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Catch me as I fall

Say you're here and it's all over now

Michael's attention suddenly got caught by crying sounds coming from beside him. He turned his head towards Selene and saw that she was slightly shaking, her body completely turned the other way, giving her back to Michael.

"Selene?" he whispered as he slightly bent over her. He was then close enough to see that tears were going down her cheeks. "She's probably just dreaming," he thought.

He tried to turn around and go back to sleep but he couldn't help it; he couldn't keep his eyes off of her. It came up to his mind that he should consider himself pretty lucky, to be with the bold and beautiful Selene. She, who had always been known as being cold and unyielding as every other Vampire.

He slightly smiled to this thought. He didn't know that deep down inside, Selene was bearing an incredible emotional pain.

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Speaking to the atmosphere

No one's here and I fall into myself

Mixed up voices continued going through Selene's mind as jumbled images were appearing in her head. So many voices, so many places, so many people. Everything, everyone was gone. Only thoughts were remaining. "Two of the Vampire Elders have been slain, one by my own hand," her own words made her tremble even more, as more tears started to flow down her cheeks.

This truth drives me into madness

I know I can't stop the pain

If I will it all away

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Which Michael realized. He raised an eyebrow, looking down at her. "Selene, are you alright?" he whispered, slightly bending over her. He had no idea of the pain she was enduring.

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The lost images and thoughts finally stopped as she found herself in what was believed to be sewers. She was walking through the tunnels, and each step she took seemed strangely heavy, as if she was bearing the moon on her shoulders. A deathly silence was reigning in the sewers of her dreams.

Don't turn away

Don't give in to the pain

This wasn't a dream. It was reality. At least it seemed like it was. Each glance she took, each step she made, Selene had the impression that they were actually real. "Where am I?" she thought. "This dream. it seems so real." Selene continued walking painfully, glaring around the place.

Don't try to hide

Though they're screaming your name

And again, incoherent voices invaded her mind. Voices she couldn't understand. Voices that ached her terribly. Among these, her own,

"Soon, I will be the hunted." She brought her hand to her head and realized that her temple was burning hot. "What's happening to me?" she thought again. "And why am I here? Why exactly the sewers?" she looked suspiciously around her.

Don't close your eyes

God knows what lies behind them

Strange and horrible shadows were designed on the walls. Shadows that were moving. Shadows of one and only person. Selene could feel a presence behind her. She dryly turned around, but saw nothing at all. More voices plagued her mind as she felt a strangely cool breeze passing by and whip the side of her cheek. A breeze that wasn't foreseeing anything but death. A sudden shiver ran down her spine. She wasn't alone in there.

Don't turn out the light

Never sleep, never die

Among the multitude of voices going through her mind, she had somehow managed to identify one saying, "Die. slowly, you will die." This voice seemed so real, so close. so familiar. Selene turned around, but yet again, saw nothing at all. Only these freaky shadows on the wall. They were looking at her, threatening her, haunting her.

I'm frightened by what I see

But somehow I know

That there's much more to come

The shadows were beginning to multiply themselves. There were so many of them. They were coming towards her, they wanted her. Selene now had the impression of suffocating. And this threatening and strangely familiar voice that was harassing her just wouldn't stop. "I will kill you. you will feel the pain," it was menacing her.

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Michael was staring at her with panic in his eyes. Selene was now panting heavily and tears were still going down her cheeks. She was mentally suffering. The pain was real. And Michael had no clue about it. Though he knew it wasn't normal.

"Selene," he started. "Selene, wake up!" he slightly raised his voice.

But Selene was plunged, deep into her living nightmare. She was held there, as if something or someone didn't want to let her wake up.

Immobilized by my fears

And soon to be blinded by tears

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"Slowly, I will torture you," the same familiar voice was hissing. It was driving her insane. She knew this voice from somewhere, but the lost thoughts plaguing her mind wouldn't allow her to recognize it. There were so much of them. "I will pull down, I will destroy you," it said again.

"This voice." Selene thought.

I can't stop the pain

If I will it all away

Selene was looking in each direction, sure to perceive who's cruel, harassing voice this was. Because somehow she knew that someone was there with her. She could sense this presence. "You can't escape, I will drown you in your own grief," the voice hissed with hatred.

If I will it all away.

At this point, Selene was spinning around, looking in every direction.

She couldn't take it anymore. She began to run in whichever direction, as the shadows and the voice were following her. She ran for her life and suddenly happened to find herself in a long, dark corridor of the sewers.

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Michael was getting quite worried. Selene was shedding tears like crazy at this point. "For God's sake, what's happening to her?" Michael thought. "Selene! Selene, wake up!"

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Fallen angels at my feet

Whispered voices at my ears

Alone, with the darkness. And in the darkness she knew there was someone. Someone who was there, behind her, in front of her; she couldn't tell because of the darkness. Someone who was ready to jump on her and dispatch her. exactly like her family.

Death before my eyes

Lying next to me I fear

And then Selene knew. As a sudden reflex, she dryly turned around. And that's when she saw him. A few feet away from her, the figure of a Vampire wearing a long coat that was glowering at her. It was him, it was no other than Viktor himself. He was back to haunt her. In her dreams, in her life. It was his voice she's been hearing all this time.

He beckons me, shall I give in?

Upon my end, shall I begin?

"No. this can't be happening. it can't be real. it can't!" Selene thought. She fixed him in his cold ice blue eyes. What she saw was death. Her own death.

"You are the hunted," Viktor hissed with abhorrence.

Selene felt someone grabbing her by the neck. 

Forsaking all I've fallen for

I rise to meet my end

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Which in reality was a hand on her shoulder. Michael's hand. "Let me go! Let me go!" Selene was screaming.

At this point Michael had sat her up in his bed and was shaking her, his hands on her shoulders. "Wake up! Selene! For Heaven's sake, wake up!!" Michael was screaming.

And she finally woke up. Breathing heavily and glaring around the room. "I'm the hunted." she began, out of breath. "He's here, he's back to haunt me!"

Michael tried to calm her down while Selene's eyes were still glancing through the room, as if she was seeing nothing. "Who's here? Selene, speak to me!" Michael shouted.

"Viktor!" Selene finally looked into his eyes. "I saw him! He was alive, in front of me. these voices. these memories. they were so real." she was panicking.

"Selene, listen to me!" Michael cut her off as he took her beautiful face in his hands. "No one's here. Except me and you. It was only a nightmare," he said as he remembered his own. "Everything is alright.

Selene took a deep breath and nodded, wiping her tears away. And as if her Death Dealer spirit was suddenly back, she quickly said, "What time is it?"

Michael looked at his watch, "Ten thirty o'clock." He watched Selene as she got out of the bed, still clad in her black leather outfit.

"We need to go, now, Michael," Selene said as she seemed strangely unsure about what she was saying. "If we don't flee this town immediately, the Vampires will kill us on sight." And her voice suddenly soften as she sighed, "Thank you for having me spent the night in here."

Michael let out a long sight, "Here she goes again." "Well, thanks to you." He went out of his bedroom and opened the door of his apartment as he and Selene went out, Selene at the head.

Somehow she knew she hadn't dream.

Never sleep, never die.