yet. I need to blow out whatever I have left in my system before I get back. I cant be emotional as leader.....and I can drink whenever I want. Who gives a shit."
"Who the hell told you leaders aren't emotional? How do you think wars get started man? Who gives a shit? I do and more importantly Ranna does. She asked me to look after you because she loves
you.You can't be blind to that."
Zach bent over and lifted Kyle into a hold and hoisted him up and over his shoulder and started to carry him back towards the village.
Kyle let Zach carry him.
"I dont give a single fuckkkkkkkk. And fuck you you prick. You kissed Ranna, so you have no right telling me anything bout nothing."
Kyle swung his dagger across Zachs back, leaving a small scratch. Kyle used this to jump off of Zach and take a few bad steps back.
"Yeah I kissed her. I had to try something. She won't go back because of you and I 'll be killed if I go back without her. Don't worry she doesn't take shit from me either and that was an expensive kiss. It cost me a headache for three days." Zach reached Kyle just before he fell over a tree on the ground. "Dammit Kyle quit being a pain in the ass and let's go home. Ranna will make you feel better."
"I DONT WANT TO FEEL BETTER I WANT MY BEST FRIEND. I DIDNT ASK FOR LEADERSHIP, LEADERSHIP CHOSE ME. AND BECAUSE OF THIS I WAS FORCED TO SPEND LESS AND LESS TIME WITH MY BEST FRIEND. NOW HE IS DEAD."
Kyle sheathed his dagger, and pocketed all his items.
"I dont care. I just dont care anymore. Being leader, not being able to protect my friends, having to deal with everyones shit............"
Zach looked up and saw Ranna not too far off in the distance but Kyle didn't know she was there.
"What about Ranna? Don't you love her? She doesn't care if you are leader or not."
"Yea of course I love her you incompetent jackass. I mean we have only known each other a short while but yea I love her. Never said it before and she doesnt need to know either. And it doesnt matter if she doesnt care, but I care. Being leader meant I couldnt be there for my friends when they need me, hell if I wasnt leader Ruyn wouldnt have went out alone. He would have asked me to come along and I could have saved him."
Kyle chuckled.
"Whatever I am just drunk is all. Just.....leave me alone for a bit and I will come back to the tribe after sobering up,"
Zach sighed, "Dude, I would so love to do that but Ranna will literally kill me herself if I leave you out here alone and drunk after Ruyn was killed out here by who knows what. I really don't want to die that way so how about I give you a little space and keep an eye on you.?"
"I dont care just leave me alone."
Kyle wiped the tears from his eyes, trying not to openly weep.
Ranna looked at Kyle and then Zach. She nodded then she headed back to the city. Not too far down the road the hair on the back of her neck stood up. Something was out there and it was moving towards her. Ranna screamed as her shields went up and there was this very toothy creature on the other side of her shield, no more than a couple inches from her skin. It had jumped and knocked her down. She couldn't get up without this thing tearing at her. As it snarled in her face she screamed again.
Zach looked up, "Ranna!"
Kyle looked up, and jumped forward. Kyle tried running, but more or less stumbled. Kyle threw his dagger and it stabbed the side of the creature, throwing it off Ranna. Kyle got to Ranna and helped her up.
"I cant really aim that well, so I need you to be my eyes. Aim my arms and tell me when to fire."
Kyle held up his hands, palms out, and wait for Ranna.
Ranna held his wrists so they were aimed perfectly and she waited til the animal made his move. "Now!"
Kyle fired light beams forward, and hit the beast. The light beams were much larger than he had made previously, and shone brightly. The beast almost instantly disintegrated.
Kyle turned to Ranna.
"Now what the ever loving fuck are you doing out here?"
Ranna had the grace to look like she knew she was in trouble. "I was worried about you. So I came out to make sure you were alright." She wrapped her arms around him. She was worried about how many more there were out there. "Come home with me please?"
"Whatever."
Kyle let Ranna hold him for a moment, then let her lead them home. Kyle looked back at Zach and motioned for him to follow.
"Why cant anyone understand I want to be left alone?"
Ranna understood, "Would you like me not to stay at your place tonight? I can go back to my other room if you want me to."
Kyle was silent until they reached the tribe.
"No.....please stay. I......want you Ranna."
Kyle held out his hand to Ranna.
Ranna took his hand and they went back to his room. Zach not sure of what was going to happen leaned outside the entrance to the office and fell asleep. If Kyle decided to wander off he'd wake Zach up. Ranna changed into a night gown and crawled into bed and waited for him.
Kyle stood in his restroom, splashing his face with water. Then he stepped out of his restroom taking off his shirt, his pants unbuckled. Kyle walked over and stood in front of the bed.
"I am sorry for worrying you princess."
Ranna smiled at his pet name for her. "Come to bed and let me hold you." Ranna patted his side of the bed and flipped his covers back.
Kyle got into his side of the bed, then pulled the covers up. Kyle crawled on top of Ranna and began kissing her passionatley.
Ranna kissed him back and pulled him to her. "Kyle, Your belt just stabbed me."
Kyle laughed and undid his belt. Kyle then threw his pants off and to the side.
"Better?"
Ranna blushed to her toes. "You know I love you and I want to but are you sure that you want to or is it just a distraction from your pain?" she asked him quietly.
Kyle kissed Ranna again.
"I want to. I love you. Please dont ever leave me."
Kyle was ready, and looked into Ranna's eyes for confirmation.
Ranna reached for the light and turned it off. She sat up, slipped her gown over her head and pulled him to her. "I'll never leave you. You don't have to worry about that." She reached up and kissed him.
Afterwards Ranna lay in Kyle's arms. He was holding her so tightly to himself that she was unable to move at all. She smiled and fell asleep .
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