The eyes have it.

For the next 5 minutes, I attempted not to lose my mind. I never thought about how nerves react to damage and how they only send pain to start with, then feel like fire before getting the less stimulating nerves.

Once I could see again after my eye regenerated and I could see skin and eyelids return to my body, I started to heal Murphy. Not worrying about myself, I needed to make sure she was alright and try and help the others and get Igor before he escaped again.

Luckily, I was able to get to Murphy in enough time. She had a slow pulse and was in shock, but I was able to heal her quickly with the aid of the power supply.

Once Murphy was awake, we talked for a brief second. Healing her completely before having to join the fray again.

"Murphy, I am so glad you are ok! I was worried I wouldn't get to you in time." I said.

"Matt, oh God, you're still hurt!" She said somewhat hysterically. "I thought you were dead. You looked like cooked bacon! You didn't have a face! And I could see your bones sticking out! I don't think I can ever forget that." She said at last, shaking a bit.

"I know it was bad, Murphy, and I am sorry you had to see that. On top of that, you were more hurt than you let on; you almost died. I wouldn't be surprised if you had PTSD from this. But we need to talk about the present. I need you to take your rifle and grenade launcher and help the Celestials kill that fucking hell wyrm. Stay at a distance. It is faster and smarter than it looks. I have to help Tessa and Jen and the others look for Maddy and Mckenzie and stop Igor from escaping again." I finished as she was healed.

"Ok, Matt, I will help them. Please be safe and heal yourself more. You look like Freddy Kruger right now!" She said lightly, then hugged me, grabbed her weapons, and took off towards the hell wyrm.

I got up, found the blade I had dropped, grabbed the energy source from Igor's mech, and headed for Tessa's last location. Cursing that I no longer had any clothes but using the power source to help recharge me as I desperately hoped that everyone was ok and that Igor would finally be gone for good when I was done with him.

*Murphy's point of view.

After leaving Matt, I ran across the chamber floor to the other side where the celestials were fighting the huge bus-sized creature that looked like a cross between a dragon and an enormous centipede. They all looked tired, but none seemed to have serious injuries.

I stopped about 50 feet away to make sure I didn't become one of the wyrm's targets. But I set up on a rock outcrop that was perfect for my rifle. I quickly radioed Kamaria.

"Kamaria, can you hear me?" I shouted.

"Yes, is this Murphy?" She grunted as she rolled to escape the jaws of the wyrm.

"Yes, I am set up 50 feet out from you. I have a rifle with armor-piercing rounds and a grenade launcher. What can I do to help you? Matt was injured badly and went after Tessa, so he isn't coming to help." I reported back.

"The wyrm has many eyes, Murphy. Can you try and target them? We would have better luck getting to the weaker areas if they were not as well defended!" She shouted back.

"Roger that! I will target the eyes!" I said.

It was more difficult than I first anticipated due to the speed and erratic movements of the wyrm plus four Amazonian battle angels weaving around it. But I took aim and, on my out-breath, pulled the trigger, exploding one of its tomato-sized eyeballs, causing it to arch its back in pain. One down, eight more to go.

Slowly, I started to whittle down the eyes of the creature. Thankfully, it was too busy worrying about the others to find my location. But as I brought the creature's usable eyes down to four, it was able to lock onto my location.

Fuck. The jig is up. I hastily radioed Kamaria.

"Kam, this thing figured out where I am, and it's pissed! I am going to launch a grenade at it and try and find another location to try and lose it! Watch for the grenade and keep that thing occupied!" I shouted, already switching guns.

"Affirmative Murphy, fire when ready," she replied.

I took aim and launched the 40mm grenade at the beast's head. Grabbing my rifle and sprinting away. I watched the wyrm follow me with its eyes right before the grenade blew; I ran as quick as I could towards where Matt and Tessa went. I heard a roar, and as the dust cleared, the wyrm was heading directly towards me.

'Double fuck,' I thought. Raising my grenade launcher and firing it in the direction of the wyrm. I'm hoping that the celestials could get out of the way in time and that it would buy me a few more seconds before it was on me.

The explosion was close enough. I could feel the heat; the wyrm was barely fazed, eyes locked on me, its mission clear. I turned my rifle vertically, trying to perhaps stop the massive jaws from snapping shut on me. I could feel the spittle and hot breath on my face just before I heard the jaws snap shut. A second later, I opened my eyes.

I stared at the wyrm's head, not understanding why it hadn't devoured me, and more importantly, why it was not continuing to do so. I got my answer a few seconds later. When looking up, I realized that the four remaining eyes were dull and unmoving. Backing away from the creature, I realized all I was seeing was the head, which had been cleaved from its body by the four angels walking towards me.

"Wow, how did you manage to kill this thing!" I cried out.

"You did a great job blinding it and agitating it until you were its primary target, leaving us to take advantage of its weakness. We all were able to attack at once, cleaving its putrid head from its body." Kamaria said, smirking.

I ran up and gave a quick hug to all the celestials. "I would love to celebrate, but as I told you, Matt was hurt badly, and he took off after Jens team, Tessa, and Igor. I think we should follow." I said.

"I agree, Murphy; Matt will need our help now more than ever." Kamaria said. "Let us see if we can find them.".