"IF ONLY YOU SAW ME"
Chapter Eighteen: Apocalyspe Part Two
"...Energy awakened... bursting truth... final blood falls..."
Rinoa opened her eyes. All she saw were white, misty clouds. She coughed, sitting up. (Where am I?) She thought. She stood slowly, looking around herself to see nothing. She swallowed back hard tears, wrappin her arms around herself. "Squall?"
The last thing she remembered was Squall. In a forest... thats all she knew. She coughed, turning slwoly in a circle, "Squall?"
"He cant hear you."
Rinoa turned around fully. "Joia..."
Joia smiled evily, twirling a handmade sword in her left hand, "You know... he's going to lose this war again."
Rinoa shook her head, "How can you be this way?"
Joia laughed, "What do you care?"
Rinoa backed away from her, "Squall only loved you."
She laughed again, "Love...What a word."
Rinoa backed away slightly. "You're so cold hearted." she whispered.
Joia laughed, moving closer to Rinoa, "If only Squall had seen it..."
Rinoa sighed, stopping in her place. Joia's laughing and smiled stopped short, "You know... he's going to pay. I had to die becuase he wasnt careful... all I wanted to do was help." Her voice was trailing off, softening and growing sad.
Rinoa looked at her, "So you did love Squall?"
Joia fell to the floor, nodding, "Yes... i did... but its over rated!" Her head shot up as she ran for Rinoa. Rinoa's eyes went wide as Joia ran towards her. She turned around, beginning to run. (What's happening...Squall...WHATS HAPPENING?)
Squall slammed his gunblade against a mortal's back, slicing through the spine. He turned around, walking through the small batlles, his finger on the gun's trigger. A Mortal ran toward him. BANG! He fired with one quick slice. "MY LORD!"
Squall turned around to see the long haired vampire, "Vincent, what is it?"
VIncent stopped in front of him, "More are coming from Winhill by plane. They'll be here shortly."
"Let them come. This is what they wanted."
Vincent nodded and turned around to continue his battle. Squall turned around to see Sephiroth laying fallen on the floor, blood pouring through his chest. Worried, Squall ran towards him, "Sephiroth!"
Sephiroth looked up at him, "Squall..."
Squall knelt by his side, "Tis nothing but a flesh wound, Squall..." Sephiroth said.
Squall nodded, "Will you continue or simply lay here?"
Sephiroth laughed softly, "Help me."
Squall placed an arm below Sephiroth's back, helping him to a stand. A sword slammed towards Squall's arm. He yelled as he pulled it away, leaving a dripping gash from his shoulder to wrist. He stared around, looking for the mortal that had attacked him. "Squall..."
Squall looked at Zell, hatred roaring in his eyes, "You..."
Zell dropped the bloody sword on the floor, rasing his studded fists, "Its you and me old man!"
Squall felt anger rushing up his spine, blood rushing to his head. Tightening his grip on his gunblade, he launched at Zell. His gunblade landed on Zell's fist, slicing through the thick leather. Zell his, throwing his fist towards Squall's face. Squall toppled backwards, knocking three mortals off their feet. Angry, Squall cut each of their legs off, angrily watching them scream in pain. He turned around to attack Zell, yet didnt find him.Letting out an angry yell, Squall randomly sliced mortals left and right.
Blood was spilling more. Seprhitoh walked around, cutting off the heads of random mortals.He saw Dai battling off two mortals and smiled. "Love last long." He said.
Cold gun metal lay across the side of his face. He sighed, closing his eyes. The gun fired.
Dai looked up at the gunshot. She saw Sephiroth's bloody body fall to the floor. Screaming, she ran toward his side, pushing away all mortals in her path. "SEPHIROTH!"
She knelt by his side, "Sephiroth..."
He looked up at her, one of his eyes filled with blood, "I love you, Dai. I regret...ever...changing...and making you stay away."
Tears filled her eyes, "No...it was.."
"Hush, Love. Love last long." his eyes closed slowly. She stood quickly, twisting mortals til their deaths as she hunted down the man who shot Sephiroth. Seeing him fighting with Zone, she grabbed the mortals head, tearing it apart from its body. Blood splashed across her face as she stared at Zone. Zone nodded to her and ran off. Breathing quickly, she grabbed the gun from the mortals dead hands and held it tightly in her hand.
"Die you filthy Vampire."
She turned around quickly. One mortal took a gun, firing four times at Sephiroth's heart. Sephiroth's body jerked and turned grey. Tears rapidly poured out of Dai's eyes. She ran toward the mortal, shooting him four times in the heart. The mortal fell dead to the floor. Dai fell to Sephiroth's side, her finger tips landing on his blackening skin. She cried softly, pulling him toward her chest. "Sephiroth...I'm sorry..."
He didnt respond to her. She screamed at the top of her lungs, yelling at the sky, "BRING HIM BACK TO ME!"
Yet a sickening feeling within her told her...her wish shall never be granted. She stood uneasily, pointing the gun at her chest. "I can live without you...but I choose not to..." And fired.
