He Was Almost Absorbed By The System - Part Two

Chapter Two Hundred And Two - Tell Me That He Did Not Die

Vision that focused only on the top most shattered windows.  Hearing that heard none of the screams from the shocked onlookers but just a long, high pitched never ending sound that neither wavered in frequency nor tone.  Feelings that could only be described as numb.

This wasn't real... right?

Despite being knocked around by people that squirmed closer wanting morbidly to see more and by people that were backing away, frightened that there maybe another explosion and that the barrier generator might fail, he couldn't move. He could only kneel there completely shocked by what he had witnessed.

The crowd moved again, pushing him completely over and nearby individuals stepped on his arm, tripped over his legs then blamed him for it. His body cried out, but the sound of his own voice failed to reach his ears. Then as an angry kick came his way, by instinct, he curled up to avoid it, but the resultant pain failed to reach his synapses. Large hands pulled him to his feet as his eyes witnessed a man with a mess of black curls yelling without sound at another man who sneered and pointed at him with contempt. Two thick arms wrapped around him and he looked up at the hard featured man protecting him and finally three words entered his hearing;

"Are you alright?"

Kyan burst into tears, unable to stop the flow of water as it fell from his eyes as reality finally set in. Damien looked worriedly at his angry husband who had been shouting at the stranger that dared attempt to kick their son for being in his way. More Law Enforcement agents began to appear, attempting to control and calm the crowd and a group of paramedics were helped through, while their comrades waited just outside the crowd to see to any injuries amongst them or those successfully evacuated already.

It was chaotic. An angry woman was screaming an enforcer, who was trying to send her on her way if she had no business being here, saying that she had every right to be here to know what was going on! Others were grumbling as they moved further back, but lingered in the area still.

"Sirs," a couple of officers approached the four men, "If you have no relations to Monticello Finance, I am going to have to ask you to leave."

Orion was about to declare their status, he who was the future 'father-in-law' to Dominic Monticello when the angry man he had been arguing with stormed away, purposefully brushing past the ex-soldier Damien and the protected Kyan as if he had a death-wish.

"Ow!" Kyan cried out as a blinding pain shot up his arm and he clutched the limb to his chest. Orion touched it gingerly causing the youth to whimper further and the enforcer suggested that they head to where the paramedics were stationed, Damien agreed with a curt nod.

"But..." Kyan protested as they led him away from the building, away from Dominic. He glanced over his shoulder and tried to pull away, despite the agony it caused him, however Damien's grip was firm as well as sheltering.

"It's okay," Orion tried to reassure him as a paramedic came to see what was wrong.

"But Dominic..." tears began to flow unchecked once more, the pain in his chest was far more agonising than that he felt from his arm which turned out to be fractured. "Tell me that he didn't die! That he's going to be alright!"

"Alright," Orion agreed, all too easily...

*****

A squad of bomb specialists entered the top floor of the building after determining that there were no life signs and no hidden explosives on other floors.  Although there was damage to the floor below this one, the majority of the damage centred here and evidently in the office belonging to Dominic Monticello.  One of the men scanned the floor with the device in hand (which just happened to have a Future Electronic's logo upon the top of it).  The device revealed nothing and produced a message of 'All Clear' to the relieved squad.