The battle wasn't over; I could tell the humans were planning on something. I had a sinking suspicion that they weren't retreating, just getting out of the way for something else. The fight had taken a lot out of me. I had gotten a huge gash along my arm that was bleeding profusly, but I just wrapped my arm in a shirt that I stole off of a fallen human. Not that I wanted to, but I needed to help staunch the bleeding; I didn't want to bring attention to it when Kara was dead. Dead.
I still couldn't quite put my head around it. How could she be gone? I shook my head, but this wasn't a dream; it was real. I found Asuka sobbing uncontrolably, and I rushed to her side, pulling her into my good arm for a hug. I had seen how she had 'killed' the human and knew that she was devestated. I
What could I say? That it was going to be ok? No, that just didn't seem right. I couldn't really say I understood, because even though I had killed a few humans tonight, I was trying like heck to not think about them. But, looking at Asuka and how she was handling it, just brought the pain back.
The people I had killed was someones son, someone's husband, someones brother. I had taken them away from their family. Pushing the pain to the farthest corner of my mind, I just stared at the grass. But, then I saw Kara's bood. And I found myself staring at her lifeless body.
I looked away and found Zero staring out at the open expanse of the forest only a few feet away from me. During the fight, after he had seen Kara shot, I could see the animal instinct to kill flash into his eyes. But then, i had had that same feeling.
"What is it?" I asked him, no emotion in my voice. It was like I couldn't feel anything.
He shook his head as he looked out across the meadow into the trees.
"You know, I don't hold anything against you for wanting to kill the humans, Zero," I told him, unsure if he heard me at all, but I continued. "Because, I... I..."
He turned and looked at me then. I tried to keep the tears from falling, but one escaped. "I know." was all he said, all that was needed to be said. WE understood each other.
I was about to say something, but the explosion cut me off.
