Ch 27: Storm

At first, to those unable to see, nothing was going on. The two stood there, their faces immersed in frustration but doing nothing else. To the humans, the two girls were just standing there glaring at one another and supposedly going red in the face and sweating. The only discernable objection that nothing was happening was what seemed to be the quick rush throughout the city. The near silence was completely shattered as the side of one of the complexes exploded from an unknown force. The Diclonius alone are able to see exactly what was going on. The major battle as at least 100 vectors crisscrossed and attacked, snaring one another and reaching out for their intended victim. Windows shattered and the ground cracked from the pressure of the two most powerful Diclonius in current existence.

Eyes widening, Lucy makes the perfect decision to dodge an incoming vector which had broken through her ranks. She heard it crash into the nearby building and send a vector behind her to intercept what she knows is coming back. Grinding her teeth in annoyance, Celia rushed in herself. She was determined at this point in time to end this traitor's life. Vectors crashed into one another creating loud booms across the city. Both of them had closed the distance between each other but they kept their fighting between vectors.

Looking for that opening the crowd, both humans and Diclonius watched with awe. This was the battle between their future. Whoever won would decide the fate of the entire world. The girls, their faces expression the cold brutal nature of their desires. Their battle raged on, their powers crumbling the buildings that surrounded them.

"An opening!" Celia thought seeing a large gap between Lucy's vectors and her own body. She sent a stream of her own out, she smirked as she grabbed the girl by the leg. It wouldn't' have been enough to just rip it off though, she had to show her just how worthless she was. With a cry she threw Lucy behind her and watched as her body broke through the windows of another building. She flew up to it and went inside.

"Is that the best you can do?" Celia said, her grin looking at the battered girl slumped into a destroyed desk and computer. She paid no attention to the humans who looked at her with supreme fear. She shot off her vectors, cursing as they were intercepted by Lucy's own. Lucy took this moment, she saw the opening and attacked. It was Celia's turn to be hurt this time as she felt the thick blow to her gut. Reeling over she clutched her stomach, cursing madly and oblivious to the grip that came around her arm.

"Shit!" She cried in horror as she felt herself being lifted up and forcibly thrown out of another window. Through the shattered glass she could see her opponent flying back down at her. Her expression turned grim as she saw the multitude of arms coming down at her. Her vectors were not able to stop them all, and she felt another blow to her face. Then she felt hands on either side of her arms. Reflexively she placed two vectors on them so that Lucy would not have an easier time ripping them off. Lucy's plan however was different than what Celia had expected. Using her vectors, Lucy took the furious girl in midair and using the momentum from the drop, threw her bodily into the ground, creating a loud explosion and kicking up dust. A loud gasp escaped her list as she felt the hand grind into her stomach. It would have dug right through her and out had she not used her own vectors to stop the attack. She coughed, falling to the ground and landing on one knee as the dust cleared showing a very bruised and very pissed of Queen Celia.

Their moment of catching their breath ended soon. Their body arched forward as they both kicked off the ground and attacked. Their vectors turned into fist and both of them felt the blow to their faces. Bone shattering blows only alleviated thanks to the vectors which had helped nullified the blow. Staggering backwards they concentrated on staying conscious and attacked again. Lucy felt the reeling blow to her gut, feeling it dig in. Celia face exploded in blood as the Vector crashed into her face. Unyielding they prepared another attack.

This time both of them collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, blood pouring from their open wounds. They got up, panting heavily and attacked again. There was another loud boom and a crash as Lucy's body was hurdled into another building and the feeling of a vector around her left leg was the next thing she felt as her was sent spiraling through multiple desks and out the other side of the building. Ducking in time to avoid an incoming hand she deflected a blow to her side before she slid across the street and regained her balance.

"Have you resigned your defeat!?" Celia yelled grabbing the unexpected woman by the throat. She slammed her into the ground, throwing up blood and gravel. Lucy choked and felt the hot asphalt against her face again. At the third time Lucy decided she wasn't going to take this anymore.

This time Celia felt the hot pavement rub against her face. Screaming she felt her body being lifted into the air and thrown backwards, tumbling against the hard streets. She sent out her vectors again as did Lucy and the city was once again filled with their explosive powers. They were two near indestructible forces clawing for superiority. Both of them using their advantages against one another.

Lucy's stronger vectors

Celia's longer range.

Their baited breath lasted less than a second until their next blow sent shivers down every person who was watching the magnificent and heart wrenching battle. Blood exploded from their wounds as both stuck violent blows against one another. Lucy clutched her side as did Celia. They starred at each other and sent their vectors in. Both of the gasp as they felt the tingling sensation of fingers inserting themselves into their foreheads. Simultaneously they pinched.

They both collapsed on the ground screaming in pain, contorting in agony. Their vectors would return soon enough but as of now they gave each other a hardened deadly look. "I don't understand you?" Celia said. "How can you do this? How can you live with humans so easily?"

"Why?" Lucy said, breathing heavily both from the battle and racking, intense surge of pain that rushed through her body. She could feel the power of her vectors returning but still not good enough. "Because I love my family. I love my husband who took me in despite everything going against me! Celia listen to me…

"..You don't have to do this." Her voice was pleading, begging, something that Lucy was not known for, no matter what her state of mood had been. "You can live a good life. Not everyone out there is cruel."

"Don't lie to me." Her growl was intense. "Nobody cares for me!"

"Liar!" This time it was Lucy's turn to become angry. "What about that time you were with us!? That time you spent with all of us and how happy you were, or was that a lie too? Don't give me that crap, I know that somewhere you enjoyed the friendship and trust!"

"Shut up!" Celia screamed, fury building inside of her. "I hate you all, I hate humans…I hate…"

She choked on her own words, her anger still rising.

Why did she kill?

There were many reasons. But there was one that had started the fire. The one which indulged her to commit her acts and before she freely followed them. The Voice.