UTØPIA | TomTord |

Great War Apollo: IV

For context, Mneratixin and Stounauthin are not real medications.

"Keep driving..." Matt said.

I kept driving, trying to comprehend what just happened.

Or when I killed your dad?

What did he mean?

My dad was alive and healthy the last time I checked...

We then arrived at The Base and I took Matt up to Tord's office.

I knocked on his door and heard, "Come in!"

I walked into the office with Matt and Tord smiled.

"Matt!" Tord exclaimed happily.

"What do you want?" Matt asked.

"How about you sit down first?" Tord suggested.

Matt sat down and I stood in the corner.

"Okay, so I won't waste our time because if there I one thing I hate, it's wasting my time," Tord said.

"I want you to join the Red Army..." Tord said. "I have reasons to believe you're fully capable."

"I think you'd make a really good soldier," Tord smiled.

"No," Matt said. "I've seen what you do, I'm not going to be sent out to war just to die."

Tord's smile quickly faded.

Tord began to talk again.

They talked for a while, and Tord tried to convince Matt to join.

Around 1 hour later Matt got fed up and asked if he could leave.

Matt was driven home by a different Red Soldier, bcause I refused to drive home.

Night

Tord got done taking a shower.

He wore the same thing he wore every day before going to sleep.

"Hey, Tom?" Tord said.

"Mhm?"

"I just wanted to apologize..." Tord said.

"..."

"For what?" I asked.

"For how I've been acting towards you in the past couple of days..." Tord said, finally acknowledging what he had been doing.

"..."

"It's okay, it's nothing new..." I said.

Tord's eyes began to water as if he were wanting to cry.

"The search for Apollo's notebook has been stressful, that's why I've been like this..." Tord said.

I stood up from the bed.

Tord was clearly about to cry.

He tried to hold it in.

"Do you need a hug?..." I asked.

Tord nodded his head.

I walked up to him and hugged him.

It took him a quick moment but he quickly hugged me back.

I could hear him trying to hold it in.

Tord then swiftly pulled away from the hug and quickly ran to his desk.

He then pulled out his cabinet from the desk.

He then quickly pulled out a medication bottle and took out two pills.