The Light Falls (A Kid Icarus Fanfiction)

Chapter II.

Neither of them looked surprised at this information, as if they had known it would happen sooner or later. I laid down on the bed, staring at the ceiling as we waited.

I resisted a yell as I clutched at my arm, the pain worsening. I looked to the side as I heard quick footsteps, watching someone come into the room. It was a girl, and she was clearly taller than me. She wore her brown hair in a ponytail that bounced as she moved, and was wearing a toga just like every other angel on Skyworld. She had big brown eyes covered with a pair of frame-less glasses.

"Dark Pit," she said. She didn't seem to have any particular emotion in her voice.

"Is there a problem?" I managed to ask through the pain.

"No," she said, shaking her head. Her ponytail swung from side to side, and she carefully walked over, steering clear of the blood. "What... is this?"

She walked over to the other side of the bed, grimacing as she saw my arm. At her expression, I turned my arm to look at it, my stomach turning as I saw it. It was a cut that ran from my shoulder to my elbow, and it was pretty deep. That shouldn't have surprised me, considering the massive amount of blood I had lost, but seeing it somehow made me even more aware of the situation, my vision swimming and my body growing weak.

"Can you fix him?" Pit asked like a small, lost child. "You can fix him, right?"

There was a shadow of doubt on the girl's face for just a moment, but she looked up at Pit and smiled. "I can stop the bleeding."

She opened some sort of storage unit next to the bed, pulling out some thick gloves. I sat up in a sudden burst of pain from my arm, my hand still over the cut.

"I'm so sorry, Pittoo..." Pit said, taking a step toward me.

"It's my fault," I groaned, leaning back. "It doesn't matter. I'll be fine."

The girl pulled a chair over with her foot, sitting in it and looking at the wound. "Take your hand away," she said. Hesitantly, I pulled it away, feeling exposed. I grit my teeth and looked at the far wall as she touched it, her gloves coming away covered in my disgusting looking blood. Palutena and Pit leaned over and watched in horror and fascination, unable to take their eyes away.

"I'm not going to lie," the girl said. "This is going to hurt."

I looked over, seeing a needle in her hand. But before I could ask, I felt a sudden sharp pain, resisting the urge to yell. I squirmed as I felt the pain several more times, but each time, the pain in my arm dissipated until it felt numb. Instead, I was aware of my aching head, my muscles filled with cramps. My eyelids felt heavy, and I realized just how sick I was. The poison hadn't been meant for me, but it was taking a heavy toll.

"How did this happen?" Palutena sudden asked, her voice barely louder than a whisper.

"You're supposed to know everything that happens on Skyworld," I said. "You should be telling us what happened."

"I know," Palutena said. "Somehow, I didn't see anything suspicious. But..." Palutena fell silent, looking at the ground. "If there was poison on the weapons, it could be on anything."

I blinked slowly as the world started to blur. Katrina stopped working and looked at me with a questioning look. "You okay?"

I leaned back heavily against the pillows, my eyesight darkening. I nodded, my head feeling heavy.

"The poison is already taking its toll," Palutena said with a pained expression.

I stifled a yawn. "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. I'm not going to let some stupid poison from some stupid monster let me die."