Hey....Chara...

...I have something to tell you, well....it's sort of weird I guess.

I can't describe it well......

But....don't you think..it's....

Um....

Weird, how even In your most vulnerable, your weakest state, you managed to survive.

Seems impossible really, but you manged to do it.....

Though, others won't be as lucky as you were.

Not us.

.........

....

...

Oh who am I kidding, you're the one who's trapped in a glass bottle right now.

And me...........why can't I feel anything...?

Every since then.....I felt empty, I feel empty even now. But you're here with me, so everything is going to be okay.

..Right?

Chara....?

Are you there?

It's me.....

.........

Please......

=)

"You IDiot"

Drips.

That's all he could see floating in front of him. Like little rain drops making their way up to the clouds instead of the ground. Except these weren't sprinkles of rain, because rain was definitely not the color red.

Drips of blood.

If Geno didn't know better he probably would have let it all end here, thinking these are his final moments to live. That one rare second where he didn't even felt determined to live at that very moment.

Unlike Death, he was lucky enough to land in the water below, it was deep enough that it didn't do damage to his HP. Geno panic for a few seconds looking for the vampire in the water, but the water was far too dark and murky for him too see.

He kicked his feet through the water, making his way to the top. The only light that shown through the water was from the moon, tho it was still far to dull for him to see properly.

When he got to the top he looked around in a blazing panic, his soul hurt, his body hurt, hell even his non existent lungs burned.

"AUGH!"

Geno turned around and saw Death on the ground gripping his shoulder near his wing. His wing had a yellow liquid was pouring down on it, it seemed to be burning him because steam was coming out of it.

"Death!" Geno called out for him, he started to swim towards him. The water started to get shallow enough for him to start running on it, when he got up he nearly fell from the weight of the water that soaked his clothes.

Without hesitation Geno grabbed onto Death's shirt and pulled him so that his wing would touch the water. Death flinched and held in a scream as the yellow liquid washed away. Steam rose from the water making the forest seem even more foggy than before.

"Ngmp!" Death whimpered and bit down on the sleeve of his shirt, Geno helped him up to a sitting position while his wing stayed in the water.

"A-are you okay?" Geno asked breathlessly, Death shook his head and bit down harder on his sleeve. Geno panicked and looked to his wing, a huge gap was burned in the middle.

Geno felt his soul miss a beat when he saw that half of the wing was staying on with just the top bone. The bone was cracked so badly, like it would break any second.

"Oh shit..." Geno silently cursed, and walked into the water near his wing, "Does h-healing magic work on you?"

Death shook his head and stopped biting his sleeve, "How b-bad is it?" Death asked, there was a hint of fear in voice.
Geno looked back at him and back to the wing. He frowned kneeling down to the wing.

"Pretty bad," Geno said honestly, he heard Death sighed and slightly move his wing. Geno stood up and walked to the other side of Death.
"Here, let me help you."

Geno put Death's arm over his neck and wrapped his arm around his waist. Lifting him up both of them looked up to the sky and around them.

"What was that anyway?" Death asked and looked around, Geno shrugged and started walking to a small hill close to the water.

"It came directly from the forest though, and I don't think monsters can do that sort of magic," Geno pointed out, Death grunted feeling pain in his wing again.
"Monster magic doesn't linger around like that, it's disappears after a while."

"O-oh," Death grunted and slowly sat down with the help of Geno.

"I think-"

"Did you see that?"

Both Geno and Death went dead silent holding onto each other, they couldn't see up to the path due to the small hill in front of them. The voices were small and far away, it was hard to hear but they stayed quiet.

"Someone's here?" Death whispered at Geno, he nodded and stayed still keeping his head in the direction of the noise.
"Here...let me se-"

Snap

The bone holding onto the other part of Death's wing had cracked off.

Geno placed a hand onto Death's mouth before he could even scream, Death immediately buried his face into Geno's chest while Geno tried not to panic as he looked at Death's HP.

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Both of them shook, Death in pain and Geno in fear. Geno held him closer to his chest and looked up and waited, it was quiet now, other than geno's soul beating fast, not a single sound was made.

"I think.....whoever was there, is gone." Geno whispered to Death, Death nodded into his chest and pulled away. He had a few tears in his eyes and shook in pain, Geno frowned and wiped away the tears with his sleeve and looked over his shoulder.
"Death...your wing..."

"It...it's fine.." Death sniffed and looked at his broken wing, he flinched a bit when he looked at his HP.

"What happened to your HP?" Geno asked and shifted his body a bit so he was in front of Death.
"It was twelve out of twenty, now it's seven out of fifteen."

"My- My wing," Death grunted and sat up straight, "Get me closer to it..."

Geno obeyed and help Death shift closer to the broken part of his wing. Death's wing shook as he opened it out and laid it next to the broken part on the ground.

"This isn't the first time this happened..." Death sighed, Geno watched as the broken part of the wing seemed to get closer to Death's.
"The wings are connected, somewhat, like part of our soul."

Death put a hand over his soul and looked back at his wing, the two broken parts started to connect back with the bone. Geno gasped as the wing completely re attached itself back.
"So whatever was lost, it comes back to where it belongs heh."

Death lifted his wing, opening and closing slightly. He winced a bit but gave a small smile.
"I'll be fine, I won't be flying for a long time though."

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Geno stared at him for a second in complete shock and disbelief, for a few more seconds he stayed silent before burying his face in his hands.

Geno's shoulders shook and he bowed his head down, Death frowned and panicked a bit. He grabbed onto his wrist and looked at him with concern.

"Geno, are you alright-"

"Pfff hahah!!" Geno gasped and lifted his head, he had the look of pure relief on his face.
"I-i thought you were hurt for good! Hell that scared me!"

Death chuckled and let go of his wrist, Geno took a deep breath and smiled feeling his soul go back to a normal beating pace.

"Are you okay?" Death laughed and scratched the back of his head, Geno nodded and smirked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Geno snorted, he blinked and pointed to Death's wing.
"The bone, it's red."

"Huh?" Death looked over his shoulder and opened his wing, small feathers had already grown to fill in the gap where the light struck. On the part of his wing, where the bone had snapped, was blood red, almost as a rash.
"Oh...o-ow. Now that I think about it, that really hurts."

"oh - um." Geno shifted his eyes around the ground looking for anything to tie over the bone, his eyes fell on the red handkerchief tied around his wrist.
He brushed it, looking at it deeply before untying it and wrapping around the bone of Death's wing.

Death stood up and looked at his wing, "Thank you, now let's get out of here."

Geno nodded and stood up, but stayed still, he was still suspicious about the voice they heard and seems Death was too.

"It's still dark, if someone is here they won't see us." Reaper spoke, they didn't seem to calm the suspicion Geno was having.

"And what if it's another vampire?" Geno asked and raised an eyebrow at Death, he didn't seem to be prepared for that question and stayed quiet.
"Who knows if everyone is on the same side?"

Death sighed and stood next to Geno, "If that's the case, stay next to me."

As if on cue another voice spoke.

"I hear something over here!" They called out, Death grabbed geno's arm and backed up.

The sound of footsteps were growing closer and closer to the point where they heard more than just one.

Other voices where heard as well, speaking in whispers and hushed voices as if no one would be able to hear them.

They continued to back up till their backs hit a tree, with a thump a monster jumped from small hill to the ground near the lake.

Death watched the monster closely, they held a pistol in their hand and looked around cautiously. Death's eyes fell to the bottom of the monster to the rope wrapped around their ankle.

Huh, Death thought and slowly walked forward from the tree silently. Geno blinked and stayed near the tree, Death was easily swallowed withing the darkness.

Death crouched down, grabbing onto a small rock and throwing it near a tree.

"What was that?" The monster whispered and turned their back to Death. They walked forward gripping the pistol while shaking, they gave a glance at the pistol and sighed.

"Crap, I forgot to refill the bullets." They groaned and shoved their hand into their pocket. Death took the chance to grabb onto the rope and yank it hard.

"What - wait!-"

In an instant the monster was yanked forward almost hitting a nearby tree. They didn't even get the chance to even scream as their body was swallowed into the darkness.

Death ran back to Geno and grabbed his arm, they saw another monster heading over to where the monster was swallowed up.

"Come on," Death whispered and started to climb up the small hill back to the .
Geno was the first to get up and find Death's cloke, he grabbed it and looked around.

His eyes fell onto another monster who was looking around warily, Death was already making his way behind another monster quietly.

Geno walked forward as quiet as he could, he tapped the monsters shoulder but before they could even look at him Geno put the cloke over their head and tied it quickly with the rope on it.

He jumped and grabbed onto the rope, pulling it back and letting the monster fly back.
The monster Death had snuck up upon went flying as well, Death backed up and ran towards Geno.

"We have to leave now," Death said nervously, he took geno's hand once more and began to run, "Those are not scouts!"

Geno gasped and almost tripped on his his feet, "What do you mean they're not!? Who is it then?"

"They didn't have the same badge as you," Death responded and ran even faster, Geno struggled to keep up but Death had a death grip on his hand.
"I think those monsters where apart of some army."

"They must have been looking around on the trail!" Geno yelped and hopped over a log, "They probably saw the light and went in here."

Death turned his head a small but but continued running, "Most likel-"

"Leader!!"

Death stopped in his tracks and put a arm in front of Geno, he looked around and saw a few vampires from red district running to them.

"There you are!" One of the called put and skidded to the front of him, "We were looking all around for you!!"

"What's going on?" Death said and pointed to a few of his solders running in a different direction. The monster looked back at them and two other vampires came over.

"We got a message from Yellow district," One of them started.

"Apparently an X came to their district and now is going on a rampage!" The other one finished.

"What!?" Death panicked but regained his composer, "How bad is it?"

"Really bad-"

"They're being killed as we speak!-"

"We're sending back up!-"

"And yellow and requested some assistance from you!-"

"Ok, ok!" Death said and raised his arms, "There are some other problems right now, serious problems."

He looked to the two soldiers right next to him, "I want you two to stand guard in the tunnel, no one is going to be allowed in or out without my say."

The two soldiers nodded, obeying every word Death said.

"Take care of them, talk to Dr. Kim or Gerson if you need any assistance." Death said seriously, the two guards nodded and went off to the other direction.

Death turned to Geno, "Geno?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you able to use magic now?" Death asked, Geno shrugged and held out his hand. With the snap of his fingers a bone appeared in his hand and dissappeared seconds after.

"Good," Death sighed and took geno's hand again, "I'm going to need your help."

Geno nodded but didn't say anything as they walked in the same direction as the soldiers. Geno had caught on to Death's expression and eyed him.

Death's head was down almost like a bow, his grip on Geno's hand was hard and his eyes looked tired and irritated.

"I hate this." Death said in a whispered growl, his grip in Geno's hand tightened. Geno grunted but kept watch on Death, feeling concerned for him.

"Hate what?" Geno asked, but he very clearly knew the answer.

"This," Death sighed and started to walk faster, he groaned and stopped, putting a hand to his face.

"Death, you can tell me what's bothering you." Geno said soothingly, he put a hand to Death's shoulder giving him a gentle look.

Death looked at him and frowned, "It's just....it's one problem after another, one goes and another comes!" Death growled, he put his hands behind his neck in pure frustration, "When will we ever be safe!? Can we just go one day without feeling like our lives are on the line!? God....I don't want to do that again."

Geno raised an eyebrow and intertwined his hand with Death's, "Do what?"

Deaths eyes widened slightly, he didn't mean to say more then what he did. He closed his eyes and looked away, they began to walk again with the soldiers.

".......Nothing."

*You feel your sins crawling on your back*

♡

"Just a bit longer, it's almost to an end."

=)

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