Author Note

  Well guys, here it is, my official logo, I will be putting this on all Characther sheet from here on out. Many thanks to Midnight-Muffin. Also sometimes this week, I will be releasing the complete Characther Sheet for Kaly, now we just need to raise money to do Bel next, like we did for Kaly, again many thanks for all my close supporters.

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  El's pulse thundered in her ears as she crouched in the shadows, her eyes locked on the monstrous creature perched atop the shattered roof pile.

  The thing, thirty feet of glistening obsidian scales, serrated wings slicing the air, and a maw bristling with needle-like teeth was no bird, despite its eagle-like form.

  Its crimson eyes glinted with cruel amusement, and the jagged feathers sparked against the rubble, carving grooves into the concrete as if it were soft cy.

  Quincy's voice, shrill with panic, cut through the tense silence, barking orders to his men. Their submachine guns trembled in their hands, fingers twitching toward the triggers.

  El's gaze darted to Alle, her little sister, standing rigid fsr off to her. Alle's face was pale, her wide silver eyes gssy with terror, fixed on the creature.

  Her trembling hands clutched the tattered straps of her bra, and her breath came in shallow, uneven gasps. She was frozen, El thought, her stomach twisting. She has always been the fragile one between the two.

  However El could not be her as her trembling form went back on the monsterous bird in front of them.

  "That thing… it's a Flux."

  El's mind raced, piecing together fragments of a world turned upside down.

  "It my first time encountering one this big, it is one of those supernatural monsters that started wrecking everything ten years ago."

  She said to herself, after all she was only eight when the Fluxes first appeared, terrifying, otherworldly beings that tore through cities, defying science and reason. She and Alle had huddled together in their cramped apartment, listening to news reports of entire neighborhoods reduced to ash by creatures like this one.

  Their mother was already gone, taken by cervical cancer when they were toddlers. Their father tried to shield them, but the debts he owed the Bck Dragon Gang swallowed him whole.

  He had worked himself to death, endless overtime, shady deals, anything to keep the gang's enforcers at bay. Until one night, he didn't come back.

  However weirdly enough the Bck Dragon gang came for El and Alle instead, dragging them into a life of servitude. At eighteen, El had spent half her life as a debt sve, scrubbing floors, running errands, jerking off the boss clients when they came in and a lot of horrific things she didn't want to recall, these people where evil people after all, heartless monster calling themselves humans, and dodging the gang's cruelty. Alle, just a five minutes younger, clung to her like a lifeline.

  "We've only got each other."

  El thought, her chest tightening as she watched Alle's trembling form.

  "Mom is gone... Dad is gone... It is just us."

  Despite everything, the hunger, the beatings, the constant fear and abuse of all kind, they had survived this long only because they had each other to rely on.

  Alle was softer, more emotional, always breaking down in tears when things got bad. El had learned to bury her own pain, to be the strong one. But seeing Alle frozen now, staring at that Flux like a deer in headlights, El's resolve hardened.

  "She had do the same for me in the st two... She does try, even if she is a crybaby. I can't let her die here... Where in the cross fire between two monsters, ahhh I got to move."

  She said weakly, as she began to run towards Alle.

  At that moment the goons pointed their gun, and Nier lift it's wings, as they shifted, its wings unfurling with a low, resonant hum that vibrated through the warehouse.

  El's skin prickled as its gaze swept over them, cold and predatory. Quincy's voice cracked like a whip.

  "What the fuck are you waiting for? Can't you see that Flux bastard burst through the roof? Kill it!"

  The soldiers hesitated, their faces pale, sweat beading on their brows despite the chill. El's heart lurched.

  "They're gonna shoot."

  She saw the barrels rise, the glint of metal in the dim light. Alle hadn't moved, her feet rooted to the ground, her lips parting in a silent whimper.

  "No, Alle, move!"

  El hissed, her voice barely audible over the pounding of her own pulse. But Alle didn't budge, her eyes locked on the Flux's glowing red stare.

  "Damn it, she is too scared."

  El's body moved before her mind could catch up. She lunged, tackling Alle with all her strength, shoving her sister toward the grimy warehouse floor.

  At the same time shot's where fired.

  DADADADADA… DADAAAADADA!

  Gunfire exploded, a deafening cacophony that drowned out everything else. Muzzle fshes lit the warehouse in staccato bursts, casting jagged shadows across the walls.

  Bullets screamed through the air, ricocheting off concrete and metal with sharp, metallic pings. El's world dissolved into pain as something tore into her, first her shoulder, a burning stab that made her arm go numb; then her right thigh, a searing jolt that buckled her leg; and finally her side, just below her ribs, where a bullet ripped through her right kidney.

  She gasped, her vision swimming, but she held Alle down, pinning her beneath her body as the gunfire raged on.

  "Stay down, Alle!"

  El choked out, her voice raw with pain. Blood soaked her skin, warm and sticky, pooling beneath her. Each breath felt like swallowing gss, but she pressed herself harder against Alle, shielding her sister from the storm of bullets.

  "I can't let her get hit... Not her... Not my little sister."

  This is my fault, El thought, her mind spiraling as the pain cwed at her senses.

  "I should've dragged her out of here the second that thing crashed through the roof. But there was no time, no way out...not with Quincy's goons blocking the exits. Ahhh what do I do, gun fire aside. That Flux… it is gonna kill us all. But I won't let it take Alle. I wontttt....

  Alle squirmed beneath her, sobbing.

  "El, y-you're hurt! Oh God, you're bleeding!"

  Her voice was high-pitched, frantic, her hands fumbling against El's back as if she could somehow stop the blood.

  "Shut up and stay still!"

  El snapped, her voice harsher than she meant. She winced, the pain in her kidney fring with every word.

  "I'm fine, just… just don't move, okay?"

  'I'm not fine... it fucking hurts.'

  She admitted silently, her head spinning as the edges of her vision darkened.

  'But I have to be... For her.'

  The gunfire didn't stop, the soldiers unloading clip after clip at the Flux, which stood unmoving, its scales gleaming as bullets bounced harmlessly off its body.

  El stole a gnce at it, her heart sinking.

  'It is not even flinching.'

  'What the hell is this thing?'

  The warehouse was a warzone, dust and debris choking the air, the smell of gunpowder mixing with the coppery tang of her own blood. But through the chaos, one thought burned clear.

  'I have to keep Alle alive. No matter what.'

  El's breath hitched, her body screaming with pain as she shielded Alle beneath her, the gunfire roaring like a relentless storm.

  Blood seeped from her wounds, shoulder, thigh, and her right kidney, staining the grimy warehouse floor, but she clung to her sister, whispering through gritted teeth,

  "You're okay, Alle. You're gonna be okay."

  Her voice trembled, more a plea than a promise, as she tried to convince herself as much as Alle.

  But then, the great bird spoke, its voice a low, guttural rasp that sliced through the chaos like a bde.

  [Fake Reality: Death]

  Its crimson eyes bzed with an unholy light, and an invisible wave rippled outward, targeting the armed men firing at it.

  El felt a chill crawl up her spine, the air growing heavy with something unnatural, something wrong. The soldiers gunfire faltered, their bodies seizing as their eyes gzed over, faces contorted in silent agony, and detail horrors.

  One by one, they colpsed, their submachine guns cttering to the ground, some still firing wildly in their death throes.

  Bullets sprayed erratically, pinging off walls and shattering crates, the warehouse descending into a maelstrom of dust and destruction.

  And then, the worst happened.

  A stray bullet, born of the chaos, tore through the air with a sickening whistle. El heard it before she saw it, a split-second sound that ended in a wet, gurgling choke.

  "GAGHHH!"

  Alle's body jerked beneath her.

  El's heart stopped.

  Her wide eyes darted to her sister, and the world seemed to slow, every detail searing into her mind like a brand.

  Blood sprayed from Alle's neck, a crimson arc that painted El's face and hands. The bullet had ripped through Alle's jugur, leaving a gaping wound that pulsed with each weakening heartbeat.

  Alle's eyes, wide with shock and pain, met El's, her mouth opening and closing as she choked on her own blood, a horrible, drowning sound that cwed at El's soul.

  "ALLE!"

  El screamed, her voice raw and ragged, breaking under the weight of her terror. She scrambled to her knees, ignoring the fire in her own wounds, and cradled Alle's head in her trembling hands. Blood poured between her fingers, warm and relentless, soaking her skin and pooling on the floor.

  "No, no, no, oh God, Alle, please!"

  Alle's hands filed weakly, grasping at El's arms, her nails digging into her skin as if clinging to life itself. Her lips moved, but only blood and garbled gasps came out, her eyes pleading, terrified, fading.

  El pressed her hands against the wound, desperate to stop the bleeding, but the blood kept coming, slipping through her fingers like water through a sieve.

  "Stay with me, Alle, stay with me!"

  She sobbed, her voice cracking as tears streamed down her face, mixing with the blood on her cheeks.

  "You can't leave me. You're all I have!"

  "This can"t be happening."

  El's mind wailed.

  "Not Alle... Not my little sister."

  Memories flooded her, Alle's soft giggles when they would hide from their father's angry creditors, the way she would clung to El's hand during their mother's funeral, the promises they had whispered in the dark to escape the Bck Dragon Gang someday.

  "We were supposed to get out together. I swore I would protect you...I-I...

  But now, Alle's blood was on her hands, her sister's life slipping away in this filthy, cursed warehouse, all because of that monstrous Flux.

  El's gaze flickered to the creature, still perched on the rubble, its glowing eyes watching the carnage with a twisted, almost curious expression.

  Rage and despair churned in her chest.

  "You did this...

  She thought, her heart breaking with every shallow breath Alle took.

  "You brought this death here."

  El's hands trembled, slick with Alle's blood, as she pressed them against her sister's neck, desperate to stop the relentless flow.

  Alle's gasps had weakened to shallow, gurgling breaths, each one fainter than the st, her eyes fluttering with a fading light.

  El's own wounds, her shoulder, thigh, and kidney, burned like fire, her strength draining with every heartbeat, but she refused to let go. She rocked Alle gently in her arms, as if the motion could tether her sister's soul to her body.

  "Stay with me, Alle."

  She whispered, her voice cracking, tears carving tracks through the blood and grime on her face.

  "You"re all I’ve got. Please…

  But Alle's chest stilled.

  Her eyes, once bright with fear and love, dulled and closed, the spark of life snuffed out like a candle in a storm. The warehouse's chaos, the fading echoes of gunfire, the distant wail of police sirens, faded into a hollow silence, broken only by El's ragged sobs.

  "Alle… NO!"

  El’s scream tore from her throat, raw and primal, a sound that carried every ounce of her pain, despair, and confusion.

  She clutched Alle's limp body tighter, as if holding her close could bring her back.

  The weight of her sister's death crashed into her, mingling with the warehouse's oppressive negativity, the echoes of countless atrocities that had stained this pce with blood and suffering. It was as if the air itself wept with her, heavy with the ghosts of pain, guilt, and loss.

  "She's gone...

  El's mind wailed, the thought slicing through her like a bde.

  "My little sister… my Alle."

  Memories flooded her.

  Alle's shy smile when they would shared stolen bread from the gang's kitchen, the way she would whispered "I love you" during their darkest nights as debt sves, the promises they had made with each other to escape together, to find a better life beyond the Bck Dragon Gang.

  "I failed her... I swore I would protect her, and yet I failed."

  The guilt was suffocating, heavier than the blood soaking her body, heavier than the pain of her wounds.

  But then, a flicker of thought pierced the fog of grief.

  A very dangerous thought.

  'Could that thing… save her?'

  El's gaze lifted to the Flux, the monstrous bird-like creature still perched atop the rubble. Its crimson eyes gleamed with a cold, predatory curiosity, its scales glinting in the dim light.

  It was a monster, a bringer of death, Lionel's blood still stained the floor, and the bodies of Quincy and his men y scattered, untouched yet lifeless from its unholy attack it just did.

  And yet, something in its presence, its unnatural power, sparked a desperate hope in El's shattered heart.

  "It's not human. It's something else. Something that defies reality."

  Her mind raced, clinging to the impossible, and going off the basic definition of what a Flux is.

  "If it can kill with a word, maybe it can bring her back."

  The thought was madness, but grief had stripped away reason. Desperation drowned out her hatred, her fear, her pain. For Alle, she would do anything, even beg a monster.

  El's hands shook as she gently id Alle's head on the cold, blood-slicked floor.

  "I'm not letting you go."

  She whispered, her voice barely audible, a vow to her sister's still form. She forced herself to her feet, her wounded leg buckling under her weight, pain ncing through her side with every step.

  Blood dripped from her fingers, leaving a trail as she staggered toward the Flux. Fear should have stopped her, every instinct screamed to run from this creature, but for Alle, fear ceased to exist. All that remained was a burning need to save her sister.

  The Flux's eyes narrowed, glowing faintly as if preparing to unleash another wave of its terrifying power. Nier was about absorb the Negativity but El did not know, that, she think it wanted to attack her, but El's heart pounded, but she raised a trembling hand, her voice hoarse and desperate.

  "Wait!"

  She cried, the word scraping her raw throat.

  "Please… you! You did this! You… you can fix it, can't you?"

  Her eyes burned with tears, her body swaying from blood loss, but she locked her gaze on the creature's crimson stare, who looked at her.

  "Save her. Save my sister. I'll do anything, please!"

  Her knees buckled, and she colpsed to the ground, inches from the rubble where the Flux loomed. Her hands cwed at the concrete, her voice breaking into a sob.

  "She is all I have… please, don't let her die."

  Nier on the other hand look at this girl, now that he knows he could get power off worship simir to Kaly.

  It made him wonder.

  'How can I go about doing this!?'

  Then a thought cross him, as he just copy the script off a movie he saw once.

  "Offering."

  Nier said, one word.

  But it was clear. El looked at the great bird and question.

  "W-What!?"

  "Offering... What do you give in return."

  "... Offering."

  El repeated, as she looked at her sister, then close her eyes as if accepting reality.

  "My life for her's."

  'I guess I will need more work to turn her into religious fanatic... Oh well, this could work too.'

  With that, Nier eye's went pitch bck, and that's when he saw it, using the Occultist Eyes.

  "No sis... You can't do that!?"

  It Alle soul, it had became a ghost.

  Then the spirit of the girl look at Bird, she knew it could see him, after all, it was looking right at her.

  "Let's make a deal instead."

  "A deal you say."

  "What!?"

  El question, unaware as to what the bird was doing.

  "Yes, don't kill my sister because of me."

  "If you do that, I will do anything."

  "Already dead though, what can you even offer."

  "... Is it true that Fluxes get stronger the more they eat humans!?"

  "Not really!?"

  Nier answered honestly.

  "Oh, then, how about souls, if you spare my sister you can have mines."

  "Hmmm... Very well, I can grant both!?"

  "Wait really."

  Alle said with open eyes.

  "Well you really revive her!?"

  El said unable to see Alle, in that next moment, Nier began to talk to Silence.

  'Silence help me make a spell to revive the dead.'