Silvana sat still, looking straight into the distance, and trying to fight off the feeling of nausea in her stomach. Carefully, she pulled her uniform back on, before turning to Naoki.
"Why did you have to hurt yourself?" she asked him, gently. She'd remembered that zealous look in his eyes as he plunged the blade into his skin, "I...I didn't like it when you hurt yourself..."
Silvana looked around the room, with all the strange metal devices. She tapped the electrodes, still attached to her body. She'd never been so far from nature before, and it was taking its toll. The last time, when she'd healed Naoki, it had hurt, as if a small piece of her soul had been torn off. But now, she could feel the nausea getting worse, and she was aware of a dull ache in her chest. Her magical power was beginning to run low.
"How long will this go on for? How long will I have to be your lab rat?".................
Naoki could see something was wrong. Could it be that she didn't want to do this? Well of course no one would want to be a lab rat...
"No more. I can tell this is affecting you, for whatever reason."
He said dead serious this time.
"if we could only find a way..."
He said. She seemed to feel uncomfortable. Like she wanted to just run off. So he asked her.
"Do you want to go to sleep? Are you tired?".............
It happened too quickly for Naoki to react.
Silvana grabbed her chest, gasped, and fell down onto the floor. She was struggling to breathe, struggling to keep her eyes open. She made a grab for Naoki’s hand, and looked at him,
"Take me...outside.”
Just like that, she stopped breathing. The machine she was attached to was making distressing noises, and she was starting to turn blue. Without thinking, Naoki grabbed her small, surprisingly light body. He ran out of the room, carrying her through the doorway. He tried not to look at Charles, standing outside the door.
Eventually, he reached the soil. He placed her onto the ground, and the change was instantaneous. The blue colour left her face, and Silvana began to breathe again..............
Naoki was so scared. He’d never felt this scared in his life. Not even when those soldiers had left him to bleed to death.
"What the hell?"
Charles whisper shouted to them. They weren't supposed to be outside during the night. It was pretty dangerous, and if they got caught, they'd be punished.
"Just shut the fuck up Charles."
Naoki growled at him, mad for what he did to Silvana. He then picked up the fragile girl, and said.
"She has to spend the night out here. I'll stay with her in the forest to keep her safe."
He said briefly brushing over his knife making sure it's in his pocket.
“What happen..."
Charles started off again.
"I. said. shut. Up."
Naoki hissed at him and walked off silently, looking pissed off......................
Silvana Crow was dying.
That happened to her if she spent too long away from Nature. Because magical abilities like hers came at a price.
Now, her brain seemed to find pleasure in replaying every crime she’d committed. Showing her the faces of all the people she’d killed.
"Go away," she said, “I didn’t want to do it.”
And yet, the images continued to come. Suddenly, they stopped, and Silvana could see some sort of white light. She was being pulled towards it, and she was too weak to resist.
Suddenly, the light disappeared. She was lying on the dirt. Still too weak to stand up, but she could feel herself getting stronger. She opened her eyes and saw Naoki, holding his knife and looking out for danger,
"I don't need your protection," she said, trying to get up and falling down again,
"Well, maybe..”
Then she heard a rustle in the bushes. Two figures emerged, and she recognised Charles. She didn’t recognise the other guy, but knew he was obviously of high rank. He stared at Silvana. Her ears were no longer hidden, and her body seemed to emit a weak, but visible light, as she gained power.
“What the hell?"
"Lieutenant, she has powers that could win us the war," said Charles, "I'm sorry, Naoki. But we have to be cruel to be kind sometimes."

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In The End
FantasyHello dear readers! We're both terrible at intros so.... Three sentences to describe the story: When private Naoki's life is saved by a girl with healing magic, his life changes forever. The girl, Silvana, needs to get home, for there is unfinished...