In the Mind's Eye
By FlameDrake
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Where am I?
You are inside your car. Your spirit is not.
Who are you?
I am Eve. Who are you?
I am Aya Brea. What is going on?
I am cleansing the world. You have ruined it.
What did I do?
You are a pest; you are destroying the planet.
How?
You know perfectly well.
I suppose I do.
I can make you perfect. I can make you my most powerful ally. You are admirable as it is...but no match for me.
How do you know that?
Did you destroy me in the theater?
No.
Ah, but I have only grown stronger since then. Have you?
I don't know. Why are you doing this?
This is the best way to reach you.
How could I resist you when all the others burned at a glance from you?
You will discover that on your own. I can not change the course of events.
Then you know how this will come out. Will I defeat you?
I can only see what is destined to happen, what is unchangeable. I do know that we will fight. I can not say who the victor will be.
So therefore I have a chance.
I suppose so.
Then how do you know I am no match for you?
Currently you are no match for me.
Why should I give up everything that makes me unique so I can become one of your mindless drones?
Because it will almost definitely occur.
But there is a chance.
A small one.
Why do you kill?
I am working towards a great goal that does not include humans. Why do you kill?
I am a police officer.
What does that have to do with anything?
As a police officer, I have the authority to kill when neccessary.
How do you judge what is neccessary?
There is a set of rules that defines this. The law.
And this ... law is the only reason?
No. I kill when my own life is in danger.
What is the difference between their life and yours?
I wish to keep my life.
And does the person you kill wish the same?
What do you mean?
Do they wish to keep their life?
Most of them, yes.
So it is a selfish desire to put your life before theirs?
Everyone I kill is out to kill many other people. I am trying to save their lives.
Why are their lives more important than the person you are killing?
I don't believe I can answer that question.
Why?
Because I am not those people.
Yet you place their lives before the person you are killing. You are the deciding factor.
Please stop.
You have to answer the question. You are the only one that can.
Stop.
You decide the fate of peoples' lives without knowing what they want.
STOP!!
There is no reason to stop. You are as cold-blooded as you think I am. More so, in fact.
STOP!!
Your soul is tormented. I can set it free.
NO!!
You avoid such questions simply because you don't want to answer them.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!
It is too painful a subject for you. You become overwhelmed whenever it comes up.
NO!! I WILL DESTROY YOU!!!
You are becoming incoherent. However, if you become one with me, we can share perfect clarity together.
NEVER!!
Very well. Tell me. What makes you different from me?
B...b...be...becau...be...because...
Tell me.
Because y..you...I...
TELL ME!
Because I don't exist to kill.
Oh?
I don't start my day with killing. I don't go about looking for people to kill. I don't enjoy killing.
Then what do you exist for?
I don't know.
Why do you keep going then?
Because I enjoy my existence. Because I have friends who care about me. There are many reasons.
Impressive.
What?
Perhaps the battle will not be as clear-cut as I believed.
Huh?
I believe I have done all I can here. Until we meet again in the flesh.
Very well.
It will be a glorious battle.
It will.
Good night, Aya Brea.
Until next time ... Eve.