Hey! Sorry for the slight gap in between updates. Blame it on schoolwork. Just to let ya know this isn't the actual conclusion. I decided to add some stuff so NEXT chapter it will conclude (I hope).
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~Too Late~
Fina grew more and more tense as Ramirez remained in a dazed state. Zelos still continued his slow descent, like a ticking time bomb. The pale girl knew that if she didn't do something soon, Zelos would fuse with Ramirez, and the sad fact that the ending of his life would be the least of Vyse and Co.'s worries.
She needed to get the Silvite Swordsman away from Zelos's control.
Meanwhile the rest of party was cut off from the two Silvites; whenever they had tried to go towards them, they had always been smacked back by an invisible tendril.
Fina saw that Ramirez wouldn't be coming out of his trance state, so she began to attempt to drag him across the floor. She nearly had him out of Zelos's radius, when a cold, mental voice screeched, bringing her down to her knees in pain.
"Fina!" Vyse cried from what seemed like far away. But Fina was deaf to it all.
She heard a voice in her head say "Stop you silly girl, you cannot possibly hope to save him now." She cringed in horror at the voice that could only belong to the legendary Silver Gigas. Not willing to give up, she replied "No! Let Ramirez go!" surprised at the firmness in her voice.
Fina heard Zelos give a cold, mocking sort of laugh "Ramirez is dead to you, soon he shall be just a puppet to me in bringing upon your destruction." The Silvite girl paled in thinking what it was implying, but then a sudden thought occurred to her.
She internally trembled thinking about it, thinking all of what she would leave behind. Vyse, Aika, the crew, Arcadia. But what was the point if she couldn't share any of these joys with Ramirez.
Staggering to a standing position, she mentally shouted "Zelos! Take my soul for his, my life in place of his own!"
Zelos had not expected this, but it did not matter. The foolish love-struck girl was still a Silvite after all, so it replied "Heh…why not."
As the silver Gigas shifted course, Fina braced herself for what would come next. Right before Zelos consumed her, she looked at the now unconscious form of Ramirez, her look of tense concentration melting away into a small, sad smile. "Goodbye Ramirez, I love you." Then Zelos consumed her entirely, filling the room with brilliant white light.
"Nooo! Fina!" Vyse cried, clearly shocked and upset.
Fina was gone; no trace of her or Zelos's absorbing energy remained. The only evidence was the still unconscious Silvite Swordsman, and the ever watching, ever-lurking Zelos sphere.
All of the sudden, Zelos began to come to life and ascend through the Soltis chamber. The entire structure began to crumble; the ceiling began to fall in large hard chunks.
"Vyse, we must leave at once" Enrique yelled over the sound of the debris. Zelos had left the chamber completely, allowing more debris to fall. The group was about to leave, when Vyse stopped.
"Vyse, we can't remain any longer." Aika yelled, but Vyse was already running back into the debris. When he emerged, to the party's surprise, they saw Ramirez slung over his shoulder.
They ran through the ever decaying halls of the Soltis structure, desperately hoping that their next fight with Zelos would not be their last…
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Sorry for a shorter chapter this time. I had to do school work as well as write. Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion of Too Late. It will be a longer chapter so don't worry.