Her world, which seemed to have slipped from her grasp moments ago, had seemed to return.
Fortified even, by the presence of an unprecedented individual.
'Unprecedented?'
She wondered as she stared at the back of the boy who stood between her and certain death.
She had survived.
Even if it were by a thread… she had lived to see more– Days, weeks, years, it didn't matter.
What did, though…
'It's not over.'
The Beast was still alive, and if something wasn't done about it, she would have to kiss this world goodbye.
'I have too much to do to die now.'
Surviving alone had proven useless. She couldn't defeat it… even if the Earth was turned over.
It was simply far too powerful for her to deal with it alone.
Ban, though.
'Can he… would he survive? Can he defeat it?'
She could not find the words to question him.
Not when he had saved her at the brink.
'I should have died back then.'
The lightning had enveloped her.
