Eve stood in the rain, watching the flashes of lightning that erupted from the Arena down below. It was hard to see what was happening through the rain that was hailing down; however, Eve did not need to see what was happening to know what the outcome would be.
She had sent her very strongest soldier after Raiden. Of all 7 of the soldiers that loved Eve, Thor was not only the strongest but was also the one who loved Eve the most.
That was what tied all 7 of Eve's soldiers together. The delusion that had been given to her by the witch of Vainglory. It allowed for her to maintain a perfect control for anyone who loved or lusted after her.
However, Eve herself refused to believe it was lust that motivated her soldiers to work under her.
No, they were not like those pigs from her past.
Nothing like those disgusting beings who let their carnal desires take over.
That was impossible. Eve would never have to go through that again. She would NEVER have to go through such humiliation, and such objectification.
Her soldiers, they were loyal out of love. That was why they offered themselves up. That is why they carried out her every beck and call.
Because their love for her was unmatched. Just as her love for Raiden was.
Pure love was the only words that could describe what she felt for the boy. From their very first sight. At that mall, when everybody had been lusting after her, he was the only who looked at her with eyes not consumed by desire.
That single moment was the only sign that Eve needed to know she had found her Adam.
Nothing that happened in her past would change that. Not the men, not her father who committed the worst betrayal of all, not her mother, who had abandoned her when it mattered the most, none of them would be able to change what she had now.
And it was because of this love that Eve knew the outcome of this battle. Even know, as her beloved was being pummeled into the ground, Eve knew through their connection that he would not die here.
He would overcome. He would stand. He would rise.
He would defeat Thor, and take his life, proving that he loved her back just as much as she loved him.
And then her and her beloved would become one.
Eve turned around to face the two Theta students behind her.
Covered in blood, both of them looked beautiful. Their hands were only inches away from the other.
They had been reaching for each other just before they passed out.
They weren't dead. Eve wouldn't kill them.
Genji and Ichijo were their names.
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CRACKKKK!
Lightning sliced the sky in half, and thunder shattered the air.
Another blow.
And another.
The pain ran up and down my body. It was never ending. A constant pain that left my entire body on the verge of short circuiting.
Every blow left its imprint on my body, the pain throwing me back into reality.
I could feel the rain pelting my body, like someone was dumping a river of rocks on top of me.
I could feel every blow that hit me, like someone had taken a syringe filled with pain and injected it into me.
I could feel the lightning coursing through my body in a deadly current.
I could taste the blood that filled my mouth. There was so much of it my mouth was filled with the taste of salt and iron.
All around me my senses were overloaded with stimuli. My eyes were blind from the constant flashing of lightning point blank.
My ears had begun to bleed from the sound of thunder so close, as well as the ceaseless, never-ending pounding of the rain.
The only scent in my nose was that of something burning. Charred beyond recognition.
And my senses of touch were ripped away from me by the lightning that flowed through my body.
And despite the fact that I was overloaded with pain, and that all of my senses had been compromised, I still did not lose consciousness.
In fact, my internal thoughts only magnified themselves.
Even though I could feel every bit of pain, and every bit of noise and taste and sound, my thoughts remained clear.
My mind was not clouded like how I wished for it to be.
It was filled with my own thoughts.
This is the end for you.
The voice in the back of my head that had once been my father, and now had transformed into my own voice spoke.
Too late coming. How many people did you hurt, how many things did you fuck over before you finally realized that you were in the problem?
But now that you can't ignore all those who've you've hurt. Now that you can't hide from your own faults, you decide to accept the only solution their ever was.
My chest was burning. I needed to breath. However, my lungs would not take in the air.
In the peripherals of my fading vision, I saw it.
HER.
White dress.
White hair.
Blue eyes.
A blue tie in the shape of a flower that hung from her neck.
She was staring at me.
Her white skin tinged a slight pink and red.
She disappeared just as suddenly as she had appeared.
This is what you deserve.
Your worthless.
Not even as a weapon could you find your use.
You caused pain.
You caused suffering.
You couldn't even take responsibility.
You're a slave. And now, you've lost your master.
Nowhere to go. I was stuck. I had no more purpose. If I couldn't protect Kami, what was my purpose?
How could I justify my existence?
I remembered the words of my father.
"How can you justify yourself, if you can't prove your worth?"
"If you can't fulfill the simple mission you have been given. you have no worth. No worth means you can't justify the reason for your birth. Meaning your existence is pointless."
"Lose sight of your mission, and you lose the reason for you pitiful existence."
This was it.
Above me, the man in the black suit that Eve had called Thor had ceased his beating.
He was staring down at me. At some point, his glasses had fallen off.
His blue eyes were staring into mine. Burning a hole through me.
For a second, I almost through I saw tears in his eyes.
The expression there was scared. Violated. Fearful.
His eyes displayed the message, "Help me."
How could I help you? I thought to myself. I can't even help myself. Or anyone else around me for that matter.
My mind flashed images of Suijin, Kami, Yuri, Hikaru.
Of my mother. She had the same gaze at times. A gaze that was slightly fearful.
Especially when she looked at me.
It hadn't always been that way. I began to remember. My lack of infantile amnesia.
She used to hold me with love. She would sing. She sounded like an angel.
Just like ■■■■■ had said.
There weren't any angels calling for me at the moment.
And I was sure that they would never call again.
The reason behind my mother's fallen smile, behind Kami's pain, behind Suijin's pain, behind it all.
It was me. I was the flaw.
The sin that ruined their lives.
The apple.
For that, I deserved nothing less than death.
Couldn't he see that? I began to speak irrationally as I looked into the fearful eyes of my opponent.
I'm despicable. I can't help anyone. I deserved to die. So why are you looking at me as if I am the one who could help your situation?
And then, in the corner of my eyes, I spotted a flash of white.
Lifting my gaze, I saw HER.
Not the short young girl who had been staring at me. No. I recognized this face.
Vermillion eyes. White hair. Pale skin. Black dress.
A sweet, silky voice that could lull me to sleep.
A gaze filled with longing. Desire.
Possession.
It was HER.
The one who had saved me.
My savior.
She smiled. Her black eyes analyzed me.
And then she spoke.
■■■■■: Anything. Anything that you want could be yours, Raiden. All you have to do is believe. I'll show you the way. To break through.
And then she reached out her hands once more.
My vision went white.
And then it was filled HER.
Vision of HER.
HER words.
HER smile.
HER eyes.
Everything in my world:
Had become HER.