Chapter 19 - The Husks (1/2)
”It was supposed to be a shelter, refuge for the victims. We didn't realize it was a concentration camp,” explained Mavislin, playing with some Elements with her fingers.
Raiyen hung upside-down an old oak tree branch, intently listening to his partner's explanation. She slowly closed her eyes as if to grasp the lost memories. It had been a few days after the incident. The partners in crime were healed physically but remained lost in their feelings.
”It's kinda blurry to me. It still is. But what I could recall about the Husks was meeting them. Everywhere was chaos, the entire planet was plunged into darkness. Screams, cries, tears... No matter how much we begged, that was no way we could be rescued.”
She tried calming herself down, before continuing.
”Some said we deserved it, others complained that we were ones to blame for starting the Great Noble War. I mean, could you blame us for what had happened? The Corrupted Element had been around for since the dawn of time, why not the Mages in the Abyss of the Stars?”
”I've heard about the Great Noble War. It was the main reason most of you guys came down from the stars, right?” asked Raiyen, swaying slowly.
”Aren't you from the stars as well?”
”Unlike the rest, I am human. I may be a Time Mage, but I was born as a human vessel. You guys have true forms. I have one form, and it's this,” said Raiyen, pointing at himself.
”At least, you didn't have to know how to fight in that war. Anyways, the camp was supposed to be a form of 'camp' for those who seemed 'Corrupted' or show signs of it. We thought the camp was to cure them, it couldn't have been further than the truth.”
”Instead of curing them, they increased the Corruption. They wanted to take my family, but something went wrong and we were spared. But for the rest, it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows.”
”This 'camp' reminds me of the Holocaust, an event placed within the distant future. Anyways, how are the Husks like?”
”My mother's tone was cold, sterner than ever when the Husks rose. It was feeling of dread as I met, face to face with a little girl. Her eyes were black, surrounding her was a purple cloud. She then held up a knife and began to lash on me. The oncoming horde of Husks, they weren't the soldiers or the Battle Mages.”
”They were commoners and villagers. I couldn't comprehend nor accept it, especially when I had to face off with my twin. It just didn't felt fair, why did children have to suffer? Why did the innocent have to suffer for nothing?”
Mavislin held back her tears at the last point. She hadn't thought about it at all, maybe it was because she was just a child? After all, a child could only be so aware of what was happening. It didn't make her feel any emotions. She was scared constantly, but never sad.
The title she held as the last Valkyrie hasn't fazed her until now. The truth hit her like a train. She was the last one. Valokia was gone, the planet had exploded. She could never see her family again, she could never return home. Her teeth clenched as she forced herself to look up, to hold her head up high.