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Disclaimer: Why bother?
Well, chapter six is done. I'm not ending the story here, however I thought it had been so long that I had better post something or you all
might think I've given up!
Here you are. I hope the ending's okay, it was pretty difficult, but I think it came out alright.
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Two figures stood looking out across a vast expanse of rubble. All around them was
nothing but the aftermath of a massive explosion. Towards the centre of it all stood
the skeletons of two towers, and around those two hulks that apparently were once
similar lay in ruins. A little away from these dead giants lay one more tower, more or
less intact but laying flat out on its side and contorted in places, torn from its
foundations and thrown for hundreds of metres. Here and there a destroyed program
could still be seen, but nearly all of the Ziggurat's programs were buried under
thousands upon thousands of tons of wreckage.
"What happened here…? It's worse than it was in our world…" Kenichi breathed,
aghast.
"Aki when you said corrupted, I couldn't even imagine this is what you meant…"
Koh too, was stunned.
"Tima… Aki, are you sure she's alright?" after seeing the destruction Kenichi was
beginning to panic, how could Tima possibly have survived such…
"She's fine Kenichi. You see that dark area above what used to be the Ziggurat's
spire?" Aki asked.
"She's in there, isn't she Aki?" Kenichi murmured.
"Yes. The darkness is drawing energy from her directly. She must still be strong to
support a drain that big," Aki's tone was reassuring.
No one said anything for a moment. Then just as Koh was about to suggest they start
out towards the towers, a flicker of light ran across the dark ball's surface.
"It's the shockwave! Koh, Kenichi, get into cover fast!" Aki apparently had not
expected another so soon.
Without another word Kenichi and Koh charged into the rubble, desperately trying to
find somewhere safe to hide themselves.
* * * * *
"Who am I…" once again Kenichi heard Tima's voice, however this time, rather than
being all around him the words roared over him. He and Koh had taken shelter
underneath a nearby pile of rubble, but even then there had been a few tight moments
when it had felt as if their hiding place was about to cave-in.
"Was that Tima…?" Koh asked.
"Yes. That was Tima's voice," just as Kenichi finished speaking his voice cracked.
He seemed to be holding back tears.
"Kenichi…" Aki whispered.
Kenichi shook his head, "I'm okay Aki… Come on let's go."
Kenichi and Koh crawled out of their hiding place and once again began to walk.
After half an hour of walking they came to a large chasm. It stretched away far below
them, and neither Koh nor Kenichi were able to see the bottom.
"It's null memory," Aki said, "It's completely corrupt. Anything that falls down there
is instantly deleted."
"How do we cross?" Kenichi asked.
"It looks as if the crack doesn't stretch far. It should be easy to get around it."
"I suppose…" Koh turned and began walking once again, followed by Kenichi.
* * * * *
"So… How do we get up there again?" Koh was staring up at the remains of the
central tower.
"I think one of the fire escapes is still intact until it reaches the floor below Tima,
from there I guess you'll just have to climb," Aki said.
Kenichi and Koh walked into the tower. Again they were surrounded by destruction.
Wherever Kenichi looked he could see a dismembered robot of some description, and
here and there sections of the building would suddenly disappear before his eyes.
"How much longer will this tower survive Aki?" he asked.
"Long enough..." Aki didn't sound very confident.
* * * * *
"How many more floors are there?" Koh asked sounding petulant.
"Three." Aki answered, "…Kenichi are you all right?"
"Why? What's wrong Aki?" Kenichi asked, worried by Aki's sudden change of tone.
"Your vitals… Your adrenaline levels are increasing fast."
"It's alright Aki. Kenichi's just getting excited about seeing Tima again." Koh said,
stopping and leaning against the wall.
"Oh, of course," Aki said teasingly. Kenichi blushed.
"Oh come on!" Kenichi said starting ahead suddenly, "Fine, I can't wait to see Tima
again! Now can we get going?"
"Hah! Alright then Kenichi, let's go," Koh said grinning.
* * * * *
"Well, here we are," Koh said stopping at the top of the pile of rubble he and Kenichi
had climbed, "I think it's your place to go through first Kenichi."
"…Thanks Koh," Kenichi said climbing past him.
Kenichi stuck his head through the hole in the ceiling and looked around a little.
"Tima?" he called.
"…Kenichi…?" a voice murmured from somewhere behind him.
"Tima!" Kenichi shouted leaping through the whole and running towards the voice.
He was afraid to believe the voice he had just heard was Tima's. It was so quiet
Kenichi couldn't be sure if he'd really heard it.
As he ran a light area began to appear ahead of him, slowly becoming brighter as he
approached.
* * * * *
Kenichi ran into the circle and stopped suddenly. Hanging before him and glowing
brilliantly was Tima, tied to some kind of wooden disc and deadly still.
"…Tima?" Kenichi asked hesitantly, touching her arm.
Without a sound the disc slowly faded away. Tima still hung from her bonds,
however gradually a form seemed to be coming out of her body. As the shape began
to take on human form it lost the glow it had taken with it from Tima. And after a
short time the entire area was pitch black.
"Aki… Can you do anything about this darkness?" Kenichi asked, wondering what
had happened to that person who had come from his friend.
"I've changed you're stunner a little Kenichi. Move the switch on the side to change
between flares and databursts," Aki said.
"Thanks Aki. Where's Koh?" Kenichi asked suddenly realising his friend hadn't
followed him.
"He's coming Kenichi. We just thought we should let you go alone at first. Do you
need him?"
"Perhaps. Something strange is going on," Kenichi flicked the switch on his
weapon's side and fired upwards. Instantly a shining ball of light flew into the air and
stopped a hundred meters up, illuminating the area around Kenichi, who immediately
changed the weapon back to normal and began to charge it.
A few meters in front of him stood a shadowy figure. Its profile was that of a child,
however the way it held itself exuded an air of maturity. It had no visible hair and
was very slim, and its eyes seemed to glow faintly.
"Why are you here?" the figure said in a cold, synthetic sounding voice.
"What…?" Kenichi still couldn't see any more than a silhouette of the person before
him.
"Kenichi, is everything alright?" Koh asked running up beside Kenichi.
"I don't know Koh…" Kenichi said staring at the shadowy figure.
"I asked you a question. …Hm? You're not a program are you?" the figure took a
step forward so that one of its legs was in the light. It looked to be made of black
metal.
"No…" Kenichi said, no longer sure of himself, "I'm not a program."
"Then answer my question. Why are you here?"
"I'm here to rescue Tima." Kenichi said.
"Tima…? Oh that little brat,"
"Brat?!" Kenichi exclaimed, instinctively raising his gun.
"Yes. Brat." the figure took another step forward revealing itself. Kenichi took a step
back in surprise.
"Y-You…" he stammered.
Standing at the edge of the flare's light stood Tima. Or at least Tima as she would
have looked without her skin or hair, and without her artificially coloured eyes. What
stood before Kenichi was her skeleton.
"You're that program aren't you… the one that killed Tima… the one that took…
took…" Kenichi stammered.
"The one that took that annoying child away from you? How perceptive. I recognise
you now. You're the one that broke my connection to the throne. I had the world at
my fingertips before you interfered. It looks like we both have a reason to hate each
other," the figure growled.
"But you killed her!" Kenichi yelled, levelling his weapon at the program.
"Please, she wasn't even alive. If she had been alive, surely that bullet would have
killed her."
"It all but did," Koh too began to charge his cannons, "Because of that bullet, her fuel
cells malfunctioned and she ran out of power."
"And Tima was alive! She had a heart!" Kenichi cried bitterly.
"A heart that was undoubtedly stolen from some poor unwitting child. Who knows
how Laughton's supplier came by it. Grave robbery? Or perhaps even worse…"
"What do you mean?!" tears were running down Kenichi's face.
"Perhaps that even now beats in the little abomination's body was acquired through
murder,"
"What!" Kenichi leaped forward, Koh immediately restrained him.
"Kenichi can't you see. She's trying to lure you into a rage. Then she can simply kill
you," Koh told him sharply.
"Oh but I'm not. I'm simply forcing him to realise the truth. That little brat… that
murderer's prodigy, she's meaningless. All that matters is her body. That personality
program was there only so that a sad, lonely old man could have five minutes with a
crude reflection of his daughter before he plugged her into the throne and destroyed
her forever. I'm Tima! I'm really her personality! That monstrosity hanging over
there isn't even complete without me! And from what I've seen while I was draining
her, the throne damaged her anyway! At least a quarter of her's been destroyed! This
is what Tima is really like!" and with those words she made a throwing motion
towards Koh. The air before Tima's hand rippled spherically and the distortion shot
towards him.
"Koh!" Kenichi yelled trying to reach his friend.
It was too late. While Kenichi was still several feet away the ball struck Koh's chest
and passed straight through him, leaving a massive rent behind it.
Koh screamed. Inside the tear in his body was nothing but darkness.
"You!" Kenichi turned and ran at Tima, firing wildly.
Every shot simply rippled across her body.
"Ha! You see what I can do! If that child hadn't interfered when I was trying to kill
you, and you hadn't simply let her fall, I might still have had a chance of interfacing
with the throne."
"I tried to save her! I tried so hard…!" Kenichi sobbed.
"But you failed. You didn't save her and that's all that matters. You don't deserve to
rescue her!" Tima walked towards Kenichi, who was now on his hands and knees.
Kenichi could tell what was coming. He could here the noises made by Tima's
mechanics as she raised her arm to strike him. He heard the rush of air as she brought
her fist down towards his neck. He squeezed his eyes shut unable to stop the
inevitable blow. But it never came. Kenichi raised his head to see what had
happened. Tima was still standing over him, her arm was inches from his neck, but
something in her face was different. Where a moment ago had been a look of cold
hatred, there was now an expression of shock. Following her gaze Kenichi saw that
where her hand should have been, all there was a stump of burned wires.
"Kenichi…" Koh groaned from somewhere behind him.
Kenichi rolled and moved away from Tima who was even then cradling her arm and
looking for another method of attack. Keeping a careful eye on Tima, Kenichi knelt
beside Koh, who was lying with his arm pointing towards her.
"Kenichi… I'm sorry. I realised how ineffective your stunner was against strong
viruses and I only let Aki change one of my blasters."
"I'm glad you did," Kenichi said smiling.
"Listen Kenichi. I'm going to shut down now and preserve what energy I have left.
But take my arm." Koh lifted his right cannon towards Kenichi.
"Koh, I can't…"
"Yes you can. Just turn it round and it comes right off. All you need to do is place it
on your arm and will it to fire. But wait until I've shut down. The whole thing hurts
quite a bit."
"…Alright Koh. Thanks."
"Anytime Kenichi…" and with that Koh shut down.
"Koh…" Kenichi murmured unscrewing his friend's weapon and placing it over his hand.
"Kenichi." A voice called teasingly.
"You!" Kenichi swung around and fired on the voice.
The shot was poorly aimed and was wide by several feet. Tima walked out into the
fading light of the flare.
"You're going to have to do a lot better than that Kenichi." Tima scolded throwing a
couple of blasts at him.
"You killed her! She was innocent! She never did anything to hurt anyone!" Kenichi yelled,
ducking and firing another easily dodged blast.
"That shell was never alive! It's personality was a farce," Tima laughed, leaping into
the air and hurling another blast at Kenichi.
"Tima is Tima!" Kenichi dropped to the ground and ran at her.
"Come and get me then, you weakling." Tima giggled.
Hurling a punch Kenichi flew at Tima. Instantly she dodged behind him and kicked
him head over heels.
"You can't even touch me!"
Kenichi was running out of time. He had abandoned his stunner and light was fading
fast. In a few more minutes the flare would have faded completely and he would be
defenceless. He had to do something to stop Tima dodging his attacks.
"Please… let me have Tima back." Kenichi begged, hoping against hope that it would
be that simple.
"And be denied my revenge against the two of you? Never! Even as she sleeps I am
forcing images of you're pain into Tima's mind. I will make her watch as I slowly
kill you, and then I will kill her too." Tima hurled yet more blasts at him.
"No!" Kenichi screamed avoiding the blasts and opening fire.
Dodging Kenichi's frantic shots at her Tima closed the distance between them.
Before Kenichi could even realise how dangerously close she was, Tima had him
pinned on his back and winded.
"Now…" Tima whispered forming a ball close to Kenichi's face and letting it skin the
tip of his nose, "Now I will take back what you stole from me."
Seeing his chance as Tima dropped here guard to strike the killing blow and fighting
against his lack of breath, Kenichi raised Koh's blaster.
"I won't let you hurt Tima…" he gasped and fired, angling the blast at her head and
keeping his face as far away as he could.
It only took a second. The beam shot from the blaster's barrel engulfing Tima's head.
All Kenichi could make out from the chaos was an enraged scream, and then Tima's
headless body collapsed against him.
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As I said, it's not over yet. And by the way. Just in case you're confused, Tima is okay. The one that was killed was the other Tima. The person who came from Tima's unconscious body, which is still hanging where it was at the start. That still wasn't too well explained...
R&R please. I'd really like to know what you all think of the chapter.
Disclaimer: Why bother?
Well, chapter six is done. I'm not ending the story here, however I thought it had been so long that I had better post something or you all
might think I've given up!
Here you are. I hope the ending's okay, it was pretty difficult, but I think it came out alright.
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Two figures stood looking out across a vast expanse of rubble. All around them was
nothing but the aftermath of a massive explosion. Towards the centre of it all stood
the skeletons of two towers, and around those two hulks that apparently were once
similar lay in ruins. A little away from these dead giants lay one more tower, more or
less intact but laying flat out on its side and contorted in places, torn from its
foundations and thrown for hundreds of metres. Here and there a destroyed program
could still be seen, but nearly all of the Ziggurat's programs were buried under
thousands upon thousands of tons of wreckage.
"What happened here…? It's worse than it was in our world…" Kenichi breathed,
aghast.
"Aki when you said corrupted, I couldn't even imagine this is what you meant…"
Koh too, was stunned.
"Tima… Aki, are you sure she's alright?" after seeing the destruction Kenichi was
beginning to panic, how could Tima possibly have survived such…
"She's fine Kenichi. You see that dark area above what used to be the Ziggurat's
spire?" Aki asked.
"She's in there, isn't she Aki?" Kenichi murmured.
"Yes. The darkness is drawing energy from her directly. She must still be strong to
support a drain that big," Aki's tone was reassuring.
No one said anything for a moment. Then just as Koh was about to suggest they start
out towards the towers, a flicker of light ran across the dark ball's surface.
"It's the shockwave! Koh, Kenichi, get into cover fast!" Aki apparently had not
expected another so soon.
Without another word Kenichi and Koh charged into the rubble, desperately trying to
find somewhere safe to hide themselves.
* * * * *
"Who am I…" once again Kenichi heard Tima's voice, however this time, rather than
being all around him the words roared over him. He and Koh had taken shelter
underneath a nearby pile of rubble, but even then there had been a few tight moments
when it had felt as if their hiding place was about to cave-in.
"Was that Tima…?" Koh asked.
"Yes. That was Tima's voice," just as Kenichi finished speaking his voice cracked.
He seemed to be holding back tears.
"Kenichi…" Aki whispered.
Kenichi shook his head, "I'm okay Aki… Come on let's go."
Kenichi and Koh crawled out of their hiding place and once again began to walk.
After half an hour of walking they came to a large chasm. It stretched away far below
them, and neither Koh nor Kenichi were able to see the bottom.
"It's null memory," Aki said, "It's completely corrupt. Anything that falls down there
is instantly deleted."
"How do we cross?" Kenichi asked.
"It looks as if the crack doesn't stretch far. It should be easy to get around it."
"I suppose…" Koh turned and began walking once again, followed by Kenichi.
* * * * *
"So… How do we get up there again?" Koh was staring up at the remains of the
central tower.
"I think one of the fire escapes is still intact until it reaches the floor below Tima,
from there I guess you'll just have to climb," Aki said.
Kenichi and Koh walked into the tower. Again they were surrounded by destruction.
Wherever Kenichi looked he could see a dismembered robot of some description, and
here and there sections of the building would suddenly disappear before his eyes.
"How much longer will this tower survive Aki?" he asked.
"Long enough..." Aki didn't sound very confident.
* * * * *
"How many more floors are there?" Koh asked sounding petulant.
"Three." Aki answered, "…Kenichi are you all right?"
"Why? What's wrong Aki?" Kenichi asked, worried by Aki's sudden change of tone.
"Your vitals… Your adrenaline levels are increasing fast."
"It's alright Aki. Kenichi's just getting excited about seeing Tima again." Koh said,
stopping and leaning against the wall.
"Oh, of course," Aki said teasingly. Kenichi blushed.
"Oh come on!" Kenichi said starting ahead suddenly, "Fine, I can't wait to see Tima
again! Now can we get going?"
"Hah! Alright then Kenichi, let's go," Koh said grinning.
* * * * *
"Well, here we are," Koh said stopping at the top of the pile of rubble he and Kenichi
had climbed, "I think it's your place to go through first Kenichi."
"…Thanks Koh," Kenichi said climbing past him.
Kenichi stuck his head through the hole in the ceiling and looked around a little.
"Tima?" he called.
"…Kenichi…?" a voice murmured from somewhere behind him.
"Tima!" Kenichi shouted leaping through the whole and running towards the voice.
He was afraid to believe the voice he had just heard was Tima's. It was so quiet
Kenichi couldn't be sure if he'd really heard it.
As he ran a light area began to appear ahead of him, slowly becoming brighter as he
approached.
* * * * *
Kenichi ran into the circle and stopped suddenly. Hanging before him and glowing
brilliantly was Tima, tied to some kind of wooden disc and deadly still.
"…Tima?" Kenichi asked hesitantly, touching her arm.
Without a sound the disc slowly faded away. Tima still hung from her bonds,
however gradually a form seemed to be coming out of her body. As the shape began
to take on human form it lost the glow it had taken with it from Tima. And after a
short time the entire area was pitch black.
"Aki… Can you do anything about this darkness?" Kenichi asked, wondering what
had happened to that person who had come from his friend.
"I've changed you're stunner a little Kenichi. Move the switch on the side to change
between flares and databursts," Aki said.
"Thanks Aki. Where's Koh?" Kenichi asked suddenly realising his friend hadn't
followed him.
"He's coming Kenichi. We just thought we should let you go alone at first. Do you
need him?"
"Perhaps. Something strange is going on," Kenichi flicked the switch on his
weapon's side and fired upwards. Instantly a shining ball of light flew into the air and
stopped a hundred meters up, illuminating the area around Kenichi, who immediately
changed the weapon back to normal and began to charge it.
A few meters in front of him stood a shadowy figure. Its profile was that of a child,
however the way it held itself exuded an air of maturity. It had no visible hair and
was very slim, and its eyes seemed to glow faintly.
"Why are you here?" the figure said in a cold, synthetic sounding voice.
"What…?" Kenichi still couldn't see any more than a silhouette of the person before
him.
"Kenichi, is everything alright?" Koh asked running up beside Kenichi.
"I don't know Koh…" Kenichi said staring at the shadowy figure.
"I asked you a question. …Hm? You're not a program are you?" the figure took a
step forward so that one of its legs was in the light. It looked to be made of black
metal.
"No…" Kenichi said, no longer sure of himself, "I'm not a program."
"Then answer my question. Why are you here?"
"I'm here to rescue Tima." Kenichi said.
"Tima…? Oh that little brat,"
"Brat?!" Kenichi exclaimed, instinctively raising his gun.
"Yes. Brat." the figure took another step forward revealing itself. Kenichi took a step
back in surprise.
"Y-You…" he stammered.
Standing at the edge of the flare's light stood Tima. Or at least Tima as she would
have looked without her skin or hair, and without her artificially coloured eyes. What
stood before Kenichi was her skeleton.
"You're that program aren't you… the one that killed Tima… the one that took…
took…" Kenichi stammered.
"The one that took that annoying child away from you? How perceptive. I recognise
you now. You're the one that broke my connection to the throne. I had the world at
my fingertips before you interfered. It looks like we both have a reason to hate each
other," the figure growled.
"But you killed her!" Kenichi yelled, levelling his weapon at the program.
"Please, she wasn't even alive. If she had been alive, surely that bullet would have
killed her."
"It all but did," Koh too began to charge his cannons, "Because of that bullet, her fuel
cells malfunctioned and she ran out of power."
"And Tima was alive! She had a heart!" Kenichi cried bitterly.
"A heart that was undoubtedly stolen from some poor unwitting child. Who knows
how Laughton's supplier came by it. Grave robbery? Or perhaps even worse…"
"What do you mean?!" tears were running down Kenichi's face.
"Perhaps that even now beats in the little abomination's body was acquired through
murder,"
"What!" Kenichi leaped forward, Koh immediately restrained him.
"Kenichi can't you see. She's trying to lure you into a rage. Then she can simply kill
you," Koh told him sharply.
"Oh but I'm not. I'm simply forcing him to realise the truth. That little brat… that
murderer's prodigy, she's meaningless. All that matters is her body. That personality
program was there only so that a sad, lonely old man could have five minutes with a
crude reflection of his daughter before he plugged her into the throne and destroyed
her forever. I'm Tima! I'm really her personality! That monstrosity hanging over
there isn't even complete without me! And from what I've seen while I was draining
her, the throne damaged her anyway! At least a quarter of her's been destroyed! This
is what Tima is really like!" and with those words she made a throwing motion
towards Koh. The air before Tima's hand rippled spherically and the distortion shot
towards him.
"Koh!" Kenichi yelled trying to reach his friend.
It was too late. While Kenichi was still several feet away the ball struck Koh's chest
and passed straight through him, leaving a massive rent behind it.
Koh screamed. Inside the tear in his body was nothing but darkness.
"You!" Kenichi turned and ran at Tima, firing wildly.
Every shot simply rippled across her body.
"Ha! You see what I can do! If that child hadn't interfered when I was trying to kill
you, and you hadn't simply let her fall, I might still have had a chance of interfacing
with the throne."
"I tried to save her! I tried so hard…!" Kenichi sobbed.
"But you failed. You didn't save her and that's all that matters. You don't deserve to
rescue her!" Tima walked towards Kenichi, who was now on his hands and knees.
Kenichi could tell what was coming. He could here the noises made by Tima's
mechanics as she raised her arm to strike him. He heard the rush of air as she brought
her fist down towards his neck. He squeezed his eyes shut unable to stop the
inevitable blow. But it never came. Kenichi raised his head to see what had
happened. Tima was still standing over him, her arm was inches from his neck, but
something in her face was different. Where a moment ago had been a look of cold
hatred, there was now an expression of shock. Following her gaze Kenichi saw that
where her hand should have been, all there was a stump of burned wires.
"Kenichi…" Koh groaned from somewhere behind him.
Kenichi rolled and moved away from Tima who was even then cradling her arm and
looking for another method of attack. Keeping a careful eye on Tima, Kenichi knelt
beside Koh, who was lying with his arm pointing towards her.
"Kenichi… I'm sorry. I realised how ineffective your stunner was against strong
viruses and I only let Aki change one of my blasters."
"I'm glad you did," Kenichi said smiling.
"Listen Kenichi. I'm going to shut down now and preserve what energy I have left.
But take my arm." Koh lifted his right cannon towards Kenichi.
"Koh, I can't…"
"Yes you can. Just turn it round and it comes right off. All you need to do is place it
on your arm and will it to fire. But wait until I've shut down. The whole thing hurts
quite a bit."
"…Alright Koh. Thanks."
"Anytime Kenichi…" and with that Koh shut down.
"Koh…" Kenichi murmured unscrewing his friend's weapon and placing it over his hand.
"Kenichi." A voice called teasingly.
"You!" Kenichi swung around and fired on the voice.
The shot was poorly aimed and was wide by several feet. Tima walked out into the
fading light of the flare.
"You're going to have to do a lot better than that Kenichi." Tima scolded throwing a
couple of blasts at him.
"You killed her! She was innocent! She never did anything to hurt anyone!" Kenichi yelled,
ducking and firing another easily dodged blast.
"That shell was never alive! It's personality was a farce," Tima laughed, leaping into
the air and hurling another blast at Kenichi.
"Tima is Tima!" Kenichi dropped to the ground and ran at her.
"Come and get me then, you weakling." Tima giggled.
Hurling a punch Kenichi flew at Tima. Instantly she dodged behind him and kicked
him head over heels.
"You can't even touch me!"
Kenichi was running out of time. He had abandoned his stunner and light was fading
fast. In a few more minutes the flare would have faded completely and he would be
defenceless. He had to do something to stop Tima dodging his attacks.
"Please… let me have Tima back." Kenichi begged, hoping against hope that it would
be that simple.
"And be denied my revenge against the two of you? Never! Even as she sleeps I am
forcing images of you're pain into Tima's mind. I will make her watch as I slowly
kill you, and then I will kill her too." Tima hurled yet more blasts at him.
"No!" Kenichi screamed avoiding the blasts and opening fire.
Dodging Kenichi's frantic shots at her Tima closed the distance between them.
Before Kenichi could even realise how dangerously close she was, Tima had him
pinned on his back and winded.
"Now…" Tima whispered forming a ball close to Kenichi's face and letting it skin the
tip of his nose, "Now I will take back what you stole from me."
Seeing his chance as Tima dropped here guard to strike the killing blow and fighting
against his lack of breath, Kenichi raised Koh's blaster.
"I won't let you hurt Tima…" he gasped and fired, angling the blast at her head and
keeping his face as far away as he could.
It only took a second. The beam shot from the blaster's barrel engulfing Tima's head.
All Kenichi could make out from the chaos was an enraged scream, and then Tima's
headless body collapsed against him.
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As I said, it's not over yet. And by the way. Just in case you're confused, Tima is okay. The one that was killed was the other Tima. The person who came from Tima's unconscious body, which is still hanging where it was at the start. That still wasn't too well explained...
R&R please. I'd really like to know what you all think of the chapter.