A Song That Never Ends - Chapter 1 - DarkusThunder

Chapter Text “I think there are questions we humans simply hate to die without an answer to.” Vi spat blood and pushed herself up from the ground. Rubble grated against the synthetic skin that cloaked her arms, wearing away the flesh coloration. Darkness coiled around her, painted gray with kicked up dust as the broadcast played in her ears, a bandage to the silence in her head that couldn't be salved even with the explosion. “A lot of people think that one of those questions is, ‘what is the meaning of life?’ “Hey, asshole,” she called. Her voice was rough, dry and quiet in a way that begged her not to speak. But these could be her last words, and Vi wasn't going to lose them to discomfort. “But, really, that's an easy one to answer.” An orange eye glowered at her from the darkness, cold with hatred. “The question that sets us apart in the end, what we never stop asking ourselves…” “You would have done better to stay dead.”“Yeah, I get that a lot.”Vi rolled her shoulder, feeling it po...