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Ficlet: Sacrifice
Title: Sacrifice
Rating: PG
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willowaus
Fandom: X-Men comics
Characters: Pixie, Magik, Anole, Santo
Word count: 655
Disclaimer: I don't own any of them. Marvel does. Takes place during New X-Men 39, 40. Thanks so much toresolute for the beta. :D
What were you supposed to say when a scary looking goat girl was dangling some weird medallion in front of you and telling you that the only way to save your friends was to give up your soul?
"I can feel them dying."
A scary goat girl with scary red eyes and a smile that makes your insides shudder.
Do you walk away from that? Do you tell her she's lying and to go to hell (except you're kind of already there)? Or do you say you'll do whatever you can to save those you hold dearest in your heart; even if it means you might not be able to feel anything ever again?
Megan remembers the faces of those she's lost. Mark's laughter as he tries to flirt with any girl on campus. Sarah's scowl whenever she is forced to mingle in big groups. Her father kissing her forehead for the last time. Countless friends she was never able to save but that was then and this is now.
They have all made sacrifices to save her, she thinks it's time to return the favor. Santo is dead because of this place and no one knows how the others are fairing. What if this Belasco is worse than the demons they've already faced? How many more of them will die?
"I can hear their screams."
How many are dying at this very moment because she's too frightened to speak?
She stares at the medallion the other girl holds and knows that there is really only one answer. She likes to think that any one of her friends would be doing the same if they were in her place.
"Please...stop," Megan pleads, unable to stop the tears. "I don't want anymore of my friends to die. I'll do whatever it takes."
The smile that spreads across the other girl's face terrifies Megan.
A hundred questions flash through her mind but she isn't given a chance to ask any of them. One stands out in her mind more than the others; can you still feel if you have no soul?
The goat girl certainly doesn't have one and Megan is pretty sure she doesn't feel anything but pain.
Especially when she speaks again.
"Try not to scream."
That only makes it worse.
Megan thinks she's going to die. She can feel herself change, can feel the pureness that was her body and mind slowly being stripped from her being. Will she grow goat legs too? What will happen to her wings?
She can barely hear her friends in the distance, can barely make out the madwoman's words. All she can feel is a deep rooted grief that wants to overwhelm her. She cries for the loss of something that she never had a chance to fully appreciate. The world doesn't seem as vibrant as it once was. Everything is a touch duller even as she's being blinded by light.
What will the world look like when she has no soul left?
The goat girl is speaking again, ranting about when this all happened to her but Megan barely hears any of it. She screams for it to stop. Can she ever be with her father again if she no longer has a soul or will that keep her out of Heaven?
"Please stop...it hurts!" Megan cries as the light tries to consume her.
She can hear Victor screaming and then the light vanishes and she drops to the ground. The goat girl is yelling and she hears Santo screaming back. But wasn't he dead? Megan wonders if she's dead too. Maybe they're all dead. After all, this is hell.
Victor has her and her wings are still intact.
"Oh, gross! What happened to your arm?" she asks and thinks maybe, just maybe they'll be alright.
But then he asks about the glowing dagger in her hand--"my soul"--and Megan wonders if anything will be okay ever again.
Rating: PG
Author:
willowausFandom: X-Men comics
Characters: Pixie, Magik, Anole, Santo
Word count: 655
Disclaimer: I don't own any of them. Marvel does. Takes place during New X-Men 39, 40. Thanks so much to
resolute for the beta. :DWhat were you supposed to say when a scary looking goat girl was dangling some weird medallion in front of you and telling you that the only way to save your friends was to give up your soul?
"I can feel them dying."
A scary goat girl with scary red eyes and a smile that makes your insides shudder.
Do you walk away from that? Do you tell her she's lying and to go to hell (except you're kind of already there)? Or do you say you'll do whatever you can to save those you hold dearest in your heart; even if it means you might not be able to feel anything ever again?
Megan remembers the faces of those she's lost. Mark's laughter as he tries to flirt with any girl on campus. Sarah's scowl whenever she is forced to mingle in big groups. Her father kissing her forehead for the last time. Countless friends she was never able to save but that was then and this is now.
They have all made sacrifices to save her, she thinks it's time to return the favor. Santo is dead because of this place and no one knows how the others are fairing. What if this Belasco is worse than the demons they've already faced? How many more of them will die?
"I can hear their screams."
How many are dying at this very moment because she's too frightened to speak?
She stares at the medallion the other girl holds and knows that there is really only one answer. She likes to think that any one of her friends would be doing the same if they were in her place.
"Please...stop," Megan pleads, unable to stop the tears. "I don't want anymore of my friends to die. I'll do whatever it takes."
The smile that spreads across the other girl's face terrifies Megan.
A hundred questions flash through her mind but she isn't given a chance to ask any of them. One stands out in her mind more than the others; can you still feel if you have no soul?
The goat girl certainly doesn't have one and Megan is pretty sure she doesn't feel anything but pain.
Especially when she speaks again.
"Try not to scream."
That only makes it worse.
Megan thinks she's going to die. She can feel herself change, can feel the pureness that was her body and mind slowly being stripped from her being. Will she grow goat legs too? What will happen to her wings?
She can barely hear her friends in the distance, can barely make out the madwoman's words. All she can feel is a deep rooted grief that wants to overwhelm her. She cries for the loss of something that she never had a chance to fully appreciate. The world doesn't seem as vibrant as it once was. Everything is a touch duller even as she's being blinded by light.
What will the world look like when she has no soul left?
The goat girl is speaking again, ranting about when this all happened to her but Megan barely hears any of it. She screams for it to stop. Can she ever be with her father again if she no longer has a soul or will that keep her out of Heaven?
"Please stop...it hurts!" Megan cries as the light tries to consume her.
She can hear Victor screaming and then the light vanishes and she drops to the ground. The goat girl is yelling and she hears Santo screaming back. But wasn't he dead? Megan wonders if she's dead too. Maybe they're all dead. After all, this is hell.
Victor has her and her wings are still intact.
"Oh, gross! What happened to your arm?" she asks and thinks maybe, just maybe they'll be alright.
But then he asks about the glowing dagger in her hand--"my soul"--and Megan wonders if anything will be okay ever again.
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I loved this. <3
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Thank you. <3
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This is excellent.
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Thank you. :)