Title: Girls Have Germs

Author: Pixie Princess & Bunny

Date: Thursday, February 27, 2003

Yes, I made the choice.
For Papa I will stay.
But, I don't deserve
to loose my freedom
in this way.
You monster.
If you think that
what you've done is right,
well, then, you're a fool.
Think again.

Eowyn stirred again, still stuck in the depths of some surreal nightmare, not sure what was real and what wasn't.

"Was there really a virus?" she mumbled.

Ram stumbled back, stunned. She had never actually spoken before... Things could possibly be about to change...

Is this home?
Is this where I should roam
to be happy?
Never dreamed that a home
could be dark and cold.
I was told,
every day in my childhood,
even when I grew old,
home will be where the heart is.
Never were words so true.
My heart's far, far away.
Home is too.

Clark Kent kicked slightly at a rock, staring at the sky. All of this... he'd been basically alone for the most part since the blasted virus came. His superhuman vitality or whatever you want to call it kept him alive...

Alive to watch his mother, father, and three best friends die right before his eyes. He just thanked heaven he still had Emma...

If he hadn't had his baby sister to care for, he might have gone crazy these past two years. He looked at her sleeping on the dead wheat-grass and something akin to smile crossed his face as he brushed his knuckles over her pale cheek.

Even with his powers to survive... he was going to have to find something else... soon... Or they wouldn't last much longer...

Is this home?
Is this what I must
learn to believe in?
Try to find,
something good in
this tragic place.
Just incase, I should stay
here forever, held in this empty space.
Oh, but that won't be easy,
I know the reason why.
My heart's far, far away.
Home's a lie.

Trudy looked at Lex as she brushed Brady's blonde curls into a high ponytail in the back. "Are you all right?" she asked.

"Do I bloody look all right?!" he snapped. "Tai-San may have been a bitch, but, she was my wife, and... KC..." he said, sounding slightly lost and forelorn.

Trudy bit her lip, kissing the top of Brady's head reflexively. She knew exactly what Lex was going through, but, using that line to try and comfort him she knew would be a mistake.

"What... what about you?" he asked, sounding almost... broken. "You having Amber and her brat to care for, as well as your daughter..."

"I don't mind; Amber's my best friend, and, Little Bray and Brady are cousins." she shrugged. "I just wish..."

"You miss Bray." he said knowingly. "I won't tell." he whispered. "It's just like I miss Zan..." he said, slipping off the chair onto the floor.

Trudy knelt next to him impulsively and he buried his head into her chest, allowing her to bury her face into his hair, shushing him as she rubbed his back soothingly...

What I'd give,
to return to the life
that I knew lately.
But, I know, that I can't
solve my problems going back.

Ram looked at "his delicate little creature" as he'd dubbed her, relaxing as she seemed to relax and fall back into a fitful sleep. He was torn— should he keep her in this state, or should he allow her to come out of things naturally?

Suddenly, he got a buzz from Ved on his watch...

Is this home?
Am I here for a day
or forever?
Shut away from the world
until who knows when.
Oh, but, then,
as my life has been altered once,
it can change again.
Build higher walls around me,
change every lock and key.
Nothing lasts.
Nothing holds all of me.
My heart's far,
far away.
Home and free...