Chapter Two: I Simply Made Myself Better
"I suppose it can't be helped," said the girl, "You always were on the murderous side."
"How can you see my vectors?" growled Lucy.
"How can a bird fly? Why, my dear Lucy, it gets and adjustment and evolves. In essence," the girl clung to the left side of her shirt, near her heart, "I simply made myself better." Lucy stared back in shock.
"Who...are you?" whispered Lucy.
"Who am I? I can't believe you don't remember!" At this the girl's smile and eyes widened. She held up the piece of paper, "I THOUGHT you were my friend! But you're just a liar! A good for nothing liar! Take a look at this." At that the girl crumpled the piece of paper and tossed it at Lucy. Lucy caught it, and promptly uncrumpled it. Her eyes widened. For, she saw herself sitting on a bench five years before, meeting a girl named Maki. She was the only one who ever understood her, her only friend. Maki had died a long time ago, before Lucy was put in her hellish prison. Lucy crushed the paper in her hands as tears streamed down her face.
"You're an impostor," Lucy yelled, "Are you an operative for the people who took me away? Are you trying to mess with my mind so I can come back?!" The ground underneath Lucy started to crack, then broke into pieces as Lucy's vectors tore into them. "People like you..." Lucy growled, "MAKE ME SICK!" Lucy propelled herself forward, attempting to kill the small girl in a fit of rage. She got closer, attempting to punch the girl, but was stopped. Lucy's fist landed into the palm of the girl's hand, and was crushed as the girl's hand squeezed down faster than Lucy's vectors could react. Lucy screamed in pain and stepped back to gain some distance away from this rather strong girl.
"How did you do that?" Lucy inquired fiercely, "No one, not even a grown man, could crush a person's hand into fragments. So how could you, some small fry, do it?!" The girl cooed softly.
"Lucy," she said hoarsely, "I guess you don't know what happened to me. Allow me to show you." The girl unbuttoned her dress, and revealed her upper body structure. It was covered entirely with metal, except for a small patch of skin around her abdomen. In that area, a scar had formed. "Lucy, I died that day. But Kurama saved me for whatever reason. I always believed that I would find you, and be friends again. But," The girl's eyes narrowed, "He told me about your abilities. About how you are a telekinetic. And then he left me alone to be tortured. After all that, I realized something." The girl buttoned back her dress, and kept on, with anguish in her eyes, "I realized you could have saved me from Hell. But you didn't. You were only out for yourself..," The girl closed her eyes, then screamed, "WEREN'T YOU LUCY?!" Lucy backed away, and spoke up,
"You were the one who jumped in front of me, Maki. Listen," Lucy seemed more calm, more sympathetic. "Maki, I didn't tell you about my powers because I was scared. I was afraid you would want to kill me, just like Kurama. If he tortured you, then why don't you want to kill him?" Maki laughed a bloodcurdling laugh, then replied,
"Lucy, you don't get it, do you? I think I may have gone crazy or somethin', but I do know one thing: You had the power to save me, and you didn't. And for that, I'm going to kill you with the robotic power and technology that Kurama gave me." Maki craned her head up towards the sky, then lifted her hand. Her arm quickly turned into a long cannon of sorts, which obviously gave her the upper hand. "Listen Lucy," Maki cooed, and looked back at Lucy, "I'm just gonna kill you like you killed me. Minus the robotic parts, of course." Maki brought down the cannon and fired a hail of bullets. Lucy bolted, knowing her vectors couldn't work when she was in pain. She bolted up the building wall beside her, jumped from it, and attempted to kick Maki in the head to stun her. However, she only got as far as the wall before she was struck down by a bullet.
Lucy fell to the ground, and realized she had been hit in the abdomen. Maki stepped over her, a smirk on her face.
"Ironic, isn't it, Lucy?" Maki was smiling a malicious smile as Lucy was coughing up blood. "I, the one you killed, comes back to kill you! Now, I just LOVE that sort of ending. How 'bout you?" Maki pulled out a handgun and placed it on Lucy's forehead. Lucy was groaning, attempting to grab Maki's throat, but couldn't force up the strength to get close enough. Her arm fell hard against the bloody sidewalk. "Well," whispered Maki, " I guess we'll find out in the next world, won't we?" Maki slowly pulled the trigger, but was interrupted by the sounds of sirens. She pulled up the gun, and looked down at Lucy. "For next time," Maki whispered, then ran off into the night.
A police car swept down the street, hearing a call of gunshots. He connected this with the calls of a lost girl called Nyu, and immediately brought Kouta, a guardian of the girl, with him. When he stumbled upon Lucy, he had Kouta check it was the same girl while he called an ambulance. Kouta nudged Lucy, asking if she was okay. Lucy responded,
"Nyu?" she said in pain. Kouta had confirmed it was his friend, and informed the police officer. An ambulance came down the road, and took Lucy and Kouta to the hospital. Kouta was told that Lucy would recover, but what he didn't know was what was destined to happen next.