Jinjira tried keeping her distance from N since she saw the strange look in his eyes. She knew what fear the old woman would bring to life next and she didn't want to incite it in any way. She suddenly stopped short.
"Oh come ON!" she yelped. N walked closer to her to see what had irritated her now, effectively making her flinch, and that's when he saw it. The hallway had narrowed even more, so much they'd have to walk in sideways. N looked at Jinjira.
"Please tell me you're not claustrophobic," he hoped she wasn't. She slowly nodded. He held his his breath. Jinjira gasped.
"You are, too, aren't you?" she asked him. He didn't look back at her. Suddenly, there was a loud BANG, making Jinjira jump. Her blood ran cold as both her and N snapped their attention behind them.
"Jinjira, remember when you punched Colress?"
"Yep."
"At a rough guess, how long would he have stayed knocked out.?"
"Ummmm...15 to 20 minutes at the least. Maybe 25 if we're lucky enough."
"How long has it been?"
Jinjira's blood ran cold. "Longer than that," she said, the words barely leaving her mouth. N looked into the narrow passageway, then at her. "We have to go through," was all he said. Jinjira looked back at the hallway they just came through and, sure enough, there was a dark shadow growing around the corner. It was Colress. He had regained consciousness and was now running after them. Jinjira saw this and her heart began racing.
In no less than a heartbeat, Jinjira squeezed her eyes shut and sidestepped into the narrow hallway. Actually, it was only narrow for about 15 feet, but since she was very claustrophobic, it seemed like it went on forever. She looked back to see N beside her, leaned against the wall, catching his breath. No doubt he was as claustrophobic as she was. They looked back to see the hallway. Colress was there. He tried to get through, but it was too narrow. He soon walked away.
Before she knew it she was sitting down on the floor beside N, her back against the wall. "We need to get some rest," was all Jinjira heard N say. She didn't say a word as exhaustion overtook her and she drifted off to sleep. But a certain familiar dream was making its presence known...
Jinjira suddenly found herself in a forest, the trees all gnarled and twisted and an eerie fog blanketing the forest floor.
"Come here, little child," an all-too-familiar voice said. Jinjira turned to see the old woman from the haunted house several yards away from her. This was a dream Jinjira used to have almost every day after the fire that killed her parents. That was why the old woman seemed so familiar to her...
"Come here child," the woman said her voice now demonic and her eyes a fiery, ungodly red. Jinjira stumbled back. Like a child afraid of the dark, Jinjra felt trapped. She couldn't find a way out. She watched in horror as the old woman, no, the demon, made its way over to her.
"You have no idea what you're dealing with, child," the demonic voice said, now disembodied, yet surrounding Jinjira at the same time.
"No, no, no, you're not real!" Jinjra cried, her hands clawed at her ears, trying to block out the demonic voice now surrounding her.
"Get out of my head!" Jinjira cried. The air became thick, surrounding Jinjira, suffocating her...
Jinjira cried out as she snapped awake. "Jinjira! Calm down!" she heard N next to her, both his hands on her shoulders. "The...the old woman...she's been...,"
"Jinjira, calm down, you're trembling," N pointed out. She took deep breaths, trying to calm down. The old woman had been in those dreams...those dreams she always had after that terrible fire...
"Alright, now what were you saying?" N asked, keeping one hand on her shoulder. She didn't dare look him in the eye, afraid to see the lustful glint again.
"The old woman...she...she was in my dreams...after the fire...after my parents were killed by it...she was in those dreams...," she said, unable to get the demonic voice out of her head.
Still trembling slightly, N tilted her chin up, leaving her no choice but to look him in the eye. As she feared, the look of desire was highlighted in his icy blue eyes. She now feared more than anything she somehow incited that desire, but she wanted to know if N actually felt that way about her, or if that demon in a woman's body was just twisting his emotions.
Without any warning, Jinjira suddenly felt N's lips against hers, snapping her out of her thoughts and back into reality. Stunned, she didn't move, almost afraid to. Almost instantly, all anger, fear, and stress melted away, as if they never existed.
She felt N wrap his long arms around her making her unable to move. At this point, she was almost afraid to, afraid he'd try something else in her.
Dammit, N, what's gotten into you?! she wanted to say, but that was pretty hard since he was kissing her. She reeled back, but all she could do was lean her head back against the wall. Big mistake, and she knew it. She tried to fight back, but all her strength drained from her as N lowered his head and kissed her neck.
"N...stop...please..." Jinjira pleaded, but it had no effect. She was helpless against his desire, like .
This can't be real! N would never do this! it took all her remaining strength to try and reassure herself that, the rest of her strength being used to try and resist the waves of pleasure pulsating through her like a heartbeat. She kept her hands on his shoulders as N's hands stayed around her waist, as if he was determined to prevent her escape.
This can't be right! Jinjira desperately tried to tell herself, but now part of her didn't want N to stop as he gently bit down on her collarbone. At this point, Jinjira was willing ready to try anything...anything to get her best friend back. Her true best friend, her friend that would never to this.
Suddenly, as if what N was doing wasn't enough, Jinjira completely froze as she felt N's hands slowly lift her shirt. His hands got to the bottom of her ribcage before Jinjira regained her senses and grabbed his wrists. He looked up at her, giving her a what-the-hell-was-that-for look.
"Don't even think about it," she growled, forcing herself to look him in the eye. He smiled at her, a heart-melting smile that got him almost anything from Jinjira...almost. She looked him in the eye in disbelief.
"What's gotten into you?" she asked, the words barely escaping her lips. He smiled again and kissed her.
"I'm perfectly fine, sweetheart. Don't worry about it," he purred, kissing her yet again, stunning Jinjira even more.
His words echoed in her head. She thought of her dream, the old woman, the demonic voice, what N was now trying with her...
This is too much..., Jinjira realized. She couldn't handle this much longer. I have to break away! She was now terrified. Adrenaline shot through her like a bullet from a gun. Jinjira, now afraid this new power would soon drain away again, used it immediately, with all her power, managed to shove N away, making him stumble back to the other side of the corridor.
N looked back at her, stunned. What had happened just now? He couldn't remember, it was as if there was some block in his memory. Jinjira quickly stood up, pulling her shirt back down to cover her stomach. "What the hell was that for?" she yelped, watching N as he stood with her. He looked at her in confusion. What was she talking about? Why did Jinjira look so...afraid?
"Jinjira, what are you talking about?" he asked, sincerely confused. Jinjira, still shaken up from his sudden desire for her, reeled back and smacked him.
"You know what I'm talking about, lover boy! You just tried your luck with me!" she snapped. N's eyes widened in realization.
"Oh dear Arceus Jinjira, you know I'd never do that to you," he tried reasoning with her. N took a step forwards, but Jinjire took a step back, bacing into a wall, fear flashing in her cerulean eyes. N put his hands on her shoulders, trying to calm her down and trying to fight some remaining desire, succeeding.
"Listen, Jinjira, it's that old woman. She's messing with our heads. You know I'd never do anything like that to you, right?" he reassured her. She slowly nodded. He smiled.
"Good. Now, we really need to get out of here," N said, taking a step back. She looked at him and smiled, but it was a forced smile. She was still afraid of him.
His fear had come to life as well. He had lost control of himself, and now Jinjira might hate him for it.
Now what would happen?
