A/N: Here you go everyone! The final chapter of Day 2. FINALLY! I hope you guys enjoy the read. 2 days down, 4 more to go... ._.
It didn't take me long to find Eve. She was floating by a horse-drawn carriage, the horse seemingly normal in appearance as it snorted and shook in oblivious bliss. I
walked out of the thick of the trees, onto the beaten path toward the road the carriage was idle on, my eyes glaring up at Eve, who smirked at me in return. I looked
like a mess, like I've been through hell, but I didn't care. The only thing I cared about was taking Eve down. I stopped walking a good distance away from her, my
feet planted firmly in the snow, my eyes never leaving her, my face contorted in rage, but Eve merely snickered as she always had, her head tilted up so she looked
down at me from the bridge of her nose, as if judging me. "Good work. To be honest, I was starting to doubt you'd best the lion, but I'm content that you managed to
surpass my expectations." she spoke out mockingly, but I ignored her words, instead choosing to focus my concentration to my eyes, utilizing my new ability to see
the mitochondrial energy in living beings, and sure enough, I was soon able to see the glow of her power in her body. The lion had its power focused in its paws, but
Eve instead has her power focused to her front, and I could also see a thin outline hovering before her in the shape of an oval; her barrier. So that's how she did it.
Come to think of it, Eve had never once turned her back on me, in spite of all her power. As I studied her closer, I realized that her back is lacking a barrier, so that
must mean she can only focus it on one side at a time.
"What's the matter, Aya? You're rather quiet." Eve asked me, her smile starting to fade somewhat, but I ignored her again. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes,
my mind now focused on my feet. I need to remember. Just like with my eyes, I need to focus. And sure enough, after a moment or two, my feet started to feel really
warm as I focused most of my remaining energy into them. Taking another deep breath, I clenched my fists tightly, looking up at Eve again, and vanished.
Eve blinked and gasped out when Aya suddenly vanished into thin air, but before she could react properly, Aya suddenly reappeared by Eve's side in the air, her eyes
full of anger as she reared back her right leg. Eve was able to turn her head in time to see Aya, but could do nothing as Aya swung her foot forward, swatting her
across her face with a force strong enough to send the monster hurtling into the snow, white dust blowing up into the air as a result. Eve sputtered and gasped from
the sudden cold enveloping her body, but Aya gave her no quarter to catch her breath, reappearing once again beside Eve, standing over her body. She quickly
reared up her foot again, and swiftly lunged it into Eve's gut, sending her into the air again as Eve then held her belly, desperately gasping for some air, but Aya
wouldn't let up. She jumped up after Eve, at a height a normal person could never jump, and reared back her right fist, throwing it right into Eve's face with a
struggled grunt. Over-powered, Eve fell onto her back with a groan, the wind knocked out of her as she struggled to catch her breath. For the first time, it seemed like
Aya might be able to subdue her.
I felt new strength coursing through me as I assaulted Eve. It's something I never felt before, and it felt really good. Eve was completely helpless against me, unable
to keep up with my new speed. With my eyes, I can see that Eve was desperately trying to adjust her barrier to deflect me, but that clearly wasn't going to work
anymore. All I had to do was go around it, and she would be helpless to me. For once, Eve wasn't laughing and mocking me. No, now she was gasping for breath,
desperately trying to fend me off with no avail. Each punch I delivered, each kick that met its mark, I felt more and more certain that I could beat her. I can finally
make her pay for all the lives she took; for all the suffering she caused!
I reappeared next to Eve in midair, going around her barrier, and punched her across her not-so-smug-face, sending her falling into the ground on her back. I can see
her suffering, and I have no intention of stopping. I landed on my feet beside her, and quickly straddled her thin waist, my fists clenched tightly. Gritting my teeth, I
began to punch Eve repeatedly across her mug. Right, left, right, left, right, over and over again. I drew blood, red blood, ironically, but I kept at it, switching punches
as I wailed on her head in systematic rhythm, until it just became a crazed punch fest. All my anger and frustration and sorrow and guilt were welling up inside me as
I laid into her. The anger and frustration of always allowing her to escape; the sorrow and guilt of being unable to save all those people, they were all exploding into
my fists as I made contact with her cheeks, eyes, nose, mouth, throat, everything I could hit. However, my relentless assault was soon foiled by Eve's second wind.
As I threw another punch at her, she caught my fist in her large fingers, her talon-like nails digging into my skin. I grunted in pain from this before Eve sat upright and
flew back into the air, swiftly lifting me up with her, her grip twisting my wrist painfully. I attempted to kick at her as I braced my wrist with my free hand, but she
thrusted her tail thing into my gut in retaliation, knocking the wind out of me. I coughed and gasped, my vision blurred slightly, when Eve's voice sent a chill down my
spine. "That wasn't bad at all. I admit you caught me by surprise. I didn't think you'd get this far in such a short time. However…" she spoke to me, before she
suddenly released my wrist, and in the split second that I was in the air with her before I made my descent, she swiped at me with her large claws, the force of her
attack sending me crashing into the ground.
I coughed out violently, blood spurting from my mouth. Her claws had torn my flesh from my shoulder clean to my abdomen, my blood seeping down my sides when
the wound started to burn painfully. Shakily, I sat myself up, glaring up at Eve. "Damn you…" I muttered to her, raising a shaking hand, holding my gun, up toward
her. But Eve wasn't amused this time; I could see it in her eyes. For the first time, she was angry. Without a sarcastic remark or a shrill laugh, she pelted down toward
me and rammed her tail into my gut with a loud and painful thud. I couldn't help but scream out in pain, tears running down my cheeks, as she jerked me up from the
ground, her tail piercing me like as if I was a shish kabob. More blood began to seep from my wound and from my mouth as I hung from Eve's tail, my hands
grabbing hold of her tail in an effort to support myself, but I was starting to panic now. "Damn you! Damn you Eve!" I cursed out in anger, specks of blood flying from
my mouth, pain filling my brain from hanging out to dry and from my mitochondria desperately trying to sear my wound shut. But even now, Eve didn't smirk or laugh
as she always had. Instead, she glared at me, and I felt the fear of knowing that she might just kill me now. I clenched her tail tighter, my jaw starting to quiver on its
own, but I glared at her too until she spoke. "You're genes are growing stronger, of this I have no doubt. If you were a normal human, you'd have died already." she
spoke. I remained silent, keeping my glare on her, fervently trying to think of a way out of this. "Your superiority is obvious. So then why do you side with the
humans?" she then asked me. My glare subsided slightly from this question; I certainly wasn't expecting that. "Why not? I'm a human." I answered with difficulty. It
felt like for every word I uttered, a dagger was slipped into my lungs. This isn't good. If I don't do something, I really will die.
Eve continued to stare at me, her face contorting slightly in anger. "Why don't you understand? Why are you not siding with me?" she started to ask, but I was too
busy breathing to reply. What the heck is she talking about? Eve, however, merely sighed, crossing her arms. "It seems you still don't know who I am. Well, even if
you don't know, your mitochondria will. That's why you were drawn to the opera." she added. I coughed out at this moment, spraying blood down my chest, gritting
my teeth. "What are you talking about?" I started, but I already realized the answer myself: the newspaper. I saw the ad in the paper and suddenly just felt like going,
even though I had no real interest. I even went so far as to accept that coward's invite. She lured me just like she lured all those people to the amphitheater; with my
mitochondria. The shock must've shown on my face, because Eve finally cracked a little smile. "That's right. In order to find you, I spread my power to the opera
advertisements. It was the biggest event in the holiday season, so I knew the chance that you'd see it was good. After that, I just simply waited." she confessed. I
gritted my teeth some more, anger welling up in me, but I coughed out again, my vision getting blurry. No good… I lost too much blood…
Eve eyed me for a few moments, before she wrapped one claw around my throat and forcefully pulled her tail out of my gut. The extreme pain forced me to cry out
loudly in anguish, as I cursed her name. "BITCH!" But Eve was unimpressed. All of my strength sucked out of me with my entrails practically hanging out of my body,
I hung helplessly in the air, her steely talons cutting into my neck. Smirking again, Eve drew my face closer to hers and she sniffed at my cheek, licking the blood
from my lips. For a psychotic monster, she was surprisingly warm, though I was in no condition to do or say anything in protest, the last remnants of my strength
barely keeping me conscious. "You needn't worry. You won't die from something like this. I can't have you dying until you've come to understand everything. I need
you to keep evolving and learning, and once you've remembered everything, I'll have you answer me for real." she whispered seductively in my ear.
Aya passed out at that moment. Eve continued to study her for a few moments, before gently placing her on the idle carriage. She drew closer to Aya again and
locked lips with her for moment before pulling away, licking the blood from her own lips. Then, with a sneer, she waved a claw at the horse, setting it on fire. The
horse shrilled out in pain before rearing up on its hind legs and running off in a frenzy, dragging the carriage and Aya with him. Eve watched the carriage charge off
into the distance, before smirking to herself again.
