Chapter 12 Goodbye
Kirina's eyes snapped open. She remembered the nogotiation and then...
She bolted up and found herself in a hotel room. Kirina saw the necklace she had was glowing red.
"What the hell?"
Kirina shrugged and changed into cargo pants and a t-shirt. Looking around, it looked like they were in a town that was close to the base. What happened to Ed? Kirina grabbed a hotel key that was on the table and walked out the door; slamming the door behind her. The first thing she saw, was Kevin. He marched up to Kirina and she just frowned. Kevin finally hugged her.
"I was worried! Are you alright?!" Kevin asked, stepping back and looking Kirina over for any wounds.
"I'm fine..." Kirina replied, puzzled at Kevin's sudden emotion.
Kevin gave a sigh of relief.
"Where's Ed?" Kirina asked anxiously.
Did Ed make it out before she became that thing?
"He's fine. Ed's been asking about you as well. You've been knocked out for three days." Kevin explained.
"Where are we?"
"In a neighboring town, Escale."
Kirina walked briskly down the hallway with Kevin at her heels.
"Where are you going?"
"I'll be back." Kirina said as she headed for the stairs.
"No. You're staying here." Kevin demanded.
"Sorry, but I gotta go." Kirina replied, glaring at Kevin before she began walking down the stairs.
"Kirina!" Kevin yelled, putting his hand on her shoulder.
Kirina whirled around and pushed Kevin back. She grimaced when she saw her left hand was a claw.
"I'll be back!" Kirina yelled, running down the stairs leaving a stunned Kevin.
(((Space)))
"But--"
"No, Al, I'm going to see her." Ed argued, shrugging on his crimson coat.
"Brother, you don't know what room she's in--"
"I'll find it." Ed replied as he opened the door.
Kevin stood there with a look of shock plastered on his face.
"What happened?" Ed asked.
"Kirina just left." Kevin replied like he was in a trance.
Ed ran past him and started down the stairs. He saw Kirina running down the street and started after her.
(((Space)))
Kirina backflipped. She was in the park when a knife flew at her. Her necklace was glowing blood red now. A person with a black cape and hood stood upon a tree branch.
"What do you want?!" Kirina demanded.
The caped person snickered as more knives flew at Kirina from nowhere. She barely dodged all of them.
"Give me your crystal." The caped person sneered.
"Never." Kirina snarled.
The caped assassin jumped onto the ground. Kirina bit her lip and watched the caped assassin carefully. One mistake could end her life. He swayed in one direction and then vanished, only to appear where he was originally before he swayed into the opposite direction and repeating what he did. Kirina tried to keep up with him, but, soon, it was almost as if he was everywhere.
"Damn…" She muttered.
"Checkmate." A voice whispered behind Kirina as a knife was held below her throat.
Kirina grabbed the knife from the assassin's hand and then took his arm and flipped him. The assassin grunted and stood up as Kirina stood back.
"Who are you?!" Kirina demanded.
The assassin laughed.
"Why would I tell you?"
Kirina felt a sharp behind her and fell forward. She yelped and felt her back.
She felt the hilt of a knife.
Kirina couldn't move her legs. The assasin laughed.
"I believe you should be paralyzed... or at least part of you since I just stabbed part of your nerves." He sneered.
"Nnngh!!"
Kirina pulled the knife out of her back and gasped at the pain. The assasin was shocked. Kirina scrambled to stand up, but was unsuccessful. She felt her blood dripping from her back as her crystal became brighter.
"I'm... not... gonna let you... have... this crystal!!" Kirina screamed.
The crystal exploded with blood red light. The assasin took a step back as an angelic creature appeared from the crystal. It glared at the assasin. Kirina did her best and grabbed a tree to support her from falling. She watched in awe as the angelic creature created a ball of light and threw it at the assasin. He shrieked and vanished along with the angelic creature.
"Wow..." Kirina whispered as she became numb.
Her eyes shut and she fell onto the ground.
(((Space)))
The walls between you and I
Always pushing us apart
Nothing left but scars fight after fight
The space between our calm and rage
Started growing shorter,
Disappearing slowly day after day
Kirina looked around. It was her old house. She ran around the sunflower fields and laughed.
Wait... this has happened before.
Kirina stopped and remembered what would happen next.
A gunshot rang through the air.
Kirina ran towards her house at full speed, tears streaming down her face.
No, no, NO!!
She burst through the front door and her eyes widened as she trembled.
Her mother... in her lavender satin dress... had a hole in her head and her lifeless body was sprawled on the stairs. Kirina cried out and slumped onto the floor. She saw her tears fall onto the floor. Kirina gave a scream of anguish and stood up; leaning against the doorframe and covering her eyes.
"Th... This can't be... !" Kirina cried.
"Kirina! What's wron--"
I was sitting there waiting in my room for you
You were waiting for me too
And it makes me wonder
The older I get
Will I get over it?
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I didn't know that it would still hurt like this but I think
The older I get
Maybe I'll get over it
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I can't believe it still hurts like this.
Kevin stared at his mother with wide eyes and then at Kirina.
"What happened... ?" Kevin whispered as he slumped onto the floor in front of their mother.
"I d-dunno!" Kirina cried, turning to face the outside.
Her voice was caught in her throat as her eyes widened in fear.
There was a black creature about eight feet tall with a cat head in a wide grin and wide eyes. Kirina took step back and covered her mouth.
"K-Kevin!!" Kirina shrieked.
Kevin whirled around in time to see the creature grab Kirina.
"Kirina!!" Kevin yelled, diving to grab her...
but she was gone.
Kirina watched as the creature brought her to an old warehouse.
"Let me go!! Now!!" Kirina shrieked as more tears fell.
The creature gave something between a laugh and a meow. It threw her into the warehouse and she hit the ground and slid. Kirina stood up, shaking, and saw her arm was bleeding from the friction of sliding on the ground. Behind her was a table with straps and restraints while at the front door, the cat creature stood.
Kirina shrieked and bolted up from the bed. Sweat rolled down her forehead and her breathing was uneven. Tears rolled down her face as she looked around.
It was the aparment room. Kirina quivered and began crying; slamming her hands onto her face as her tears fell. Pieces of hair covered her face as more tears began to staining the blankets.
Her crystal glowed an ocean blue.
(((Space)))
The time between those cutting words
Built up our defenses
Never made no sense it just made me hurt
Do you believe time heals all wounds?
It started getting better
But it's easy not to fight when I'm not with you
"Let me go Al!!" Ed snapped, trying to get out of Al's grip.
"No brother! Kirina needs her rest!" Al retorted.
"Kevin! Tell Al to let me see Kirina!!" Ed yelled.
Kevin was sitting at the kitchen table staring at nothing with a sad expression on his face... almost as if he was going to cry.
Ed and Al became silent.
"She'll be fine okay? Kirina's a tough girl... she'll pull through." Ed encouraged.
"You... don't understand." Kevin muttered, bending his head down and shutting his eyes.
Ed took this chance and ran out the door.
"Hey!!" Al yelled, running to the door.
Ed was already gone out of sight.
Al sighed and went back into the room.
Ed walked down the hallway. He heard crying. He opened the door with the number 785 on it. To his suprise, Kirina was shaking, crying, and rocking back and forth.
"Kirina?! Are you alright?!" Ed asked, dashing over to her.
"It changed me..." Kirina cried.
"'It changed you?' What did?" Ed asked, embracing Kirina.
"T-The cat creature!! I-It did something to m-me!" Kirina replied as more tears streamed from her eyes.
Ed felt a pang of sadness for Kirina.
I was sitting there waiting in my room for you
You were waiting for me too
And it makes me wonder
The older I get
Will I get over it?
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I didn't know that it would still hurt like this but I think
The older I get
Maybe I'll get over it
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I can't believe it still hurts like this.
"When you mean 'it changed you', do you mean it gave you the power to morph?" Ed asked softly.
Kirina nodded as she kept trembling.
"I-It turned me into a monster!"
"Calm down... okay... ? Now... what happened... ?" Ed asked.
"M-Mom was shot... she died a-and the cat thing t-took me... i-it did something... I-I dunno what though..." Kirina replied, her voice breaking twice.
It hurt Ed to see Kirina like this.
"Okay... can you describe the cat creature?"
"B-Black... it was black w-with a crazy wide grin a-and wide eyes..." Kirina mumbled, giving a hiccup.
"Alright... where did the cat take you?"
Kirina's eyes became wide and she slammed her hands over them.
"N-No!! I don't want to go!!" Kirina cried shaking her head wildly.
"Kirina?! Calm down! You aren't going anywhere!" Ed said anxiously.
What would've caused her to become like this?
Ed noticed the crystal was an oceanic blue. The angelic creature looked like...
it was crying.
"Kirina... listen... can you please tell me where this 'cat creature' took you." Ed softly urged.
Kirina stopped and looked at Ed. Ed felt another wave of pity hit him. Kirina looked terrible...
"A warehouse... w-with a table... and restraints..." Kirina whispered.
"Do you remember anything else... ?"
Kirina shook her head as she trembled.
Ed embraced her harder.
"I'm sorry... I wasn't here when you woke up."
What was I waiting for?
I should've taken less and given you more
I should've weathered the storm
I need to say so bad
What were you waiting for?
This could've been the best we ever had
Kirina's eyes didn't hold a look of panic or fear anymore... but a look of suprise and exhaustion. Kirina carefully wrapped her arms around Ed and laid her head on his chest. A few more tears fell as she shut her eyes. Ed knew she would probably fall asleep again. Kirina listened to Ed's heartbeat... it was calm... going at a normal pace. She felt terrible for making Ed worry... it was her burden... not his.
"I'm... sorry..."
Ed looked at Kirina in suprise.
"You didn't do anything."
"I... made you worry... I'm terrible." Kirina mumbled as a few more tears fell.
Ed picked Kirina up and put her so she was facing him. His eyes burned into hers.
"Kirina, you didn't do anything wrong. Don't blame yourself for anything that happens!" Ed said sternly.
"B-But I made you worry!! It wasn't your burden to bear..." Kirina said, biting her lip and looking away.
The older I get
Will I get over it?
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I didn't know that it would still hurt like this but I think
The older I get
Maybe I'll get over it
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I can't believe it still hurts like this.
"If people worry about you, then it's their choice! Don't ever blame yourself for another person's decision again. Promise." Ed demanded.
Kirina stayed silent and fingered the mark on her back where the knife went into her skin.
"I can't."
Ed shut his eyes and gave a sigh of disappointment.
"Why?"
Kirina turned her gaze back to Ed.
"Because I'll break your promise."
Ed opened his eyes to meet Kirina's.
"Ed... I might not be able to travel with you anymore." Kirina muttered as she felt tears fall from her eyes.
Ed's face was covered with suprise.
"Why?!"
"My legs... are paralyzed."
Ed looked dismayed.
"Oh... Kirina... I should've been there..." Ed quivered as bent his head and felt a tear fall from his face.
Kirina put a hand onto his shoulder and he picked up his head and looked at her.
"What's done is done. I'm afraid I won't be able to help you anymore... and all I've done is cause you pain..." Kirina muttered, "So I'm going to be gone by tonight."
Ed was alarmed.
"No! Don't go! Please... don't go..." Ed begged, as more tears fell from his face.
"Tell Kevin and Al I said goodbye." Kirina whispered.
Kirina slammed her hand against Ed's neck and knocked him out.
(((Space)))
I'm just getting older
I'm not getting over you I'm trying to
I wish it didn't hurt like this
It's been way too long for the times we missed
I can't believe it still hurts like this
Kirina felt her wings appear and she flew up; putting Ed on the bed. Kirina felt terrible, but it was what she had to do.
"Goodbye Ed. Maybe... someday... we'll meet again." Kirina whispered as a single tear fell and she opened the window; flying out and vanishing like a nightmare from somebody's dream
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A/N: The lyrics for this chapter are from the song "The Older I Get" By Skillet. Please R&R with suggestions, comments, questions, and I'll get back to your questions. Flames are not allowed. I may end this fanfiction at chapter twenty. Please review if there should be a sequel, if the story should end at chapter twenty, or what chapter the story should be ended at. Until then, have a wonderful day.