Cara

It had been nearly two hours of Kahlan and Cara screaming back and forth, with Kahlan occasionally stabbing herself with the agiel. Every time she did this, Cara's tough heart grew weaker and weaker; she wasn't sure how much more of this she could take. The agiel was know to be a weapon of ultimate torture, but not only in the physical sense. All Mord'Sith were intimately familiar with the ariel, and they knew the agiel was designed to play with a person's mind; It could manipulate and mold the mind to a horrible, twisted form. The battle hardened Mord'Sith had experienced this kind of torture first hand, being broken as a young girl. Still to this day, Cara was just a little on the edge of logic and reason at times, and she didn't want anything like that to happen to Kahlan. She had just got her, and she didn't want to lose her.

"Why don't you just kill me already?" Kahlan asked, sprawled on the ground with the agiel lying on her stomach. Cara could tell that the madness of the weapon was already taking its toll on the Mother Confessor.

"Why don't you just stop asking me?" Cara snapped, angry about the whole situation she had been put in. "Stop hurting yourself. It's not healthy." Kahlan sensed the Mord'Sith's irritation and continued to berate her.

"Why should I stop hurting myself when you won't?" Cara remained silent, and Kahlan chuckled manically. "Do you want to know what I think, 'dear?'" prosed Kahlan, and hearing no answer from Cara, she continued. "I'm a Confessor. I can see through your lies. I just wanted to let you know, in case you were curious, that it hurt a lot when I saw that you were lying to me, you know, at the lake. Why would you do that to me, 'dear?'"

Cara and Zedd were both perplexed. Cara, putting up a front, began to play with Kahlan's daggers. "You can read me?" she asked, trying to keep her voice monotone.

"Like a book," Kahlan sang, and laughed again. Cara was getting tired of listening to Kahlan's delusions. It made her sick to know that her agiel was doing this. Cara winced when she heard Kahlan let out a scream, stabbing herself with the agiel again. Cara sat up, waiting for a 'witty' comment from Kahlan. When the screaming stopped, there was silence. The blonde waited for what seemed like hours, not wanting to look at Kahlan. Finally giving in, Cara turned round quickly, and gasped when she saw Kahlan lying on the ground, agiel rolled out of her hand.

"Kahlan!" Cara cried, flying to Kahlan's side. Zedd came over as well, trying to find out if Kahlan was okay. The Confessor was bleeding from her ear, which was not a good sign.

"White…. grows the lily…" Kahlan croaked, a delusional smile spreading across he face. Cara, hearing this, quickly snatched the agiel out of Kahlan's reach, but the Confessor didn't seem to care.

"Zedd, this is not good," Cara said, fear rising in her throat. This couldn't happen, not to Kahlan!

"Red," Kahlan coughed, spitting up some blood, "grows the rose! Here lies my laddie… Cara, dear, you know the next line!" Kahlan sang, cackling manically. Cara could only watch as Kahlan inched closer and closer to the edge of sanity, and the sad part was, she could do nothing about it.

"Come on, dear! Sing it for me!" Kahlan shouted again, a smile still on her ashen face. Cara was choked up with tears, and walked away from Kahlan.

"Don't you… walk away! Come back!" Kahlan yelled to her, but Cara ignored her as she reached for the dagger.

I have to do this. To save her.

"Zedd, listen to me. I'm going to kill her," Cara declared, moving towards Kahlan. The Confessor was humming to herself, clearly lost in her own world.

"Cara, dear one, no!" Zedd cried, hoping that Cara wouldn't come any closer with the dagger.

"I know what I'm doing. If I kill her, then revive her; she'll go back to normal. We will have to wait exactly an hour, and then I'll give her the Breath of Life," Cara delegated, and Zedd just nodded. He trusted the Mord'Sith.

With tears in her eyes, the Mord'Sith kneeled down beside Kahlan, and held the dagger above her chest. Closing her eyes, she plunged the dagger into Kahlan's chest, and she could hear the woman yelp. When she opened her eyes, Cara was looking at the dead body of her lover, a burst of light emanating from her abdomen. Dropping the blood stained dagger, Cara dove into Zedd's embrace, and they stayed like that for the next hour.

Kahlan

The last thing she remembered was singing to Cara, and then a cold knife piercing her heart. Kahlan Amnell was deceased.

The Mother Confessor stood up, surrounded by green flames and writhing naked bodies. Well, Spirits actually. Her long dark hair covered her breasts, and she was glad, because Darken Rahl appeared, surrounded by emerald flames. He smiled expectantly at her, and she returned the favor. She was glad that she had returned to her normal state of mind, it was good to be in control.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the late Mother Confessor. Finally come to keep me company?" Rahl said quietly, running a hand through his long hair. The fiery woman glared at the sprit messenger with a look of defiance, and spat on him.

"I see you haven't lost your touch, even in death. Your attitude problem will be most entertaining to fix for, let's see, all of eternity," Rahl smiled, and came closer to the Confessor. "So, how is my dear brother? Has he… courted you yet?" Rahl asked, knowing that he had hit a sensitive spot. The dark haired villain stroked his chin as he circled the naked woman, like a vulture circling a helpless deer. Kahlan was in Rahl's territory now, and she couldn't run or hide. She prayed to the good spirits that Cara would hurry up and revive her. Why was this taking so long?

"No," Kahlan said dismissively. She had recently adopted impatience when she, well, died.

"Well, then, I guess I have you all, to, myself," laughed Rahl, dragging out each word. He leaned in to kiss Kahlan, and the Confessor smiled as her form began to evaporate, leaving Rahl to scream in frustration.

"Kahlan, Kahlan? Are you there? Open your eyes! For Creator's sake, open your eyes!"

Kahlan's beautiful blue eyes flew open, and she wrapped her arm around Cara's neck. She pulled her beloved closer to her, and they shared a passionate kiss. "I missed you."

Cara's eyes began to water. "I missed you as well."