02 A cycle

coming to my senses I hear someone talking to me, "Son are you alright hello don't be spacing out, please place your hand here for evaluation." What the hell, what is going on, looking around I'm in the SIGMA evaluation building again but how I jumped out the window I landed on the fence, I, I should've died. I should've died why am I here what's going on, "boy listen if your not going to take the evaluation then leave your holding everyone else up" I have to go I can't take the evaluation knowing what I know now I have to find out what is going on, how am I back here, how am I alive, why does anyone other than me remember what just happen to even 3 minutes ago. I walked out of the SIGMA EM building, "huh the E.M family who are they and why do they own everything related to magic, not only does no one know them no one knows how they started they just popped up and the next thing ya know they own it all." Jeez I need to stop talking to myself I'm getting weird looks again, welp I guess I gotta find out sourced work but how.

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God why is my how 1 and a half hours away, well I hope mom's okay gotta pick up her meds 21 dollars more than last time that's two hundred and fifty now, I have to do this I can't let my mom wither away while I sit and watch I have to find some way to make her better, "FUCK!!!!" I was hoping for benefits from being high stage why does life screw me at a time like this, her condition is worsening and I am bearly scraping by with being able to use the money from my college fund. Well what use will complaining do I'll just have to find work some how, I'm almost to the pharmacist station, didn't the old people at that festival a while ago say these used to be called farmers markets or something I don't understand why a farmer would sell meds but hey old world was weird. As I step into the store and look around I notice the usual guy isn't here,

"hey why isn't joseph here?"

"well joseph quit earlier this morning so I had to take over his shift."

"oh wow never thought that guy would get outta this place, I guess you never really know someone's heart huh?"

"yeah guess not."

This girl is really cute I should try and keep the conversation going but what do I say thing Alton think what do I talk about, oh right.

"so the evaluation's where today did you go?"

"nah I didn't."

"why not to crowded I suppose?"

"nope it's the opposite I like being in a crowded space just that I hate the fact that some system evaluations your worth as a person."

"I mean they don't call it the evaluation for nothing."

"haha funny guy so what you getting?"

"well I need two bottles of Donepezil and your number are all that I need today."

"my what?!"

"your number I'd like that and some Donepezil, oh and a date after you get off if that's not to much to ask."

"well aren't you smooth, hmmm alright I don't have anything else I'm doing tonight other than boredom so I get off at ten and here's your Donepezil."

"wait what about the number?"

"let's try the date first and then we'll see about the number."

There's no way that just happened, wait what time is it now, looking down at my watch the time reads 7:35, "three hours ehh." making a mad dash to my house I make there in thirty minutes it's usually a forty five minutes walk good time, going into the room to check on my mom, she's asleep good it's been a hellava day. As I go upstairs I think what will I wear, I guess it doesn't matter much but still let's change this goofy shirt, as I look down at my shirt I read the lable "to who's force are you pledged" jeez man Space Wars has been running for way to long, as I take a shower and change my shirt I look at my watch 9:20, "huh good timing I guess" stepping outside I put my headphones I put my headphones in and begin to walk as the pharmacist station comes into view I see a sketchy man standing at the side of the building peering into the store. "what is he, he's watching her, oh shi- I forgot to get her name" walking into the store I lean on the counter

"hey babe you ready to go, also what do you want to eat."

after finishing my statement I could see she was taken aback and weirded out by my comment and then I gesture my eyes to the window, I could tell she noticed him cause the moment after she responded.

"yeah just give me a few more minutes gotta close up."

turning from the counter I notice the man still watching, I make an effort not to make it seem like I noticed him because I don't know how dangerous he is he could know attack magic or just know the fundamentals enough to severely hurt us. As I look back over the counter I see her walking from the back, she looks stunning without the work apron, silver hair with caramel almost honey kissed skin and steel white eyes, "beautiful" I noticed it slipped out and so did she but she didn't bring attention to it as there was still a weirdo watching us. As we exited the shop and she was locking the door I look to where the guy was standing and he was gone, dodged a bullet there would I have died and restarted if I didn't play that right, maybe let's not think about it, as she finishes with the lock I put my arm around her and whisper in her ear, "let's keep up the act I don't know where he is or is he is watching" as soon as I finish my statement I hear another voice reply that was hers "I am." I hear it and then everything goes black, opening my eyes I'm leaning at the counter and the girl is looking at me, I pan the room to realize it's only a couple minutes before, wait I don't understand why am I not at the evaluation center from earlier, I decide to put it off for now first I have to save her. "hey babe you ready to go, also what do you want to eat."