I had just checked my weapons after coming home and found all of them were sharpened perfectly without flaw thanks to Lars and his weird claw hands.

I also noticed my charge was no where to be seen. I found her in bed which was odd at this time.

When I made my way to the edge of her bed I noticed she was even paler, forehead covered in sweat and her body trembling. Panic formed in my chest when I pulled the blankets down and felt that her body was on fire.

I knew nothing of human sicknesses and was overly thankful when Tia and Lars walked in. Upon seeing their human's condition they went into panic mode. Tia threw off the blankets and positioned her so she could examine her body. The two started yelling and I just backed upand let them do what they had to.

"She helped me when I was stuck in that small vulnerable form and not once did she give up on me! I'm not giving up on her!" Tia screamed and forced herself to calm down before she began chanting and ran out of the room. Lars put his big clawed hand on her head and began whispering.

"Thank God your sister brought the bag of herbs! Because you didn't have crap!" Tia ran back in with a bag and some bottles. Nobody told me she was into alchemy, "There is some kind of infection that her body is having trouble fighting off. I have an idea but I'm not sure it will work but I am not giving up!"

I kept my distance so she could work and after a while she slowed her movements down and I saw my charge move. instantly I was by her side, picking up one of her hands.

"W-what?"

"You scared me..."

"I scared Death?" She was still weak and pale.

Tia Dalma slapped me hand away and picked her up so she could drink some water, "I'm not giving up on you. Remember how you helped me?"

"You were so weak and close to death, Tia. You scared me so badly, how could I forget?"

Tia shifted her gaze to me and I saw there was still worry in her eyes, "I can't stop the sickness inside of her, I can't even figure out what it is she has but whatever it is... I cannot stop it."

I looked down at my charge.

"But I can delay it from taking her life."

Without warning she stood up and ran a hand through her hair, "What happened?"

I explained everything I had witnessed and she had a look of deep concentration on her face as if she were trying to figure it out herself.

"The last thing I remembered was reading and remembering you would return in a few hours. After that I became dizzy so I laid down..."

Footsteps were heard and the door opened revealing Lars.

"Where have you been?!" Tia all but screamed.

"Sorry, I got lost." He looked up at me, one of his dreads falling in his face, "Death, this place is so big! Was it necessary to build it this way?"

"I know my way around." I replied.

This only seemed to irritate him a bit, "Yeah, I don't!"

"Lars, get over here. Our human is sick!"

I felt her entangle her fingers with mine and I let her lay against my chest. My arms around her in an instant, I had to think of how I really expected a human to live forever. I couldn't think of anyone who would help me give her some sort of eternal life.

"Stop."

I looked down at her, "Stop what?"

"You're worrying. Don't."

The other two left the room and I put her back in bed only for her to get right back up and walk to the window.

"Can't lay down, to hyper."

"You should conserve your energy, love."

"Don't wanna." She grinned and leaned to look out, "Even after I die, I will find a way back to you. I promise."

"How will you do that?"

"Where there's a will, right?"

It just wouldn't work that way. I wasn't sure how to talk to her about her passing soon. I watched as she turned back to me and swayed back and forth a bit with a hand on her head. Didn't take me long to reach her side and hold her in my arms, "I've got you."

"I know." Her hands tightened on my upper arms when I picked her up and held her against me, refusing to let go.

Once again, a voice a inside of me kept asking how I let this happen. How could Death fall in love with a mortal human? If anyone had told me this would have happened before the humans died out I wouldn't have believed it. That was also when I thought all humans were the same, greedy and evil.

Humans were the ones who always kill, abuse, rape, steal, cheat. Most of the time from what I've witnessed they were more evil than the demons I'd had come across.

I have never seen a human like this one because they would stay hidden in order to protect themselves. If I had known this when the race was still alive maybe I would have had more faith in them.

But apparently this human risked everything to help innocent animals like those strange critters that ended up being demons.

Her heart was such a kind one...

Tia ran back and stopped in front of me with some sort of realization in her eyes.

"Death, I just figured out what's wrong with her..."

"What is it?"

"She's pregnant."