Love & Hate
A loud rumbling comes from underground. All around, more vines are breaking out. Even tall skyscrapers are beginning to collapse. There aren't many open spaces left for those remaining to escape. The chances for the injured to leave are extremely small. It won't be long before Jack, Crow, Yusei and Akiza have to leave too.
Selene glances around, and a large smile spreads across her face. Bitterly, she starts laughing. In a visible fury, she raises her arm. New vines erupt in that direction, lashing out at everything in its path. Her smile grows amidst the cacophony of screams and chaos.
Suddenly, two hands grasp her arms. She turns to see Yusei, and something flickers in her eyes. He doesn't even manage to say anything before she starts laughing again.
"Selene, what are you doing?" Yusei asks. "You know this isn't right. Stop it!"
"Oh, but look around, this is fun. Can't you see nice this is?" Selene smiles, glancing around. "It's like the most beautiful orchestra."
"No, it's not; look what you're doing!" he exclaims. "You're hurting people, and you know you don't want to do this."
She turns to look at him, still smiling. "I left you to be by Sayer's side because I wanted to control myself… How stupid was I? This is where I belong; destroying everything! Won't you come and join me?"
"Of course not! Stop it Selene," Yusei urges.
She scowls unhappily, but flinches. She glances back over to him, and again, something flickers in her eyes. Selene laughs bitterly.
"Then you are an enemy to me," she says.
However, after a few moments, nothing happens. She gasps and doubles over. Sharp pains erupt in her head. She growls, furious, and forces herself upright.
"You don't care," she snarls. "You've never understood! You don't know…"
"Then tell me, or I'll never understand," he says.
Shock flits across her face. Selene pauses, and glances up at him, so he doesn't know she's looking. The dark expression in her eyes slowly fades. As her senses slowly begin returning to her, she sighs.
"Yusei!" Crow yells, a distance away.
There's suddenly no time left. The damage is far too great for Yusei to leave safely. Even Crow, Jack and Akiza are forced to vacate the area. Although they all believe he can talk Selene out of her attack. Selene, on the other hand, isn't so confident. As she glances around the carnage she's caused, her confidence drops.
Suddenly, she collapses, shrieking. She manages to get back up onto her knees again. Selene then tries to pull away from him. However, by doing so, her sleeve slips. Yusei notices first, and she stops the moment she sees it. The long red gash from her wrist up past her elbow is prominent against her pale skin. Then, from under her sleeve, a trail of blood slips down her arm. Her eyes shift out of focus, and she sways.
She laughs nervously. "I never did like blood…"
"Selene, you have to stop this," Yusei urges.
She turns to him, apologetic. "I can't, it's not mine to control."
"What do you mean by that?" he frowns.
"Sayer absorbed Sasha's power and he injected it into me. I don't know how these work," she winces. "Please promise me something? Promise that you'll stop me, because I can't."
"You mean-" he exclaims, shocked.
"You're right, I don't want to hurt people," she coughs, and a sliver of blood escapes. "I know I'll stop eventually, but more people will be hurt… Somehow, I think you understand what I mean already. Please?"
"I'm not killing you," Yusei says, firmly.
"Do you really think it's such a bad thing?" she asks, tiredly. "I'd quite like to know what I've done to others…"
Her eyes flutter closed, and she collapses. For a moment, everything grows still, but then it starts again. Twisting and turning, more and more vines erupt around them. Writhing and contorting more violently than before, the vines shoot upwards. Areas of the sky darken from the tall shifting buildings and the rapidly climbing vines.
From the rate that Selene is bleeding out, and the vines are spreading, they could demolish the city. Yusei knows that if that happens, most people might not be able to escape…
Author's Note: I'm so sorry! I meant to start this on All Hallows Eve, but I wanted to write and upload Dollhouse, a horror story. So, yes, I also wanted it up yesterday, but that's when I started it, and it's here now. So, yes I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter.
* Any of you who has seen Chinese Paladin will probably understand… If not, then check the story status thing. That might diffuse some confusion, and create a little more...
-Inspiration came from Ling'er from Chinese Paladin, and the aptly named My Love, My Fate song by Janice Vidal (Wei Lan). Those first lines are very accurate; some of the first lines anyway.
ilikechocolate: I'm guessing this probably wasn't what you expected of this chapter, ahahaha. I'm glad you really liked the last chapter though.