Adriann
Chapter 9: Leave Love Bleeding...
~> Dark Angel is not mine. Adriann is the only one that is my own original creation. (So I feel like tooting my own horn today)
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Logan laughed as he walked to the back door of his car kissing Max's forehead on the way. Bling followed with Adriann in his arms once Logan opened the door for him.
"Here you go sweetie." Bling said as he gently laid Dre down in the back seat.
"Thanks." she whispered in response.
"You and Krit should take your car, we might need the extra room." Dre said to Syl in a louder more athoritative tone.
"You got it." Krit said walking over to his sister.
"Get some rest, you're gonna need it sis." he added with a light kiss on the cheek.
"Keep him in line." Dre said under her breath when Syl gave her a hug.
"You know it. See ya in a few." Syl smiled warmly.
"Take care of her for us." Syl said to Bling before heading to her own car with Krit. Nodding, Bling climbed in the back-seat with Dre and shut the door.
"How you doin'" Bling asked as he settled in.
"I'm not sure. I feel really weird." Dre curled up next to Bling, forcing herself to sit up so Max wouldn't be tipped off as to what was happening to her.
Adriann looked out the window where Max, Logan, Syl and Krit were discussing a travel plan for the quickest way to get to Manticore.
"Look at how happy they are to be back together." Dre said wistfully.
"Yeah they are happy to be together again. But they're happy that they have you back too. They love you as much as you love them. You know that don't you?" Bling asked stroking her hair.
"I guess, but I'm not the sister they grew up with. I'm not really even their sister."
"But they love you anyway." Bling insisted. Max and Logan climbed into the car silently.
"Ready?" Logan called to Bling and Adriann, looking for their response in the rear view mirror. After seeing a nod from Dre, Logan put the car in drive and headed off for Manticore.
"Maxie?" Dre said quietly as she chose her next words carefully.
"Yeah Dre?" Max answered without turning around. Adriann took a long slow breath.
{{Okay, she's having a harder time with this than I thought.}}
"I know how much you hate the x7's. I can't really blame you. They killed Zack, tried to kill you. Because of them your live was almost destroyed."
Max let out a shaky sigh. Logan gently grasped her hand knowing that Adriann was completely right because Max had said exactly that only moments earlier.
"But they're not monsters Maxie. They were just following orders. They don't know anything else. All they've ever know is how to be a good soldiers. But right now they are scared little kids. They are staring down the barrel of a gun, and they're terrified." Adriann said wiping away a tear that had fallen.
"Think back to the night you broke out. You watched Eva die. That was the breaking point, the catalyst in the escape. For the x7's they are facing the possibility of have to kill each other."
"Dre, I.." Max tried to get something out that could express everything going on in her head, but she was at a loss.
"Maxie, it's okay. Just please don't judge them before you meet them." Adriann begged.
"Dre, I may not be thrilled with the whole idea of the x7's, but I know that you wouldn't lead us into anything like this without a good reason. I trust you Dre. Completely. But if I see anything that feels wrong, I'm gonna go with my gut and react on it." Max said turning to face her sister.
"I wouldn't expect anything less." Dre said with a smile.
"I'll fill you in with positions and roles when we get there, so Krit and Syl can hear it too. Until then basically I'm getting out the x7's, the x8's and any other Manticore kid who wants out. Then Renfro and her precious Manticore are going down for good." Adriann's voice got unusually cold at the mention of Renfro, shaking Bling a little.
He wrapped his free arm around her and squeezed Dre, afraid that he was losing her in more ways than one. Bling had never heard anyone's voice that cold, let alone Dre's.
"Adriann," Logan began but he was cut off by Max.
"Let her do what she has to." Max said never breaking eye contact between the sibling she thought she lost forever.
"She's got a plan, we just don't know it all yet."
{{And you won't until after I pull it off. If I can pull it off.}}
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The conversation in the Aztec had died down to a nervous silence. Max and Logan stared up ahead, as Bling and Adriann sat together speechless.
"How you feeling?" Bling asked quietly into Adriann's hair.
"I'm not sure. I feel really weird."
"Weird how?"
"Like numb. I can't feel any pain, but I can. It's weird, because I can feel where it is but it doesn't feel like pain. I have mobility back though, I think. I dunno, I'm not making any sense." Dre said flatly.
"Well, at least you're not in pain like you were right?" Bling asked trying to make some sense of the situation.
"Yeah." Dre sighed as she snuggled closer to Bling and laced her fingers through his.
"We should be there in about 5 minutes." Logan said to Adriann looking at her in the mirror again.
"I know." Adriann whispered. "Pull up to the same area as last time. It right by the side entrance where the kids are."
Logan nodded to the order. He was actually getting used to following the orders instead of giving them, but you had to if you were in love with a super soldier like Max.
When the two cars pulled into the field you could feel the tension in the air. Bling opened the door and climbed out into the cool night air. When he turned to help Dre out, he found her already standing by his side staring at the fortress they were about to raid with a tear rolling down her cheek.
"You okay girl?" Bling said putting an arm around her waist.
"Yeah. Yeah I'm fine." Dre shook her head as if to shake away her thoughts.
"Okay people lets do this!" Adriann called to assemble the others. When Syl, Krit, Max and Logan gathered around Adriann began to give each person their orders.
"Logan, I want...Could you hack into Manticore's security/servileness system so you can keep tabs on any major problems if they should arise?" Adriann asked, even if it was against her 'inner soldier'.
"Max, I want you to stay here with Logan. And I want no arguments about it. You may feel fine, but you are in no way strong enough to go in there and fight just yet. Anyway, I'm going to be sending the kids to you and Logan here." Dre said before Max could get a word in.
"This is our base. If anything goes wrong report back here immediately." Adriann said to the entire group.
"Krit, Syl, You are going to be positioned just inside the tree line, one in the left wing, one in the right wing, to direct any if the kids to Max an Logan, and to help them out in anyway if they need it. Don't wait for them to ask you because they won't, but they won't fight you if you do help them. One thing though. I want you to be able to see they car at all times, because if unexpected security shows I'm gonna need you to fall back and handle it." Dre said trying to sound as calm as possible.
"Dre I can," Max began.
"Maxie no. You could do some serious damage without even realizing it, and I will not risk that. If any problems in the form of Manticore flunkies I want you to do as little fighting as possible. Logan I am counting on you to enforce that one." Dre smiled.
"What about me?" Bling asked feeling like he was in the way.
"Bling." Dre paused when she turned to face him. "I want you on the other side of the tree line. You're going to be the first person on the outside that the kids are gonna see."
"Wouldn't it be better if one of you were there?" Logan asked curious about her decision.
"Actually no. The x7's have been taught that the x5's are the enemy. So having a stranger waiting to meet them is actually better. And it shows them that there are people in the world who care about them. That will help with their encounter with you guys." Adriann said genuinely concerned about her family.
"Come on lets get this over with." Adriann said with a sigh.
"Aren't you gonna need some help in there?" Krit asked.
"No. I've got this one covered. There's shouldn't be any security left, so I only have one trouble maker and I can handle that."
"But Dre." Syl persisted.
"I'll be alright. I promise."
"Remember Maxie, no fighting." Dre said hugging her tightly.
{{Be carefully Maxie. And follow your heart.}}
"Yeah, yeah." Max replied hugging her back.
{{You know that you're giving yourself away with all this emotional junk.}}
"Syl, they're just kids and they're scared. Remember that. Please." Dre said standing in front of her.
"Yeah, just like we were. I know. I think." Syl said looking in Dre eyes. "Come here." Syl opened her arms to hug Adriann.
"Be carefully sis." Syl added when they parted.
{{Yeah and I don't care.}}
"Krit, the same goes for you. They're kids. Once they know that you're here to help, they'll trust you." Dre told him earnestly.
"Don't do anything stupid, Dre." Krit said sadly.
"Who me?" she joked.
"Well you do have a history of crazy heroic actions." Krit laughed as he hugged his sister.
{{Take care of each other.}}
It was an odd way to prepare for a battle. Never in any of their lives had they begun a battle with hugs and laughter. Maybe it was because extreme emotionally exhaustion, fear, or maybe it was because of Adriann and who she brought them all together again with information about their lives that they didn't know. Whatever it was Logan could see the difference between the two battles against Manticore in resent history. And the change was definitely a positive one.
"Thank you Logan." Adriann whispered unsure of what else to say.
"Remember, if you need anything." he said offering his help.
"You'll be the guy with the connections I call." Adriann smiled before turning towards Manticore.
"Adriann?" Logan called. "Be carefully." he finished when she turned around.
"Positions people, lets go." Adriann ordered as she walked towards her position with Bling following silently behind her until they reached the edge of the forest.
"See the door right there," Dre pointed over to left.
"Yeah."
"That's where they're gonna be coming from. I'll tell them which way to go and that you're out here but.." She trailed off.
"Are you sure you'll be okay in there?" Bling asked placing his hand on the side of her face.
"Yeah, I'm sure." Dre said refusing to look at him.
"If you need me while you're in there, just call me." Bling told her honestly.
"Okay. Look I should get in there." Dre said disconnectedly.
"Dre."
"Bling, I have to go." she said wanting to pull away from him.
{{I hate good-byes. That's why I don't say them.}}
"Adriann. Would you look at me?" Bling said aggravated.
"No." Dre whispered.
"Why not? I don't understand."
"Because if I look at you I don't know if I can go through this. Bling I might not make it out." Adriann admitted as her eyes spilled unshed tears.
"You'll make it out. I won't let you die in there." Bling said forcing her to look him in the eye when he lifted her chin with his fingers.
"Bling. Bling I'm scared." Dre cried.
"So am I. But we can do this." Bling bent down and lightly kissed Adriann's lips tasting the salt from her tears. It was Adriann who pulled away, knowing what she had to do.
"Bling, I have to go."
"Come back to me okay?" Bling pleaded with tears in his eyes.
"I promise." Dre turned wiping away her tears stopping in her tracks when she realized that she was still wearing Bling's sweater.
"Bling, your sweater." Dre said as she began to pull it off revealing her green tank top.
"Keep it." Bling said putting a hand up to stop her.
"You sure?" Dre asked just before she pulled it over head.
"Keep it."
Adriann nodded, then turned to sprint to the door. Leaning against the wall next to the door Dre listened to what was going on behind the door.
"I said fight!" Renfro screamed.
"Oh that's it." Dre said taking a step back from the wall and kicking in the heavy metal door in to expose the scene from her vision.
{{Thank you Lydecker. If it wasn't for that little vile...}}
"What the hell?" Renfro shouted as she turned to the door and the girl standing in it.
"Hey Doc. Long time no see." Adriann said cooly.
"You." Renfro spat.
"Did you miss me?" Dre asked sweetly.
"Get out of my way." Renfro said throwing Gia on the floor out of her way. Actually seeing Renfro throw her siblings around like that pushed Adriann over the edge. Dre slowly walked over to meet Renfro halfway she looked at the small children who were now huddled in the corner clinging to each other. Renfro's smug look faded when Dre's hand shot out to grab her neck and pinned her against the wall so her feet were inches off the ground.
"You have screwed with the wrong family. You are one sick individual you know that. How can you expect them to kill one another? You designed them to think as one, to create the perfect squad. Think about it Doc, it would take more than an order to make you chew off your own leg wouldn't it?"
"Here's the traitor! Neutralize the situation!" Renfro rasped.
"Please. They called me remember? I'm surprized that you would actually try something like this with your little 'projects'. I mean the x8's could kill you now and they can't even walk yet. So what makes you think that these guys won't? Cause you know that I wouldn't think twice about it. Not after what you've done to us."
"You okay guys?" Dre called over her shoulder to her brothers and sisters.
"Yeah. We're okay. Thank you for coming, I didn't know what else to do. But I knew you would hear me." Ben said standing up.
"Don't worry about it. Okay kids, I'm getting you outta here."
"Over my dead body." Renfro hissed.
"That can be arranged. Now shut up." Adriann barked at the real monster behind Manticore.
"Go grab the x8's, make sure you get them all. Then get out."
"No!" Renfro screamed as she began to fight for her freedom.
"Now you're pissing me off." Dre said as she threw Renfro into the near by corner knocking her unconscious.
"Finally some peace and quiet. Come on people let's move! Grab the x8's and run. I have some friends outside waiting for you, they're gonna help you get to safety. Max, Syl and Krit are out there, remember them?" Dre told the shaken kids as she helped them stand.
"But you're gonna see a big guy first. He's right by the woods waiting for you, his name is Bling. You can trust them all, so don't be scared. Let's go." Adriann turned to grab Renfro by the collar when Ben pulled on her sleeve.
"Yeah Ben what's up?" Dre said squatting down so they were eye to eye.
{{I guess that I'm taller than I thought.}}
"What about you? What are you doing?" he asked shyly.
"I'm gonna tie up some loose ends. Ben make sure you get everyone out because this place is gonna go up in flames and I don't want anyone trapped in here when that happens."
"Yes sir." Ben said obediently.
"Hey don't say that. I'm your sister, and you're my brother. You're not going to be soldiers anymore. You don't have to be. You're getting the chance to be a kid. Okay?" Adriann said hoping that he would understand.
"Yes."
"Okay. Now go help the others." Dre stood up gently pushing him towards the nursery.
"Okay Doc, let's go visit some old friends." Adriann picked up Renfro by her shirt and dragged her to the elevator where she pushed the button for the lowest level.
{{Whoa.}}
Adriann's legs turned to rubber for a second causing her to lean on the wall for support.
{{Come on legs not again. I'm almost done. Just another ten minutes.}}
The doors opened on the deserted floor. Grabbing Renfro again Dre walked down the hall to the door at the end. Her legs were a little shaky at first but she soon regained her confidence.
Adriann hadn't been down to the nomlie ward in years, but the fear had never gone away. Dre unlocked the heavy metal door that sealed it's occupants, and swung open the door.
The thing with the nomlies was that they were super intelligent. Their combination of animal DNA and human DNA created an interesting creature. Physically the animal DNA dominated, but they had an extremely powerful mind that the human DNA ruled.
Adriann had first heard them cry for help when she was a small child as an x7. They had begun to communicate when she learned to use her abilities, and a friendship had formed. Adriann had promised to one come back and help them somehow.
"Kyle? Kyle can you hear me?" Adriann called after she put Renfro in the corner. Walking down the small path between cells Dre could feel her childhood fears of the nomlies grow stronger even though she knew who the nomlie really were.
"Kyle? AHHH!" she screamed when a creature lunged onto the bars of a cell with a growl.
"Kyle?" Dre panted taking a step closer. "Is that you?"
{{Adriann? It can't be.}}
"Yeah, it's me. How are you feeling?"
{{Like hell. They decided to stop feeding us and giving us our meds. It's torture, they're killings us and they don't care.}}
"Kyle Manticore has fallen apart. There's no one left."
{{Really? Then what's gonna happen to us?}}
"Us? Is Rita still here?"
{{Yeah, she's over there.}}
Adriann headed to the cell Kyle pointed to.
"Rita? Rita?" Dre called
{{She's not doing to well.}}
"Rita?"
{{Dre? where are you?}}
Adriann followed the weak voice to a cell.
"Hey. How you feeling?" Dre asked kneeling down to look at the small frame in the corner.
{{Not good. I wish that the pain would stop.}}
"It's all gonna be over with soon."
{{Dre are you doing what I think you are?}}
"Well, Kyle, if you read my mind yeah. I'm sorry that you're gonna be stuck in here when it happens but..."
{{Thank you. Dre, you're putting us both out of our misery. Thank you.}}
Adriann smiled sadly knowing that she would be killing two friends who helped her keep her sanity as a child.
"I have someone that you two may like to 'talk' to." Adriann said walking over to Renfro.
"But you have to promise that when I unlock your cell that you won't..."
{{Hurt you.}}
"Yeah. Kyle I'm sorry, but because you're not on your medication I have to be careful."
{{It's okay. I understand, we both do.}}
{{Who do you have with you?}}
"Well Rita, it's a doctor. Let me wake her up."
"Hey Doc. Wakey wakey." Adriann said slapping Renfro's face to bring her around.
"What?" Renfro said groggily.
"Mornin' sun shine. There are some folks who want to meet you." Dre said pulling Renfro to her feet. Dragging Renfro behind her, Dre unlocked the cells that belonged to Kyle and Rita.
{{Okay guys come on out.}}
Renfro stiffened when she saw the two creatures. One resembled a leopard and the other a wolf.
"Kyle, Rita, I would like you to meet Elizabeth. Doctor Elizabeth Renfro, your creator." Adriann said coldly, pushing Renfro towards the angry x2's.
"x7-981! Adriann, don't leave me here with these monsters!" Renfro yelled in a panic as the animals stalked closer.
Adriann stopped at the door turning to see Renfro trapped in by Kyle and Rita and shook her head.
"I wouldn't call them monsters, that'll just piss them off more. And they're already pretty mad." Dre said before walking through the door and closing it behind her. Adriann ran back to the elevator pushing the button for the upper floor where Renfro's office was. The doors closed on the sound of Renfro's screams.
Adriann leaned against the wall breathing deeply trying to shake Renfro's screams from her mind.
{{Okay just set the self destruct in the security system and get out. That's all that's left. Then you can go back to Bling. I wonder what happened to everyone in here? Even the rest of the x-series is gone. What happened?}}
Adriann went directly to Renfro's computer and plopped down in the chair near by.
"Okay. Let's see here." Dre said as her fingers flew over the keys as she broke into Renfro's private files.
"Bingo."
Dre found the self destruct command and set it to go off in 5 minutes. Manticore's security system was armed with charges in each of the panels. There was a panel at each door in the building.
"Isn't this gonna be a pretty fire works show." Adriann said as she set the final details into the program.
"Set charge in all panels? Yes. System will self destruct in 5 minutes. Blah blah woof woof. Enter password for confirmation. Password: Madame x. Wow, you're so creative Doc. Are you sure? Yes. All records and files will be destroyed. Promise. Do you still wish to self destruct? Yes! Jeeze Doc, a little paranoid that you'll hit the wrong button and blow yourself up?" Dre spoke as she read.
"System will self destruct in 4 minutes and 59 seconds 58 57 56.." the computer said overhead as the warning lights flashed.
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"Whoa, someone set the system up to self destruct. It's gonna blow in 5 minutes." Logan called to Max hearing the same warning as Adriann because he hacked into the system.
"That must be Dre. She said she was taking Manticore down for good." Max said walking over next to him.
"Max!" Syl called from the edge of the woods. "Ben says that's all of them. Krit is doing a final sweep to make sure."
"Good. Where's Dre?" Max asked.
"I thought she'd be back here by now." Syl answered. "What's going on?" she asked seeing the flashing screen of Logan's laptop.
"The building's gonna blow in," Logan paused as he looked at the screen for the time. "Three and a half minutes."
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"What is this?" Dre said picking up a disk labeled 'x5' and x-series.
"It's gotta be her back up files or something. Logan would love to have these babies." Dre put the two disks in a single case so she had less to deal with.
Adriann stood ready to get out but her legs didn't hold her weight sending her crashing to the ground.
"Damn it." Dre groaned.
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"A minute thirty!" Logan called to the Max who waiting in the clearing for Dre to come out of the door while the others dealt with the kids.
"Where is she?" Krit said to Syl under his breath.
"I don't know." she whispered back.
"She said she'd be out in time." Ben told them.
"Sixty seconds!"
"Bling's probably out there waiting for her." Logan said shocked when the thought struck him.
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{{Come on Dre. You have to get out of here. Now!}}
Pushing herself to her feet Adriann demanded that her legs work, even if it was slowly. Dre dragged herself up the stairs as breathing became difficult. Finally reaching the top of the stairs Adriann stumbled over to the panel by the door to punch in the code to seal the doors. Dre pulled herself out of the door into the night leaving her hand on the panel ready to hit enter when she had cleared the door.
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"Fifteen seconds. Come on Adriann. Come on." Logan said nervously.
"They're all set. The babies are sleeping, so are some of the others in our car." Krit said to Syl who was now standing with Max.
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Adriann hit enter pulling her hand out of the way just in time to avoid being crushed by the slamming door.
{{Let's go girl, run.}}
After only a few feet Adriann's legs gave out once again, but Dre pulled herself up only to fall again.
{{No. Damn my legs are gone.}}
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"Five, four.." the electronic voice counted from Logan's computer. Syl, Krit, Max and Logan stood waiting for their two friends to appear.
"Dre?" Max whispered begging for some sign that she was out.
"three, two, one.." the voice was cut off but the loud explosion.
"Dre!" Max screamed as she tried to break free of Logan's grasp to get to her sister.
"Max, she's gone." Logan managed choke out through the lump in his throat. "She's gone."
"Adriann!" Max sobbed as she dropped to the ground. "Dre."
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"Argh." Dre's arms buckled and she fell face first into the ground as she heard the detonator click causing Manticore to go up in flames. The wave of heat and debris flew over her paralyzed body.
"Bling." Adriann called as loud as she could hoping that he would hear her over the sound of the explosion.
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"Come on Dre where are you. All the kids came out a long time ago." Bling paced up and down an eight foot path he had worn. At the sound of the unexpected explosion Bling turned and covered his head on instinct.
"What the.." Bling said in shock. But then he heard her call his name. It was hard to hear over the explosion but he heard her.
"I'm coming honey." Bling stood up and ran towards the door Adriann had entered earlier.
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Adriann was laying on the ground gasping for breath when Bling found her.
"Dre? My God. Dre, sweetie are you okay?" Bling asked dropping to his knee's and cradling her in his arms.
"Oh yeah." she rasped. "Just peachy."
"Come on, I'm gonna get you back to the car." Bling said beginning to pick her up.
"No Bling. Please, no." Dre said gasping for air as breathing became more difficult.
"What do you mean no?" Bling asked terrified that he already knew the answer.
"Bling, I won't make it. I barely made it out of there."
"Don't give up on me Dre." Bling begged holding Adriann to his chest.
"I'm not giving up. I'm accepting reality." Dre got out between coughs.
"I wish I could at least hold you." Dre's breathing had become shallow and ragged.
"Why can't you?" Bling hadn't noticed that Adriann had no movement from the neck down.
"Bling, I've lost my legs, my arms, everything."
"Oh God, Dre I didn't notice. I was just glad to see you alive. Are you in any pain?"
"No, thanks to Lydecker. That must have been some kind of neural-stimulus represent. I couldn't feel the pain that went along with the final break down of my body." Dre gasped trying to cover her battle for oxygen from Bling.
"Dre, don't leave me. Please." Bling begged with tears running down his face.
"Bli-Bling." Dre gasped trying to finish her sentence with no success. It was then that Adriann saw someone behind Bling's shoulder.
{{Ben?}}
Bling saw Dre's lips move but he couldn't make what she was trying to say.
"What sweetie? I couldn't make that out." Bling said weakly knowing that Dre was slipping away in his arms.
{{Ben? Is it really you?}}
{{Yeah Dre it's me.}}
{{Did you come to take me to the Good Place?}}
{{Uh-huh. You ready?}}
{{What about Bling? And Maxie? And the others? Who's gonna take care of them?}}
{{They'll all take care of each other, you know that.}}
Adriann nodded in Bling's arms and smiled at something behind them.
"What Dre? What do you see?" Bling asked as he watched Dre fight for her life.
{{I'm so tired Ben.}}
{{Just go to sleep and I'll bring you to the Good Place okay?}}
{{Yep.}}
Dre turned her head to look at Bling wishing that she could talk.
{{He looks so sad. Don't cry Bling that's my job.}}
"Don't cry baby. Please, don't cry." Bling said wipe tears from her face.
{{Thank you for everything. I'll never forget you.}}
"Bling" Dre managed to whisper before she began seizing violently.
"Dre? No. Stop please." Bling said trying to stabilize her until the seizure ended.
Bling held Adriann in his arms when the seizure stopped and she crumbled against him again.
"I will never forget you, Dre. Never." Bling whispered into her hair as she let out her final breath.
Bling sat in tears rocking Adriann back and forth in his arms until Logan found him.
"Bling?" Logan called gently.
"I lost her Logan. She's gone forever." Bling said coldly.
"Come on man, let's go home." Logan draped an arm over Bling's shoulder.
"I can't leave her here." Bling told Logan looking him in the eye.
"Okay, but let's get you inside."
~>Okay for those of who who are wondering this is not the end. I'm not sure if I like how this chapter flowed but I don't feel like re-writing. Don't forget to R&R!
~>I got the title from Fuel's song Hemorrhage (Leave Love Bleeding in My Hands) awesome song if you've never heard it.
~>Lady Callie, I've got something up my sleeve. teehee teehee.