"Not like I wanted to be. It was before I learned how to travel to
other world lines. I was stuck here, and then Riley and Anna came.
I thought I could go home, but no, home was destroyed by Onslaught
while I was gone." Ricky replied.
Arcane's voice softens. "Then why stay here? Why stay in a world at
war? A universe that's due to be ripped apart not even a million
years from now..." she stares at her paws. "I have a reason. Jigsaw
has a reason. Royal, Ziggy, Vicky, even Rebel. We all have reasons
to stay. But you? Whats your reason?"
"Well at first it was take revenge Onslaught. Then it became take
revenge on Onslaught and dating Vinna. Then it came to taking
revenge on Onslaught and Royal." Ricky replied, "Come on. I want to
show you hell week."
"No. I..." Arcane's voice is suddenly weak, and her whole body
shakes slightly. "No, I can't... I've..." She takes a breath to try
and steady herself. It doesn't work. "Do you ever think you've gone
too far, Ricky? That there's nothing left for you?"
"I know how you feel. At times I'd like to die, but I can't. That
being said if one is murdered I sure dang will avenge them.
So...you are dying." Ricky replied walking to her and giving her a
gentle hug.
"You dont get it, Ricky. Thats the problem. Im not. I have
magikeenia too. I should be dead. I should be dying. But Im not. I
dont know why. I cant fix it, I cant die, nothing hurts me. I have
nothing left to live for and yet I CANT EVEN DIE PROPERLY AND...
and..." She closes her eyes as a tear rolls down her snout. "Im so
clueless, Ricky. I feel so alone. No one knows what its like. No
one understands. You wont either. No one in this universe or the
next will ever know."
"Oh but I do. I set by and watch as people die unable to help them.
I can't feel pain and yet I watch as my friends suffer. I live for
my friends and vengeance and still I can't die. I also feel alone.
The curse of an immortal. Everyone says I'll find something to take
up my time one day and I can't find it. I just look at them and say
they know nothing. I do know one thing. If we can't die, we might
as well be friends." Ricky replied, "The two immortals living
forever."
Arcane's voice turns bitter. "You're just like all the others. No,
you dont. Every waking moment Im thinking. Im thinking about why.
Why me? Why should I be the one to survive? Why pick the weaker
sister, the one who will never amount to anything? Why not pick my
twin, the one destined to save more lives with her death than
anyone else in this universe? Why not pick the little girl I met on
her death bed, suffering from magikeenia like me? Why did it have
to be me? I built and empire, Ricky. I watched it fall. I tried to
save the one I loved and only made everything worse. I tried so
hard, Ricky, to use the precious time this cruel universe decided
to give me and it got me nowhere. It haunts me. Every. Single. Day.
You dont understand, Ricky. Not really. Dont insult me by saying
you do."
Ricky became bitter as well, "Associating me with foolish mortals?
That in it's self is an insult to me. I feared death and how God
would judge me, so I became the closest thing to God! And yet, it
is not all I wanted. All I gave up. My home, my pain, my emotions,
Cassie, Rebel, Vinna, my second home. All I gave up to better than
death, and yet I got a fate worse than death. You may have lost
lots but no where near as much I have."
Arcane laughs bitterly. "You know why I dont make friends, Ricky? I
had a friend once. He was immortal. He understood. He understood
everything. Suddenly, I had emotions again. I loved him, Ricky. And
then he died. I tried, I really did. I did everything I could. And
it wasn't enough." She pauses. "Say you had one wish, Ricky. One
big, time-altering wish. Wouldn't you bring back the ones you
loved? And when you did, it didn't work, and then suddenly
everything felt so much worse?"
"I dont want to go home, Ricky. Home is where the pain is. I want
to run, I want to leave. But I cant. So I stay, and every day, it
gets worse. And theres no escape. Not in sleep, not even in death."
"Fine, stay in hell but I must go." Ricky replied warping into to
the city near the HQ only to find lots of armed men and anti
teleports set up. A news station nearby was filming and Ricky
heard, "Terrorist Richard Jackson was spotted in the city and soon
an entire task force of robots was set up by the mayor to stop him.
So far four city blocks have been evacuated. It seems the police
are taking this serious."
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Anna frowned watching the news grabbing her sword she went to the
door. Kenshin followed along with Riley who had Peter and Lilly
with him. Anna giving Riley a quick kiss ran outside with the
others following her.