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Please review! I am going to have evil Alessa's dialogue be like this only for this chapter to keep things from getting confusing.

Chapter 21: A Deal

Hecate's pov

We leave the apartment and head back towards the hospital.

The roads remain silent, besides the sound of Pyramid's knife dragging along the cement ground.

Once we get into the hospital and down to Alessa's room, I stop and look at Pyramid.

"Do you mind staying out here?"

'Yes, I do mind.'

"Please stay out here…at least for a little bit while I talk to her. It is very important…I swear I won't do anything to hurt her."

'If you do, I'll kill you in an instant.'

"…I know that…if you don't feel safe with only Alessa and I in the room, then get her dark side to join us…"

He then nods as I turn around and enter the room.

Once I enter the room I shut the door behind me as I then approach her hospital bed.

"Hello Alessa…"

'Hello.' Her voice responds to me as we lock eyes from a large hole in the sheet covering her bed, I kneel down beside it.

"…this might be a weird question…but how did you make Pyramid? …more specifically…was he made with the emotion to possibly….feel love…? More deeper love than what he feels for you…"

'You have grown to care for him have you. Possibly even more. I am not sure if he was created with those emotions. He was created from a picture I had seen before I was tortured…my evil side created and gave him life.' Alessa responds to me.

"Oh, that is interesting."

''He was created only to kill and care for Alessa, no one else.'' A sudden voice speaks to me as I then notice evil Alessa approaching the bed near me as I then stand, partially out of defense.

"…Oh…so he can't feel any kind of love?"

"Love is not an emotion his being requires to fufill his tasks. Love will only slow and distract him. No need for such foolish emotions."

I then look down at my feet, thinking of a possible way to talk her into giving him those emotions, an idea then sparks.

"What if…I get Alessa more medicine for her burns. A lot more modern medicine, possibly from a hospital to make sure her burns go away quicker, could you give him those emotions if I do that?"

"No. He will not-" Evil Alessa is then cut off by the real Alessa as she speaks, looking at the dark version of herself.

'He has gone long enough without such emotions. Why not give him a chance to experience something in return for the care he has given me? And of course, in return for more advanced medicine…we haven't had any kind of medicine in a while…the pain is returning.'

"I can get painkillers too. It will make you feel like you did before you got hurt. You may even be able to talk, walk and laugh again." I say with a smile.

'That would be nice…' She returns the smile faintly.

"You will be making a mistake, Alessa."

'Allow her to leave and be able to return to the real world.' She ignores her dark side, as she looks at me, 'You must return though, otherwise if you do not, we will force you to. With or without the medicine…'

"I will return, with the medicine. I promise you.

Hi guys! Sorry about the really short chapter…I'm exhausted right now and really wanted to get an update out for a long while. Life has been kicking my butt lately, but I'm kicking it right back! Thank you so much for reading so far! I love you all~

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