Sunday, February 26, 2012

Beyond This Place

Chapter 13

He's falling apart.

The others, Neru, Kaito, Meiko, Luka, the ship with Miku and Rin in it—all of them—have already left after he's told them to, and he's alone. The animals are ripping at his weakening form and everything hurts. His right hand has severed from his body and he doesn't glance at where it convulses on the floor before ceasing its movement.

He feels so loose, like his limbs are going to fall apart. A tiger guard animal plunges a paw against his right shoulder and his skin rips gruesomely, cracking. His arm falls to the floor. He only glances at it before shooting more of the oncoming foes.

Teeth wrap around one of his back legs and wrench that off as well, as if gnawing on a chicken leg.

He balances uncertainly on three legs and smiles bitterly at the lion which is now ripping at the leg ferociously and shoots it in the eye. It falls with his leg in its mouth.

The animals close in, growling. He doesn't growl back. They rip his limbs off, one by one.

It hurts so much, but he just smiles and reaches out at something invisible with his left arm before a dog jumps up and tears it off, leaving a crackling stump.

"I'll never forget you, Rin."

With these words, his voice melts and he falls to the ground noiselessly.

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