"Nephrite!" Orion cried in her agony. Swiftly, Nephrite headed, in the
darkness, to the sound of Orion's voice. Nephrite knelt down slowly near
the dying Orion, her hands trembling. Orion's face was contorted in agony
as the searing spasms of pain swept across her body, immobilizing her. With
bloodshot eyes, Nephrite traced the outline of Orion's rigid body. "No,"
She cried in fury, "Why?!" Suddenly, she looked upwards: above Orion's head
was a black mirror, or so it seemed. Nephrite's instincts had warned her of
danger before and now they were screaming inside her head. Fearfully, she
looked back to Orion. All of the color drained from her face as a fresh
spasm of pain hit her. A small drop of blood dripped from between Orion's
lips, and she passed out cold. Neprhite stood up and started screaming:
"No! Not her! You take me you bastard! Take meeee!!!" she reached out to
the surface of the mirror. It was solid. She gasped, "One more soul, you
needed one more soul and you took...." Nephrite trailed off as she saw the
expression on Orion's face. Orion's finger pointed towards the ceiling in
one final gesture of horror and collapsed. A tremor rolled down Nephrite's
back. She heard a scramble above her and looked up: only to scream. Within
seconds, a dark force had completely covered her: trapping her in a realm
of eternal darkness.
