Chapter 19 Part 2
Roberson had hardly any time to move his wife form his side before a punch, directed to her, ended up in his stomach sending him away from her.
-Rober!
-Isa…belle…
Kaito looked at him furious as he headed towards her, tears covered his face and his strength seemed to come from the anger he felt over the loss of his sister.
It had been like losing her mother again, his heart was broken and he felt like the world no longer made sense.
-I'll kill you. – whispered Kaito.
Isabelle seemed to understand, since she didn't move, she just stayed there, waiting for the final attack that she knew she deserved, the time she had return to life had been short, but she also knew that the damage done was irreparable.
-Stop… please. – he heard Roberson.
Kaito stopped seeing the man on the floor approaching his wife in an attempt to protect her, the monster who had killed his sister, who had taken away a beautiful person like her.
-She…
-I..know, I know what she did, but please… don't take her away.
-She killed my sister.
-Then… kill me, but not her… please.
And, suddenly, Kaito understood the sacrifice of his other for his father, the sacrifice of Fate for Nanoha and Nanoha's fury for what had happened to Fate, everything summed up in one word.
Love
Then he realized that he couldn't do it, he couldn't destroy that woman no matter how much damage she had done, because he couldn't become something like Scaglietti, full of hatred toward others, because he would honor his name and the memory of his mother and Fate.
Because he wouldn't become a murderer.
Sasuke managed to, together with Hayate, reach Fate's body, he knelt before her felling the sharp and familiar pain in his chest, the story repeated itself again in front of him without him being able to do anything.
Shia…
-Fate-chan – whispered Hayate in tears.
He could feel it, the whole unit six was fighting with anger, with pain, a felling that he had felt when he fought with his team and his wife in those missions so many years ago. Everyone, from the small Vita, who showed her anger beating the drones without mercy, to the tears of Signum and Shamal, the pitiful howls of Zafira, the cries full of fury of Teanna, the thirst of revenge of Subaru, and finally with the despair of Erio and Caro.
But what surprised him the most, was not feeling anything from Nanoha, because nothing could reach her, it was as if she was only an empty shell, without emotions, without life, did she lost it with Fate?
-Nanoha has lost the desire to go on. – whispered then Hayate.
-How? – asked Sasuke.
-She… she blames herself for everything and her love for Fate is… is so big that without one… the other can't continue on. – she said.
Sasuke looked at his daughter's body again, praying for a last view of her with her beautiful empty eyes looking at him, telling him anything. He hugged her waiting for the hug to be returned, whishing that she could return it and then he felt it, very weak, almost nonexistent, Fate's final plea.
Father…
Fate! Fight, Fate, please.
Don't let Nanoha destroy herself, father, don't let her abandon Vivio, promise me.
Come back! Come back and she'll be fine.
He saw her smile before the connection got completely lost and he no longer felt anything on her, there was nothing left and he could only pray.
Take care of her now, Shia…
Not even Jail Scaglietti could have imagine what was going on, fear echoed within him as he watched Nanoha wield Raising Heart and Bardiche, one in each hand and on her face a growing mask of hatred.
I'm going to die.
He was scared, more than he cared to admit, but he wouldn't let her see it, since his last ending was about to appear, one that he ensure, Nanoha would never forget.
-You attacked my daughter… - she whispered.
-Yes, thanks to the cells that I kept of her I manage to rebuild part of Isabella. – he said.
-You attacked my family… - she continued.
-And with that I got your genetic characteristics. – he nervously replied.
-And now… now you took away my Fate-chan. – she whispered at last.
-With that I gave strength to Isabelle and more…
Nanoha opened her eyes, now lifeless, full of hatred and together with her two weapons at one single spot got to attack, making Scaglietti smile.
That's it, White Devil, attack me with both weapons.
-Thunder Breaker! – she shouted.
The overwhelmed energy went out towards Scaglietti who smiled as he managed to stop the great ball of energy with one of his metal hands.
-Thanks, Takamachi Nanoha! – he screamed.
Nanoha then saw her mistake, a great space had opened in the sky, surely the result of the union of her Raising Hear and Bardiche, a space that Scaglietti seemed to know very well, too well.
-Finally, Al-Hazard! – he shouted full of joy as the ball of energy from Nanoha pulled him.
Scaglietti smiled as he did the unthinkable, amid of all the chaos, he grabbed one of Fate's legs with a whip, separating her from Hayate and Sasuke, and he looked at Nanoha as the ball of energy pulled him towards the unknown place.
-You won't even have her body to say goodbye… - he told her.
And the space that he had called Al-Hazard swallowed him, quickly closing afterwards and leaving everyone who was there, standing still in their places and with a confusion that no one could take away as the silent made its way into them.
A silent that only one person managed to break.
-FATE-CHAN!