A/N: As we now have a 'life' on the docs I better stop saving them on ff and not posting lol. Beware these may change after I do my edit or if the plot changes as I write. Sometimes it does do that lol

Part 5

The darkness covered the room. It was a strange darkness, not quite pure as light reflected off the rain cloud covered sky. Not a common sight in the middle of an Italian summer. Rain slashed against the window, a background noise of confusion to the chaos of Ryan's mind. He'd never seen Maz so worked up before, never see him lash out so uncontrollably at anyone, with the exception of Kaylee, and even then he could have said he was upholding the Laws.

Another thing that bothered Ryan was how Parker was getting to him, the fact he had risked himself to help her, not because of the money like her had said to Maz bit because he didn't want to see Parker hurt. There was something about her that was so different to anyone else, and she defiantly wasn't like any of the hits he'd had to babysit before. Maybe it was because she went out of her way to piss off Maz. Maybe. It was that word that was bothering him.

A sudden cry from Parker's room that was echoed by a crack of lightning startled him. He moved quickly from his own room to the doorway of hers, he knocked on the door even as he walked though it. She was still asleep but somehow he could tell she was trapped in a nightmare.

"Parker." He called to her gently as he stepped closer to the sleeping figure.

If it wasn't for the nightmare she would look really cute when she's sleeping Ryan pushed that random thought away as he got nearer to her.

"Parker!" He tried again, then reached out to shake her. His hand touched her warm skin and shook her but she didn't wake. Another cry was tore from her throat.

"Parker. Wake Up. It's Ryan, please just wake up. It's only a nightmare. Parker! Come On!" Worry laced though him as he continued to sleep.

A castle loomed in the distance, a spiral of blue light reflected off of the night black walls. In the centre of the courtyard stood several people. A pretty brunette was crying in the arms of a teenager with topaz bright eyes. Beside them lay a female body dressed in a medieval dress a wood take spearing her heart. Around them people started to stir. The sunlight was new. Darkness had covered the hidden land, but no longer. A mud streaked face and deep sorrel eyes. A slave and a prince. Freedom. The dream moved, changed. Flashes, pain, blood flowing against her will. She gasped as pain blossomed and her skin tingled with pain. She could feel where teeth had twice bitten. Fear welled inside of her but she couldn't get away from the suffocating darkness that he had locked her in. His eyes had shined blackness as he smashed into her mind. Throwing it into chaos. She was losing herself.

Parker. Wake Up. It's Ryan, please just wake up. It's only a nightmare. Parker! Come On!

Parker couldn't answer; she was too lost within her own mind. She could hear him, but she couldn't answer. It was so frustrating.

Parker, its just a nightmare. You can stop it. You're okay; all you have to do is wake up.

A nightmare? Maybe some of it was, Parker reasoned with herself a he mind cleared slightly, but the first part of the dream?

PARKER! WAKE UP!

It was Ryan's voice, sort of. It pushed away the last of the darkness. Parker managed to pull herself from the nightmare, somewhere along the way her arms found themselves around Ryan and he had started talking to her, trying to calm her.

"I'm okay," Parker said pushing herself away from him slightly.

"Liar." Ryan smiled glad she was awake. Tears suddenly filled her eyes are he pulled her back into his arms. "Hey, it'll be okay. He's not going to hurt you, I promise." His hand played with her hair, soothing and his voice calmed her tears. He pulled back to look at her face, single tear left o her cheek. Her skin was soft under his thumb as he brushed the tear away. His eyes slipped from hers to her lips and he leaned towards her. Her lips were just as soft under his and as he deepened the kiss the world faded into a pink mist.

R&R please