Goodbye

It was cold that day, just like any other day. Only this time, that day was the coldest of all the other days. The snow began to bite my skin as they fell slowly and elegantly onto the ground, piling up and forming huge layers of white cushion that made it almost impossible to stand.

"Hello, little boy", the lady in an unfamiliar suit smiled. "Are you terrified?"

For hours, I stared at them since the time they landed on my home planet and slaughtered every single male in sight. For some odd reason, they seemed to spare the girls' lives and marched them into their ship. All I did was watch, watch as everyone in my little village laid all around me in pools of blood and now some annoying foreigner was trying to speak to me.

"Tch! Haven't you killed the brat yet!?", a muscular man in similar clothing appeared beside the woman.

"Hmm?", she chuckled. "I can't."

"What do you mean 'you can't'?", he pushed her aside and pointed some kind of weapon at me. "I'll do it myself then!"

*Klang!*

He fired but it bounced back.

*Klang! Klang! Klang!*

He fired multiple times. They all bounced back and one of his bullets barely missed his face, "What in the world?"

"Told you", the lady shrugged. "This boy has some kind of force field around him. It'll be best to let him die in the cold."

"Hmph", the man withdrew his weapon. "Fine."

"LET ME GO! IDIOTS!! BASTARDS!!!", the voice of a female echoed a few miles away, struggling to break free from her bind.

The voice only got louder and louder by the minute. So loud, that I instantly remembered who it was.

"N-Nitrica", I got up and casually walked to the source of the voice.

"Huh? Hey boy-"

The lady raised her hand, "Let's see what this boy can do."

"MY DAD IS THE VILLAGE CHIEF!! I WILL HAVE HIM PURGE YOU!!!"

"Shut up! You little tramp!!!"

"D-DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH ME!!"

"This bitch"

"W-WHAT ARE YOU- Ack!"

By the time I had arrived at their ship's landing spot, Nitrica had already been struck on the head.

"Finally, this imbecile was beginning to piss me off", a man completely masked by his strange clothing said to the man who led the girls into the ship.

"Nitrica?", the little girl's white, glowing hair had confirmed who she was. "Nitrica!"

"Eh? A male?", all the other men turned to me.

"He must have escaped our ambush", the man who had Nitrica on his shoulders sighed and placed her on the snow. "Lemme kill the guy."

*Klang!*

His shot bounced straight into his leg, pulling him to the ground on one knee.

"What the-", he squeezed his injured leg. "Damn it! It hurts!!"

"Huh? How did that brat do that?!?", the other men readied their arms as I walked towards Nitrica.

"Nitrica, is Nitrica hurt? What does it mean to feel hurt?", I knelt beside her.

"Prepare to kill that dog!"

"Hold your fire!", the lady arrived with that man. "You lot must be crazy to think you could shoot him down after what happened to your comrade."

The other men let down their arms and scratched their heads, now realizing their stupidity.

"Instead", the lady pointed a weapon at me as well, but it looked different. "We'll take them both to the plantation", she smiled and shot out large fumes of gas from her weapon.

"W-What is this?", I coughed. "Nitri-ca", and lost my conscience.

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"Okay, Nap time's over!!"

The sound of the ship's doors and the man's screams instantly woke me up, the light stung my eyes as I realized a hand before me.

"Seksulfur", the person grabbed me and pulled me out onto the lands of a completely different planet. The atmosphere felt entirely different, It was a feeling I barely felt back at home, heat.

"Nitrica?", I tightened my grip on her hands as the men who stood tall above us ushered us into an insanely huge dome.

"I don't want them to get rid of you", she turned back and smiled. "I don't know what's going on but we can't die here. We have to escape."

"Alright! Alright! Chit-Chat's over!", the men pushed us into a strange machine, instantly changing our clothes into a completely different one. They were simple straight white dresses.

We were sent through a long hallway. The white lights bounced off the white walls, totally illuminating the area. We entered a large hall at the end of the hallway after a few minutes. Every single child's face was down with fear and terror as a woman in blue-black clothes appeared from an elevator and into the hall.

"Why the delay?", her stern voice sent shivers down the spines of everyone around, including the men.

"M-Ma'am, we weren't expecting to be late either."

"You haven't answered my question"

"A Celladonian boy, he refused to die"

"An excuse? You found it difficult to take care of a little boy and now you dare give an excuse?"

"T-That's not it. We have him here among the girls. He has a strange force field around him that bounces all attacks"

"Hm", she glared at the men. "Bring him forward."

Nitrica tightened her grip on my hand, the moment she uttered those words. "I won't let them come close", she slowly pulled me close to her.

"Hey! There you are!", one of the men spotted us and pushed me forward with his weapon.

"SEKSULFUR!"

"Where do you think you're going!?", the man held her back.

There I was, standing before the scary woman as she glared into my eyes. Her aura was dark and I was mesmerized by her power, I wanted her dead.

"Materialize", she snapped her finger.

Almost immediately, a small round-like figure appeared beside her and promptly transformed into a huge robot.

"Kill him. Use the energy cannon"

The artificial monster came alive, responding to the command and preparing to fire.

"No!! SEKSULFUR!!!"

I tilted my head as I stared at the huge bot, "Waste"

The machine fired the high-energy cannon but as expected, the field surrounding me reflected the attack and sent it up into the glass ceiling. The glass shattered into pieces and fell like rain.

"Mmm, protect Nitrica", I expanded the field. Thus, shielding the other girls along with Nitrica from the shards of glass.

"That brat", all the men surrounded me, with their weapons all pointed in my direction.

"Send him in, we'll extract all his energy until he breathes no more", the woman said as she returned to the elevator.

"Yes, Ma'am!!"

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It felt as if hours had passed after we were all sent into these odd rooms and it was beginning to annoy me. Nitrica was taken away by a group of people who wore white robes and had glasses that hid their eyes. They said that they were going to 'test' her, I tried stopping them but the band they placed on my arm electrocuted me every time I tried to activate the force field.

"Waaaaaah! M-Mommy! Daddy!!"

"W-Where did they go?"

"I miss my grandma!"

The sniffs and sobs of those girls only screeched my ears whenever I craved silence.

"Where are you, Nitrica?", I muttered to myself as I sat in a corner, curled up.

Just then, the door slid open.

"Huh? S-She came back!"

"Princess! Princess!"

"Where's the chief???"

"I miss mommy"

The crying got worse but that didn't reach me the moment I saw Nitrica.

"Nitrica!", I rushed towards her.

"Seksulfur", she had a slight smile on her face. "I... I came to say goodbye to all of you."

The entire room became silent.

"Goodbye? What's that?", my mood changed the very moment I set eyes on the adults waiting outside. "What are they going to do?"

"They're impressed with the test results. They say that I did so well that I get to go and live with their leader", Nitrica's cheery tone died.

"H-Huh!? Who'll lead us if you leave!?", all the children began to go through a mental breakdown.

"They gave me a chance to say goodbye", she walked towards me. "Goodbye means you won't see me ever again", tears began to well up in her eyes.

"What?", learning the meaning came as a shock to me. "No! Nitrica can't go away!!"

"Seksul-"

"Time's up", the doors slid open and a man in formal clothing stood beside one of the guards.

"I have to leave", she turned back. "Seksulfur will lead you."

"No, don't go!", I ran to her but was kicked back by the guard.

"Stay in, if you know what's good for you"

"I won't forget you", she sniffed and wiped her tears before taking the man's hand.

"Nitrica", my vision blurred as the door slowly closed. "Why?"

*Click*

The door closed, as if it had just cut the ties I made with her.