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Sol and Delilah rose from the remains of what was once a grand palace. The ruins of the House of North Korea lay all around them. Silence filled the air with it's chilling cry as everything around Sol, Kyle and Delilah lay still and unmoving. Everything was finally over. What was the power of North Korea lay around their feet, and Kim You Song had fled the country. However, despite the achievement, Sol only felt an emptiness, as if something he had fought for, more so than all of what he had done in this world was gone. Sol then realised and called out.
"KYLE!" Sol screamed. "KYLE! WHERE ARE YOU!"
Delilah put a hand on Sol's shoulder. He looked at her with pleading eyes, eyes that knew of the coming news but refused to accept the truth. He shook off her hand and went back to shouting, his voice penetrating the eerie silence.
"KYLE! I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE!"
"KYLE!!!!!!!!!"
"SOL!" Delilah shouted at him as she slapped him across the face." You know that he isn't coming back! He...he... did it for the good of everybody. YOU would have done the same if you were in his position."
"KYLE!" Sol screamed. "KYLE! WHERE ARE YOU!"
Delilah put a hand on Sol's shoulder. He looked at her with pleading eyes, eyes that knew of the coming news but refused to accept the truth. He shook off her hand and went back to shouting, his voice penetrating the eerie silence.
"KYLE! I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE!"
"KYLE!!!!!!!!!"
"SOL!" Delilah shouted at him as she slapped him across the face." You know that he isn't coming back! He...he... did it for the good of everybody. YOU would have done the same if you were in his position."
"But you weren't the hero for once... You... you..." Tears started to well up in Delilah's eyes "You weren't... We didn't have enough time... He..."
Delilah looked away, taking a shaky breath as she did so. Sol knew Delilah was wanting to cry, but she was trying to hold it in. Sol stepped towards her, and hugged her. Delilah cried into his shoulder, and Sol stared off into the nearby mountains void of thought and emotion. He was crying on the inside, but he couldn't find any way to express the grief physically. After all he, Kyle and Delilah had been through, it seemed unreal that Kyle had ceased to exist. He couldn't shake off the emptiness and sorrow that was welling up inside him.
Sol told Delilah "Delilah, we should go. We need to stop the rest of the fighting. We need to tell everyone what happened here"
Delilah looked up at him with tear-stained eyes.
"Come on... we should go..."
"Ok..."
Sol and Delilah started to walk back towards the distant fighting. Suddenly, something whizzed right by Delilah and Sol, landing with a sickening CRACK on the stone next to them. After a few seconds, they heard the unmistakeable sound of a sniper shot.
"RUN!" Sol shouted as he pulled at Delilah's hand, trying to get her to run at his pace.
Even the best of snipers can't hit a moving target whilst THAT far out of sight rangeSol and Delilah started to run from cover to cover as the unseen sniper took potshots at them. Just before they reached the cover of the trees, a bullet cracked one of the boulders and a chip flew off and cut Delilah on the arm.
"Ouch!"
Delilah stopped momentarily to examine her arm before she remembered the peril in which she and Sol was in. Sol stopped running and looked back at her, only an arm's breadth away as another bullet tore through Delilah's leg, just below her knee.
"NO!"
Sol jumped back to et to Delilah. He caught her by the arms as she fell, and he started trying to carry her back into the trees.
Delilah looked away, taking a shaky breath as she did so. Sol knew Delilah was wanting to cry, but she was trying to hold it in. Sol stepped towards her, and hugged her. Delilah cried into his shoulder, and Sol stared off into the nearby mountains void of thought and emotion. He was crying on the inside, but he couldn't find any way to express the grief physically. After all he, Kyle and Delilah had been through, it seemed unreal that Kyle had ceased to exist. He couldn't shake off the emptiness and sorrow that was welling up inside him.
Sol told Delilah "Delilah, we should go. We need to stop the rest of the fighting. We need to tell everyone what happened here"
Delilah looked up at him with tear-stained eyes.
"Come on... we should go..."
"Ok..."
Sol and Delilah started to walk back towards the distant fighting. Suddenly, something whizzed right by Delilah and Sol, landing with a sickening CRACK on the stone next to them. After a few seconds, they heard the unmistakeable sound of a sniper shot.
"RUN!" Sol shouted as he pulled at Delilah's hand, trying to get her to run at his pace.
Even the best of snipers can't hit a moving target whilst THAT far out of sight rangeSol and Delilah started to run from cover to cover as the unseen sniper took potshots at them. Just before they reached the cover of the trees, a bullet cracked one of the boulders and a chip flew off and cut Delilah on the arm.
"Ouch!"
Delilah stopped momentarily to examine her arm before she remembered the peril in which she and Sol was in. Sol stopped running and looked back at her, only an arm's breadth away as another bullet tore through Delilah's leg, just below her knee.
"NO!"
Sol jumped back to et to Delilah. He caught her by the arms as she fell, and he started trying to carry her back into the trees.
"Sol..... Let me go.. I'm just dead weight... I can walk.. It's okay" Delilah whispered, her voice ragged and her breath quick.
"No! Delilah, I'm not letting you go!" Sol shouted. "NOT AGAIN! I'm NOT LOSING ANOTHER FRIEND!"
Sol tripped over loose rubble and both him and Delilah went sprawling. And still the Sniper shot at them. Delilah landed painfully a few feet away from Sol. Sol struggled back up to try and get to her, but the Sniper beat him to it. As he was about to pick her up again, a bullet shot straight through his left arm and through Delilah.
"Oh..." was all Delilah said as she fell back onto the ground, Sol clutching at his arm.
"No! NO! NO!" Sol picked her back up, carrying her into the trees. He set her down about a hundred meters into the cover of the trees. Her blood was seeping into the back of his shirt, and his hand was slick with blood as he tried to carefully set her down with one arm. She grunted with pain as she hit the ground with a dull thud. Sol tore off a strip of cloth off of his left arm, screaming with the pain it brought him.
"No no no no no no... Please Delilah, stay with me. Stay with me! PLEASE DELILAH!"
With the cloth, he tried to stem the flow of blood gurgling from the hole in her chest. Delilah coughed up blood and her face was a deadly shade of white. He could tell she had difficulty breathing because every time she took a breath, he could hear her quietly choking on her own blood. He cradled her head in his arms as he spoke to her.
"Please Delilah, please... Don't leave me here... Don't leave me alone.. Please.. Stay with me.."
Delilah tried to give him a smiled, and as she did, her face contorted in again again. "Sol... you can clearly see I can't do that any more... I think it's time you go on alone Sol... Go... people.. are wait-"
Delilah dropped off mid sentence and her head fell limp in Sol's hands. All Sol could ear was the blood roaring in his ears, and the sound of silence that once again pervaded his surroundings. Within a span of ten minutes, he had lost another friend. Sol tilted back his head and screamed. He screamed for all of his grief and loss, his pain and anger, and his friends, who had left him all alone. Once again, Sol Olympia was left alone, without his friends, and only his grief and sorrow to accompany him.
"No! Delilah, I'm not letting you go!" Sol shouted. "NOT AGAIN! I'm NOT LOSING ANOTHER FRIEND!"
Sol tripped over loose rubble and both him and Delilah went sprawling. And still the Sniper shot at them. Delilah landed painfully a few feet away from Sol. Sol struggled back up to try and get to her, but the Sniper beat him to it. As he was about to pick her up again, a bullet shot straight through his left arm and through Delilah.
"Oh..." was all Delilah said as she fell back onto the ground, Sol clutching at his arm.
"No! NO! NO!" Sol picked her back up, carrying her into the trees. He set her down about a hundred meters into the cover of the trees. Her blood was seeping into the back of his shirt, and his hand was slick with blood as he tried to carefully set her down with one arm. She grunted with pain as she hit the ground with a dull thud. Sol tore off a strip of cloth off of his left arm, screaming with the pain it brought him.
"No no no no no no... Please Delilah, stay with me. Stay with me! PLEASE DELILAH!"
With the cloth, he tried to stem the flow of blood gurgling from the hole in her chest. Delilah coughed up blood and her face was a deadly shade of white. He could tell she had difficulty breathing because every time she took a breath, he could hear her quietly choking on her own blood. He cradled her head in his arms as he spoke to her.
"Please Delilah, please... Don't leave me here... Don't leave me alone.. Please.. Stay with me.."
Delilah tried to give him a smiled, and as she did, her face contorted in again again. "Sol... you can clearly see I can't do that any more... I think it's time you go on alone Sol... Go... people.. are wait-"
Delilah dropped off mid sentence and her head fell limp in Sol's hands. All Sol could ear was the blood roaring in his ears, and the sound of silence that once again pervaded his surroundings. Within a span of ten minutes, he had lost another friend. Sol tilted back his head and screamed. He screamed for all of his grief and loss, his pain and anger, and his friends, who had left him all alone. Once again, Sol Olympia was left alone, without his friends, and only his grief and sorrow to accompany him.
~ There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
Now my friends, are dead and gone~
- Les Miserables
There's a pain goes on and on
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
Now my friends, are dead and gone~
- Les Miserables
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