Not One Of Us (An Elfen Lied Fanfic)

Chapter Four : New Blood

I can feel sand....

I opened my eyes just to immediately shut them to protect them from the sun's glare.

I escaped...

I used my vectors to help me sit up and saw that there were about five humans surrounding me.

"Miss, are you okay? "

"Do you need me to call a doctor? "

"Why are you naked? "

"Daddy, look! The naked girl has horns on her head! " a small boy shouted.

Humans...

Humans are evil.

They don't want to help me.

They want to get me to trust them and then they'll deceive me. They'll lock me up in a cage and torture me with electric sticks.

Humans are bad.

I glared at the female adult that was busy typing some numbers on a strange device.

She must be contacting the facility!

She knows about the diclonius!

She's going to kill me.

I instinctively let my vectors fly to the woman's neck and quickly slice it, severing her head from her body.

It hit the sand with a sick thud.

I heard the rest of them start to scream and the little male child start to cry.

I just slowly backed away.

It's for the best...

She would've killed me if I hadn't have killed her first.

"Get away from her, she's a monster! " someone screamed.

I laughed and looked up the four beings looking at me with terrified eyes.

Me? A monster? Anything but. It's you humans that kill one another over food! It's you humans that take everything around you and destroy it! It's you humans that locked up an innocent child for no reason! Just because she was different but... It doesn't make her a monster!, I screamed inside my head.

Then I slaughtered them all... Except for the little child.

I have a soft spot for children of any species.

He had wet himself and was just laying there in the sand with a small gash on his cheek where I had accidentally cut him with my vectors.

I grabbed his arm and he screamed.

"I don't wanna die... " he squeaked out and looked into my eyes.

I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes as well.

He reminds me so much of me.

Scared and confused.

Terrified and sad.

Lost and afraid.

"I won't kill you child. " I said.

I let my vectors tounch his forehead, infecting him.

"But I will leave you with a gift. " I said quietly.

Now, any offspring he has will be of my species.

I propped myself up with my vectors like before and started running.

I didn't have to kill those people. Or infect that little boy. But I did.

Why?

Lucy told me only to use my vectors as a last resort, as a means to survive.

But I just used them.

I'm so sorry, Lucy.

I promise I won't do it again.

You wanted me to live and that is exactly what I will do.

Live. Not kill.

I ran until I found a group of bathrooms by the beach I washed up upon.

I ran inside quickly and used my vectors to steal a long beach dress from the tourist shop next to the bathrooms.

I put the dress and walked out of the bathroom, feeling refreshed.

Now, what do I do?

I never thought about what I might do if I escaped. I only focused on escaping.

What do I do?

Where do I go?

I looked up at the sidewalk by the beach, probably leading to some big city.

I started walking along it until I made it to a small cafe.

I smelt the smell of freshly ground coffee and immediately was hit with a memory of my past.

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My uncle wasn't mad that day.

He had fixed his coffee like he did every morning and drank it slowly while reading the newspaper.

He looked at me, tears glinting in his eyes.

"Yona, do you miss your parents? " he asked.

I just nodded my head yes.

"I do too, don't forget that Yona." he had told me and slid the coffee cup over to me.

"Take a sip. " he said.

I took a small sip then gently put it back down on the table, careful not to break it and make my uncle angry.

"Did you like it? " he said.

I shaked my head no.

He laughed.

"That's good. Kids shouldn't like coffee. " he mumbled.

Then he pulled out another cup from the pantry and poured a small amount of coffee in it.

He handed it to me.

"Kids shouldn't like coffee but adults usually do. You are not a kid. You will learn to grow up quickly in my house. " he said.

He pointed to the cup and I obediently slurped it all down.

When I was finished I put it the sink and bowed.

"Just remember, Yona. I will never think of you as my niece. You are an intruder in this house. I do not love you. You will not love me. Understood? " he said.

I nodded my head yes.

But to tell the truth, I told a lie.

I grew to love my uncle because I realised if I didn't have anyone.....If I was completely alone in this world.... I would have no reason to live.

And I desperately wanted a reason to live.

The man that took away my compassion also saved it.

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I ended up walking into the coffee shop and sitting down just so I could smell the familiar smell.

"Hello, mam, what would you like to order today- wait are those horns? "

Oh no. I forgot to get a hat to cover them up!

"You're going to have to explain why... "