Everything hurt.
She wished it would just stop.
The kicks and punches, at first fiery pain and flashes of humiliation at that thought of her guild watching her fail once again, quickly faded after something gave away internally and a rapidly cooling warmth began to spread in her body.
Lucy gave up the struggle.
It was just, so tiring, and she was exhausted. Keeping her thoughts from becoming fuzzy was fading and all she wanted to do was slip away into the darkness.
"Lucy!"
At some point the attack stopped, water felt like small knife cuts as it slid down her body or she guessed what was her body. The connection seemed to be growing farther apart.
"Lucy!"
The sound, familiar as her own heart beat - which felt stuttering and faint, sounded so, so far away. A brief apology wandered across her mind as something rough grabbed her neck. Sorry for not being strong enough; for being a burden. Gratefulness followed, their adventures the best thing that had ever happened to her. Desperation, please protect her spirits, keep their keys out of unkind hands.
Love, flickering bright over it all before Lucy felt a weightlessness that she vaguely remember in some memories of falling.
She felt so cold on one side of her body while the other seemed hot. It was confusing but a sense of comfort slipped over her as Lucy greeted the darkness.
As if suddenly, she knew she was no longer facing it alone.
