Well. This is it, people. You know what I mean. It is time for the awesome, but extremely depressing chapter! :D This chapter is the most serious yet. Seriously. I'm being serious. The most serious chapter yet. Being totally cereal here...Uh-I mean serious. Serious. That's right...Also, I know that there was never a part where Alyx had a nap, but I had to add it in to shed a bit of light on Lightia's thoughts and what she knows, the lullaby that Alyx sings is a verse from the Japanese Powerpuff Girls Z opening, and since her mother was Asian, I thought it would be nice to include (It's saying not to cry and to be strong and wipe your tears).

Minxtail: Hey bro'! Glad you checked out my fanfic. Keep doing so, or I'll bite your toes off and feed them to the mermaids...

Still Bullet: Yeah, I know, sometimes I'm crappy with my grammar! XD But I will try my hardest. Glad you're liking were this is going. I hope more people will find it interesting as well. I'll also work on making Alyx shout less and stuff, thanks for all the great advice! :)

Lightia: Mintail does not own Half Life. If she did, she would make G-Man do the macarena more than once.

Now, prepare to bring out a box of tissues...seriously.

"Uhk...Neh...Demon...baaaad. Daddy...need help...Help...daddy...mommy..." Lightia tossed and turned in her sleep, mumbling to herself. She could see what was coming. And she did not like it one bit. "Noooo..." she moaned. "Advisor...Grandpa...Demon...he knows...AAAAAHHHH!!" She screamed, and sat bolt-up right. Alyx, who was sleeping next to her, sat up quickly, and instinctively grabbed her gun.

"Lightia?! What's wrong!?" Lightia was crying non-stop. Suddenly, the door burst open, and Gordon flew into the room. He had brought out his shotgun and was looking about the room, trying to see what had happened. He saw Alyx cradling a crying Lightia, and lowered his gun, going over to help.

"Waaaahhh...L-Lightia scaaaaared!" She sobbed. Eli, Doctor Kleiner, Doctor Magnusson, and some rebels all came running into the room. When they all saw that Lightia was crying, they started to shout questions.

"What happened?!" "Who screamed?!" "What's wrong with Lightia?!" "Don't I get to shoot something?!" They all kept shouting, until Eli shouted for them to stop and leave. Soon, Eli was the only one of the crowd left in the room, and he limped over to see what was wrong.

"Wah, wah waaaaah!!" Lightia cried, refusing to stop. Alyx started to sing her a lullaby.

"Nakitakute, Nakenakute!
Naku no nara, Namida wo fuite.
Datte kawaii no wa Egao ga ichiban desho?
Dakedo zenbu to iwasete..."

Lightia stopped crying, and snuggled up against Alyx. Alyx suddenly had a very strange feeling in her stomach. She then realised that Lightia really was like a daughter to her. Eli looked at her sadly.

"Was that...?" She nodded.

"That's what mom used to sing to me when I cried..." She smiled. "I guess it will pass down to Lightia, now..." Eli smiled.

"That's good." Eli wiped his damp eyes, and gestured to the door. "I was just coming to get you. We're about to launch the rocket." Alyx gasped.

"Already? Wow, Gordon, you're fast at destroying striders!" Gordon blushed, and absentmindedly scratched the back of his head. Eli chuckled.

"Come on, lovebirds!" Alyx was about to reply, when Gordon took her hand, and held it in his. Now it was her turn to blush. They started walking off, and Lightia toddled just ahead of them, so they could see if she got into trouble.

"Yes, yes...and...the portal has been neutralised! Neutralised! YES! Wooooo! We did it!! Aha ha ha ha!! Of course, the rocket worked perfectly, just as planned, I..." Doctor Magnusson carried on patting himself on his back for a few minutes whilst everyone cheered and laughed. They had plenty of good reasons to do so, after all. For one thing, they had successfully stopped the combine superportal. Alyx and Gordon were hugging, laughing, Eli had picked up Lightia, and was swinging her around playfully, much to the delight of the little girl, and DOG was doing a little dance.

"I can't believe it! We did it!" Alyx cheered. She stopped, and sighed. "I wish we didn't have to leave so soon..." The grown-ups starting talking about grown-up stuff, and Lightia went of to her own little world. She was strangely silent. She seemed to be mourning. She would be soon...

Lightia found a mound of pebbles, and gathering them up, brought them to a little corner. She started piling them up, and made them into little shapes. She giggled. "Star...moon...circle..." She made some more shapes, until a sorrowful looking Alyx came to her.

"Hi, honey..." she said, sadly. Lightia looked at her, curious of what was wrong. Alyx sighed. "I'm afraid you won't see me for a little while, sweetheart. Me and Gordon...are going away, for a little bit." She was forcing herself to not burst into tears. Lightia seemed on the verge of doing so.

"Going away...? Daddy go away? What about Mommy? What about Mommy?!" Lightia cried. Alyx felt tears running down her cheeks. Lightia thought of her as her mother. Gordon and Eli were watching, both silently getting heartbroken as the scene unfolded before them.

"I'm so sorry, honey..." Lightia hugged her.

"...Lightia love mommy and daddy..." Alyx nodded.

"Daddy and mommy love you very much, Lightia. So does grandpa. You will never be alone. We all love you."Lightia fixed her gaze on the ground. Then, she nodded. Alyx wiped her eyes. "You're very brave, honey. You remember that being brave and having courage to do something is the most important thing." Lightia looked into her eyes.

"Demon must be destroyed. Lightia will do it. Advisor...he sent them..." She said desperately. she wanted to tell Alyx everything, what was going to happen, what to do, who she was, but, she couldn't. She couldn't stop it...

Alyx stared at her intently. She sighed. "I'm sorry honey. But I have to go with daddy now." Lightia nodded. Her face suddenly lit up.

"One minute. Go down, wait for Lightia!" Alyx nodded. Lightia started runnning back to her room, and Alyx, Gordon, and Eli got in the elevator. Gordon took Alyx's hand. She smiled, and said thanks. Eli chuckled. Maybe they would get married...The elevator stopped. Gordon froze. He quickly grabbed his SMG, and looked around. Something was wrong. Something wasn't right. Something was already there...

"What is it Gor-" A mind blast stopped her in mid sentence. "No! Dad! Gordon!" An Advisor.

Lightia was excited. She knew Alyx would love her drawing very much. When she had first arrived at the base, she had started to draw a picture for Alyx and Gordon. She thought they needed to be cheered up. It was of her, Alyx, and Gordon all holding hands, standing on green grass, with a blue sky and a bright sun. She was finishing the last bit of colouring- Alyx's eyes. "Yeah!" She giggled. The woman next to her smiled.

"You finally finished it! It's lovely. What is it?" She asked. She was the new babysitter for Lightia, for when Alyx and Gordon went to destroy the Borealis.

"Lightia, mommy, and daddy. Daddy has a crowbar." She pointed to Gordon's hand, were a small piece of metal was. The babysitter laughed.

"Yeah, he sure does. It really is beautiful, Lightia. Are you gonna give it to your mommy and daddy?" Lightia nodded. Now her mom and dad could remember her when they were gone. Maybe if they were scared or in danger, they could look at that, and remember that Lightia would save them. "Go on, then! I'll be here if you need me. Remember, don't go outside the base!"Lightia nodded again. Then she started running back to the garage.

"Nrgh...let him go!"Alyx shouted. The Advisor lifted her father in the air. "No! Dad!" She struggled against the Advisors telekinisis, but there was no use. Gordon was trying to break free, and was attempting to reach his gun on the ground.

"Remember, Gordon! Destroy that ship! No matter what the cost!" Eli shouted. He knew what was coming. He couldn't stop it.

"No!" Alyx struggled some more.

"I love you, honey. Don't look!" He said.

"I love you dad!" She cried out. The Advisor turned him over, and was about to attack, when...

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!" Alyx turned in the direction of the shriek.

"Nooooo!! Lightia!!" She struggled even more furiously. Gordon's eyes were wide. He was scared. His entire family might die...and he couldn't stop it.

"Daddy! Mommy! Grandpa!!" Lightia screamed. Another Advisor appeared, and took Lightia. Alyx screamed.

"NO! TAKE ME INSTEAD!!" She shouted. The Advisor ignored her. It seemed to enjoy the fact that it was causing her so much pain. The other Advisor went back to her father.

"No..."

"Don't look, honey!" Shouted Eli. The Advisor raised it's tounge.

"Stop..."

It stabbed him in the back of the head. Lightia screamed. Alyx shrieked. tears started running down Gordon's cheeks.

"It can't happen..."

DOG flew in, and started attacking the Advisor holding Lightia in rage, ripping it apart. The other Advisor started to flee, after chucking Eli to the floor. DOG chased it, and mutiliated it. Gordon, Alyx, and Lightia fell to the ground. "Dad!!" screamed Alyx. She ran over to his limp body.

"Nakitakute...Nakenakute..."

"No..." She collapsed, and started crying uncontrollably.

"Naku no nara...Namida wo fuite..."

"Please..."

"Datte kawaii no wa Egao ga ichiban desho?"

"Don't leave me..."

"...Dakedo...zenbu...to...iwasete..."