Final Moments

"Yes! Yes I would like very much for us to stay together after the war. Thank you so much!"

That was the last thing she said before this terrible nightmare began. Zeiss was circling the battlefield looking for any trace of Ellen among the bodies that littered the ground.

He promised he would protect her, so why did she run off without him?

"Ellen! Ellen!"

Miledy had landed close by and shouted for a medic.

"Someone hurry! She's fading fast!"

Zeiss landed in a panic and pushed others out of the way to see his worst fear becoming reality.

Miledy was holding Ellen's frail body in her arms. Zeiss knelt down. "Hold on, Ellen."

She slowly opened her eyes. "Zeiss…..is that…is that you? It is so dark. I can't see anything."

Zeiss held her hand. "Shhhh. Please don't waste your energy. It's me. You are going to get through this someone is on the way."

Zeiss was trying to be strong but his voice was shaking. "Someone get a cleric now!"

Miledy glared at Zeiss. "You need to stay strong now, brother."

Finally Saul rushed in with his staff. He muttered some words and his staff glowed bright.

Nothing was happening to Ellen's condition. She was fading fast.

Zeiss exploded out of desperation. "Why isn't anything happening! Save her!"

"I'm trying to. This is hard on me too."

After realizing that she was too far gone, Saul stopped.

"I'm sorry but it won't work. Her wounds are too great."

Ellen's white cloak was stained crimson and her hands were so cold. Her color was almost gone and her bruised face was blank.

Ellen squeezed Zeiss's hand. "I'm sorry….I lied…to you. I said we would….be to…gether…in Bern."

Zeiss wiped his eyes. "No, I'm the one that's sorry. I failed you. I said I would protect you."

Joy swept over Ellen's face one last time. She reached up and felt Zeiss's cheek. "I can see you so clearly now. It must be God's last gift to me."

Her head drooped back and her hand fell. Zeiss let out a cry of agony. "ELLEN!"

He clutched her lifeless body close to his. Miledy could do nothing to comfort her brother. She just asked that everyone leave him alone.

He rocked her in his arms and then jumped on his wyvern to find a place for her to rest.

He landed near a lake with a meadow of flowers. He then gathered some of Ellen's favorite flowers and put them in her hair. After that he sat and cried until the sun started to set. As the sun's setting painted the sky a beautiful pink orange, Zeiss carried Ellen's body into the lake and made one last goodbye.

Zeiss let go and her body sunk slowly to the bottom of the lake. "I'll see you soon."