Chapter 2: An Angel's Last Stand

"Slinkt!" A huge deep slash of Tira's blade had breached into Sophitia's shoulder blades as it went deeper into her skin, revealing crimson blood splattering all over her white dress.

Sophitia's face turned to shock, as her eyes widened in sheer disbelief. She was going down slowly…

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! You're pretty worthless, whore. All for your baloney love for your idiot child. Losers like you never succeed." Tira said with a maniacal snicker.

The woman who lie helpless on the ground coughed out more blood, slipping her life away. Only she had a few of her strength left to look on the face of the culprit but would asked why?

"Why…did you kill me…? All I did you was a favor to save…my…child…my Pyrrha…" Sophitia sadly whispered.

She crawled onto her sword and shield to try somehow, get back at Tira with little effort from the loss of blood, however the demon kicked her weapons out of her reach.

"Tsk, tsk. Not today! HAHAHA!" Tira leered.

"Pyrrha…my family…no…no…" Sophitia slowly said. Her eyes were beginning to blackened.

The demon leered on as she watched the helpless female warrior stumble lifelessly to the floor. Sophitia's mouth was now flowing blood, coughing uncontrollably.

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Every image presented to Ed until the tragedy that exhibited before him now couldn't help to do anything to save the poor woman. His fist clenched in rage while his teeth gritted hardly emanating his feelings.

However he still couldn't do anything. He was just a spectator to this carnage.

"Dammit! That woman didn't deserve it. It's not fair!" Ed seethed.

"She could've somehow see her daughter…somehow...just like how my mother…no…" The alchemist said in a depressed tone.

The Gate's entrance smiled more. Taunting the alchemist.

"Oh ho, but it's how it goes mortal. Not everything lives off in peace for one's regrets…" The entrance lectured.

The doors opened a little wide in front of Ed, revealing a huge wave of light.

"However, she will not die…but live in a different plane of existence. All she needs to do is fulfill a requirement to give in return…" The Gate added.

Ed couldn't believe his ears hearing it. The possibility of her to live on, and it was something good he wanted to think about for that woman's sake.

He still couldn't believe a thing the Gate said. "Are you serious? But where will she go? And what requirement?" Ed hissed. His eye's narrowed on the Gate's leering entrance.

"You'll see, mortal." The gate responded.

Flash

In a blink of seconds, Ed was back to his own state of mind yet the shock on his face remained. His ordeal with the Gate's charade of the woman's anguish never got off his mind.

"Brother! Brother! What is it?" Al yelled. He frantically shook Ed back and forth to see any signs of consciousness from him.

Ed looked slowly on his brother with his eyes widened.

"I don't know…I can't say…" He then got up quickly and headed off to his quarters without saying a word back to Al.

The armored sibling looked worried for Ed. Something was wrong and Al became concerned.

"Ed, are you alright?" He wondered. Looking against his brother as he ran off in the streets of Central.

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Tira smiled with no regrets on the innocent siren who had defeated Soul Edge so many times before, has now fallen.

"Now that the deed is fulfilled for Nightmare, it is now time to dispose of the useless tool that is you. And I'll be taking the brat with me as well, not with you a worthless wench." Tira mocked frequently on the fallen Sophitia.

And with a sudden little farewell wave she leered on her victim. "Bye-bye, loser. Rot to nothingness because you are just a dumb tool for us."

The woman lay lifelessly on most of Tira's taunts and mocking expressions. Night has begun to take form as Tira disappeared into the darkness towards Ostrhreinsburg.

Sophitia's eyes weakly began to close, as for the rest of her body it was slowly drifting to a cold feel within her as blood was pouring out ever across the grass.

With her last strength fading, all Sophitia could ever do was cry away at her anguish. She was now on death's domain, and has no chance of ever getting her daughter Pyrrha from evil's grip.

A sad memory to live of a loss for a loving mother. How it must feel for Sophitia to know such tragedy.

Now she has become one with the void…

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A light has flickered around the void's blackness. Sophitia now opened up her eyes for the first time after she left the former world, and was walking in a field were light had no boundaries…

"Why…am I here…? Is this…Soul Calibur's fate upon me? By the gods what is this place…? Am I...dead…?" She questioned.

There had yet to be a response. Sophitia kept walking on the road of light.

Then a voice came. "No mortal, you are not dead…you are given a second chance…"

A huge rock slab full of mystical diagrams appeared. It's entrance opening up a million eyes. Then a group of arms suddenly appeared on all sides of the gate attempting to grab the former holy warrior.

Sophitia was a little taken back of the Gate's motives. "Who are you? What do you want with me…?"

The gate smiled more, as its arms raced towards Sophitia. "You'll be given a second chance…Use it well."

The woman's eyes widened. "Second chance…?"

"Pyrrha…I hope, just hope by the gods you would be safe…" She thought as she cried slightly.

The entrance leered more. "Yes, however a requirement must be fulfilled by you in order to gain it…"

Sophitia was still in shock as a decision to alter her new life would be made of a sacrifice on her behalf at the Gate's toll…

The blonde woman now regained her composure, with her eyes narrowed and fixed at the gate's grinned expression.

"Alright. Let me know of what must be done…" She said sternly at the Gate's offer.

"Good." The gate smiled more and slowly opened the door wider and it's arms slowly headed towards Sophitia…

A/N: Yes, yes! I had some trouble writing this but I'm finally finished. Until next chaps then!:)