aaron harper † aragorn (thesameweakness) wrote in thereincarnates, @ 2011-06-16 21:12:00 |
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Entry tags: | aaron harper, lana gibson |
Who: Aaron Harper and Lana Gibson
What: An evening stroll turns deadly.
Where: Hyde Park, London
When: Thursday evening, June 16, 2011
Warnings: Uhh. Bang?
It had been a long week. Longer than most, and what did they have to show for it? A body count. All of the dead were reincarnates, that much was obvious, but beyond that... well, if there was a pattern to the targets, Aaron was blind to it. That was the worst part. People were dying – mothers and children, friends and enemies – and the thing that was killing them was something Aaron couldn't stop. His foe was invisible and merciless. How could he fight something like that? How could he defeat it?
He'd asked himself these questions a thousand times, yet no answer came to him. Eventually it was too much for him, and he had to leave the building. The privacy of his office started to feel as suffocating as a cage, and he needed air to think – fresh air. Before he left, he invited Lana along with him, seemingly as an afterthought, but no, it wasn't that at all. He also needed her to think. She was his Legolas, just as much as he was her Aragorn. Even if the world went completely to shit, that would never change.
Together they headed over to Hyde Park, one of Aaron's favorite places in London. The sun was just beginning to set, and the park was quiet. He and Lana walked side by side, silently until Aaron spoke up to voice an idea, but the conversation always died back down as he was consumed by his thoughts. Tortured by them.
It was a pity, really. If he hadn't been so engrossed, he would've heard the gun. But by the time the shots sounded, it was too late. The bullets were coming for him. With winged speed.