08-27-2014, 01:39 PM
Connor lifted the rifle but Ayden touched his arm and shook his head. She looked angry and determined and he didn't understand why she was stopping him. He'd killed that kid, tried to kill both of them. Connor was going to protect his family. It was as simple as that. The Atharim had tried to kill them. He would do what he needed to, by any means necessary.
The fire in Ayden's hand went out and she looked intensely at the man. Connor was still been intent on killing this man when he realized that Ayden was doing something with her abilities. The man's eyes flew open and then they glazed over. She had killed him. Just like that, without touching him, and he was dead. He stared in shock. She said something about leaving and he walked in a daze.
Rage blinded him. The Atharim had forced her to kill again. He didn't begrudge her the death at all. He had been about to do the same despite the shake of her head. But it still tore at him that they made her walk that path again. A part of him knew it was necessary. She was stronger and more capable of protecting them than him. Somehow, the Atharim had learned of either of them and they were targets.
The simple life ahead of them seemed to stretch off eternally out of reach and he felt something dying inside. He didn't want this for them. He wanted them to be left alone. Letting go last night had been hard, but it was for the future ahead of him, with Ayden, of the family they might create together. But the fucking Atharim were trying to take that away from him too.
Well he wouldn't let them. No he would not. He and Ayden would have a future together. He was not going to lose her. Not another one. Not one god-damn other one! He had to think of something.
They quietly made their way to the metro- passing on-rushing police and EMT's- and headed back to the hotel. Connor took her hand and squeezed it. His jaw was clenched and an idea was forming in the back of his mind.
The fire in Ayden's hand went out and she looked intensely at the man. Connor was still been intent on killing this man when he realized that Ayden was doing something with her abilities. The man's eyes flew open and then they glazed over. She had killed him. Just like that, without touching him, and he was dead. He stared in shock. She said something about leaving and he walked in a daze.
Rage blinded him. The Atharim had forced her to kill again. He didn't begrudge her the death at all. He had been about to do the same despite the shake of her head. But it still tore at him that they made her walk that path again. A part of him knew it was necessary. She was stronger and more capable of protecting them than him. Somehow, the Atharim had learned of either of them and they were targets.
The simple life ahead of them seemed to stretch off eternally out of reach and he felt something dying inside. He didn't want this for them. He wanted them to be left alone. Letting go last night had been hard, but it was for the future ahead of him, with Ayden, of the family they might create together. But the fucking Atharim were trying to take that away from him too.
Well he wouldn't let them. No he would not. He and Ayden would have a future together. He was not going to lose her. Not another one. Not one god-damn other one! He had to think of something.
They quietly made their way to the metro- passing on-rushing police and EMT's- and headed back to the hotel. Connor took her hand and squeezed it. His jaw was clenched and an idea was forming in the back of his mind.