One thing that might be an anomaly would be a bright star, in the middle of the day, in the sky where Ayu swept his glance about, and that star got bigger and bigger.
Until it was about the size of a water tower like those afixed to the top of buildings as it smashes down right on the carnival. Had Ayu not been daydreaming and replied to his father immediately, perhaps...
But there was no time to indulge in hindsight. The shockwave of the smash landing created a tsunami of dirt, rocks, concrete and tarmac as the car is flung backwards violently, sending the child Ayu tumbling about in the vehicle as the roar of the explosion carries with it another type of roar...something...alive...
Had Ayu been a child...he would not have remembered seeing that star nor distinguish the two types of roaring sound. But with a mind older than the body...this is the...accident that took his parents' lives!
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Waking up after an unknown period of time, Ayu's bruised face could not afford him the luxury of opening his eyes fully. With blurred vision he feels himself pulled out of the vehicle by the warm familiar hands of his mother.
Did this really happen? Didn't I wake up at the hospital in base and given the bad news personally by his Uncle? Ayu couldn't tell, but the long-haired face that dragged him out was undeniably his mother.
"Ayu! Ayu! Wake up!" begged the lady as she whips out a handgun that seemed to be at home in a sci-fi movie. As he turns his head, he finds his father pulling out a small...silver (!) briefcase from the boot and opens it up. But another shockwave unbalances the man and the box falls onto the broken ground with a thud and its contents spilled out.
The pins...its the pins that the older Ayu would wear...
what the fuck?"Anata! Ayu is unconscious!" shouts Ayu's mother as she raises her handgun and fires. Brilliant blue light issues almost soundlessly instead of bullets.
"This...this is impossible!" replies Ayu's father, staring at the giant beast that emerges from the carnival wreckage. A towering being wreathed in flames, yet Ayu's blurry vision could make out no more.
"We must get Ayu to safety, this is too much for the both of us to handle!" turns his father towards his loving wife, a face of panic and concern with eyes darting towards Ayu's position. "We cannot run from this beast either. Contact Toriya...just in case..." his father's voice lowers, almost breaking, as if he knows what will be going on later.
"Must we go my love? Ayu...Ayu would lose us both..." Ayu's mother responds, while the question has the right tone, the posture seems to indicate something else.
"You know that I love Ayu as much as you. As parents, sacrifices were always made. I am willing to lay down my life so that Ayu can live on.
The ultimate freedom a parent can give, is unconditional love"
Ayu's mother nods as tears stream down her face. Ayu tries to get up, to stop his parents from leaving him again, yet his body would not move. So this was what happened. It wasn't an accident. His parents chose to face a monster head on so that he could live, and remain free. Darkness closes in on Ayu again.
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When Ayu wakes up, he finds his parents, both slightly burnt, lay down infront of him as the beast rampages around the city. The pins that his father wore lay scattered near his slightly burnt hand. His mother's handgun lay shattered around her.
Now that his head is cleared a little, he has a closer look now.
A voice enters his mind, the voice of the door spirit back at the Mountain.
"You have offered me your freedom of choice. I have taken the liberty then of showing you what you choose not to know. Freedom, has a price. And now you can choose. Will you remain unconscious or will you do something else."