The hunter could only watch as Ridley dropped the child's body next to her. She scrambled towards it, the talon twisting harder around her torso. She was an inch from death. Her arm reached, the armor dissipating. Her had brushed against the bloodstained feathers. She whispered, "I'm so sorry. This is my fault, this is all my fault..."
Ridley's claws tore into her abdomen; she writhed in his grasp. She kept reaching for the boy just out of reach. The dragon above her spat out more insults, more threats, but she was no longer concerned with him. Her own death was imminent and well deserved. She believed him. This was all her fault. On her lips was one last 'I'm so sorry'; it came too late. She faded, slumped over dead in his talon.
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Samus sat up with a start, panting. Nightmares were an evil she dealt with on a more than regular basis, but this had shaken her more than any other had. Before she really had time to think everything through, she was out of bed. She was going to look for Komali.
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Ridley's claws tore into her abdomen; she writhed in his grasp. She kept reaching for the boy just out of reach. The dragon above her spat out more insults, more threats, but she was no longer concerned with him. Her own death was imminent and well deserved. She believed him. This was all her fault. On her lips was one last 'I'm so sorry'; it came too late. She faded, slumped over dead in his talon.
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Samus sat up with a start, panting. Nightmares were an evil she dealt with on a more than regular basis, but this had shaken her more than any other had. Before she really had time to think everything through, she was out of bed. She was going to look for Komali.