“I refuse to accept this!”
RUMBLE!!
A rumbling sound came out from the sky, it was like the sky was angry.
Crack! Crack!
The sounds of lightning could be heard all around the place.
The girl who was making her way towards Reynolds stopped in her tracks and stared at the sky.
“What’s happening?”
The boy asked in a surprised manner.
“Seems like it’s about to rain”
The girl said calmly.
“Could it be because of him?”
The boy asked pointing at Reynolds.
“You’re even dumber than I thought, why would it rain because of him?”
She looked at the boy like he was a moron.
“Guess the rain wants to help you wash away your blood after I’m done with you”
She once again focused her attention on Reynolds.
But what she saw amazed her, Reynolds, was standing once again.
“Your willpower is terrifying”
She couldn’t help but praise.
Reynolds was the first person she had seen who got back up after being knocked down multiple times. There were times she felt it was over, but Reynolds would stand up once again.
“I want to see just how long you can keep standing”
She waved her hand sending out a casual attack.
The attack hit Reynolds firmly, and he fell down once more.
Five minutes later…
Bam!
Reynolds hit the ground again.
In these five minutes, the girl had struck him over six times. But he always gets back on his feet. Stubbornness evident in his eyes, his body had already given up on him, but his mind keeps finding ways to make it move once again.
The sky was still rumbling, and the sounds of lightning got louder. But the assumed rain still hasn’t started.
“How does he still have the energy to get up?”
The boy asked with a shocked expression.
He has been watching Reynolds fall, and stand up again for five minutes now. If he were the one in his position, he knew there was no way he would still be up. He wouldn’t even have lasted this long under the assault of three people. But Reynolds not only lasted, but he also killed one of his attackers.
The girl on the other hand is already starting to get frustrated. Although she enjoys torturing her opponents, she has started feeling somewhat uneasy seeing Reynolds getting up every single time.
“Stay down”
She yelled releasing a stronger attack.
Previously, she was just having fun hence the strength of the attacks was meager since she believed he wouldn’t be able to take them even.
Drip!
A raindrop dropped on her shoulder, feeling the coldness from the water, she calmed down. Soon, the rain started pouring down.
‘I guess the shock he’s been giving me after standing up multiple times is starting to affect my mind’
She thought with a wry smile appearing on her face.
When the boy saw the rain was finally falling, he heaved a sigh.
‘It truly isn’t because of him. Guess I was thinking too much’.
With this thought, he relaxed visibly.
Reynolds was on the ground, with the rain continuously hitting his face, he tried to raise his hands so he could cover his face with it, but it felt like something was placed in his hands which kept them stuck to the ground. Not just his hands, his entire body felt like it was being pressed to the ground by something heavy.
‘I refuse to accept this’
He kept repeating this word in his head.
He didn’t want to accept the fact that he was going to die, he couldn’t accept it. There was still a lot he had to do, he can’t fall here.
RUMBLE!
The sky thundered once again.
But none of them attached any attention to it. Had it been before the rain started falling, the boy might have still taken a peek, but now, he didn’t care anymore. Besides, it wasn’t the first time he was hearing the sounds of thunder anyway.
“What? You can’t stand anym…”