I've started playing Final Fantasy XIII & it is just fan-freaking-tastic. Therefore, updates maybe few & far between.

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Comatose

"I don't wanna live, I don't wanna breathe

'Less I feel you next to me

You take the pain I feel

Waking up to you never felt so real"

~Skillet~

The Challenger spun to a stop on the outskirts of a line of trees. The rain had started a few hours ago, and now it was coming down much heavier than before. However, that was the last thing on Kevin's mind. The driver door swung open and Kevin ran out into the woods, leaving the car open in his haste.

He knew Gwen was somewhere around the area. He didn't know why he knew, but he just did. Thankfully, that 'connection' Gwen made between them worked both ways.

The thunder rumbled in the background, and the rain came down in sheets. Even though it was May, the rain was unbelievably cold. For some reason, Kevin did not like this, so he broke into a flat out run; with his every step, the locket thumped against his chest.

Suddenly, he felt a horrible pain in his chest that caused him to stop and fall to the ground against a tree. He was about to scream, when the pain disappeared as quickly as it came. He looked up and turned his head to every side, looking for an attacker, but nothing was around except for the trees and rain. While trying to catch his breath, Kevin looked at up at the sky through the branches; the stars were still visible.

That's when it hit like a rock. More like a building. It was gone. It felt like something took a sword, carved out half of his chest, and left him there. Painful and incredibly empty. Their connection was gone.

Still shaken up, Kevin managed to rise to his feet. He tried to say her name, but the words wouldn't come. It seemed like if he said something, he would suddenly realize what had just happened. He stayed quiet. He pushed himself off the tree, and started running again.

He ran in a straight line, completely lost now. Since he couldn't catch a trace of her, he figured heading in the same direction would do the trick. When an old, gray, brick building came into view, he realized he was right.

He stopped for maybe a second to see the entire building - or what was left of it - from the outside. It was mostly just walls now; only part of the roof was still there. Kevin didn't lose any speed. He ran around the corner to enter the building, and was halfway inside until he realized what he was looking at.

Over on the side of the building that still had a roof, in the dark, she was there. Her hand was just out of reach of the ceiling and was getting soaked in the rain, but she was on dry land. Her face turned to a huge stain glass window, away from him. She just laid there.

The thunder rumbled behind him, getting closer, and the rain only seemed to come down harder. There was no wind. Only the freezing rain.

"Gwen," he said, but she didn't acknowledge him. It seemed his legs had decided to stop working. "Gwen!" She still ignored him.

"Tch" Angry now, he started walking up to her.

From the shadows on the ground, the Celestialsapien appeared between him and Gwen.

He darted his eyes down her body then back to her face. "Who are you supposed to be?"

"Now, a messenger. I must ask you to not get anywhere near the body. If you persist, I will have to take action."

"The body..." he said to himself, looking down at Gwen, "You mean Gwen? She's not just something that you can control or kill! She's a person!"

"I am sorry for your loss, child. Though, you must know by now."

"Would you shut up already," he said, walking pass her to Gwen.

"Gwen," he stood over and reached out to her. Lightning struck close and he could see her clearer in the light. Her hair covered her face, but the skin on her neck was so white, he could see blue veins. Her chest wasn't moving. His hand hovered about an inch away from her shoulder. He tried to say something, anything, but again the words would not come.

Suddenly, the alien attacked and he hit the wall where he had entered. Kevin was on his hands and knees, trying to catch the breath that was knocked away from him.

"Her final wish was to save your life," the being said, floating inches above the ground, "but, again, if you persist, I will be forced to take action."

He raised his head to look at her, "She is not dead!"

She made no reply, just floated there, and waited for it to set in.

"She's not--," Kevin looked from the alien to Gwen, lying completely still in the small shelter of the pouring rain. The thunder rumbled closer.

He looked down at the wet floor of the church, trying not to choke or throw up. He slowly looked up to the alien. "I don't get it," he said, "Why her? Why did it have to be her?"

"You know that answer," she said, "Complete Anodites have a much longer life span. With her, the Earth will go on for much longer."

"She's not the only Anodite!"

"She is the only one that lives on this planet."

He looked back down, "I just don't-- Out of everyone, why her?" Turning his head back up, he said, "Why not just take humans?"

"It would have taken many lives."

"Who cares!? You didn't have to take her!"

"It was her choice, ultimately. She chose to come here, and chose to die for those lives. She's made a great sacrifice."

Kevin threw his head away from her, clenching his jaw.

Slowly, he stood up and looked at the alien with pure hatred. "You took her," he said, "You have the power to give her back."

"I could," she said, unfazed, "but I refuse, for this planet's survival and the fact that it was not my decision to make."

"I wasn't asking!" he screamed, and charged for her without absorbing anything. She moved her hand, and Kevin was thrown outside of the church into a tree. He caught his breath, got up, and did it again. She moved again and threw him against another wall, beside Gwen.

Kevin fell on his knees and tried to catch his breath again. He knew one of ribs was broken, but that was the last thing on his mind at the moment. His eyes rolled back to the alien, who floated a few inches above the ground, still unfazed. This only ticked him off more.

He absorbed the concrete under him, and charged again. Her arm grew massively. She used it to knock Kevin back against the wall, and keep him there. The concrete started breaking off in pieces.

"Are you not a Plumber?" she asked him, "Do you not care what happens to this planet and the people on it? She did."

He looked up to her, the rain still falling in sheets. "I never cared. Until Gwen showed, I didn't care about anything except me and my car," he told her, "If she's-- If she's not there-- I don't give a damn about this planet, and I don't give a damn about the people on it! Gwen's all I care about! As long as she's safe, then nothing else matters."

"Then what will you do now, since she's dead?"

Kevin clenched his jaw tighter. "I'm going to kill you and drag her back, if I have to!" He broke out of her hold, shattering her arm. She retracted it, back to normal, while he screamed, charging for her.

She let a grunt slip past as she wrapped an aura around him, and threw against the oppisite wall. He fell to the ground, bleeding now, and realized he wasn't breathing right. She drifted to the ground, standing in front of Gwen's body, watching Kevin.

"I'm sorry, child. You should have stopped while--" He was getting up again, so she just stayed quiet.

Kevin had no idea how his legs still supported him, but, again, he didn't care. The thought of charging after the alien again drained him and he looked over to Gwen. Without realizing it, he had started walking to her. The alien stood there and watched him. On his side, he felt a sharp, hard pain. When he looked, he noticed how much he was bleeding, so he held his side, putting pressure on it and kept walking.

Things started getting dark, and it seemed like the thunder kept getting further and further away. He reached his bloody arm out to Gwen, and fell to the ground. Kevin looked up at her from where he lay, and stretch his arm out to her as far as he could. "Gwen.... I... I'm sorry... Gwen..." She still didn't move.

He didn't know whether it was the rain or his tears, but his vision started getting foggy until he couldn't see her anymore.

The thunder rumbled in the distance.

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Oh snap.

Sorry for the wait, but I'd only work on it when I'd get stuck on FFXIII and give up. So... SORRY!!!

Beta-ed by Darianella

Hope you enjoyed it. R&R

I'll have the next chap up at some point (I don't even know why I put that) & Yes people! It is not over yet!!