A/N: Trigger warning blood and body parts.
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Nature's Fury
Mother snarled at the scattered pieces of her destroyed body. The humans would pay dearly for this. Her mangled limbs tried to wiggle their way back to her roots, but they were withering fast. If she was going to survive like this.
Furuichi gagged around the blood pooling in his throat. This wasn't the best way to die, but at least it was a hero's death. Furuichi closed his eyes to finally get some rest, but his eyes snapped open when something latched onto his leg. "No," Furuichi whispered in horror, "You can't!" His eyes darted toward what was left of Mother. "I will do as I see fit." Mother smiled as their dying bodies began fusing together. She will live on.
Furuichi screamed.
...
It took weeks to get back into the collapsed cocoon. Aoi and Hilda moved on to join the Great Reconstruction, but Oga went back. He had to see Furuichi for himself. Oga had to be the one to bury the body. It was the least Oga could do for the man that saved his life and the rest of the planet. "This kind of looks familiar…" Oga took his machete to hack off the thick foliage in his path except it all crumbled like paper. Guess Mother died after all.
No one could really believe that Mother, after all they had done to try to defeat her, would be taken down by a meager homemade explosive. Yet, here was the proof they needed along with what was going on with the rest of the city. The pollen had dissipated, though everyone wore their masks just in case, and the plants and animals had gone back to normal. Oga walked through the dark mouth of another tunnel with ease, the stench familiar, This is it! Oga rushed into what was left of the open room he and Furuichi had fought Mother almost a month before.
His flashlight was bright enough to illuminate much of the room, but still no sign of Furuichi. Or Mother. A wheeze from the corner of the room caused Oga to pull out his machete again. The brunet inched his way toward the noise. With bated breath, Oga flashed the light around the last pillar of sturdy green foliage. "Furuichi!"
"..O..Og..ah"
"...What did she do to you?"
Oga couldn't understand what he was seeing. Furuichi's body was woven in and out of the green pillar. Furuichi's eyes rolled back when vines began to snake around each piece of shredded human flesh in order to fuse with Furuichi's broken body, "S-she's-ack!." The smell was putrid and foul. Oga had to use his mask to keep from passing out from the stench of piss, vomit and whatever else was dripping down the pillar of monstrosity.
Oga shook his head in disbelief. Furuichi's eyes welled up with tears as he clenched them tight. Oga recoiled from the loud moan of agony coming from chapped, purple lips. It looked like Mother wasn't done yet after all. "Kill me...please."
The vines became prosthetics and with every inch completed, Furuichi was allowed out of the pillar. If Oga let Mother complete the fusion, who knew what was in store for humankind. If Oga killed Furuichi, he would be killing a hero. If Oga walked away, then he may as well be the last human alive. The brunette gripped his machete tight, What do I do?
