I wish I had never let go, I thought for what was probably the thousandth time since that moment. Cliff diving had seemed but a spur of the moment activity. Like a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. If I only knew I would’ve lost my best friend, my other half, my missing piece. She was ecstatic on the drive up the rocky mountain. Her knees eagerly bumped mine, her grin in sync with the tunes floating a...

As I was midair, hauling sheet metal at the enemies, I felt the connection sever. He was down, bleeding from his abdomen. I whirled over, panic settling in.

“Oh my God. How-?” I asked, trailing off. I knew why he had bled. Why our mind connection had been destroyed. He’s been taking collateral pills, I thought, with anger filling my mind. Those pills were incredibly dangerous. They’d been design...

He watched as the coffin was laid to rest in its hole. He heard muffled sobs around him, but that’s just it. They were muffled, dimmed in a way, by the heavy weight of this loss. He glanced down at his sneakers, the untied shoelaces sprawled across the carpet. Then, he looked ‘round at everyone else’s shoes. They had all donned their most appropriate heels and church shoes. It was almost mocking f...