Pain ripped through me as the bullet did the same. The sharpness of the pain causes me to stop my advance on the blood well. A second bullet pierced me but I barely feel it as I fall down to the ground. I could hear Richie and Scott yelling out to me. I'm turned over by Scott but the movement just causes more pain. Scott looked at me, scared, he was crying. It was hurting to breathe, every gasp of air burned my lungs. I could hear Scott calling out for help, but I could only feel pain. Then I heard Richie.
"You need to put pressure on the wound, Scott."
"How! It went through!" everything was starting to become hazy but I shook it off.
"Then you're gonna have to turn here
." No. I don't want that. The pain was still there but I couldn't feel as much of it as I did before.
"I just you were right…" I begin to talk even though it felt like my lungs were burning.
"Don't talk. Just hang on, okay?" Scott pleaded.
"You know, I really thought I could help you."
"You can. You did." He tried to convince me. It was a lie.
"Why did I ever believe that?" I laugh.
"Don't let her die, Scott. She's not even supposed to be here." it was Richie. I got mad.
"I am supposed to be here. I'm supposed to save Scott. But I guess I got in the way of your plans to be the boss. You selfish bastard!" I let all my anger out on him. I could see he was being held back but the must of let him go because he appeared at my side.
"You gotta give her your venom, Scott. Do it." Richie told Scott. It was getting harder to to keep my eyes open.
"She doesn't want that."
"You do it, or I will." Scott began to lean towards me but I stopped him with my last ounce of strength but lifting my arms and lightly push him away. I have to do this.
"Look at you. So blinded by your own greed, and now you wanna save me? You're weak. You're both so weak. I gave you everything. I gave you all the love that I could possibly give. And for what?" I was speaking to them both. I had to push them away with my words. Or they would turn me.
"Kate, don't do this." of course it was Richie. No, Richard.
"There's no more love left, Richard. I hope you burn in hell." that was it, all my strength was gone. I couldn't hold back the darkness that wanted to consume me. There was nothing, just pitch black. No light came for me. Heaven didn't want me. Not now. Not after I killed that drifter. That innocent. If this was all there is, darkness. Then this must be my punishment. I was in the darkness drifting, accepting my fate. But I was pulled back. My eyes opened. I was alive. But something was wrong. I felt wrong.
"Amaru. Xibalba. Amaru. Souls. Death. Xibalba. Blood. Amaru. Queen. Amaru. Culebras. Amaru. Power. Amaru. Xibalba. Blood. Power. Xibalba. Death. Souls. Amaru." Voices filled my head. One voice. Speaking at once, over and over. I got of the ground. I had to get away. The voices continued in my head, growing louder and louder, screaming. I was walking, I felt no pain. I look down. Blood, blood on my shirt. I lift it up. No wounds. No shots. I walk, and walk, and walk. I walk until there's only sand everywhere I look. The voice still screaming.
"AMARU! AMARU! AMARU! AMARU!" l let a scream echo in the desert. It became too much. I collapse. Visions, images, they flash before my eyes. A red sky, red sand, red desert, a river of blood, monsters, demons, pain, and a throne. Someone touches me. I open my eyes and lunge. I claw, bite, scream, everything I can. I try to tell them, I try to tell them Amaru, but only screams escape my mouth. I'm grabbed from behind and thrown in a van. I throw what I can, try to reach them in the front. The voice begins again. Screaming. The van stops, they grab me, feed me pills (mood stabilizers and anti-psychotics). I stop, the voice stops. I'm picked up and carried into a building, a room, placed on the bed. They leave. The voice screams. I have to tell them. The voice wants to tell them.
"Tell them! Tell them! Amaru! Amaru! Tell them! AMARU!" I have to tell them. I jump off the bed, bite my wrist, let the blood drip to the floor, raise my wrist, write 'AMARU' on the wall. I told them. The voice continues to scream in my head. Then I'm grabbed again. No. No. I scream. I try to break free. I'm held to the bed. I'm stuck with a needle. The voice stops. I stop. My eyes close. I told them. They know. AMARU.