Infinity| A Time After

~First and last pt.2~

I couldn't breathe.

Everything ached and I couldn't breathe.

The others stood around in my blurred vision, trying to figure out what happened.

"W-where's Arthur...?" Alice's feeble voice trembled.

Something in my mind snapped.

And I screamed.

I cried out like I was on fire.

Like the world was ending.

Guilt, grief....anger.

The overwhelming pain of loss. It all exploded outward as I sobbed, crying out to him. Aching for him.

Please...

Please!!

He's gone. HE'S GONE.

And it's all. My. Fault.

My hands pulled at my hair, trying to ground myself with whatever sanity I had left. My body shrinking in on itself as my mind buzzed, my ears rung loudly and my vision blurred further.

"Papa....PAPA..." a small voice screamed in what sounded like pain. I heard her cries, the anguish from Sylvie as she cries out Arthur's name.

I sobbed, barely inhaling as arms wrapped around me. They held me tightly, but even so. I didn't feel safe. The warmth of this person didn't reach me.

Suddenly, I felt a quick, shark pressure on the side of my neck. It made me jolt. My vision tunneling as I felt my consciousness slip away from me.

"Art..." Was all I could mumble as I fell into unconsciousness....

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—Third person POV—

Tessia slumped forward in Virion's hold. Her breathing still erratic but she was taking in more oxygen.

"Sylvie please...i-is Arthur..?" Alice trailed off, holding onto Sylvie's smaller hands and she look at the wheat haired ausura pleadingly.

Sylvie took a shuttering breath, still looking at where the portal once been. Tears continued streaming down her face as she mentally searched for any sign of him.

Of the boy that raised her.

The boy who took care of and loved her.

The boy who would play tug of war with her over the meat she'd steal off his plate.

The same boy who just sacrificed himself.

She felt hollow. He wasn't there.

She couldn't feel him at all. Like his presence was never there to begin with.

"I can't feel him. I-he's not there..." she stuttered out a heart-wrenching sob. She curled in on herself, weeping with Alice who's tears were ever flowing.