Even with the battle having drained her strength, Lana raced forward to the collapsing figure of Cia. Every step she took sent pain running up her legs and made the soles of her feet ache. Lana only gritted her teeth and kept her eyes on the woman - the other half of her - ahead.
Before, Cia had been a nightmare, a woman of such immense power that calling her a goddess almost would not have seemed like an understatement. She had ripped through the Hylian army with all the power that she had, and had even gone so far as to drain her own soul and life force just to gain what she wanted.
Now, the power was gone and she was nothing but a collapsed figure lying in the dirt. No longer did she look to have any strength, and Lana doubted that even her soul could persevere now.
Picking her up, Lana held Cia in her arms, cradling her close. Most of the warmth had left her body, and the few movements she made were uncontrollable shakes. From her mouth came groans of pain, noises that chilled Lana to her very core.
She felt light, and Lana almost wondered what would happen if she let her go. Would the wind simply blow her away?
"Lana," Cia said. Her voice was weak, and though Cia's face was mere inches away from her, the noise sounded far away. From up close she looked even worse, with her hair a mess and blood staining her. "Why are you here?"
Lana remained silent, only pulling her closer. Her eyes never left the woman below her. She looked into eyes that matched her own. Already, she could feel a pain inside of her chest forming, and the last threads tying the two together beginning to stretch. The pain was unbearable, worse than anything that she had received while fighting, and she didn't know how much longer she would feel it.
Perhaps it was one pain worth bearing. When those strings broke, Cia would be gone.
"Why did you do this?" Cia's eyes turned to face Link.
Link, Link, Link - as always, even when in pain and close to death, Cia still thought of the green garbed hero.
"You know how it will turn out." Cia coughed a few times, a rough sound that made Lana cringe. Every breath she took was labored, and Lana could feel the rise and fall of her chest. "He will never choose you."
Lana clutched her tighter, as if that could somehow save her. "Cia..." She paused for a moment, biting her lip. The moment of silence between them seemed to stretch on into an eternity, though they surely did not have that kind of time. "Cia," she continued, knowing that there no longer was time to waste. "Sometimes you can't have the person that you think you deserve."
Cia's violet eyes lowered, moving away from Link. Then, they returned to Lana, their eyes locking together.
Her last breaths were weak, using the last of her once vast, monstrous strength. She faded, her body becoming nothing but dust, gas, and memories.
Her own strength gone, the dams around Alana's eyes burst open. Tears poured down, covering her face.
Lana could only hope that Cia - Lana's other half, the piece that made her whole - knew that in her last words, Lana had not been speaking about Link.