Ray

Night. For the first ten minutes, the silence is deafening. The sky is completely covered in a dark shroud. Today you commit another crime, feeling nothing for it except a chill in your chest.

You exchange glances—Rey clenches his teeth, as if warning you that an enemy will soon appear in this place. Everything around you seems to hush before the explosions to come. You poke your head out from behind the wooden crate. A sharp movement of his hand. He quickly pulls you toward him, squeezing your wrist tightly.

• Don't interfere. They're here.

-Accepted.

A sharp gust of wind: as if even the weather understands your feelings. You exchange glances again, and with quick nods, you step out of the shadows. At that very moment, a loud explosion rings out. The building, long shrouded in darkness, begins to collapse. A shard of glass falls on your head, and then a thin layer of walls covers your body. Darkness. You can no longer breathe. You can't scream. Your eyelids grow heavy and you slowly sink into darkness. This is the most terrible end, even in people's worst nightmares.

Three years have passed since that day. You left the company and continued on your own, trying to distance yourself from the criminal underworld. That job became a distant memory, a memory you had no intention of remembering.

He also looked for you until he came to the conclusion that you were no longer there.

The dark figure of a young man moves through the nearly deserted streets. His eyes scan the area. He's searching. Searching for something he lost long ago. He's searching for her. His one ray of light.

Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a girl. She reminded him of his partner. Seeing the silver pendant around her neck, engraved by himself, he hesitated no longer. He moved closer. His hand instantly pinned her body to the wall.

• Partner...

Silence.

-Rey? What are you doing here?

"Do you think it was easy for me to live, thinking that you were cleared out along with that damn house? No, partner. This was pure madness, into which you led me."