#and cyrus related HEH... blushes..

[cyrusboyfriend]

doodles + stuff I'll never finish. Atleaat 5 of these were done on either edibles or w/ a God awful headache . One day I'll actually finish something w/ us . One day.......

[chaniters]

Nanosurge (Epilogue)

Epilogue for the Series. I’ll be adding it all to the masterpost! 

Ortega and Sidestep decide where they stand after the Nanosurge. Sidestep makes a choice. 

Hope you like it!

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Ricardo seems a bit startled, waking up. "Cyrus?" he asks. "Yep. That's me." You are sitting by the bed. You hate hospitals. Only get inside them for a very good reason. Like being here for your friend. "My head is killing me" "Yeah, that's what the painkillers are for" you point at the drip on his arm "What... happened?" he asks.

You are startled. Ricardo passed out shortly after the containment crews took out the Nanovores trapped inside the stasis fields. Elyise gave him a head concussion when she projected him away and slammed him into the dome's outer wall.

"You don't remember?" "Sort of? It's... very confusing. We were going to attack Vitruvian's dome... and we were loosing... then you showed up with those HIVE you took over..." "Yeah, they are dismantling them all right now. This is probably the end of HIVE. Bees are happier being bees anyways". "Heh," he smiles. "I guess you'd know better..." "Yep. Bee minds are my specialty now. So do you recall what happened later?" "... n... no" he struggles to bring the memories back. "Do you remember ... Elyise?" "Wh.. yeah... I think she was... there?"

"She... she is no longer ... with us," you say.

"Wh.. what? She died!?" His anguish seems genuine. He does not remember... fuck.

Part of you wants him to remember. So you can talk to him. Tell him what happened... explain the things she said about you.

If you do this, you'll likely trigger his memories coming back.

Or...

"She died... a hero," you say in the end. And then you are tearing up, trying to keep a straight face. You’ve added yet one more secret to the long list of lies and deception separating you. It hurts so much.

"Mierda...  Cyurs... i'm so sorry" he says holding your arm. "I know how close she was to you"

"She was... my closest friend after you" you start. "But... we'll mourn her later... You have to ... recover, ok?" you try to smile.

"Oh you don't worry about that, I'll be out of here in no time."

"How are you? You were in no good shape after the CandyMaster's visit.

"I'm ok... I've disinfected everything... changed... the bruises will pass eventually. I'm on painkillers too."

You actually stole some of Ortega's. He's loaded compared to you, he can pay for more.  

"So... how did Elyise die?"

And you tell him... explain the Nanosurge. How you stopped it...

All while pretending Elyise was just another victim of a random villain called Vitruvian.  

.........a month later.....................

"Hey, Cyrus." Ortega finally arrived...

"Hey," you say, standing up.

He hugs you, patting your back. You hold tightly before he lets go.

"How are you holding?" he asks.

"I'm ok. Better"

"Good to know"

"Shall we?"

"Let's go!"

You spend the next few hours training through the park. You go more and more competitive, racing each other as usual.

As you run, your mind drifts back to Elyise. It's all you can think of lately.

She approached you... became your friend. She then lied, cheated and betrayed you. Pretended to have precognition powers to lead you wherever she wished. She had you tortured. She attempted to murder you. On top of that, she hated you from the start.

You should have seen it coming. But you were so concerned about keeping your own secrets safe... so worried that she'd find anything. And you were so arrogant thinking your shields would keep another telepath out of your mind, that you never tried to actually see her for what she was.

But being lied to is not what hurts the most. 

She admitted she genuinely liked once she got to know you, besides it all.  You can’t help but wonder, could you have saved her?

Maybe.

If you had managed to get a better friend... talk about things?

And you are still doing this. You are lying to Ricardo right now.

You almost died. Candymaster could have ended you... Ricardo could have been devoured by the nanites.

And you would have never had the chance to speak the truth...

Oh crap.

You are losing your advantage. You got distracted and Ricardo took a shortcut... Your too tired to outrun him right now... he's going to catch up and...

"Ooooof!" He tackles you, and you fall down on the grass with him on top. "Got you!" he says pinning you down. "You cheated!" you accuse. "I did not!" he smiles standing up. He offers you a hand to help you stand. You take it and move up a bit too fast... coming up against him, your body against his. 

He is surprised. 

You are not.

You kiss him, and he responds as he always does. He embraces you, making you wish it would nonstop.

"Oh... and the answer is yes," you say as you part.

"What the..." he laughs "What's up with you? The answer to what?"

"You invited me to dinner if I recall. I never answered."

"Wow... just... Now you decided to remember that?"

"Well if you have other plans..." you start.

"No no... I'm taking this. I know a place near the port that..."

"Hm.. can it be in your place tomorrow night? We can get take-away"

"Huh? Well.. sure we can do that."

"I want to talk to you about a... lot of things. And It could take a while" you say gathering all of your strength.  

"Oh... OOOHHH" He must have realized how hard this is by the look in your face. "Ok then! Tomorrow night, my place."

"It's a date then. See you tomorrow" you say walking off.

The blushed and perplexed look on his face was just priceless.

You hope you can live up to your promise... It will be a LOT of lies to untangle tomorrow.

A man is hearing the radio as you pass. You pay little attention to the broadcast as you head home.

"And there is another suicide confirmed just a few minutes from now... This takes the total toll to 9 suicides on The northern district, causes are still unknown, but investigators think they are related and...."

Your life will change tomorrow, you think with a smile as you take your bus.

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DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fan fiction using characters and the setting of the Fallen Hero: Rebirth and upcoming Fallen Hero: Retribution games written by Malin Riden. I do not claim ownership of any characters from the Fallen Hero wold. These stories are a work of my imagination, and I do not ascribe them to the official story canon. These works are intended for entertainment outside the official storyline owned by the author. I am not profiting financially from the creation of these stories, and thank the author for her wonderful game/s, without which these works would not exist.