? The
Heartless
immortal ?
{Cold as ice and dark hearted…}
Written by Ibrahim Gift
Chapter twenty-seven
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Alex barely lasted for two minutes before he passed out.
He tried — he really tried but his best wasn’t enough.
“Will the both of them survive?”, He asked the superiors.
“It doesn’t look like it and even if one of them would survive, it would be Harley.”, They replied and Cyrus burst into tears.
“You better not die, I promised your sister to keep you safe.”, Cyrus said hitting him.
“Lord Cyrus, I suggest we head back to the academy now. Let’s see what we can do about their condition.”, One of the superiors suggested and they returned back.
***
Cyrus kept checking on both Alex and Harley but there was no improvement at all.
Their condition were getting worse. Harley managed to open her eyes but Alex’s own remaining shut.
“Harley please don’t die, you told me the same didn’t you? Are you now going to leave me? I don’t even know what to do to cure this.”, He said as he cried.
“I will still hold on and be fighting for us, I don’t want to leave you all alone in this world, I don’t want you to be lonely anymore.”, She said with her weak voice.
“If I can’t help the people I cherish and love so much with my power, then I am just useless.”, He said.
“Cyrus …!”
“I love you so much.”, He said as he kissed her hand.
“Kiss me on the lips, you rejected my kiss the last time.”, She said and he kissed on her lips.
“I’m sorry.”, He said.
“If you are really sorry, kiss me alone but slowly this time around.”, She said and he did it alone but it was slow this time around.
“Don’t worry I will come up with something.”, He promised.
***
“Please help me, what will happen to them?”, Cyrus asked his godmothers.
“They won’t survive it.”, They replied and Cyrus’eyes widened.
“What?”
“They won’t survive it and there is nothing we can do about it.”
“Please help me, I know you can do it… Please.”, Cyrus asked on his knees but they took their faces away.
“They don’t deserve to live especially the boy, he was the one that make you develop uncontrollable emotions making you treat him like your brother and he prevented you from killing that lady and now they both are your weakness, so why should we let them leave?”, They said.
“Don’t I deserve people that I will care for? I am human too, I am not a stone. Alex only made me realize that I can love again, he made me realize that I am not all that bad.”, Cyrus said still on his knees with tears.
“But then he betrayed you — he betrayed the academy, he was the reason you almost lost everything.”
“He is still the reason I am alive, Magnus would have looked for other ways even if Alex didn’t do it. He wasn’t supposed to do it but he it wasn’t his fault and he has shown how sorry he is.”, He replied.
“See — you are defending him. Even if the girl will survive, he surely has to die.”
“Why are you all being so harsh? I don’t want to lose another brother, do you even know how this feels like? I want to switch my life with theirs, you can do that right? Let me take their place and let them survive.”, He said and they looked at each other.
“You know that we can’t do that.”
“Okay … Collect my powers in exchange of their life or something, please just help them. Please I am begging you, I will do anything you ask me to do.”, He pleaded.
“There is a condition if we must help you.”, They said and Cyrus looked at them hopefully.
“What condition?”, He asked.
“They will loose their powers and memories and they would go back to living their normal lives like nothing ever happened.”, They said and Cyrus couldn’t believe his ears.
“They will leave him? And they would go back to their normal live?”
“So they won’t remember anything? The academy? Me? Nothing at all?”, He asked in confirmation.
“They would go back to living their normal lives.”
“You guys are doing this on purpose, you are doing this to torture me… So who am I going to feel safe with once they leave me, I will go back to being lonely and cold.”, He said.
“Make your choice Cyrus, I think that is the only way, we can help you.”, They said leaving him puzzled.
“So does than mean that he would go back being alone?”
“I accept the condition.”, He said but I want to say goodbye before they leave.
“Ok then, immediately you finish, they would disappear and appear in the normal world, leaving their life like nothing happened.”, They said and he slowly nodded.
“Thank you.”
***
*Shang chi academy
Cyrus just stared at Harley in tears, not a single word came out from his mouth.
“I’m sorry it’s going to end this way but you will be free now, I won’t be scared if something bad happening to you and you can go back to your boyfriend.”, He said.
“And please don’t go back to blaming yourself for the death of your parents and I’m sorry that it is the only thing I can do.”, He said as he kissed her forehead.
“I love you so much Hailey, don’t forget that.”, He said and she slowly disappeared.
“Alex don’t blame yourself for what happened, nothing was your fault okay? I have forgiven you already, you shouldn’t spend the rest of your life suffering again. It doesn’t matter if you don’t regain your memory once you wake up but you will always be my brother.”, He said as tears rolled down.
“But Alex this is going to hurt me so much, I have been used to seeing you by my side, this is my first time doing something for you but it also means they won’t see each other again.”
“Thank you for remaining on my side during those hard times even when I was very cold to you, you stood by me. Thank you for teaching me how to love again and don’t worry about me, just live a good life.”, He said and Alex disappeared too.
“This is for the best.”, Cyrus said trying to convince himself.
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