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❝Why do I always end up destroying everything I've ever loved?❞
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#EE3B3B ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #FFCCCC】
|| The Death of a Bachelor || Panic! At the Disco ||
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#EE3B3B ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #FFCCCC】
|| The Death of a Bachelor || Panic! At the Disco ||
Echo's teeth ground together. As they had suspected, this was a trap and they had walked right into it. Flo ordered her to fall back, but Flo wasn't her boss, not anymore. "I won't run myself down, not before I have the chance to pay Anguis back ten fold for everything she's done to Ariel." Anguis's tongue slithered between her teeth. There was a strange sound in the air, it made Melody howl like a dog. "Flo, take them into the hallway. I'll fight Anguis while you check on Silence's unit." She could manage Anguis on her own, after all, Echo was a Baroness. She wasn't pitiful anymore, she wasn't the little nuisance demon everyone thought her to be. She took a deep breath in, knowing that she needed to keep herself in check. "Go!" Echo urged to Flo, noticing that she was still there. "You can trust me," Sana nodded, tugging on Flo's arm.
Anyhow, if Echo were to die, it would be in a blaze of glory, against Messiah himself, not one of his lackeys. Anguis looked as though she had eaten a particularly tasty frog the way she smiled, sizing Echo up, although there wasn't much to size. Echo drew both of her daggers, steeling herself to prepare against whatever attack might come her way. Anguis was underhanded, her snacks attacked first, pinning Echo to the wall. She grunted as she was thrown back, the creatures slithering faster than she had predicted. Echo's head hit the concrete, making her spin. "You're weak," Anguis hissed, "your becoming a Baroness was a mistake, you inherited the title, you did not earn it." She was looking down on her, but Echo had to keep her emotions in check.
"You're wrong!" She snapped, one of the snakes biting her, attempting to dig its fangs through her armor. Thank goodness for Alex Drake's technology. Echo growled-her mind suddenly flashing to something that did not belong, something she should not have remembered. A basement, her body restrained, someone standing in front of her, holding a whip. For a moment she blanched, bile rising in her throat. Anguis suddenly seemed anxious, no longer as menacing. Was that... concern in her eyes? It was then that Echo came to a realization. Anguis wasn't meant to kill her; had Messiah ordered a live capture? She grinned, that would put her at the advantage. A chip broke off of a diamond, the snakes freezing in place. Echo smashed them against the wall, Anguis howling as though the pain were her own.
"It wouldn't do well to underestimate me because of my size," she wiped the rest of the snake ice off of herself. "You know what reptiles hate?" Echo asked, she could tell Anguis was wary now. "The cold," it whipped around them, a force of frigid wind, but it was not natural. Anguis glared, on guard now. Echo surged forward, an ice pick growing in her hand. Anguis moved at the same time, the two of them clashing in the center. They exchanged blows faster than the eye could see, then fell back. Echo moved faster, pushing off of the wall, using it to propell her forward. There was a cry in the air, both falling back again. Anguis looked down, shock on her face as blood blossomed from her middle. She crumpled, Echo catching her as she fell.
"Call your snakes off," Echo said quietly, but Anguis's expression tightened. "You might think that you will win this, but you're already failing. Call them off," Anguis tensed, then sighed, "fine," she whispered. Echo slammed her hand against the Baroness's neck, knocking her out. They could take her hostage, Echo realized. There was something she remembered, something that should not have been in her head.
A stolen moment in a dark hallway, two sillhouettes barely visible. Was it possible Messiah had a weakness?