Chapter 307: Brother
It was a scream. A scream that pierced even the silence of space itself– and one might even say that it resounded throughout the entire galaxy…
…or at least that was what it felt like.
"No…"
Bernard was still kneeling on the floor, despite gawoman no longer holding him down; Butcher's knife, as well, was no longer planted on his neck. Instead, both gawoman and Butcher evacuated the mbers of the Baby Crew that were sprawled on the ground.
But since Butcher was not as fast as gawoman, she ended up carrying him as well while he carried two others. And in just the span of seconds, the only people left in the room were Whiteking… and his two children.
"This… this isn't happening," Bernard could stare as the fire surrounding Hannah continued to flicker; and with each flicker, the flas changed color.
Red, orange, red, orange, blue.
Even from ters away, Bernard could feel the heat coming from Hannah's body– even activating his suit's automatic defense system as his helt erged from his pauldrons. Bernard wanted to take it off, but his own armor was not allowing it.
"This isn't happening," Bernard then started to crawl on the ground as approached the two… but instead found himself getting farther away instead. And soon, a hole was blasted into the wall and Bernard could finally see that gawoman was pushing the entire ship away.
"Wait… wait!" The rockets on Bernard's feet then started to let out fus, but before they could combust, they broke into tiny little pieces; he turned his eyes towards his children, only to see Riley staring at him.
"I'd just like to say, Bernard." And even with the almost deafening hiss that was starting to reverberate everywhere, Riley's voice could still be heard,
"This isn't probably your fault… maybe."
"No… no… no!" Bernard then rushed towards the two even as the entire ship moved… leaving Riley and Hannah where they were floating still, "M… gawoman, please… please save my children!"
"I… already did."
But alas, very soon, Riley and Hannah erged from the ship.
gawoman glanced at Riley for a few seconds as their eyes t, before letting out a small sigh and continuing to push the ship away from them.
"Your flas… are still alive even in space, sister," Riley then whispered into his sister's ears, "I always knew you were special. You… could even breathe here."
"..." Hannah, however, remained unresponsive as her eyes completely turned white. She seed to want to say sothing, but only murmurs and groans whispered from her lips.
"It's… only us now, sister."
The blue ice that Riley plucked out from Earth once again showed itself, this ti, surrounding them like so sort of colossal ring; Riley could not really pull them close, as they would probably only lt… as even his skin was starting to crack.
And around them, was only silence.
But soon, Hannah's head started to move.
"I…" She whispered, "I…
…fucking hate you."
"...I know, sister," Riley, however, only tightened his embrace; even resting his face on Hannah's blazing shoulders.
"Why… why would you do all those things?" Hannah's voice was almost ethereal; fleeting but echoing. And soon, the flas that were drowning her body settled on a bluer color.
"I… honestly don't know, sister," Riley said as his suit completely lted away– his slowly charring skin, now reflecting the flas coming from Hannah's body.
"You… you're not going to be let off that easily."
But soon, the echoes beca stutters,
"You… you're going to rot in prison for the things you've done," Hannah's white eyes then soon regained their colors, "You… don't deserve death, Riley."
"I never did, sister. That is probably why I was born the way I am. I was born to inflict suffering, and to suffer myself."
"...Why?" Hannah then finally pulled herself away from Riley; Riley, however, grabbed both her arms, not letting the two of them separate, "Let… let go."
"This is the only way, sister," Riley smiled, and once again– it was a smile that only Hannah has seen, "This has been the only way since we were children. Do you rember that, sister? When you shielded when the water heater exploded."
"If… I knew what you will beco, I wouldn't have saved you," Hannah still tried to pry Riley's arms away, but as she did so, the flas on her hands seed to grow hotter; causing her to imdiately let go.
"But you did," Riley then once again pulled himself closer to Hannah, "You… saved ."
"Let go."
"No," Riley shook his head as he once again rested his head on Hannah's shoulder, "This ti… this ti it's my turn to save you, Hannah."
"I said fucking let go!" And as Hannah's screams reverberated in the air, the color of her flas beca purple.
"Hm," Riley took in a small but very deep breath as the cracks on his skin scattered almost like shattered ice.
"I fucking hate you, Riley! I hate you so fucking much! Let go! Let go, you fucker!"
"I am truly sorry that it had to be you, sister," Riley closed his eyes, "I'm sorry that I beca your brother."
"I said, let go!" Hannah then once again pushed Riley away, this ti, however… the shoulders she pushed instantly shattered into ash.
"...Eh?" Hannah's eyes turned wide as Riley slowly floated away from her; his arms, now separated from his torso. Riley, however, still had a smile on his face.
"Look at that, sister," Riley chuckled, "My arms aren't regenerating."
"No… no, no, no," Hannah's eyes looked everywhere, "You… you need to pay for your cris in prison."
"There's nothing to pay, sister." Riley's dismbered arms then started to move, almost connecting themselves back to Riley's torso, but not quite, "I… enjoyed the things I did, putting back in a cage is not going to change that."
Riley's hand then gently placed itself on Hannah's cheek, "I… also enjoyed the tis I have spent with you in the Academy, sister. It was probably the longest ti I've gone without thinking of killing anyone."
"Who… who am I even talking to right now?" Hannah's voice once again beca stutters. In truth, there have been tears that have been wanting to co out from her eyes since earlier– but were not allowed to as they evaporate as soon as they erge.
"You lied to , Riley," Hannah muttered as she touched Riley's hand… only for it to completely shatter into ash, "I… I thought it was you and against the world, Riley. I always thought that everyone… everyone would betray . But not you…
…not my brother."
"..."
"But you… you've been lying from the start. I hate you, I fucking hate you for that. And dad knows? What… what's with that?"
"It's nobody's fault but mine," Riley sighed, "I had you, I had loving but very suspicious parents, I… had friends. If it were any other human, they would have flourished into the brother you deserve."
"Why… why did you have to co into our lives?"
"...You should probably ask Diana for–"
"Why would you do all of these things, Riley!?" Hannah scread, "You should've just hidden it until the end. You should've just left quietly with gawoman and we could have separated… we could have separated like normal siblings do. Not… not like this, this is fucked up. We should be crying, we should be reminiscing the stupid things we did… and then I wave goodbye for the last ti!"
"But… aren't we doing that now, Hannah?"
"..."
The purple flas that once covered Hannah's body… slowly faded away. The heat, however, grew stronger even as the color disappeared– it was almost as if the space around Hannah started to distort.
"Please…" Hannah's voice once again beca sedated; she tried flying away, but was unable to as there seed to be an invisible arm embracing her, "We… we can go through this together, Riley."
"We are," Riley's breaths started to beco heavy as his skin slowly started withering away, "And I'm sorry that we are."
"No…" Hannah gasped.
And very soon… a tear was able to survive as it floated between the two of them– not Hannah's…
…But Riley's.
"Oh," Riley humd, "Look at that, sister."
"That… that's not fucking fair," Hannah covered her mouth as her eyes trailed towards the single tear; the pain on her face, now visible with the flas gone, "That's not fair."
"Thank you, Hannah," Riley then floated his other arm towards Hannah's face, covering her eyes, "Even through this, never once did you not call your brother."
"B… because you are my brother," Hannah closed her eyes, refusing to look at Riley's hand that was withering away, "Please… please... No… oh god no…"
"Sister…" A whisper then floated through Hannah's ears,
"I… truly do wish I could have at least said I love you."
"No… no…" Hannah's eyes remained closed, "Let… let's just go, okay? I'll go with you and gawoman. We can leave, we can just go. I'll… I'll go with you to make sure you wouldn't do stupid things, okay?"
"..."
"Riley, I'll go with…"
Hannah opened her eyes… but all that remained was darkness.
"Riley?" Hannah blinked a couple of tis; the invisible embrace that wrapped around her arms, no longer there.
"...Riley?" Hannah flew away, her eyes, desperately trying to catch a white silhouette– the asteroids that dared blocked her path… instantly withering away.
"Riley!?" Hannah scread. And very soon, the space that was distorting around Hannah also faded away.
"...Riley?" She whispered; the tears that she dearly wished for, now floating from her eyes.
"..."
And yet no one answered.
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