"What..." Aiba's voice broke out again. "What do you mean, Nino's dead..."
"Wha-..." I asked. It couldn't be true! nino couldn't be dead! Then I thought about why he had died. "Is... the fate of a vessel...." Right, a vessel died when-
Suddenly a sharp pain pushed through my head and I staggered back. Seizing my head again, I heard a voice, and I knew it was Aoi. She was trying to push through my mental barrier. I began to back up even more trying to find stable ground. But, she was able to force herself passed me and took over my body. I was only able to hear and watch. My body stopped moving as Aoi took control.
I quit paying attention to whatever it was that she was saying through my body. It wasn't even my own voice. It was darker somehow. I kept pushing to take back control. I hated this feeling of being useless and weak. This was not the usual me, and I didn't want to stand for it. I tried yelling out to Aoi, but my voice was gone, I couldn't do anything. I was stuck in my own mind unable to do anything about it.
Please, let me out of here! I want my body! I was practically pleading with Aoi, but she kept pushing me farther and farther into my own mind that soon, I was unable to see through my eyes, I was stuck in the darkness. I could just make out a hint of light, and that was Aoi in front of my. As much as I tried to push through to the surface I couldn't. I was drowning. I could feel myself falling, falling, falling before suddenly the light was suddenly extinguished. Aoi was gone, I could no longer feel her domineering presence.
I expected to be rushed back into control over myself, but I wasn't. I stayed in the darkness, alone and scared. Aoi was no where to be found, she wasn't talking to me, or if she was, I couldn't hear her. It didn't seem like she was in control of my body anymore, so what was the problem? Was I too far into my mind that I wasn't going to be able to get back out?
Emiko, Aoi's voice broke through the silence suddenly after what felt like eternity. I had been trying to break through, like swimming in quick sand. I am sorry for taking advantage of your body and our connection.
I wanted to cry, to shout at her, but I found I couldn't. A lot of good your sorry does. You put me here!
She was silent for a moment, You can come out of this darkness at any moment, but you seem broken, beaten.
I frowned, What do you mean? I want out now and nothing is happening!
No, your mind is very fragile. It is having a hard time taking in everything about the vessels and you don't seem ready to handle it. It didn't help that I forced myself through you. She sighed. To get back out of this eternal darkness, you need to find your strength, your resolve, your courage. You need to learn to accept what is happening out there. There is a war coming and they will need you.
I wanted to moan, No one needs me. I was just one person. One person cannot make a difference in anything. If I believed I could, I was just being stupid.
This is your problem. Fix that, and you can survive. But know, if you stay in the darkness for too long, you may never again find the light.
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