Farlight

The moonlight thoughts

There was a little girl sitting on a chair alone, she appeared to have red eyes and pink hair, she sat in a class that was illuminated with bright lights, the Class was filled with other students learning and the girl had a smile on her face listening attentively to her teacher, pow, the glass shattered, the teacher dropped to the floor as his eyes closed and blood poured out of his head.

The girl's eyes widened, one of the students got up and ran towards the door but met thesame fate as the teacher, a man holding a g*n wearing a black suit walked into the class, the man had brown hair and had a cigarette in his mouth, he smiled and said,”school's dismissed, run or die”.

The girl was frozen on her chair, she repeatedly screamed no as children around her were being shot as they got up, “no, no, no, no, I don't want to die”, pow, a bullet was shot as everything went slowly, the bullet braised her head, suddenly Ivy sat up with extreme force breathing heavily, she heard the howling of a wolf, Iran woke up too and said, “that dream again”, Ivy placed her hand on her head and said, “yeah”, turns out the dream was a memory from Ivy's life.

Iris rolled over as she heard the voices of Ivy and Iran, Iran saw Iris rolling so he said, “We should talk outside to avoid waking up Iris, as Iran and Ivy went outside the tent Iris opened her eyes and said, “I miss you Zeek, I wonder what your upto now that you and Evie are on thesame team”, she smiled and continued, “probably having fun”, she closed her eyes and went back to sleep.

The night was illuminated with moon rays sipping through the leaves of the trees, fire flies flew around the tent giving a beautiful green colour to the atmosphere and the stream glimmered with light from the stars, crickets played their songs in harmony, distant howls of wolves were heard. Ivy looked at Iran and asked, “why did you join the facility, you never told me”.

Iran looked towards Ivy and answered, “I never told you because you never asked”, Ivy kept a straight face as she said, “Ok I'm asking now, tell me”, they approached the stream and sat down on the log beside it, the croaking of frogs sounded, Iran looked at Ivy and said plainly, “why do you want to know, it's my life not yours”.

Ivy was visibly aggravated as her eyebrows tilted and her straight face squeezed up, she replied in a loud Voice, “Of course I want to know, I care about you”, Iran's Eyes widened as he didn't expect her outburst, he kept a straight face again before agreeing to tell.

“My father worked as a military General, He worked together with the facility to fight the sentrions, he taught me the In and out of the facility, he left home one day saying he's going to test a project but when he got back, he was too weak to eat, my mum asked him what was wrong but he kept saying nothing, eventually he was too weak to leave the bed, I was only eight at that time and just taught he was being lazy”, Iran dropped a tear and used his hand to wipe it off.

Ivy's eyes widened because she had never imagined Iran cry, she got closer to him. Holding his hands as he continued, “I remember that day like it was tattooed on my mind, my Dad said, *son, if you see anyone you love in danger save them, that's what we do In the military, we have each other's Backs*, by that time I knew dad was sick because he was in the hospital bed, I answered him saying *OK dad*, he left my hand and asked me if I remembered what he told me about the facility, I answered yes, he then warned me never to go there, that they're the cause of his sickness”, Iran paused as he looked up at the sky.

Ivy rested her head on Iran's shoulder and held his arm tightly as she asked, “what's wrong”, Iran answered, “nothing”, then smiled, he continued, “My dad then said, *Son, always look at the stars at night*, he's eyes closed slowly as he said, *Don't cry when you here that long beep son, I love you *, then he closed his eyes and drifted into sleep, it wasn't long before he stopped breathing and I heard the long beep, I promised I wouldn't cry but I remembered all the times I would run and hug him when his on leave from his job” he paused briefly.

Iran continued, “After that day everything took a one eighty degree turn, my mum became a drunkard and started sleeping with plenty men so I could keep going to school, it worked until I turned fourteen, she came home one day and was talking nonsense, she walked left right and staggered as she fell and stood, she threw up continously in the toilet, when I came to check on her she said one reasonable sentence, *I'm sorry I couldn't be the mother you needed*, she smiled and stood up from the toilet floor as she struggled to walk to her room.

Iran held back the tears in his eyes as he said, “I escorted her to her room and watched her as she slept, she slept normally but what was bizarre was that she smiled in her sleep, that night I slept next to her worried that something might happen, as I woke up I saw her still sleeping, I left for school not wanting to disturb her, when I came back she was still sleeping, *mum, mum, mum* I called, I got flushed with so much emotions, I dropped on the floor crying, I hesitated to call the ambulance, I tried to pick up the phone but my hands were shaking, When I finally called them I went and sat in the sitting room staring straight at the wall“.

Iran finally burst out into tears, he struggled to talk before saying, “the doctor came and said that she died of brain failure from too much alcoholic Influence, I wanted to end my life, I screamed and ran to the kitchen, I grabbed a knife and stabbed my belly repeatedly, I eventually blacked out as I fell in my own. Blood, I woke up a month after in the hospital bed, *He's awake, He's awake* the doctors screamed, I remembered what happened, I raised my shirt up to see if I had the scars, I saw four stab marks on my stomach but I wasn't moved, the doctor came to do a check up but then I said *Why, why won't I die. I want too be with my parents again, why didn't you let me die* I broke into tears”.

Iran paused, he wiped his tears and continued “The doctor then said if she lets me die then she's no longer a doctor, I then asked, *but why did the doctors let my dad die,why weren't the doctors there for my mum, why are the doctors there when you don't need them*, the nurse gasped as she asked her self if I was a fourteen year old, suddenly the lieutenant walked in, I knew him as lieutenant. Damian, he was a good friend of my dad, he walked in like an angel, he came smiling and said, *if you die, who's gonna hold your dad's legacy*, Damian adopted me and sent me to a military academy, at sixteen I graduated, at eighteen I accelerated my ranks, then he decided to send me to the very facility my dad died in, I'm just here to destroy this facility”.

Ivy looked at Iran having no words to say, she pulled Iran's face to hers as there eyes met, Iran's Eyes were still teary, she kissed him under the moonlight, Iran's cheek became bright red, Ivy's cheek was also bright red, there reflection showed on the stream, Iran put his hands around her as he held her tighter, Ivy continued to kiss him, then they let go of each other.

Ivy asked, “You know, I thought that you were scary and psychotic at first but when I got the opportunity to live in thesame room with you I realized I was wrong, Iran looked at the stars and said, “the stars really are beautiful, but not as beautiful as you Ivy”, Ivy looked away and her face was visibly red as she blushed, Ivy looked back at Iran and said, “I love you Iran”, Iran remembered what his dad said about protecting the people he loved then said, “I love you too, Ivy”, they kissed again before heading back to there tent.