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shadowsong26 ([personal profile] shadowsong26) wrote2009-06-06 12:00 pm
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woohoo, update!

Title:  Buried Child
Rating: M
Genre: General
Summary: Four years after his village is destroyed, Jet begins to make a new family.
Warning: There will be fairly graphic content later in this story.

    Jet and Lee stayed with the girl--her name was Song, they found out not long after--for close to two weeks. She and her mother refused to let them go until the younger boy had stopped coughing completely. They then made sure both boys had warm clothes that fit, and gave them plenty of food to take with them.

    They made it through the rest of the winter, traveling around and searching for other children to join their army. Jet eventually picked a random occupied valley, surrounded by thick forests. They were close to exactly the same distance from the North and South Poles, where hopefully the winters would be easier on the other boy.

    Jet explained his Master Plan early that spring. "We're gonna get rid of all the swine here in the valley. We're gonna recruit other orphans, like us to help. And we're gonna kill them all. The Fire soldiers, I mean. Not our recruits."

    Lee looked very upset. "U-um. Okay, okay, th-that's a good goal, I guess..."

    "What's wrong?"

    "I...c-can I not b-be directly involved in the...the hurting people part? I-I mean, every army n-needs support troops, I'm already m-much better with my sling than I w-was when we met, I c-can keep you supplied, c-can I please n-not hurt anyone again?"

    Jet blinked at him. So, that's the Bad Thing he did. He probably just hit another kid on the playground and left a bruise or something. Stupid people overreacting to his face, it's not his fault! "Sure, I guess."

    Lee was visibly relieved. "Okay. Okay, th-thanks. This is r-r-really important to me."

    "I can see that."

    "So, we're gonna live here now?"

    Jet nodded. "Until this area's free, anyway. Then we'll move on." He grinned at his friend. "We'll live up in the trees."

    "That could be fun," Lee said. Now that he'd been reassured he wouldn't have to participate directly in the necessary violence, he seemed to be starting to warm up to this idea.

    Jet nodded, but his face darkened. "It's also very serious," he said.

    Lee closed off again, the little bit of brightness dimming after the rebuke. "I know. I'm sorry."

    "It's okay."

    Lee didn't answer, just hugged his knees to his chest.

    Jet sighed. "Come on, let's start building."

    Lee nodded and uncurled.

    Today's gonna be so much fun, Jet thought, sighing faintly. Lee had good days and bad days, mood-wise, and the bad days seemed to go on forever. He reached out for and took the younger boy's hand, and led him to the tree he thought was best for building the center of their guerrilla city.

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