"THAT'S YOUR LOVER?!?!" I shouted to Ray.
Ray turned his head to face me. He was a little shocked to see me again.
"Why hello again," he said. "Was it...Hiro?"
I nodded and tried to collect myself.
I don't understand. Why would his lover try to get him executed. Does she really think that Ray betrayed the country, or is she...betraying him?
"I see," Gleam suddenly said. "It appears that the true culprit has been found."
The huge crowd people went completely silent.
"You say that he was speaking to himself, when really...you were the one who was speaking to themselves. Now tell me, what did that voice in your head say to you?"
"GRR....you dare...you dare...YOU DARE ACCUSE ME BITCH?!?!?!" Ray's lover said.
"Is the leader of the Army of Darkness speaking to you," Gleam asked in a calm tone. "Or is the leader...possessing you?"
"N-No, sh-she...she's...not talking.. to me at...at all..."
She? The voice was a girl's voice.
...Shana?
No, it can't be her. There's no way, but then again... What if it is her?
"How is it that you know the gender of the voice if you claim that you've never heard it before?" Gleam asked.
"I-I-I...just assumed...that's all!" Ray's lover said.
"Connie has been like that since last week," Ray suddenly said. "I don't know how, but she suddenly turned...violent and full of hatred and evil."
"I see," Gleam said. "So she must be partially corrupted."
Partially corrupted?
"A part of her still exists within her," Leonna said, standing right next to me. "But even the smallest drop of evil lurking inside of you can turn you an entirely different person."
Even the smallest drop of evil...huh.
The Devil's Blade was still strapped to my waist, and I felt Leonna's gaze shift towards it after she finished speaking.
"Huh...wait...w-what," Connie suddenly said to nobody. "No...no no no no no...y-you promised me..."
"EVERYONE, STAND BACK!!" Gleams shouted to everyone.
The huge crowd of people obeyed her command and went retreating backwards.
"NO NO NO NO NO NO NO," Connie screamed. "I DID WHAT YOU SAID!!!! I DID WHAT YOU FUCKING SA-! huh...WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M UNCONTROLLABLE?!?! NO...NO...GET OUT!!! GET THE FUCK OUT!!!! GET OUT....OF.....MY.....HE....E....E....!"
Her face scrunched up into ugly wrinkles and looked completely disfigured. She stood still, until suddenly...
CRACK!
Connie's left arm suddenly jolted backwards, exposing her bones that ripped through her flesh and skin. Blood splattered all around her.
"AAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUGGHHHH!!!"
Connie let out a blood curdling scream. Her arm looked like it was dangling by a thread.
"AUUUGHH!!! YOU PROMISED!!!! YOU PROMISED ME!!!!!!"
CRACK!
Her right arm suddenly jolted forward and exposed even more bones followed with more blood splatters.
"GRAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUHHH!!!"
"CONNIE!!!!" Ray shouted in desperation, trying to break free.
"Me, Xylvia, Leonna, and Dusk just stood there, watching in horror as Connie was getting dismembered limb from limb. Joint from joint. Bone from bone.
CRACK! CRACK! SPLAT!
"RRRRAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUHHHHH!!!!!"
Both of her legs twisted all the way around a few times before they completely tore off and skidded a few feet away from her. Even her lifeless legs were getting it's feet and it's feet's toes twisted and ripped off.
The amount of blood seemed impossible.
"HIRO," Gleam suddenly shouted to me. "YOU HAVE TO STRIKE HER WITH YOUR BLADE BEFORE SHE COMPLETELY TURNS!!!"
"Wha...wait...what?"
She expects me to do it? How can I? I know that Connie has been corrupted and should be killed, but I would still be killing...a person.
"AAAAAAAUUUGGGHHHHGLGLGGERFGGLRGLGLRGLLLGLLRR!!!!!"
Midway through Connie's scream, she suddenly started gargling on something. I suddenly realized that her hear was bending all the way back, causing her own blood to choke her.
"HIRO," Ray suddenly shouted. "Please...PLEASE...DON'T LET CONNIE SUFFER!!!!!"
"HIRO, YOU HAVE TO DO IT!!!" Xylvia said.
"THEY NEED YOU HIRO!!!" Dusk said.
"HIRO, YOU HAVE TO DESTROY IT!!!" Leonna said.
HIRO! HIRO! HIRO! HIRO! HIRO! HIRO! HIRO! HIRO! HIRO! HIRO! HIRO!
I felt a dark aura filled with anger and evil begin to engulf me as I heard my name being shouted multiple times.
They were right. The girl right in front of me was getting dismembered and reforming into a complete monster.
Monster...
She has to die.
Die...die...die...die...die...die...die...die...die.
I have to be the one...to kill her.
Kill...kill...kill...kill...kill...kill...kill.
She has to...
...
...
...die.
"GODDAMMIT ALL!!!!!!"
As the dark flame engulfed me after I unsheathed my blade, the screaming suddenly stopped after I swung at the girl... who had to die.