CHAPTER 9: A TRUE HERO
I didn't feel like myself. Although, I was, but lighter. I seemed to be in darkness. I wanted to move but didn't have anywhere to move to. A light appeared suddenly before me, growing nearer. Inches away from me, it floated. It didn't move much, then just hover up and down. Whispers and echoes came from it, growing in volume. Listening closely, I could decipher who the voices belong to, although others, I've never heard before, chanted in a strange language. The yelling voice of Mammon, the kittenish one from Asmo, Beel's constant "I'm hungry...", the serene one from Belphie, the bold one from Satan and the imperative one of Lucifer. Amid all the voices, one called out at its highest, full of grief and exasperation.
I knitted my brows, and murmured,
"Levi...?"
The voice continued to get louder, calling for me, invading and resonating inside my ears. It continuously called, until I reached for the light and at contact, it shown brighter than ever, blinding me for a moment but at the same time showing me to the bearer of the voice. It was indeed Levi and he was, leaning in front of my face, leaning in close, mouth open, to then again rise from his position and place both of his hands on top of my chest and press with extreme force.
He was performing CPR on me. I thought for a moment,
"Am I... dead? How did I die?"
Then, the memories from what happened moments before hit me. I drowned. How could I die so fast, I wondered? I never got to do anything special in my life as far as I know, so can I consider my life, in just a nick of time, wasted away. I didn't know if to laugh or cry, but all the emotions that flooded me came into a halt as I thought better at my current state. I might perhaps not be dead... yet. My conscience was still working. I could feel as Levi pressed hard enough on my chest; hard enough to break my rib cage. I could hear his call, over and over again, of my name. I could feel his lips on mine as he passed his breath into me, and as that same breath flowed through my airway system and expanded my lungs, demanding my body to expel the water filling them.
One more call,
"PAMY! COME ON! DON'T LEAVE ME!"
My body started to sink in the dark ground under me. As much as I tried to hold unto the shining ball of light, my hands passed through it. I sunk further and further until only my eyes were on the surface.
I was afraid. Afraid of the unknown. Afraid of what might happen to me. Afraid to die.
I was afraid of disappearing from existence forever, leaving everything and everyone behind.
I saw the light shine brighter than ever again, before it disappeared, and I was engulfed by darkness.
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I coughed out water and could feel the pain and pressure inside my thorax. I tried to even out my breathing rhythm, as I made sense to wherever I was now.
Levi wasted no time into hugging my small figure into his arms, squeezing more than a normal human would, and making me feel my breathing capacity go short. But nonetheless, I believed, that after what I saw thanks to that light, he needed to relieve himself from the stressful situation I put him through, and I needed it as well. I hugged him back, as much as my mortal, fragile body let.
He exclaimed in a still shaky voice,
"PAMY! PAMY! Are you alive? Are you truly alive?"
I chuckled.
"Aren't I supposed to be the one asking that Levi?"
We separated a little from the embrace and as I placed one of my hands over his cheek,
"You saved me Levi...You've become my hero once again."
His eyes widened as he remembered the rat incident and how he was now more in contact with my body as he ever had. He immediately let go and cleared his throat, showing a slight tinge of blush over his cheeks and ears.
"I...I... I'm glad you're okay now... It was nothing..."
I giggled, but that giggle was interrupted by an insanely sinister laugh. Levi and I looked towards its source and were shocked to see who it was about.
The man that looked like Solomon spoke.
"Finally, you've woken. I suddenly started thinking what a waste of time I've been through. Although, I could rule the Universe without you in it, but then again that would be a significant loss for me. What odds do I have, for someone like you to be born again after I destroy and remake the World? MY World..."
This man was not Solomon. He looked like him, but at the same time he was nothing like the Solomon I knew.
I spoke as I stood up with the help of Levi.
"You... You are that "Bad" Solomon? The one everyone was talking about... The one that got Lucifer all wounded!"
"Bad" Solomon,
"Right you are~ But that was just some luck... On Lucifer's part. I could have killed him then but took pity on the poor thing and let him live just a little longer. Just for him to see as how I take everything away from him and his brothers; their loved one and their lives..."
He said the last sentence with an ominous grin and a shadow casted over his red eyes.
I shivered to the way his eyes descended over me. As a predator does before getting his pray.
I looked away and around where we all were.
It was a fact we were under water, but no water from the outside covered us. As my eyesight went higher and looked above us, I could come up with the idea we were inside some bubble. Some bubble, because one of the sharp teeth creatures swimming outside, tried to break into it and just hit itself, like a fly hitting itself unto a light bulb.
I again directed towards the "Bad" Solomon.
"Who says we won't stop you from doing so? The demon brothers, Diavolo and the Heavens will stop you no matter what! Even myself!"
The "Bad" Solomon went into a laugh frenzy. I could already hear the words coming out of a person like him.
"Pathetic. You are ALL pathetic! Do you really think it will be that easy to defeat me? I, who not only have that Diavolo chained up and sealed. I, who now placed the Heavens into chaos and now am almost on the verge to defeat God. I, who not only made Lucifer shed his own blood, but will make ALL his brothers shed theirs as well. You are no match for me, a human like you is no match for someone like ME!"
I flinched as a gust of wind blew on us. I stumbled a little, but Levi held unto me. I looked up to his face and saw determination and a glint in his eyes, of some emotion I could not grasp.
The "Bad" Solomon took out a book that had unreadable inscriptions on it. He commented.
"Since I don't want to waste more time than I already have, I'll just kill this freak beside you and take you with me. Honestly... Why did he even come after you? Worthless."
Levi's body twitched at the words spoken. He pushed me behind him and standing straight, head held high, he shouted, anger flowing with his statement.
"PAMY ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE WITH YOU!"
My eyes widened as the tall figure of Levi started to emanate a pinkish glow. His demon horns grew slowly out of him, as well as his serpent like tail. The force of energy around him growing stronger.
The "Bad" Solomon tilted his head to the side. He chuckled.
"Oh, you are going to entertain me before I erase you from existence. I was tired, but if you insist~"
A source on Levi's hands started crackling. His glowing beautiful but intense eyes caught a glimpse at me, before he whispered.
"Stay back and watch. This time... I'll be your true hero..."
With that, he charged forward at a speed I never knew he had. His glowing hand went straight towards the one of the other Solomon. Once the energy filled hands met, an explosion took over, throwing me back and hitting myself against the bubble's walls.
"O...Ow...Huh?...?!"
I looked at my side, feeling something slither along my right arm, only to be suddenly dragged up into the air and be thrown inside some monster's mouth.
I glided down, like in a tunnel, only covered in something slimy, like mucus or saliva.
Once the ride was done, I found myself splashing into a big puddle of a warm substance.
I looked around with my slime covered face. I heard a rumble and that's when I knew where I was inside the monster's body. I saw floating bones and still in decomposition flesh.
I muttered,
"Oh... Hell no...! First drowned, now THIS?! Are you serious?!"
A strong growl emanated from the creature and in moments a pair of arms penetrated through its stomach, ripping it open and catching me at the same time the tentacled monster's already dead body fell onto the ground.
I didn't look so well, and neither the person who was holding me in his arms.
Levi was bruised and cut all over. Blood dripped from his mouth and a side of his face.
He looked at me around anxiously.
"Are you alright?! Nothing hurts?!"
Me,
"No, but Levi... LEVI, WATCH OUT!"
The other Solomon threw some white glittering powder at Levi on his back, earning a horrid scream from him, I've never heard before. I looked in horror as Levi fell unto his knees, trying to feel his back which was now a mess of burnt out clothing and melted flesh.
I didn't know what to do. I wanted to help. I needed to help somehow, but my thoughts stopped as soon as I saw one of the supposed to be dead monster's tentacles transform into a knife and as the other Solomon took it in one of his hands, he cleanly sliced Levi's tail off.
Levi's eyes weld up in tears that never fell.
I saw his tail wiggle and quiver as its last neuron potentials fleeted away, lying dead on his side.
Levi was too shocked from the pain, that he remained paralyzed, staring into nothing.
I felt a pair of hands drag me up and pull me away from Levi.
"Let him be. That useless otaku doesn't deserve the right to protect you. Anyways, he was a weakling from the beginning, I was just going easy on him."
I could not utter a word. In my mind, I kept on repeating the same name repeatedly. Levi. Levi. Levi. Levi. Levi. Levi... Please...
The other Solomon spoke to another tentacled beast.
"Finish him, and make it... Painful..."
A deep, rough voice, that I could not match with anyone I've known in my life, came from behind us.
"The only one getting finished here is... YOU!"
As we spun around, a ferocious Levi punched the other Solomon's face, sending him far away from where he and I stood.
With inhumane speed he stood before the other Solomon, grabbing him by the collar and with immense force, crashed his head unto the bubble's wall. The other Solomon coughed up blood and started laughing, feeling amused by the whole turn of events.
He screamed at Levi.
"COME ON BRING IT ON!"
Levi's slit eyes began to glow with rage.
He roared,
"GLADLY!"
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