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"In retrospect, it was a hell of a way to die.
The world ended right in front of me.
It fell apart and shook beneath our feet.
Buildings began disintegrating, crumbing, taking people down with it.
They too vanished as the white light spread across the realm.
But it was more than just the world that died, everything was taken. The entire universe was snuffed out.
And it was all my fault."
-Author Unknown, Discovered in a nameless journal amidst some ruins.
At the Beginning.....
Lukas read the letter over and over till his eyes began to swim. But the words made no more sense than they did when he read it the first time.
“I- I don’t understand,” Olivia said with shaky breath, “I thought we were past this. I thought that he- that we….Why did he-“her voiced cracked and she shakily set down her own copy of the letter.
“Guys,” Axel asked, his voice filled to the brim with turmoil laced emotion. “What are we going to tell Petra when she comes back?”
“This can’t be his writing; this isn’t something he would do!” Olivia stated, “Jesse wouldn’t- he couldn’t-“
Lukas’s eyes shifted back to the beginning, then down to the end. He stared at the words, stared at Jesse’s unmistakable hand writing. Each word, each letter, carved a painful sensation into his heart and soul, leaving behind a broken and hurting bitterness.
Axel picked up Jesse’s Order of the Stone amulet from the table, “How are we even going to find him?” he whispered.
Olivia looked to Lukas, “What do we do?”
Lukas didn’t answer, he was too busy looking at the last two sentences, the ones that hurt the most….
I’m leaving, I can’t do this, I thought I could but I can’t. I’m sorry, I’m so, so sorry. Please don’t come looking for me, I can’t come back, I won’t.
The paper crinkled as Lukas’s hands clenched.
“Lukas?”
I won't......
“Nothing,” Lukas gritted out through clenched teeth. “We, do, nothing.”
No matter what any of them did, Jesse had made his choice, a choice he could never undo. The damage had been done, there was no going back.
Jesse was gone.