The journey begins

Yesterday, I gave you the scene where Rei struggles briefly with the guards in the beginning of Part 2 of Rome's Revolution. Once he was defeated physically, he was destroyed emotionally believing that he had lost Rome forever. Rome had left and Rei kind of shut down inside. The guards had very little trouble getting him out of the palace and dumping him in the village that would some day become Ibbra City.

     After a short while, the two guards put their arms under Rei’s shoulders and marched him back to the elevator. Rei did not resist. All of the fight had been taken out of him. The look on Rome’s face was all it took. She was back in, part of the Overmind. His Rome was gone. His world was gone.
     Rei barely noticed them transporting him to the spaceport and loading him into one of their craft, substantially smaller than his tug. The transport resembled a bizarre form of a bus or helicopter fuselage. Had Rei paid more attention, he would have thought it was almost insect-like. At each corner, mounted on stilts, were four oversized EG lifters.
     They placed Rei in a seat next to the outer wall but he paid no attention. His passivity made it seem as if a zombie had been placed on board. One of the Vuduri had to come over and buckle him in. Rei felt a slight vibration as the craft lifted off but without windows, there was nothing to see. He did not care. He didn’t even notice how long they were flying.
     The ship set down in a field of day-glo yellow thread-like grass. The soldiers had to practically shove him out the door, so lost was Rei. The repulsor field from the shuttle pushed him in the back and knocked him over. He didn’t even try and break his fall. Rei just lay in the grass and then he started to cry with great racking sobs. He cried and he cried. He cried for a long time then he fell asleep.

Sad, huh? Sometimes I feel bad that I have to put my characters through so much but how can you have drama without drama?