On Sam's command, Ichigo closed her eyes and activated her ability, Transcendent Purge.
Outside the abandoned airport, six cube shaped drones lit up with a pale red aura as the Force Field covered each one.
The aura continued to spread, eventually rging together as the area each drone covered continued to expand. Soon enough the whole airport was inside a giant pink do. Everything seed to go still for a single second, then ca the pained screams of the Fallen.
Just like when she used her cleansing ability before, the mad survivors Heald their heads and wailed, the crooked halos over their heads flickering and on the verge of disappearing. So of them slowly floated down and landed safely, others lost the ability to fly and just fell, and the lucky ones were able to die right away.
It wasn't just the fallen who were affected by the Ichigo's cleansing. So of the survivors, those who have yet to lose to the madness, were suffering from the sa pain, all of them holding their heads and screaming until their voices could no longer be heard.
"Keep at it, Ichigo." Sam instructed.
"Understood…"
The burden she experienced was far lighter than before, but that didn't an she would be able to keep Transcendent Purge going indefinitely. Ichigo was willing to follow the Doctor's command to the very end, no matter how exhausting it was to do so
She ignored the pained wails of the Fallen as they suffered under the effect of her cleansing ability and continued pouring her focus into keeping it up.
She was making a great effort and contributing to the battle even more than before. Once all of this ends, she is sure the Doctor will reward her just like he did after they defeated the ant army. This ti she was sure they would go all the way. She would finally get to experience being loved by him, and once that happens, she would beco one of his personal Valkyries.
Her chest was filled with anticipation as she imagined how her life would be once the battle cos to an end, but then the world seed to suddenly grow cold as a chill enveloped her entire being.
THUD
She felt the impact even before the sound could reach her ears.
THUD… THUD…
Though it was created by expanding her Force Field, Transcendent Purge wasn't a barrier ability.
THUD… THUD… THUD…
Anything could enter and exit the area it covered, there was nothing isolating the inside from the outside.
THUD… THUD… THUD… THUD…
If sothing is unable to enter the boundaries of her ability, it ans that thing is entirely alien, lacking anything that couldn't be disintegrated by the purifying effect of her Force Field.
Ichigo opened her eyes. She glanced before her and saw the Doctor, his body was motionless, his head facing the left as he gazed at sothing with eyes spread open.
THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD
Sothing told Ichigo that she shouldn't look. She should ignore the sound, ignore the sensation, and just close her eyes. If she were to turn to the left right now, whatever was there, she was sure her mind wouldn't be able to handle it. That's why she should just close her eyes and continue to pray.
THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD
THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD
She should've done it. She should've done just that. She should've closed her eyes and prayed, that's the best choice she had. But she couldn't handle it. She couldn't handle hearing the sound in the dark. The screams of the Fallen had already faded. They were still there, but her mind couldn't perceive them. She couldn't hear anything. Even if her comrades were to call for her, even if the doctor were to give her a command, her ears couldn't pick any of it.
The only thing she could hear was the sound of sothing large lazily hamring at the outer surface of a giant wall.
THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD. THUD.
The sound suddenly ca to a stop, and for a long mont there was nothing but a blissful piece. Believing that whatever it was that had been striking at the do created by her ability was now gone, Ichigo slowly opened her eyes. She hesitantly raised her head, then, her body moving with morbid curiosity, she turned in the direction of the sound.
The horror that t her was unlike anything she had faced throughout her life.
A single, giant eye stared down at them, its size towering over the largest building in the abandoned airport. It looked similar to a human's, but at the sa ti not. It had no eyelashes nor did it have eyelids. Only an eyeball floating in the air, surrounded by a hazy darkness as if it was peeking from beyond a translucent veil.
Long tentacles extended from beyond the sa thin mbrane, each one larger than the planes scattered around. They seed to be made of old dried flesh, covered in scars and wrinkles brought about by the passing of countless years.
The pink haired Valkyrie instantly recognized it. Those things were what had been striking at her Transcendent Purge. She could see burn marks on each of them, showing that the do ford by her ability had dealt quite a bit of damage to whatever that thing in the sky was.
The Valkyries were frozen, and so was their Doctor. The entity staring down at them struck fear into their very being, but the one who had it worse was none other than Ichigo.
The giant eye was too large to discern what it was looking at, however for so reason Ichigo alone felt that it had its gaze on her.
The reason should've been obvious. Whatever it was, that thing had recognized the pink haired Valkyrie as its enemy. Without uttering a word, it demanded that she take down the do preventing it from reaching whatever was inside.
"Ichigo!"
A slap on the cheek snapped her back to reality. In front of her was the Doctor, his expression void of any and all emotions. He looked her in the eyes and remained silent for a few monts. He then opened his mouth and gave her one command, his voice faltering once, the horror he was struggling to suppress threatening to break out at any mont.
"Don't even think of stopping your ability." He said, his eyes conveying his desperation. "No matter what, you hear ?"
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