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Chapter 8 - Consequences

Huna can't move, she's completely paralyzed...

Desperate Yori: Huna? Please talk to me, Huna.

After Huna saw Gerald dead and torn in half, she felt that all the years she'd lived were a waste of time. What's the point of fighting? What's the point of trying to live in a world that no longer belongs to humanity? Why leave the village and risk saving the world if you're going to die in the process? Is it really worth it?

Little by little, the others wake up except Nashw.

Zo is the first to wake up. He looks around in confusion at seeing everyone seemingly dead, then despairs, until he hears Yori screaming at Huna.

Desperate Yori: HUNA PLEASE ANSWER ME!!!

After Huna vomited after seeing the aftermath of the fight, she couldn't react to anything. She remained completely still, as if she wasn't awake...

Zo gets up in pain and shouts: YORI, IS EVERYTHING OKAY? WHERE ARE NASHW AND HUNA?

Zo thinks everyone's dead, but for some reason the freaks are dead too, so he doesn't quite understand what's going on.

Yori, relieved: Zo? ZO??? I'LL BE THERE ZO!!!

Yori was a little further away with Huna paralyzed, looking at Gerald's body, which had been thrown against a tree.

Yori: Come on, Huna, Zo's awake!

Huna remains unable to move. A 13-year-old girl exposed to such brutality has just lost her sense of purpose...

Yori: Zo, come here, Huna's not okay!!

Zo slowly walks over and sees that everyone is breathing and moving slightly, but unconscious, except for Nashw. He's completely still, but still breathing. But Zo leaves everyone aside now to go see Huna.

Zo, worried: What the-

...

Zo: ...My... God...

Zo understood what was happening the hard way. He saw Gerald torn in half, so many organs on the floor that he couldn't even name them. It was a horrible scene. For Huna, it was twice as bad...

Zo, trying to remain calm: Come on, Huna, let's go to the village to rest-

Huna interrupting: Village?... Now?

Zo, unsure of what to do: Y-Yes, let's go back, then we'll think about what to do.

Huna: If we go back, Gerald will have died in vain.

Zo is shocked by Huna's maturity about everything that just happened, but it worries him; it feels like a part of Huna just died too...

Kayha stands nearby: What the fuck...

Zo walks over to Kayha, furious, and says: What the fuck, huh?

Zo grabs Kayha by the cloak, lifts him up, and starts punching him, even though neither of them has strength: WHAT THE FUCK, HUN??? WHAT THE FUCK!!!!

Desperate Yori: ZO, STOP IT, THIS WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING!!!

Zo throws Kayha on the ground and says: IT'S YOUR FAULT, IT'S YOUR FAULT THAT ALMOST EVERYONE DIED!

Kayha: ...

Huna: It's nobody's fault, Zo, let's go to Pulanio and forget this...

Irrational Zo: WHAT? GERALD DIED BECAUSE KAYHA TOLD YOU TO USE THE ARROWS ON THOSE TWO IDIOTS. *points to Braxie and Brodka*

THEY COULD HAVE EASILY KILLED THE FREAKS BUT NO!!! THEY FELT LIKE GODS BECAUSE OF THE ARROWS, AND NOW GERALD IS DEAD, HE JUST LEFT THE VILLAGE WITH US AND DIED, SHIT!

Huna: So it's my fault, I'm the one who gave them power...

Zo: Shit... Huna, it's not your fault—

Kayha interrupting: It was my fault at first, but then it became everyone's fault.

Zo, enraged, goes after him, intending to kill him, but Yori runs to stand in front of him. Zo just stares at Yori, and Kayha continues...

Kayha: We all stood there watching them play with their powers and not finish off the aberrations. It's all our fault. We could have helped or warned them, WE DID NOTHING!

Huna sheds a tear and quickly wipes it away without anyone seeing, but Yori saw it...

Zo then calms down, and as much as he hates what Kayha said, it's the truth; everyone made a mistake.

Zo: What now? What do we do?

Kayha: The mission still remains the same: Pulanio, we looking for marked weapons, accessories, and artifacts.

Huna: Then let's go, it doesn't change anything if we just stand here.

Huna, Kayha, and Zo prepare to carry Nashw, Brodka, and Braxie to the boat, but Yori is incredulous when they leave and leave Gerald's dead body there.

Yori desperately: DOES NOBODY CARE ABOUT GERALD? ARE WE REALLY GOING TO LEAVE HIM LIKE THIS?

Huna: He's already dead, Yori...

Yori in disbelief: ...What?

Huna: It's just flesh, Yori... Gerald's soul is no longer there.

Yori: Let's take him back to the village. He deserves a proper funeral, or at least bury him here and notify someone in the village.

Zo understanding: I'll take him to the village. Wait for them to wake up and go to the boat. I'll go later.

Kayha: In that case, I'll go. I started it all.

Huna: In that case, I'll go too. Gerald only came because of me...

Everyone was silent, reflecting on everything that had happened. At that moment, Braxie woke up.

Braxie in pain: Is e-everyone alive?

Kayha interrupting: Zo, go with Huna and Yori.

*Kayha hands Zo his cloak to carry Gerald's remains*

Someone's going to have to stay to protect Braxie, she won't be able to walk for a while, Nashw and Brodka still unconscious too..

Zo: Understood, let's go.

Kayha: Oh, and Zo.

Zo: What?

Kayha: I'm sorry for everything, support Huna for all of us, and apologize to the village for all of us...

Zo then nodded and told Huna and Yori to go, so he could wrap Gerald's body without them seeing.

Braxie, who was standing there, not understanding anything, saw Zo pick up Gerald's remains and put them in the cloak, and then screamed.

Braxie: HOW DID HE DIE?

Zo said nothing and left with Gerald's remains, heading to the village with Huna and Yori, while Brodka and Nashw remained unconscious.

Kayha stayed to try to protect the three who were there, even though he himself needed protection because he was badly injured, without physical or psychological strength... And with the horrible pain of, in his view, having killed an innocent person...

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