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this chapter is a little long, but i think you'll like it.
this is the seventh chapter of Seethe, a story by me. the following are links to previous chapters: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6.
Only those who have lived in the darkness can truly find the light....
Hiro cradled Mimi's limp body in his arms. Her eyes were blank, face twisted in a look of horror, completely devoid of life. A scream ripped out from Hiro's lungs. It was the sound of complete and utter anguish, incomprehensible pain. The sound of a broken soul, one that collapsed under the weight of life. All sanity drained from Hiro's body. In his eyes there was a mad glint, the light of a soul on fire. He was human no longer.
"Mimiiiiiiii!," he roared. His voice was no longer the same, it had become a snarling growl. "Damn you!," he yelled at the voices. Only quiet laughter answered his screams.
Hiro no longer had control of his body, but neither did the voices. He now succumbed to an even greater force than that of the voices. That terrible force, so mighty as to tear the world asunder, that vile feeling that predominated his body, was it anger? If so this was like no anger felt before, an unearthly type of rage had found its way to his bosom.
A laugh broke out from Hiro's mouth. "This feeling," he pondered, "Is this...power?"
Hiro's fist came crashing down into the floor. Blood oozed out from his knuckles, his bones were protruding. Hiro smiled; he could not feel a thing.
"You are mad!," the voices cried out.
"Still there?," Hiro snickered, "Get the fuck out of my head!"
Hiro's broken hands grabbed at his face. They dug into the flesh of his cheeks. Bright red blood began to drip from his cheeks, but he continued to claw away the skin, rip apart the muscles, snap the sinews.
A voice deep within Hiro's head could still be heard talking. "This thing is not me," it said, "I know not of this madness."
"Not you?," the external Hiro laughed, "What good are you anyway? You can't even save one life."
"This is not what I wanted," the voice cried.
"You wanted power didn't you?," Hiro returned, "I have power."
"Is this the price of power?," the voice wept...
The true Hiro was in the deepest and darkest of the confines of his mind. He was forced to look out, as if through a window, at the destruction that he was unable to prevent.
"Why...why am I so weak?," he murmured, "I can't even save one life."
"You need us," the other voices replied, "Together we can beat this."
"I don't need your help," he snapped.
"You think we are the evil ones?," the voices cackled, "Just look at yourself."
"That thing is not me," Hiro said, closing off the voices...
Outside of this inner sanctity was complete chaos. Hiro's body, under the control of fury, was busying itself with destruction. An object caught his attention. "What's this," it inquired almost playfully, picking up a picture frame. Inside was an old photo of Hiro, Shin, and Mimi. They looked so happy back then. Hiro's body pulled back its fist, readying itself to destroy the frame. It suddenly stopped. The external Hiro turned to look down at its leg. A knife handle was protruding from its thigh.
"H...h..ir..o...," Mimi forced out.
"You bitch," the fury said indifferently, "I thought I killed you."
Hiro's leg crashed into her already weak body. Mimi looked as if the air had been knocked out of her lungs. She coughed out blood, and then collapsed.
"Damn you!," the inner Hiro cried, "I'm going to kill you, I'm going to end this!"
"What the hell," the fury seemed worried.
Hiro's hands began to move towards the knife in his leg. He struggled against himself, could he win? His fingers felt the handle and pulled the blade from his leg.
"W...what are you doing?," the fury screamed anxiously.
Hiro ignored him, turning towards Mimi. She was lying on the floor; she was breathing, though barely. Her eyes were open ever so slightly, it was probably all that was manageable in her current state.
"Good," Hiro thought. "She's conscious."
"Mimi," Hiro began apologetically, "This...this is all my fault. If I just hadn't been...been so weak. I'm sorry."
Mimi lacked the energy to reply, but her eyes seemed to forgive him.
"I want to protect you," Hiro continued, "But I'm afraid as long as I'm alive I won't be able to."
Tears blurred Mimi's vision. "Please don't," Mimi screamed out in her mind, "Please don't die."
"I love you, Mimi," Hiro said smiling, a tear in his eye, "Goodbye."
Hiro held the knife up to his chest. He was sure that the voice of the fury and the other voices were screaming out, but he could no longer hear them. The knife entered his heart.
"Ahh, sweet silence," Hiro thought. Then everything faded away...
After spending a few days in the hopsital recovering, Mimi was allowed to leave.
"Aren't you going home?," a nurse asked.
"No," Mimi replied, "There is somewhere I have to go first..."
Mimi sat on the side of a hill overlooking the harbor. The light of the sunset reflected off of the calm waters; it was truly a sight to behold.
"Do you remember this place, Hiro," Mimi spoke through tears, "We used to come here when we were kids; you, me and Shin."
Mimi gazed at the clouds, all orange from the setting sun. Amidst them she swore she could see the form of two spirits ascending to the heavens. Their arms were around each others shoulders in friendship...
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Topic: Seethe Chapter 7 (Final Chapter)
Posted on December 24, 2008 02:49
