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|| Demon Slayer || LiSA ||
"No!" Clouds were forming outside of the apartment building, it was beginning to snow. "Winter?" Janet pried the door off of the hinges, it was frozen shut. "Winter!" She was frozen to the bed, her lips blue. "Winter, you need to stop this, right now." Janet said sternly, trying to bring her back. Her eyes were shut, her skin cold to the touch. Yuuki stood behind her, but Janet couldn't see him. "You're hesitating? Could it be that you want to protect your captors Winter? Aren't you tired of being their dog?" She wasn't their dog, she had never asked for this. "Don't you remember Winter?" The light flurry had begun to snow in earnest. "You're the one that crossed through my gate," the ice continued to grow thicker and thicker around her body. "You're the one that begged me to live!"
"No!" She jerked, Janet kneeling in front of her, trying to shake her out of it. "So this is your curse! This is your curse for wanting to live! Accept it Winter, harness your power! You were born for this!" He leaned against her, his hands on her shoulders, "there is ice in your veins." She was freezing, she had never been this cold before. "Winter, say something to me!" Janet begged as the snow turned into a blizzard.
"Make your choice!"
"No!"
"Winter, wake up!"
"You don't get to reject me anymore!"
"Winter!"
A needle jabbed into her neck, the only piece of exposed skin left. At the same moment, Yuuki's hand plunged through her chest. Winter slumped over, the snowstorm outside stopping. "Your life isn't your own anymore. It's our life now." He whispered before disappearing. Janet used a knife to pick at the ice, trying to get Winter out of the position she was frozen into. "Hang on," the door outside slammed open, the ice having frozen it shut. "009 we're here for backup," she rose, knife still in hand. "I've deescilated the situation with hallidol." Winter stared blankly in front of her, for the time being, for her own safety, she was going to be taken back to that building. Outside, an angry crowd had already begun to gather. They saw the ice on the ground and the snow in the air and they knew she was there.
Her life was out of control. The small amount of stability she had, had been taken away. "It's alright Winter, you're safe now." Janet promised, they wrapped her in a heating blanket, her internal temperature dangerously low. "Just rest now, we'll be taking you back." 007 said as she was carried downstairs, Janet making sure to bring her phone and cane. Her life was ruined, again. As soon as they were outside, there were angry jeers and boos. She had spent years building a positive identity in the public eye and all it took was a one hour news special for it to come crumbling down. "Everything is ruined," Winter whimpered, draping her arm across her eyes. "I can't go back," she felt another needle prick her skin, "we're gonna infuse some warm saline to bring up your internal temperature." Oxygen looped underneath her nose, tickling her senses.
She was barely consciousness the ride back to that place. Her phone buzzed, no doubt it was Claude. She could never go to school again, she could never compete again. She didn't understand, who did this? Why? Why were they targeting her? She fell asleep during the ride back, waking up in her old room. No, this wasn't the same room, Winter realized. This one was much larger, her piano from the apartment there. Had they moved everything while she was asleep? She sat up slowly, realizing that she couldn't feel her legs. Winter threw the blanket off, her legs purple and blue. In her panic she fell out of bed, looking around for her cane. No, no, she couldn't go back to this again. She had worked so hard to relearn to walk.
For the second time that day, Winter burst into tears, her fragile hold on reality ruined.