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Date Posted: 23:44:37 09/18/04 Sat
Author: Unnamed
Subject: ...

There was a time...

The beast shifts from it's position, legs drawing beneath the bulk of a furred frame then extending, allowing the creature to rise. Her eyes slowly open into the morning, aware of the blur of creatures swarming around her before the first glimmers of light draw into her gaze. It is a pattern that surrounds her, unchanging and constant, harmless in its own monotony, except for those who knew better.

There was a time when you would...

The beast draws her tailblade close to her flank, knowing the frailty that callous shells kept hidden. Skin was soft if a scowl was not, and she could hurt them so easily. Best to be careful.

She walks against the current, unseen and seeing all.

There was a time when you would at least...

Ears slick back against an ebony head, sensation dipping into controlled nothing as paws pad against concrete sidewalk, claws never clicking on the pavement.

The world fades to black and white.

There was a time when you would at least snarl...

A glimmer of something lost. Something red amongst the flow of grayscale. Immediately everything within her soul hones in upon it. Him. A young boy crying on the curb.

He doesn't see as the beast walks up behind him, her breath warm on his hunched back. He doesn't quiver as she curls up around him, head placed comfortingly in his lap. He says nothing as quietly she whispers to him, for he does not even feel her warmth. All he knows is suddenly that inner cold is gone, he is free to join the game again. In a swift motion, he is up and gone...

Crimson fades to white.

The beast shivers.

There was a time when you would at least snarl before you bent over backwards for someone.

Not today. Not today.

Not to...

"Bitch!"

The beast jerks backwards as an unforgiving bullet buries itself in her flesh.

"Coward!"

Lips curl back, instincts flowing free. The animal within rips free from human standards, and reflexes dodge the next shot.

"Ugly know-it-all excuse for an over-achieving, over-bearing fool!"

The tail-blade arches high, and a bystander, not seeing the weapon rise, is sliced in two with the motion. Something within the creature spasms, and she twists her neck to the side, staring listlessly at the gore behind her.

"You're an idiot!"

Rows of jagged teeth are bared as the femme's snarl ripples with surprising ease from a dry throat. Another bullet tears into her shoulder, and the beast swivels, trying to find the source.

Monotony disrupted. The world holds a gun. Man, woman, child step forward from the blur, wielding a thousand thundering rounds... the beast cries out as bullets pierce her body, somehow stopping short of the heart. Her own blood pours down her sides and mingles pointlessly with the corpse behind her.

The corpse doesn't care.

"Give up" Pain. "Keep going" Shot. "Do this" Blood. "Forgot that" Death. "Help me" Metal. "Leave me alone" Cold. "Damn you" Unforgiven. "You're so cute" Trial. "Are you okay" Slavery. "I'm fine stop asking" Lost. "Go to hell" Gone. "Save me" Gore. "Give up" Pain. "Keep going" Shot. "Do this" Blood. "Forgot that" Death. "Help me" Metal. "Leave me alone" Cold. "Damn you" Unforgiven. "You're so cute" Trial. "Are you okay" Slavery. "I'm fine stop asking" Lost. "Go to hell" Gone. "Save me" Gore. "Give up" Pain. "Keep going" Shot. "Do this" Blood. "Forgot that" Death. "Help me" Metal. "Leave me alone" Cold. "Damn you" Unforgiven. "You're so cute" Trial. "Are you okay" Slavery. "I'm fine stop asking" Lost. "Go to hell" Gone. "Save me"

ENOUGH!

An eruption of crimson death surges out in a vast circle from the dying creature, her blood and spirit dancing some final tango of despair as the enormous circle of pain rises, crests, and falls. Drowning, and carrying the remains of burnt memories out into the darkness.

As the creature falls, her eyes, slowly fading rubies, stare without tears into the remnants of what was already gone...

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