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Rudo opened his eyes.
Fuck,his head was throbbing, his body felt numb and worst of all... He wasn't in his home.
He lifted his upper body, slowly, painfully, till he could look around...
He was in a pile of trash...so much trash..All that he remembered was being thrown down here, from the Sphere, from his home because..All because of a misunderstanding. He would have never killed Regto....he wouldn't...no.
After trying to stand up and failing he was found by a weird man with an umbrella, why'd he need that?
They argued for a little while, he kind of kidnapped Rudo and sold him? Well nevermind,Rudo found out through that, that the gloves Regto gave him were his 'vital instrument' whatever that was.
...
So these are the cleaners HQ? They look cool ..woah he got his own room! Man this place is nice,he also met a few new people. There was Zanka,oh shit,yeah, that's the guy he threw poop on! Haha! And there was Riyo, she's nice but Rudo thinks she's a little bit weird ain't she? Semiu was the woman at the front.
Ohh,so that's what a vital instrument is. Rudo thought Semiu had a very cool vital instrument,her glasses were practically magic to him! He met Dear, Guita, Gris, Follo, Bro, Delmon ...etc. oh and the guy Who 'saved him!' was Enjin,he was cool after all...
I said 'was cool' didn't I...
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When Rudo actually woke up he wasn't with the team anymore,yet laying on the floor, looking up at the sky slowly darkening...
..ah yes...now he remembered now.
The fight.
Rudo Is still laying on the floor, unable to move. For the first time since he saw Regto before being thrown into the Pit, he smiled lightly. Even tho his smile was from pain, it was still a very warm one, giving him a very warm feeling alongside it.
If anyone asked, he could've sworn he just saw Regto above him, carefully cradling his head, saying he'll be fine, right after a fight he had with another kid in the Sphere.
Rudo chuckled,a long, pained chuckle..
This might just be his end,and his stupid mind makes him see Regto of all things, of all people?
Oh how he would have loved that before,you know,when he needed him? Those nights when his arms felt like they were becoming ash,like they were in flames. Those nights when he couldn't sleep... Man he would have loved this then...but now... Even though he wanted to like this scenario,this long lost memory of Regto his mind made for him? That wasn't what he needed... All he wanted to know was if his friends are alive and well...
He couldn't lift himself,he could move his eyes( he could only cry from them) and he couldn't hear anything but the loud memories...the annoying, saddening memories..
"G-d d-mn-t ----, g-t -p and fig-t the go-dam- Rai-er!"
"A-re ya listen-n' br-t?!"
He felt so funny...haha...ugh..hick hick..haha...I'm writing what he sounds like! Hm? That doesn't seem like laughing now, does it? He's so scared to die..
"Rudo?"
"R-DO?!"
He missed Regto so much but he didn't want to meet him again this early..oh Lord please save the poor boy..please,give him another chance in life.
...
Enough of talking about the poor, injured and small child...do you know what his dear friends are doing.
Enjin is out of breath, looking at Zanka,who was fighting,still standing and in good form
"Need any help kid?!"
Enjin shouts out,but Zanka chuckles, he really did get an easy fight huh? Lucky bastard
"I'm sure I'll be just fine!" Zanka yelled back to him with a smile smile...
Because Enjin was taking the smallest break he could allow himself to get,he was injured so he needed it, he decided to check to see if the others were fine.
"Riyo, you good!?"
He shouted,a bit worried from the state the girl was in. Though,she nodded,not responding, probably so she wouldn't get herself distracted..unlike Zanka,some of them has hard opponents...
Enjin beat his a long time ago... But he made a big mistake... He checked up on Amo too..but not on Rudo...je probably forgot he was even there with them.
Zanka stumbled back..shit his fight just got more intense,he shouldn't have jinxed it.
He fell over something... someone
"God damnit Rudo get up and fight the goddamn raider!"
But no answer came to Zanka,he stood up annoyed and yelled at him again
"Are ya listenin', brat?!"
As he slowly turned around,just slowly to look at Rudo,for a second before he had to return to the fight...he saw blood... Maybe he's injured? A little?
Zanka thought...but he was so wrong...he landed a hit on his raider and sat down next to Rudo...
"Rudo?"
Zanka shook him..his eyes were open, Zanka could see that his eyes were open...he was smiling? What the fuck. Or maybe crying? Or both...
"RUDO?!"
Zanka yelled as he wasn't getting an answer from the younger boy..
"Rudo c'mon this ain't funny ya know?! Ya still mad at me for yesterday?!"
He shook him again...
That's right,those two had a fight yesterday... They argued and didn't talk for the day,hell, they haven't talked since that fight...and now he...he was looking at Rudo's empty eyes..so..dull
His little student...his friend... His little brother...He hunched over Rudo... He was panicking,where was his pulse again..oh right! He pressed his finger on Rudo's wrist...so faint.. Rudo's pulse was so faint..
"Enjin please! I don't know what to do! Where's Eishia?!"
Zanka yelled,his voice so wobbly... So unsure of himself
"Eh?! What's going on kid?!"
Enjin yelled worryingly back to him...till he saw the poor child laying in his arms...shit.shit...shit.
Eishia was coming over to heal Rudo but she wasn't the first one to snatch him up...
"Huh."
She was frozen by pure terror as a big light flashes for them all...she didn't see Rudo in Zankas arms no more...