Hey everyone! I'm soooo sorry! You must all be soooo mad at me :S I know it took me absolutely FOREVER to get this up lol ( I felt the waait was long too lol) To be honest, i didn't really wanna put this up, because it'ssupposed to be part of another chapter, but i figured that, since it might take awhile to continue the chapter, i'd just put up what i had (which works as an independant chapter btw; i just figured it might be fun to make it one big long chapter.) It was kinda unfair of me to make you guys wait this long anyways. I was going to do this chapter in 2 perspectives, but, i guess now that it's divided, i won't need to do that! lol ok, so, here it is. I might combine it with chapter 13 when it's done.

I'm soory btw, but i wont be able to answer your reviews this time (limited time on the comp), but i thank you all anyways, and i'll reply to your next reviews! Enjoy!

Love

CrystalDream

Sam's POV

"STOP IT! STOP IT YOU'LL KILL HIM! STOP!" I screeched, unfamiliar with the voice emanating from my own mouth. "STOP IT!"

The large black whip lashed against the pale skin again. I screamed again. But the victim didn't even flinch. Blood trickled down from the newly formed gash on his face.

"STOP!"

Snap!

Another one on his calf.

"PLEASE!!"

I had refrained from crying before, but this time it all gushed out. Tears flooded from me. 'Stop!' I wanted to scream. But I had no energy left. I heard another crack of the whip; he'd been flogged again.

He fell to the ground, supporting himself only on knees and palms. His head hung, so I couldn't see his face, but I did hear faint whispers. "Stop…I promise…I'll be good…I'll be good…please…stop…"

I doubted the man with the whip could even hear him. "Please…" he said shakily. And with that, he collapsed face down.

"Oh, really now! Is that all it took? You know, if a simple whipping could do such a thing to you, I wonder what harm my other devices could inflict on you. You really are a pathetic wimp…" The voice said derisively. He brashly kicked the collapsed body over, so that he was now on his back. The body didn't seem to move easily.

"Don't leave me…you can't leave me…" I whispered, as I fell to the ground. I crawled closer to him, until I was right beside his body. Oblivious to the man with the whip, I took one of the strands of jet-black hair that fell in front of his eye.

My breathing accelerated, contrary to that of his. His chest heaved slowly, irregularly.

His eyelids fluttered oh so slightly. His eyes found their way up to mine.

"Sam," he said almost inaudibly, "I, I really love you." And with that, he took one final breath.

I shook him. "No…NO!! Danny, come back to me! PLEASE! I NEED YOU…I…I love you too!" I sobbed desperately.

His body was kicked over by the tall man. A cruel laugh reverberated through the room. Though I wasn't in my most observatory state, I noticed the colors in Danny were becoming slightly paler. He was fading away, slowly. A snake had emerged from the ground, and began coiling itself around the body, until eventually, there was no one left; not even the snake.

My face fell into my hands. My entire world was tears. Slowly, I began to notice a faint green mist spreading throughout the room. It was the same green mist that had appeared right before this nightmare started. My ears were blocked, and I was sobbing insanely, but I could still hear faint voices. They were coming from outside the room. Suddenly, I heard a great crash, yelling, and the sound of running.

"Sam!" a relieved voice sighed.

But it couldn't be…he was…I'd just seen him die…he was supposed to be gone…

Before I knew what was happening, I felt my body being pressed into a warm chest. His arms had wrapped themselves around my shivering body. My world swirling in blurs in my head, I blindly let him embrace me, not looking or thinking at all.