Day 10

Haldir sat in the Matrix's 'New York' hospital. He sat by Warious' side wishing she would just sit up and talk to him. 'Even if she decided to scream in my ear I would have gladly put up with just to know she was alright.' Haldir thought to himself.

Instead he was alone with his thoughts. Warious had seemed to turn into a killing machine without feeling or mercy for others. When he had shot her the day before, as Warious turned and looked at him, it looked like she was a wild ferocious animal. Haldir thought back to when she looked as a Warg. What had come over the normally controlled woman he had known? What was this new side of her that would mercilessly kill someone just because she was told to?

Haldir looked down at Warious. He remembered how they had used to fight when they first met over the most ridiculous things. There was this one time when he decided to cook dinner. Unfortunately Haldir did not pay attention to Maul when he said Warious was a particular person when it came to who cooked. 'I was preparing a stew for some rabbits I had shot that day, and it was almost done cooking too. Warious came home from her job, took one look at the stove and would have beaten me to a pulp. We ate what I made anyway and she seemed to have calmed down after she had eaten.
Then there was that time I saw her eating something and I asked what it was. "No!!! They are my Warheads! You can't have them! They are mine! All mine! Mwahahahaha!" I never bothered her when she was eating Warheads again.
Now that I think about it, those times were funny. Then I remembered how she started opening up to me, how it felt when we kissed, holding her in my arms at night. No I didn't do anything inappropriate with her! How dare you even think that!!! Oh wait. Nobody is here...never mind then.'

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Early in the evening Agent Smith appeared. He looked down at Darth Warious then up at Haldir. "Look at what you have done to your friend," he said gesturing towards Warious.

Haldir looked away from him. "She was insane," he replied.

The Agent rounded on Haldir glaring at him. "You did this to her elf." He spat the last word out like a curse. "It is your fault that she lays here. You shot her. You have hurt her. You're the one to blame. If you had not interfered with her job she would be awake and she would not be lying here." He continued circling Haldir as he made his accusations. Haldir knew he was right. The Agent finally stopped circling and looked Haldir in the eye. "You could be back where you both belong if you had just let her do her job," then the Agent disappeared.

Haldir knelt by Warious' side and absently ran his fingers through her hair. The elf was overwhelmed by sadness and guilt. That is why he refused to leave her side in this place. 'I will wait for her to wake up and then I will do whatever she tells me to. Even if she tells me to leave and never come back...' The anguished elf thought to himself.

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Haldir's pain was felt by someone far away. The Lady of Light knew what had happened. She had foreseen it and she knew more pain would follow. She knew that now was the time to interfere with the dark woman Haldir had fallen in love with.

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