(Eve's POV)

The wind whistling in my ears seemed to suppress in a matter of seconds, the wild thudding in the cage of my ribs, and my love pressing my body close to his, our lips locked tightly together as if the threads of our life depended on it. His gorgeous cerulean eyes gazed into mine, intensely, but with gentle intent. Chung pressed my cheek into his palm, admiring the strange markings I brandished. He moved away from my lips, I grazed them with my fingertips, as if confirming the pleasure was indeed not a dream, but reality. I fixated my gaze to his mouth, which turned up into a natural and subtle smile. Longingly, I stared, wishing we could continue kissing.

I bit the corner of my lip, Refrain from overloading Eve... you do not know what the outcome will be. You do not know what the side-effects of love are. Keep calm and collected, surely, the feeling will eventually subside, and become enjoyable... Relax and feel immersed, not suffocated... I looked longingly into Chung's eyes in an almost desperate and pleading way. He brushed his lips to the gem on my forehead. The jewel responded immediately, it lustered more brilliantly than ever before, reflecting my emotions similar to a mood ring.

His entire face was flushed crimson, even more noticeable given how pale and fair his skin colour was. The bold action was supposedly meant to calm me down, but it was driving me to near insanity. My hands instinctively rose, and twirled them around his soft blond hair, as I went in for another kiss. Surprised at my boldness, his eyes widened, before he twirled a lock of my own silvery hair and returned the kiss with enthusiasm. I hadn't taken attention before, but his breath smelled of strawberries and cream, it was almost a sweet addiction, just like the fine pastries and desserts of petit fors, light, subtle, and delicious. I nibbled at his lips for more to which he just smirked and gave me what I requested. Let it be an emotional overload... this is much too satisfying and worth the consequences. I shall deal with them later. Right now... I do not even care anymore. Let it be.

I yelped as I suddenly was lifted higher into the air. I shifted to look at my shoulders to see that my electron wings were finally unfurled, stretched horizontally to display its full length and beauty. The veins of my wings were multichromatic, shifting colour schemes constantly. It is as if my wings has a heart of its own. Confirming that, my heartbeat thudded, the blood traveling from my core, to the tips of the electrons, flashing a blinding light ever so often. Now I can finally save the others and repay them... I elegantly swooped down into an arc, rejoining Chung in the process.

I intertwined my fingers with his and grasped tightly, then heaved my wings downward with one gust, sending us harshly upwards. My aviation skills are quite rusty... I might not last in this state for long. With haste, I moved my shoulder blades, causing us to stay aloft, but in a very unnatural and clumsy way. I hissed in pain. The simple up and down motion did not seem like the proper way to fly with wings like these. Thinking quickly, I made an attempt to "go with the flow" as some people say.

I let the roaring wind catch me, but to my surprise, it immediately cradled me, supporting my wings fully. They snapped open, catching the wind like a parachute, and soon enough, I was riding the wind with little to no effort at all. So, as soon as I catch the right draft, my gliding abilities increase considerably... Flaring photons emitted from my legs and wings, like blueish white fire. The gentle pace is satisfactory, but I need more... As if having a mind of its own, my wings spread out fully, then angled themselves to a tilt. I banked sharply, but fully in control as I accelerated in speed towards Rena. Chung's mouth opened to an awestruck, stupid grin similar to a dog sticking its tongue out of a window inside of a vehicle.

"Amazing..."

He spat out an incoming leaf, not even flinching. Perhaps he is frozen in shock by my fabulousness. Poor thing.

"No need to worry about us now, Rena, we have lightened the burden. Instead, focus on the winds power to support Raven, Elsword, and Aisha."

Se smiled with tired eyes, "Thank the Lady of El..."

Suppressing the force of the wind, she created a medium-sized invisible platform of air, to which Raven, Elsword, and Aisha safely landed on. The now tame wind obediently lowered itself slowly, but surely towards the ground. I gracefully banked , searching for a suitable area to land. With my heightened senses, my systems allowed my eyes to zoom forward to an image like an optical lens, successfully spotting a dirt clearing amidst the thick woods.

"Please get ready for landing."

Chung held my hand tighter so that he wouldn't shoot right off. Moby and Remy practically glued themselves to him, ensuring his safety. I angled my wings upwards, instinctively, the flying/gliding mode cancelled itself out, no longer

emitting photons. Factors of drag and gravity pulled me downwards smoothly. Wow, its like ziplining on my way down. But without the burden of heavy gear and a harness. I stood upright, my legs dangling to further increase drag. At last I touched the floor with a soft thud. Finally, ground level. I did not die. I saved everyone.

"Thank you for flying with us at Eve Energetic Heart Airlines. Please come again."

Catching their breath, the Elteam stared at me, their jaws agape like a dying carp. I flicked my hair.

"I can finally be of use to you all. Energetic Heart, was it? It was a wonderful experience."

I rambled on, yet they still kept their eyes fixed on me, Chung especially had a huge blush on his face, whereas Rena and Aisha stared wistfully in... envy? What? Rena tapped my shoulder, gesturing to her blade, Erendil. Wordlessly, I unsheathed it to look at my reflection and gasped, the dagger twitching in my hand to the point that I dropped it, allowing the sacred weapon to clatter to the ground. I saw a beautiful, tall young woman with thick, silvery, luscious locks. A generous chunk of hair served as bangs, stopping right above her striking eyes. Her V-shaped straight hair was an eternal waterfall of cascading silver, simply mesmerizing, the length draping down to her heels with cute slightly curled ends. Her outfit was a perfect balance of striking colours, pink, black, white, and blue. A choker was snuggly wrapped on her neck, going down her shoulders and arms were puffy long sleeves with frills at the tips. The girls dress was more like a tight bathing suit, embarrassingly low at the chest, not quite practical, but elegant nevertheless with peculiar solid black, spiky guards resting securely around her hips and thighs down to her legs. Mid-thigh cream coloured boots completed the gorgeous outfit, adorned generously with gems. But what caught my attention the most was a tiara of some sort made from El and light energy, jutting with diamond-shaped energy. That beautiful woman, to my astonishment, was myself.

"Eve, you look... beautiful..." Chung whispered into my ear.

"Is that, s- s..."

My eyelids fluttered, before my legs decided to stop functioning. I went down on my knees, then I collapsed. Chung gingerly picked me up from the floor, their voices were all a faint blur, so distant... What is going on? Is it fatigue? Just a moment ago, though, I was filled with energy. Hanging on to my last thread of consciousness, the last thing I heard and felt was a warm hand pressed onto my face.

"It's going to be alright."

When I slipped away.

"Ugh... what the..? What is this?"

I got up, but needles of pain shot up my legs. I whimpered, slowly sinking down once more. Okay, Eve. Analyze your surroundings. I sat up weakly, only to find things completely shrouded in darkness. It was as if my eyes were already closed, or blinded. I blinked, rubbing the drowsiness from my eyes, but the surroundings remained the same. My legs mustered up the strength to walk. All I could hear was the clacking of my footsteps against an unseen pavement. Disturbed, I went on, but it was as if I was walking in place, no sense of direction, no sense of security. I hate this. After a few minutes, I came to the conclusion that I was trapped inside my mind. I just want to get out of here! Giving up on trying to walk my way out, I sat down to conserve energy. My mind naturally drifted off, bringing about the richest of fantasies. Chung, kissing me ever so passionately, it made my face burn just thinking about it. My once weak state shifted int one tranquil and serene.

"Ha!"

I whipped around, standing up warily. The sudden sound of laughter ringing in my ears. It was like a single crow, taunting me, laughing its heart out. The sickening laughter grew louder, More like a vulture at this point.

"I demand that you show yourself coward!"

I turned around, only to have a stinging sensation on my face. The blow was so strong, that I had spun forward, my face burned like fire, and I was sure that my face was now a bright red. I touched my face, but I could not even see my palms due to the thick, dreaded darkness. Was I just... slapped?!

"Photon Flare!"

The 'room' was illuminated for one full second, I managed to make something out. A person?! I summoned a photon again, but it was cancelled out. My abilities do not work... I looked harder, but the flares effects were already being eaten away. It faded completely, once more pitch-black. Alone. In the darkness. With a possibly dangerous stranger. Of course, loneliness was a major cause of insanity, but so was being in the darkness with a possible enemy that you couldn't see. The giggling grew louder, this is irritating.

"Shut the hell up, idiotic stranger. I do not know what your intention is, but I must get out of here, Cease your giggling!"

"Oh? What vulgar language coming from th Queen of Nasods, Eve. Dont tell me that those friends of yours caused you to have such a dirty mouth?" The unseen force slapped my mouth, and I could have sworn that It had almost dislocated my jaw.

"What do you want from me?!"

"Oh, nothing really. I just find you interesting. Let us converse. Have a little chat."

I backed up, narrowing my eyes, "Do I need to repeat myself? I have no business with you."

"You want to escape, do you not?"

I could not tell, but I was positive that whoever it was had a broad grin on their face. My features hardened as I gulped, calming myself down.

"I do... what does that have to do with you?"

"Everything, really. I am the key to your escape. So heed my words. Let us sit down, and if you are willing to be an obedient girl and follow, of course, you may leave."

"What is this? Obey? You obey me, scum."

"Dense. Fighting back so rudely when all I want is small talk? I have been hitting you directly. I can see you, you cannot see me. Is it really wise to loudmouth me when you are in such a vulnerable condition?

A force of electricity blasted me back, I skidded across the invisible ground. More laughter erupted as I groaned, too weak to get up. My lower lipped quivered. I will escape this hell hole that for some reason, is my mind. Something like this happened to Raven. I could be unconscious for at least a day, I cannot possibly afford to lose when King Nasod is this close to resurrection. Fine. I will accept, I just need to play my cards right, and for this person, it will be Game Over.

"So be it. Let us talk. But I have a few questions and requests that I would like you to answer."

"Speak."

"First off, what do you really want from me? Who are you? How did you get in here? Lastly, show yourself.

"I cannot answer the first question, perhaps later. As for the second and third ones. I am virus XEMOTIONS, currently in Nasod form. I got into your mind and systems through WALLYNo.8 when your core was exposed."

The scenery shifted, and I, we* were back at Richie Mine. Finally, I got to see who this person looked like, as a virus. What I saw, I wish I could unsee, but like what they say, you cannot unsee what you have seen. It was irreversible. A beautiful tall, young woman with thick, silvery luscious locks. A reflection of myself. A clone, faux Eve. She was eye-catching, but completely cold with a venomous gaze in those eyes of hers. They did not even have pupils. My outfit was replicated perfectly, but there was one important thing missing. The tiara and the ElStones.

"You're missing something, XEmotions."

"Oh? The tacky crown and jewels? Yes, I, for some reason, could not replicate it."

"Because you're a fake, a nobody who has stooped so low as a virus to become a mirror image of someone and trapped them in their mind. They do not belong to you, because you are not fit or worthy. It cannot be replicated, whereas you are a clone. "

I half expected that she would destroy me, but she continued talking, ignoring my comeback, "Let us get down to business, shall we? My patience is thinning, we are on thin ice now, so I might as well stop stalling and tell you my true intention, I summoned you here for a reason. My mission by Wally, to rid of you. It is much, much, too dangerous to go out there to eliminate you, so I trapped you in your own mind, because I can. By doing so, I have grown quite weak, but so are you. We are on even terms, you cannot use your abilities, I plan to change that."

"Wrong. Mentally, I am stronger, and physically as well, I can throw a few bitchslaps before collapsing. Fool. You cannot be me and you cannot get rid of me."

"Let me test that theory. I was going to let you escape, but now I change my mind, I will crush your mentality until you beg for mercy. I can hurt you severly with verbal abuse. I also have access to your weaknesses and memories now. Fool."

I was back with kissing Chung. What is this virus up to? I must get ready, for the worst. He kissed me with passion, looking me straight in the eyes with his honest ones, filled with pure love, but what I felt was not ecstacy, or any positive effects for that matter. If this is what love is really like, I do not think I want it... This is an Emotional Overload, so why bother taking the risk? What am I thinking?!

It is that scheming XEmotions. She was not joking about crushing me through my weaknesses, she is dead on. It was a mix of sharply contrasting emotions that seemed to swallow me up. Swallow me up...? The fire. My vision transitioned to a familiar place. I shut my eyes in desperation, but when I opened them, the scene remained. I froze into place.

The fire... the sickening scent of flesh, burning, and damnation entering my nostrils. Sharp cries, pushing me to move on, look away from the freshly killed corpses with sharp weapons protruding their bodies like pincushions. War yells, and the unmistakable sound of metal clashing together. It was all so real. Oberon and Ophelia were knocked out cold with a brutal bash to the heads, I rushed to my chamber, assuming fetal position. Hot, streamy tears danced down my cheeks, the weight of sorrow like a rope around my neck, suffocating me slowly ike that damned fire. I wiped the tears away, taking shaky, shallow breaths.

"This is just an illusion!"

"But it did happen, did it not, poor Eve?"

"I got over it!"

"Oh, did you? Then now, you should be rather calm."

"Why?! How could I be calm, this was one of my WORST NIGHTMARES, Bitch. And you decide to bring it out?"

Getting riled up, are we? Looks like I really did find your weaknesses. Look around at the wonderful devastation. Look at it straight in the eye. Oh, wait, you cannot. You are afraid of your past. That is why you will fail in resurrecting your kingdom. Face it, if you cannot get over your sour memories, you cannot rebuild your haven and race. Emotions make you weak. Allow me to completely destroy them, and I will let you leave with only faint emotional scars."

"I will overcome it, and prove to you that I am no longer afraid if that will satisfy you. I am no longer weak emotions have made me stronger, strong enough to accomplish my goal to revive my race."

"Hmph. I have not tortured you enough. Let me fix that."

I was with Chung again, deep in a forest. He stopped kissing me. He looked at me intensely, it was as if he was searing a hole into my skull. Chung's expression looked disappointed and disgusted. He harshly pushed me to the floor, looking down at me with disdain. It looked as if he wanted to truly kill me. She is just playing around with my mind, do not let it get to you. However, my face told otherwise. Tears were already beginning to form at my tearducts.

"I hate you Eve."

"Wow, XEmotions. You cannot even capture Chung's traits properly? He would not even act like that. He is much too sweet and nice, he loves me. I know it. Besides, if he was mad, he would not say that."

"Let me fix that too." XEmotions grinned.

"Remember when I told you that I would protect you? I'd rather you die. You've been pulling down our team for much too long Eve. Don't you think now's the time you just eat your pride and go choke on it? You treated us like trash. I knew it all along, your true intentions and nature, but just went with everyone so that I wouldn't become one of your slaves, or worse, puppet, once you stopped loving me and threw me away like a used toy. Tugging on the strings of my heart like that?

Never in my life, have I even fallen for you once. It was all a façade so that I wouldn't be used. What you said in Shadow Forest? You have me and I have you? I couldn't believe that for a second. You have yourself, with people to step on so you wouldn't fall into hell. Well guess what? I'm one less pawn you can no longer control. One less stepping stone to the throne, and that's all it takes for you to fall into that hell hole along with the rest of your race. Nasods. They all should've died. But no, you caused a war and couldn't even stop it. My creed is that no innocent human will get hurt under my watch. You aren't even human, you're a Nasod. Now, Nasods have been killing many innocent lives and that's just unforgivable."

"This is for ruining my friends! And ruining MY LIFE!"

Chung went up and pushed me, then, with one swing of his arm, his knuckles connected with my face, grinding them into my jaw. I staggered. This is just an illusion.. but I can feel the pain, not just physical, but the emotional pain. So much pain... Swing after swing, flashes of his hands hit me over and over, it was just a blur. I opened my mouth only to have vermilion blood leak out of my crimson lips.

Tears streamed down, messily washing away the blood. Cuts, scars, and bruises of all colors were all over my frail body. My hair became matted with knots, covering my pathetic tear-stained face. He continued to torment me, shouting directly in my ear, louder and louder of his troubles. There was no trace of mercy. I sank to the floor, when he started to kick my face. I desperately tried to negate some damage by curling up and enduring the pain, but it did not make things any less agonizing.

He kicked my spine over and over, I could feel it give way little by little.Chung would not do this. Then again, how would I know? I have never seen him angry at me. Never seen him angry at me... because... I know he loves me. You can take this Eve! And much more. He would never be cruel to anybody. Not even to the demons who took his father away. It is all XEmotions. If I win and succeed over er, I can leave without her "help." It is my own mind after all, I am in control. I cannot reason with him, because this is not real, but I can try to overpower XEmotions. The pain faded away into a light, numb feeling. Chung, noticing this lifted me up by the hair. Wordlessly, I bit my lips in order to stop shrieking.

"Does this hurt? Well you hurt me a whole lot more."

"Eve, you are a completely utter wreck. Look at those hurt tears, is this what you really want in life, emotions? Look at yourself! They have cause you so much pain, that they have scarred you for life. So, I will ask you one more time, lend your emotions to me... you will be doing yourself a huge favor. Also, you will be permitted to leave. Is that not a promising proposal. Think about it." She looked at me with fake sympathy and understanding! but also with maliciousness and triumph.

His eyes dark with murderous intent, he lifted me high into the air by my choker, cutting off all connections with air. I choked, my feet dangling. He was about the same height now, but his strength was immense, I could not possibly do anything but endure it. He raked his hands through my hair, his nails like talons. Chungs touch was cold and unforgiving.

"The real Chung is warm... Warm and loving like when he held my hand before I was knocked unconscious. He said it will be alright, I must put my faith in his words, as a friend, and as my first and only love. That one sentence, it will be alright. I know it will be, because Chung told me. just that alone will keep me fighting until my very last breath. But I assure you, I wont die.

And you will not have my emotions. Because love and my goals is a precious thing worth fighting for. Worth the Emotional Overload. Worth sacrifices. Chung and the rest of the Team is worth it, and no amount of persuasion or torture will get in the way and change my opinion. Emotions are a blessing... you do not have them, do you?

Maybe one day you can experience its many joys in life instead of trying to take those values away from others. You saw my memories, and the kiss. All of them turned me into a much stronger individual. What makes me. That pain, those scars? I will not dare to make the same stupid mistake. Perhaps you long for emotions as well, that is why you are trying to steal them away from me? Well, emotions is something that cannot be stolen from the strong-willed.

As much as I despise you, I too wish you, and all Nasods can learn emotions. Learn how to love and gain friends. Walk your own path, and surely, you will find them. Then you may be able to call yourself Emotions. Just Emotions.

XEmotions grew silent. I knew I was right on target.

Without emotions, I would learn nothing in life. So, I will tell you one last time. I am Eve, Queen of Nasods, and I have emotions. I do not know whether you will be gone by the time I did this, or if you will forever remain in my consciousness, but I will take my leave now, consider what I said, heed my words because it is Game Over for you. Farewell, XEmotions.

I did not know how I did it, but I closed my eyes once more, XEmotions just staring at me intensely, not with anger, or sadness, but something else altogether that I could not quite understand. Longing..? But when I opened my eyes, I groaned, my vision still very hazy. I could see dots of light dancing around my head, as I got up too quickly. I sat down, waiting for the feeling to subside.

"H-How long, was I, out..?" I pressed my palm feverishly against my forehead.

"Only a few minutes, what happened?" Chung was the first to speak up.

"It was something a bit like Raven's unconscious state when he passed out, I believe."

"Is that so... what did you see?" Raven, slightly interested, joined the crowd of concerned frowns.

I swallowed, "It was extremely dark. I could not see anything through such darkness. I walked, but it seemed that I was traveling into nowhere. Getting nowhere. Seeing nothing, not even my own hands or whatever was holding me below. I tried to use Photon Flare, and saw a figure several yards away from me. It was laughing, a low, disturbing laugh.

Having quite enough of it, I shouted out to the stranger, to find a Nasod. A complete replica of myself, minus the tiara and such. She was cold as ice, with little emotions. The ones she did have were negative. Her voice was persuasive, drawing out each words effectively, but I just wanted to get out. She claimed that she was a virus, XEmotions. Her ambitions were to take them away from me, through, drastic measures, to say the least."

"Did she?!" Chung almost shouted directly into my ear.

I laughed, locking my hands around his neck to bring him close, "..No, she failed. You are much too precious, I simply cannot give away the emotion love. Though, I am sure she is still in my mind, I do not think she will cross us any longer, at least not in a serious manner. I think I changed her perspective of things."

"But she hur-"

"No, no,- I waved my hands around- She is no threat to us any longer, I am positive of it. She just needs to learn, I suppose. Maybe by residing in my mind, she will learn something, the beauty of emotions. And, like all virus' she can be terminated, despite that, I do not think I can. XEmotions is just not worth it, besides, she is a strong virus, not easy to repel. But, she may leave me whenever she choses to do so, which hopefully is when she finds the right path to walk."

"I see. Well, ok, we trust you. Let's get going. We don't have much time until King Nasod revives."

We wasted much time here, and me going unconscious costed us dearly. I hope we arrive before it's too late...

Me: Omg... Have I been slacking off! I planned on updating like, July 1st, but no, I got writer's block, then I had to go on vacation for a few days =_=. It really hurt, being without wifi. I was actually planning the entire story throughout the eight hour car trip which gave me a severe headache. But, here it is! Sorry if you don't like lengthy chapters, but I always think that making them decently long makes up for the fact that I am slow as molasses when it comes to updating. Hope all the sort-of Eveception didn't confuse or anything, I tried to make this real deep and emotional, so tell me how I did. :P.

I am going on yet another vacation in four days to Japan! Which means I probably won't be able to update in two weeks at least. NOO! But, hopefully, I will gain inspiration to write from the trip. Also, one more review until I hit forty, whoo! Thank you so much for reading this chapter, and feedback is much appreciated. P.S: In no way did I copy Proto. I just thought of this as a different approach to Eve and her emotions. Originality for the win! That is all^^.