Ares: Never Grow Up
Dave

"YOU'RE A COUPLE WITH HIM?!"

POV: Ares

DRRKKK!

The boy raised a large piece of asphalt and used it as a fan. The smoke bomb I made just now is useless. I was silent while holding the injured boy in my left hand.

"Ares! Quickly escape!" Merlida's voice resuscitated me, I quickly flew again with difficulty because it carried an additional burden. I glanced at the child carrying the asphalt, he twisted his body several times like a fan.

Gawat .. don't tell me he's gonna throw that asphalt?!

And my guess is right.

WHONG!

The giant asphalt slab was thrown like a propeller that was spinning very quickly. I realized that even though I tried my hardest to fly fast, I would eventually get hit because this asphalt was quite large.

Then then! What if a large object is faced with a large object?!

A giant sword. This should be enough to stop him!

"YAHOO!"

CRIING!

A super-large size sword stretched out above me. I immediately moved my right hand as if throwing the sword.

WHUS!

The sword instantly accelerated towards the thrown asphalt.

DUAGHHKK! PRAK!

Goody! As expected! The asphalt was destroyed and his sword could withstand the asphalt earlier!

The asphalt and swords clashing in the air instantly fell onto the ground. I breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at the child.

WHUNGGS!

"HUH?!" I was suffocating in shock at seeing an electric pole fly rapidly towards me. I immediately flew higher to avoid that pole.

"Well! Almost just!" I said while staring at the power pole that now flew far past me. I immediately flew again to hide, but when I turned to look at the boy, he was crouching while looking at me.

Wait ... don't say ... he wants to jump?!

THE DUAR!

The child immediately flew upwards, even the asphalt where it stood now appeared cracks that were in the form of large circles. In an instant the boy finally reached a height of 30 meters above the ground. I was at 45 meters.

"Hey hey hey! Is he still going to keep going up?!" I panicked a little when the boy still hadn't stopped riding.

Actually how much energy was in his legs to jump?!

Lothawat! Can't be like this! I have to make something for you to prevent it!

Oho! Aye! Just make it!

CRIING!

WHUSHES!

The boy was already in front of my face when I just made something. His eyes were full of anger and his fist looked so strong. I immediately picked up the item I had just made and faced it in his eyes.

"Wait .. Where are you from"

PSSHHHHHH!

I was a bit shocked because this angry little boy was suddenly dumbstruck in front of me, so I immediately used the item I made.

Chili spray.

...

Yes I know this is a simple item, but in this way it will buy time, right?

"ARGHHHH! GODDAMNIT! HOT EYES!" The boy immediately shouted in pain. Because the boy had no ability to fly, so he immediately fell down again.

...

If I let him fall like this, doesn't that mean he'll die later?

I immediately dropped also the child I was carrying from earlier. After that I went down.

Let's make another pillow.

A BLUK!

A giant pillow appeared just before the child fell onto the asphalt. I landed slowly.

A BLUK!

The fainted child had also landed safely on the pillow. I immediately climbed up onto this thick pillow, and peeked out from the side of the pillow.

"ARGHHHH! WHIM! SIAALL!" I looked at the child who was still hysterical in pain. I shut up for a moment and thought.

If I remove this spray of chili, does the spray that goes into his eyes also disappear?

I clasped tightly onto the spray and focused.

Whusses.

The spray disappeared into a beautiful blue smoke. Simultaneously, the hysterical pain had also stopped. The boy sat down on the pillow and looked at me in wonder.

"You ... What exactly is your purpose here?" tanyakanya. I also went up on the pillow and sat a little far away from her.

"Just now you're asking, you just threw me a tree trunk!" I said annoyed and then breathed.

"Tck I don't care, where did you get that teddy bear?" The boy stared intensely at the teddy bear sticking out of my pants pocket. I even realized that this doll was about to fall.

Wait ... Does he know this doll?

"You know this?" I asked while taking out Alan's old teddy bear.

"Of course I know, I'm the-"

SRAAAAKK!

I was very surprised because suddenly there were a lot of thorny tendrils around us, even though I was focusing on listening to this child talk.

"Merlida?" I muttered while searching for his whereabouts.

"Ares! Quick retreat!" he said from a distance. These beautiful flowering thorny tendrils look ready to pierce anyone. I immediately stood up and waved both of my hands towards him.

"Stop! Stop that!" I shouted while waving my hand. Merlida looked a little confused, yet she immediately lowered her entire tendril. After that he walked towards me.

***

"So? ... YOU'RE DAVE?!" I half yelled after hearing the story from Dave.

"Right, the doll was my gift to Alan. That's why I was quite surprised when the doll was on you," Dave said with a sad sigh.

"So ... so that day ... actually Alan went downtown to find a job?" asked Merlida who replied with a nod of Dave's head.

"Me and Alan run an orphanage, but the costs we have and the ones we receive are getting smaller, while the number of children there is growing.

So Alan went there to find a job and add income" Dave said with a somewhat sad expression. Me and Merlida just fell silent while pondering.

My left hand quietly touched Merlida's elbow. "Give it to her" I whispered to Merlida. He then immediately pulled out the last shirt Alan was wearing and handed over to Dave.

"What's this?" ask Dave confused.

"The last shirt Alan wore" I said, looking straight at his eyes. Dave looked at me with a somewhat surprised look, slowly he began to receive the shirt with a somewhat trembling hand.

"Does this ... match what I think?" ask Dave with a trembling voice.

"Yes" said Merlida and I. I also put the teddy bear in front of Dave.

"I'm sorry we. He did not have time to save us" I said with a downcast look. I dare not look at Dave right now.

"It's okay .. earlier I thought he was dead since the day the rocket crashed" he said in a voice that began to sound bitter. Sometimes I hear her crying in front of me.

"But seeing his last outfit was a little kid means he survived when the rocket crashed, and it's gone after only a few days" Dave said.

"I know .. I should have banned him from going there .. I should have prevented him more at that time," he said in an increasingly quiet voice. I then started to dare to raise my head.

In front of me, he was struggling. Both of his arms tightly hugged Alan's shirt and doll. He bit his lips until he bled out and his eyes kept shedding tears.

Despite that.

His crying without a sound.

She hugged all the memories Alan had left behind, and she was soaked with her tears. Me and Merlida could only shut their eyes. On top of this giant pillow, the three of us just kept quiet and pondered at each other.

But I am sure, among all of us .. The most sincere reflection is Dave's reflection. Because only he shed blood and tears at the same time.

TBC.