Disclaimer: Evanescence owns the song. I hope I don't get in trouble for this, but you guys really should listen to the songd while reading my ficcy. Adds a whole element to it.

Note: Yay! My theater teacher, and friends, and stuff liked my really dark poem. I think I'll post it on my site when I get around to it. I need to fix some links...

Chapter 88: Pact

"Whisper"

Catch me as I fall

Say you're here and it's all over now

Speaking to the atmosphere

No one's here and I fall into myself

This truth drives me

Into madness

I know I can stop the pain

If I will it all away If I will it all away

Tinsir falls through the clouds, her wings retracted. As if in sleep, this lay before the eyes of Squall. Paralyzed in fear, he could only watch, as her body fell through clouds of white. Clad in white rainments, she was dead.But her eyes opened, and she reached out to him with a silent scream.

[Chorus:]

Don't turn away

(Don't give in to the pain)

Don't try to hide

(Though they're screaming your name)

Don't close your eyes

(God knows what lies behind them)

Don't turn out the light

(Never sleep never die)

Squall woke up alone, the soft grass bent from its burden long gone. Frightened at his mistress's desappearance, he jumped to his feet, and called out her name. May it ring. Walking around the tree trunks, pushing through the brush, he looked for her. His name repeated always on his lips, the others awoke to his voice.

I'm frightened by what I see

But somehow I know

That there's much more to come

Immobilized by my fear

And soon to be

Blinded by tears

I can stop the pain

If I will it all away

If I will it all away

"Tinsir," his voice bellowed in the vacant echoes of the trees. Returning to the others, they looked at him oddly, not knowing his fear. He had a preminition of something he greatly feared.

[Chorus:]

Don't turn away

(Don't give in to the pain)

Don't try to hide

(Though they're screaming your name)

Don't close your eyes

(God knows what lies behind them)

Don't turn out the light

(Never sleep never die)

Atop the trees sat a lonely figure, her clash of dark, and light hair whipping in the wind. Staring at her once home, tears welled up in her now living eyes. Memories of a childhood long ago came to mind, and let the drops of pain run down her cheek. Knees tucked into her chest, and her arms wrapped around them, she sobbed into the crevice between her knee caps. (Not dirty)

Fallen angels at my feet

Whispered voices at my ear

Death before my eyes

Lying next to me I fear

She beckons me

Shall I give in

Upon my end shall I begin

Forsaking all I've fallen for

I rise to meet my end

Looking down at the ground below, she realized she had to lead them on yet. She rises to her feet, the breeze making her soft clothing gently whip around her. But lo, the spirit of he rival graced the tops of the trees as well. Hades dark spirit had found her, breathing in the scent of her life force. Her wings outstretched, she rose a bow, and arrow towards him.

Don't turn away

(Don't give in to the pain)

Don't try to hide

(Though they're screaming your name)

Don't close your eyes

(God knows what lies behind them)

Don't turn out the light

(Never sleep never die)

Snarling at her enemy, she pulled the arrow back, ready to strike. Squall had seen the glimmer of her wings, black against a now blue, and white sky. "Breathe me in," Tinsir called to Hades, "For it shall one of the last times."

Don't turn away (Servatis a pereculum. Servatis a maleficum repeated in background)

(Don't give in to the pain)

Don't try to hide

(Though they're screaming your name)

Don't close your eyes

(God knows what lies behind them)

Don't turn out the light

(Never sleep never die)

Squall saw the trick Hades was about to pull, and stepped before Tinsir, and the nearing Dark One. Tinsir, about to shoot, but rose her aim upward as to not hit her beloved, shot into the clouds.

Don't turn away

(Don't give in to the pain)

Don't try to hide

(Though they're screaming your name)

Don't close your eyes

(God knows what lies behind them)

Don't turn out the light

(Never sleep never die)

Water poured from them, the sky darkening once more. "Dammit, Squall," she fumed, "I could have killed you." Squall looked over his shoulder at her, the rest of him facing his opponent, "He was going to kill you."

Hades laughter roared before them. "What amuses you. Is the sun catching your mind on fire," Tinsir smirked. "No, but he risked his life for you. What makes you think that I would not have killed you instead just as easily? In fact, your death would give me pleasure. Tinsir, the time is nigh. The alignment is here. Come to me."

Servatis a pereculum.

Servatis a maleficum Servatis a pereculum.

Servatis a maleficum Servatis a pereculum.

Servatis a maleficum (fades) Servatis a pereculum.

Servatis a maleficum Servatis a pereculum.

Servatis a maleficum Servatis a pereculum.

Servatis a maleficum Servatis a pereculum.

Servatis a maleficum Servatis a pereculum.

Squall: What is he talking about?

Hades (laughing): Tell the boy. Tell your beloved what deal you made with me for his life almost twenty years ago today.

Tinsir: I...

Squall: Tell me!

Tinsir: When Raine was with child, I promised Hades my submission should he spare the babe's life. A final duel for my freedom, the worlds at hand, and a few other things will precede my possible slavery.

Hades: You make it sound so bad. That being with your once love is such a terrible thing. Have you ever told him about our betrothel, and your once sworn love for me? Of course not. I was the door mat to your door in the higher realms.

Tinsir: I never used you. I never needed you really. I am Hyne's daughter, and outrank you now, and before my fall.

Squall: Then why don't you pull rank now, and stop this madness?

Tinsir: There was a time when the only thing of value I had was my word. I will not turn my back to it now especially when it could end things, and restore the wrongs I, and my people have commited. I will not fail!

Hades: *yawns* You always have gotten uppity over foolish things. You will fall at my hands, and into my bed. A deal's a deal. The ritual must be done at the exact moment of when Venus aligns with Pluto, its moon, and Uranus.

Tinsir: I know, and I will not fail.

Squall: You can't go.

Tinsir: I have no choice. It's either that, or lose you, and never to be trusted to keep my word again. However I would rather be known as a liar than to lose you. I can't bear for you to die needlessly again.

Squall: I would rather die, and you be free than to live a life alone.

Tinsir: I know. But this is not for long. I will be free again. I will see you again. The duel is before the ritual, so I may yet win. Have faith in me.

Squall: I would, but I saw something that is making me worry. Let me tell you, and then-

Tinsir (holds Squall's face gently): I know. I saw it too through your eyes. Have faith in me. I could not have come this far without you, so don't leave me now.

Squall: I.... I can't lose you!

Hades: Oh, how sweet. The lone wolf profeses the inner feeling for the love of his life. Too bad Rinoa couldn't see this.

Squall: F*** you!

Tinsir: Go, or by Hyne I will kill you now.

Hades: I would rather fight you near a bed, so I will go. For now... *Laughs, and fades*

Tinsir: Squall...(falls into his arms)