Welcome back everyone! Here is Chapter 2 for you all to enjoy~

Before you read this chapter, I highly suggest watching this YouTube video (/watch?v=QW6rkoUjlUE&t=24s) if you haven't already; it will help you in understanding the events of this chapter. :)

Also, I suck at writing fight scenes. ;_;

His heart dropped as the hands he was holding slipped out of his grip, falling upon Queen's bloodied body. He froze, praying to Etro that his worst fear hadn't been realised.

"Queen? Queen? Just hold on! You're gonna be alright!"

He gripped her tightly around the shoulders, begging for her to open her eyes. But she remained still, his words falling onto silent ears. He slammed his fist at his side, holding back his anger.

"Damn it, Queen! You can't do this to me!"

The sound of guns cocking forced him to turn his attention back to the battlefield, where a new army of soldiers had just appeared. He could take them on; he still had enough strength left to fight. But taking up his lance would mean leaving Queen, and he refused to let go of her. He tightened his hold around her, pulling her closer to his body even as the soldiers continued to approach.

They were about to shoot when they lowered their guns, eyes focused not on Nine but on something else. Nine looked down at Queen in his arms, where a strange black aura had begun swirling around her body. When her body started to convulse violently, he let go of her and she stood, the aura continuing to surround her.

"You'll regret what you have done," she growled in a low voice that was not her own.

"Queen…?"

Her sword materialised in her hand, and she charged forward at blinding speed towards the soldiers, swinging her sword in large arcs around them. Several of them fell, but she didn't stop; she continued to glide around the battlefield, soldiers falling with each swing of her saber. Nine watched on, unable to take his eyes off her but he felt that something was wrong; she was acting differently to the usual Queen, and the black aura around her had seemingly grown darker. The soldiers shot at her with their guns, but the bullets had little effect.

Despite the blood seeping from her wounds, she let out a laugh as she slashed mindlessly, blood staining her sword and her uniform.

"Just die!" she screamed at them before killing them in cold blood.

Nine had had enough, and he refused to let Queen go on any longer like this.

"Queen!" he cried out. "Enough! Stop! This isn't like you!"

His words reached her and she turned to glare at him, eyes ablaze with the same black aura that surrounded her body.

"Queen, enough," he repeated more slowly this time.

She growled at him, refusing to listen and charged with her sword outstretched. Nine reacted quickly and rolled out of the way, narrowly avoiding her attack. He spotted her circling around, readying to come in for a second attack, and he realised with horror that she intended to fight him. No, she was going to kill him if he didn't do something soon.

He rolled towards his lance and grabbed it, rounding to parry her sword blow just in time. He struggled with the weight against his lance, and he could feel her pushing him farther and farther back. He never stood a chance against her in battle; she was always quick on her feet and fought with carefully calculated movements. But now, with the strange aura driving her it seemed that both her speed and power had increased. He didn't want to fight; he was too afraid of hurting her. The weight on his lance soon disappeared, and she was no longer in front of him.

"Damn it, where did she go?" he muttered. A growling sound came from behind him, and he turned his head to see Queen bolting towards him at full speed. With the weight and length of his lance, he knew that he wouldn't have enough time to parry her strike. He quickly cast Wall, but she broke through it easily as it shattered to pieces. She thrust her sword forward and it pierced his right shoulder, causing him to howl in pain.

"Just die!" she hissed, digging the sword further into his shoulder. He let out another cry of pain, before pulling the sword out and kicking her away. He stumbled backwards, holding his shoulder and tightening his grip on his lance. He could see her charging at him again, but he knew he wouldn't be able to fight her in his condition.

Her sword came down and he blocked with his lance, groaning under the weight but she continued to push down on him. It was then he noticed the wounds on her body, most of them still fresh with blood oozing out of them. Even though she was bleeding so heavily, she was still fighting, determined to kill him – even if it meant pushing herself to the edge. Nine quickly shook his head, refusing to let her do so. He had to stop her somehow, before she could hurt herself anymore. He gritted his teeth against her attack, grunting as he tried to push her backwards. She growled, forcing all of her strength forward in a single blow, sending him crashing towards the ground.

He staggered to his feet, leaning against his lance for support. He was in pain, he was exhausted, but he knew now that he had to fight; he had to in order to save her. Fingers tightening around the pole of his lance, he readied his stance as she came bolting forward, sword outstretched and waiting to kill. He ran forward with his lance, spearhead pointed forward and ready to strike.

"Queen!"

Next chapter will be the last one! I'm sorry this story is going to be so short. ;A;

But I had a lot of fun writing for Type-0/9Q, so I'm definitely looking forward to writing more stories for this fandom/pairing.

While you eagerly await the conclusion, please review~? :3