[ RE ] Full circle .

The clearing was empty except for the two of us. Shadowy figures locked in battle, oblivious to the fury of the storm. Lightning flashed all around us as the fierce winds assaulted our rain soaked forms. 
 
 `` How does goodbye sound?'' she asked with a definite cackle in her voice. 
 
 `` It never had to come to this you know. We are the last of our kind.'' I replied sadly. The damage was already done. She had gravely wounded me. 
 
 She laughed at me. `` Mine is by far the greater power. You were foolish to agree to meet me here.'' 
 
 `` I admit that you are stronger. I can not hope to defeat you using magic.'' I said slowly and very deliberately. 
 
 The crooked smile grew on her face. She raised her hands towards me to cast her final spell that would end my life. 
 
 `` Farewell fool.'' 
 
 `` Here we are, at the crossroads of the path you put us on.'' I whispered, leveling my Colt at her head. I turned my eyes away just as I pulled the trigger, ending her existence. 
 
 `` You know, in the end, I should have seen this coming.'' I mused, looking past the empty hospital bed next to me and into the brightly lit hallway. `` She always was such a disagreeable soul.''
