No Return: The Final Test of Brotherhood

In the silent darkness, a child:

"Brother, don't go! Brother, if you leave, what will we do?"

Her brother:

"Fend for yourselves. There's no place for people like us in this world."

The child, screaming:

"Brother, stop talking nonsense! If you're not in this world, this world won't have any taste! Come back, you don't have to do this!"

"There's no turning back, Klara, there won't be any turning back. Take care of yourself."

"Brother, don't! You can't just abandon us so easily! I'll stop this, I won't let you go!"

Klara tries to touch her brother, but every time she gets close, her brother pulls away. Klara runs to touch her brother, but she remains at the same distance each time. Exhausted from running, Klara finally hears Black speak in a deeper, more frightening voice:

"Klara, go back to your home!"

Klara is speechless, not knowing what to say. Then, screaming:

"Let's go back together, brother, why aren't you coming?"

Black, in an even more terrifying voice:

"Klara, go back to your home!"

Klara is surprised that this terrifying voice came from her brother. She starts to get truly scared in this darkness. She doesn't understand why she's here, why her brother left, and when her brother became such a frightening person. She can't take it anymore, she trembles, cries, covers her face with her hands, and repeats to herself: "Why am I here? Why is no one here? Where is my mother? Why isn't my father here? What happened to my siblings Cemy, Todi, Johny? Why are we alone with my brother? Did my brother do something to my family?" Finally, Klara's legs give out and she falls to her knees, screaming with her last strength:

"Brother, what happened to my siblings, my mother, and my father!!!"

Black's voice returns to its normal tone:

"They're dead."

Klara's heart shatters when she hears "They're dead." Was Klara left alone? This can't be! When did they die? Who killed them? They weren't that old! So who? Why? Did my brother do it? Then, with trembling hands and feet:

"Who did it?"

Black, in the same way:

"Fate."

Klara, raging with anger and screaming with her last strength:

"Damn you, brother! If you're messing with me, I'll never forgive you for this. Why are we here? Why are we talking in this darkness? What happened to other people? Where is the world and who are you? What did you do to my real brother? Who killed our family? Where did they die, when did they die, brother? Did you do it? Answer me, brother?"

Black simply remains silent and continues to be silent.

Klara, growing more enraged:

"Answer me! Creature that resembles my brother, who are you?"

Black replies in the same tone:

"I am your brother."

Klara can't bear it and tries to stand up again, but with a force descending from the sky, she falls to her knees again and screams even louder:

"Who killed my family? When did they die? Tell me, brother, when did they die?"

Black, in the same tone:

"August tenth."

Klara is struck speechless and remembers what happened last. She remembers what transpired between Cemy and her brother. But if they died that day, then my brother failed and couldn't return. Did Code kill us too because of my brother? Then Code won this game, didn't he? My brother lost. A sense of relief comes over Klara, and she continues to think to herself, wondering if she will be able to meet her siblings, mother, father, and brother in heaven, will she be able to live a peaceful eternal life with them? Finally, she asks her brother a question that comes to mind:

"Brother, you failed, didn't you? You couldn't come back, could you?"

Black, with a gradually fading voice:

"I came back home, Klara."

Klara, with a sudden physical chill, asks again:

"Brother, you didn't come back on August tenth, did you?"

Black, in the same way:

"I came back home, Klara."

Klara, looking at her brother's turned back, asks:

"What did you say, brother?"

Black turns slightly, looking into Klara's eyes and showing her his blood-red eyes. Klara, looking into her brother's eyes, is initially startled and begins to feel scared. The eyes she saw did not belong to her brother; they looked like the eyes of a monster. Then Black turns his head forward and screams furiously:

"Klara, I killed Code! I imprisoned him in eternal darkness! This life is so cruel, Klara! Save yourself from this world! Save yourself! Go back home, Klara! Just go back, Klara! For your own good, Klara, go back home, Klara!"

This deafening voice grew increasingly furious, as if all the darkness echoed with Black's voice. Klara slowly began to sink into the darkness. She was drowning in screams, literally lost in endless darkness. Klara could no longer breathe and was slowly suffocating. Then, someone from behind:

"Klara, are you okay? Klara, are you okay?"

Klara slowly opens her eyes and sees her mother. Flora is so scared that her face has turned completely white. Finally, Klara sees her mother and begins to cry, hugging her amidst sobs:

"Mother, brother didn't leave, did he? What happened was just a dream, mother, wasn't it, mother? Brother didn't leave, did he? Mother, please say he didn't leave, say brother didn't leave!"

Flora is extremely surprised by her daughter's state and feels an inner shiver. Because something like this was happening for the first time, and her daughter being this scared was incomprehensible to her. What was it that scared her daughter so much? As Flora tries to find answers to these questions in her mind:

"My daughter, what happened? What did you see, and why are you asking about your brother? What scared you so much, my daughter? Tell me, I'm always by your side."

Klara hugs her mother tighter and continues to cry for a while. Then she slowly tries to control her breathing, taking deep breaths, and slowly straightens up. Looking into her mother's blue eyes:

"Mother, did brother leave home? Please, just answer that, mother."

Flora, looking at her daughter's face, not knowing why she was like this:

"My beautiful daughter, your brother left five hours ago. He'll be back soon, don't be afraid, my daughter. God is with us, God protects us all, my daughter. Bad people always lose in this world, never forget that, my daughter. Just relax, my daughter."

Flora offers her daughter a glass of water:

"Drink, my daughter, calm down first, then tell me what happened."

Klara throws the water from Flora's hand to the ground:

"Mother, look into my eyes, mother! If you love me even a little, you'll go after my brother right now! My brother's life is in danger, my brother won't succeed in this! Take Todi and leave here, mother!"

Flora, in a panicked voice to her daughter:

"My daughter, why are you saying this? Why is your brother's life in danger? What do you mean, Klara? What scared you so much? Please tell me everything!"

Klara screams even louder:

"Mother, don't think about me anymore! You need to be by my brother's side! Go now, mother! Go to my brother now, mother!!!"

Klara puts her head on her mother's shoulder, sobbing and trembling, hugging her mother very tightly and muttering: "Mother, I don't want to lose you, mother, I don't want to lose my father, mother, I don't want to lose my siblings, mother, I don't want to lose my brother!" she cried hysterically.

Flora was extremely saddened by her daughter's state. She wanted to know what had brought her daughter to this state and wanted to do everything she could to protect her. Hugging her daughter even tighter: "I will never leave you, my daughter, you and your siblings. But I will protect everyone, my daughter, just trust me, trust me, my daughter!" Mother and daughter held each other tightly, embracing as if they would never part.

Now, let's go back a little in our story, to five hours earlier.

Black closes the main door of the house and opens his blood-red eyes to that ugly world. The reddish hue of the sky, the black clouds covered in dust, the suffocating atmosphere outside, the constant sounds of people fighting each other, the perpetually hungry stray animals fiercely attacking each other... Many other reasons are enough for today to go badly. But Black shows no emotion, for he has grown accustomed to this cruel life. What Black has seen has never been these things. Black is always a positive person; the negative aspects around him never even cross his mind. Black loves his life: he loves his family, his job, his master, and his wolf. What hasn't Black done for this life of his? He has worked tirelessly so that his family could be comfortable, so that they could live a good life. He has never, ever given up on his loved ones or on working. Black takes a deep breath and begins his dangerous journey through life. First, he goes to the abandoned cosmic wreckage hangar next to their house.

When he arrives at the hangar, he sees how much more beautiful it is than before and truly understands how successful Cemy is in this work. Because Cemy had a great interest in dogs since he was a child. At the age of six, he had tamed a dog on his own. Then it became two, three, five, and finally seven. Black loved this aspect of his brother because Cemy remembered the days when they always played together since childhood, sometimes doing dangerous jobs, but at the end of the day, no one was harmed. Black truly loved his brother, but he couldn't remember how he had come to be this way, or when he had started working for Code. He didn't understand why things had escalated so much.

Then Black thought he needed to get back to his real work. There were a total of eight dog kennels. Seven of the kennels were arranged in a circle, and there was a slight mound in the middle of the circle. On top of the mound, there was another dog kennel, but this one looked extremely different from the others because it housed not a dog, but a wolf: Black's wolf, named Redshade. Redshade was a Jordan wolf. Jordan wolves were typically wild wolves kept to protect wealthy families. Redshade was an alpha family's wolf, but this alpha family had abandoned Redshade by the desolate lake when he was very young. The first ones to find Redshade were animal cannibals. When they couldn't find anything else to eat, they would eat birds, cats, or dogs, no matter what. Black saw the cannibals attacking Redshade that day. The moment Black saw Redshade, he felt a bond. He immediately ran towards the cannibals, kicked one into the lake with a flying kick, headbutted another until he passed out, and broke the nose of the last one with a punch to the face. Black gained a new friend with his heroism that day and showed his family his new Jordan wolf. The family all loved Redshade very much. Black made a promise to himself: "From now on, I will protect everyone who is with me; no one will be harmed."

As Black was lost in memories, Code suddenly came to his mind. His face showed a look of disgust. Then he clenched his hand into a fist and hit the hard iron wall of the hangar, thinking: "I swear to myself that Code will die! I will not allow him to achieve his evil ambitions!" Then he quickly went to Redshade's side, pulled the chain that went deep into the ground out of the soil, and quickly looked into Redshade's eyes.

He took the wolf's head in his palm and said:

"Redshade, wake up! We're going to stop evil! Our awakening in this life will be very different. Let's go, Redshade, let's illuminate the endless darkness!"

Redshade shows his power with a long howl. Then Black breaks the chain Redshade is tied to. Black, adding a certain aura to his voice:

"Redshade, I will never restrict your freedom with these chains! Redshade, I broke your chain, now just run towards freedom and guide me, Redshade! Let's open the doors to freedom together, come on, Redshade!"

Black and Redshade run together through the door opening to freedom. In this world enveloped by darkness, they will try to unite and conquer, but this world is very cruel. Our chapter ends here on this dangerous path awaiting heroes. Remember, every end opens the doors to a new beginning.

END OF CHAPTER TWO