He had him.
It felt as if the very life from his soul was being drained out of him. A thick drinking straw twisting down his throat, draining him of his breath and very essesence.
His vision was beginning to cloud red, and all he could invision were those twisted eyes dancing over him. Glimmering in triumph, like,
He won.
Flashes of Rei's smile flickered past his eyes,
Rei
Vector
Rei
Vector…
All's he had wanted to do was protect Astral…to…
But now he was losing everything quicker than he had ever thought it would end.
Vector's shrill, piercing laughter was the only sound that resonated through the empty ruins of Sargasso.
His friends were gone. Were they…even there in the first place?
It burned his throat to breath. He…he wanted…
To stop being alone.
Astral gave him that. And with Rei's help, he could at least begin to repay that debt to him.
Something was missing from all this though…something important…
Feebly blinking up to a tall silhouette, Yuma felt bile rise up into his already seering throat. Vector stepped down with merciless pressure onto the youngers chest,
Ever cackling that same, unnatural laugh.
He wanted to fade out, to let go of this…
But could Shingetsu be trapped somewhere inside there…could his friend be waiting for him to save him?
No..no…it was all too strange, all too off—
Jolting up in his bed and breathing in heavily, Yuma had to take a few moments to savour how good it felt to breath easily again.
His eyes were burning out tears from when he was asleep, and as his breathing steadied he allowed them to run their course.
It was so strange to accept…that…
Shingetsu was really gone.
It felt weird and just plain wrong to talk about it out loud to anyone, even Astral.
He had honestly cared for him as a friend…and the dreams just weren't getting any better…
He might…he would just see that manical face taunting him out of the corner of his mind. Knowing he was bound to come back sooner or later…
Hopefully later though.
For now he'd just…try and get some sleep. Akari would kill him if he was late for school again…
Not like he had anyone to drag him around making him late again, anyways.
