Melfina had run all the way past five blocks before she stopped and was out of breath. When she finally got here breathe back, she lifted her head up toward the sky and felt the early signs of rainfall upon her face. (Great even the sky is depressed, that just makes me want to jump for joy.) Melfina decided to go to Starwind+Hawking, get her stuff, jack some hell of a lot of cash, run away and swear to never fall in love again. Well. she would do the first three, because could do the last thing right now. Again, she lifted her to face the heavens and shouted that the top of her lungs.

" I swear as god, the stars and the rain as my witness. I will never fall in love again and be hurt again!!!! " The tears from the hurt started to run down her face again but now they had a purpose, they were there to show her that she could never put so much faith in a person without being hurt. She sprinted the rest of the block and stopped at the crosswalk to wait with other people to cross. Among these people was a girl about the same height, body build and the same raven dark hair. She was also wearing a white dress; the light turned green and they started to walk across the street. However, a drunk driver going about 65 miles in hour ran right into the middle of the group. The raven hair girl was first to be hit and killed, her face messed up so bad you couldn't recognize her. Also to be killed were an old man and his wife, teen-age boy with bleached blond hair who had a pair of headphones. Last, to be severely hurt was a single mother. The infant survived, barely but she did just like her mother. The mother would mostly die in the hospital soon. Melfina had survived with a broken arm and a spilt lip. One of the people to see it right before was the teen-ager and he had pushed her out of the way just in time.

In that spilt second after the crash, Melfina's heart hardened and she just remembered how many times Gene had gone to a bar alone and driven home drunk. A new hatred for Gene enveloped it self in her heart. For he could have done this at anytime and just never had told her. or anyone for that matter. When she was almost died because of this, she lost her warm, loving not knowing of the world and discovered it was a cruel, harsh place. Something very small changed inside of her, but now she was different she was much more interstanding of the world.

She finally saw the child, lying in the road crying for a loss it didn't know was there. A thought formed in her mind and in an instant she had made her way to the to help any way she could. When she got there, she saw the mother holding her child beckoning Melfina over. When she got over there, she had to lean over and put her ear to the mother's lips to hear what she was saying.

" Can you please take my child and raise her as your own. Please do this for me." she whispered to Melfina. She was about to answer that she couldn't, but hen she saw the look of desperation.

" Yes, I will treat her as my own and take care of her for the rest of my life." she finally answered after she had thought about it for a few seconds.

" Thank you, I trust you and I thank you again, And may God bless you with what ever you could want." and with her last bit of strength she held the child out to Melfina. With the most tenderness ever she took the child and slowly rocked her to sleep. When she had turned back to the mother, she saw her eyes closed and a content look on her face. While she helps her new child with one arm, with the other hand she checked for a pulse, there was none. She was about to turn and run away, but when she was about to turn away, something caught her eye. It was a silver necklace that read the words LOVE-FOREVER; she unclipped the back of it and put it in her pocket. Still holding the child, she turned to face the block and ran as fast as she could to her destination.

It was 2 hours later after Melfina ran out and the party was over. Gene had not moved for that spot on the floor. After the first hour, Jim had called the cops and told them what she looked like and what street they were on. He had also told them that if they found her, for them to bring her back to the hotel. Jim had informed Gene of what he had done; Jim was now pacing around the room while in deep thought. (When are they going to call us and where is she right now.)?

Ring. Rin Gene was watching the news but as soon as he heard the phone ring, he threw himself on top of the phone. Jim as so ran over to get it and when he saw Gene get it, he went to go turn down the television. But he stopped and his mouth fell open, face when deathly pale and he collapsed on the floor in dead shock.

"Jim, that was Iris calling to say that is happy for some reason. She didn't say, but she told me to watch the news right now. Oh my god what is the matter Jim."

"Gene. There was a car crash about 5 blocks up from here, there were five people killed." Jim answered slowly, his head down and body shaking.

"Soooo what does that have to do with Melfina." Gene replied questionlying to him.

" It happen a couple of minutes after she ran out the door."

" And once again, soooo. please inform me what does this have to do with Melfina" questioned Gene, his voice trembling with not very hidden rage.

" And. They found her body there. She had changed her outfit, but they were sure it was her." Jim answered finally, just before he ran up to his hotel room and slammed the door with such force that it shook the house and most likely the whole block. The whole time Gene was standing there in shock of what had just happened. Only one thought ran through Gene's mind. (Melfina's dead, she's dead because I was such a bastard got drunk and had sex with another woman on my wedding night. We weren't even married for 5 hours, but still it killed her. No I killed her and there is nothing I can do to bring her back.) He then collapsed on the floor in a dead faint and he thought no more.

The funeral was for all the people who died in the car crash at the same time. The Outlaw Star crew were all there, but none of them had anything to say up front so they just stood there and listen to the stories from the other people. The accident was a hit and run, they never said he was drunk because they didn't know. No one knew. Gene was staring to space with his own thoughts the whole time, Jim was crying softly, Ashi was sending looks full of hated at Gene and Suzuka was praying for Melfina's soul to rest in peace. During the whole funeral, Gene let not one tear fall and by the time it was over, his eyes were glassy and were red around the edges. A few minutes after the funeral, the Outlaw Star was already in space.