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Red Skys and Royal Cards
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Lay’s POV

  Ever since her battle her core has felt more and more off.   It pulses and weakens before gaining a little strength back, only to lose it a moment later.  It’s straining and fighting itself to stay intact but it was a losing battle and I knew it. 

  I should have realized earlier that it was reaching its breaking point, but I just brushed that feeling aside.  I didn’t want to admit to myself that her core was going to get a serge of energy that caused it to break.  I never expected that her core could give in so suddenly when a pulse of pure energy exploded through it.

  I’ve been monitoring her core constantly for fear something like this might happen, and my worst fear came true.  Her core finally broke and it won’t be long before the energy within kills her.  She’s dying now and there is nothing I can do to stop it.

  Her scream still rings in my ears as I fall to my knees cursing this from happening.  Cursing at how much I hate that I couldn’t have done anything to stop this.  Cursing that it’s partially my fault my Dealer is going to die painfully from her core’s energy burning her from the inside.

  A tear slid from my eye as the reality of what’s happening finally came crashing down on me.  No was the only thing repeating through my mind as my vision began to blur from the tears welling within them.

  I searched within myself for the telltale pain that came when a Warrior’s Dealer was dying, but I could find nothing.  No pain, no itch where she might be wounded, no sign at all that her core was unleashing that energy into her body.  Nothing, I felt no pain.

  I could sense her core was breaking, I heard her pained scream, but I could feel nothing to alert me to something being wrong with her.  When her back was injured those with the double bond were able to feel her pain as if it was their own or close to it, they could sense that she was injured, but right now I felt none of that.

  Perhaps it was because it was pain from her core but then that would radiate through her body causing physical pain in her veins and nerves, so that couldn’t be the reason.  As her Warrior I should be able to sense and feel the pain she is going through, I should know when my Dealer is hurt or dying.  I should be able to feel it, so why can’t I?

  “Lay?”  I heard Suho hesitantly call to me.

  “That was Sky wasn’t it?”  Chen asked.

  “I can’t feel anything so she isn’t hurt, maybe she’s only frustrated about what happened earlier with those Royals.”  Xiumin commented as most of them relaxed back into their spots.

  “Lay, please tell me the reason you reacted like that wasn’t because of…” Suho trailed off at the end but I knew what he was asking.  I knew he was questioning me if it was because of Sky’s core.

  “Lay.”  Kris pressed as he crouched down beside me.  “It is because of that?”

  I chocked on my words, they all got stuck in my throat.  I didn’t want to admit that her core was broken because that would only make it real.  But I had to tell them; they have a right to know.  “I-it’s broken.  I-I know it’s b-broken.  E-even if I c-can’t f-feel anything, I k-know. I-I k-know.”

  “!”  Suho growled.  “You said we had time, damn it!”

  All eyes were on the three of us, questions filled their eyes as they all looked between Suho, Kris and I.  I snapped my eyes up and looked at Suho with tears flowing down my cheeks, “I thought we did!  Something happened damn it, something went wrong!”

  “She can’t be…”  Kris breathed.

  “She is.”  I sobbed as I slumped down.  “She is and there is no way to stop it, not anymore.”

  “What are you talking about?”  Luhan asked as he was the first to step towards us.  “What’s going on that you aren’t telling us?”

  Neither of the three of us answered as the reality of everything coursed through us.  We’ve been trying to stop this, find a way to keep this exact thing from happening, and now we can’t, there is no way to stop this anymore.

  I gasped when I felt Luhan forcefully break through my walls to get the answer to his question.  “No!”  I gasped as I could feel him flipping through my memories to find the answer about what is happening to Sky.  I tried to push him out, but he was stronger than me right now, he just blew past every wall I tried to put up to keep him from finding out the truth this way.  He didn’t deserve to find out what was happening to Sky like this.  He didn’t deserve to learn that his Dealer, the girl he loved, was dying by seeing what I’ve experienced and what I know that even Suho and Kris don’t fully know themselves.

  “It’s not true.  It’s a lie; it’s all a lie.  It’s not real, right Lay?  You just made that up.  It’s not true!”  Luhan almost begged as he stared at me.

  “You know your power never lies Luhan.”  I sobbed.

  “Bastards!”  Luhan screeched at the three of us that knew about this.  “How could you keep this from us?  We have a right to know!  Why didn’t you say anything!”

  “Because we knew you couldn’t handle it, just like you can’t right now Luhan.”  Kris stated with no emotion in his voice, “You wouldn’t have been able to handle the news and protect your Dealer.”

  Luhan glared at Kris with pure malice, “You should have informed us Sky was dying you bastard.  You should have told us!”

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With how crazy the world is right now, my updates are slower. I will not abandon this, please have patience and I promise to update again soon. Stay safe everyone please. Many Blessings, Wynter (8.20.20)

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ShawolBlinger4life
#1
Chapter 176: Still reading this in 2024! Hope you are doing well
YEOLLIEZEL
#2
Chapter 176: I am an avid fan of this great story. I am still waiting for an update even after almosr 3 years which means this is a very very great story 😊
poprocksgum
#3
Chapter 176: it’s probably my 10th time or something reading this. Been missing sky and her warriors 🥹 i hope you are well!
soshi16
#4
Chapter 176: I re reas this nth time 🥺🥺🥺🥺
PunkRock123 #5
Chapter 11: Heyy, i dont know if you know already but fhere is a fic that practically plagiarized your entire writing. The only difference is the mc background and the card appearance order. But the timeline and many sentences are the exact same. Here is the link https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1331812/descended-fromthe-stars
PunkRock123 #6
Chapter 174: oh my goshhh, a long time ago i remember i would always check for updates everytime i go on aff. I really appreciate you to update after 2 years and me reading this again after 5 years O.o its crazy!!!
YehetOhorat1994 #7
Chapter 176: hey wynter! ive started reading this fic years ago, as an early teen and now my teen years are almost ending. this story had brought me so much joy and strength, and is honestly one of the best ive read ever!! keep doing what you do, being a nurse definitely isnt easy at this time, so dont rush to put out updates, though we’ll all definitely be waiting eagerly for the upcoming content!! love what youve been doing so far, keep it up ♡ thank you for the hard work you put in as a nurse too, im sure everyone sppreciated it
iorifae #8
Chapter 2: omg this fanfic brought back so many memories 😭 the last time i read this was like when i was 12 (?) , i still remembered this fanfic cause man i was so in love with exo back then even noww~~ , im glad you still keep this story <3
PuffyBunnyIsLazy
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Chapter 23: Hi Wynter~!
It’s been awhile and I hope that you’re doing well. I’ve noticed since all of the craziness that’s been happening that lots of people are reverting back to the things that brought them comfort when they were younger. This chapter reminded me of that and I wanted to say that this fic of yours is definitely something I truly hold near and dear to my heart.

It reminds me of simpler times in middle school and high school and all the times I’ve read this to escape reality. Your story brings me comfort and joy each and every time. Throughout college I’ve been trying to re-read this from the beginning whenever I can (I’m probably on attempt three or four now? Lol), but I never really had enough time to due to school. As I’m trying to read every single chapter again, I just wanted to say how thankful and grateful I am to you for creating this story. I and many others have thoroughly enjoyed it over the years, and will continue to for many more.

You are truly an amazing and talented writer, and it’s admirable how you can create worlds and bring this much happiness to so many people with your words. It’s crazy to see how much things have changed (for EXO) since the beginning chapters, but that’s just part of life haha. I sincerely wish and hope you’re doing well and that you’re taking care of yourself. Much love <3