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Louisa reacted blindly. She threw down her sword, lunging. Fire-resistant, Leo had said, the thought springing to mind as she rugby-tackled him. The heat struck her lungs within seconds, prickling at her skin, smouldering her clothes. Leo grappled with her, making grabs at her face, her throat.
"No!" Calypso cried.
Louisa smacked her hand through his fire, forcibly covering his mouth and nose with her hand. The eidolon tried twisting sharply, desperate to throw her off. She had her knee on his hip, her other foot on his leg. Her free hand caught his hair- she had to keep his head still, keep his breathing limited. The less oxygen, the less fire, right? Her brain was in panic mode, supplying that solution as the only coherent thought.
Her clothes were on fire, her arms were red and blistering, she could no longer feel her hands, layers of burns worsening as he gripped her forearms. He tried bucking, turning, rolling, but she had the better physical strength and the longer stubborn streak. He was not getting rid of her.
Calypso dodged a whip of fire. "Stop it!" She pleaded, voice shrill and reverberating amongst the skulls. "Stop it!" Louisa grit her teeth, the stench of burning flesh growing by the minute. Leo's golden eyes smirked at her; her idea wasn't working and the eidolon knew it.
His hand clamped on her throat; she heard the sizzle of her own skin. Her airway shrunk to a pinhole, a blaze of white agony coating her vision. She grabbed his hand instinctively, wrenching away at once. She had never stuck her hand in lava, but it was what she felt.
"Sea spawn not so strong." The spirit sang in Leo's voice. "My brothers will rise through your weakness!"
Hands under her arms. Calypso hauled Louisa away, tripping on her feet in her haste. Louisa lay next to her, rasping in her bid and failure to breathe. Her skin was red-raw, burnt through where she had had direct contact with him.
"H-here!" Calypso lunged for her pack; she had water in there, nectar, supplies. Her hand was inches from it, vision tunnelling. Leo laughed. A column of fire blasted her off her feet, crashing onto Louisa's legs. Something definitely broke. Louisa choked on a sob, rolling in pain.
Calypso looked up as a wave of heat blanketed her, weighty and suffocating. Leo smiled, eyes golden and grim. His fire was almost ethereal in the way it moved, in its colouring and the gloom of the catacombs.
"This is fun." He said, crouching to be eye-level with her. Tears fell only to dry on her face. Calypso breathed thinly, head swimming as the temperature increased. It was stifling, roasting, a wild thought slipped into her mind through the teetering despair- she was being cooked.
The eidolon hummed, as if understanding her thoughts. "I am a little disappointed, I will admit. I had hoped she would be more of a challenge." He jutted his chin in Louisa's direction. "I didn't expect much from you though. No powers, no immortality, giving it all up to love this sorry excuse of a demigod." He gestured at himself. "Mortals are so weak. Once we're reborn, we will take out this infestation and begin the world anew in chaos. Just like Mother Earth wanted. And you," he said, smiling widening robotically, "you will be first."
Calypso did the only thing she could.
She punched him. Right in the face. The impact knocked Leo straight back, his hands over his injury. Blood stained her knuckles and she realised she had broken something else in one of her friends.
The shock of the attack momentarily stunted his fire. She used the respite to get to her feet, albeit unsteady and unreliable- her body needed oxygen. There wasn't any, but she knew one thing for certain- if she was going to lose, let her lose standing.
"You will pay for that!" The eidolon spat, crimson leaking between his fingers. "You will pay dearly!"
His body began to glow. The heat grew tenfold. Calypso tensed, clenching her fists. Her only option had brought her seconds, there was no more she could do.
Leo spread his hands, blood dripping from his fingertips. His nose bled heavily, spilling into his mouth, down his chin. She was beginning to lose sight of him, vision darkening as her lungs failed. It was to be an inferno. She would be no more than ash as soon as he unleashed it.
"Leo." She croaked, swaying. She wanted to cry, but no moisture made it through.
She managed to smile, lead weights sinking into her bones. She could not see for the darkness, but she could see him. Her mind provided the image. Smiling with non-golden, gorgeously brown eyes that refracted the sunlight like specks of bronze and amber. "Leo…" She said again, letting the weights pull at her. Acceptance. Contented. Final. "I love you."
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