Elementals II

Two years

-It's been two years since we recruited Zero. It's been rough at first trying to get used to him being an ally; we thought he'd slit our throats in our sleep if we let him. Out of paranoia we slept in shifts to keep an eye on him. He was more a prisoner than friend. But we've adjusted to our new circumstances and we are all happy now. But we've had our losses all the same. Seth got a narly scar over his right eye, just barely cutting his eye. He can still see with it but it took adjustments. Ben got betrayed by an old friend who he thought he could trust. The guy stabbed him in the back quite literally. Ben now has a few scars on the small of his back. Riley got severely burned by a freak accident in the lava zones in old Hawaii. The burn scars go from his left hip up across his chest up to his right shoulder. Cody and Zero got off lucky with a few minor scars but learned from their mistakes and gained new techniques. Jake tried going on solo missions a lot and eventually got in over his head. It cost him. He lost his left arm in a raid against some demons and they caught him off guard. I sadly didn't arrive until it was too late. He now has a robotic arm that he named "skull cracker". It's made of the hardest material on earth. It's a special gem made from all the radiation and minerals mixed together called "crank". I spent one week with no sleep forging it for him. But that's been my life for a while now...no sleep and isolation. The sleep deprivation and loneliness is starting to get to me and I'm realizing that we can't save as many people as we want to. I'm losing my mind and I fear what comes next. If my team is reading this then I'm sorry for what I'm about to do.-
~Entry log 137: Will