Beauty and The Beast {Klance AU}

You Came Back.

Nyma steps slowly up onto Keith's turret. He senses her presences and turns. They lock eyes as Nyma reaches for her pistol. She smiles softly with a hint of evil intent, "Hello, beast. I am Nyma. Lance sent me."

Lance, finally at the castle is now rushing up the staircases, searching for Keith.

Nyma watches Keith's actions. Without hope, Keith turns away from Nyma as she points her gun, finger tight on the trigger, at him. She gives him a fake pity look realizing he actually likes Lance, "Were you in love with him?"

Keith tenses slightly, an ear twitching, as Nyma continues, "Did you honestly think he'd want you?!"

Her tone is taunting and angering. Keith wants to attack but what's the point? He only offers cold silence.

Nyma's face flashes back to a serious look, her voice still taunting, "Not going to answer? Well..." She lets out a small chuckle, "Sorry..."

She fires her gun. The bullet's sheer force sends Keith tumbling forward and over the edge of the balcony of the turret. On the turret below, his claws make contact with the slanted rooftop and break his fall. He hugs the rooftop, heaving.

Nyma peers over the edge and spots Keith, clinging to the rooftop. She lets out a small chuckle as she grabs her bow. She reaches over her shoulder for an arrow from her quiver but finds nothing there. She lets out a small, "Huh..?", and turns on her heal looking towards the ground. Instead of finding a set of lost arrows she finds a pair of feet. Slowing trailing her eyes up his body, Nyma finds Lance, arrows in hand.

"Lance?"

Lance's face is full of anger. He snaps the arrows and throws them aside, "Where is he?!"

Nyma throws the bow aside, face contorting into rage, "I'm tired of these games, Lance!"

"What games?!" Lance asks, "I've never played any games with you! Look, it was you who turned me down! Now that I've moved on you can't except it! You're such a psycho bitch!"

Nyma gasps at the remark. Her shock ever so quickly turns to rage in a matter of seconds. She marches closer to the tall man and grabs a hold of his shirt, looking into his eyes, "When we return to the village, you will marry me! The beast's head will hang on our wall!"

Lance's fear only grows. He shoves Nyma away, "Never!"

Lance grabs a hold of Nyma's gun and the struggle begins. Nyma, trying to regain her footing on loose stone finds herself nearing the edge. The stone gives out sending her tumbling down a roof and into a turret onto the staircase. Lance peers down seeing no sign of her. Although the gun clatters below on a stone bridge, slowing settling.

Lance runs down the stairs, Nyma way ahead of him. Wounded, Keith climbs around the lower turrets.

"I'm coming for you, beast!" Nyma shouts.

Lance, now catching up to Nyma is just a second too late. She slides down the side of a turret rooftop to get to the gun quicker. Lance mentally debates if he should do the same for at least a second before deciding not to. Instead, he opts for the staircase. Though nearing it, the bridge starts to crumble beneath him. Before the bridge could drag him down too he jumps to safety in the next stair-filled turret.

Keith, moves from turret to turret, trying to get as far away as he possibly can from the psycho named Nyma.

Lance still searching for a way to the gun and a way to find Keith finally spots him. Keith's grip on the crumbling deteriorating castle seems to be loose. He's struggling to hold on.

"KEITH!" Lance shouts earning a turn of a head.

"Lance...?", Keith spots Lance in a window of a small turret. Joy overcomes him and he smiles even though he's in a dire situation, "LANCE! You came back!"

"I tried to stop them! But they wouldn't listen!" Lance yells.

Keith looks around for a path to get to Lance, "Stay there! I'm coming!"

As Keith makes his way towards Lance, who didn't stay put, Nyma drops down onto a gargoyle lined stone walkway. She looks up seeing she's in the middle of the pair once more and smirks. She searches for anything that could be used as a weapon. A stone spire, loose from the deteriorating castle is the perfect weapon for her. Breaking the rest of the stone away, Nyma hides, spire in hand.

Lance reaches the balcony of Keith's lair, while Keith is making his way towards him. Jumping down onto the same gargoyle lined path, Keith gets sneak attacked by Nyma. But he still pushed through even though Nyma doesn't seem to give up.

Hit after hit, Keith feels the pain growing and stumbles to the ground as the once present walkway crumbles behind him. Though he isn't safe. Nyma is still on his tail ready to beat Keith to death. Keith still fights even though death is on his back. He manages to get to his feet, Nyma behind him ready to swing.

Lance shouts, "Nyma! Stop!"

She looks towards Lance, Keith turning. The spire soon hits a partially crumbled wall and settles on the floor. Keith, although heaving, has a hand around her neck, as he dangles Nyma off the edge of the platform.

Nyma, grasping at his hand breathes out, "No... Don't let me go! Please... Don't hurt me, beast! I'll do anything!"

Her tone is pleading and whiny. Keith wants to drop her, but can't. Although full of anger, Keith brings her closer and whispers, sending daggers into her soul, "I am not a beast." and throws her aside onto the platform.

"Go...", Keith growls, "Get out!"

No one needed to tell Nyma twice. Without hesitation, she stumbled down the stone ramp of the platformed turret.

Keith looks around and spots Lance right across from his in his lair. He's ready to make the long jump although he's tired and weak.

Lance sees how large the gap is and out of concern tells him to stop, "Wait! Don't! It's too far!"

But the warning didn't stop him. At full speed, Keith jumps and just barely makes it onto the balcony. Regaining his stability, Keith gives Lance the warmest and the most softest look he as given anyone since his mother was alive.

BOOM

Keith roars in agony. Nyma right behind him on a walkway, gun in hand, smirking. She fires again, this bullet sends Keith to the ground. Nyma's smirk only grows until the crumbling sound grasps her attention. It was too late. The stone walkway crumbles beneath her, sending her to her death. Lance rushes to Keith's side, tears forming in his eyes. Keith meets Lance's loving gaze as they hold hands. Lance sees the life fading from Keith's eyes and tears start to fall.

Keith's still hung up on the fact that Lance is really here, "You... came back..."

"Of course, I came back! I'll never leave you again!" Lance cries.

"I'm afraid... It's my turn to leave..." Keith's breath is labored.

Lance is still optimistic, "We're together now! It's going to be fine! You'll see!"

Keith loses all his strength but manages to say, "At least... I got to see you... one last time."

His eyes shut, head falling back. Keith's fingers loosen from Lance's grip as his whole body goes limp.

Lance realizes...

Keith is dead.

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I wanna write more tonight but I have to get up early for school.

I also wanted the whole chase to get it's own chapter so that's why the last one was so sort.

Anyways, I might write a little more but on my phone instead of my new laptop.

Good Night! (or afternoon or morning)