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I'm doing a 25k reads celebration, so there'll be something special at the end.

Kris

My head shot up. I was lying on the ground in the arena we fought King in. No fountain loomed behind us, but instead the small platform was surrounded by a void. I stood up and saw Ralsei grinning at me.

"Kris... You have a choice. Stay here with me and be safe, or..." He lifted his arm and pointed the gun at something to the side. I looked to where he was aimed.

Susie lay in a pile of the ground, a large gash on her head. Her hair was coated in white dust. My eyes filled with horror. My dream...

"Why are you doing this!?" I screamed desperately. Ralsei chuckled to himself darkly.

"Don't you see, Kris? I was born to meet you. The prophecy- we were destined to be together. You gave me a purpose. You made me happy! And then you left... But you promised. You swore you would return. You didn't. You left me- for her. Your tormentor. The girl who relentlessly harassed you as a child. How is she... Better than me?"

"Ralsei-"

"MAKE YOUR CHOICE! Now! Or I will!"

I gulped. A million thoughts rushed through my head, but none of them were clear enough to make out.

"I..."

"Yes?"

"I..."

"Well!?"

"I can't let you do this..." I jumped forward, trying to knock the weapon out of his hand. He dodged and sent his scarf forth. The scarf wrapped around me tightly as I fell to the ground. Ralsei placed a foot on my chest. He held the gun to my head and slowly cocked it.

"If you won't choose, I will."

He began to put pressure on the trigger before something knocked it out of the way.

The gun still fired, but it hit off in the distance. Still wrapped in the scarf, I turned my head to see Lander standing before me with his back faced towards me. He was breathing heavily.

"You dirty traitor! I trusted you!" Ralsei cocked the gun and shot it at Lancer. It hit him right in the stomach.

"NO!" I ripped an arm out of the scarf and pulled on a loose thread. The entire thing dissipated around me.

"DON'T MOVE! DON'T MOVE OR I'LL SHOOT YOU, TOO!"

"You don't need to do this. I can tell you're scared." I couldn't actually tell if he was scared or not, but I was praying that he was. His angry face dropped for a millisecond, but he immediately covered it back up. He gripped the gun tighter.

"You don't know anything. Now make your choice. Take me and be happy, or take her and die."

"You don't want to hurt anyone, Ralsei! Please, this isn't what you want. It's not what I want, either. Just put the gun down and-" I was hyperaware of Lander in the corner of my eye, slowly leaking goop. I knew I had to help him, but it wasn't safe yet.

"ENOUGH! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR GAMES. MAKE YOUR CHOICE."

"Please-"

With a scream, Ralsei pulled the trigger. Everything seemed to slow down. I watched in horror as he jerked his hand to the side. The bullet soared past my head, directly towards Susie. I jumped to try and stop it like I did all those months ago, the first time we met. But I was too slow.

The bullet made impact.

Speed returned to normal and tears flowed freely down my face. I watched as Ralsei fell to the floor, crying.

"You... You were right, I should've listened to you. Nobody needed to get hurt, and now both of them... I just... I finally had friends, and then you left... You promised you'd come back, but you didn't. You would rather spend your time with someone who's hurt you in the past, and I didn't know how to deal with it. I... I messed up. So badly. I just wanted to have you for myself and I didn't care what I was doing to anyone else. I'm so sorry... I was selfish... Now I've hurt them and... Oh no..." I didn't respond.

"Kris... I only have enough power left to heal one of them..."

The words didn't register at first. But once they did...

Only one?

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Susie

Lancer

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And before you ask, yes, I'm aware I'm the devil, you don't need to tell me. >;3