Inspired by Cosmosdex

Storming Night

I could sense it—A thousand lures, trying to make their way up to the top of the building, where we stood.
Every part of me was tempted to pull my friend back, and leave Heathcliff with his woes.
Rigel Wolf of Showtime
Kiya. We...we need to leave.
He's stubborn. That, I knew too well. Running too far from the cameras, falling right into the satellite's trap.
It's not as though he was stupid. He was smarter than me. But the heat of such moments can lead to terrible consequences.
Kiya Exterminator
Heathcliff.
Kiya Exterminator
Heathcliff, listen to me.
Heathcliff Wuthering Hare
Grrrgh....Hrrrgh....
Destabilizing during a swarm of satellites...how unlucky. Kiya raised his hands, defiantly so. He needed to be calm. I could hear his heartbeat from where I was.
He was scared. Maybe we all were.
Heathcliff Wuthering Hare
Why...? Why did you make me do this?!
Heathcliff Wuthering Hare
I needed to save her. It needed to be me!
Kiya Exterminator
She's dead. She's been dead. Whatever you're looking at...whatever WE are looking at, is not her.
Heathcliff Wuthering Hare
You have no right to tell me she's gone! It's...
Heathcliff Wuthering Hare
It's not fair...why did I have to live...
Kiya takes a step. Another. One more.
Kiya Exterminator
I tell myself this. Every single week.
Kiya Exterminator
About my mother, and everyone in my family.
Kiya Exterminator
You're grieving, and...that's fine. I won't impose.
Heathcliff looks up. He extends his hand. It shakes, because he's scared. I can't help but sigh at those words.
I always hate having to act, but someone has to. With shifting hands, I step forward.
Rigel Wolf of Showtime
Th-This isn't fine. Neither of you are fine!
Rigel Wolf of Showtime
Heathcliff. Don't you get it? He doesn't want you to be alone. Not like this.
Kiya Exterminator
Wh—Hey, what the fuck are you doing?!
Heathcliff Wuthering Hare
.....Kiya....
Heathcliff Wuthering Hare
Is this true...? Tell me...
I pull them both back, tired of the mess. Heathcliff's eyes widen as something hits him.
Kiya Exterminator
Ugh, fine! He's right. I DON'T want you to be alone. You heard it from me.
Kiya Exterminator
Every time you clutch your chest in pain, every tear you shed...it makes me want to hold my head too.
Kiya Exterminator
I want you to feel safe. I want to help.
Kiya Exterminator
But I just...don't have the courage to.
Heathcliff Wuthering Hare
....
Heathcliff Wuthering Hare
Ah, shite...how bothersome.
Rigel Wolf of Showtime
If you're going to die here, let him come with you!
Kiya Exterminator
You stay out of this!
Rigel Wolf of Showtime
WE HAVE TO GO.
A hundred lures throw themselves. A singularity's gazes nearly hits.
Kiya groans, and pulls the hare down the stairs. Heathcliff's hands, scarred and warm, hold the other like a lifeline. They crash down the abandoned walls, and I follow to hold the lures off.
I hear them talking on the way out of the path.
Kiya Exterminator
When we come home, I'm going to patch you up. And make sure your clothes aren't torn from all that.
Heathcliff Wuthering Hare
...'m afraid there's no hope for me.
Kiya Exterminator
If you don't stop saying that, I'll make sure you have nothing left.
Heathcliff Wuthering Hare
Hah...I jest.
The rain above our heads clear as we keep running.
Yes, it seems this isn't the end. Just another story to tell.