Chapter Eight "The Greater Good"

Arkain fell to his knees and began to weep
Arkain
Dead
What, this can’t be happening. This is to much, how can this happen! It’s only been a day, not even, just hours. Mom, mom, this can’t be. This is a joke right? What the fuck please, please wake me up from this nightmare. She didn’t want this; she just wanted to live a normal life. Why her god? Why her? This is my fault. I will get the people who did this to her, so help me God, in your name I will kill them. Mom, I love you.
Oswaldo
Arkain
Oswaldo tapped Arkain on the shoulder.
Oswaldo
I’m sorry
No, no, no, no, no fucking no
Arkain
Don’t be, it’s my fault
Hayden
You are not at fault Arkain; it is out of your hands. You cannot control the fate of others.
Arkain Stood up
Arkain
I need to go
Hayden
Did you not just hear what I said before? They want you to act like this; they want you to go to them! It is all apart of their plan.
Arkain
I don’t care!
Fallen
Arkain please understand
Arkain
Understand? She died because of us, because of me! I should have never of came here or dreamt of the stars! Then no one would have died! Philmore would still be alive too! I would be at home and my mom would be happy.
What have I done?
Fallen
You have done nothing wrong. You must understand people will die in this war. Good, bad, guilty, and innocent. That is what we are sacrificing in order to clear the cloud of darkness that covers these lands! We stand on one side and them on the other with the human race between us; some will fall in the crossfire, you must accept this.
Arkain
What makes us any different? They kill, and we allow it to happen, with a weakass justification! Sacrifices? No, I call it being cowards! Allowing people to die for our own agenda!
Hayden
Cowards? Is that what I am? My parents as well because they died in battle for this organization and for others they cared about? Arkain, we can’t save everyone. This agenda you say we are cowardly enough to let people die for is not only for us, it is for the prosperity of the human race.
Oswaldo
Calm down dude, you can’t go to them, do you want to die?
Arkain
My mom didn’t want to die!
Arkain was turned towards everyone; his face was wet from crying.
Suri
I don’t think anyone does
She spoke to me, oh but what does she know
Suri
I know what your thinking, how would she know, and honestly I don’t, but I don’t need to fall off a cliff to know it would hurt.Can’t you see, this is them striking at your heart, your knees! Are you simply going to allow yourself to fall like this?
She’s right, but it’s not that easy
Fallen
No one said it would be easy; nothing forward from this will be easy. Our goal isn’t easy so neither are the sacrifices. No matter what we must accomplish what we began years ago, what you were born to do. I asked you to endure, so do so. You can’t be strong if you would go seeking a killer stronger then you are at the moment. Can’t you at least be happy that your mom died for something important?
Arkain
And what is that?
Hayden
The Greater Good