OZ

The sky was thick with black clouds, rain threatening to pour forth at any moment as the winds kicked up, sending her hair whipping around her face. She brushed it from her eyes and saw a raven perched on the wall up ahead; the dream showing the bird in such vivid detail she swore she could touch the feathers. Its deadly gaze followed her every movement and as it cawed and took to flight the hairs stood on the back of her neck, something inside her screaming in warning.

With a flash the dream skipped ahead, and he was there, waiting for her. Her stomach twisted in terror as violent scenes came in fast succession, no particular order to follow…one moment she was lying dead on the ground, her lifeless eyes on Cain as he screamed and pleaded irrationally for her to get up, collapsing in defeat where the men had him restrained…the next she was alive and fighting with every ounce of her strength, trying desperately to buck Zero off of her as he pinned her hands above her head and tore away her shirt. She thrashed and twisted, screaming as she fought, hearing Cain's screams above her own as he fought to reach her.

Slowly the feeling of the hands on her began to change; the noises beyond her screams became filled with concern; the cold, hard ground beneath her back replaced by something soft…

Azkadellia filled her mind without warning, appearing directly before her eyes in the dream with a grave expression on her face, the only light in the darkness, blocking the scene of her own rape from her vision.

"DG."

Azkadellia's voice thundered through her mind with blaring intensity, forcing her to consciousness in an instant. She sat up straight in the bed, gasping for air and knocking Cain and Az off as she went. She was still whimpering as her sweat soaked body trembled uncontrollably, vaguely realizing that Cain and Az had been holding her down as she thrashed while they tried to wake her up. DG clung to Az and sobbed, ignoring her desperate need to hold Cain, not wanting to put him through it twice.

"Oh my sweet DG…" Az cried as tears flowed down her face. "You didn't tell me it was so…that he had…" She lost her ability to speak as she rocked her sister in her arms, hating that she had been forced to enter her DG's mind but traumatized beyond belief by the visions she had found there.

Cain watched the scene playing out before him with panic stricken eyes, Jeb standing by his side like a shadow, breathing heavily as he tried to calm himself. The adrenaline his body had released waking to the sounds of DG's shrieks of terror was beginning to dissipate and he put a hand on his father's shoulder to offer support, noting from his rigid posture that he was struggling not to rush to DG's aid. He sighed inwardly; his father had left the breakable parts of himself in that suit for safe keeping.

Raw was standing back away from the bed, shaking slightly and avoiding Cain's occasional questioning gaze, afraid the Tin Man might somehow read his thoughts with those ice blue eyes. Unbeknownst to herself in her unconscious state, DG had been projecting all of her emotion outward, Raw just happened to be the unfortunate sponge sleeping across the room and was likely the only one present, except perhaps Azkadellia, who understood to terror she had just experienced. It was unlike any he had experienced in his life and he fought the urge to cower in its presence. Glitch looked back and forth between Raw, the girls and Cain with a mix of confusion and concern, hoping someone would speak up soon and explain to him what the hell had just happened.

The door swung open and Cain held up a hand, not even needing to look to know it was members of the royal guard who had been drawn by DG's screams. "It's alright, men. The Princess was just…having a nightmare." He said, but she was right, it had been so much more than that. It had shaken him to his core to see her in such a state.

She had literally been involved in a fight for her life and no one present was ever going to mention hearing her screams for help before she had awoken…a chill ran down his spine…her screams for Cain…