Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5824038-20150203191459/@comment-29458028-20150207160930

Levith walked back to the room, thinking it over. It was a hard decision, but his mother's advice was ... reasonable, at least to him. It cast a shadow on his mind, yet he knew it had to be done. If he did nothing, he would achieve nothing.

Levith returned to the room. Ada looked at him with a worried look, the light of her tablet lighting up her face, as she stared at Levith's uncle issue threats again. Levith snatched the tablet over and called his father Louis, putting the call with his uncle on hold.

Louis picked up and scowled. He didn't seem to want to talk to his son. Levith could see the annoyed expression of his father. He gritted his teeth and said "I speak to you not as Levith Syphre, Prince of Luminem, but Levith Syphre, 7th Auroran commander. I have decided."

"What you going to give him what he wants?"

"No, use the Animus disruption device, then shell the bungalow. The rebellion will be crushed within two hours at most if that happens. The forces of the Second Prince are weak."

"Son, don't overstate your authority. Aurora Zeill is in there, with your child! She might not make it out alive."

"I'll ... talk to her. I have no choice. I sacrifice my happiness for everyone's happiness. A worthy trade. As mother says, doing nothing is never the right way. If this hostage taker stays put, he will eventually become bored and kill his hostage. The only alternative is to let himself get captured. Action must be taken. If the hostage still dies, at least you will know that it was not because of your inaction, and that there was nothing that you could have done. I quote her exact word."

"Your mother? You mean Marya?"

"Yes."

"Let me see her!"

"Promise me you will carry out the order."

"Fine" said Louis as he called the forces. He turned back to Levith and said "so, will you..."

Levith switched the video call over to Aurora's phone. His uncle said "took you long enough!"

The lens of the camera turned to show Aurora, bleeding light from multiple wounds. As she stared into the camera, her arm was slashed again, with a magical dagger. Her healing factor failed as she screamed in pain.

Levith said, very very loudly "is out child ... fine? Damnit, hand it to Aurora!"

His uncle complied with a smirk.

Aurora broke down and cried, replying "no ... he's not ... fine. He's ... gone."

Levith replied "Aurora, in about eight minutes, you will ... feel heat. Lots of it. I am sorry it had to come to this, but ... we all know, the Auroran society is more important than us. Aurora, I love you."

Aurora smiled, even though she was in pain, from the miscarrriage and all her wounds. She touched her hand to the screen and said "yes, I love you too. If fate dictates, we will meet again."

Levith touched his hand to the screen and smiled. They stared at each other, smiling sadly, knowing their love was ephemeral.

Meanwhile, Ada was just staring at Levith, in shock. Not even hate, just pure shock. She had never seen him like that before. Then again, she didn't know him well enough.

Levith waved goodbye to Aurora, who returned the wave and closed her eyes, as the whole screen filled with reddish white and then the connection was terminated...

Levith shut the tablet, curled up and cried.