i'm free to be the greatest {i'm alive} // helucas day three
Mar 30, 2017 14:58:35 GMT -5
Post by lance on Mar 30, 2017 14:58:35 GMT -5
Legs pounded against the ground, pushing him ever so steadily forward. Chest heaved and fell, each ragged breath more painful than the last. Heart pounded against said chest, its latest attempt to free itself from its fleshy confines proving to be just as futile as those that had preceded it.
But not by much.
One fact was certain, though: he was not built for running, despite his height and slender build, and his body was fading quickly as a result.
It wasn't how he'd imagined he would go out, not with legs melted into jelly by what felt like molten lead and chest torn apart from within with each shuddering inhale and exhale.
Alas, it seemed that fate had other plans for him.
Even with the boost that the tiny Eckhart girl had given him, he was fading fast. Years of barely sufficient nutrition and exactly zero physical activity were catching up with him almost as fast as the rumbling sound caused by god knows what was.
A sardonic smile crossed his face as the thought that he had wanted to see the source of the noise up close crossed his mind.
Well, maybe now he'd get his chance.
His pace slowed, then stopped altogether. For the second time, he turned to face the oncoming stampede head on.
He took one step forward, then another, and then another.
Then the humanoid shape appeared out of nowhere and tackled him around his waist.
His cry of surprise was lost with the sudden rush of air fleeing his lungs as, for the first time, he did lose his balance. His back hit the ground with a dull THUMP, and a second later, the other figure crashed on top of him.
Instinct thrust an icy spear of fear that twisted logic lacked the capability to wield through his heart, and one arm reached for a sword that wasn't there and-
-and then his own pale blue gaze locked with twin orbs of brown, and it was like a string had been cut. Relaxation flooded through a tortured system that had once contained nothing but adrenaline and pain.
The rumbling gradually faded into nothing, and yet the thought barely registered within his skull. The cool, vibrant grass tickled his bare back, and yet he didn't notice, for the figure on his front occupied his complete attention.
One gloved hand rose in a motion that could almost be described as timid had he known that such a thing existed, hovering just off of one cheek.
"So it really was you after all, then," he breathed.
His surprise transformed into the tiniest of grins, and almost hesitantly, he brushed his hand across the cheek of Helios Delacroix in the simplest of caresses.
They very well could have gotten killed in a dozen different ways in the next minute, but at the moment, he decided he couldn't care less.