Chapter 313 - A Familiar Renewal Part Four (1/2)

As soon as they laid their eyes on Fell's eyes, the soldiers felt a thug in their heart as they felt as though their mind was absorbing the internal conflict face by the black haired man.

His calm demeanor only accentuated the strangeness of mounting one of the creatures that had raged destruction in their streets.

Ronnie had been flying over the nearby factories. Waiting for a good opportunity with the other MechSuit, but the conversation that entered his ears caused a jitter to course through his body. The voice of the mysterious individual, in particular, caused his eyes to turn muddy as the past police officer felt memories of his past resurface.

Without being ordered, his mind forced his body to gradually advance toward the position where his leader and the unknown man were speaking. And before long, the view of the highway once again entered his sight.

Under his helmet, Ronnie's facial expression changed as he stared at the man standing in front of Leove. The youthful face and the long black hair made numerous of his memory resurfaced.

Memories that could be traced back to their current location, the Factory District.

”You…?!”, he muttered in shock as he landed next to Leove. The leader of soldier's squad looked at him in surprise; the look in his eyes urged the armored soldier to explain himself.

Psssht!

The sound of depressurizing hummed silently in the void highway, and when Ronnie's sight landed on Fell, he noticed that the young man was also staring at him. A puzzled gaze marked his face, one that obviously showed the effort the youth was putting in trying to remember him.

Ronnie's face changed from surprise to anger, especially when he saw the towering creature behaving quietly in the distance. And that strange scene caused the tired Ronnie to feel as though his emotions were boiling inside of his body.

The squad leader's lips opened slightly, he didn't know if he should let Ronnie speak when he noticed the emotion flashing in his face. But his instinct told that the- now- known stranger was interested in what Ronnie was going to say as much as they wanted to know it too.

”Where have you been!?”, the young soldier roared at the top of his lung; Causing the rest of his squad to blank from surprise.

”Where were you when we were defending the city?”, he added with his eyes acquiring a red tinge due to his emotional disturbance.

Miserable expression flashed on the face of the individual part of the armed force, and caused the fresh painful memory of the doomed main district resurfaced in the pond of their memories.

The same memory they had tried their best on ignoring and moving on had been kindled by Ronnie's word, causing deadly silence that basked the highway in a gloomy atmosphere.

Ronnie have buckled and sheltered the emotion he had amassed due to today's long and painful experience. And under seeing Fell's sight, it was as though he found a leeway to releasing his pent up stress.

Seeing that Fell wasn't responding, and was only looking at him with a strange cloudy gaze, the soldier didn't stop and continued adding layer of his fresh bitterness.

”Why did you disappear the moment the city needed you the most?”, his voice turned rough at the end, and his eyes had reddened to the point where his gaze could light a candle. Then, it died down, as Ronnie's rage ended after a short outburst as though the mortal soldier had remembered that some event couldn't be stopped by a single individual.

”You are strong… And I don't know why, but I feel as though you're even stronger than before…”, he added as his head dropped low. Ronnie's eyes were locked on the gray asphalt paving the highway, and he fell silent for a short amount of time before adding in a near silent voice. ”Sadly, it isn't the same for all of us…”, he muttered before backing away.

Metallic parts of his MechSuit dropped on the ground with a thud, as the young soldier unequipped his armor near the vehicle before entering it. Fell saw the scene unravel in front of him without letting a word out of his slightly opened lips.

A painful sigh escaped his throat, as he felt himself even more out of place than before. He tried responding to the pain apparent in the man's words, but found nothing to say as he was clearly knowledgeable enough to know that a 'sorry' wouldn't change what had already happened.