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Death to Destiny
Ch. 36
Lybra was amazed at the sight that lay before her eyes; there were at least five hundred soldiers dead in front of her. Although all the females seemed to be breathing… "Holy shit…" Shoji said before whistling at the carnage. "Talk about a slaughterfest!"
"Seth has gotten much stronger from since we last met…" Lybra sighed to herself pulling her hat low enough to cover her eyes.
"You mean he did this? Remind me not to get on his bad side…" Shoji said feeling the pulse on a fallen female soldier. "Wait… we've got a survivor."
"That's 'cause Seth refuses to k-" She was suddenly interrupted by a large earthen spike rising from the ground and impaling her. "Shoji! What are you doing?"
"Why do you ask? I'm merely taking care of the survivors," Shoji said crushing the ribcage on another.
"They're dealt with! Stop it Shoji, it's not right!" Lybra shouted.
"Was it right for the Library to kill my family?" Shoji asked through clenched teeth. "They killed the woman I loved and my family, any organization that does that and calls it 'justified' and says we were just 'collateral damage' doesn't deserve to exist. I'm merely taking care of them like the trash they are."
"That doesn't make what you're doing right! These soldiers have had their iron drained so they're no longer a threat, so leave them alone, two wrongs don't equal a right!" Lybra shouted quickly walking towards Shoji.
"Well a negative times a negative equals a positive… all Library bastards deserve to die after all they've done! They didn't just ruin life, they ruined the lives of everyone who lost a loved one in that war, be they innocent civilians or soldiers," Shoji said his knuckles growing white around his mace.
"You seem to have forgotten that I'm ex-Librarium and am I a bad person?" Lybra asked.
Shoji's teeth clenched ever tighter. "That's exactly it…" he muttered.
"What do you mean?" Lybra asked.
"When I say the Library needs to cease to exist that includes even those former members!" Shoji shouted spinning around with a small button in hand.
Lybra quickly extended her claws and reached for her gun, however Shoji pressed the button first and suddenly her prosthetic hand and leg went limp and she collapsed to the ground. "What the hell…?"
"I planted devices on your prosthetics that allow me to deactivate them at will," Shoji said tucking the button away. "You've been useful Lybra so I'll let you be the last of the Library I kill here."
Lybra quickly her gun and pointed it at Shoji but he quickly knocked it out of her hand sending it skidding across the floor. She began reaching for her right ankle but Shoji shot an earthen spike through her hand, pinning it to the ground. She moaned in pain and glowered at Shoji with hate. "Bastard… I thought we were friends…!"
"The Library killed my family, why the hell would I make friends with people like that?" Shoji asked.
"You view everyone who's worked with the NOL in the same manner, you don't view them as individuals, you view them as just one big group!" Lybra said attempting to drown out the pain. "You never even bother to learn about the individuals that make up the NOL… you truly know nothing about me…"
"Oh I know a lot more about you than you think!" Shoji said looking down on Lybra flipping his mace in his hand.
"What?" Lybra asked her hat falling lopsided.
"Lybra Valencia, long before you were in the NOL academy you lived in a small un-noteworthy family. One day your father was having an argument with a debt collector and he began to beat your father to make him pay. Without thinking you grabbed you families heirloom, that pendant you wear now," Shoji said directing a finger towards the necklace Lybra wore, it was a simple with an amethyst gem. "Little did you know that it was a powerful Ars Magus that gave its wielder the power of telekinesis. You rushed to your fathers' side and the collector threw you aside into a wall, you lost control, you smashed the poor man from wall to wall, you tore his limbs off one at a time using the power… this was when you were seven…"
"How the hell did you find all this out?" Lybra asked shocked.
"I'm not done yet; your parents threw you out of the house as they feared what would happen next. They also let you keep the pendant as they didn't want the authorities tracing it back to them; too bad as they both were sentenced to life without parole anyways. You spent five years on the street, fending for yourself. You were then offered to work as a prostitute under a pimp named Balor, but you would never stoop so low so you declined. Three days later he sent a group of four men to beat you into making you join. You tried to fend them off with your power but you hadn't developed it enough and were debilitated before long, they began beating you, kicking you, punching you, slamming you against the wall. Then they began talking to one another about raping you; that's when there was a timely intervention by a wealthy merchant named Láeg, he quickly disposed of the men and guided you to an orphanage. Over the next two years he constantly visited you and he became like a father to you. Eventually you asked him why he didn't just flat out adopt you… that's when he told you he had a brain tumor and wouldn't be alive for much longer, he also told you that you were like the daughter he never had. Five months after that his cancer killed him and he left the whole of his fortune to you in his will as he never married or had any children. You decided to put that money to use and thus you enrolled yourself in the NOL academy. So yes, I do know about you!" Shoji finished with anger in his eyes. "And to answer your question I did a little interrogating of those connected to your past!"
Lybra appeared depressed as she thought about her past. "And you'll continue this anyways…?" she asked, a single tear sliding down her cheek.
"I've come too far to turn back now, the Library has no right to exist, don't you agree? Afterall, they were the ones who left to die after that explosion took your hand and leg," Shoji said looking down on her.
"That doesn't mean everyone in the organization deserves to die!" Lybra shouted as her hat fell completely off her head revealing her deep red hair.
"It's their own fault; they're the ones who made the decision to join the horrid organization. Eventually they will kill another; I'm preventing that from happening by taking their deaths unto myself!" Shoji shouted at Lybra a look crossing his eyes that was full of sorrow, hatred, and even faint bits of insanity.
"The death of your family has sent you over the deep end hasn't it…? There's still time to turn back! There's no telling if the people here will do as you predict so leave them alone!" Lybra shouted attempting to move her left hand but wincing in pain as she did.
"Shut the hell up!" Shoji shouted clutching his head. "I watched them die in front of me! The vision of their deaths is the only dream I've had for years now! I'll never be able to rest until every last Library bastard rests in a pool of their blood with some of it on my mace!"
"Oh Shoji…" Lybra sighed to herself. "You truly are a tragic individual…"
"Oh shut your mouth with the pity party! I don't need it, especially from the likes of a Library dog like you!" Shoji screamed.
"I'm not a part of them anymore! With logic like yours you'd kill everyone who even has the faintest connection to the NOL!" Lybra shouted back attempting to move her metallic fingers only to have them remain completely motionless.
"Dammit you're really starting to piss me off with that mouth of yours…" Shoji said clenching his. "Well, I'm done with you either way. Don't you go anywhere you red-head you… I'll be back soon. Better pray to whoever you believe in 'cause when I get back you won't have the chance."
Shoji began walking away from the carnage whistling an ominous tune as he went along. "Shoji! Shoji stop! There has to be some part of you in there that still holds value on human life! Shoji!" Lybra's words fell on deaf ears as Shoji paid no mind to the fact that she was speaking to him and simply continued walking down the corridor. She was alone again… Lybra's mind strayed away from Shoji and she began thinking about Seth again. "I'm sorry… I can't save you like this… I'm so weak…" A single tear slid down her cheek and hit the ground. She thought back to the time they spent together in the academy… all the good times they had in one another's company… "No…" Her eyes suddenly gave off an insanely bright violet glow and a pulse of telekinetic energy sent the corpses and unconscious bodies flying to the other side of the room. "I-I won't let it end like this…! I have to save Seth from his fate!"
She could imagine what Shoji would say… 'Wasn't he the guy who's responsible for the loss of your hand and lower leg?'
"I don't care!" she shouted to herself. "He had no clue it was me… I do not blame him! A-And I… I still love him…"
She turned her gaze to the long stone spike that pinned her hand to the ground. Her eyes gave off a light violet glow and the spike began slowly removing itself from her hand. She began screaming in pain as it slowly but surely came out. It was longer than she thought… 'It that asshole worth this?' she imagined Shoji say.
"He's everything to me… I'd die for him if need be! She said while gasping in pain as the spike was now halfway out.
'Look what he's done to you! He stole your hand and leg away from you; can you really forgive him for that?' she imagined Shoji ask.
"H-He had no idea… I love him unconditionally, whether he's responsible for this or not, it doesn't matter!" she shouted before the last of the spike removed itself from her hand. She laid back gasping for breath and in pain. She tried to get her leg to move but it refused to obey her command. She reached towards her left leg and removed the long white boot over it. On the left side of it was what she originally thought to be something that served as Shoji's signature on his work, a brown colored marble embedded into a small grove in the workings. She touched it with her injured hand and she felt an excruciating wave of electricity shoot through her body. "H-He's worth every bit of it…"
She grabbed the orb with confidence despite being zapped with enough electricity to fry Storm from X-men and began to try and yank it out. She groaned in intense pain as she tried to pry it loose. It just wasn't coming out. 'No… I refuse to succumb to this pain…!' she thought to herself. "G-Get the hell out of there…!" Lybra gave one last hard yank and it came free; she tossed it as far as she could with her drained strength. She laughed to herself slightly. "Th-that wasn't so bad now was it…?"
She laid on the ground panting heavily for not even ten seconds before she looked back at her right hand. She slowly removed the silk white glove over it revealing a metal hand. "One more…" she said grasping the orb which was on the back of her hand with her fingers. The electric shock was intense enough to fry Colonel Sanders. She began attempting to yank it out.
'Pathetic, you're throwing your life on the line for someone who probably doesn't even remember who you are!' she imagined Shoji saying.
"I-It doesn't matter whether he remembers me or not!" she gave one last hard tug on the orb and it popped free leaving her without pain. She flexed her fingers and toes, she could move them again! She slid her white glove and boot back on before stumbling to her feet. She picked up her hat, dusted it off, and placed it back on her head before walking back down the hallway. "I'm coming Seth… I'm coming to kill your destiny!"
End chapter.
Lybra: I need a hug T_T!
Me: Aww… ok. –huggles Lybra… again- Now you guys know the real reason why I hugged Lybra in the last chapter.
Seth: Kind of a depressing backstory…
Shoji: U-Umm… -#awkward-
Me: WHAT THE F*** ARE YOU DOING HERE? GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE NOW BEFORE I GUT YOU WITH A TOOTHBRUSH!
Shoji: You made me do it!
Me: Just 'cause I wrote this chapter doesn't mean I made you do this!
Shoji: At least she's still alive!
Me: -snaps fingers and Shoji disappears- I really wish I actually had this power…
Lambda: What would Shadowking do with it?
Me: -sadistic grin- Many things…
Seth: Ok…
Me: That's it for today guys. Lax schedule is hampering me more than I thought it would but hey! At least now there's a new chapter up! I'd also like to say thanks as my story has recently received another favorite and I'm thankful that you like it! I also suspect that I'm developing a crush on Lybra… weird thing is I made her up myself… Ah well! Can't think of a question or brain candy today so I'm ending it here! See you guys next time! Peace!