Sunday, November 06, 2005  

They considered each other, hunter and hunted.

For long moments, neither moved, poised on the edge of eternity. The swirling mists of the forest surrounded them, obscuring all sight save theirs.

She spoke first. "You know you cannot defeat me."

Her opponent said nothing.

"Your efforts are futile; surrender now before you are killed."

In the distance, the faint and steady whump-whump of a helicopter. The piercing beam of a searchlight appeared like a glimmer through the fog. They were searching.

She pointed towards that distant spar of light. "Look. Even now they hunt for you, as you have hunted for me. They will catch you and they will destroy you.  They will be merciless!"

Finally, finally... her opponent spoke. "Then I suppose we shall simply have to end this." The soft hissing rustle of wings, pure black feathers glossy in the luminescent fog. The mist stirred in the currents of those wings.

She stepped back, startled. "You cannot... you must not..."

Two points of emerald fire burned as her opponent stepped forward.

"You were supposed to be my savior!" She screamed.

"This is not a fairy tale," Aya Brea said as she advanced on her sister, dark wings spread behind her. "And I am not your prince." She stretched out a hand and called fire.

Maya Brea shrieked as her body burst into flames.

Drawn to the screams of the dying, the helicopters converged like a flock of vultures. Bright lights illuminated the charred patch of ground; the single drifting feather, black as midnight.

Unseen and unfelt, Aya hovered above them, her gaze turned to the distant glow of the City of Angels.

It was time to return home.

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I just had an idea for a new Parasite Eve fanfic. *grin*

   [ posted by Kristin @ 6:31 PM ] [ ]