(Disclaimer: I own none of the characters only the story line.)
As Xander and I walked out of the prison parking lot I heard my cell ring. I found it in my helmet while riding from the cops.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Elizabeth. You left before I could tell you the consequence for the spell we cast earlier."
"Giles, tell me now!" I stopped.
"Ok there are two ways that this can come out. Is that this Monster that looks like a big snake thing kills us or we kill it first."
"I pick the one were we live and it dies. Ok I gotta go bye." I dropped it back in my pocket.
"So what was that about?"
"Um. you know that money I bailed you with?"
"Yeah."
"Well I did a spell to get it and now I think there's a monster out because of it."
"Well I guess we could go kick it's ass." Xander smiled and we started walking again.
"Hey lets say we go on vacation?" I looked at Xander.
"That would be a great idea. Where did you have in mind?"
"I was thinking of Los Angeles."
"Yeah sounds like a good idea." Xander made that your ideas are always good ideas face.
By the time Xander and I got half way home it was an hour after dark. A vampire jumped at Xander.
"Xander try to keep him away from your neck and I'll look for a stick."
"Yeah easer said than done." He said while being choked. "Ahhhhhhhhhh!"
"NO! Xander!" Xander had been bitten and was bleeding to death. I staked the vamp and ran to his side. "Oh my gosh. Don't die on me, ok? Just don't. I couldn't live without you. I don't wanna live without you." I started crying, silvery looking tears started to fall from my eyes.
"I'll be with you forever." A tear fell from his eye. I started crying harder now. Xander always carried a black handkerchief in his jacket pocket. So I grabbed it and whipped my eyes on it. When I looked at it the tears I had cried turned to silver. I started crying more and I laid my head on his chest then I gave him a kiss and set my cheek on his forehead. A tear fell down my face onto his and I started to hear a burning like sound. I looked up and nothing. Then I looked at him and one hole remained on Xander's neck. I then let another tear fall and no holes remained.
"Xander. Your ok, wake up your gonna be fine."
"I'm ok. I think." Xander whispered. I picked Xander up and ran home as fast as possible. I got home around 12:00am. Walked through the door.
"Dad Help me quick." Dad came running down the stairs with absolutely nothing on but his underwear.
"Gross could you of had the curtasey of putting on some pants first before running down here? Help me get him to the couch."
"Elizabeth what happened?"
"I bailed him out and on the way home we where attacked my a vampire, he was bitten, I cried healed him with my silver tears and now he's just really weak.
"Silver tears?"
"No clue." We got him into his room and changed him. I sat with him whipping his face with a wet cloth to keep the fever down (after loosing so much blood your body goes into a fevered state. I checked his fever every hour. I was checking his temp when we opened his eyes and looked around. "You'll be fine. I slayed the vamp and healed you with a new power. The power to heal with silver tears."
"I should leave. Ever since I've been here I've only caused trouble. So I'll go." He got up and started to gather his things.
"No. Don't leave me. Besides, if I'm not saving you then what will I do with my spare time?" I joked. He walked over to me and kissed me, then leaned in for a deeper kiss. Somehow he acted just like my father. He kissed me like dad kiss's mom. I guess he's spent too much time around dad. I pulled back. "So are you still gonna leave?"
"That kiss reminded my why I should stay." He turned around and got back into bed and patted the space next to him.
"I'm gonna get your breakfast first." I walked out the door to go make bacon, eggs, sausage, and waffles for my favorite man. 10 minutes later I was walking back up the stairs carrying a tray with bacon, eggs, sausage, waffles, and a cup of coffee. No sugar just black. I walked through the door of his room and sat the tray next to his bed. Then I sat in the spot next to him.
"Thank you for the breakfast. It looks great." He took a sip of his coffee. "Just the way I like it." He smiled at me then kissed me. Just then my father walked in.
"Ahem."
"Sorry." I looked at dad.
"Just wanted to say that your mother and I have a hotel for you two to stay at when you go on your little vacation."
"Thanks dad." He walked out of the room headed for the stairs. "I'm all packed for our vacation. I packed while you were asleep.
"Well, I guess I should pack." He started to get up.
"Done. I did it for you, so we could go today." I gave him a great big smile.
"We can go right away then."
"Yep. Mom said we could take the family truck."
"Great. Lets go then." So we headed to L.A. you know the city of lost angels. We reached the hotel settled in and decided to go to a club. So we found the club that we wanted and found a place to sit in a little corner. Xander went to go to the bathroom and ran into a man.
"Oh sorry I wasn't looking where I was going." Said the man Xander ran into. I looked cause the voice sounded like Xander.
"No, no it was my fault I drank to much and I was in a hurry." The two men faced each other. I ran over to see if they both were all right. So I walked up to the two of them.
"Oh my gosh. I was right. Xander. See this is Vin Diesel. Vin this is Xander Cage. Well I think you know Xander already since you played him in a movie once. I know you might be confused Vin but if you follow my friend and I outside I will explain every thing."
"Ok." Vin said with a face of disbelief, and confusion.
"Vin. Somehow Xander here came out of the movie xXx. I believe by a spell. Now if I can find the spell there is a binding spell that will bring you back together. Alright?"
"Ok." Said the twins. So the three of us walked back to our hotel, to gather some things so we could find the binding spell. And what we needed for it. It took all three of us and six hours to find what we needed for the binding spell. We found our selves back at the hotel.
"What will this "binding" spell do exactly?" Vin asked looking at Xander and I.
"Well you played Xander in a movie right? It will put Xander back in you." I explained.
"But Elizabeth, what about us? Do my feelings for you mean nothing? Will we be the same?" Xander shed one small un-noticeable tear.
"Xander. You will no longer exist but in Vin. And Vin you will know exactly what Xander and I did together, and you will have all the scars that Xander received. I'm not sure Xander if your feelings will be the same in Vins body." I set up for the spell.
"Wait. I feel his love for you. You can't do this to him it's just tearing him up inside." Vin looked into my eyes and soul or at least that's what it felt like.
"But having two Vin's. How would that work?"
"But I already have a twin, Paul."
"And that is why we need to do this we can't have triplets. Ok I'm ready to do the spell and if you two want me to or not I'm doing this binding spell. Yeah I love you Xander but it just can't be." Silver tears started to fall from my face. "Ok hear it goes." I held the spell in my hand and chanted. "Apart are you now, together you shall be. Through the fire's of time I bind you together." The paper started getting wet with my tears of silver. Before I started the spell Vin and Xander had closed their eyes. Vin opened his.
"How could you do it after Xander showing his true love for you?"
"Vin, when I was helping Giles, wait do you know who Giles is?"
"Yeah, a friend of the family and your moms ex watcher."
"Ok. When I was helping Giles look for a money spell I found an old prophecy that said I wasn't ment to be with Xander I was ment to be with someone like him. And though I loved Xander dearly I had to bind you two back together."
"Xander had a surprise for you." Vin pulled out a box, opened it knelt on one knee. "Elizabeth, will you marry me?"
"Y.yes. Yes I will marry you."
Vin started sweating and just didn't look good, his face turned white.
"Are you okay?" I asked with concern.
"I don't think so." He fell and landed on his back. I dragged him over to the bed and pulled him up on it.
"I'm gonna call an ambulance." I walked over to the phone.
"No. I don't like doctors."
"Well your gonna have to get over it." He started turning an even paler white.
"Ok, only if you go with me." He gave me a smile.
"Ok." I dialed 9-1-1. It took the ambulance 5 minutes to reach the hotel. They came to get him.
"Is this the room that called 9-1-1?" Asked the tall paramedic.
"Yes. It is." I replied trying to hold back the tears.
"What are his symptoms?" Asked the other medic. As they rushed to his aid.
"He purposed to me then he started to sweat and turned white. And that's all." I said trying to keep my cool.
Vin was taken to one of the three L.A hospitals. I think it was called "Angels Memorial." We got a room and I was stuck in the bloody waiting room for six whole hours. I got in to see my fiancé. As I walked in the doctor, took me aside.
"The future Mrs. Vin Diesel I presume?"
"Yes. Will you please tell me why what happened, happened."
"We found a type of steroid in his system. And it is a type that if not given to him every day after first shot then the subject either does this or dies. Now we are trying to give him blood transfusions but, that might take hours even days. And while we where trying to check him out he was flailing and broke his leg."
"Thank you. I don't know what I would do without him." I looked at Vin.
"Yes. He rambled on about you. He's still running a fever of 103, so we are treating him as if he had the flu but we are on a closer watch." The doctor walked passed me and left the room.
"Where am I? Ahhh, ow, ow." He tried sitting up but he just wasn't strong enough, and when he fell he hit his head on the end of the bed. "Elizabeth. What happened to me?"
"Well, honey I don't know how but somehow steroid's got into your system. I think it was when you where in prison. And you where in prison."
"Urgh. I feel awful. My head hurts, I feel dizzy, and my arm is swollen. No clue why. And I can't move my right leg."
"Well you flailed while the doctors where trying to see what was wrong and you broke your leg." I walked to him sat on the bed by his side and started cry my silver tears. "I don't' know what I would do without you. I probably die after one day from sadness and loneliness."
"And I the same."
After all the blood transfusions and one trip every week to the hospital Vin was fine. We went home and I got out dads saw, sawed opened Vins cast and healed his leg. Then healed his cast. Two months after Vins little accident him and I got into a big fight about where we would get married and he left. I got mad and sad and wrote a poem that I read every night. And on the seventh night something happened.
-The seventh day of being without Vin was as hard as the other six. So I will for the seventh time read the poem I wrote for the perfect man.- So I read it out loud.
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray for a man, who's not a creep,
One who's handsome, smart and strong.
He's not afraid to admit when he is wrong.
One who thinks before he speaks,
When he promises to call, he doesn't wait six weeks.
I pray he's gainfully employed.
Won't lose his cool when he is annoyed.
Pulls out my chair & opens my door,
Massages my back & begs to do more.
Oh! Send me a man who will make luv to my mind.
Knows what to say when I ask, "How fat is my behind?"
One who will scratch my back when it gets a'itchen,
He brings Me a sandwich too, when he goes to the kitchen.
I pray that this man will luv me to no end,
And would never compare me with my best friend.
Thank You in advance and now I'll just wait,
For I know you will send him before it's too late.
Amen The next morning I had just sat down to breakfast. I had stayed at the hotel. I just couldn't go home. And the doorbell rang. So I went to answer it and to my surprise my fiancé stood in my doorstep.
"I thought you left me for good." I turned from him trying to hold back the tears.
"No. I only needed time to my self. And I couldn't live another day without you." He walked towards the door and hit somethin. Like an invisible force field, and lucky for him I could never sleep past 5:00, which is an hour before sunrise
"You were bit again weren't you?" I turned and made a mad face.
"Yeah. And I'm a vampire. I came back not for that reason. I came back for you. But I know I could never have you again because of my recent change. I came by only to say that and I love you." He turned to walk away.
"No. Vampire or not I still love you too. So please don't leave. Please come in and have something to drink. Like some of this." I rubbed my neck. I was wearing a spaghetti strap nightgown. I could just see the drool falling from his mouth, and the resistance. I knew he would resist, vampire or not. I know him.
"Um. I can't. I don't wanna hurt you. Just slay me and get it over with." He stood still and opened his arms as if to hug me.
"I will do no such thing. I love you and I would never kill you. So you can relax. Dad came for a visit and left some blood here. So you can have some of that. And I bought this Hotel so it's ours now." I walked over to the fridge and pulled out a pint of blood.
"I love you. But how am I gonna go to work now that I'm a vampire?"
"You might not like this but if you drink a pint of a slayers blood then you'll still be a vampire but you can go in sun light." I rubbed my neck again. He walked to me and laid his head on my shoulder and kissed me. He then bites down on my small and fragile shoulder. The blood flows down my back and stains my white gown. I become limp in his arms almost dead. I wake up in my own bed with a very sore left shoulder. I try to sit up but I can't feel my legs. Vin walks in.
"How is my slayer feeling?" He sits on the bed next to me.
"Ok. But I can't feel my legs. How will I slay if I can't use my legs?"
"We better get you to the hospital." He picks me up carries me to the truck. And drives to the hospital. We wait for a few hours; I get seen and get a room while the doctors do tests. I'm sitting in bed waiting for the doctor to come in and tell me something while Vin sits nervously in a chair across the room.
"I'm afraid I have bad news." The doctors announces as he enters my room. "You have a disease called Comoses. And it's caused by to many hits to the back and spinal area."
"Will I ever walk again?"
"No. I'm sorry but you are paralyzed for the rest of your life."
Authors note: I thought this was a REAL good place to stop.
As Xander and I walked out of the prison parking lot I heard my cell ring. I found it in my helmet while riding from the cops.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Elizabeth. You left before I could tell you the consequence for the spell we cast earlier."
"Giles, tell me now!" I stopped.
"Ok there are two ways that this can come out. Is that this Monster that looks like a big snake thing kills us or we kill it first."
"I pick the one were we live and it dies. Ok I gotta go bye." I dropped it back in my pocket.
"So what was that about?"
"Um. you know that money I bailed you with?"
"Yeah."
"Well I did a spell to get it and now I think there's a monster out because of it."
"Well I guess we could go kick it's ass." Xander smiled and we started walking again.
"Hey lets say we go on vacation?" I looked at Xander.
"That would be a great idea. Where did you have in mind?"
"I was thinking of Los Angeles."
"Yeah sounds like a good idea." Xander made that your ideas are always good ideas face.
By the time Xander and I got half way home it was an hour after dark. A vampire jumped at Xander.
"Xander try to keep him away from your neck and I'll look for a stick."
"Yeah easer said than done." He said while being choked. "Ahhhhhhhhhh!"
"NO! Xander!" Xander had been bitten and was bleeding to death. I staked the vamp and ran to his side. "Oh my gosh. Don't die on me, ok? Just don't. I couldn't live without you. I don't wanna live without you." I started crying, silvery looking tears started to fall from my eyes.
"I'll be with you forever." A tear fell from his eye. I started crying harder now. Xander always carried a black handkerchief in his jacket pocket. So I grabbed it and whipped my eyes on it. When I looked at it the tears I had cried turned to silver. I started crying more and I laid my head on his chest then I gave him a kiss and set my cheek on his forehead. A tear fell down my face onto his and I started to hear a burning like sound. I looked up and nothing. Then I looked at him and one hole remained on Xander's neck. I then let another tear fall and no holes remained.
"Xander. Your ok, wake up your gonna be fine."
"I'm ok. I think." Xander whispered. I picked Xander up and ran home as fast as possible. I got home around 12:00am. Walked through the door.
"Dad Help me quick." Dad came running down the stairs with absolutely nothing on but his underwear.
"Gross could you of had the curtasey of putting on some pants first before running down here? Help me get him to the couch."
"Elizabeth what happened?"
"I bailed him out and on the way home we where attacked my a vampire, he was bitten, I cried healed him with my silver tears and now he's just really weak.
"Silver tears?"
"No clue." We got him into his room and changed him. I sat with him whipping his face with a wet cloth to keep the fever down (after loosing so much blood your body goes into a fevered state. I checked his fever every hour. I was checking his temp when we opened his eyes and looked around. "You'll be fine. I slayed the vamp and healed you with a new power. The power to heal with silver tears."
"I should leave. Ever since I've been here I've only caused trouble. So I'll go." He got up and started to gather his things.
"No. Don't leave me. Besides, if I'm not saving you then what will I do with my spare time?" I joked. He walked over to me and kissed me, then leaned in for a deeper kiss. Somehow he acted just like my father. He kissed me like dad kiss's mom. I guess he's spent too much time around dad. I pulled back. "So are you still gonna leave?"
"That kiss reminded my why I should stay." He turned around and got back into bed and patted the space next to him.
"I'm gonna get your breakfast first." I walked out the door to go make bacon, eggs, sausage, and waffles for my favorite man. 10 minutes later I was walking back up the stairs carrying a tray with bacon, eggs, sausage, waffles, and a cup of coffee. No sugar just black. I walked through the door of his room and sat the tray next to his bed. Then I sat in the spot next to him.
"Thank you for the breakfast. It looks great." He took a sip of his coffee. "Just the way I like it." He smiled at me then kissed me. Just then my father walked in.
"Ahem."
"Sorry." I looked at dad.
"Just wanted to say that your mother and I have a hotel for you two to stay at when you go on your little vacation."
"Thanks dad." He walked out of the room headed for the stairs. "I'm all packed for our vacation. I packed while you were asleep.
"Well, I guess I should pack." He started to get up.
"Done. I did it for you, so we could go today." I gave him a great big smile.
"We can go right away then."
"Yep. Mom said we could take the family truck."
"Great. Lets go then." So we headed to L.A. you know the city of lost angels. We reached the hotel settled in and decided to go to a club. So we found the club that we wanted and found a place to sit in a little corner. Xander went to go to the bathroom and ran into a man.
"Oh sorry I wasn't looking where I was going." Said the man Xander ran into. I looked cause the voice sounded like Xander.
"No, no it was my fault I drank to much and I was in a hurry." The two men faced each other. I ran over to see if they both were all right. So I walked up to the two of them.
"Oh my gosh. I was right. Xander. See this is Vin Diesel. Vin this is Xander Cage. Well I think you know Xander already since you played him in a movie once. I know you might be confused Vin but if you follow my friend and I outside I will explain every thing."
"Ok." Vin said with a face of disbelief, and confusion.
"Vin. Somehow Xander here came out of the movie xXx. I believe by a spell. Now if I can find the spell there is a binding spell that will bring you back together. Alright?"
"Ok." Said the twins. So the three of us walked back to our hotel, to gather some things so we could find the binding spell. And what we needed for it. It took all three of us and six hours to find what we needed for the binding spell. We found our selves back at the hotel.
"What will this "binding" spell do exactly?" Vin asked looking at Xander and I.
"Well you played Xander in a movie right? It will put Xander back in you." I explained.
"But Elizabeth, what about us? Do my feelings for you mean nothing? Will we be the same?" Xander shed one small un-noticeable tear.
"Xander. You will no longer exist but in Vin. And Vin you will know exactly what Xander and I did together, and you will have all the scars that Xander received. I'm not sure Xander if your feelings will be the same in Vins body." I set up for the spell.
"Wait. I feel his love for you. You can't do this to him it's just tearing him up inside." Vin looked into my eyes and soul or at least that's what it felt like.
"But having two Vin's. How would that work?"
"But I already have a twin, Paul."
"And that is why we need to do this we can't have triplets. Ok I'm ready to do the spell and if you two want me to or not I'm doing this binding spell. Yeah I love you Xander but it just can't be." Silver tears started to fall from my face. "Ok hear it goes." I held the spell in my hand and chanted. "Apart are you now, together you shall be. Through the fire's of time I bind you together." The paper started getting wet with my tears of silver. Before I started the spell Vin and Xander had closed their eyes. Vin opened his.
"How could you do it after Xander showing his true love for you?"
"Vin, when I was helping Giles, wait do you know who Giles is?"
"Yeah, a friend of the family and your moms ex watcher."
"Ok. When I was helping Giles look for a money spell I found an old prophecy that said I wasn't ment to be with Xander I was ment to be with someone like him. And though I loved Xander dearly I had to bind you two back together."
"Xander had a surprise for you." Vin pulled out a box, opened it knelt on one knee. "Elizabeth, will you marry me?"
"Y.yes. Yes I will marry you."
Vin started sweating and just didn't look good, his face turned white.
"Are you okay?" I asked with concern.
"I don't think so." He fell and landed on his back. I dragged him over to the bed and pulled him up on it.
"I'm gonna call an ambulance." I walked over to the phone.
"No. I don't like doctors."
"Well your gonna have to get over it." He started turning an even paler white.
"Ok, only if you go with me." He gave me a smile.
"Ok." I dialed 9-1-1. It took the ambulance 5 minutes to reach the hotel. They came to get him.
"Is this the room that called 9-1-1?" Asked the tall paramedic.
"Yes. It is." I replied trying to hold back the tears.
"What are his symptoms?" Asked the other medic. As they rushed to his aid.
"He purposed to me then he started to sweat and turned white. And that's all." I said trying to keep my cool.
Vin was taken to one of the three L.A hospitals. I think it was called "Angels Memorial." We got a room and I was stuck in the bloody waiting room for six whole hours. I got in to see my fiancé. As I walked in the doctor, took me aside.
"The future Mrs. Vin Diesel I presume?"
"Yes. Will you please tell me why what happened, happened."
"We found a type of steroid in his system. And it is a type that if not given to him every day after first shot then the subject either does this or dies. Now we are trying to give him blood transfusions but, that might take hours even days. And while we where trying to check him out he was flailing and broke his leg."
"Thank you. I don't know what I would do without him." I looked at Vin.
"Yes. He rambled on about you. He's still running a fever of 103, so we are treating him as if he had the flu but we are on a closer watch." The doctor walked passed me and left the room.
"Where am I? Ahhh, ow, ow." He tried sitting up but he just wasn't strong enough, and when he fell he hit his head on the end of the bed. "Elizabeth. What happened to me?"
"Well, honey I don't know how but somehow steroid's got into your system. I think it was when you where in prison. And you where in prison."
"Urgh. I feel awful. My head hurts, I feel dizzy, and my arm is swollen. No clue why. And I can't move my right leg."
"Well you flailed while the doctors where trying to see what was wrong and you broke your leg." I walked to him sat on the bed by his side and started cry my silver tears. "I don't' know what I would do without you. I probably die after one day from sadness and loneliness."
"And I the same."
After all the blood transfusions and one trip every week to the hospital Vin was fine. We went home and I got out dads saw, sawed opened Vins cast and healed his leg. Then healed his cast. Two months after Vins little accident him and I got into a big fight about where we would get married and he left. I got mad and sad and wrote a poem that I read every night. And on the seventh night something happened.
-The seventh day of being without Vin was as hard as the other six. So I will for the seventh time read the poem I wrote for the perfect man.- So I read it out loud.
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray for a man, who's not a creep,
One who's handsome, smart and strong.
He's not afraid to admit when he is wrong.
One who thinks before he speaks,
When he promises to call, he doesn't wait six weeks.
I pray he's gainfully employed.
Won't lose his cool when he is annoyed.
Pulls out my chair & opens my door,
Massages my back & begs to do more.
Oh! Send me a man who will make luv to my mind.
Knows what to say when I ask, "How fat is my behind?"
One who will scratch my back when it gets a'itchen,
He brings Me a sandwich too, when he goes to the kitchen.
I pray that this man will luv me to no end,
And would never compare me with my best friend.
Thank You in advance and now I'll just wait,
For I know you will send him before it's too late.
Amen The next morning I had just sat down to breakfast. I had stayed at the hotel. I just couldn't go home. And the doorbell rang. So I went to answer it and to my surprise my fiancé stood in my doorstep.
"I thought you left me for good." I turned from him trying to hold back the tears.
"No. I only needed time to my self. And I couldn't live another day without you." He walked towards the door and hit somethin. Like an invisible force field, and lucky for him I could never sleep past 5:00, which is an hour before sunrise
"You were bit again weren't you?" I turned and made a mad face.
"Yeah. And I'm a vampire. I came back not for that reason. I came back for you. But I know I could never have you again because of my recent change. I came by only to say that and I love you." He turned to walk away.
"No. Vampire or not I still love you too. So please don't leave. Please come in and have something to drink. Like some of this." I rubbed my neck. I was wearing a spaghetti strap nightgown. I could just see the drool falling from his mouth, and the resistance. I knew he would resist, vampire or not. I know him.
"Um. I can't. I don't wanna hurt you. Just slay me and get it over with." He stood still and opened his arms as if to hug me.
"I will do no such thing. I love you and I would never kill you. So you can relax. Dad came for a visit and left some blood here. So you can have some of that. And I bought this Hotel so it's ours now." I walked over to the fridge and pulled out a pint of blood.
"I love you. But how am I gonna go to work now that I'm a vampire?"
"You might not like this but if you drink a pint of a slayers blood then you'll still be a vampire but you can go in sun light." I rubbed my neck again. He walked to me and laid his head on my shoulder and kissed me. He then bites down on my small and fragile shoulder. The blood flows down my back and stains my white gown. I become limp in his arms almost dead. I wake up in my own bed with a very sore left shoulder. I try to sit up but I can't feel my legs. Vin walks in.
"How is my slayer feeling?" He sits on the bed next to me.
"Ok. But I can't feel my legs. How will I slay if I can't use my legs?"
"We better get you to the hospital." He picks me up carries me to the truck. And drives to the hospital. We wait for a few hours; I get seen and get a room while the doctors do tests. I'm sitting in bed waiting for the doctor to come in and tell me something while Vin sits nervously in a chair across the room.
"I'm afraid I have bad news." The doctors announces as he enters my room. "You have a disease called Comoses. And it's caused by to many hits to the back and spinal area."
"Will I ever walk again?"
"No. I'm sorry but you are paralyzed for the rest of your life."
Authors note: I thought this was a REAL good place to stop.