“So this is the finish line” Dara says, her crystal smile peaking from her lips.

Jurdan stares at her, then me, then Kier.

He pulls up his guns in the same instant we all do.

We create a circle of aimed arms.

“Wow guys” Kieran comments “we really are tough people”

“Not you” says Dara and shots him a deadly stare, even if she is aiming at me and Jurdan.

“Oh well, look at them” another voice com...

“You’d like to know, right?” I say. My hands are shaking so I press them hard on the steel table. “Give me what’s mine,now”

The hoodie boy is silent after that, then he slowly takes off his hood.

I might just fall on the ground. If someone told me I was about to face this I would tell them I’d freak out, cry, pass out.

But I don’t. I suck in a breath and stare at him motionlessly.

“What are you...

Whatever had caused

The change in your set

And then caused the rise

Of unexpected regret

Gulp down

the bitter and sour of that

Create! expose!

Dress in a red dress

And dance with it on

On the beat of your breath!

When changes come trough

All in a dash

It’s a motive life gives you

To begin afresh...