A gift of one's Self

Alice was getting dragged away I could just not stand by and let that happen to her. Even though I was just sixteen I seen her as my own daughter and I would treat her as such. So now these ugly undead bastards will not have her, I refuse to let them have her.

Breaking our ranks I charged into the crowd of them to retrieve my little girl screaming at the top of my lungs, clawing at them as they would me. The barrel of the luger that my mother gave me was now white hot from over use, as I fired at the ones that had taken her from me my Alice.

I could hear the others shouting after me and I could see them surge forward as one to help. Saeko's blade flashing, Rei's bayonet piercing the butt of Takashi's shotgun crushing and Kohta's gun roared as he shot down them around me.

Finally I reached her my little girl as I ripped her away from the one that dared to try taking her from me. Ramming the barrel of my pistol into its mouth. The sizzle and smell as it cooked its tongue pleased me. To cause it any pain it might feel as short lived as that will be

Screaming at the creature as I pulled the trigger. "How dare you! You fucker!" the pistol bucked in my hand and I looked on satisfied as the back of its skull blew away.

Picking Alice up "Its ok… I have you Munchkin."

She clung onto me tears streaming down her face petrified by the experience "Mommy."

My hart broke when she called me by that name. Then my heart sank when I realised where we were. Surrounded by them, the others were trying in vain to get to us. They could but they needed more time. There was a platform on an electricity pylon that workers used; I could put her on just above me out of their reach. But there was only room for one.

Turning to Alice I crouched down "Listen I need you to go up their, until your brothers and sister come for you."

She started crying and clinging on to me "No no no that was the look my daddy gave me. I lost him and my mommy… I…I… don't want to lose you too Saya you are my mommy now."

My heart was braking but I had to do it. Pulling her off of me and with all the strength I could muster I through her up onto the platform "Muncking Pleases forgive me but I can't watch you…" I stopped myself from saying it.

Turning back to the them, the now gathered mob of them. As they surged on unstoppable in their intent. I fired my gun Pow, pow, pow determined that I will take as many of them as I can. Kohta was shouting to me.

"Saya get out of there!"

I could see him fighting his way to me with the others they were just 20 meters away and my hopes built up in me.

But my hope soon evaporated into nothing as I felt the teeth dig into my shoulder one of them had got in behind me I heard myself shriek in pain as I turned punching and kicking it away from me.

"SAYYYAAHHHH." I heard Kohta scream my name as he fought with renewed vigour, getting to my side as the others cleared the last of them.

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Saya just stood there a hand clamped to her gushing wound. "Is she safe?"

Nodding vigourisly was Kohta "Yes she is safe."

"Good because I have a task for you."

"What is it Saya-san"

"I release you from the promise you made my father. But you now need to look after my …no our little girl."

"But but." She cut of what he was going to say, with a wave of her hand then turned to Takashi.

"Come here."

Takashi walked up to her scared because he knew she had been bitten and that is just a death sentence. She had been his friend even longer than Rei he could even call her sister.

"I,m here Saya."

Without a second thought she grabbed him pulling him in then shouted in his face "Get them out of here out of this god forsaken city."

nodding at her "Yes I will. I promise you."

"Good now take my little girl and the others and go. I'll deal with myself." she started to cough a deep rasping cough "GO."

Saeko came up to her "Would you like me to..."

"No! Now go."

"Very well sister… We shall meet again someday." Saeko then hugged her then turned away.

Then the hardest farewell came to Saya as Alice came down from the platform. and ran up to her griping onto Saya's hip "I'm not going I'm not going to leave mommy Saya. I'm not leaving my mommy."

Saya was crying that she had to let her go."I'm sorry munckin you have to go." she then lent down and kissed her

looked up to Takashi he nodded picking her up as she screamed bucked and kicked at him to let go."No no no no no noooooooo mommy pleases MOMMY MOOOOMMYYYYYYY." she keeped screaming until her voice would no longer work and finally she blacked out.

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As she watched them leave, happy that she had done her duty as a mother. She sat down to what she though was loneliness, only for a soft voice to say to her "I'll be here until the end."

Turning round she saw Kohta take a seat next to her. "What are you doing here?"

Sighing out deeply Kohta answered her. "Nobody should die alone." He had come to the conclusion some time ago, that if the end dose come for them, then nobody should have to die alone, or be turned into one of them.

"But I don't want you to see me like this." she had been fighting it but since that day he had seen him with Asami and became jealous of the pair as her feelings towards him grew. Then the way she went and what it did to him. Saya could not let him do this to himself again. So she will not tell him how she feels, to save him from that pain again.

"Please just leave me my gun and go before it's too late."

"Saya I can't do that, you may hate me but I can't let anyone die alone."

As she coughs up her first drops of black blood. "Baka…then please sit with me but if I bite you it's your own fault." she got up and sat back down in front of him passing him the pistol "When I've gone ok."

Taking the pistol he spoke softly to her "Yes I shall see it through."

A pain started in her chest as it tightened she could not breath. Gasping in-between the pain in her chest she spoke to him "Kohta… it's…. started…. Just one… last thing… I need to tell… you."

Grasping her convulsing body firmly in one arm, he brought up the pistol to the back of her neck he said to her. "Its ok I forgive you."

"than…k…you…" As sudden as it begun it stopped he heard the last of her breath leave her body and after some time it began again but her skin had turned ashen and there was no warmth like there had once been.

Breathing out hard through the pain in his heart and tears now in his eyes. Kohta pulled down on the trigger as time slowed down for him he watched the hammer fall, felt the pistol buck and watched as her head snap forward, ending her curse. He stayed like that for some time just holding her full of remorse.

He got up and removed his coat placing it over her then walked to catch up with the others. He was not stupid and knew what she meant. "For our little girl and you'll never be alone I will always remember you Saya."

Authors note: I have after reading the manga and watching the anime always thought that Saya had a Mum thing for Alice showing very protective instincts to her. So I have tried to convey that here. As a father of two there is nothing that I would not do for my son and daughter even to the point of the ultimate sacrifice. This is what lead to my thought of the very few reasons that Saya would sacrifice herself. Or I could be wrong... just my opinion. but anyway pleases leave a review