*SPOILERS! DON'T READ THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALREADY READ AWAKENED OR THE ENDING WILL BE RUINED!*

It's horrible, not being able to control your own body. It makes me wonder why I ever agreed to this in the first place. Each day is a torture in itself, like being trapped in my own body. But I could never truly forget the reasoning behind my drastic decision. I had done all this for Zoey. Always Zoey. With one mantra going around and around in my head, like an endless heart beat I could stand to live another day: Zoey, this is all to save Zoey. Zoey, this is all to save Zoey. No matter how hard I try, I can never just forget the reason behind my decision. Nyx herself believes that we are soul mates and to be given the chance to see her again, even after death, is nothing short of a miracle. A miracle I will embrace to its full potential. As the days pass, the mantra just gets stronger and stronger. Soon I know I will see her, and when I do, I just know that something will happen. Whether it's just that she notices me or that something radical will happen and I will be able to move again. One thing is for certain: something will happen.

As the months and years pass, Kalona and that twisted Ex-High priestess Neferet have been transforming me- no the thing, the vessel- into the perfect, extreme fighting machine. They had been working long and hard on my new body and they are almost finished and ready to throw it towards Zoey and her-my- friends. After all these years of being alone, even seeing Stark would be a nice break from the vicious jaws of my enemies who have decided to hold me hostage. Yes, even Stark- that's how lonely I've gotten.

Finally after long await, the time has come; the time when I will get to see my love again. Just yesterday, Neferet has informed Kalona of her plan. As vile and horrid as it is though, I have to agree that the woman is smart and the plan is sheer genius. I know nobody who could have thought of a plan so brilliant and perfect. I know that Zoey will not anticipate it, but I hope she will retaliate well. I hope she wins, no- I hope that lightness wins. I knew when I took this job that it would be dangerous and possibly fatal, but I never expected it to be this bad. No, I never expected it to get this bad.

It all started out one day in one of the harshest day of the Tulsa summers. The sun beat down heavily on the fields as a UFO abducts its victims, draining the goodness and energy out of everybody. I had been told to sit tight for the first hours of the day and so I did. Well my body-the vessel- did. I on the other hand was pacing within my own skull. It was not an easy thing to do but after years of solitude, old habits die hard. I knew this was the day and I couldn't help knowing that Zoey knew this as well. I was finally put to use with the only thing that could have given me any hope is living on. I was given the job of collecting Zoey. Being me, I knew where she would be. I always seemed to know where she would be, but Neferet seemed to know as well. She sent me to the tunnels. I approached the grate with caution. I knew that these red vampires had a good sense of hearing and my body seemed to understand as well. It slid up the immovable looking grate to reveal a small room that was kept strangely tidy compared to the last time I had seen it. In the corner of the room stood a ladder, leading downwards to the tunnels beyond. We walked over to it and with the vessel's new agility, it swiftly jumped down into the darkness beyond.

As expected, Zoey was on guard, and also as expected- Stark was with her. As a bystander just looking on, it is now easy to see the love between the two. The Guardian and his Priestess. It saddens me to see that upon my wake, she had moved on but at the same time, it makes me happy to see that she is happy, even without me in her life. As was told to do so by Neferet, the vessel grabbed the girl and slung her over its shoulder. Even though I cannot control my own body, I can still feel, and let me tell you, it felt great. Who knew that after 7 years, lugging around the body of the girl you love would feel good, huh?

Of course Stark retaliated with an attempt at saving his Priestess but with a quick kick backwards, he was unconscious and on the floor with a thud. Nobody had heard. I felt like screaming at the top of my lungs to tell everybody that we were here- and let me tell you I tried- but it was no use. I was hidden too well. I know that Nyx put me here for a reason, but at this time, I have absolutely no idea what it is. Each day it got harder and harder to believe the Goddesses' words, but hopefully some people (or the Goddess) will place that with strength.

The vessel began to run. Up the ladder, through the gate, across the road, down the highway and finally to the small country farm near Zoey's Grandmas lavender farm. Only this farm grew corn, not lavender. We pulled Zoey up to the very top at the ledge, with the whole cornfield below. Zoey was immobilised with thick ropes and placed on a chair, facing the cornfield as if it were the grounds of a show that had not yet begun. Surprisingly she had not moved or struggled the entire time. It were as if she knew something that we didn't. Although the thought would de quite disturbing for Neferet and Kalona, it doesn't really bother me that much. It just brings them that little bit closer to winning.

She did start to struggle however when the people were brought out. One by one they were walked out into the cornfield. Some tied up, others walking with their head held high, as if they had already acknowledged defeat and wanted to go out with their pride still intact. The more came out, the more she attempted to get out of her bindings and the more I wanted to jump out of this vile skin and save her. But that's not going to happen is it? Finally the last person was introduced to the cornfield and she thrashed and wriggled even more, but the rope would not budge. The last person to walk into the corn field was Grandma Redbird.

What you have just read is a mixture of Geography, science, Pirates of the Caribbean and waiting for school sport trials to finish. Yep I am a nerd and I'm sitting here writing to you instead of trying out for Oz Tag haha.

And don't worry I'll finish it in the next chapter(I know it should all be one-shots but I feel like continuing this one)

I'll do one for each of Aphrodite's visions so if anybody has any ideas for what Zoey should say to beat Kalona let me know :)

Thanks for reading and remember to R&R

~Jess~