Broken Glass (Joshua x reader)

Chapter 29

"All you have to do is let me take your life and I won't have her kill herself. Simple, is it not? I figured even someone like you could understand it that way," Nikolai sneered towards Joshua who was frozen like a deer caught in the headlights. He was silent and my hands moved closer to my throat as Nikolai raised his hand towards me.

"Joshua," I said, making his attention turn towards me, "Don't do it. No matter what happens, I know that you'll make the right decision. Nikolai just wants your power-" Tears formed at the corners of my eyes as I felt my hands close around my throat. It burned as my hand began to lace itself with the imagination fed by Nikolai. "-and I don't want you to die! He'll just take my power and kill me once you're dead!" Joshua's hands balled into fists as his arm holding his phone began to shake. Shakily, I saw him flip his phone open and he held his hand out towards me and I felt my entire body freeze in place as Joshua ran forward, clicking a button on his phone as a beam of light struck where Nikolai once was. He jumped back and blood dripped down his chin.

"Fine! Have it your way!" Nikolai spat and I felt what Joshua had cast on me break and the invisible chains holding me back snapped as my hands raised towards Joshua who took a step back. His face was in a state of shock as light gathered in my hand, forming a ball of light. Despite all of my struggling, I released it towards Joshua who barely dodged it in time. My body was numb and didn't respond to anything I told it. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw imagination be pulled in by Nikolai whose chest began to glow as his breathing settled down from its raggedness.

"J-Joshua, it's OK if you hurt me... I know that you don't mean to, but if you don't do something then I'll end up harming you and I won't be able to live with myself if I do...," I said, though my voice was just barely over a whisper. A tear slipped out of my left eye as I felt my body lurch forward as I flew towards Joshua who levitated in the air, and quickly backed down as I flew towards him, my arm outstretched as if I was going to deliver a fatal blow to his head. Joshua stumbled backwards and ran around the room to avoid the bolts of light that flew towards him as my imagination was unwillingly being used against him. As I flew around a feather flew from my wing at unbelievable speed towards Joshua, who managed to barely stop it mid-flight as it dropped harmlessly to the ground, lightly floating and taking its time.

As I zoomed at Joshua again, he opened his mouth to speak, grimacing slightly as a bolt of darkness hit his shoulder, slicing open the fabric as Joshua held it, his hand stained red., as his shoulder sagged. The cut was deep.

"(Y/n)...," Joshua whispered, casting his face downward. "I can't... Even if it would kill me, I just... I can't bring myself to hurt you. Someone's on their way though," Joshua said as he glanced around the room, from Nikolai and then back to me. My expression twisted into one of sadness as it felt like a needle was being stabbed into my chest. Nikolai lunged at Joshua with newfound strength and I watched in horror as my body acted on its own, lunging at Joshua as well as I prepared an attack in my hands. Joshua raised his hands to attempt to reflect at least one of us when the skull symbol on the player pin appeared in front of Joshua, blocking off Nikolai as a massive burst of light made him fly backwards, creating a massive crater in the wall where he was thrown back. He groaned and held his head, feeling the blood that trickled down it. It only blocked him though and I flew towards Joshua knocking him off of his feet as I threw him into the wall. Joshua looked up at me as my hands wrapped themselves around his throat. His phone was lying nearby, a couple feet away as it skidded across the ground. He reached for it and found it useless as it was too far away. Nikolai walked over and kicked it towards the wall, even further away as Joshua's eyes widened.

Joshua brought his hands up to mine as they began to close around his throat. Horror contorted my face as my eyes grew wide. I struggled against Nikolai's grasp on me and felt unsuccessful.