The Reasons We Fight Pt 2

by Niko Kurosaka

With his mother rescued, Niko and Sapphire start to discover more about each other and about the people that helped them. When new revelations come to the surface, Niko and Sapphire must put their heads and resources together to take on the Director! Will they succeed? Find out now in part two!

21. Laid to Rest

Chapter 22

Laid to Rest

Niko jumped at this and tilted his head. What did she mean by "put her to rest"? It dawned on him that she meant Allison. But wouldn't that take her powers away? he thought. Why was she doing this? What was going on? Too many question but no answers was something that never flew well with Niko and he was gonna say something but then time froze around him.

"Whoa!" Niko said having been scared so badly he almost flew out of his fur. "S-Sapphire? What did you do?"

Somehow he figured she must've froze time but why was he the only one unaffected by this?

Not only did the world not freeze for Niko, but he was also warped into a small, rectangular shaped black room that had blue energy pulsing within the walls and a glass floor. They were in the memory unit. They were in the last piece of Allison's mind.

On one side of the room stood Sapphire and Niko, and on the other side was Allison in her armor. No one was able to move, but there was speech.

"Hello," Sapphire started as she looked ahead, breathing gently.

"Who... Who are you?" Allison asked in between yawns. Her voice sounded tired, and truly weak.

"You... Don't recognize us?"

"Oh, I'm... I'm sorry. I'm just, uh, really... Tired. My name's, uh..."

"You're Allison," Sapphire reminded, sadness leaking into her voice slightly.

"Right, uh, Allison. That's me. And you guys are..?"

"... Let's just say, we were close," Sapphire replied after a moment, not wanting to face the reality that Allison was slipping away.

"Oh... Ok."

For once, Sapphire felt like she needed to cry. She swallowed her tears and tried not to choke on them. "I need you to rest now, Allison."

"Heh, rest... I'd like that."

Sapphire closed her eyes, only to open them again quickly. "I thought you might." She looked to Niko, then back to Allison. "Look, we have to go now. You just rest, ok?" Her sadness now leaked heavily into her voice, and it was obvious she was severely holding back tears. "... Goodbye."

"Weird, I don't know why, but I hate goodbyes," Allison replied, blinking behind her helmet, growing more and more tired by the second.

"I know why..." Sapphire sighed in grief.

"Goodbye."

With a flash of bright light, Niko and Sapphire returned to the normal world. Slowly, the Allison clones deactivated and fell to the ground.

That was it. Allison was finally at rest, at peace.

She was gone.