“Attack of the Jones Federation has been confirmed, but the attacker is still unknown. The Preventors are now looking into the matter.”, the newscaster held a serious tone to his voice. Duo could hardly believe it. The TV flickered to a shot of the grounds, burnt and charred, still smoking from the fight. He was just there today. He had ran through those forests alongside a girl he didn’t know.

“Duo, you’re needed.”, a voice filtered through his shock. He turned numbly to it, and followed blindly.

Duo walked along the ashed ground with the rest of the team of Preventors. He could barely recognize the great house that once stood there. Three body bags were laid out on the ground. Duo almost felt sick at looking at them. Three bodies, identified as the Jones family. The soldiers were not alerted, so it was a surprise attack. Duo ignored the forensic report and walked to the blackened house. He walked into what use to be the living room., he paused by the window where he first saw her. She held a kitten and had looked so happy. He walked to the crumbling staircase, but it supported him as he walked up. He found her room, or what was left of it. Pink. Such a girly color, but appropriate for her. He heard a noise and for one foolish second he thought her alive, but it was too small to be her. The kitten laid on the ground, its leg limp and it mewed softly. Duo walked over and gently picked it up. It looked up at him with a torn eye and a broken leg. He felt pity, and remorse. He huddled it into his coat, trying not to hurt it. I couldn’t save her, but I can at least save you he thought to it. He walked back to the hallway he had come from, and stopped when he saw the pictures. They littered the hallway. Some were too burnt to see, but one caught his attention. It was of a smiling couple in front of an ocean scene, a sailboat drifted in the back ground. The name of the boat was ‘Home’. Duo gently took the picture, the edges burnt and the frame broken. He took that too, and tried to leave the memory of the girl behind with everything else.

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