Thinking of things tomorrow can bring

Lying down wrapped up in warm blankets in that nurse’s car-boot I can’t help but wonder at my lack of attention, I should not have made so much noise trying to get the medicines for little brother; I should have been more careful and not rushed like an amateur. How could I have forgotten nearly all my years of training like that?

But I suppose something good has come out of it. With a promise of food and a warm place to rest we wait in this small space. Little brother will get the medical attention he needs, far better then what I could give him. I guess now that we are alone I’m all he has; being the youngest little brother has never been on his own.

Looking down I see his large eyes watching me closely. Little brother wears his heart on his sleeve and I can always tell what he feels; scared, confused, lonely, tried, that’s what his large eyes are telling me. Without saying anything I try to pull him closer, to give him the reinsurance he needs so badly. If I could I would absorb him into me to keep him safe. I smile one of my rare smiles at him as he wraps his legs around mine and his tail like appendage curls around his bent arms. He always looks and acts so young when it’s just us family near him. I don’t want him to ever grown up and become jaded like the rest of us.

As he nods off I feel the car’s engine purr to life and gently start to move over the smooth road missing the few bumps I saw earlier. This woman is kinder then any form that place. The knowledge that I don’t know where we’re going annoys me but I guess I can trust this lady; anyone who works for them wouldn’t have the air of naivety around them and wouldn’t be found dead in a public hospital, which is one of the reasons I chose this one. It’s local and open to anyone, they wouldn’t dream to look here.

I’ll never forget anything that place taught me but now I’ll use all my skill and knowledge to avoid them at any cost; they taught us everything we know, how to be the very best weapons possible, it shouldn’t be too hard to use it in reverse.

Feeling little brother’s gentle breathing against my neck I resist the urge to rest my eyes, feeling the car slow down to a snails pace before slowly picking up speed. By the sound of other quickly passing cars I can only guess we’re on the motorway, which way and where to I don’t know. If I had the time before I would have researched where she lived, it wouldn’t have taken long to hack the hospitals records for that piece of information.

I want to ask how much farther to go, but everything goes black as I rest my eyes.