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Goodnight

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A gunshot. That's all that Riley heard. She didn't hear her own breath catch as the bullet tore through her stomach. She didn't hear Nova's yell behind her. Her ears rang, and she felt deaf. But there was another feeling underlying that. Pain. Searing pain. Her waist felt on fire. She looked down and blood had started seeping into her jacket. Her blood. She looked to it, seeming confused, but sank to her knees, finding it suddenly hard to stand. The pain started to intensify, and she covered the wound with her hands. Riley keeled over, eyes wide and her breath quick. She coughed roughly and found specks of blood
with it. Shit…

She looked up to where her opponent once stood. He was gone... Why? Why didn't he stick around to finish the job? Why leave her there suffering and in pain? Riley winced, trying to keep from yelling out in pain. She tried standing up, but when she tried to put a leg up and stand, she found that the pain only worsened. To this, she yelled out. Everything hurt, it hurt to move, and now it was getting harder and harder to breath.

She removed her hands for a moment from the hole in her stomach. Blood still flowed from it. Blood bubbled up in her throat and she gagged, keeling over to cough it up once again. Her mouth tasted of metal, and she breathed raggedly.

Please… Just stop this… I-I can't… Everything hurts… I can't move. God, please, just kill me… Tears started to flow down her cheeks.  

She felt something wrap around her waist. Riley looked down and saw a tentacle. She was pretty sure it was Nova's. It couldn't have been anyone else's. She felt herself be lifted. She blinked a couple times when her vision started to blur slightly. Nova had said something, but her voice was so far away, she couldn't even hear what was said. Her ears still rang a little, and her blood was roaring in her ears.

The tentacle retracted, and her legs found their footing. Despite that, she still couldn't move.  The tentacle that was around her waist had found its grip around her wrist. Riley clung to her wrist, wanting to hold onto someone.  

"N-Nova… Am… Am I going to die…?" Riley choked out. Her voice was strained, pained, and scared.

Nova's voice seemed a lot closer. Riley could make out what she was saying this time.

"No!" Nova put a hand over one of Riley's eyes, pulling her back towards her and the rift that was opening. "H-Hush! Just lie down. Lie down and go to sleep…"

The urgency in her voice scared Riley even more. But going to sleep sounded nice… her eyes started to feel a little heavy. She felt tired. Her knees gave out, and she found herself dangling a little under Nova's grip.

"I can't… I can't feel my legs…" she murmured, her voice seeming lost and her thoughts scattered.

"Just relax… You'll be alright…" Nova choked. Riley's vision started to blur even more, but even then she could still tell that Nova was crying. The strain in her voice was clear and obvious. Nova scooped Riley up in her arms, holding her close, like what she did when Riley was small. The blood from her wounds pooled in Riley's lap and dripped from her back. It was a bloody mess where Riley once was. Nova pulled her gaze from it and turned to the rift behind her leading back to the house.

"Nova…?" Riley mumbled. "I'm sorry… I shouldn't have…"

"Hush… It's okay. You'll be fine." She said to her, stepping inside the rift. She felt Riley start to tremble a little bit. Her already ragged breathing was starting to become shaky. She was terrified.  

She glanced down to her as she walked out of the rift and to Riley's room. Riley's eyes were shut tightly, but ever so slowly, they were loosening. Her breathing was slowing as well as her heart rate. She lost too much blood for anything to be done to save her. But even if Nova was able to stop the blood from flowing, nothing could have been done for her ruined insides. The gun was fired point blank range. Anything in the bullets path would have been destroyed.

She opened Riley's door and placed her on the bed gingerly. Her clothes were a bloody mess, but she didn't want to leave Riley's side, not now especially.

"Don't go… please… I don't exactly… want to be alone right now…" Riley smiled very very weakly. If Nova's eyesight wasn't as good as it was, she would have missed it entirely.

"I'm not going anywhere…" She replied to her. Her voice was still straining. She could hear Riley's heart beat start to fade. The tears running down her own face started to flow a little bit faster as she gripped Riley's hand. Her skin was starting to grow cold and
clammy. "Just… close your eyes… You'll be alright."

Riley looked to her, her eye's half-lidded. She weakly shook her head in slight amusement. A weak smirk played on her blood-covered lips. "Nova, that's quite possibly the worst lie… I've ever heard."

Nova laughed through her nose weakly. "Now of all times isn't time to call me out, Riley…"
Her shoulder twitched in place of shrugging. She was too tired to do that. "Ah well…"

Riley winced, a short wave a pain washed over her. "Was I… at least a good little proxy? Well… up until the end… I should have just… stuck with the mission. I should have had… back up at least…"

Nova shook her head. "Don't worry about that right now… what's done is done…  But yes. You were a great proxy, Riley…" She held back a sob. Riley nodded weakly.

"Good... I'm glad… I was at least useful…" She coughed a little. Her half-lidded eyes started to shut again.  "At least one good thing is coming out of this…"

Nova furrowed her brows. "What's that?"

She smiled weakly again. "Cheshire's nice and quiet for once…" Nova chuckled sadly.
Riley let out a short, slow breath. "Goodnight… Nova…" She said before going completely silent. She sounded exactly like she did when she was five when Nova got her to go to sleep.

Nova gripped her hand a little harder, letting out some of the sob she was holding back. Everything was silent about her. Her voice. Her breath. Her heart. She was gone.
Riley's death scene
I had to
Even though it caused my feels to flip the fuck out for the longest time
It needed to be done

Riley (c) Me

Nova (c) :devch3rry_b0mb:
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oh dear god you put it up here o.o