Chapter 1: Dreams

Mell

I was in a dark place don't know where.

"The pain, it hurts" said a voice

It was right the pain was bewildering, I was bewildered. I couldn't understand, couldn't make sense of what was happening. My body tried to reject the pain, and I was sucked again and again into a blackness that cut out whole seconds or maybe even minutes of the agony.

"Please free me from it…" the voice said, it was weird how it was expressing everything that I was felling.

Then I hear other voices shouting.

"What the hell happend, you were supposed to protect her, I trust you brother!" from what I could tell the voice was of a men a really angered one.

"I was protecting her, they realiced what we were planning and we were ambushed, ther were to many of them and everything went bad… Im so sorry" said another voice.

The darkness had taken over, and then washed away to a wave of torture. I couldn't breathe.

Valkhen

Ekaterina's body, started to twitch, jerking around in Andrei's arms like she was being electrocuted. All the while, her face was blank - unconscious.

We take her to the room set up as an emergency ward. The lights were brilliant and white. We put Ekaterina on a table under the glare, her skin was ghostly in the spotlight. Her body flopped, like a fish on the sand. I pinned her down, while Andrei stabbed a syringe into her arm.

Somewhere in this, Ekaterina came around. She yell with a shriek that clawed at my eardrums.

"Andrei! Bring the baby to me we need to heal her and fast"

"We don't have time for that, you are too weakyour bodywould not supporta transfer ofsoul andbesidesthe babydoes not have muchtime maybe after we take care of you" I growled.

"NO! NOW !" Another gush of blood choked off what she was shrieking. I held her head up, desperately trying to clear her mouth so that she could breathe again.

"If you must my lady" said Andrei , I push before the he could take a step further, but he dondged, and went to retribe the thing like baby.

"My lady you must regain your strength" I said trying to make her see reason.

"Perhaps you didn't hear me knight Itold you to bringthe baby to me" Her eyes glowed with power.

"I beg youpleasestopyou will dieifyou do not stopnow ifyou do not stopwill absorbyour soul, your life is morevaluablethan thisbaby" I was deseperate, if she dindt get treatment she could die and the what there was nothing left

"Valuable towhomfor advicethey justmantinnemealiveto procreateand forcetoa blood transfusionfortheirbenefit, Im a no goodfornothing butthis is thetime myexistencemakes senseI wascreated tosave this baby, this soul as she is the only one left of my line

"Please do not thinkthat, you know you'reirrenplasablefor me" I said.

"Thank you, you by my sideall these yearsis whathas given methestrength to go on" she said touching my hand with her fingertips. I drew in breath at the sudden rush of feelings that sprang from the simple feel of her skin meeting mine.

Andrei was back with the murder/baby, it was the purest soul that had never even seen equally or more pure than Ekaterina. I felt a strange impulse, one I did not clearly understand. I felt the strangest urge to step in to shield this pure soul.

Softly Adrei put the baby beside Ekaterina.

"The morphine, let it spread" I growled again.

"There's no time" Andri hissed. "Its dying!"

"No" I yell at them, but they ignore me.

I watch as Ekaterina lowered her head, and rested her forehead against the babys. The Ekaterinas form faded out and her eyes went red with power and then a sureged of blinding light came for her body. Me and Andrei took a step back against the intensity of his light.

The heat was almost too much. I was too close to it.

Hold on. Don't let go. She said to the baby. Just hold on.

I watch as the light went from Ekaterinas body to the baby, slowly moving down, filling it completly.

"Its breathing even again" informed Andrei, as he cradle the murderer baby in his arms

"Let me..." Ekaterina croaked in a broken whisper. "Give her to me."

I guess I should have known that he would always give her what she wanted as I would do. So I didn't think to stop him.

Something warm touched my arm. That right there should have caught my attention. Nothing felt warm to me right now.

But I couldn't look away from Ekaterina's face. She blinked and then stared, finally seeing something. She moaned out a strange, weak croon.

"So... beautiful."

And then she gasped - gasped in pain. I saw the red spots pop out when her scream broke the blood vessels in her eyes.

Andrei move to take the baby away from her and I yell at him

"What are you waiting for?" I need him to take care of Ekaterina, he was the only one who could.

"Take the baby," Andrei said urgently.

"Throw it out the window." I snarled at him, I didnt care about the murderer.

I didn't look at him or it. I watched only Ekaterina as she was looking at me.

"You stay with me now!" I yelled at her. "Do you hear me? Stay! You're not leaving me. Keep your heart beating!"

Her eyes wheeled, looking for me, but seeing nothing.

I stared into them anyway, keeping my gaze locked there.

"Pleasedon't leave me" I said beging her, but she put her fingers in my mouth to keep quiet.

"Sorry I have notgiven the placethat you deserve, but I have seenyour destinyand believe meyou will keepyou will behappywith your life andfindlove,your soul mate, Ijust askthat don't forget me as I wouldnotforget you, you'll always be in my heart" she said it so low that I knew then that she was diying.

How do you say goodbye to your heart? The one thing that you loved more than yourself. I could still feel her arms slide around me as we gathered each other closely, her facenestling into the crook of my neck; fitting into.

How could this be wrong?

She close here eyes.

Please, no.

Please don't let this happen. Not now, not like this.

"Open your eyes" I begged. "Fight for this. Fight for us."

She had always been a fighter. She was the bravest soul I'd ever known.

Her face was like porcelain, beautiful but motionless. I imagined her eyelids opening, seeing the endless light I loved so much. I took for granted it would always be there.I pressed my lips to the back of her hand. "You and me for eternity, remember? Don't break your promise. It's not your style."

Her pulse was slow.

"Fight" I demanded. "Live. Open your eyes." I leaned forward and kissed her forehead. My voice cracking between words as I brushed a tear from her cheek.

Her image weakened. She reached her hand toward my face, as though to stroke it. I couldn't feel the warmth, just a gentle breeze blowing through his hair.

No!

My heart squeezed. I tried to reaching for her, but his fingers caressed nothing but air. His

eyes widened.

God, no…

The most bitterness of sorrows is made out of the hardest goodbyes. I held her until my tears slowed, and there seemed no more left.