"So what happen with Michael?" Green said.
"I accidently gave him a piece of my memories. It wasn't my fault. He was getting a little subborn about leaving him."
"Are you leaving us?"
"Well I um..."
"Please. You serve well to our family while others are away."
"I didn't do anything."
"You did something."
"Iike what?"
"Like keeping all of my sisters and I happy."
"Oh, I see..."
***
"So you love Green?" Kyle asks.
"It not that simple to talk to her but yeah I really do love her."
"Then you should just tell how you feel."
"I can't do that, Kyle."
"Why not?"
"Look, I can't even fall in love with anyone. Not with my condition. The people that I touch sees my memories. If I wanted to kiss someone. Darkness spreads to that person. I don't want to mess up someone's life for that."
"I understand that."
"Even though darkness within me is cured doesn't mean that I'm fully cured."
"How is that?"
"Well what is Ruby going to do is good for me that I'll be cured but she also told me. Not all the way. Maybe for the darkness to not spread to other people but in me it won't stop."
"Did Red has that too?"
"It's from the beginning of her time. She became infected the moment she exist. That is why she has Michael his younger brother back then. You already know about what happen to that little shit."
"Vincent!?"
"Sorry, kids are too hard to manage sometimes. As for other people..."
"Yeah, why would anyone kill their own children. They should've known what will happen."
"I guess there is not enough love to them," Vincent said.
"Say Vincent?"
"Hmm?"
"Did Red loved Michael and his younger brother?"
"Of course she did?"
"Then why Michael left her?"
"Ruby wanted to stop him but you know. She gave up on doing that. Thinking that it is not the best for Michael to stay with her. She wanted to do her best as a parent by letting him go and deserve the consciqences."
"Man that is rough for someone who raised a little brat like him."
"Well I guess it is for the better."
"You think so but now you have to take care of the little brat now."
"You don't have to push it in."
"Ah sorry, master."
"Like I said just call me Vincent instead."
"Yeah, you must get some rest, okay."
"Okay, don't forget about Oliva tomorrow."
"I'll make sure of it tomorrow. Is Michael coming?"
"I'll wake him up if he wants to come."
"Okay, see you tomorrow morning."
***
Vincent went inside Michael's room as he is drawing a picture in his artbook. "I didn't know you're interested in art?"
"I know Red. She loved taking pictures."
"What is it."
"I rather not show it. It's too graphic."
"I been through hell as you see a part of my memories."
"I see that but isn't it?"
"What?"
Michael pointed at the broken mirror at dryed up blood all over it."
***
"Vincent! What's wrong!" Green said.
"Everything is wrong, Sarah. You don't understand how I felt."
Vincent smashed his left arm into the mirror. The shards of glass went into his flesh and starts to bleed. "Vincent stop! Let me heal you! You're injured!"
"And what is that going to do?"
***
"You injured yourself a while ago." Michael said, "I haven't been in your room before but why didn't you bring me into my room?"
"Your room is a mess compared to mine. Plus the other room are sealed so I can't bring you to that secret after all the things has been happening lately."
"Yeah, I saw from a part of your memories."
"What?"
"Why do you keep that man around as a servant you know what he did."
"Michael, you know I wanted to give him a second chance. The place that we worked was his home. Red trapped a piece of his parents soul into those wooden fox figures just to keep them alive in this world and for them to see their child succed after their death."
"You're just worried about that they don't have enough time left in this world. The Time People destroyed people's souls and they never come back. Same thing as Red and Grandfather. Their souls probably got destroyed by them."
"What makes you say that?"
"She mocked you. Or what you think of her. You forget that she hates humans."
"She didn't want to believe in your creations."
"How did you met her?"
"I was actually a soldier before I met her. She was singing a song. I kinda understand how she felt about humans. What to expect. You did abandon her."
"What kind of song?"
Vincent starting humming the song, "I am not sure what song she gave you with different lyrics but you are always shocked to hear it."
"Yeah, for a moment I thought that Red finally recovered but she is still lost within dimesions."
"Why do you want to find her?"
"I don't know. I guess. Asking for forgiveness." Michael said, "you seem to know more about her than me."
"Well, I um..."
"If you do find any leads, can you tell me."
"I will don't worry. Also I keep on forgetting, do want to come over to Oliva's place with Kyle."
"Kyle..."
"No it's okay. If anything goes wrong, I'll not let you get hurt by him."
"How can I tell the difference?"
"I think you know that already, Michael."
"Anyways, your clothes are ready in the bathroom. Plus your favourite shampoo and bath stuff for a quick shower for you is all set."
"Is there something else happening today?"
"It's in Oliva's world, turns out there are some of Time People's presence is leaking into her dimension."
"You're trying to investagate it!" Michael said, "you can't do that alone! Plus you're not fully healed yet."
"It's my desision. Plus this is Olvia's world were talking about. While the others can't help her. I have to help her."
"You usually do that? I remember Red doing that for Yellow all the time."
"You know, Red is not here. I have to take the spot of repair some things in that world."
"Fine, I'll help you, too."
"Okay, meet me in the sealed room."
"But how would I find it!?"
"You'll know. The room knows to let you in."
***
"Sorry if that took that long, Kyle."
Kyle sits on the bed and stares at his smart phone, "oh it's nothing. I was checking out my blog. It has already nine-hundred followers already."
"In like two days?"
"Well that fox boss ask me to so I did it."
"Any hate mail?"
"None yet. I only post a piece of artwork that says come and dine in for this resturant." Kyle said, "was there a barrier or something?"
"Yes there is."
"What is it for?"
"It's suppose to protect people from them."
"The Time People?"
"Yes, I do know their patterns are always going back. It is in their nature to do that."
"The barrier makes them uninterested execept for humans?"
"Yeah, however there is another purpose for it that I not actually discuss it right off the bat."
"Okay guys let's go." Michael said as he said in a calm voice.
"You finished quickly," Kyle said.
"Time in here moves slowly."
"Okay, let's go into the portal," Vincent said as he drop a red drop down to reveal a portal to Yellow's home space.
The three went inside Yellow's home and see Yellow knitting a yellow scarf. "Hello boys. You really took your time."
"Sorry about that Oliva. We've have some trouble getting here."
"It's alright. Just hold on minute to let me use a colour spell to change the clothing colour to yellow."
"Why yellow?"
"It's the festivable today," Yellow said, "my humans are celebrating at the fish market. You want any fish, Vinny?"
"Oh sure I do. Fish and potatoes." Vincent said, "also do you got any yellow eye contacts? So the three of us can put them on. Especially Michael too."
"Hey!" Michael said.
"Glad you see you in good spirits today, Vinny. I hope you calm from the last time."
"Calm?" Michael asks, "what do mean?"
"I'll discuss to you later but anyways." Yellow touches Vincent's hands and played them around with each other. "I want to go to fish market with all of you boys with me. Let me get my purse."
"Why do we need contacts?" Kyle asked.
"Red and brown in this world is considered rare. In her world, we don't want to cause attention."
"Why can't we use the colouring?"
"That stuff is painful that just putting lenses is much better and they don't fade out."
"Okay."
***
"Wow, this is so cool! Vincent look at that!" Kyle said, "oh this fish looks so good. Michael come with me."
Vincent and Yellow watches Michael getting dragged by Kyle and look at the different fishes at the different stand.
Yellow starts to giggle, "heh...well would you look at that. Somehow Michael is bonding more with Kyle."
"Shut up."
"Speaking of which I'll tell you the location where it's leaking in and you can tell it to the others."
"Sure," Vincent said as they both walked up a stand where Michael and Kyle are looking some samon.
"Oh, I missed these things. Vincent look at this." Kyle said as he points at the fish.
"How about talipia, shrimp, sole, crab, and other fishes, Kyle." Michael said, "Yellow...I can you buy crab for us?"
"Sure as long as Vincent is preparing it."
"Go ahead. I'm making dinner at Yellow's house for tonight."
"Yah, I love crab so much."
"You know Vincent. Let them have their fun."
"It's just like my dad when he was around. He always loved fish. Just like that boy Kyle." Yellow said, "heard he's been through a lot lately. Anything else that happen other than the recovery?"
"I figure out the only way to cure Kyle is that same thing with me. Darkness never disappears from me. Even when I'm cured. Just like that boy, his entire life was taken away from him. I think it is still taken away from him and he can never get it back. I do believe in another chance at life. Even when were too broken to go on further. You have to fight for that second chance."
"You just sound like my sister, Red just now. She said that a long time ago when she believed in another chance."
"She once thought of that but you already know what is happening to her right."
"Yeah, she lost all of her respect in humans. Even when I try to create them." Yellow said, "I still believe that she has a second chance. I want to tell her tell when she gets back. I'll rub it in her face."
"Can you do it?"
"No not really."
"Ask Michael, he's pretty good at it."
"Vinny, can you help me too?"
"As long that I don't get stress from you. It will be fine."
"Yah."
"Just so you know I just took off my limiters just in case. Something will happen, I feel that they will come on this important day and many people are going to be killed if we don't anything to prevent this. Let's get it done once we get some food for dinner."
"What happened to your limiters?"
"I forgot them at home."
"You're planning something are you. You never leave your limiters that Ruby made for you."
"You've been talking lately, Yellow. It's usually how the weather is or how pretty things are."
"Ruby made those limiters a secret part of your body. Why did you take them off?"
"Just shut the hell up, Oliva!"
Suddenly a kids bumps into them, a girl starts to trips over Vincent's feet. Vincent grabs the girl's arm and pulls her back on her feet, "ah! Thank you mister!"
"Hey, just be careful the next time." Vincent pickes up her toy and it was broken, "ah no...your toy is broken."
"Ah!" The girl becomes worried.
"Don't worry, I can buy you a new one." Vincent looks at the other kid who bumped into him. "Hey boy, can you pick out her toy!"
Vincent went to the stand with the toys and key chains, "are you going to buy back the toy."
"I'll try but I only have enough for a keychain," Vincent pats her head, "it's alright little lady, your best friend is picking it out for you. It makes it all better."
"Okay."
Vincent and the boy looks at all the keychains in the stand.The boy points to a matching bunny rabbit charms with crestant shaped moons. Vincent nods his head as he ask the standee, "hey, can I have this matching charm two in one?"
"Well sure that well be twelve yel."
"Okay," Vincent hands over the exact same change to the man and he hands over the charms to Vincent. He hands it down to the young children, "here you go. Unique charms."
The kids starts to laugh as the ran away. "Those kids are amazing," Michael said. "It sort of reminds me of someone a long time ago when Red gave me something. Vincent you buy gifts for people too?"
"Well this toy is broken, I have to give something."
"Yeah...Vincent are we going to that tear spot?"
"Oliva is going to show us the way."
"Okay then."
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