Fighting Through the Air of Darkness

Mission 17- Life or Death!

        Akira slowly opened her eyes seeing she lying in snow, which was weird. She lifted herself up and looked around, seeing she was in a forest that looked like someone had burned it. She suddenly remembered what had happened, but how she got out of the tower was beyond her as she heard a girl's voice, singing. She turned her upper body to where she could see a girl that looked just like her but maybe the age of five. The little girl continued to sing as Akira stood up and said while noticing her voice echoing, "Hey, little girl, where am I?" The girl stopped singing and looked, causing Akira to hold in a scream as much as she could; the girl's face was practically burned while Akira turned and ran from her as a voice laughed at her and it was mocking her in some form of language she had never heard of as she continued to run. Akira screamed for help but so far, nothing, not even Dante was anywhere to be seen as she cried out their names, even Vergil's name, screaming, "Dante! Ann! Lady! Vergil! Please anybody, help me!" The voice felt like it was everywhere around Akira while she tripped on something and fell, causing her to crawl, but she stopped and covered her ears.

        "Please", she cried out, "Anyone, somebody, help me" "No one can help you, girl", the voice said, "Your soul is mine for all eternity" Akira felt the tears on her face as she soon heard Annabelle cry out to her, but it sounded far away, while Dante's voice also called out to her, making her cry out, "Dante! Dante, please help!" "The son of Sparda cannot help you girl", the voice said, "Nor will that other voice. Accept your death now"

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        "What's happening, bro?", Dante demanded as he saw a pained expression on Akira's face and Annabelle was deep in concentration while Vergil said, "That girl is fighting Her" Dante was confused by his older twin's response, making Vergil explain, "She's fighting against a demon that takes lost souls, souls that have felt nothing but pain, sorrow, and anything else along those lines. She tries to let them accept their fate, and whatever Arkham did, the demon is forcing her to accept death" Dante's eyes grew wide at Akira accepting death, making him reach for her hand as he said, "Fight the demon, babe. Fight it, Akira" Vergil could see in Dante's eyes that he felt something towards Annabelle's friend, as he does the same for Annabelle, but he never will admit it, at least to her. He looked over to her and saw she was doing everything in her power to save her friend. His eyes gazed onto Akira as he thought, 'She's losing her fight. If it keeps up, she will  soon die' Annabelle kept her eyes on the wound, but even though it was healing, she was still in pain. "Akira", she whispered, "please wake up. I don't know what to do" She could see Akira's wound had almost fully healed as she let out a sigh of exhaustion and felt tired, and when she stood up, she felt her head get dizzy and fell, only to have Vergil catch her. "You should rest, Annabelle", he said, "You've done enough for her"

        He slowly lowered her to the floor telling Dante to get a pillow from the bed while Annabelle tried her best to keep her eyes open when Dante dropped a pillow beside her  and helped Annabelle lay her head on the pillow. Annabelle tried to keep her eyes open but she finally let sleep take over while Dante took off his boots and climbed into the bed lying beside Akira and he placed his hand on her face, only to have his eyes widen. Her face felt cold but she was still breathing as he said, "Babe, please, fight it. I can't lose you" The whole room fell silent but the only thing that was heard was demons outside the door when Vergil said, "These girls…they are different" "I wouldn't say different", Dante said, "That is an understatement, but I'd say brave in their own way" Vergil looked at Annabelle and then said, "If they don't wake up soon, we'll leave them here. I've placed a barrier up in this room so that way demons won't bother them" "What 'bout Akira?", Dante asked, "from the looks of things, she's not going to wake up anytime soon" "She's losing her fight, if you've noticed", Vergil said, "she may not wake up, brother. If She wins, that girl is dead"