SPOILERS

Expiry Dates

Before I leave this world I, want to see it spin from out there,

Watch the colours swirl before we blow it into shades of black and gray

No wings and no gates, just skill testing questions and expiry dates

.:Date III:.

Pulling into Palmacosta was just as busy and hectic as always. The hustle and bustle of this city rarely let up, due to it's high sea trade coming and going from port to port, and then with your local vendors, harking their wares and distributing their goods and services. It was always a highlight traveling to this city. Meltokio also held its promising side of excitement but not even their coliseum could bring as much excitement to the young man as the seaport did.

"Breath in that salty air, Noishe. It's been a long time since we've come here." Lloyd was greeted with a happy yip as they weaved in and out of the crowd together.

Off in the distance stood the newly erected observatory. It's towering presence even out weighed the city hall in which the newly elected Mayor Neil resigned. He had taken up office not to long after Dorr's passing. The city felt that since he was so close to General Dorr and knew his way around politics well, they held an election, and he won it. His first addition to the new city was the Observatory, where the highly esteemed astrologist, Zed Jenkins, took up work on studying the other planets, moons, and the sun. What with the knowledge of Tethe'alla and Derris-Kharlan suddenly springing up on the citizens of Sylvarant, interests were peaked in wanting to learn about these worlds that just sat slightly adjacent from their own. It was a spectacle of the ages.

"Alright, Noishe. I won't be long. You hang around here to a little bit. Please don't bother anyone." He said patting the large 'dog' on the side. Noishe yelped happily and walked over to the shady grassy area along side the road. Turning away from the playful animal, Lloyd Irving entered the huge building.

The inside was certainly something. The exterior of the building was one thing, but to walk inside was like walking into another world all together. Traveling with the legendary summoner, Sheena, proved quiet useful after she revealed to Sylvarant the power of Volt. Volt, the summon spirit of lightning, showed to the people of Sylvarant that their old methods of using coal for fuel and candles for lighting were simply far behind the times. Showing them the power of electricity and wind power proved most useful as the Sylvarantians soon put Volt's suggestions to good use as they quickly built up windmills throughout the countryside allowing for electrical power to surge through their newly created wiring system to light up peoples houses, and properly work the mechanics that worked the massive telescope to view the heavens.

Besides the electrical lamps and machinery. The brilliant flashing lights, sounds, and sights simply overwhelmed anyone stepping into the building. And in the summer times, the newly introduced cooling system was spell binding after coming in from the heat and suddenly being hit with a cool, icy, breeze. But it seemed like the building was always cold even in the winter times. Apparently with all of the computer systems, and monitoring systems, the building needed to stay cool for fear of overheating and loosing precious data.

"Hey, where's Zed at?"

"Up on the bridge as always." Said a young lady who, with clip board in hand, was reviewing a readout that was being printed from one of the large computers along the wall.

"Thanks." Lloyd waved to the friendly help and moved at a trot over to the spiraling staircase in the far back of the building which brought you up to the bridge and the giant telescope.

"Hey, Zed!" Lloyd hollered up the stairs as he skipped up them two at a time.

"Hey, hey! How's my favorite adventurer. Feel that shake after the sun blew?" Zed exclaimed. He was a tall man, standing roughly 6'5" and rather big muscled as well. He was certainly not someone you would take as being in the astrological field. He wore a tight, white, wife beater shirt and black baggy pants. His lab coat he wore open and it hung loosely over his muscular shoulders. Around his neck dawned a lanyard, complete with his ID tag, as well as a set of dog tags he kept with him at all times. He explained that while his grandparents raised him, they held onto the dog tags of their friends who had died in combat. His grandfather always held onto his friends' dog tags along with his own. So, Zed followed the tradition, and showed them off proudly in order to keep their memories alive.

"That was the sun that blew? It couldn't have blown up, or we would be in total darkness right now." Lloyd stated coming up along side the strong man.

"You're right about that one. But take a look at this." He moved Lloyd under the telescope's eyepiece. "Remember how bright the sun was with the cast over the lens before that strange occurrence." Zed began. The cast that was placed over the lens was used in studying the sun. Since starring directly at the sun would burn out your retina this cast was used to dim the light of the sun.

Lloyd nodded in reply.

"Well, does it look any different?"

"Yeah, it does slightly. It isn't as bright as it was originally." Lloyd halted in his observations, "Wait, a sec. That looks like-"

"A spot. Yes?" Zed interrupted.

"Yeah. What could have caused that?"

"Derris-Kharlan." Lloyd jerked away from the eyepiece and starred up at Zed.

"What?" Lloyd said exasperatedly. He was now standing, and his eyes were wide.

"I've been following Derris-Kharlan's track ever since it separated from us 4 years ago. I'm sorry for having blurted out the answer, but you had to know sooner or later what had caused that and I know how pesky you are about someone holding secrets from you." He paused as he watched Lloyd drop his head and suddenly take a great interest in the people walking around below them. "I'm… sorry… about your father."

"No. It can't be. It could have just been a giant, meteor, or something." Lloyd said hurriedly as he glared up at the towering man before him.

Zed shook his head sadly. "I'm afraid not. They're haven't been any sightings of any sort of threatening meteor around us since this observatory was erected." He stopped once more upon Lloyd's lowering of his head again. "But if you think about it, he's with your mother now."

"NO! He can't be gone! I had hoped he would somehow come back to us." Lloyd screamed angrily as he pushed past Zed and ran down the stairs and upon reaching the third rung leapt over the side and ran from the building.

Zed let out a sigh as he watched the iron doors slam behind the fiery youth. Turning back to the giant telescope before him he took a look back up at the sun. The spot had grown larger since his last sure look at it. "Aurion. Why did you leave him? You were always so hung up on your failures that you never noticed your successes, even when they stood right in front of you."

A bark escaped Noishe's muzzle as he ran after the young man before him.

"Damn you. Damn you, Dad. And after that long adventurer with you, I only learned near the end you were my true father. And then you just up and leave me, only to get yourself killed." He cursed as he ran towards a parked rheaird, which would take him to Dirk's House, and to his mother's grave. Hopping on it and starting it up, he raised it into the air and took off back across the sea to the tiny continent in the south. Whipping away hot tears that threatened to spill down his face he looked up at the sun, not caring much about his vision, he took in how the sun had truly grown duller. "You had to go out with a bang too, didn't ya. Crashing a planet into the sun."

Noishe watched sadly from the shore at the retreating rheaird. With a whine he looked over to the city he had just run to and walking back to it, he figured the best thing to do was to just wait for his companion to return. His ears perked up at the thought of Zed.

"Zed always takes good care of me when Lloyd is away." The giant 'dog' barked to himself happily as he trotted back to the city and to the shady spot next to the observatory.

………………

Kratos woke the next morning to the sound of sizzling coming from the kitchen. He yawned and gave a stretch. Standing up from the bed he walked over to the window and raised the curtain. He was shocked to see the outside world so dark and only lit by a faint glow of the moons and the fake light coming from the street lamps along the road. He had forgotten where he was and then considered the fact that he had actually slept. Maybe it was this dark atmosphere that brought him to a sleep filled with dreams. He wasn't use to sleep as he was an angelic being, sleep wasn't necessary, along with many other human qualities which were needed to sustain life.

Going to the dresser, he found a white button down collared shirt, which was clean and pressed, apparently forgotten about. He then went to take off the shirt Eve had bestowed upon him after masking his original outfit only to be caught off guard as the garment clung to his being. Loose as it was, it refused to be taken off.

"What is this all about?" He questioned strangely. Deciding he would bring it up to Eve later he returned the shirt to the dresser and left the room to find a dully-lit hallway before him. The kitchen itself shown brightly as a shadow was cast on the wall in the hall. There was a voice coming from the computer lab further down the hall as well. He again was shocked to find that the people of this household had woken before him, as it was always unusual for, if he did end up sleeping, he would always find himself having to wake up those around him to continue their journey. The journey that he went on to help regenerate the worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla soon brought him back to memories of his son he had left back on Sylvarant. And how the last words he spoke had ended with his parental name, 'Dad'.

With a sad grimace to himself at having left him, again, he made his way down the hall only to be greeted by a cheerful looking Eve.

"Hungry? I cooked bacon and eggs. But if you would like anything else, by all means, ask. You're our guest." She said happily as she stirred around the scrambled eggs in the frying pan that she held before him.

"Ahh… I'm not that hungry." She starred at him, slightly concerned, but shrugged and returned to the stove. He glanced around at his surroundings as he took a seat at the table. The kitchen wasn't overly furnished. The walls were all built around a central window in the wall. Below the window rested the sink and to the right of that was a single countertop, which allowed the stove to come next, followed by the wall. On the opposite side of the sink there were counters once again and the icebox rested up against the opposite wall. The round table he was seated at was in the center of the room. The kitchen was rather clean besides the few pots and pans that Eve had been using to prepare breakfast. It almost looked like a feast was being prepared, even thought the contents of it all rounded around eggs, bacon, toast, sausages, pancakes, omelets, oatmeal, and cold cereal.

"Does everyone that was hear last night live here as well?" He questioned as the large amount of food looked to be enough to feed twelve hungry mouths.

"Hmm… oh, no. This apartment only houses Dolsolus, Search, and myself. The guys came over early to make sure everything was running properly on the ship before we take off." She explained not looking around as she finished another omelet.

"A ship?"

"Uh huh. Called the Triet. She's the latest in technology that the Occulants have released to the public, as well as a few of our own devices added in." She said with a smile as she flicked a switch on the wall and then walked back to the table. She took a seat on the opposite side of the table and began to chew on a slightly burnt piece of toast.

"Where were you planning on going with this Triet of yours?" Kratos had figured the answer before she even spoke, but it was only for his reassurance.

"Why to the chain of Symphonia of course. We need to try to save the universe, don't we?" She said with a grin as she took another bite of the toast. Just then a small ball came whizzing into the room and hovered above the different plates of food, which were laid out along the counter tops. As it went over each one the plate and food zipped up into the small ball and before Kratos could even get another word out to what the thing was, it had already whizzed back out the door and flew down another hall that rested along the backside of the staircase which he hadn't realized was there originally.

Eve noticed Kratos's slight change in facial expression at the intrusion of the small floating ball so she brought up the subject. "Nano technology. It's our highest achievement in the ways of technology. Microscopic computers that can be shaped and formed into whatever you want and do whatever you want. They're extremely handy. Although this household refuses to use them in the ways other people use them. Chores should be carried out by the actual inhabitants who created the need for a chore, not the nano-bugs." She explained continuing to nibble on her food.

"Yes, well… back to the ship. I would like to know your plans as to how you will be getting off the surface of this planet. You mentioned those… Regas, was it… were a problem."

"Hey, hey! Eve! Your bacon and eggs are top notch. You never fail to make them taste like the real thing." Came a boisterous voice from the doorway as the large man came in and patted Eve on the back heartily.

"Well I hope so. I'm only working with tofu." Kratos then eyed the toast she had been working on eating. It was all made out of tofu. Had they over-eaten all the animals to extinction? Or had animals just failed to prosper on this new world?

"Oh, didn't even realize you were still here." Search inquired as he starred down at Kratos. Kratos looked up at him only to quickly look away at the remembrance of his eye colour and what Eve had told him would happen should anyone notice. He hadn't pulled his face away to quickly though, as he was able to get a good look at the man's own eyes as well.

"Well, I'm off. The guys say they should be ready soon and I wanted to check out how the command deck is looking. You'll be down soon Eve?"

"Yeah. Where's Dolsolus? He had better be working."

"Oh, he's down there alright. He's just as excited as the rest of us to get off of this barren planet."

"You do realize this isn't just a fun little trip. We need to actually figure out how we're going to fix the mirror and keep Gaia's light from failing. You know the consequences of that just as everyone else here." She stated as she finished her toast.

"Heh, yeah. But it can't hurt to check out the sites a little. I'm sure you'll be just as excited to see colours." He said with great satisfaction in his voice. Eve shied away from this statement, but gave a nod and a slightly shaky smile to her friend. He patted her on the back once more and the big man walked off down the hall and around the stairwell. As soon as his footsteps could no longer be heard, Kratos took the incentive to speak.

"He's blind."

"Hmm? Oh, yes. Well, we're all blind. Since the Brine's were born into a world of darkness, the rods of our eyes became far more numerous then the usual human eye. With there usually being 6 to 7 million cones in our eyes, there is actually in the Brine's eye only 3 to 4 million. Because our world was always in darkness, our eyes adapted to allow us far better vision in darkness. What good are cones if there is no light to show colour."

"But you have created light. How can there not be any sort of colour to this world?"

"Light equals colour. With no light, there is no colour. Our falsely created light should bring out colours, but because no natural light ever touched the interior layer of Gaia not a single atom in our world gained any pigmentation. So it remained only shades of gray. You see it, do you not? Even with your eyes having the normal amount of rods and cones, you still do not see colour in our world, even if you are standing under the brightest lamp pole on the street." She explained casually.

"So you have excellent night vision, but when it comes to being in actual light you're blind." Kratos said trying to figure it all out.

"Blind, yes, for a time." She finally moved into. Kratos looked at her slightly confused. "Due to our technological advances, we were able to create a special type of lens that fits onto our cornea which then allows us to see in light. It also changes how our eyes look. Instead of the iris and pupil being a faint shade of gray, the lens allows us to have a defined iris of any shade of gray and a black pupil. Much like yours, only again, with no colour."

"I see. But then when you stepped into the green house on Derris-Kharlan you could see everything in colour?"

"Yes. I saw everything in colour, only since your light source in that place was a fake sun it didn't harm me, but since all of the foliage and plant life were real and had been under natural Gaian light, I could see their true colours."

"True light hurts you? How do you know this if everything you have on your planet is false?"

"It's only a theory, but with some literature we were able to uncover from the past world, it seems that due to our lack of cones in our eyes it would untimely bring about an overload for the smaller number of light receptors which would undoubtedly… destroy us." She explained finally standing up from her seat and moving to the counter to begin clearing the dishes. "I don't feel like talking about this anymore. If you're still not hungry, feel free to take the stairs down to the basement. There is where our warehouse is stored and you'll find the Triet housed there. It should be to your liking." She finally finished as she began to wash dishes.

Knowing better than to start any more questions, or to even try to comfort her, he turned from his seat and headed in the direction she had indicated.

He knew one thing. Eve wanted to see colour. But it soon came about that she wasn't the only one fearing the thing they wanted most.

Upon entering the warehouse he was greeted by an overly excited Dolsolus.

"Hey! Glad you finally woke up. Well, what do you think? She's a butte, isn't she?" The young man exclaimed excitedly as he bounced around before the giant ship. It was quiet breathtaking. Kratos had never seen anything like this. The ship almost resembled a rheaird only where you would normally sit out in the open, had been enclosed. It had two pairs of wings rather than one pair and where the cockpit rested, a head of a dragon seemed to dawn it. At least it resembled a dragon's head.

"It's very interesting." Kratos said blatantly. Looking the ship up and down. He then observed the hanger they were all standing in. It was huge and to think this massive structure was below ground level. Even though the city above was huge, it seemed that below was even larger, almost as if the city had been flipped over and the actual life lived below it rather than a top of it.

"It flies?"

"Does it fly? The new guy wants to know whether she can fly!" Dolsolus cried out to the hatch that sat open on the dragon's head. The man inside laughed as he said some strange voice command and the wings retracted from the ground and instantly went into a hover mode. Kratos was amazed that something of this size was even able to get up off the ground, let alone remain immobile about 100 feet off the ground. "She's only hovering now. You should see her move. The only thing that can top her speed is Sinaider's Anubis Rega. And that thing is a piece of work. It can't fly, but its speed on land is amazing. It can reach up to 250mph. Triet here can max out 280, but it's also in flight with no obstacles in the way." Dolsolus explained. Kratos nodded as this array of statistics. It seemed in this world that speed was taken as a great asset as everything seemed to move quickly. You'd think a world with no day or night would move slowly. Well Gaia turned out to be the exact opposite.

"Eve's coming down. Everyone on board Triet. We're heading out!" Search cried from a side room along the far wall.

"Well come on. You're coming to, right?" He then lowered his voice slightly so as no one who might possibly run by them would over hear. "You are from there, correct? From the worlds of colour."

Kratos nodded at this statement. With a grin, Dolsolus ran off up the ramp that lead up into the body of the giant ship, leaving Kratos standing in the midst of the chaos that reigned.

A voice came over the intercom and rang through the building, again telling Kratos to get aboard. He then finally began to move towards the ramp only to suddenly be stopped by a hand on his shoulder.

"STOP OPERATIONS IMMEDIATELY!" Eve yelled throughout the hanger. Triet instantly was shutdown and the iridescent lights that filtered the hanger were shut off and backup lights flew on.

A low rumble could suddenly be heard above their heads. Something large had stopped above their underground warehouse, and it sounded angry.

"What's going on?" Kratos said in a whisper to Eve who hung next to him. She was so close to him that he could even feel her shake slightly from either fear or excitement. He couldn't tell which, but at her next words, he knew exactly what she was feeling.

"Get on the ship and the crew will take care of you. Triet may need to take a sudden lift off." She said, the fear in her voice she tried desperately to cover but it was still seeping through her clenched teeth.

"But what's happening? Where are you going?" He asked her, grabbing her gaze away from the ceiling and onto him. She shook in his grasp as she averted her eyes again after seeing his brilliant maroon eyes. He didn't care for her, but she showed him hospitality, and she saved him from probably being imprisoned and experimented on. He couldn't allow her to face any sort of danger by herself.

"You may be a big help in saving the universe from destruction since you've been here and can relate to your fellows back on the chain to what could happen if your sun goes out. They may believe us, but with you there, our story would be greatly enhanced. I need you to get on the ship, now." She stated again, now looking at his face but keeping her eyes averted from his own gaze. "Now go!" She said with a determined shove as she quickly took the same familiar wand from her pocket and with a downward slash, split the air between them. As soon as the rift had been opened it had been gone again, leaving Kratos standing before empty air.

Scowling he then jogged over to the ramp in which Dolsolus stood at the entrance.

"Where is Eve?" He said angrily, a concerned look on his face.

"She's gone." He said as he passed him and ran towards where he felt was the cockpit.

"She's gone!" Kratos could hear Dolsolus tearing off after him. The cockpit door swung open before Kratos had even reached it and the menacing figure of Search stood before him.

"Get in a seat. We'll be lifting off as soon as the cost is clear." He stated bluntly to Kratos with a stern face that showed absolutely no emotion.

"But what about Eve? She opened a rift and took off. We just can't leave her here."

"Yes we can." He stated as he turned his back on Kratos and walked back to his seat at the controls.

"What are you saying? You can't just leave someone. Is she going to get herself killed?" Kratos demanded of Search. Before he could get out another word, Search had Kratos pinned up along the wall.

"We can leave someone if it means saving hundreds of thousands of lives. All of us have gone through this course. Unfortunately, it was Eve who had to become the decoy." His face softened slightly as he smiled and allowed Kratos away from the wall. He then turned and walked back to his seat. "Don't worry. She's strong. She'll get away." He said finally taking his seat and readied the controls.

Just then Dolsolus entered the cockpit. He had heard the quarrel outside the door and knew exactly what was to happen and that Kratos shouldn't have ever entered that room.

"Come on. We need to get seated." Dolsolus said as he led him out of the cockpit, leaving Search alone.

As soon as the door shut behind them, Kratos started up.

"I don't under-"

"She's his sister." Kratos stopped in mid-sentence at this sudden enlightened news. "They had promised each other when they were children and had lost their parents that no matter what the case was, they would protect each other, no matter what the cost." He paused and let out a sigh. "Even if that cost was one of them loosing the other. Search was determined that he would be the one to save her. Can you imagine the internal struggles he's been set with. I'm sure she figured this would happen and purposefully stayed behind. She always said that Search was a better pilot of the Triet than she would ever be. And if anyone was going to get Triet off of this desolate planet, he would be the one." He said as he shook his head and lowered his gaze.

"You love her. Don't you." Kratos pointed out blankly. Dolsolus's eyes shot up at this remark.

"I have my own promises to keep." He said angrily as he turned his back and headed off down the ship.

Search's voice was then heard over the intercom.

"Everyone please find your seats. It won't be much longer now."

…………………

"Our lives are of death, and by death we are bound." A shockwave burst from the roof of the building as skeletal wings surrounded the dark form that rested on the roof. "Forever a world in darkness and decay, I call upon those forces to hide those we love." A rumble rocked through the ground as cracks and fissures opened up along the streets. A howl escaped from the distance as red eyes flashed and the sounds of metal paws struck the rotting ground. "Come forth now, and share your own decaying life with the light of your eternal offspring!" The scream escaped her lips as the final words were spun. A liquid veil had sprouted from the ground along with the Triet; only the liquid masked the massive ship as it soured slowly towards the heavens.

The wings disappeared from Eve's shoulder blades just as the Anubis Regas came into view. The metallic beast roared at the protesting Brine before it. Eve was ready and waiting for this intrusion into their plans. Turning around as fast as her feet would take her, she jumped onto her bike and with a flick of a wrist the bike was sent into motion, and spinning off the two story roof to the soil below. She was to remain a decoy so as Triet and the others were able to get away. The spell she had cast masked all transmissions and debugged all incoming waves so the Triet would be seen by nothing, unfortunately it meant to also slow down it's movement, meaning it's ascent would be slow. She was alone to her own fate now. Luckily the Anubis Regas was unmanned by the Lead, Sinaider; otherwise it would be looking around for the escaping fleet rather than taking off after the running prey.

"Please save the universe, brother."

…………………

"There has to be something we can do."

"There is nothing. If there were, we would have done it by now. But look." One of the crewmembers that had been sitting along side Kratos spoke up. He traced his finger in a square along the wall next to him, which instantly opened up to a glass panel, which showed the ground escaping beneath them. "You see. Anubis is already on her tail. Her bike will keep it out of reach as long as she continues to weave as the Regas don't have a high turning radius, but if she doesn't reach the next city barrier soon, it will catch her, and bring her back to Sinaider. There is nothing we can do."

Kratos remained quiet after the man's description of Eve's predicament. He watched as she continued to swerve out of reach of the clamping jaws of the giant mechanical wolf. "No, wait. There is something, I, can do." Kratos immediately stood up and ran off to find Dolsolus. He happened to be in the farthest part of the ship. He had been looking at a picture when Kratos burst into the room.

"What are you doing? You should be seated. As soon as we break the atmosphere we'll be-"

"I need you to remove that trans-bug Eve placed on me."

"What? Why? If anyone sees you the way I saw you, you may be-"

"Just do it. If you care for her, you'll do it." He protested. Dolsolus looked down at the picture in his hands. Clenching his hand into a fist he shot up and walked over to him.

"Alright. But what are you planning on doing?" He stated as he allowed his hand to grace over the top of Kratos's head. Instantly the feeling of a cool substance being lifted from him and the sudden angelic qualities flooded his being.

He watched as Dolsolus squinted as the sudden brilliance of Kratos's navy blue and purple outfit burst from behind the wall of black and gray.

"I plan on saving her." He said as he then walked to the wall of the ship. Doing the same as the other crewmember did to reveal a window, Kratos traced his finger over the wall and instantly a giant door opened up to him. His hair whipped about his face as he looked down on the scene that unfolded below them.

"You can't possibly think you're going to save her by throwing yourself from the Triet. You'll be killed." Kratos refused to listen to Dolsolus's protests as he then jumped from the side of the Triet and plummeted towards the giant Anubis Regas and the escaping motorbike. Dolsolus watched in amazement as the purple and blue blur whipped through the air.

"Damn beast! Aren't you tired, yet!" She yelled back at the growling dog behind her.

"Sounds like wishful thinking to me." Came a voice. Her eyes squinted, as a bright coloured light suddenly appeared up along side her. Once the sparkling blue rose away from her face her mouth dropped. Kratos was flying beside her and before she could even open her mouth to speak, he had grabbed her from her seat and pulled up and over the now confused Regas.

"What are you doing? You could have gotten yourself killed!" Eve protested as he held her in his arms.

"I welcome death, but there are those who need you." He said with a grin to her as they flew towards the wavy vision of the Triet. Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked away from him. Both of them had saved one another now. Once they reached the chain, would they split and go there separate ways, as their debts had both been repaid. They had only to wait as the Triet finally cleared the atmosphere and flew on towards the circling moons beyond and safe in the arms of one another. Eve slept along side Dolsolus, while Kratos's maroon gaze fell on the ever-dimming Gaia below them. The world that held every life of the entire universe by a simple string tied to a forever-dying heart.

Author's Note:

All right, another chapter finished. I'm really surprised with how well this is coming. I apologize at the large amount of descriptions I've had to write but there are a lot of things about Gaia and the Brines that need to be said.

Hopefully that little bit of suspense was decent. I'm not the best at things like this, but I figured the majority of you would realize that I would be saving Eve in the end. She's a main character and she can't die or be left behind now. smiles Anyways, please R&R and let me know what you think. Next chapter should be up within the week.

Ahro