So, Nathan has found me. I knew he would, but not this fast. Especially not with the whole Quiet thing.
I guess even a godly being who can hide from other godly beings couldn't fucking hide me from Nathan. Seriously Nathan... What the hell are you?! How do you do these things?! Anyway...
I was out getting food for myself and Sandy and I get home and find Nathan just sitting outside Sandy's house on a lawn chair. He's got a can of soda and waves to me as he drinks it. I thought about just running, but I'm The Faceless Bastard... With a Face... Still! I do not run. I do not run from anyone!
So, I approached.
"S'up?" I asked.
"Not much. I see your injuries have healed. That's good. Should make this more fun," he said and I had to ask.
"You loved your sister right?"
"Of course," he answers.
"So... What's with the laid back attitude... I mean it's cool and all. Scares the hell out of me, but you're not just here to kill me on a job or something. This is personal? Why aren't you all angry and wrathful? How can you be so calm and... Professional?"
He leaned forward and placed the can down. "I loved my sister more than anything in the world. She grounded me. Kept me human. Even as the world around us became less and less human she kept me sane. Now she's dead and with her all emotion is gone too. I'm going to kill you and it is personal, but I'm not angry at you. You're nothing. I'm going to kill you because she wanted me to kill you. Once you are dead I'll kill others. I will kill everyone. I will kill until I die. You aren't something important. You are just the designated target of the monster you created when you killed her," he explained.
Well that's... Uncomfortably familiar in a way. I think I might actually kind of like this guy. You now if he wasn't so fucking terrifying.
I nodded. "Fair enough..." I said and then he suddenly tossed the can at my head... and missed. The can sailed past my head about 2 feet off target and he looked as surprised and confused as I did.
Regardless the fight was on. I didn't have my weapons didn't have the birds anymore. I was not about to fight this guy in hand to hand. I wasn't even really sure what my first move should be and then he tackled the air.
Again he sailed right past me and it occurred to me I knew what was going on. It was The Children's defense mechanism... He couldn't see me anymore. He was seeing a decoy. I took advantage of this and ran into the house. Didn't want to waste time unlocking the door so I simply threw myself through the front window. Luckily the windows weren't like reinforced or anything. I should have grabbed my weapons, instead I ran to the basement. I heard the front door break as I ran into the basement grabbed Sandy and a thought occurred to me as he appeared at the top of the stairs. I needed to get Sandy out of here and I realized... I'm a servant again... I have powers... Does The Vast Emptiness have a Domain... and then we vanished.
We floated in darkness and then we were lying in an alleyway in a town I would later learn was in Germany. Apparently I had travelled us across the ocean... It probably won't take Nathan long to track me down. I wouldn't be surprised if he showed up within the next few hours.
Although that trip gave me some things to think about... Hopefully I'll have some time to think before he shows up.
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