A/N Hey I'm back. Sorry it took me a while to get this up its been a busy week. People reviewed I'm so happy! It must not suck as bad as I thought it would. Maybe there is hope for me after all. Anyway on to the chapter! Oh and in case anyone is wondering I do not own anything in the mediator series. So please don't sue me. On to the story!

~Kami~

~Jesse~

I could feel Susannah's panic but I could not go to her. I tried again and again but I could not materialize in her room. There must have been a block around her room or something. When at last I found a way in, the block suddenly disappeared, the sight before my eyes would have struck me dead, if I hadn't been already. I swore under my breath. There was Susannah, my querida, lying unconscious on the floor, in a pool of blood. Her blood. I shivered at the sight of the girl I loved lying there near death. I rushed over to her side and picked up her hand. I felt a pulse but just barely. Her face was pale white. I knew she didn't have much time left. The thought of her dying filled me with cold fear. I couldn't lose her. I called her name softly trying to wake her. She didn't respond to my voice, my eyes were slowly filling with tears. I reached out a hand to touch her cold, tearstained cheek. Slowly a tear fell from my overflowing eyes, it slid down my face and fell onto to Susannah's perfect face. My hand trembled as I reached down to wipe it away from her face. I tenderly swept a lock of her brown hair from her eyes. What happened to her? How could I have let her get hurt like this? By now I was crying uncontrollably. The girl I loved more than anything was dying right in front me and I couldn't even say goodbye. I called her name again searching her face for a response, a tear, anything to let me know she was there. I wrapped my arms around her and cradled her against my chest. I would not let her go. As long as there was breath in my body I would never let her go. I rocked her gently, back and forth, and stroked her hair, now damp from my tears, murmuring that I loved her. Begging her to come back, pleading with her not to leave me. (A/N poor Jesse! *wipes a tear from her eye*)

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~Suze~

I heard it again; I heard a voice call my name. Why did it sound so scared? That's when it hit me, Jesse! It was Jesse. He was calling me, begging me to come back. He kept telling me not to give up, to hold on. I had to get back to him. I had to. I had to let him know everything was going to be all right. I would hold on, for Jesse. I couldn't give up now. Not after all we've been through. I closed my eyes and let darkness overcome me. Then I opened my eyes.

~Jesse~

I close my eyes and held her to my chest. My tears wouldn't stop falling. She had to come back she just had to. I couldn't go on with out her, and I didn't want to. She was the reason I was still here on this earth. I was here to protect her, and I had failed. I buried my face in hair.

"I'm sorry querida, I'm so sorry. Please don't leave like this. Please don't go."

I opened my eyes and looked down at her face. They widened in shock. Her beautiful green eyes were open and they locked with mine. She gave me a small, weak smile. She reached up to brush a tear from my cheek.

"Don't cry Jesse."

She said to me in a small voice. She tried to say more, but I put I finger to her lips to silence her. She didn't need to say anything. She was awake that was all that mattered to me. However, the words she said only made me cry harder, more from relief that fear. I looked down at her face, her perfect, flawless face, and saw her green eyes filling with tears. Her eyes were also filled with pain, which she was desperately trying to hide. She needed help fast, but I couldn't leave her here like this.

"Querida what happened, who did this to you?"

She closed her eyes, my grip on her tightened in panic. When her eyes opened again they were glazed over and I knew she was trying hard to speak. When she did speak it was only one word, but that one word was enough to make my blood boil, if I had any that is.

"Paul"

Then she lost consciousness again.

"No! Susannah, wake up! Please don't go!"

I heard cold, cruel laughter behind me.

"Aww, how cute the cowboy comes to the rescue."

I gently laid her head on the floor, and stood up to face the man who was responsible for doing this to my querida.

"Are those tears? Man I knew you were soft, but not that soft. It seems that you're a little late deSilvia. She's lost too much blood, she's gone, and there isn't a thing you can do to save her."

I narrowed my eyes at him. Dios I hated this boy more than anyone in my life, and death. That is a very long time. I reached out and grabbed his shirt and held him against the wall, in what I sincerely hoped was an uncomfortable manner.

"What did you do to her Slater?" I growled at him. I was angry and I would kill him for what he did

to my querida.

" Oh, I did nothing. Let's just say someone owes me a favor, and she also happens to be ver handy with a knife."

That could only mean Maria, she stabbed Susannah. Paul, the piece of vermin that he is, was smiling in a sick twisted way. His eyes had a far off look as he spoke.

"Now no one can have her."

I didn't want to waste anymore breath on Slater. He didn't deserve it anyway. So I simply punched him in the face grabbed him by the throat and walked over to Susannah's window, and threw him out headfirst. I really hoped he wouldn't be back. He could die for all I care, and he deserved it for what he did to my querida. I knelt down at her side again.

"Hold on Susannah, I'll be right back." I kissed her cheek softly. I had to get the priest. Maybe he

could help her some how. Leaving her side was possibly one of the hardest things I've had to do. I had to leave her though she needed help badly. With a last look at her pale, lifeless face I disappeared with a shimmer.

~Suze~

I opened my eyes to see Jesse holding onto me like he would never let me go. When he opened his dark eyes I saw that they were bright with tears. I reached up to wipe on away from his cheek. Thankfully my arm seemed to be working. "Please don't cry Jesse." This only made him cry harder. I don't know why but this made me cry to. I couldn't help it. If Jesse was crying then there really must be something wrong with me. Jesse never cried. I tried to tell him that I was fine, and that I loved him, but he wouldn't let me talk. He asked me what happened. I almost didn't tell him, but I realized I couldn't keep this from him. My vision was starting to blur but I had to hold on. After I finally got the word out, I saw his gaze brighten with anger. I couldn't say anything else. I was trying to force away the darkness, Jesse's eyes were sharp with anger but they softened into a look of concern when I started to close my eyes. No! I couldn't leave him again, I had to stay awake for Jesse's sake, but it was no use the darkness was returning. I saw all the pain in Jesse's eyes; pain at seeing me hurt like this. I tried to reach up and touch his face, but I couldn't move anymore. I tried to stay lost in his gaze, to forget the pain, but it went black.

A/N That was so sad! I almost started crying as I wrote this chapter. You people are probably going to hate me now, but please keep reading. I'll try and get the next part up soon. Please review, because if I don't get reviews I won't post. I have a couple of questions for you people who review. What do you think is going to happen? Do you think Suze is going to die? And do you think Paul got what he deserved? I think he did. Please review! Tell me what you think, what you like, what you hate, everything. I bid you all Adieu

~Kami-chan~