Broken

[Nox]

Sage's voice brought him out of his thoughts he was drowning in. All the things he had lost and all the things he could have done. Elyse... Nox sighed and typed out slowly a reply. "Sorry, I got distracted. I'm glad you managed that errand. It would be disappointing."

Nox didn't look up from his wallet when Sage chuckled. "What errand was that?"


Nox grinned but still didn't look up. "One for her and I. You figure out the details."


Sage laughed. "I see. I can show you more things. Things you may not know. People who mean something to you."


Nox looked up. "Like who?"


Sage didn't answer his question, he just started a video Nox had never seen before. A body lying on the ground, a knife in hand, a girl in a black trench coat holding the knife. She turned towards the camera. Another man was there too, Nox didn't know him, but he felt familiar, but the girl's green eyes were enrapturing. He knew them. They had brought him out of his fog of amnesia. Aria....

He knew what that day was. He had only heard stories of it. Sage spoke softy on the screen. "There is more."


"How long have you been tailing Aria?"
Nox whispered.

"Since she found you in Moscow. I found this looking for her on security footage. It was in the cloud. I have the only copy left in existence."


"Why would you do that?"
Nox asked confused.

Sage smiled, "Watch the rest of it."


Nox nodded and watched as another security camera feed came up. Aria with a girl strolling hand in hand, giggling. The image stayed well after Aria and the woman and left, a figure in the shadows across the street followed. Nox licked his lips - Dane...

Sage's voice brought him out of his thoughts. "You know him. He flew you home."


"I know...."
Nox frowned, he could feel the tears turning to anger. "I know what happens next."
It came out a whisper...

Sage let the show continue. The women went into an apartment. Dane followed without hindrance. The image started to fast forward. Another man crept up into the windows outside the apartment they had gone into. Nox could feel his heart race, he knew what was going on inside and he wanted to wretch.

The scene kept fast forwarding though time until Dane and Aria came out of the building. They walked around the corner lost from the frame. A second screen came up and Nox saw Aria kissing Dane, the first screen erupted into an inferno of cement and fire.

"Why are you showing me this, Sage?"
Nox asked almost angry - he knew all this. He didn't need to see it.

But Sage didn't answer. "I have the only copies left."
But the images changed. Aurora leaving the cafe with a man. Aurora going into the same man's apartment. Aurora getting into a black suv with the man. Aurora happy with him. He looked happy with her.

There was more images of Aria with Dane, inside the interrogation room, images of them getting into his car. They didn't look happy but they didn't look distant either. That was the last time Aria saw Dane.

Every unhappy image Sage had of his life flickered on the screen. Words scrolled across the screen, "I have the only copies of it all." Of every bad thing in his life Sage had erased it from existence - from Aria's life, from Aurora's. This man had the only proof that Aria had killed that reporter, that man, that she killed Diego.

"Why Sage?"
Was all he could ask.

"She is special to me. You were special to her. She is special to you. I can't see Aurora again. You will have to do."
Sage would protect Aria because of him. Aria was a murderer but she was a good person. Dane was who corrupted her.

"What do I owe you for your silence?"



Edited by Nox, Sep 5 2016, 01:45 PM.