as the world caves in
Everyone in Centuri-Six is going to die.
Thunder erupted out of nowhere as large waves began to emerge from the parting ocean. The sounds were deafening as the inhabitants cried out helplessly, homes torn apart, families ripped away from one another.
The planet was caving into itself whilst the birth of another began.
The ground shook under her feet while she looked around helplessly, watching the hand that was once submerged under the waves begin to reach out of the ground, wanting to be free of its cage. She watched while the ground parted beneath their feet, tearing a mother away from her baby. She couldn’t tear her eyes away as the mother was pulled into the cracks of the earth, disappearing and leaving the baby on its own as she faced her fate.
“We’re doing the right thing.” Ajax reassured her once again, watching another person get killed by the birth of the Celestial.
How is killing justifiable?
How is death justifiable?
She felt frozen, unable to move her body whilst the world around her began to crumble, the helpless screams crowding her thoughts while she was instructed to watch, to watch the people she cared for die tragically.
“Druig!” She called out, she saw him attempt to make his way towards her, climbing over the crumbling ground and stumbling his way towards her, once he was within arms reach he pulled her into him as the world around them continued to cave in.
She had been standing for what felt to be hours, the ache in her feet wanting her to do nothing more but lay down, she gently placed her hands on his back, flinching as Druig winces in pain, still healing from the earthquake that caused him to fall uncomfortably onto his back, they looked like two soldiers that were reunited in the midsts of a battle, minutes away from their tragic end.
“So, what a final night alive huh?” Druig attempted to crack a joke, he couldn’t stop longingly watching the crowds, wanting to save everyone from what was to occur. She sighed in response, head falling onto his shoulder as she leaned into him, wanting nothing more than to feel his embrace, to ignore the aching feeling in her soul that continued to weigh her down.
“Druig, I-” She began, stuttering over her words as a chunk of the ground narrowly missed the two, causing them to jump away in fear.
“Don’t, don’t say it.” He cuts her off, pulling on her hand and dragging her to somewhere safe, all he wanted was to protect her, to comfort her.
But there was no way out of this situation, whether he wanted it to happen or not, they were going to die.
The planet will crumble into pieces.
“You- you won’t lose me alright?” Druig hastily held her face in the palm of his hands, wanting her to look directly at him rather than the planet that continued to run to the ground.
“Hey, look at me okay. Look at me.” He demands, catching her eyes and forcing their eyes to meet once more. The pale blue eyes that once brought her comfort only caused her even more heartbreak while she continued to look at him, the man she fell in love with.
The man she was about to lose.
“We’ll find each other again, I promise.” He reassured her, thumb wiping the fallen tears while he forced a smile on his own face, incapable of hiding his own feelings.
“You can't get rid of me that easily, y’know.” He added cheekily, causing a laugh to escape her, he felt his heart stutter at the sound of her laughter, wanting nothing but to bottle it up, to keep it safe in a box so he could hear it over and over again and never get sick of the sweet melody of her laugh.
All he wanted was to tear her away from this nightmare, to keep her safe from their doomed fate, to protect her from everything that could cause a frown on her ethereal face.
He knew she was created by the Gods, nobody this perfect could exist unless they handcrafted by the Gods themselves, Druig thought she was perfect, even with her flaws she was the most beautiful person he had ever laid his eyes on, and if he could relive falling in love with her over and over again, he would do it, with no hesitation.
Because he knew that no matter what, no matter what planet, no matter where they were, he’d find his way back to her, he’d crawl from the depths of hell and kill and destroy everything in his path that kept him away from her.
He wouldn’t let their story end like this, so tragically. They were twin flames, forged by the Gods above and created for one another, nobody could separate Druig from her even if they tried.
“It’s okay- it’s going to be okay, when I see you again we’ll say it to each other, we’ll tell each other.” He promises, not wanting to hear the three words come out of her mouth as she got torn away from him, not wanting the last words he’d hear to be the words that would haunt him until his last breath.
He couldn’t tell her he loved her, not now, not as their lives began to end, not as he’s forced to watch her take her last breath ever as she loses the ability to live.
“We’ll find each other once again.” She stuttered out shakily and Druig nodded, pulling her impossibly closer to him as he watched her gaze fall behind him, his fingers trembled against her skin, ignoring the blood that dropped down his neck and the harsh cut on her forehead.
“That’s right, we will.” He promised.
Thunder clapped once again as the skies began to darken. He looked up and watched the meteors continue to pelt the broken ground. He couldn’t breathe without inhaling the scent of burning corpses as thousands continued to die, he couldn’t stop it, no matter how much he wanted to.
The end was near.
The head of the Celestial began to emerge from the shaky waters, continuing to rip itself away from the centre of the planet, destroying the planet as it did so.
Druig looked at her once again, hurriedly pressing his lips to her forehead as he tucked her into his chest, wanting her to feel nothing but him as it began.
The end of the world.
The Celestial tore himself from the cocoon created, careless about the inhabitants that once roamed the planet that crumbled into pieces, careless towards the Eternals that were devoted to protecting him, he rose from his restless slumber, destroying everything in his path, including the two Eternals that clutched onto each other as the world caved in, welcoming death once again.