1 sat atop a bit of stone, of what was left of the cathedral, his head in his hands. The fire had long gone out, but the air was still thick with ash. The wind blew a good deal of it onto 1, but he didn't care. It stuck to the mud that already coated him. His brows creased as he reflected on everything.
Gone. Everything gone.
He lifted his head to the nightmare in front of him.
"You coward!!" The pain was evident in her voice as she pressed her spear against his neck. "How dare you send 2 out to die!!!?"
1 stepped down off the weathered stone. He walked over to the battered form in front of him haphazardly lying on another stone. 2 seemed so small now. He gently picked him up.
"It's too late!" 1 held the screaming 5 back as the explosion tore through the factory. "7!! No! 9…!"
It was only a few feet away where 1 delicately lowered 2 into the ground, next to the now lifeless 5.
They looked on in horror as it took 5. 6, especially distressed, just wouldn't keep up with the rest, screaming about things no one understood.
1 picked up his makeshift shovel, stuck in freshly disturbed dirt right above 6. He started filling in the ground. It was hard work, but he didn't care.
All were put to rest save one.
The machine was right overtop of them when they managed to hit its core. But there was no time for relief as they ran to not be crushed...and 3 never made it. 4 froze in a silent scream.
4 looked as if she'd never release her death grip, nearly as lifeless as the one she held to so desperately.
Where had they gone wrong?
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This is the first fanfiction I've written since I was 12 o__O I hope it's not TOO bad ^^;
First I was gonna kill them all off except 1, but somehow 4 managed to survive the slaughter, haha.
Thanks to Ryosei Takashi Hime for the beta help.