Chapter 14
Pain.
That's all that existed.
The pain ripped through his chest and collar bone, throat seizing, breaths baited, hands clenched until it was only the glove keeping him for puncturing the already burnt skin and the vague, very vague burning sensation running through his head.
And through the pain, a single thought rang in his mind.
At least this is easier then suicide...
But inside his hurting mind, he knew that this wasn't supposed to be the time he went. No, he was supposed to live his life. Slowly everything started to fade. He wondered if he was dead, but the pain was still there, so he couldn't be.
The minute he figured out he was unconscious, he wished he weren't. The sounds of whispers echoed around him, accusing, taunting and angry. He knew these voices, these whispers of the people he once knew.
All your fault.
"No." Hein muttered, still feeling the pain that ran through his body in the conscious world.
Murderer.
"No! I didn't mean to kill anyone!" He looked through the darkness, seeing eyes, only eyes around him, all glaring.
But you did...
"I didn't mean..."
You meant to kill Aki, didn't you? You knew people would die if you let them into the city! You knew... You just didn't know how many you would murder.
David took a deep breath, looking at the accusing eyes, trying to ignore the whispers; "Yes, I knew... I knew that I did it for the better."
No, killing humans is never for the better. Life is too important to take, David. It was never for the better.
"Anna?" he whispered.
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Aki stood, frozen on the spot, watching the Major suffer. How long did she have, about two minutes before he finally would...
She remember how painful it was, the ripping feeling inside of you, the way it had stayed until she would put another spirit wave into... THAT'S IT!
Aki quickly ran over to the computer next to the cot Hein was on, quickly typing away, eyes searching the screen. She glanced, sure that he was unconscious by now. She looked over the software, a small smile gracing her lips; yes, she could do this. They had almost all the spirit waves, all extracted from the specimens.
She pressed a metal plate onto his collarbone and secured it, the one not unlike her old one, and used it like she had in the crater; she transferred the seven spirit waves to him instantly.
"Work... Come on..." A moment later he stopped seizing, and that suggested that most of the phantoms particles died.
Most.
She prayed that they would have enough time to get to New York.
Pain.
That's all that existed.
The pain ripped through his chest and collar bone, throat seizing, breaths baited, hands clenched until it was only the glove keeping him for puncturing the already burnt skin and the vague, very vague burning sensation running through his head.
And through the pain, a single thought rang in his mind.
At least this is easier then suicide...
But inside his hurting mind, he knew that this wasn't supposed to be the time he went. No, he was supposed to live his life. Slowly everything started to fade. He wondered if he was dead, but the pain was still there, so he couldn't be.
The minute he figured out he was unconscious, he wished he weren't. The sounds of whispers echoed around him, accusing, taunting and angry. He knew these voices, these whispers of the people he once knew.
All your fault.
"No." Hein muttered, still feeling the pain that ran through his body in the conscious world.
Murderer.
"No! I didn't mean to kill anyone!" He looked through the darkness, seeing eyes, only eyes around him, all glaring.
But you did...
"I didn't mean..."
You meant to kill Aki, didn't you? You knew people would die if you let them into the city! You knew... You just didn't know how many you would murder.
David took a deep breath, looking at the accusing eyes, trying to ignore the whispers; "Yes, I knew... I knew that I did it for the better."
No, killing humans is never for the better. Life is too important to take, David. It was never for the better.
"Anna?" he whispered.
-----------------
Aki stood, frozen on the spot, watching the Major suffer. How long did she have, about two minutes before he finally would...
She remember how painful it was, the ripping feeling inside of you, the way it had stayed until she would put another spirit wave into... THAT'S IT!
Aki quickly ran over to the computer next to the cot Hein was on, quickly typing away, eyes searching the screen. She glanced, sure that he was unconscious by now. She looked over the software, a small smile gracing her lips; yes, she could do this. They had almost all the spirit waves, all extracted from the specimens.
She pressed a metal plate onto his collarbone and secured it, the one not unlike her old one, and used it like she had in the crater; she transferred the seven spirit waves to him instantly.
"Work... Come on..." A moment later he stopped seizing, and that suggested that most of the phantoms particles died.
Most.
She prayed that they would have enough time to get to New York.
