x…O…x
Briefly, Aya recognized that Zero was using normal bullets only – not the magical anti-vampire properties the Bloody Rose held … but there was barely a moment to act, and Aya acted. The bullet that would surely hit Yuuki was a millisecond from leaving the gun's chamber. Flinging her hand out, Aya forced as much energy as she could into the atmosphere. A loud bang was heard, but for her, it was as though it had fired underwater.
The Bloody Rose was ripped from Zero's hand, and she felt it smack against her palm the same instant a horrible pain ripped through her shoulder.
"Aya!" For a moment, her vision swam. She'd never felt such pain…
And then cold hands were pulling the Bloody Rose away from her. Distantly, she heard it clatter against the floor, before those same hands picked her up and began running…somewhere with her.
"Zero?" She muttered, blinking furiously in an effort to see clearly.
"No…No, I'm not Zero… Sorry, oh Aya why did you do that? I would have been fine…"
Yuuki. It was Yuuki who was holding her.
Her head lolling, Aya's vision cleared long enough for her to get a glance back down the hall, at the tall vampire with a head of static-charged silver hair staring after her in shock.
