I could feel the panic rising in my chest as I look around the room. The system just told me about the person being nearby but this wasn't my concern.
My brother is still alive so I should focus on getting him out of here alive at the very least.
I forced myself to move towards him and picked him up off of the ground, wrapping one of his arms around me while moving towards the door.
"Saito...What happened..?" He asks weakly.
"Don't speak right now. Let's get you somewhere safe first." I respond while taking him down the steps.
Of course I was rushing him down the stairs as fast as I could but this wasn't something I expected in the slightest. It was clear now that the screams were all around me.
People were also dealing with tragedy all around me, it wasn't just me.
Everyone lost someone during this event... Not just me. But I finally made it to the bottom of the apartment building where I could see fire burning from the lower floors.
Something exploded down here earlier, moments after the impact of the stuff that came through my apartment.
Flashing lights were finally something I could see coming towards me, ambulances... Thank God for that.
~Bonus points for getting someone out alive. ^_^.
You really can't read the tone of everything happening around me can you?!?!
~Personally it isn't my concern. I am focused on you. ( ◜^◝ )♡.
Damnit. Yeah, I get it. I'll focus on everything else then since you can't.
"Sir we'll take him. What's your relationship to him?" A woman asks as another paramedic loads him onto the ambulance.
"He's my brother." I answer softly.
"You can ride with us then." She says while making her way for the ambulance.
Obviously I wasn't going to let him ride in the ambulance by himself so I joined them. Leaving my dead parents behind in the apartment, not like anything else could be done right now.
Looking down at my hands I could see blood all over them, my brothers blood.
I could feel my whole body trembling, the feelings all coursing throughout my body. It was almost like it didn't know what to feel.
Shock, sadness, terror, all of the above?
I've never had much experience with death before so this was all new to me. I still couldn't tell myself that this was all real and that it happened.
My brother was really the only one who survived out of that whole thing. My parents were dead, but why were they here?
Surely this couldn't have been planned by someone... No, what the hell am I talking about?!?!
No one even knows that I have this system and it isn't even that strong yet so there's no way anyone would be worried about me. None of this makes any sense to me, why would this happen.
~Fate works in mysterious ways Saito. Ways that no one will ever truly understand. But one day you'll be able to change things, you just need to get stronger. ୧(＾ 〰 ＾)୨.
Luck isn't the same as fate you know. What do the two have to do with one another? I really don't understand how any of this works in the slightest.
~A Lucky miracle could happen in the future for all you know. ^•^.
A lucky miracle huh?
We finally reach the hospital and they rush my brother out of the ambulance and into the building. I follow behind them but have to wait in the waiting room of course.
That is just how it goes with emergencies like this, can't have people in the way.
After about an hour I could see more people getting rushed into the emergency room and slowly people piled up in the waiting room. It was kind of feeling a bit claustrophobic in here so I decide to step outside.
I did wash the blood off of my hands but it was still just barely there, it was noticeable.
But I did my best to ignore it as I took in the fresh air outside. Trying to think of the fact that it was a miracle my brother survived in the first place.
So many people died in that accident that I don't even know what to feel. My parents died and my brother almost died as well.
Someone caused it on top of everything. That's what the system told me at least... So why couldn't I bring myself to go after the person who did it?
It's because I'm not a damn hero and I'm not capable of fighting off some random asshole!
~Your stats are actually decent enough for a few fights. Just want to point that out. ( ╹▽╹ ).
Decent enough isn't good enough with this world. People out there who can cause that kind of damage are probably not going to be just "decent". They'll probably kick my ass like it's nothing.
~You can manually get your stats up, it just takes effort and determination. (^^).
Ughhh. Regardless I'm not meant for that kind of stuff. I mean... Look at me.
"It got a bit cramped in there, huh?" Someone says from my right.
Turning to face the person to my right I can see a guy with short messy blue hair, grey eyes, wearing a hoodie and sweatpants like me, and he doesn't seem to be panicked like me.
"Y-Yeah. It is." I manage to respond.
"I'm Haru, figured it'd be normal to introduce myself." He says with a casual tone.
"Saito." I reply.
"Seems we were all dealt a shitty hand today, guess that's just how life goes sometimes." Haru says with a bit of sadness.
Fate is good at handing out shitty hands to people like us I guess. I don't really know much about this guy but obviously he lost someone or is about to like me.
I didn't ever see this guy in the apartment building before but I guess I just never paid attention.
"Anyway. Enough sad stuff, there's a reason things happen anyway. I'm sure it'll all work itself out." Haru continues on as he looks ahead.