“ZERO!” She ran over to her body, lifting her in her arms. Crying she checked her pulse. “Barley. Z.. please don’t leave! I can’t live without you! Come on wake up!” “Z…Zi, Ziro. Is …is that you.” “YES YES YES, its me, im here sweetie I’m here.” “Ah ha, I… I got shot it seems.” Feeling her chest where the pierce was. “Z, please hang in there Lilith can help you, she can heal you.” “He…heal me…” “Save your strength , don’t waste it. Please.” She hugged Zero crying. “Don’t leave me… don’t leave me like you did those years ago.” She cried holding her body. Ziro could do nothing but hold and cry.

Zero gave off a chuckle. And then with her strength hugged Ziro back. Lilith and Alex eventually caught up only to see Ziro holding Zeros body… … … her limp body. Alex went into action immediately grabbing the two bodies and running back to the city. Ziro couldn’t speak, Lilith followed.

Huh? Where, where am i? why is Zi crying. What happened to me. Light appeared and Entwine showed up. “My dear creation what happened to you Zero, why are you here?” “Why am I… here?” “The realm of the dead.” Zero’s heart sank as she realized the situation. “Dead?” “Yes, to an arrow.” “I can’t die, not now when Kali’s gone. And Zi, I can’t leave her.” “There is nothing I can do, you know the curse of the Elates plants you to death permanently.” “I know, I know. Please don’t take me just yet.” “I can’t believe im doing this, fine.” Zero looked on at the world around her, which was moving rapidly.

“Whats this outside world? Why does everyone around me suffer Entwine. I made Ziro cry for the longest time, Kali’s gone because we let her go off by herself, Now I’m dead because I ran off on my own. Tell me why.” Entwine walked over to Zero patting her on the head. “My dear child, it all started when you went into that pit, something corrupted your mind down there.” “No impossible, I was just…” “Following orders? I created you with the most independent thought out of all my children, yet you choose by your own will to kill those around you out of your curiosity. You hurt those by being yourself and hurt those by not being yourself.”

“THEN WHY WAS I CREATED IF I HURT THOSE AROUND ME NO MATTER WHAT I DO!” Zero screamed out falling to her knees, “Why, why, why?! ENTWINE WHAT SICK BASTARD ARE YOU!” Entwine said nothing but turned his head the other way. “TURN AROUND YOU COWARD!” “BECAUSE I WAS FORCED TO CREATE ONE FAILURE OUT OF THE BILLIONS I MADE! I didn’t choose to want any of my children to be hurt.” Zero stopped her yelling, and her crying slowed down. “The other gods and our leader told us to create our own life for this world. I created millions of my children, long lives, extreme magical powers, prowess, bravery, and strength. However I was forced to make a flaw in the system of mine. The curse any Elate faces when dead the ultimate hunting grounds is that curse, but that wasn’t enough. They told me to keep my race, I had to, I had to willingly create a flaw in the system.”

“M…me?” “Yes you, but that’s what made you unique your entire life.” “But, im a failure of your design.” He shook his head, “No, I made the flaw a perk of yours, why do you think your so brave, it’s because i gave you the ability to fear nothing not even death, I gave you the will of a warrior, Iron will.” “Iron will?” Zero touched her chest, a small orange glow appeared and glowed brighter then the sun. “I gave you this to overcome any obstacle in your path, making you the perfect companion.”

Zero looked out into the world again noticing they were in the kingdom again, the castle. Alex put her down on a table, and suddenly her vision became frozen, foggy, and then…

Zero looked around the room, “Entwine?” She looked around and saw that Entwine was locked out of her area, effectively stalling her death. From the outside she could her muffled voices. “Ziro? Alex?” “I need to go out and find Kali, she’s the only one who can stop this. Come on you two we need to hurry.” “I…I can’t, leave my love… I can’t go on without her. Take… Lilith with you…please.” Alex looked at Ziro who was now somberly laying atop of Zero crying. “Lilith lets go we need to find her.” Lilith shook her head, and the two where off to find Kali.

But, how will they find her when she just vanished into thin air?