Before and After the Fall - Lynna

'''Facing down the one person she connects with more than she realizes, Lynna must choose to go against everything she stands for. What will it cost her?'''

Background
Written by Kanako, Before and After the Fall - Lynna takes place at the same time as Before and After the Fall - Kanako, although hers ends before his does. This side of things is from Lynna's perspective

Synopsis
The solo begins with Lynna mentally crying that things were not supposed to be this way, that she was supposed to find a way to save them all. Her oath to not kill Executor wars with the fact that everybody else there, Executor seemingly included, were pressuring her to kill him instead, raising her annoyance and fear levels extremely high. Terminos's and Oneiros's questioning glances, Arachnos's cold glare, and Kanako's low urging beset her, yet only seem to shore up her resolve to not fire.

It is Executor's final bellow for her to end it that jerks Lynna out of her convictions and, despite much of her body clamoring not to, cause her to fire and land the killing blow on Executor.

The sight of Executor's shattered body nearly shuts her mind down as she mentally repeats how Executor is dead and how she killed him. Her mind then begins to cry that she was supposed to save them, but no matter how much she tries to think otherwise, she knows without a doubt that Executor is dead.

She only vaguely notes the reactions and departures of the others around her, feeling as if she is the only one who can feel and mourn Executor's passing, wishing that he was still here, and falling into despair at being unable to even save his head. It is a good while before she manages to pick herself back up off the ground to warp herself back to the Factory, not even looking back at Executor once.

The Factory immediately pesters with questions and berates her for not coming back promptly, but Lynna ignores him as she plods to her room. Only when she is standing in the center does she utter a low and tremling "shut up" to The Factory, then sink to the floor and try to cry tears that she already left behind. She presumably also falls asleep in this position, though her mind is too shattered to care.