Cyberknight: One Path

⁕ The Lynching Game (part 10)

Kadyn's fingers gently glided against the veil of darkness surrounding her and Mike. No matter how hard she pushed, punched or stabbed at the invisible barrier, nothing seemed to work against her prison. Defeated, Kadyn walked back to the campfire and sat beside Mike.

[Kadyn] - "I don't understand this place. It's not the afterlife, the purgatory nor is it a physical prison. Could it be someone's ability? "

[Mike] - "If this was someone's ability, then resistance would be futile. This type of ability does exist. They are extremely rare and are only ever recorded on users who have exfoliated their crystals. Sniper is an example of this. His healing power, if uninterrupted, can keep him alive at a comparable speed to the damage inflicted on him. Meaning that under specific circumstances, he can heal at a speed beyond the speed of light. "

[Kadyn] - "Which is theoretically impossible since nothing can move faster than light. Exactly like this place we are in currently; A prison which is impossible, yet real. "

Said Kadyn as she connected Mike's words with their situation.

[Mike] - "Before you ask, my crystals aren't exfoliated. "

Said Mike as he poked the fire with a stick.

[Kadyn] - "Then looks like this will be our grave forever. "

Said Kadyn with a hint of defeat in her voice.

Suddenly, Mike noticed how the campfire seemed to lose a bit of strength as its flame seemed defeated. Memories of the past quickly flooded Mike's mind as he realized that for as long as he was conscious in this state, the flame seemed to dim or light up depending on Kadyn's mood. However, he needed more evidence to confirm his theory.

[Mike] - "Ya know, for the first time ever since my confinement here, I can feel a bit of warmth. "

[Kadyn] - "Me too... I'm glad you are still alive somewhere out there. "

[Mike] - "Physical warmth. In case you haven't noticed, the bloody fire ain't hot. "

Said Mike before plunging his hand into the flame.

At first, Kadyn panicked as she jumped in to pull Mike's arm out of the flame but quickly felt no pain as the fire emitted heat similar to the warmth of a touch.

[Mike] - "I'm a bloody ghost, remember? I can't feel anything, so I'm never warm. However, your mere presence made me feel what is like to be a living human. Your body heat is the only heat I can feel. "

Touched by Mike's words, Kadyn smiled before moving to sit closer beside him.

[Kadyn] - "Use my heat as much as you like. Maybe with enough of it, you can be brought back. "

As Kadyn tried her best to keep balance while pretending to lean against Mike's ghost, the flame before them began burning vigorously not with destructive rage, but with a beautiful orange fury.

[Mike] - "Just as I thought. Who else would keep my soul alive beyond my death but you? "

Said Mike before abruptly standing up.

[Kadyn] - "Huh? Are you saying... "

[Mike] - "This is your ability. How did I not think of this sooner? Take off your top. "

Ordered Mike as he pointed at Kadyn's chest.

[Kadyn] - "Oh? Has all this time spent in abstinence got you hungry? "

Said Kadyn playfully with a blush before unhesitantly pulling apart the clothes on the upper part of her body and revealing her chest in its entirety to Mike.