Kid Icarus Uprising: Two Sides of the Same coin

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My conscious dwindled. My chest pounded in my ears. My body numbed as a raking sensation collided against me. My body numbed again, and the sensation faded. My hands were tight as something drilled all across my arm. My back pressed against my ribs, lacerating an imaginative wound that jolted me from my slumber.

Water filled my lungs as I drowned. The sudden panic rose to my throat as I was suspended in a dark void. My instincts fought with me as I clawed my way upwards. The empty, embraced my bones as everything around me screamed. My heart thundered in my chest I thought I would choke. 

My mind fluttered shut for a second. 

I was drowning in water.

I tried kicking in the dark, hoping I would swim up in this seemingly never-ending darkness. I couldn't scream. I couldn't call out for help.

I had the only seconds of thought before I would die.

Think damn it!

The powers of flight erupted as I forced my wings to move. The raking edged deeper in my wings.

The water slowly became heavier, as if I was swimming in syrup. 

I just then noticed it. The metal in my hands. 

That's it!

My mind cleared as I remembered what had happened. I gripped the crown on my head, maybe... maybe I could hear someone.

I struggled

There was no sound. I'll have to fight on my own. My wings only got me so far. I could barely see the blinding light above me. The lightning.

I was getting closer to the surface.

My heart slowed. 

I tried my wings again. They pushed the water down as I barely saw any difference. I was still drowning. There were no voices. I couldn't scream. I couldn't call out for help.

I didn't want to die.

That thought erupted in my mind as I lost all sense of clear conscious thought. My heart hammered as I fought against the water. For a millisecond, my throat clawed at my chest. My heartbeat crashed against my body as if it tried to escape. My legs kicked with imaginative strength. My mind dropped as I could see the surface towering over me. I tried to scream. The dark void managed to enter me, clouding my thoughts. I could tell I was crying. My eyes burned as my hopes vanished. 

Screw this.

I dropped the metal wings as I used both my hands to swim up. My vision spotted. I couldn't tell if I was making any headway. I continued to try. My legs weakened with panic, continued to push. My lungs were already filled with water. My heart was soaked with darkness as my sudden burst of strength was fading fast.

I was fighting a battle in my head. 

I wanted to cry. I wanted to scream. My throat burnt with fire. 

All at once, I could feel my heart slow. 

My valor was smoked dry. 

It was if a sudden wave of panic rose as I felt myself die.

But, another wave of calmness bloomed as my eyes closed.

As soon as death came.

...

..

.

It vanished!

"Pittoo!" I screamed. My body was quaking. I cried as I coughed out an ocean of darkness. My whole body retched with pressure. My eyes stung as I cried. My throat was tearing as I coughed out what would've been my death. I was soaked.