Chapter 11- My Death
The Marine Cathedral stood majestically over water. It was supposed to be a holy place. How ironic that we were walking in and preparing to commit murder.
The giant door swung open and we entered a long dark hallway. It was decorated with red carved stones on both sides. The cathedral seemed empty. As we walked down the hallway, I started to feel unease. What was I missing? It felt like someone was watching us. No, not someone. I turned to double check the red stones.
All of a sudden, all of the stones moved away from the walls and started to form a line in the middle of the hallway. Uranus and I were trapped. Then they started flying towards us at top speed. I could only assume the force of impact if one was slammed with one of those. It should be able to easily break some bones, crush a few ribs perhaps. We dodged a few and then we started throwing attacks at them. Once again, Uranus and I worked as a perfect team. We easily destroyed all of them.
Except we missed one. It was too late when I saw it. It was moving fast toward Uranus. Instincts took over and I pushed Uranus out of the way. The stone slammed into my back at bone-crushing speed. I passed out instantly.
When I came to, I saw Eugeal standing over Uranus. The gun that was used to ripped out hearts was pointing at Uranus. "NO!" I tugged at the vine that was holding me to the stone. It burned my wrists as I pulled. I managed to break free and I started running across the bridge to where Uranus was.
Those damn red stones again. On both sides of the bridge, the stones turned and started shooting bullets. I felt them. I felt all of them. As each bullet entered me, I knew my countdown clock had started. "Uranus. Haruka." I said her name over and over as I continued to make my way across the bridge. I won't let her die.
The pain intensified as more bullets hit me. I carried on. By the time I reached Eugeal, the stones finally ran out of bullets. I grabbed the gun as Eugeal was firing it. The force penetrated my heart.
"Neptune!" That was the last sound I heard. Haruka screaming my name.
The pain dulled, as my body prepared for its final moment. My heart raised out of my body and morphed into a talisman.
All this time, it was hidden inside me. I never thought my heart would be pure. How could a killer have a pure heart? Yet I was glad. I sacrificed myself so that the world could be saved. I silently apologized to Haruka as I drew my last breath. She would have to fight alone now…