The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)

Chapter 50: Psychosis

Part 4/5

“And that’s the end of the story,” Loki stated, putting his phone down with a smile. Mr. Mo sat at his seat, speechless. He blinked his eyes a bit, and then looked at Loki.

“Loki, that was incredible!” Mr. Mo said with wonder, “I absolutely loved that story… You’re going to make an amazing author when you grow up. You’ll be one of the greats for sure.”

“Thank you, Mr. Mo,” Loki said, putting his phone in his pocket.

“Although, I do have one question.”

“What is it?”

“Why wolves?” Mr. Mo asked curiously. He looked at Loki with a smile, “Seems like an odd choice to me. You know most stories revolve around us humans, right?”

“Yeah, I’m aware of that,” Loki said, “But I didn’t choose wolves just because.”

“I chose wolves because of their family bond. They help each other. They rely on each other, but are not fully dependent. I think it’s a bit fascinating… I respect wolves a lot. Sometimes, they remind me of the goodness of what we can become as a family.”

Mr. Mo smirked.

“Huh. Well said, Loki, well said indeed…” Mr. Mo replied, “You know I really appreciate your stories. And your companies. Really beats the loneliness.”

Mr. Mo kicked his feet up onto the table.

“And you remind me a lot of my son.”

“And what happened to your son?”

Mr. Mo frowned, then pushed his gray hair back.

“He’s away from home. But enough about me… what are you going to do for your next story?” Mr. Mo asked. Loki shrugged.

“Eh. Probably another wolf story. I might make the theme mentor to student bonds. Haven’t really done anything like that before.”

“That sounds like a great idea, Loki. Well I suppose you better get to it. There’s only so little of the time left and then… You’re away to college.”

Loki got up from his seat.

“Well I guess I’m out now,”

Loki looked back at Mr. Mo. He seemed busy reminiscing. Loki smiled at the sight, turned away, and walked out, shutting the door behind him…

And then the memory shattered.

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The white blobs that covered Mr. Ma’s eyes were gone, and he stared at Loki, mortified by what he had done.

“Loki?! I didn’t mean to I-”

Mr. Ma’s implant began to shine again, and the white blobs returned again. Mr. Ma let out a cry of pain and slammed the pike down.

As if by instinct, Loki grabbed the pike once more. He yanked it out of Mr. Ma’s hands, stood up, and with all of his might sunk the pike deep into Mr. Ma’s heart. Mr. Ma let out a gasp as blood gurgled out of his mouth and onto the snow. Loki stepped forward, and then pulled the red pike back. More blood spilled onto the snow, and Mr. Ma stumbled back and collapsed to the snow.

Loki rushed to his side.

“Mr. Ma!” Loki cried. Mr. Ma began to cough violently. The white blobs finally faded away permanently. His face looked duller. The life was slipping out of his eyes, slowly but surely.