The professor snapped his hand and Aqua felt the pain in her heart lighten up. It was so intense that it caused Aqua to back out for a full minute. But she was not concerned about herself.
The one connected with Professor Ross's consciousness was her other half more than her. If Aqua was feeling such intense pain inside her heart, then her other half must be suffering as well.
"S-Stop! D-Don't do this to us, professor. We have been nothing but loyal to you."
Aqua cried out as she felt the existence of her other half fading away. Even her other half was beginning to look transparent. Find adventures on empire
At this rate, subject Alpha would disappear without leaving a single hint of her existence behind. And that thought terrified Aqua.
So Aqua begged the professor to listen to her and consider her request. But that was not the case with subject Alpha.
Her other half refused to bow or show her weakness. She held her head high as she looked at the professor with sharp and cunning eyes. Her hate and disappointnt at the professor shined bright in her eyes.
"Do you think that this is the end of it all? Do you think that you will gain closure and freedom if you did this? You are wrong. You will never be rid of my shadow for as long as you live. I will always haunt you and your dreams."
The professor flinched as soon as he heard Aqua's threat. He knew that she was serious about her revenge. But the professor also knew that there was nothing subject Alpha could do about him and his experints.
The goddess he had made a pact with had handed him absolute authority and the proof of it was the pale face Subject Alpha currently had. She had not been able to handle the goddess's residual power the professor had forced through her body and had coughed out blood as a result of it.
"Ha…haha…. Hahaha…. Do you like to joke around like this, Subject Alpha? Then, I need to refresh your mory about so things. You need to rember who you are going against."
The professor snapped his fingers once more and this ti, he intended to not even let Subject Alpha stand on her feet. He was going to snap her consciousness and her body in half.
That was what he intended to do here. But instead of making the half-beast fall down on her knees, his power fizzled out. The professor looked startled at the sudden change of events and he snapped his finger again
Once more, nothing happened. This left the professor at the rcy of his experint.
"What's wrong, Professor Ross? Are you not able to access your powers now? Well, that is a given. After all, did you think that you were the only one capable of making deals with that god?"
Professor Ross halted in his thought process. He was suddenly more than aware of what happened but he did not want to believe it.
"T-That goddess helped you out? I do not believe this. Why would the goddess do that? You are not even human and you-"
"I am still a living entity and I have emotions and consciousness. And for so entities, that is considered human enough. Now, I would like to exact my revenge for all that you did to ."
Subject Alpha showed her sharp claws and attacked the professor. Both Sakura and Aqua watched this show in stunned silence. There was nothing left for them to contribute.
The professor had been so proud of his skills a minute ago but now he lied dead at Subject Alpha's feet and his last breaths were ragged and wet.
"Y-You…. will….. not... get….. Away….. Your existence….is tied….with….m…i…n…e…."
The professor took his last breath as he let out this curse. Subject Alpha made a pained face but she angled her body in a way that allowed no one else but her to read the professor's lips.
"I know. And I willingly paid the price of my existence to get rid of an evil like you. Seems like a fair trade to ."
Subject Alpha replied to the professor and he knew that he had truly lost this ti. His opponent was soone who did not even care what happened to themselves if the professor died.
The professor's body burned into ashes with his flas as his life energy was exhausted. Subject Alpha released that energy and sent it to the goddess she had made a deal with.
Since her job was over and there was no one to sustain her body any longer, Subject Alpha began to disappear.
"H-Hey, are you alright? Y-Your body, it's disappearing."
Aqua looked at her other half with a terrified expression on her face. She could see that body in front of her was disappearing.
"Her energy is fading away. This person! She is dying and fast. She needs sothing to hold her stable."
Sakura comnted on this as she maintained her distance. No matter how tragic this scene in front of her was, she refused to step forward and help them both out. Her only concern here was Yoko's safety.
Even if Sakura knew that it was not Subject Alpha's fault that things ended up being this way, Sakura could still not bring herself to like Subject Alpha or Aqua.
"H-Hey, keep hanging on. If you need a host, then I am here. Hey, don't go away and stay with ."
Aqua pleaded with her other half but it was already too late. The ti for stabilization was already in the past.
And even if subject Alpha had a choice to stabilize herself, she would not have chosen that route. It would have trapped Yoko inside that weird realm for as long as Subject Alpha would have been alive.
"I am…alright. Since I made the deal with the goddess inside the white space, I need to honor it. Otherwise, those who are trapped there would never be able to go ho. So don't cry. I am doing this for my beloved."
Subject Alpha placed her hand on Aqua's cheek as she spoke this. Both females inside the room knew that Subject Alpha's 'beloved' referred to Yoko Tsurugi.
It made Sakura's blood boil to hear Yoko being addressed in such a way. But she refused to let it bother her for the ti being.
On the other hand, Aqua could not accept this reality. She liked Yoko but she was not 'in love' with Yoko like her other self. So, she wanted to be selfish and make her other self choose her own life over Yoko Tsurugi's.
"Don't do this to . Please, don't leave for the benefit of a person who does not even care about you. This is not fair to ."
Sakura begged her other half to reconsider, but it was all futile. Her other half had made up her mind and it was too late to stop things.
"Don't cry like this. I promise that we shall et again in the future. Both you and I…are connected by fate after all."
Those were the last words Subject Alpha was able to utter before she disappeared into a pile of smoke. It was ti for her to finally find her peace.
Aqua could only look on in disbelief and disappointnt as she lost one of the most important parts of herself. But she still maintained her position in hopes that she could be able to bring her other self back.
"You need to let go. Your other half also asked you to live your life as your own. So, honor her wishes and don't mop around like this."
Sakura placed her hand on Aqua's shoulder but Aqua shrugged her off. Her eyes were filled with disbelief and anger as she looked at Sakura.
"You! You do not understand anything. My other half was soone who had been with my whole life. We were born as one being and she was all I had at one point in ti. I cannot just forget what happened here."
Aqua hissed as she spoke. She refused to believe what had happened which caused Sakura to sigh.
There was no use in talking to a delusional person and understanding could not be reached with them. So, Sakura concentrated her efforts on finding Yoko instead.
The white room was beginning to disappear and white smoke filled that area. Sakura quickly ran toward that side, only to feel soone's presence inside there.
Aqua was already ready to fight this new entity when she paused and looked at the smoke again.
"Be calm Sakura. I am back so there is no need to make such a fuss."
Aqua breathed a sigh of relief as soon as she heard Yoko's voice. It seed like her cousin had managed to survive this ordeal and co back safely.
When Yoko erged into the parted smoke, it did not seem as if a single scratch had been made on her body. She looked healthy and as calm as before.
They both made their way out of the smoke and Yoko stopped to look at Aqua's mourning figure.
"So that is the one who paid the price for freeing the other instincts from that place? Aqua, don't mourn too hard. Your other half was a hero and she saved a lot of lives today."
Aqua flinched as soon as she felt Yoko's hands land on her shoulder.
"I wished she did not save anyone but herself. I wanted to be with her for a long ti in the future."
Aqua finally cried out in disbelief and anger.
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