Fallen Angel
Assassin-G
She never saw it coming…
Goddamnit, she never saw her end.
She could only kneel there, a smile on her face till the end.
And in a split second, she disappeared.
I never saw it coming.
She just knelt there, the Materia tightly clasped in her protective hands. Her lips moved harmoniously to the Ancient chant that she was reciting. The words she spoke was foreign to me, I could not comprehend. I would sell my soul to understand the last few words before her demise.
I could only watch in horror after everything was over, and she bore the infliction of Sephiroth. But still she hung on for her life, courageously battling Death itself before her time was due.
Then she smiled, the same smile that had attracted my attention while fleeing from the conflagration caused by the explosion of Reactor #7. That I grew fond of during the travels we spent together. The same smile that I contemplate every time I close my eyes.
How could she smile?
Did she realize that her end was coming?
How could I let it happen?
Why couldn't I stop Sephiroth?
Oh, God. She looked so peaceful when she went.
Her smile vanished as her body submerged into the lake.
I can't make her smile again. No matter how I try…I cant…
Please…let this be a twisted dream. Make me believe that it is just a reverie fabricated by some deranged psychopath. I wanted to cry, but the tears would not come. Crying isn't going to help. My tears will not set everything right, and She would still be beyond my grasp.
Why couldn't He take me instead?
Why couldn't I have been on the receiving end of the unforgiving blade?
Why couldn't I have been the one totally oblivious that my executioner was racing to end my life? That the heavily black-clad warrior that had once been my mentor was also the one determined to end the life of his protégé?
Please don't me say goodbye. I can't, I'll go crazy. I'm not strong enough.
I refuse to let go.
She isn't in pain anymore. The gash in her back has ceased to bleed. Her eyes are closed, never to be opened again. And although her body is cold, her blood is still warm like the summer nights.
If only I had the time to tell her how much she means to me, that I would do anything to make her feel secure.
She was alive a minute ago. She smiled; chanted, bled…she was so ALIVE.
I will recover her body from the stream and set her down on the ground.
That's right…then she will reawaken and I can laugh at myself for worrying too much.
But that would be selfish of me.
Besides, she is too close to the Lifestream for me to resurrect her.
She wants to go, to reunite with her Ancient mother and be one with the Planet.
She had served her purpose.
Her time expired, but that doesn't mean the fight's over.
I will lead my troops from down here and fight the ultimate Evil.
…And she will be my guardian angel, watching out for me from above.
She will always have a place in my heart.
I am sorry yet thankful.
I hope she will hear the message my heart sends her, because my voice has failed me.
I love you Aeris. We will see each other soon…