—Her last one before she dies

“Karina!!” Apollo and Lyra cry,

Their voices begin to fade out of my ears as I lose touch with reality,

My shoulders ache, blood starts gushing from them,

Didn’t even noticed I was shot,

My legs give away from the pain bringing me to my knees,

Ears ring so loud I am sure blood pours from them as well

A piercing heat wells up in my chest,

It hurts so bad…

I can feel my heart beating incredibly slow

(Let me take o—)

Strangely enough, I feel happy.

I feel sad, I feel fear, I feel anger, I feel dejected, I feel hopeless, I feel ecstatic, I feel prideful I feel awe, I feel nervous, I feel stressed, I feel bitter, I feel frustrated, I feel horrified, I feel pleasure, I feel hate, I feel love, I feel hopeful, I feel despair, I feel rage, I feel joy, I feel annoyed, I feel greed, I feel lustful, I feel envy, I feel wrathful.

I feel, I feel, I feel,

I feel emotion,

All of it,

Everything.

To the highest possible degree,

I want it to stop,

But then I don’t

No I do,

Stop, Stop, Stop!

………….

And my head keeps spinning♪

Can't stop having these visions♪

I gotta get with it♪

Ooh-hoo♪

Ooh-hoo♪

Ooh-hoo♪

And my head keeps spinning♪

I can't stop having these visions♪

I gotta get with it♪

Ooh-hoo♪

Ooh-hoo♪

Ooh-hoo♪

And I, and I can't stop♪

No, no, I can't stop♪

No, no, no, no, I can't stop♪

No, no, no, no, I can't stop♪

Can't stop, I can't stop, I can't stop♪

No, no, no, no♪

No, no, no, no♪

No, no, no, no♪

No, no, I can't stop♪

No, can't stop having these visions♪

I gotta get with it♪

Ooh, ooh, oooh♪

Hoo-hoo, ho-ho-hoo♪

Ooh-hoo♪

I can’t stop.

****

Brrrrrrrrrrt!

Pingk, Pingk, Pingk!

Vwooooooooooooooooh!

“Earhg!”

Smash!

Slash!

Whack!

Push!

“Eaghh!

Wehh……

We’re corned,

Dehh….

There’s too many” Apollo breathes,

With an unconscious Kage on his shoulders and injured Lyra at his side,

Apollo was forced to swallow his current despair in an attempt to escape the small army of mechanoid fighters,

A rain of bullets relentlessly gun at Apollo who uses his, lighting amplified, strength and speed to block the shots,

The machines adapted to his abilities however and opted to start attacking directly forcing Lyra to counter them with blasts of chilling snow to sadly no avail as the swarms keep on coming,

Like pests the little ‘robots’ continue their pressure…

“Heeyarg!”

Apollo slashes his sword down on another machine,

(“They have us at the edge!”) Apollo thinks,

(“I can’t let Lyra and Kage die here!

I refuse to let them die!”)

Apollo’s magic flows as hard as ever in this moment, his emotions are that of fear, and sorrow, but he does not let it hold him back,

His internal lightning magic surges through his body stronger than ever before, his blonde locs’ point upward, his muscles drip of sweat and bulge of veins as he grips tightly to, Darius, his sword,

The weapon itself begins to grow in size,

“Heeerrrrragh!”

Apollo swings the tree-sized blade cutting straight into the group of enemies,

“I won’t lose!

Not another friend

And not to any golem!” he cries

Brrt!

But as he does…

A short spurt..

That was all it took,

A short spurt of stray bullets manage to make their way into the thigh of the young man,

“Uhhh!”

Apollo drops to one knee,

Bump!

Kage falls off of his back, his head making resounding thud on the hard stone,

The mechanoids ruthlessly pounce at Apollo,

His sword returns to its regular size as he now uses all his might trying to fend off the assault now at the very edge of the mountain,

The black void below echoes happily awaiting his arrival.

“A..p..o..l..l..o!”

So caught up in the heat Apollo didn’t even notice that Lyra who had been trying to fight at his side now lay collapsed

While dodging an attack Lyra fell on her exposed spine,

Now she can’t even move..

“Lyr—”

Apollo briefly lets himself get distracted,

“Uwahhh!”

And there he goes,

Sword in hand off the edge, his tears and blood trail behind him like the taillights of a speedy car racing at midnight…..

Lyra watches in horror, unable to move, her emotions right now are sorrow and rage, she has been crying the entire time,

Her tears flow endlessly like the Kabuto waterfall of the Bakufu kingdom,

…

“Ka…

Kage?”

Lyra cries desperately to the person whom secretly she had become quite fond of,

The last person she has right now…

…….

Kage’s body begins to stir as drags himself up,

“Ughh fuck,” he stands up ignoring the bullets that are currently lodged in his legs,

“I have to get to the next one, right now

This is a nuisance.”

“Kage!?” Lyra calls again

“Hah?

…..?

Oh, you poor thing!” Kage notices Lyra,

“I just want to say, I enjoyed our brief time as frie—

—echkk!”

Lyra begins to mutter something, but Kage grabs her up by the throat and dangles her over the edge,

“This is the best I can do to help you girl,

Goodbye.”

Kage drops her.

…..

Brrrrrrrtt!

Slamp! Slamp! Thump!

The machines pay no mind to this still continuing their attack now focused on Kage,

“Ack!

This is tedious,” Kage winces in pain,

Forming his bow Kage aims it at the foes, and,

And…

He jumps?

Jumping off of the edge, Kage fires but one shot,

“Die pests!”

DOOOOOOOM!

****

“Huh?” Zinnia looks up from watering her plants

“What was that sound just now?

Reminds of when we fought Murdoc that night,”

……..

A stray tear slides down the girl’s cheek,

“Huh?

“Why am I getting emotional?”