Schutzengel - Personal Logs

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Chapter 11: Hesitation
811 A.S

[font=Book Antiqua]The boy walked out of the elevator and stood there for a moment, thinking where to go. He decided going to Medicals to check on that strange man would be a good idea. So he looked around and noticed one of the engineers at the other end of the corridor and walked toward him, "Excuse me..." The boy said, "hmmph?" the engineer mumbled without looking up, "erm... What's the quickest way to Medicals?" the boy asked him, The man chuckled and shook his head, and said while still doing something to the wires on the floor, "You feelin' sick or somethin' kiddo?" The boy cleared his throat and said, "Eh, No... I... just want to check on a 'friend' of mine..." The engineer suddenly looked up and raised an eyebrow, "-You- are the one who saved that old retardo?" He said and grinned, the boy paused for a moment and then said "well... yea, as they say..." The man put his tools on the floor and stood up, he was much taller than he seemed to be when he was kneeling on floor, so the boy had to take a step backward so he wont need to look up much, The man put a hand on the boy's shoulder and leaned forward to whisper in his ear, "Just a friendly suggestion kid. If you're trying to help him, Don't!" The boy took another step backward and asked "Why?" The man stood straight again and said "Well... Just to let you know, he does some seriously retarded things. You try to help him, you'll sink into same crap he is in. Last guy who tried to help him lost his Ship and all he had, and had to start over again from scratch. But if you wanna get yourself killed, I'm not the one to stop you, Go ahead but good luck." and returned to his work without a word, the boy stood there for a few seconds. The engineer looked up again after a short moment and said, "Oh and... Medicals is in Fifth floor, corridor C-5.2." The boy nodded and returned to elevator. After the doors opened, he walked in the elevator and raised his hand to press 5th floor's button, but after a few seconds of holding his finger in front of the button, he lowered his hand and touched 'Close Doors' button instead, and the doors closed behind him right away. He just stood there for a minute, staring at the screen in front of him, displaying a video of the gas clouds outside the station. After a few more minutes, he sat on the floor and pulled his pad out of his bag and turned it on.

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That man -was- strange, but not as much as everyone says...
All these creepy stories everyone whisper to each other about him
makes a part of me push me back to my Ship to just leave this station
and don't come back every again... But, the other part of me wants to
help that man, and I don't know why...
There is Someth-

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But as he was writing his note, the door opened and the same engineer was standing outside elevator and looking at the boy with a strange expression on his face. "You're still here kiddo? I thought you left for medicals ten minutes ago!" The man said and entered the elevator and touched the button marked as 5th floor and said, "And on a second thought, I thought it might be a good idea if I join you... cause ya know, that poor man might be a bit spooky, but is a nice dude after all... Its sad if we lose him like that." Then as the doors closed, the boy put the pad back into his bag and stood up, the man looked away and chuckled. "So, what are you gonna do anyways?" The man asked, the boy looked at the tall man and nearly whispered, "I don't really know...."