Lucy was still in her eagle form when the fight between Sera and Azriel happened, she tried everything but her body didn't move. Every couple of second she made a wing beat to stay in the air, but that was all.
In the magnificent light of Sera's power, she got her mind free from the lethargy of death, and even managed to move her body a bit. Slowly her control increased more, but just as she was about to go and help, a scream even louder than the constant thunder broke the skies.
Her heart cracked from the sight of a shining figure falling towards the ground, her right wing cut in two and bleeding...
Lucy never saw Sera's wing bleed, it only got bloody for a second or two before repairing and cleaning itself. Now the whole thing was red and the droplets of blood fell towards the ground, like the rain from the clouds above her head.
The angel of death didn't even wait for her to hit the ground and started his descent immediately.
She fell for a few seconds, constantly screaming from pain... It only stopped when she finally hit the ground.
The fear steadily crept back, she tried to suffocate it, but all her efforts were worthless.
Inside she was cursing her uselessness, she had no clue if the others were in the same situation as her or if they even seen Sera plummet to the ground and her thoughts were no help either.
'You are nothing... Why are you even here?... You're only here because others took pity on you... Look down there Sera will die, just everyone you ever cared about, and they will be dead because you are weak...'
The voice wasn't hers she knew that, since her brother's death it taunted her every time she made a mistake. It was driving her crazy sometimes, but that was its purpose...
It was the voice of Madness, the godlike being that's corrupting everything and everyone.
She figured it out a long time ago, that her brother and all those other people in Havel somehow got under the spell of Madness. Their killing, rape, murder and enslavement wasn't for their own pleasure, they were already too far gone by then.
When she realized it the pain and anger she felt was unimaginable. Her brother had to die because of some stupid insanity. What she didn't understand is how did it happen? It started with headaches, but after a while he just snapped.
It didn't matter now. There was only one thing left for her to do in this life... Find and kill everyone who hurt or try to hurt the people she cares about, and conveniently...
There was one right below her...
Using the rest of her willpower she stopped beating her wings and began to fall towards the broken building with enormous speed.
'Oh, what is it?... Another useless action?... Do you have this much of a death wish, to just hit the ground with terminal velocity?... There's an easier way out you know, you just have to let go of your mind and it will free your spirit... Like your brother did!...'
"Shut... The... Fuck... Up!"
Indeed, Azriel had no idea how to fight without the wings on his back. Since he was born they were his constant companions. They made him more agile, gave his swings more momentum and increased his velocity by a large margin... Now he fought like a toddler with too much power.
His slashes and stabs were still very dangerous and accurate, but after Sera removing his wings there was a chance at victory... If the others arrived fast enough...
They didn't...
Lucy only saw the change in Azriel's movement when it was too late. A clean slash was coming her way and she blocked it with ease and used her other dagger to cut the sword arm deep that something like a bone showed in the wound.
He immediately dropped his sword and as it clattered on the ground a small smile appeared on Lucy's face, but soon it turned into a grimace of pain. There was a large amount of pain coming from her chest.
Slowly her head moved and the realization hit her... She was baited into the last attack.
She forgot to pay attention to his other arm, which now resided right between her breasts, where her heart lied.
Her vision was getting foggy and her arms weak. There was two distinct clattering sounds, like two small metallic items hitting the concrete floor... Her daggers.
Steadily her heart beat slower and slower, the time between each breath also decreased and only that small spark of anger kept her alive.
She couldn't die... Not yet! If she died now Sera would be killed before the others reached them... With a last parts of her consciousness remaining she held out her right hand and summoned an item she never used before.
In her hand a small ring appeared with a leaf symbol on it. There was a green energy glowing around it and her hand slowly eroded under its power. The item contained a lot of life energy thanks to Bea.
It was supposed to be a healing ring, but with her ability related to death it only damaged her... Which also meant it would damage the death angel!
Lucy screamed as she closed her right hand and punched it into Azriel's chest. While doing so he crushed her heart in his palm and the scream was cut short from the overwhelming pain.
Powerlessly her body fell onto the ground, her right hand came out of his chest cavity empty.
Furiously he began scratching the hole trying to fish out the ring, but it lay in his dark heart. With screams and shouts of pain the monster was finally defeated.
Lucy's breathing slowly stopped and her eyes turned dark. Near was a loud bang right next to her, like something heavy falling onto the ground. Out of curiosity she reached out her left hand and felt something metallic.
She held out as long as she could, but without a heart there was no chance of survival. Soon she took her last breath and as she died there was only one thought inside her mind...
'...Yes...'