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Dante's Pov
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I was laying on my bed texting with Travis. I had already done my homework so I was just waiting for my brother to get home so we could get dinner.

As I'm texting Travis, I begin to hear things breaking and glass shattering. I decide to ask Travis what I should do.

Hey dude? I just heard
something weird. What should
I do?
~Blue Weirdo

I don't know. What kind
of weird sound did you
hear?
~Old Man

I don't know. It sounded
like someone was breaking something. It's pretty loud.
~Blue Weirdo

Look outside and check
if anyone is outside. It
might also just be the
garbage truck. Those
things are pretty loud.
~Old Man

Fine. I'll check. BRB
~Blue Weirdo

I got out of bed and walked over to the window. Maybe Travis was right. Maybe it was just a garbage truck. I looked out the window but didn't see a garbage truck. The street was empty.

I walked back to my bed and realized that the noise had stopped. I texted Travis back.

Hey. The noise stopped. It
wasn't a garbage truck.
Nothing was outside.
~Blue Weirdo

I wonder what it
was. Maybe it was
Gene and his friends.
~Old Man

No, it's not them. Gene
hasn't come home yet.
He said he was going to the
mall before coming home.
Sasha and Zenix went with
him.
~Blue Weirdo

Wait. Isn't it late
already. If he went to
the mall right after
school, he would have
been home already.
Wouldn't he?
~Old Man

Just as Travis sent that, I heard a loud scream. I froze. That sounded like it came from next door. What if Y/n is hurt?!?

I decided to text Travis to ask him what I should do about this.

Travis! Help me! I just heard
a scream coming from Y/n's
house. What do I do?
~Blue Weirdo

First of all, calm
down.
~Old Man

I am calm! Now what do
I do?
~Blue Weirdo

STOP TEXTING ME
AND GO HELP Y/N!
ARE YOU STUPID?!?
THAT WAS STEP 1!
~Old Man

I dropped my phone on my bed and ran out of my room. The I ran back into my room to put on my shoes. After I put them on, I ran out of my room again. I was halfway down the stairs, I realized I might need my phone. I ran back up to my room and grabbed my phone. I ran out for the third time and ran to Y/n's house.

I was at her front door. There was no door. It had been broken down and the inside of her house was really dark. I stepped in and turned on the lights.

Everything was destroyed. I looked to my right and saw that her living room was completely destroyed. I walked over to her couch. It had long slashes in it there was a knife sticking out of one of her pillows. Another knife was sticking out of a painting that was hanging on the wall.

I saw that her coffee table was broken. It looked as if someone had jumped on it and broken it. Her tv was completely destroyed. The screen was broken and there was a baseball bat sticking out of her tv. I looked around and saw a small hole in her wall.

I was still looking at the the destroyed furniture when I heard another scream. I rushed upstairs to look for Y/n. I walked into the first open door I saw. Unfortunately, it was just a storage room. I walked through another open door and saw that I was in her room.

I called out her name but she didn't respond. I looked around her room. There was broken glass on her drawer. I continued to look around. There was another open door.

I walked in and saw Y/n on the floor. She was laying face first. I saw that one of her hands was bleeding. I knelt down next to her and shook her shoulder. She twitched but didn't wake up.

I got up and tried to pick her up. Once I picked her up, I carried her over to her bed. I left her there and went back onto her bathroom. I looked inside for some bandages to wrap her hand. I found the bandages along with some alcohol and a rag to disinfect the wound.

I walked over to Y/n and sat down next to her. After pouring dome alcohol onto the rag, I cleaned Y/n's hand. Then, I wrapped her hand in the bandages.

I noticed that her room was really dark so I walked over to her window and opened the curtains. Light flooded the room and I was able to see clearly. I walked back to Y/n. As I knelt down next to her, I noticed that her face was adorned with large, purple bruises. Her arms also had bruises.

I put a hand on her cheek and she started to stir. I quickly pulled my hand away. Y/n slowly sat up up and rubbed her eyes. She down at her bandaged hand.

"Why are you here, Shadowguard?"

I blushed slightly. I like it when she calls me that.

"I heard things breaking and a scream coming from your home so I came to see what happened. When I came I saw your front door on the floor, your living room teared apart, and you laying on the floor unconscious."

She turned to face me. She looked straight into my eyes with a serious face.

"That doesn't explain what you are still doing here."

I looked down at the floor. She was right. Why was I still here? I took care of her wounds but why am I still here?

"You should leave. Don't comeback."

I looked up at her. Why would she want me to leave? I opened my mouth to speak but she cut me off.

"I think it's best if we don't see or speak to eachother anymore."

My eyes widened. She couldn't be serious, could she? Why would she want this? How is this for the best?

Y/n got out of her bed and I stood up. She walked over to the window and just looked outside. I walked over next to her. We stood there in silence for a moment. Then she broke the silence.

"I don't think it's good for us to be friends. There are too many things I can't tell you guys about. I don't want to keep secrets. You guys barely know anything thing about me. I just met you guys. It's not like if I'm destroying a life long relationship or anything so you can't be sad about it. Besides, I'm leaving soon so it's better to say goodbye now. I've already spoken with Garroth about this. He said he was going to tell you guys but I thought I would tell you personally."

She kept looking out the window. She looked completely calm. I, on the otherhand, was completely confused. What secrets can't she tell us? Why is she leaving? Why is this happening?

I didn't want to stop seeing her. Or to stop talking to her. Or to stop hanging out with her. I really liked her and I didn't want to lose her.

A tear rolled down my cheek and I took a step back.

"I don't understand. Why do you want to leave us? Where will you go anyway?"

She turned around to look at me. I stared at her. She looked down and sighed.

"I can't tell you where I'm going. Otherwise, you'll try to follow and I don't want that to happen. I want to get as far away from all of you as possible. I don't ever want to see or speak to any of you again. Please leave, Shadowguard. Please. Just stay away."

I felt like my heart had been broken. She couldn't be serious. Why would she want me to stay away? This isn't fair. I was angry and confused and heartbroken.

I just nodded slowly and walked towards the door. As I walked out and was about to close the door, she spoke again.

"Please tell the others I don't want to see them again."

I nodded and quickly walked out. I ran back to my house. I quickly ran inside and slammed the door shut. I was about to go up to my room when Gene stopped me.

"Woah, what's the hurry little bro?"

I couldn't hold myself together anymore. All the anger and sadness I was feeling came out. Just not in a way I wanted it to. I broke down sobbing uncontrollably. I ran to Gene and hugged him tightly, crying into his shirt.

He hugged me back and tried to calm me down. After a while, I stopped crying but was still sniffling. Gene released me from the hug and looked down at me.

"Do you wanna talk about it?"

I shook my head and looked down. That's when I noticed that Gene had a reddish stain on his jeans. I recognized it as blood. I gasped and looked at my older brother.

"What happened to you? Why is there blood on your leg?"

He laughed nervously and looked down. He scratched the back of his neck.

"Oh, that's nothing. It's just ketchup. Yeah, I told you I went to the mall. I was eating a burger and some ketchup fell on my jeans. Yup, that's totally want happened."

"I don't believe you. First of all, you hate ketchup. Secondly, you don't eat burgers from the mall because you say crowded places don't sell good burgers. And finally, it doesn't explain the grass and dirt stains all over your clothes."

He looked up for a moment and I saw bruises on his face. Then I noticed more bruises on his arms accompanied by some scratches. I gasped.

"Did you get into another fight?"

I hugged him and cried into his shirt.

"You promised me you weren't going to fight anymore. You know I hate it when you fight. What if you get really hurt a-and  y-you die like dad. I don't want you to get hurt Gene."

My breathing got faster and I hugged Gene tighter. He hugged me too and kissed my head.

"I'm sorry, Dante. I promise I won't fight anymore. I won't end up like dad. I promise."

"Okay. I believe you. Just don't leave me, big brother."

"I won't. I promise I'll be here forever."