Talk:Keefe and Sophie/@comment-37582711-20190202012300

Hi guys! So I asked what you guys wanted to read about and a few of you said Sophie’s death... so here you go. I don’t know if this ones that good, but I tried!!! I hope you enjoy!!!:)

Swan Song. Sophie thought desperately. SWAN SONG . Sophie internally screamed, pushing her thought out as far as she could. “Please,” she whispered desperately, “Please.” She heard the heavy footsteps behind her, and she pressed herself back into the dark crevice of the rocks, pressing her face against the side of the rough surface, a slow tear tracking its way down her face. “Little moonlark.... Where are you? I never took you as one to hide,” she heard the man growl. The footsteps drew closer, and she flattened herself, wishing she could disappear. The man slowly passed by her. Sophie waited with bated breath, sweat trickling down her face. She let out a huff of relief, but instantly regretted it as she heard the cloaked Neverseen member pause and turn around. She looked around desperately for some sort of escape, some sort of way out. When she peeked around the corner, she found a pair of familiar silvery blue eyes staring back at her. “Found you,” Tam grinned, a sickening smile that made Sophie’s stomach twist. Sophie scrambled back, holding her hands out in defense. She focused on the belt she had around her waist. If she could just twist the dangling bird charm three times, she could set of a series of protective force fields. “Look, Tam, I know you’re in there,” Sophie pleaded, her hand creeping towards her side. Tam body jerked towards he shakily, like some sort of demented puppet on strings. His vacant smile never left his face. “Oh, poor, little, stupid Sophie, don’t you get it? Tam’s not gonna be back. It’s only me in charge. I guess all of you understand what strange, old Vespera could do, huh?” Sophie grabbed the charm, and twisting the bird francticaly, resulting in a unseen force pushing between them. Sophie found herself surrounded by a protective bubble. She turned to Tam, no Vespera? Her heart steadied as she realized she was somewhat safe. “I pity you, Vespera. You think you can win, you think you’re going to defeat us. You’re wrong. We’re prepared- the Black Swan will defeat you, and you’ll rot in Exile like the monster you are.” Sophie felt her breathing constrict as she met Tam’s glazed over eyes. He was standing calmly, Vespera betraying no sign of emotion. Slowly, his lips twitched into a sneer. “I guess it wasn’t just me you underestimated. Your little Shade here is far more capable than you could imagine.” Sophie’s head shot up, realizing what she meant in a blinding flash. “No,” she mumbled, scuttling back. “Oh yes,” Tam laughed, a black jet shooting out his outstretched palm, splitting her forcefield with an ear-splitting crack. He reached for her, and she blindly clawed out, her nails catching the side of his face. They left a bloody trail on his left cheek. He howled, and Sophie took that as her cue to run. She heard him pound after her. “Oh my god,” she cried, “Oh my god.” She had lost her panic ring, she couldn’t seem to reach anyone from inside this strange cave, and she knew… she knew she was out of options. She felt a hand close around her wrist, and she screamed. Tam loomed over her. “You know, what I find the strangest of all this,” Vespera mused, using Tam as her voice, “is that you could kill us in the blink of an eye. If you really wanted too, you could stop this whole mess in its track. But you won’t.” Sophie shook her head blindly. She couldn’t kill Tam- he was Linh’s brother, Biana’s boyfriend, her friend. She couldn’t take someone like that away from the others. “Please, Tam. Please, please. I know you’re in there. Please.” Her voice cracked, as a swirling stream of tar-black smoke formed in Tam’s hands. The black circled her and she felt her oxygen slowly dwindle. “There is no Tam, Sophie. Only you and me.” The smoke thickened, draining Sophie’s air at a sluggish pace. She felt her vision dim. “I forgive you, Tam. I forgive you,” she choked out, looking him in the eye as best she could. “Sophie…. Sophie?” she heard him sputter, very clearly himself. Her eyes widened, and she forced herself to look at him, even as the cloud around her strengthened. “Sophie, I can’t stop. Oh god, I can’t stop it. Sophie-” his panicked voice abruptly cut off. “Just die already, moonlark. You’re causing too much trouble,” he sneered, Vesperas cold tone back in place. Sophie saw the shadows around her solidify and she felt her throat close off as all her air disappeared. She saw the faces of her friends flash before, Keefe’s laughter, Dex’s jokes, Fitz’s smile, Biana’s courage, Linh’s kindness, and the Tam’s determination to change the world. She knew they would carry on her legacy. “You said were were going to lose, you said we were going to be destroyed. What do you think now, Sophie Foster?” he asked, a cocky smirk in place. Sophie looked at her friend, a hero, a legend, who was being controlled by a murderer, and choked out her last words. “The Black Swan will win, and when they do, I’ll be laughing from my grave.” Tam’s face contorted into a twisted snarl, and Sophie felt her vision blacken. The last thing Sophie Foster saw was Tam’s face twisting back into Vespera’s cold grin, the cruel smile at odds with the single tear slipping down his face. Swan Song, Sophie thought weakly, the last of her life leaving her, Swan Song.