She ran after him, following as close as she could, in the wierd landscape of black with the white path stretching out before them. She hadn't had time to change into her Sailor Mercury form before she was taken, otherwise she would have been eagerly sing her goggles to see what this place was...
But, in a way, she was glad she hadn't, because she realized that the path was disappearing behind them as they ran.
She focused on keeping up with him, keeping her eyes on the path ahead, but she couldn't help glancing up at him from time to time.
What kind of place were they going to? Obviously, from his outburst earlier, where he had appeared from; where he lived. She thought back to what he had called himself - a Hollow; an Espada. What did that mean?
Maybe, she was about to find out.
What kind of a world was it? He was such a harsh, wild person - maybe it was a harsh, wild land. Was it a jungle, where the only laws were predator and prey, the hunt and the kill and the feast afterward? Or... was it, perhaps, a desert, where the fight to survive was much more intense; where the environment could kill as easily as a predator? She didn't know. In a way, she was anticipating seeing; she wanted to know, so she could understand this strange, alien man who had stolen her heart when she wasn't looking.
Where had he grown up, learned the lessons of strength so harsh they left no room for love? What was he, that he so violently opposed her caring about him? He spoke as if he were a monster, and she supposed he might be right - the others certainly acted as if he were.
She glanced up at him again and realized that she'd always understood that he was more than that. Yes, a predator he may be, even a demon, but he was something more. He almost seemed to be searching for something - maybe it was the thing he kept running from.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a light sprouting in the distance,separate from the faintly-glowing white pathway, and she looked at it quizzically.
Her companion grined, stepped into the ligh, and pulled her through.
"We're here."