Prelude: Chapter???

Prelude: Chapter???

      This was looking bad, and I was starting to wonder how much longer I could take this. I was running out of options, and I wasn’t sure if I could hold back Shima's attack for any longer. My muscles were straining themselves just to keep from getting my head cut off, and it truly felt like pushing back a building that was falling on me. But if anything, I had to make sure Luna stayed safe, that’s all that mattered right now.
I turn very slowly towards Luna so that Shima’s sword wouldn’t cut me, and right when I saw her out of the corner of my eye I yelled, “Run Luna!"
I pushed back a little bit on Shima's sword.
"Run before its too late, I don’t want you to die here!”
    Shima pushed me back down even harder than before and it felt like my wrists were about to break. This was unbearable but I still held out as long as possible.
“I’m not leaving!” Luna screamed, “You mean too much to me for me to just abandon you here, after all we’ve been through!”
I tried looking at Luna but Shima was pushing too hard for me to lose focus.
    “But you have to leave!” I yelled as I felt the strength slowly leaving my body, “I care about you too much to see you get hurt. If you don’t hurry and get out of here, I don’t know what will happen.”
     “So what! You think that just because you’re the one with revenge in mind that this is all about you! I wanted to come too, so I deserve to be here just as much as you! Besides, I care about you just as much as you care about me, so I’m not leaving you either.”
I felt the love from her voice in my heart and it warmed me up a little bit. It gave me enough strength to push Shima’s blade more than two inches away from my neck.
     “Well, I didn’t want it to be like this. I just wanted to have a normal life like every other kid. But, after all the people who have suffered on my way here, and how much I’ve changed, I guess that’ll never happen now.”
It was getting really hard to hold back Shima’s attack now and I knew I wouldn’t be able to hold him back for much longer. I could already feel the sharp cold hate from his blade scrapping my skin. I looked in his hate filled eyes and I could feel the pain of everyone he had killed and the angry and drive he had to kill me. He was much stronger than I ever would’ve imagined.
    “I’m so sorry Drake. I never should’ve brought you into my world. I should’ve just left you alone! I'm so sorry, please forgive me.”
I couldn’t see her directly but I knew she was crying. I could feel her pain. It hurt me just as much on the inside as it did her.
    “Luna listen carefully because I don’t have much time to tell you this.”
She looked at me with tears in her eyes.
“I don’t regret anything Luna, and I don’t want you to think you forced me to come here. If you remember correctly, I was the one who chose to come here, and believe me I’m glad I did. If I had never met you Luna, I never would have known anything about whom I am or why I’m different from everyone else. Before you came into my life Luna I felt so alone. Every day was hell and I was trapped in it with no escape. I truly didn’t belong anywhere and I felt like I had no purpose. But then you came and saved me from all of that. You showed me who I was and what my purpose was. But most of all, you made me feel not so alone. You’re the best thing that ever happened to me Luna and I’d never trade that for anything. Even now, with complete and total death approaching, I can say I’m happy I met you. Because before there was you, I had no life at all, and you save me from that non-existent life. So thank you Luna, for everything, and I’m sorry things couldn’t have been different.”
    Then Shima spit in my face.
“Quit your talking and prepare to die!”
At the moment Shima knocked my sword out of its guard and before I could block again it happened. I felt a sudden cold sharp feeling in my chest. It was a lot like when you muscle cramps up but only a lot colder. I felt something running down my chest, but I still wasn’t completely aware of what had just happened. But inside I knew, there was only one thing that could’ve happened that would cause this feeling. Everything was getting blurry and I could hear Luna crying. I kept wondering why she was crying and it hurt me more than the pain in my chest to see her crying. Then I looked down to see Shima’s sword pierced through the center of my chest. I never felt anything like it before. It wasn’t as painful as it was numbing, almost like you were falling asleep. But this was such a deep sleep that it felt like I’d never wake up. As I stood there watching Luna crying and listening to Shima laugh with triumph I began to remember a lot of everything that had happened. I remembered my parents and how crappy they made my life, but I still remembered the love I had for both of them. And I remembered Craven and J.P. and I wondered if they’d be okay without me. We had been through so much; it was hard to think that I’d never see them again. I remembered all the fun we had along the way and all the pain we went through. Then I remembered the first time I saw Luna at the rave and just how beautiful she was that night. The image of her glistening hair and bright magnificent eyes were the only things I thought about as I fell to my knees. I never thought that going to that rave would ever change my life this much. It completely changed my life and probably caused my death. But at least I wouldn't live the rest of my life in pain and confusion wondering who I was without anyone there to understand me. Now I had three people who knew me and understood me just as much as I knew and understood myself. I knew I would miss them, wherever I ended up.
Reality was starting to slip as I lost sight of Luna and the sound of Shima’s laughter. I fell on my side and I tried as hard as I could to see Luna’s eye’s once more. Everything was getting dark and cold again, just like it used to be. Then there was nothing. Nothing but cold harsh darkness surrounded me. I was starting to fall into that long deep dark sleep. This was the end for me; I couldn’t even...
     
      “Why did this happen?” said that same familiar voice, “Why do we fight for the people we love? Things never would’ve changed if you just stayed where you were. But now this happens and you friends and the woman you love are going to die.”
“I know what is going to happen, but there’s nothing I can do about it.”
I was completely surrounded by darkness now and even though I couldn’t feel anything I was still crying.
“I wish I could save them. It’s not even about revenge anymore; I just want Luna to be safe. But there’s nothing I can do, I’ve already lost. Now they’re going to die because of me.”
I felt the tears run down my cheek and they wouldn’t stop. If only I could come back, just for a second, I might be able to let them escape. But there’s still nothing I could do. Then I felt a hand on my shoulder. At least I think it was my shoulder, it was so dark and cold I couldn’t see anything.
“Come on Drake, I know you’re more light than this. Are you really going to let the darkness consume you that easily? Just think about Luna and what will happen if you give up.”
Then it got slowly brighter, I could see my hands again and my body. But everything else was still covered in darkness. I looked to my left and he was standing there with his hand on my shoulder.
“We can’t give up yet Drake, not while Luna is still in danger. I’ll help you, since you’re too weak to finish it on your own, let me do it for you. I’d like a second shot at him anyways. This time I won’t go down so easily though.”
I stood up and looked at him eye level. He seemed serious and I knew I could trust him. He looked at me with the same determination in his eyes that I felt inside me. And we knew we could do this.
“All right then,” I said nodding at him, “You can take it from here. Go save Luna for us.”
“Oh I’ll do more than that Drake; I’ll do more than that.”