Open Path // Murder Drones

9| Break what's broken

Since we had what was neccesary, we decided to leave the place after nearing the exit. We entered the cold atmosphere, welcomed by fresh air and the snow. And horrible lights. Well, it was pretty eerie since I couldn't hear J complaining, and then it hits.
"Shoot, J is still paralyzed." I gasp, turning to her as she shoots me an angry glare and Doll begins sniggering.
"Парализована? Я думал, это плохо." (Paralysed? I thought that was bad.)
I resist smiling, before shooing her. "We've gotta help her." I mutter, rubbing my chin. Doll steps closer to her and the symbol appears on her finger tips and she contorts J,  and soon enough shes back to normal but her arms are still destoryed. After having the thing covering her mouth removed, she licks her hands and it goes back to normal and she grins calmly.  I'm disgusted though. "You could do that the whole time?" I turn to Doll, gritting my teeth. Doll shrugs, with an awfully guilty smirk.
"Я только что попробовал."(I just tried it.) I shake my head, before holding J and spinning her around. 
"Back to normal, girl!" I throw her up as she screams fearfully before laughing. She lands on my back, and we begin walking down to seemingly nowhere. It was confusing, not knowing what to do. 
"Where's N? Where's his girlfriend?" J mutters, not used to speaking still. I feel a shiver go through my spine and I sigh, patting her leg. 
"I.. don't know." I mumble, shaking my head slightly. "Hopefully we see them around, ay?"  I try to lighten up the mood, and it kind of works for a moment. Everything feels calm and relaxed.

But its hard to ignroe the feeling in my stomach. I feel, bad. N must feel even worse. I never meant to hurt him.
But there's nothing to say.

I can sense the tension, but I try to drift every conversation away from it. Until it reaches a point where it's unavoidable. We just sit on logs outside, near the camp, and it's silent. It's lonely, and J finally sighs. "I miss V." Me and Doll look to her, look at each other, before looking away entirely. It's hard to ignore. "We all do, J." I smile awkwardly, scratching at my neck.
"Я имею в виду, я не знаю обо всех из них....."(I mean, I don't know about all of them.....) Doll's antics are getting a bit irritating, but it's hard to lie and say it wasn't funny. 
"Yeah yeah.." I sigh, before Doll lights a fire on the campfire spot and it feels a bit more warm.  Everybody feels better, a bit more cozy, until we hear footsteps nearing a cabin. A voice following it, and it's bitter. It's..cold. We all stare to it's direction and my heart sinks into the depths of my ribcage.
"N?"  J tilts her head with a cruel smile. "Where've you been?" 

I can't tell whether to question how passive aggresive she's being, or why N is here with a change of tone. 

Anyway, he doesn't acknowledge her words, but acknowledges the fact shes speaking. "I wanted to relish the fact you shut up for longer." He spat, turning his attention to me. "What do we do now?" He asks frantically, all of a sudden breaking down and losing his tough facade. I feel, confused. And hurt.
"What do you mean, we?" I mutter, standing up. "You just left us!" I put my hands up angrily, upset he would even say such. He just begins to frown.
"I was only returning the favour, you started this." 
"Started..what? Is this the "Abandoning Olympics", N?" I laugh, shaking my head. "You must be joking."
"Well, something happened!" He yells, and everything goes silent. "And, and I need your help."
"I NEEDED YOURS, N." I shout back, and he just looks at me with  a pissed face, kicking some rocks sourly. Silence fills the space, and I can't help but start again. "How can you justify this, and you come back when you need us?!"

"Atleast I came back, you barely ever do." He shot back, and I can see the anger in his face, before he sighs sadly. "I don't wanna keep fighting." I'm confuesed, but just as mad. 
"Huh?"
"Nevermind, just..." N looks up to me and sighs. "I'm sorry."
"Sorry is all you ever say."
"Because, I'm always sorry." His tone is awfully cruel, and I can sense that N's about to start a rant. I turn away.
"Save it." I mutter in response.
"No, it's true. I'm supposed to be sorry, but.." N points his finger at me. "What about you, huh? I've never heard you say sorry, only pointless explanations!" He yells, and I don't even acknowledge this. I turn my back to him and mumble. "Your gonna avoid me like always, huh? Even back then, you were just the same." 

I feel my heart break, and I finally turn to him and grab him by the shoulders, coming up close. "What?" I ask him. "What, did you just say?"
"Your just the same, Tessa." He repeats, and I want to grab his tail and shove it into his throat, but I just glare at him.
"I saved you. I, I made you what you are now."
"Good for you." He shrugs, pushing me away. "It all came right back into your face, anyway." N puts his hands in the jacket I just realise he was wearing. 
"Are you walking away?" I ask, still cold towards him.
"It's not like you want me here." N turns to me with a smile. "Don't make this harder for yourself, Tes."
"Shut up." I snap.
"Tes, huh?" I can't help but grit my teeth by his words. "See you around, T-"
The ground begins shaking and I stare up at the sky, wondering why everything was immediately becoming grey. The clouds, the fog was heavy and blurring our visions. My helmet didn't make it any better, aswell.

"What's going on?!" J runs towards me and wraps her hands around me, trembling in fear unlike her normal self. I stared down at her and noticed her white eyes. I wanted to point this out but the fire rised. We all screamed, except N who was seemingly frozen in shock. Doll tried to extinguish it but everything began setting on fire. I was coughing hard, until I heard a familar voice.

"Long time no see, Tessy!"

I smile, looking at Uzi being possesed by Cyn as she flops lifelessly in the sky, Cyn's voice feeling distasteful being displayed in the body of a horrid teen.
"Maybe there's a reason for that." I grab a flying, fired branch which was weirdly thick enough to use as a weapon, and magically another one lands into my hand. I felt like a movie star, well..."
"We'll see about that." She laughs manically, but I'm not fazed.

I beat her once, I can gladly do it twice.