The Protector || MJ (TRV - Book 1)

24 | I Don't Want To Be A Hero

~Subject me to the truth, to the horror and pain, until my mind is twisted...~

I Don't Want To Be a Hero

Michael

"I... I just saw you..." I couldn't find the words. It was her.

"I... I can't explain, Michael." Elise helped me up, as we embraced each other again.

"What did he do to you, why did you abandon me earlier? I thought I would lose you." As I touched her, the more I believed she was back.

"Michael... Xandor is ... he got me in just one conversation... but his story makes me pity him, Michael. If staying with him will help ease his pain..."

"You belong with me, Elise! You belong with me! Not HIM!"

"You went so far to help me, Michael, but I have changed - I can no longer go back to being with you, Michael. I am tainted with darkness far more than you are. I saw you trying so hard to blend in to save me... I couldn't do anything. Xandor was watching me. The darkness that had invaded my brain controlled me; I can't do anything. But seeing you cry after killing Jason... I made it a point that I must come here!"

"I sometimes wonder how you come here in one piece... but I missed you so much, did you know that? It feels heartwarming to be in your arms again..." I cried and embraced her tighter, not wanting to let her go.

"I do miss you too, Michael... but... we have to stop now. I... we can no longer love each other..." Elise backed off, as my eyes went wide in confusion.

"I... have married Xandor, Michael. I had no choice..." I tried to read her thoughts to understand her, but I just couldn't.

"I... I will kill you, Xandor! " I was about to burst into a fit of anger when Elise stopped me.

"You cannot let it out again! You need to conceal your whereabouts now! This new species... the ghouls... Xandor will eventually find all of them that he had made and bring them back. You need to run away!"

"I won't leave without you; you know that!" I held onto her hand tight, refusing to let go. She squirmed against my grip, realising I had grown stronger as a result of my turning.

"I'm sorry, Michael... but if you don't leave now... I will have to eliminate you!" She transformed into that girl that had abandoned me and left with Xandor, now a mindless, sadistic torturer.

"Why don't you run away?! Why are you not afraid of me? Why? I had you done in the other time!" Surprisingly, she did not change in behaviour - Now realising I had a chance, I picked up my mask and wore it.

"If you don't want to be a hero anymore... and that's the truth... I'll follow you wherever you go; we'll walk the path together." I unzipped the mask and kissed her, a kiss that never seemed to end.

"How dramatic, how dramatic." Xandor! I moved Elise behind me, blocking Xandor from reaching her.

"You went all the way to save her. Even turned yourself into a Fallen for it. I wholeheartedly respect you, Michael, but it just shows me more how weak the Protectors have become against my new species, because you, the last Protector, have also fallen." Elise pulled me away and moved back to Xandor.

"I couldn't forget him, she said. She kept on begging me to set her free, let her hold you for the last time. I wonder what you did to her, that made her remember you so fondly, miss you so badly. But Ophelia, have you any more requests?" As soon as he called Elise "Ophelia", her eyes burned red instantly, washing away any trace of her original eye colour.