31_days | [Oct 9] [original - "Nature's Children"] [Pulse]

Title: Pulse

Day/Theme: Oct. 9 - “Every Day is the End of the World”

Series: Original - "Nature’s Children"

Character/Pairing: Chitose

Rating: PG (for the general idea, I guess)

Thump-thump, thump-thump, thump-thump

It’s always waiting there. Right beneath her skin, a chant that’s taken hold of the blood in her veins. She can’t be blamed for it. Not really. She was born this way. Everyone exists for a purpose and she has great difficulty trying to deny her calling.

A weapon is never made to remain unused.

Thump-thump, thump-thump, thump-thump

The others try to anchor her to this place. She can admire their conviction, but her existence is not one any could so easily comprehend. Even as she watches another sunrise tinged with city haze, she knows this day is no different than any other. It could be this day. It could be a hundred days from now. But it is coming.

Thump-thump, thump-thump, thump-thump

Her fingertips tingle with restrained power. There is nothing she can do about it. There is nothing anyone can do about it. The time will come when there are no more sunrises.

Soon, she thinks to herself, Very soon.

Thump-thump, thump-thump, thump…