A Second Chance

Part 2 - Ineffably hopeless

"I'm done with you..."

Nya's voice cracked, but her hand was steady as she pressed the button.

"AARGHHH!" I screamed in agony.

I hit the ground hard.

Every inch of my body felt like it was on fire. My vision was starting to become blurry, but I didn't pass out. Maybe this device wasn't meant to knock me out; it was made just to hurt me, like, hurt me bad enough to break me.

"I can't even call you a monster,"

...

"Monsters don't hide who they are. But you... you lied. All these years, you knew exactly what you were doing. You used us. You used me."

"N-No, I didn't," I stammered. "Nya, I would never-"

"Now that I think about it," she interrupted, "something was always off about you. You were so kind and clumsy. Was it all an act? Were all those jokes I laughed at just a part of your plan to get us to trust you?"

...

"Looking back, I should've let you fall into that lava pit," she continued. "Nadakan, The Never-Realm, Unagami, all of it... was any of it real? Or were you just holding back until you could kill Borg?"

"Nya, please!" I gasped, forcing myself to sit up. "That's not true! I didn't kill Borg! I swear, I didn't! I was playing video games! The guy who framed me - he's just that good! Think about everything we've been through! Nadakhan, the Overlord, Unagami - any one of them could be behind this! Don't do this!"

She shook her head.

"We checked the hidden cameras," she said flatly. "Someone with your height and weight was there. The DNA matched you. The money... the notes... the timeline. It's all there, Jay. You're the villain, not the victim."

She took a shaky breath and looked away from me, like even seeing me was too much for her.

"Please..." she said softly. "Just... go. Get away from me. From all of us. Go somewhere where nobody else lives. Stay away from me. You make me sick."

"Nya... I love you. I'll love you forever no matter what,"

Her shoulders went stiff, and for a second, I thought she might change her mind. But when she looked back, her expression wasn't softening... instead, it was breaking.

"No," she said. "I've tried to hold it together, but I can't. I can't be Yang to someone like you."

She pulled her half of the yin-yang medallion out of her pocket.

Oh no...

"Nya, no,"

"I can't live with something this important built on lies," she said, holding the medallion in her hand.

"Nya, please! Don't!" I begged. "I didn't kill Borg! I didn't! I swear to The First Spinjitsu Master!"

She ignored me and raised her hand, pressing the button again.

Pain.

I crumpled to the ground in agony. It hurt so much I thought my heart might stop. Except, this agony was also including Nya's words. Everything she said hurt so much.

"Nya..."

How could words hurt so much?

"N-Nya... I... I love you,"

"This is the end,"

She threw the medallion to the ground.

"NO!"