Rei was shrouded in the darkness. He couldn't tell which way was up, and which way was down. He felt trapped, yet he felt free. He was alone, but not scared, just alone. There was no one there, not even a fleck of dust. Just the darkness, forever and ever.

"Rei?" A shaky voice called out to him. "Please Rei wake up…"

Who's calling me? Rei says in his mind. This voice, it sounded so familiar, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Who was it? Who are you?

Silence. The voice did not respond. He waited and waited, nothing. Then he saw a small light. He was reluctant to go towards it because of the whole "Don't go near the light" crap, but he didn't fall for that shit. He couldn't move though, he wanted to go towards the light, but he couldn't move, at all. He didn't need to though. The light came to him. It enveloped his body in a warmth that he never felt before, yet it was nostalgic. He did feel this warmth from someone, someone he really cared about… but who though? He couldn't remember. The darkness was clouding his mind.

Gumi.

That was it! Gumi, this was Gumi's warmth, and earlier, it was Gumi's voice. He remembered now. Where was she? He needed to know if she was okay, but he couldn't see her. He tried to wake up but his eyes felt like they were glued shut. The light became warmer, urging Rei to open his eyes.

Slowly but surely, Rei's eyes fluttered opened. He woke up to see a giant hole in the ceiling, dust and dirt still floating gently down. Rei looked to his left and there she was. Gumi.

She was leaning against the wall sleeping; her legs were wrapped up, poorly. Gumi said that she wasn't really good with the medical treatments and what not. Dirt stained her face, but there were clean streaks on her cheeks to show that she had been crying. She was.

They were making their escape, everyone, her brother, her friends everyone who was trapped in this hell hole. They woke up, two years after the earthquake to find themselves different than before. They were mutants. They were monsters, but not like the monsters that continued to chase them. Failures, they called them. Failed experiments. You can no longer tell that they were ever human. Her friends have been trying to get out of this place for who knows how long. They couldn't keep track of the days. Her brother, Gumo, knew this place, every twist and turn. He had the map, he knew the tricks. They were almost out, almost free, when the failures came. They came from all around, they had no time to react. They were tired and hurt and they could barely fight them off. Gumi couldn't even fight for herself. She watched the horror unfold in front of her. Then she felt a tight grip grow around her ankle. She looked down to see a failure's hand come through the floor and grab her ankle. She didn't call for help, but she instead screamed, because the failure broke the floor underneath her and her and the failure were falling down. Rei, heard Gumi's scream, and was close enough to help her. He lunged for her, tried to grab her hand, but was instead pulled down. The falling rubble crushed the failure, it's blood oozing between each piece of concrete. Gumi's legs were underneath the rubble, not crushed, but terribly scratched up. Rei was unconscious, his head bleeding. Gumi panicked. She still had the first aid kit and she used it to fix Rei's head, but she wasn't good at the whole medical thing. She tried her best, and hoped it worked. She pulled Rei away from the hole and she went back to the hole.

"Gumo!" She called up through the hole. No response. "Gumo?" Nothing.

Gumi grew scared. What was happening up there? She couldn't hear anything. What happened to her brother? And her friends? She could feel her eyes burn, but she wasn't cry just yet. She limped over to Rei and sat down next to him. He was still unconscious.

"Rei… Gumi sniffled. "Please Rei, wake up… I need you Rei. I can't do this alone…" That's when the tears fell. Gumi cried for what seemed like hours, but maybe was only a few minutes until she grew tired. Her cat ears laid flat on her green head. Her eyes slowly closed and she drifted off to sleep.

She woke up a few hours later and Rei was still asleep. Gumi stood up and winced. Her legs, still in pain. The cuts were starting to scab and hardened, so it was too late to put medicine on it. She wandered off looking for more medical supplies. She used the last of it on Rei when they fell. She found nothing except wrap, two rolls of it. She sat down and crudely wrapped her scratched legs up. She stood up and walked back to Rei, still sleeping. She sighed and sat down next to him. She took his hand and held it in hers. She missed Rei, his lectures, his voice, his golden eyes, even his anger. She missed it all. It felt like she was alone, she didn't like this feeling. Her eyes were completely dry, no longer able to produce tears. She was still tired though.

She leaned against the wall and looked up at the hole. Small chunks of rock still falling. She closed her eyes and swung her tail on to her lap. Her ears remained perked up, on alert, just in case some failures came. She hoped they didn't though. She couldn't protect Rei, let alone herself. If they came now, they would both die. She wouldn't let that happen.

Several hours passed before Rei finally woke up, out of his darkness. That's when he saw Gumi. His head was killing him, fighting him when he tried to sit up. He got passed it, and looked at the Green haired cat girl in which he cared deeply for, but was it love? He wasn't sure. He smiled gently at the sleeping girl and placed his hand on top of the girl's head.

"Gumi?"

Gumi's eyes opened slowly, and she tiredly looked at Rei, before her eyes widened and the tears that she couldn't produces came out. "Rei…" She said softly before quickly hugging him and stuffing her face in his shoulder, crying. "I was so scared!"

Rei let out a small sigh and hugged the girl back. He still wasn't used to this kind of friendly affection. He didn't know how to react to it, but this was Gumi, and he had not hesitance in hugging this girl.

The two teens parted and Rei looked up at the whole, remembering everything that happened.

"Where is everyone?"

Gumi shook her head. "I don't know. I tried calling Gumo, but he didn't answer…"

Rei thought and lightly touched his head. His bandages were well done, something impressive, especially since Gumi did it. He looked at the girl's legs and sighed. "Here, let me re-wrap your legs."

Gumi blushed lightly but nodded. She looked up at the hole. "Do you think they're okay."

Rei continued to unwrap Gumi's legs, shocked to see all the scratches and gashes on the girl's legs. "I don't know Gumi…"

Gumi sighed. "I hope they're okay…"

Rei didn't answer, he didn't want to give the girl false hopes. After re-wrapping the girl's legs, Rei stood up. "There's only way to find out."

Gumi nodded and stood up.

The two teens walked away from the hole and the dead failure crumpled underneath the rubble and in search of their friends. Hopefully they weren't dead or worse, captured.