Closing old wounds 2

Bones continued with a satisfied smirk

"And that's how we ended up here.

We created a Pyramid that you are on top of, along with ... ahem, Him, and me.

Below us are the ex-leaders of gangs and the ex-Protectors, like Nathan whom you met just now.

Two Gangs joined us, The Sharp Fang and The Hunters, and two Protectors, Nathan and Torsten, each of them controlled a couple of guys, so we have expanded A LOT"

The name The Sharp Fang sounded familiar to Leus

'Where have I heard that name before .... Hmmm'

But there were more important things to ask about, so he ignored these thoughts and asked Bones

"That's nice to hear, by - Him - you mean Scar?"

Bones seemed troubled and he looked at Kyle who seemed troubled as well

"Yeah, kind of"

Leus was confused by their behavior

"Is everything alright?"

Bones sighed

"There was an .... incident, I guess"

Leus was starting to feel worried

"Did something bad happen?"

Kyle quickly assured him

"There's no need to be worried, Saint"

Bones nodded

"Yeah, don't be worried ..."

and continued talking

"After we expanded, we started getting good money, and so we had room to buy a lot of stuff that are not necessities, like building this Safe House.

Anyway, about 10 days ago, S- I mean him, acted smart and decided that instead of only one person attacking him, two should do it, his reasoning was:

(Why can't it be two? Maybe if I put myself under more pressure I'll progress faster)"

Bones sighed and asked for a re-fill

"I told him that he's not good enough with the sword for that and that these are real swords and not toys, but he didn't listen to me.

He sent someone to buy a couple of swords and paid some guys money to attack him at the same time and guess what"

" ... It didn't end up well?"

"Of course, he was injured only 2 minutes after he started, it actually is a miracle that he survived for two minutes"

So far, nothing seemed out of the ordinary to Leus

"So? I prepared a lot of Po-, I mean Holy Water in case something like that happened"

Bones nodded

"Exactly, the injury wasn't severe, just a cut across his torso, it wasn't deep or anything.

So Sc-, I mean he, decided to drink Holy Water, and then it happened ..."

"What happened?"

"The incident ....

Since that day he hasn't spoken with us.

Now, I handle everything alone, and he trains from the moment he wakes up until he sleeps"

Leus tilted his head in confusion, he felt as if a question mark popped up on his head

'Nothing makes sense'

'What are they hiding?'

"So what exactly happened?"

"It's better to show you, let's go to him shall we?"

Bones got up then Kyle and Leus got up as well

Kyle walked beside Leus, and the two of them walked behind Bones.

They exited the house and then walked in the direction of The Butchers' old base, where Leus killed them, but Leus didn't really feel anything regarding that matter anymore.

After hearing Bones' and Kyle's genuine thoughts about everything, he felt much better about what happened and started seeing the matter in a different light.

Whatever guilt he felt quickly disappeared.

It didn't take long until the three of them reached the base, and Leus noticed some changes.

First, a huge wall was built around the base, fortifying it, and now it had a gate.

'Now it's a real base.'

'I guess Scar doesn't want anyone to see him train again? Good.'

A guy holding a knife was standing at the gate.

When they approached him, he greeted Bones and started opening the gate.

By the time they were in front of it, Leus heard the sound of swords clashing from inside.

Bones entered first and behind him Kyle and Leus.

Leus saw Scar training with another guy, but when they noticed that someone had entered, Scar and the guy stopped training and looked at them.

And that's when Leus understood what happened

'Oh wow ...'

'This must be a side effect'

When his eyes met Scar's, Scar just looked at him with narrowed eyes and didn't say anything.

Scar's eyes were oozing with hostility.

'This indeed is troublesome ...'

Silence

'Why did I not think about it even though it's not that difficult to predict?'

' ... I guess it's my lack of experience.'

More silence

Leus scratched the back of his neck in embarrassment

"Sorry about that"

Scar asked flatly

"Did you know?"

Leus shook his head

"I had no idea"

Scar sighed

"Then it couldn't be helped"

Leus deeply inspected Scar's face

Scar was ..... Scarless

His face was smoother than ever, and his scar completely disappeared.

"On the bright side, You look prettier like this"

"Shut up"

Bones stepped forward from behind Leus and said

"This is the first time I heard his voice since he drank the Holy Water.

He refused to communicate with anyone since then, and if we called him Scar he'd glare so hard at us it felt like his eyes were about to come out and swallow us whole"

Scar gave him an annoyed look and didn't reply

Leus half-jokingly offered 

"We can probably create a new one if that's what you want"

But Bones was very serious

"Leus, don't tell him such things"

Scar replied

"Actually, I did consider it, but it'd just be meaningless"

Bones facepalmed and Scar continued in a voice full of melancholy

"My scar used to remind me of when I almost died, of my brother's sacrifice, of what I should strive for.

My entire personality revolved around my scar, I even named myself after it ..... But now ... It's gone ..."

Scar loudly sighed.

Leus found it both sad and amusing

'He looks like he lost a close friend'

Leus scratched his chin in thought, it took him a couple of minutes, but he eventually came up with an excellent idea

A smirk appeared on his face