Chapter 10: Sleepless

Shay's POV

I sat down in the chair next to Sienna's hospital bed; her cold, pale hand clasped in both my own. The steady beeping of her heart monitor had become nothing but simple background noise. My hair fell over my forehead, blocking my vision more than usual. Sienna's long silvery hair was fanned out behind her, soft streaks of dirt still hiding in her strands. Her arms and legs had been bandaged to hide all of the fresh scars that coated her body. A few butterfly closures rested on a nasty cut that went across her forehead, just above her brow.

"Shay?" I heard the door click open. It was Silver. She must be back from talking to the doctors.

"What is it?" My voice said in a scratchy, almost inaudible tone. I hardly sounded or looked like myself. I hadn't really slept or ate since the attack a week ago.

"I just spoke with the doctors," She sat down next to me, a steaming cup of coffee in her hand, "They said that she has mild brain damage, nothing permanent. And she lost quite a bit of blood, but now that they have all of it siphoned back into her, she shouldn't suffer from blood loss."

"But when is she going to wake up?" I clutched her hand even tighter, "Did they say anything about that?"

"I'm sorry, Shay, but-" she sat a gentle hand on my shoulder, "But they said she may never wake up, and if she does, there's seldom chance she'll ever be the same again."

My body shook with a broken sob, but no tears could come; they had all dispersed over the past week, "Wh-Where is my father?" I asked, still clutching Sienna's frail hand.

"He left about an hour ago," she crossed her ankles as her feet fidgeted, "He said her had some work to get to."

"Dammit," I felt my teeth grind together, sending a screaming through my skull. I loosened my grip on Sienna's hand. I stood up, staggering as my head began to spin. Silver caught me as I pressed my hand to the wall to keep from falling over.

"Shay!" She helped me sit back down in the chair, "You aren't going anywhere until you eat something and get some sleep."

"I'm fine," I insisted, attempting to fight out of her grasp, "I just-"

"Please, Shay," She held my with one arm and stroked my hair, "Just sleep."

It was nearly half a second before my eyes slipped closed and I slumped against my older sister's shoulder.

Ryuka's POV

"Mmm," I stretched my arms up behind me and sat up in…bed? Where was I? I looked around the unfamiliar room. Simple, beige walls, a queen size bed with soft, white cotton sheets, and a window with thin, white curtains. This room held no familiarity, but it felt strangely…comforting. I slid my feet onto the floor, the beige carpet tickling my feet. I stood, feeling the warm air dance across my skin. I crossed the room and looked at my reflection in the door mirror on the closet. My hair was cut in short, soft waves that cut off just a little past her shoulders with the tips of my hair still shining silver like normal. I wore a short silver chain with a heart on it around my neck; no choker with a white gold charm. My knee length gray robe contrasted with my pale skin. I looked down at my left hand. A ring? I looked closer. A delicate gold band with a single rounded shining diamond in the center. This wasn't my wedding ring.

"Morning, Ryuka," I felt a pair of warm arms wrap around my waist and a delicate kiss glide over my neck. I looked in the mirror to see and image that was tugging on tears in my eyes. His grey hair still framed his face nearly perfectly. His deep black eyes were half closed as he pressed close to me.

"Grey," I said in a soft exhale as I began to melt in his arms. I felt a few tears slip down my cheeks. He turned me around to face him, pressing me to his muscled, t-shirt covered chest. I looked up into his eyes, feeling as if I was getting lost in their deep black depths.

"What is it, Honey?" he asked, wiping the tears with his thumbs.

"I just-" I reached up and touched his hand with mine, "I just missed you, that's all."

"Your so cute," he smiled before pressing his lips to mine. Fresh tears spilt down my face. He was here. He was with me. And I was in his arms. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer to me. We eventually parted, staring deeply into each others eyes.

"Is everything okay?" he asked, brushing a loose strand of hair behind my ear, "You seem a little different."

"I feel like I woke up from a dream," I ran my hands up into his chest, making sure he was real, "Just a dream."

"Hey, Mommy?" I felt a tug on the bottom of my robe. I looked down to see a nine year old boy with short silver hair and large olive-gold eyes looking up at me, "you have to drive me to school, remember?"

I bent down to his height, "Of course sweetie," I said with a smile on my face, despite the fact that I had no idea who this child was.

"Liam!" Grey called as the boy bounded out of the room, "Don't forget to brush your teeth!" I laughed as the boy disappeared down the hallway, a huge grin on his face, "Can you go wake up Lena?" Grey asked, "I have to go catch that little rascal."

"Okay," I smiled, "Sure." I laughed as Grey took off down the hall, chasing the little boy. I stepped out of the room and looked out of each of the doors and picked one that seemed like it would lead to a little girl's room, "Lena?" I asked as I pushed the door open. A tiny, wooden crib rested in the far corner of the room. I stepped inside and turned the lights on, "Lena?" I heard a small whining noise come from the crib as I crossed over to it. A tiny infant looked up at me with dark black eyes, and thick black hair.

She reached up with her tiny arms to me. I smiled and picked her up, cradling her tiny body in my arms, "Hey," she took her tiny hand and ran her fingers through my hair, giggling in the process, "You must be Lena." The baby smiled and continued to tug on my hair, "I don't really know you, but I get the feeling I'm supposed to." The baby just smiled and continued to look up at me.

"I'll take her so you can go put on some clothes to drive Liam to school," Grey said as he entered the room, "But nothing too fancy, because you have the nightshift at the hospital tonight, remember?"

I nodded and acted like I knew what he was talking about, "Yeah. Of course." I smiled as I headed towards the door.

"I love you," he called over his shoulder as he rocked the baby back and forth. I smiled and turned to look at him, "I love you too."

Death the Kid's POV

I looked from monitor to monitor with flickering eyes. The dark circles beneath my eyes were beginning to drag them down. I couldn't find her. Not a trace that she had ever existed could be found other than the fact of things that belonged to her. This was going to drive me insane. Where was she? Just where could she possibly be? I wasn't going to sleep until I had my wife in my arms again, and I would make sure of that.

Stein's POV

I opened my eyes with sweat pouring down my neck and forehead. My wrists strained against the chains that held them behind me. My eyes darted around the edges of my cell. No way out.

I bit my tongue to keep from shouting in frustration. I wasn't even really sure just where I was, but I didn't like the static hanging in the air. It felt dangerous. I looked to the side of me to see Ryuka beside me. Her wrist and ankles were chained together and her head hung forward; a large chaining connecting to the lock around her neck and holding her to the wall.

"Ryuka?" I reached over with my foot and lightly kicked her, gaining no response from it, "Ryuka, wake up." no response.

Ryuka? I attempted to tap into her mine with no better results than my first two attempts to rouse her.

"Oh, I wouldn't attempt to do that," A silky feminine voice said from the darkened side of my cell, "She won't wake for quite some time."

My eyes squinted in an attempt to view my prison warden. Her soft, short layers of bronze-blonde hair hung close to her face, brushing over her tan skin. A few patches of golden scales stood out on her face as she stepped closer, her red eyes lingering with cunningness. A witch? That would make sense as to who would be holding us captive, I just didn't quite understand why. I felt my eyes narrow.

"What have you done to my daughter you scaly heinous bitch?" I growled through clenched teeth. She bent down to my height and held her hand beneath my chin, cupping it so I couldn't avoid meeting her eyes.

"Come now, Dr. Franken Stein," she cocked her head to the side, "There's no need for such a dirty mouth." I felt my teeth grind together, sending a sharp screeching through my brain, "Can we have a civilized conversation now? I'm not sure if you're quite capable of that, so I feel I should ask first."

"Just say what you have to say and let us go," I growled through clenched teeth, jerking my chin out of her palm.

"I'm sorry to say this, Dr. Stein," she slowly lowered her hand, "but we have no intention of letting you two go for quite sometime," I looked back up at her, "You see, she's the only way to really get under that Shinigami you call a leader's skin," she flickered her eyes over to Ryuka, "Without her, he'll fall apart. And then it won't be too hard to get him to do what we want. He will, after all, do anything to get his beloved wife back." A sick smile crept up onto her face as she thought about what she just said.

I looked over at Ryuka. It was true. Sure Kid was a Grim Reaper, but he'd done one thing that most reapers never dared to do; he actually loved the mother of his children. He loved Ryuka in a way such as the moon loves the stars, or the sun loves the sky. He could no longer exist without her, at least, not fully. And these people knew that weakness.

"And you Dr. Stein," I looked back over to the witch Sasori, "You are a nearly as necessary hostage as Mrs. Cross over there. It would be far to easy for the Shinigami to regain her if you had been left behind. Not to mention that the fact that your bloody sword will go nearly just as insane without you as the Shinigami will without her. Two is better than one after all."

Sanguine…I could see her face as clear as day. Blood red eyes. Silken black hair with long blood red tips. Delicate pale skin. Her sarcastic smirk.

"It's not her fault that she's insane just like her husband," he witch ran her fingers over the screw in my head, "Mad if you will. People like you don't even deserve a name that kind. There isn't a term low enough to describe people like you. People that can't even restrain themselves from practically killing their own daughters. Your kind are nothing but monsters." she got up and left, a sick looking smile on her face, "Goodbye Dr. Franken Stein. I hope to have another civilized conversation with you soon."

And then I was left alone in the cell with my breathing daughter and that sickening knife twisting into the center of my chest.

Ryuka's POV

I turned the keys in the ignition to quite the car. They let me out of my nightshift work tonight because there were already more than enough doctors there. Or was it just the fact that I seemed so off from my "usual self" that they didn't want me taking care of any patients? I really didn't see how it mattered, because I had other things on my mind anyways. It felt as if I were beginning to forget something. Something that I really shouldn't be forgetting. Something that had to be really important. But what-

"Ryuka?" I heard Grey's voice from outside the rolled down window of the car, "What are you doing home, shouldn't you be at work?"

"Oh," I released the steering wheel from my deathly tight grip, "They let me have the night off because they said they had too many hands working as it was, and that they didn't need me working tonight."

"Hmm…" Grey opened my door, "That hardly ever happens. I bet they'll expect you bright and early in the morning."

"Probably," I sighed as I stepped out of the car, "But it's not like I'm disappointed at having the night off."

"I would imagine not," he wrapped his arm around my waist as we walked into the house.

The second the door opened, I was greeted by…silence?

"Where are the kids?" I asked, looking across the room.

"I got them to bed early," he smiled, "I was actually getting ready to go to bed soon too."

There's something I want to try. Something I want to do before I lose my opportunity to.

"Hey, Grey?" I dropped my keys and bag to the floor as I said my words.

He turned and looked at me, but the words he would have said never escaped from him before my lips locked on his. I wrapped my arms up around his neck, pulling my body tighter to his. My body seemed to fit tightly to his, the shape of his chest feeling amazing as it pressed to my own. I kicked off my shoes as he slid off my white coat and dropped it onto the floor.

I wasn't sure how we ended up on our bed, but it seemed as if that was out next stopping point. My back pressed against the soft mattress as my hands continued to twine up into his soft locks of hair. I felt his fingers caress over my stomach, lifting up my scrubs top. I tugged his t-shirt up over his head, exposing his pale-white chest. I tentatively ran my fingers down his chest, taking in the feeling of his hard muscles beneath his skin. My hands eventually came to the button of his jeans and fiddled with it just as he lifted my top over my head. My hand came away from his jeans as his lips trailed down my neck. I felt my nails dig into his back as I arched my head back when he found just the right spot.

This felt so right. But so sickeningly wrong at the same time, because I felt as if I were still forgetting what was so important.

A/N: This chapter took so freaking long to write and I'm sorry I hadn't been able to update sooner! Especially with the cliff I left at the end of this last chapter! I'm so sorry faithful readers of mine! I've been so busy! So, about this chapter…it was so freaking dementedly weird to write that it gave me a few headaches here and there. I brought a character back ^^. I remember how some people reacted to his death in the previous story (believe me…it wasn't good). I even got a few requests at bringing him back. Well, I never imagined that I'd actually do it! Also, please review! PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY PLEEEEEASE REVIEW? I love and cherish and read every single review I get and hope to get some with this chapter. I truly do love all of you people that read and subscribe/favorite and follow and review my stories! I hope you guys are still enjoying this! Love you all! See you in the next chapter ^^!