Alita protected Emma from Moes punches with her body, standing in front of her in a t shape pose. Emma heard many small slashing noises coming from the two infront of her.
"AARGH!" Moe shouted as she backed away, with many wounds in her chest.
Moe stopped for a bit and began inspecting her chest.
"WH-"
Before she had the chance to say anything Alita had stabbed her in the eye, making her bleed profusely.
Moe tried to get out of her, and was struggling to get up. Alita just retraced her blade from her eye. Moe quit trying to get up, and looked up at Alita with her one eye.
"Sneaky bastard, you're lucky to get such a neat ability. Doesn't matter though, I already did my job, soon you and your subordinates will be dealt with." Moe pointed toward the sky. "The Night has already begun."
Her finger fell into the ground making a small thud sound. She stopped moving all together, but a smile on her face remained.
Emma thought this was because she was glad about the fact she survived Alita until the Night, so that they would suffer.
Moe looked at the ground for her final moment, she was glad she had the chance to fight, she was mad that she resorted to attacking some minion, and most of all she was scared.
What happens after you die? That was the question most people tend to ask, a question that Moe herself never wanted to ask. She viewed it as something only the weak would ask. Now that she was in this state of near death she could help but ask it. Her vision started to become dimmer.
There was so much that she wanted to do but didn't, but also so much that she did. Moe braced herself for what would happen next. She wanted to leave this world with a smile, it was what a warrior would do after all, and she was definitely a warrior.
Moe died.
Emma exhaled, and allowed herself to relax. She couldn't believe Alita did it, she beat someone who could blow off half of this area! Emma looked at Alita, who was covered in bruises and wounds from all over her body.
"How?" That sudden question had surprised Emma; she hadn't even thought of asking her that, yet she did.
"Ah, she lied, there was no way that she had enough power to destroy half of this area. At best that fire power could destroy a block or 3, maybe if she was a wanderer she could do it." Alita answered, glaring at her corpse.
Emma's mind had suddenly filled with questions, so much in fact, that she could barely hear what Alita had said. Emma begin holding hear ears, and looked at the night sky. She couldn't but ask more, she had to ask more.
"Why did she lie? How come she waited? Why do they want us dead? Don't they have morals?" One of Emma's eyes began to turn white and she continued.
"I forgot. Emma ran, Go to the nearest building and sleep!" Alita commanded her to point to one of the buildings near them.
"Why? What if I can't? What would happen to me? I am going to become Lost? Why? Why? Would I get eaten too? Would I be sold for a few coins too? Why is this happening to me? Why is the Night so dangerous? Why is this world so dangerous?" both of her eyes turned completely black at this point. Her skin had started to become rough like wood. Many tiny branches were starting to pop off her skin.
"Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Wh-"
"EMMA!" Alita shouted. "Calm down, you can't fall asleep if you're like this. We have to stop this somehow." Alita had begun rubbing the temples of her mind. Searching for answers that could help her.
"How? Why can't I stop? Why can't I sleep? Why can't I-"
"Curiosity, one sataties their curiosity through answers right. Then that's what I need to do! Come on Emma, ask what you need too, and I'll answer it all.." Alita said with a hopeful smile.
"How can I stop this?" Emma asked in a shaky voice with more, and more of her body starting to resemble a tree.
"By finding an answer to questions." Alita slowly began to remove her hands from her ears.
"But I can't! It's too much, I can't think properly." Emma responded with an even more shaky voice.
"That's why I'll answer them for you, just ask and I'll answer, got it?" Alita said in a calm voice.
"Why am I so useless? Why can't I do anything right?" Emma asked in a less shaky tone and slowly started to return to her original state..
"..." Alita stopped trying to make Emma stand, and was just blankly standing there. Emma had reverted to what she was just a bit ago.
"You're not." Alita snapped back to reality.
"I am, what have I done right? Throughout your entire fight with her all I could do was stand there, while you were risking your life. Why wouldn't I be useless?"
"All things have their own use, the only reason why you couldn't help was because you're weak." Alita answered, trying to help her stand again.
"I hate it then.
"I don't want to see the people who help me get hurt.
"I don't want to be the reason why people fight, nor be the person that has to watch and stand still while they do everything.
"I know you said that everything has a purpose, but as far as I know I don't have one. Seeing you fight though, makes me realize that I could do something, which is to make sure no one else has to fight for me while I waste away like human garbage.
"I promise I won't ever be weak anymore." Emma declared. "What should I do? What can I do to help those who helped me?"
"The first thing we should do then, is check up on the other." Alita said in a hurry, at this point Emma had nearly completely reverted back to herself, and was walking with Alita.