Sky VS Orion (2)

--Sky's Perspective--

Murder... murder...

Like a looping disc in my mind, it's all I could think about while slashing at Orion.

I reached my breaking point inside that cabin. I let the Wrath consume me and I walked back onto the field with a new goal in mind.

To make Orion suffer.

My previous goal, of killing Orion and making his influence stop... was dead. I had no intention of just killing him. I was going to make him suffer the fate of a thousand deaths.

As my sword slid into his body on repeat, his blood was getting everywhere... but that itch I felt in my head, as it used to be untouchable... was finally being taken care of. It was euphoria every time I cut his body open and saw that blood... every time I saw that reward... it was unbelievable!

I couldn't help myself and started drooling everywhere. Anything and anybody in my way would suffer the consequences, that is my reward and they shouldn't even get close... for I would murder them without hesitation.

I was so persistent in fighting Orion, that I didn't let him heal as fast as he wanted to and continuously kicked him, punched him, slashed at him, stabbed him, cut off his limbs. He was on extreme defense right now, and every time I swung this sword, that itch got worse until I saw him bleed again.

Would Tavian be proud of me?

My bloodlust weakened for a slight moment and Orion kicked me in the face, launching me back across the ship. Dammit! Why was I thinking about such a thing right now?! It doesn't matter what he taught me... what he thinks of me... he's dead... and it's Orion's fault!

His speech was blurred together as the strands outlined his figure. Even when my eyes were open now, the strand production was frighteningly high. There were so many strands I didn't know what to do with that they started to outline attacks before they hit me, they outlined Orion... what could I use them for if there were that many?

And then it hit me.

A weapon... can I make a weapon out of strands?

I held out my left hand and imagined a weapon of any kind. Something arose out of my primal instinct and appeared.

A long, cylindrical handle appeared and I grabbed it tightly, holding it by my side as strands shot out of a less-wide cylindrical shape. Wildly flowing around with red strands that were barely being contained by that cylindrical shape, this was my new weapon. I charged in toward Orion and swung the weapons in unison, but instead of clashing together with his sword...

I cut straight through the metal blade.

[SYSTEM CORRUPTION: MAXIMUM LEVEL]

[Awaiting Transfer]

I cut Orion in half at his hips and his body fell over to the ground, spitting out more blood than usual.

Just as I turned back to face him, a sword just like the one I held in my left hand hit me in the side. I was barely able to block it, but his power sent me into one of the cabins on the boat.

I collided with it and almost blacked out from the impact. On Orion's follow-up, I jumped through the top of the cabin with my sword and landed behind him.

"What... are you done already? I was just getting started," Orion told me. It seemed like he was copying everything I was doing... how in the hell could I fight that?

"I've got plenty more," I stated.

The fight started to raise. Jumping high in the air was no trouble so long as the strands were enhancing how capable my body was. The strands tightened around the muscles in my legs and made me stronger, which was how my slashes and stabs had so much power.

Jumping in the air to catch Orion and slam him into the boat was satisfying, but I was falling out of the bloodlust. Meanwhile, Orion was catching up to me... SHIT!

My heart pulsed in my chest and I fell out of the sky with the sword made from strands disappearing once I hit the ground.

[Continued Use of Corruption Mode Will Result in Shortened Lifespan]

[Would You Like to Continue?]

Shortened lifespan...

I looked to all of my friends as the fatigue shot all over my body. The exhaustion would cause me to fall unconscious if I gave up right now...

Lia and Lily hiding behind boxes, Dani asleep on one of the beds, Ellios, Rin, and Ren all huddled together in a circle, Carl looking at me with a sorrowful gaze, Mandi and Ellie both losing hope... those were my friends... my family...

Orion fell to the ground just as I did, mimicking my fatigue as I looked over at him.

We made eye contact and stopped. His look turned into fear as I realized how to fight him.

[CORRUPTION MODE ENGAGED]

[FOR EVERY ONE SECOND SPENT IN CORRUPTION MODE, YOU WILL LOSE ONE SECOND OF LIFE]

[CURRENT HEART RATE: 221]

I charged in again as Orion mimicked my exact moves.

That's how I fight myself... I have to kill myself.

I charged in with my strand sword and once mine collided with Orion's, it emitted an ugly noise that I had to cover my ears to block out. Orion took advantage of that and slammed me to the ground. Just as I bounced from the impact, I spun my body and cut off both of his arms.

Kicking him into the captain's cabin of the boat had completely demolished the boat and started to rock even more.

With a sudden burst of power, I slashed down on his body and missed...

I didn't realize what I did at that point until I looked down and could see water.

I cut the entire boat while slashing down at the ground.

It was no secret this strand sword was the most powerful tool I've ever held... but that power? That was insane...

[Current Heart Rate: 230]

I need to get down there and end this as soon as possible. I'm losing time when I sit here.

I jumped down to the part of the boat barely staying buoyant after I cut it in half and Orion was standing on it, looking at me from the opposite side.

The arena we now were about to fight on was barely twenty-feet in width. We had no room to work and were close to the ocean... but I was close.

Suddenly dropping out of my Corrupt State like that, so long as I kept sane control like this, would mean that Orion would feel all of the fatigue I experience and it would kill him. The only thing I have above him when he mimics me is my vitality. My heart can beat at 230 beats per minute, but his can't. I have life to waste... but he doesn't.