Echo Appreciation Week - Day 6
Alternate Universe - angels and demons
That heart of yours (is what I have left)
Echo has been alive for as long as humanity itself, or she thinks so. It’s getting kind of fuzzy the further back she tries to think. She’s seen the rise and fall of entire civilizations. She was there when the pyramids were constructed. She saw what happened to Atlantis. She’s been alive for so long that nothing can surprise her anymore.
She’s made friends, made enemies, had friends turn to enemies. But for the most part, she’s been alone. She had an allegiance with a woman named Nia and man named Roan for quite some time, but they weren’t friends. It was just a way to stay on the safe side of the power struggle between immortals. On the winning side of the wars. Using her skills to manipulate others and finding safety for herself.
Until the last century. She’s found a family. She’s found people she would fight for, even if she wasn’t sure they’d win. She’s found people that care for her, despite her sketchy past. She’s found people that are worth spending her never ending life with. People she loves.
Harper and Monty, who found each other right at the beginning of time and never looked back. A couple who welcomed Echo with open arms and kind hearts. Murphy and Emori, who’s relationship defied all odds and were such strong and passionate individuals on their own that they would have been fine if it didn’t. Raven, the strongest of anyone, immortal or otherwise, that she’s ever met, as well as the most intelligent and the best friend she’s ever had. And Bellamy.
Bellamy had been someone that she once considered an enemy, someone she didn’t trust. But she had always been fascinated in him. Despite their dislike for each other, she could see that he loved with his whole heart. She could see that nothing was more important to him than his family. He would do anything to protect them throughout the various immortal fight and power struggles that occurred throughout the ages. There was a large group that he cared for and she watched from a distance as that group got smaller and smaller, sometimes at her own fault. It breaks her heart, thinking about the fact that she caused so much of his pain. So much of all of their pain.
But then in one of the most recent battles, against his sister no less, she had stepped in and offered her help. She no longer wanted to be affiliated with Nia and Roan, it wasn’t where she wanted her loyalties lying. But it didn’t end well and they found themselves in hiding, the seven of them. They took her in.
Finish on AO3
