What Am I Worth...?

-1:28 P.M.-

Frowned upon, constantly. Thought to be a failure... what was I even good for?

What have I done that tells me that I'm worth anything?

I'm worth nothing, and that much will never change, so long as I can't find a reason.

I looked within the barren reaches of my mind, trying to see the things I've done that make me worth anything.

I'll never be as stable-minded and optimistic as Carl.

I'll never be as persistent and brave as Lia.

I'll never be diligent or intelligent as Mandi.

I'll never be as crafty or a leader as Tavian.

I'll never be as strong or durable as Sky.

There were so many people I could model myself off of, yet I didn't match a single one. What was I? I was just a hollow shell people made fun of until I was worth nothing in the end. Until I was too weak to hold up my own. Until I was too scared to watch this katana cut into my throat. I would end up on a grave by the end of this war, and I just had to be okay with it?

There were so many people... so many chances to become better, so many ideas and personalities I could leech off of. That's right... I'm a vessel. I have no qualities of my own... but I share all of theirs. I'm an accumulation of the people I love!

As that katana swung in towards my neck, I reached my right arm out, dropped my rapier on the ground, and pushed the handle to the katana backward. Moon looked surprised.

She threw a punch directly at my face and slammed her knee into the bottom of my chin, but I held my eyes open and I solidified my ground, holding onto my consciousness as she beat me senseless up close. I wouldn't let go of her wrist, no matter what she did to me.

Then, as she went in for her last punch, I pulled her right arm to confuse her balance and sunk my teeth straight into her wrist.

She cried out in pain as I closed my jaw as tight as I ever have before, grabbing onto arteries, veins, and her flesh with the points of my teeth. I tore out as much as I could as blood spurted into the air and all over my face. Then, I pushed her back once more.

Running at her with the rapier in my hand, I focused my vision on the glacier, ready to run up alongside it. Blood was pouring out of my wound still, and at a fast rate. It made me think I would be dead within moments. Still... even if I die, I'm not going without Moon!

I took another slash, swung my body to the right, and stunned Moon with the force of my attack. With induced adrenaline and the adrenaline my body was pumping at such a fast rate right now, I believed that I was just as strong as Sky, maybe even stronger.

My persistence in attempting to kill her, I would've never known it without Lia!

My stable-minded thoughts, my optimism I would kill her, it would be nothing without Carl!

My movements and calculated strikes I placed on Moon, would be nothing without Mandi!

My unique ideas, the thought to inspire others with my last moves while I bled to death... it would be nothing without Tavian!

All of these people I've met, all of these personalities, these goals, these dreams, the friends, the hatred, the love, it would be nothing if I hadn't met them! They're all important... and they will live out their lives!

I planted my foot solidly into the glacier, cracking the ice even more by the point I punctured it earlier on. I focused on Moon as she was still stunned from my hit, holding her right wrist.

My foot slammed into the glacier again as I gained as much height as possible, narrowing my vision to focus on a single point on her body: Her left arm.

By taking out her only working arm, I could easily win this fight! She would be dead from blood loss after I tore out the flesh on her wrist and cut off her arm!

I ran up the glacier, deflecting her last strike from her katana as I jumped off, then at her.

My rapier slid straight into the middle of the connecting point from her shoulder to her arm. I wanted to cut this off, but I didn't have the force needed to do such a thing! My strength was waning!

In my last, desperate attempt as a million words and thoughts about Sky flooded my brain, I focused my vision one last time on cutting off that arm. I tensed up the remainder of my responsive muscles, and screamed out, exerting all known strength to my body into that shoulder.

CUT OFF!

Moon's katana stuck barely into my forehead, but enough to inflict pain as I was midair. I flipped my body over, dislocating my right arm in the process, but I felt even more muscles tear on the left side of her body. I was close!

The muscles were permanently tightened in my right hand as I dug into her body more and more. The flip I did cause her left arm to pop off of her body in a messy way. Her katana slid through my face and cut out my right eye, along with putting a deep cut along the rest of my face towards my jaw as well. Her left arm shot out a violent stream of blood with clumps that splattered onto the ground.

Moon screamed out in agony as I slid along the floor, losing all feeling in my body while simultaneously bleeding until I died.

When I heard a loud noise slam into the floor, I knew it... I had won against Moon. I was able to stop whatever damage she would cause to the rest of our forces... that's it... that's the end of my life.

I was only able to do it thanks to my friends, thanks to Sky...

--DANI WINS--