Save Her From The Darkness

A/N:  Hey ya'll.  Guess I wasn't gone as long as I thought I was gonna be, which is a good thing.  Sorry the chapter is short, but don't worry there will be more to come.  Now go read and enjoy.

Prologue

How can you see into my eyes like open doors
Leading you down into my core
Where I've become so numb

"Night guys."  Videl said as she put her coat on and was getting ready to leave work early for the day.

            "So Videl I heard that you got something planned for Sharpner tonight."  Erasa said as she leaned over the counter.

            "Yeah you could say that, but don't tell anyone else.  I don't want Sharpner finding out."  Videl said.

            Erasa made an X shape over her heart.  "Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye."  Erasa said as she pointed to her eye.

            Videl giggled.  "Ok, thanks."

            "So what you planning on doing tonight anyway.  Anything special?"  Erasa asked as she winked.

            Videl blushed slightly.  "I was planning taking him out to dinner tonight and then watching some movies at home.  Anything else is fair game."

            Erasa giggled.  "Yeah right.  Like you'd let Sharpner do that."

            Videl shrugged.  "I don't know.  Sharpner and I have been together since our sophomore year.  I figure if it happens and he really loves me he'll at least ask before doing it.  Which reminds me, he never has asked.  Surprising, isn't it."  Videl said.

            "Yeah it is.  Especially since Sharpner is the type of guy who is so forward about everything."  Erasa said.

            "Well I've got to go.  Wish me luck."  Videl said as she waved before heading out the door.

"Go get him!"  Erasa shouted back at Videl as she waved goodbye.

Videl walked out to her car and got in.  She couldn't help but think about what all would and could happen that night.  Videl arrived back at the apartment her and Sharpner were sharing.  She rushed up the stairs, wanting to be ready before Sharpner came home.  Videl turned the knob of their apartment door, finding it odd that it was unlocked since Sharpner usually locked it before going to work.  When Videl walked in the apartment, she found the entire place to be dark, but not quiet.  Videl heard a male voice coming from deep within the apartment.  Videl searched for the male voice, a puzzled look upon her face for Sharpner usually called if he was going to take off of work early.  Videl went to their bedroom.  When she opened the door there laid the familiar long - haired blonde male that Videl knew, but the woman in the bed with him Videl didn't recognize and neither did Videl want to know who it was.  "Sharpner?"  Videl gasped in shock.

The blonde man turned his head, not expecting to see Videl standing there.  "Videl?"  Sharpner gasped in surprise.

Videl looked at the odd position of her boyfriend and the mysterious woman only to feel hurt and anger wash over her seconds later.  Without saying a word Videl ran out of the apartment, never to return.  Videl didn't stop running until she reached her car and jumped in.  She started the car and raced towards Erasa's house.  That night Videl spent at Erasa's.  The phone rang several times, each time Erasa answered it she could hear Sharpner's voice on the other side.  Each time he called Sharpner asked if Videl had been at Erasa's and each time Erasa said the same thing.  "I haven't seen her Sharpner."

            Never again did Videl talk to Sharpner and vice versa.  That night while falling asleep on Erasa's couch Videl promised herself that she would never again fall in love.  However little did Videl know that there was one man, a half man destined to save her form the darkness she was about to enter.

Wake me up inside
Call my name and save me from the dark

-Evanescence