By the time Dai had come back to it, she swore she was hearing things, voices of a kind echoing through her mind along an odd mixture of pain and the sound that had caused her to suddenly come back to the world of the living as she bit her lip trying to hold back the scream that almost came from her lips as she moved feeling the tense and burning feel against her chest. Slowly opening her eyes she found the source of the odd squeaking sound, it was but a small tiger cub that was sitting there howling on the cold cement ground five meters away from her. Dai followed its gaze up and felt her blood drain from her when she saw a tigers corpse hanging upside down, its neck had been sliced open and blood was dripping into a large bucket as Dai then noticed another bucket that was also full of blood.

Gulping down, the woman tried to calm herself, she tried to think clearly but she couldn't, not in this chaos as she tried to sit up right. At the sound of movement, the cub quickly turned its head in her direction. It seemed to hesitate for a moment as Dai stiffened unsure of what to do. Then the cub ran over towards her, it sniffed her feet first and then slowly stepped onto her legs with caution looking up at her with big round green eyes, afraid but at the same time it had the look of having given up hope, the same look in Dais eyes. After a brief moment the cub was nestled up against her covering her crutch as it curled up with its little face looking out towards the bloody corpse. Dai didn't l know what to say or expect, her throat felt sore and raw from all the yelling she had done before fainting as she looked down at the cub and made a faint sigh like sound, thinking to herself that it was such a pity for such a cub to endure something like this and then probably be sold on the black market.

Then Dai heard the sound she had been praying not to hear as someone was approaching, it was Vaas based upon his heavy footsteps but even so Dai was hoping desperately that somehow it wasn't, that someone was here to save her, but she was disappointed when her eyes fell upon Vaas who only glared at her as she stiffened upon the sight of him. Lowering her gaze she looked to the cub, it was the only good thing here to keep her mind safe from dark thoughts as she stiffened again hearing Vaas come closer but he stopped near the tigers corpse and made a gruff like sound before cursing to himself softly.

"You know it took me a while to get this fucker. Had to use her damn fucking cub, not that it was any fucking use you know." Vaas said more to himself as he poked the tiger's corpse and licked the blood from his finger as if it was nothing. "I also hope you fucking remember Perra that I know what you're thinking! But its ok, its ok, I'm a forgiving person, there's just one thing I need you to do." Vaas said with a wicked wink as he approached Dai and crouched by her side.

His fingertips softly caressed over her cheek that was still sore and probably bruised from when he hit her, but just as she thought he was about to hurt her again the man stood up and turned on his heels and walked back over to the corpse and grabbed one of the buckets of blood. The cub seemed to stiffen as it watched Vaas, almost as if it recognized the murder of its mother. Everything had made Dai cold on the inside, she had given up, it was pointless to fight, in fact she had hoped that deep down on the inside she had made Vaas happy, but she knew that by now no matter how much you love someone you can never change them and you can never escape them as she sighed. Vaas however dipped his hands in the Tigers blood and began to drawn on the floor around her, he first made odd symbols and Dai almost thought it was some pathetic satanic bullcrap to scare her, but then she noticed the differences.

Maybe it was Rakyat as she gulped down now finding a new source of fear towards Vaas and what exactly he was capable of doing, but it didn't matter in the end, Dai knew this was it and Vaas was going to a lot of effort just to kill her as she scoffed to herself not caring that Vaas had given her a dark menacing look before continuing onwards with his handy work. However after a few brief minutes Vaas walked over to Dai and crouched down as he lifted her chin up and made a fake pouty face before he chuckled like as if this was nothing more than child's play before he began to slow put tigers blood on her face, he seemed to take his time with this but Dai couldn't even hold his gaze.

She was worn, tired, exhausted, in pain and she was about to die, there isn't anything more to it and she had come to face the fact that it was always going to end this way as Vaas finished doing whatever it was he had done to her face. He got up and walked away to do something else as Dai focused on the small cut in her lap as it curled up against her, its little hair stood up as it made a little hiss like sound. Dai wanted to comfort it, but her hands were tied, she was tied by this damn bond as Dai looked up over at Vaas, his back was turned to her.

"You will never truly understand what it's like" Dai said bitterly towards Vaas.

"Never know what?" He joked as he laughed while doing something over at some odd wooden table.

"You will never know what it's like to love or be loved, never know what it's like to live a real life, you're just living in a fantasy world!" Dai said in a bitter but soft tone as she lowered her head.

Vaas was completely silent, he had stopped doing what he was doing as he let her words echo in his head, he could tell she was done, she had given up and he was surprised, he thought she would give more of a fight, but maybe she had truly been broken well before then as he turned back to his handy work and only smirked with a faint chuckle telling himself she had no idea what she was talking about. Once he was done he walked over towards Dai and grabbed the cub by the scruff of its neck while it hissed and tried to fight back but was useless as Vaas grabbed it and tossed it to the side without much care.

Looking at Dai he could see how dark her eyes had gotten, like there was no light or life, but he didn't care, this had to be done, he had made this choice and now she had to pay the price as he lifted her chin up in hopes to get her to look at him, but her gaze only fell to the ground.

"Look at me!" He said bitterly. "FUCKING LOOK AT ME!" He yelled louder as he bared his teeth at her.

Dai slowly raised her gaze to meet his, she wasn't surprised to see him fuming with rage, he was that type of person of course, using his charms to get what he wants. Dai only held his gaze knowing that it would only make things easier on her rather than causing him to get even more violent. However he only trailed his hand down the side of her face and seemed to calm down before he leaned in for a kiss, but Dai didn't kiss back as his lips met hers not seeming to care.

"I'm doing this for your own good." He said as he whispered softly pulling away.

Before Dai could even think of what he meant by that Vaas raised the palm of his hand up and blew some sort of dust in her face. Immediately Dai began to cough as she could hear Vaas get up and take a few steps back before Dai tried to look up at him, but the world had started to blur, sounds began to echo faintly as if a pipe bomb had gone off, the red on his shirt began to run like paint and slowly everything turned to darkness, the ear ringing faded, the light now gone. Then in the darkness as Dai was about to give up a green flame appeared, it was like the ones from her previous dreams as she looked up at it, caught by its odd beauty as the flame grew and intensified, but she stood almost frozen in this darkened place as she watched a figure form. It wasn't Vaas, but it was a Tiger, its eyes glowed a vibrant green like no other as it slowly came towards her in a stealthy manner.

It bared its teeth and made a low growl like sound and Dai wanted to run, she wanted to get the hell out of here, but she had nowhere to go and upon realizing that she let all her fears go, she closed her eyes and took in a long deep breath as the tiger approached. She knew it was pointless to fight; it was pointless to try and solve this damn situation she was in. IT was a mercy kill to be honest, she knew that if she was allowed to continue living then she would be forever stuck with the bond between her and Vaas, she would never know her true self, she would never know her own feelings from his. Having accepted everything for what it is, Dai opened her eyes again, but as she did her eyes locked with vibrant green ones, like the tigers, but it was Vaas whom stood before her, his features softer, his eyes clear, no dark baggy looks from drugs. The scar down his head seemed more healed as he leaned in and kissed her.

This was the Vaas she loved, the one she wanted to heal as she kissed back, she wanted more but she felt tied up, she was trapped in this forsaken dream as she inwardly cursed at herself but Vaas pulled back and stroked the side of her face while a loving smile grew across his lips. He seemed so handsome, so different, younger almost. Then Dai realized his hair, it was longer, it had been tied up at the back into a pony tail and his Mohawk, though it stood up it was longer and thicker as well. Perhaps could have done with a better clean cut job. Then Dai looked to the rest of him, he wasn't wearing his red shirt, he was bare chested, he had tattoos on his left bicep and one on his left shoulder, like some family crest, in fact it looked similar to Citra's but somewhat different. On his right hand was more tribal tattooing, but like a sleeve as it came all the way down from his shoulder to his hands. Even so he still seemed so modest, so nice.

"This is what I would have looked like. This is the old me, the dead me. And this" Vaas said as he pointed to Dai just as his index finger touched where her heart should be. "This is the old you. I'm doing you a favour. So I can love you, but first I must take away all the pain. I should have never told you, never made you carry all of this, this burden. It's my fault, but you will not let me give you all my love.

Vaas said it as if Dai was some form of toxin as he stepped away from her, gesturing towards her, he seemed genuinely upset as if what he was saying was true, as if she was the problem, the reason he couldn't truly love her and Dai didn't understand as she shook her head, wanted to protest but as her mouth opened no words would come out. She was afraid as she felt tears stream down her face as she tried her best to say another word but she couldn't even make a crock sound as she strained.

"The Cleansing is not complete, I know how hard this must be, it hurts me to watch you in pain. I only want to help you, to make you who you truly are. It Will all be over soon, I promise you, but you must let it all go, all the pain, everything. And then….You'll be free." Vaas said as he walked backward, the darkness growing over him as the last of his words a mere faint whisper before he disappeared completely.

At the moment she could, Dai ran forward into the darkness, her hands searching madly for him as she scurried about, looking for the faintest sign, however she stopped dead as the green flames reappeared and the Tiger as well, it looked over its shoulders towards her before he trotted off, turning into thin mist, green mist. Dai immediately ran after it, she didn't know why but it was her only hope as she ran across the flamed like path and stopped to a slow walk once the flames died where the tiger had disappeared. Looking around Dai felt cold, she felt like the hairs on her arms had stood up. Then another flame appeared in front of her as she watched the green flames lick around a man's body, his back was facing towards her, his hair was shaggy and looked filthy as he slowly turned around to glance over at Dai, his eyes like fire as he smirked and Dai felt her heart sink.

"You could have saved me, but you didn't, instead you ate me." Andrew said as he walked towards her slowly before bursting into flames disappearing. "WHAT KIND OF FIREND ARE YOU!" He reappeared and grabbed her by the shoulders shaking her before once more disappearing.

Immediately Dai felt an odd sensation on her chest as flames grew from her wound, she panicked and tried to stop them by dusting her hands over them and by the time the flames died, the burning mark had disappeared. Freaked out as all hell she looked around; sweat dripping down her brow as she panted, fearful of what was to come next. Then the tiger reappeared, its roar calling to her as she turned to her side and slowly walked over towards it, the beast then turned once more as she was within a meters range and yet again trotted off, this time no flames to guide her Dai followed it in the darkness as the beast led her to nothing, it stood and waited for her and when she had caught up it to disappeared into flames and then the ground began to glow.

" . ." Words began to chant around her in Vaas' voice, but it sounded like there were more than one of him. Like a group, a symphony.

The ground had turned into odd symbols on the floor surrounded by tv screens making a large circle around her before another flame emerges and a woman with long flowing hair walked out. Dai felt her heart sink again, she wanted this to be over with as she watched Andrews girlfriend approach, her hips swayed in her walk like as if she was a goddess, she smiled but it wasn't a pleasant one, it was one that ran a shiver up your spin as she grabbed Dais hand, snatching it and pressing against her bones.

"You could have saved me. But instead…YOU LET ME GET RAPED!" Like a banshee she screamed in Dais face before disappearing into thin air.

Petrified, stunned and confused Dai looked around madly, she was afraid she was going to get hurt, see her friends again; tears ran down her face as she looked around confused and dazed with no idea where to go, but then she realized what Vaas had said earlier. That this would all be over soon, she just had to let go. Closing her eyes Dai took in a deep long breath, she calmed herself down drawing images of her friends to her mind before erasing them from her memory. By the time Dai had woken back up she was no longer in her dream like state. In fact she couldn't remember much at all as she felt an odd sensation on her right arm.

Looking down she saw Vaas was etching some tribal tattoo on her shoulder, she was lying on his bed as she tried to remember what had happened, but she couldn't. Everything, all her memories began to disappear. From how she got here to her own life before all of this. Vaas looked up at her and stopped what he was doing as he leaned in and kissed her forehead making a soft hushing like sound.

"Shh, rest." Was all he said and then the world went dark once more.

~Morning~

The Following Morning Vaas sat at the large building where the weapons where located and the cantina was. The smell of fresh meat being cooked lingered in the air as the man sat relaxed sipping on a large bottle of rum as he watched just outside the young woman named Dai as she sparred with Carlos. She had no memory of what had really happened, she could only remember coming to this Island and the faint memory of when Vaas had come to her need after her encounter with Citra. That was all she could really remember, she didn't remember her friends or her family, but she accepted Vaas for who he was, she loved him not knowing the full extent why she loved him or felt the way towards him, but in the end she was his now, fully without any lose ends. She would grow, become strong, and maybe he won't have to kill her. As for that damn cub, it had curled up under Vaas' chair; Dai had found it in the warehouse earlier and decided she wanted to keep it as a pet. Heck she even now had a tattoo on her left shoulder, his marking, his tatau of the ink monster.

However sex on the other hand was wild, Vaas couldn't believe it himself, they had spent most of the night fucking, and probably loud enough to even put the amp to shame as Vaas snickered to himself taking a sip from his beer. She'd been all crazy like a pouncing cat, her nails had even marked his back a fair bit, and she sported his bite marks on her neck that where too hard not to miss, he'd even drawn blood. Perhaps it was the simple fact that she also shared his blood now, she knew nothing of what had happened, not really, and she didn't seem to fear him as much. In fact she was a spitting image of his personality in a lot of ways.

Carlos was busy trying to keep her off guard but every time Dai would either surprise him with a quick kick to back him up before leaping forward with either another kick to the chest or a punch to the face. In just a few hours she was like a totally different person, she was kicking ass, fucking like a wild animal and on top of it all, she was perfect as Vaas smirked licking his lips mindless of his sexual intentions and thoughts while he watched her. By now most of his men knew what he was like the moment he brings in a chica like this, so they all kept their distance from her as well as Vaas.

"Aye Chica!" Vaas called out to Dai breaking her concentration

Dai was about to go for a groin kick at Carlos, but at the sound of Vaas she paused just in time as Carlos jumped back with a sigh of relief. The pirate was pretty wasted, panting and sweating as he leaned hunched over trying to catch his breath. Dai on the other hand had not had enough, she was still eager to keep fighting but Vaas had called her as her eyes darted up to him, she smiled and blew him a kiss with one of her hands on her hips. To this Vaas only laughed before gesturing her to come up to him which she did leaping up the steps and bouncing into his arms as she sat on his lap and kissed him gently. Vaas held her kiss for a while before he pulled away to look up into her eyes. Another thing of the blood magic was her eyes had changed to a hazel green, somewhere between his and Citra's with the faintest hue of blue. She had no real memory either of having blue eyes because she never commented on it when she had looked in the mirror to put on the thick amount of eye makeup she had one and the faint bit of lip gloss. Looking up at her was like a fantasy come true as Vaas cupped one hand on her ass and the other on the side of her face.

"You're mine" He softly said with pride filling his ego even more.

"I'll always be yours." Dai said in an enchanting way as she leans down and nips softly at his earlobe.

Vaas only raised a brow and smirked at her, she was game enough to mess with him sexually as he slapped her ass loud enough that it seemed to echo in the small building. None of the pirates made any remarks, they were not game enough as they littered around the area, only a few brave enough dared a look over their shoulders for a split second. Vaas leaned up and bit the bottom of her lip as she made a faint gasp like sound pulling on his shirt. Vaas was pretty positive that if this went on any longer he'd fuck her right here, and she probably wouldn't care, she didn't seem to anymore, she was completely his.

A/n: So I said I would get this up but I had graduation last night and well I forgot…until now of course xD The whole magic/voodoo is a little more intense, I'm also quoting Citra too if you didn't notice and the Shameful High similar to Jason's near the ending of the game. Although this is more based on a Vaas sort of a shameful high. I hope you all enjoy, more smut to come plus some interesting stuff :D