by Kallile » 04/10/2016 4:44 PM
Matrix's eyes went wide as he watched Mlu's clawed hand wander down to her abdomen to gently cradle it. The veil was gone, he could see everything. The nights she and Argus had been stealing away, the home den they had slowly been building, the whispered promises in the darkness. A part of him felt proud...she had become so crafty she'd hidden it all from him. But this pride was short lived--the Bleeder was soon see-through as if he were merely a ghost.
"I carry Argus' child, I know he would never abandon me for some female stronger than I am. What we have built despite you is real and it is everything I could have ever hoped to have in my life. Now I only need to let go of my past...and you, Matrix."
The Bleeder collapsed soundlessly to the floor, digging useless claws against the ground to try and pull himself closer to Malu without success. He sputtered and gasped as life and existence as a whole fled from his being like a Cheshire cat might evaporate into thin air. He unraveled from existence from the tip of his tail and worked its way forward slowly in spite of his clinging.
"You've bred an abomination!" he managed to squeak out before the universe reclaimed his form and his head was plucked from reality as well. Malu stood, for the first time in years, truly alone within the cavern.
"I have been hidden, scorned, adored, worshiped, forsaken, coveted and banished more times than I care to count. But the one thing all those experiences cannot steal from me is the gentle soul I was born with, the kind heart I have molded, and the bright ideals for the future that have lit my way through the darkness of the past."