FINALLY HOME
Diana Crescent
Chapter Forty-Four: Shattered Hearts and Splintered Dreams
Okay!!! Summer is HERE!!!!!!!! YES!! Thank you Jesus for your merciful, wonderful blessings!!! No more ENGLISH for 2 and a half months!!!..just driver's ed..dang. Oh Well!!! WOOHOO!!!!!! Welcome back Diana Crescent, you are free to write once more!!!
Thank you all for waiting patiently.or not so patiently. Well, thank you all for waiting. God Bless you all.
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TWO MONTHS AFTER THE FIGHT WITH THE FOUR SISTERS
Serena and the girls stood together facing Relena together. This wasn't their favorite thing, but they were going to have some fun beating the crap out of her.
They had been battling yomas for two hours, before they finally won.
"Don't worry Sailors, we're just getting started." Relena said, her dress riding high on her leg. She started to fade out, but Mina wasn't going to let her get away that easily.
"Venus Love Chains ENCIRCLE!"
Amy started doing a scanning on Relena and found her weak point. It wasn't what she was expecting, but a weak point was a weak point.
"Um. . .Serena, I found her weak point."
"Yeah. . ."
"Could you kiss Heero in front of her really quick?"
Everyone looked at her for a minute and then at Relena. They guys started to chuckle, trying to keep the laughter from Heero's ears. Heero freaked out a little, but didn't show it. . .too much. The girls simply sweat dropped.
Serena dragged Heero over in front of Relena and commenced the kissing.
Relena watched their passion flare up and felt her anger burn with it. "HOW DARE YOU TOUCH HIM!!! HE'S MINE!" She screamed and suddenly collapsed.
Serena looked over at the body of the young girl. She was back to normal and very unconscious.
"Go figure." Mina said and smiled at Serena.
Serena rolled her eyes and went to Millardo's sister, quickly healing her.
"So, Amy, what happened just then."
"Her weak spot in was in her mind. They got her because of her possessiveness. They didn't think to change her possessive object, a.k.a, Heero. I simply analyzed her mind and found out that Heero with another girl was the weak link that we needed to get her to remember her past so she could be returned to normal."
"Right. . .I think I got some of that."
"Basically, she was totally fixated on Heero and seeing him and Serena together like that set off her suppressed memories and made her not only remember her past, but subdued her into an unconscious state."
"Oh. . .ok."
"Are you sure that having Relena back is a good thing?" Amara asked Trieze quietly.
"I don't know, but we'll find out soon enough."
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Serena sat on the floor of her room. Her head was pounding like war drums. She took a deep breath, trying to calm her head down. It wasn't working that well. She went over the events of the last two months.
Raye had finally talked everything over with Wufei, the four sisters were well on their way with their makeup line, and Rubeus and Emerald were gone. Sapphire and Diamond were working together, though you could tell it wasn't by choice. Adriana was the apple of Rini's eye. They were just like mother and daughter most of time.
Serena knew that they would be entering their second battle for the world soon and was trying to calm down. It wasn't working. . .at all. Her headache only seemed to get bigger.
Her senses suddenly kicked in and her eyes snapped open and focused on the moon. A black cloud passed over it and sent shivers down her spine. Her eyes narrowed and her breath caught. She could see evil radiating off of the cloud. She let out her breath, it became ragged.
Her muscles clenched and unclenched, sending her into a tidal wave of pain. Her senses flared and her power peaked.
"It's time." She whispered.
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The scouts gathered, waiting for Serena. Raye was slowly loosing their patience, as were the guys.
"Where IS she?" Lita said in frustration. Serena had been late before, but never like this.
"Mina, are you sure you told Serena the right time?" Amy asked.
Mina was silent for a minute. "No. I didn't want to tell her." She whispered. "I had a dream she died."
Raye stood there, dumbstruck. "Mina. . ." She understood how Mina felt and didn't want Serena hurt either, but they needed her. The world needed her.
"I'll go call Serena." Hotaru whispered.
"I don't think you'll need to." Amara said, looking up.
Everyone looked up to see Serena floating above them. She was in her future form, Neo-Queen Serenity.
"DOOM PHANTOM!" She cried out, her voice raising above everything else. She was calling him out, tempting him by her being alone, that he knew of.
She glared as his two remaining minions appeared before her. He would not come until they were gone. Not until he was his only hope left. ~So be it.~ she thought and simply lifted her hand, willing them to be unconscious and remember their pasts.
The two generals dropped to the ground, never knowing what hit them.
Rini breathed in and nibbled on her bottom lip. She steadied the butterflies in her stomach and stepped forward, ready to join her mother.
~No, my darling. This is my destiny.~ Serena's voice warming her heart and stilling her mind.
Rini silently stopped the girls from helping. Heero was looking at her funny and she mouthed, "She wants to do this on her own."
He nodded his head and waited, not knowing what to do or say.
Serena watched as Doom Phantom appeared and began shooting his deadliest attacks are the scouts. She did her best to block the attacks, but she was growing weak as she tried to hold on. She would also need strength to battle him.
Her eyes widened in horror as Hotaru and Rini went down together. Their blood spread quickly and she screamed when Heero, Trieze, and Raye went down.
The scouts dropped like flies. One by one, they died. Her shield had been penetrated by his magic and she was too weak to stop him now. Her heart hurt too much and she could take no more.
"Now, the world will be mine and Chaos will rule your precious kingdom, princess."
Serena jerked awake, sweat pouring from her face and throat. She looked at her clock. It was three in the morning.
She got up and went to the bathroom. She turned on the cold water and splashed her face, trying to calm herself, but not able too. The thought of loosing Rini and Heero was too much for her to bare. The scouts meant everything to her, but Rini and Heero where her life. They were her only chance at true happiness and she needed them in order to stand some days.
"Please God, protect my friends. I need you. And I need them."
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Amy jerked awake just as Taiki did in his own house across town. They didn't know it, but they had gotten the same, terrifying dream.
She looked at her clock. It was ten after three and very early. Too early for nightmares. She wanted to cry as the memory of it filled her mind.
Amy sat at her desk, unable to shirk the eerie feeling she was getting. Her heart was racing for unknown reasons. Taiki was sitting next to her, looking just as nervous and just as creeped out. Something wasn't right.
Serena walked in and smiled brightly. "Hey love birds!" She greeted them happily.
Amy got a sudden vision of Serena lying in a pool of her own blood, horrifyingly dead. Before she could say anything, a yoma jumped through their window and began fighting them, draining the energy.
Serena screamed and pushed Amy out of the way.
Amy got up from the ground and turned just in time to see the yoma's tentacles pierce Serena's chest and to watch Serena fall to the ground, lifeless.
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Raye walked groggily into the kitchen. Her night hadn't been so great. As a matter of fact, it had been disgustingly bad. She had gotten nightmares all night long. She kept dreaming about Serena dying.
Amara walked in with the same look on her face.
"Nightmares?" Raye asked.
"You too?"
"Yup."
"Hotaru, Trista, and Michelle too."
"For what?" Mina asked, coming in yawning, her eyelids baggy and swollen.
"Nightmares."
"Lita and me too. I overheard Amy talking with Taiki about her's. Apparently the guys all had the same-themed dream. They were all about Serena dying." She said softly.
"There's only one thing we can do." Lita said and she and the rest of the girls, save Serena, who wasn't up yet, came in.
"We have to push her away so she can live." Michelle said softly.
"But how?"
"Luna might know."
"I have an idea." Luna said, from her perch atop the refrigerator.
"What is it?" Hotaru asked.
"We criticize her until we can easily say we don't want her as a sailor scout after the next fight."
They all took a deep breath. They didn't want to hurt Serena like that, but they wanted her safe more than they wanted her happy.
"Alright. We'll do it." Rini said, her resolve squared. "Now all we have to do is tell the guys."
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Serena sat at her desk, twirling her hair, as usual. She couldn't help but be bored. And she BORED.
Relena was actually quite nice to her even though she tended to be bossy and very possessive of Heero. They had gotten through to her that Heero and Serena were going out and though she had gone berserk at first, she was SLOWLY getting used to it.
She was very grateful of Serena and the girls for saving her and had given them all the information she knew. And though she didn't know it, Serena's mind was turning. Serena had seen a wistful look in Relena's eyes every now and then, all she had to do was figure out who it was and how to get them together, as long as it wasn't Heero.
She'd already worked five cross-word puzzles, ten word jumbles, and three word finds and it was only eleven thirty.
"Serena! The arcade on Broadway! QUICK!"
Serena didn't even pause to tell the guys, she simply transformed and jumped out of her office window and onto the ledge, where she quickly climbed to the roof and stared to hop from roof to roof.
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"Does it look like we just had a battle?" Mina asked, nervously. They hadn't had a battle in nearly two weeks, so they had made it look like a battle scene so they could get it over with.
"Don't worry." Quatre said. He didn't want to hurt Serena. He wasn't that kind of person, but he didn't want her dead because of him.
The nightmares had become worse, getting more real every time they went to sleep. They had to act quickly.
Serena landed gracefully from a tree limb. "Is--"
Raye stopped her, not wanting her to talk, knowing her resolve would break. "Oh shut up meatball head! We needed you, and as always you don't show up until it's too late. This battle is over. Civilians could have died! And where were you? You know what!! Never mind, I don't even want to hear it!"
"We have all come to the agreement that you should no longer be a sailor scout." Luna said, Artemis sitting beside her.
"But--"
"No buts Serena. None at all!" Mina screamed at her.
"And you're fired MS. Tsukino." Quatre said in a stern voice.
"None of us really want to see you again." Heero said, monotonously, though it was killing him inside. He was holding hands with Relena to drive Serena away and it was breaking his heart.
Relena hadn't wanted in on the plan, but when they told her of the hideous dreams of Serena dying, she had been more than willing.
Serena was the one who accepted her back. The others were a little leery of her, but Serena was a constant for her as she tried to cope with everything.
Something inside Serena crumbled and her eyes turned cold. "You don't want me to be a scout anymore, eh? Well, then, fine. Only the only scout the WILL be around is going to be me."
They looked at her funnily, like something had gone amiss.
"What is she talking about?" Rini asked.
"Did you honestly think I'd give up that easily?" Serena asked, her heart shattered in millions of pieces.
"What do you mean?" Hotaru asked.
Serena lifted the Silver Crystal. "From these scouts, I take their gifts. Their powers come to me."
The girls felt a monstrous ripping sensation. It was like having their heart crystal taken out, only amplified a thousand times. They watched as an orb floated out of them and into the silver crystal.
Rini had sweat pouring down her face. "What did you do?" She whispered softly, barely able to do that much.
"I will not give up my right. Even if you had taken the crystal, it would be worthless without me. It simply reflects my power."
"What about me?" Rini asked.
Serena looked on her in pity. She couldn't hate them, even now she couldn't hate them. "There is a ceremony where I would have passed it on to you. You could have held it, yes, but never used it. It was not merged with your soul and it would have destroyed you. Even the ancients of the Lunarian lineage could not have brought you back."
Serena looked down and willed the tears away. ~I take your choice God and I will gladly bare the burden. But please give me strength. Do not abandon me, I beg of you. Don't leave me too.~
"I will be out of your lives forever, from this day forward. However, I'll let you keep your memories. I believe we did have some good times." She whispered, turned around and disappeared into a black porthole behind her.
Raye's knees gave out and she dropped to the ground. She wasn't expecting forgiveness. She wanted anger and even some hatred to make her feel better for what they needed to do, but it was no use, Serena wasn't that kind of person.
The girls held onto one another for dear life as a large piece of their soul seemed to simply shatter.
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SHATTERED
My heart cannot bleed, my soul cannot breathe, I am broken. I pray for death, but it does not come. I am broken. I ask for strength, but am torn down again. They broke me. My spirit is dead, my life is empty. I am broken. The wall is built, the chains are strong, I have been broken. I cannot love, I cannot hate, my soul is shattered.
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Diana Crescent
Chapter Forty-Four: Shattered Hearts and Splintered Dreams
Okay!!! Summer is HERE!!!!!!!! YES!! Thank you Jesus for your merciful, wonderful blessings!!! No more ENGLISH for 2 and a half months!!!..just driver's ed..dang. Oh Well!!! WOOHOO!!!!!! Welcome back Diana Crescent, you are free to write once more!!!
Thank you all for waiting patiently.or not so patiently. Well, thank you all for waiting. God Bless you all.
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TWO MONTHS AFTER THE FIGHT WITH THE FOUR SISTERS
Serena and the girls stood together facing Relena together. This wasn't their favorite thing, but they were going to have some fun beating the crap out of her.
They had been battling yomas for two hours, before they finally won.
"Don't worry Sailors, we're just getting started." Relena said, her dress riding high on her leg. She started to fade out, but Mina wasn't going to let her get away that easily.
"Venus Love Chains ENCIRCLE!"
Amy started doing a scanning on Relena and found her weak point. It wasn't what she was expecting, but a weak point was a weak point.
"Um. . .Serena, I found her weak point."
"Yeah. . ."
"Could you kiss Heero in front of her really quick?"
Everyone looked at her for a minute and then at Relena. They guys started to chuckle, trying to keep the laughter from Heero's ears. Heero freaked out a little, but didn't show it. . .too much. The girls simply sweat dropped.
Serena dragged Heero over in front of Relena and commenced the kissing.
Relena watched their passion flare up and felt her anger burn with it. "HOW DARE YOU TOUCH HIM!!! HE'S MINE!" She screamed and suddenly collapsed.
Serena looked over at the body of the young girl. She was back to normal and very unconscious.
"Go figure." Mina said and smiled at Serena.
Serena rolled her eyes and went to Millardo's sister, quickly healing her.
"So, Amy, what happened just then."
"Her weak spot in was in her mind. They got her because of her possessiveness. They didn't think to change her possessive object, a.k.a, Heero. I simply analyzed her mind and found out that Heero with another girl was the weak link that we needed to get her to remember her past so she could be returned to normal."
"Right. . .I think I got some of that."
"Basically, she was totally fixated on Heero and seeing him and Serena together like that set off her suppressed memories and made her not only remember her past, but subdued her into an unconscious state."
"Oh. . .ok."
"Are you sure that having Relena back is a good thing?" Amara asked Trieze quietly.
"I don't know, but we'll find out soon enough."
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Serena sat on the floor of her room. Her head was pounding like war drums. She took a deep breath, trying to calm her head down. It wasn't working that well. She went over the events of the last two months.
Raye had finally talked everything over with Wufei, the four sisters were well on their way with their makeup line, and Rubeus and Emerald were gone. Sapphire and Diamond were working together, though you could tell it wasn't by choice. Adriana was the apple of Rini's eye. They were just like mother and daughter most of time.
Serena knew that they would be entering their second battle for the world soon and was trying to calm down. It wasn't working. . .at all. Her headache only seemed to get bigger.
Her senses suddenly kicked in and her eyes snapped open and focused on the moon. A black cloud passed over it and sent shivers down her spine. Her eyes narrowed and her breath caught. She could see evil radiating off of the cloud. She let out her breath, it became ragged.
Her muscles clenched and unclenched, sending her into a tidal wave of pain. Her senses flared and her power peaked.
"It's time." She whispered.
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The scouts gathered, waiting for Serena. Raye was slowly loosing their patience, as were the guys.
"Where IS she?" Lita said in frustration. Serena had been late before, but never like this.
"Mina, are you sure you told Serena the right time?" Amy asked.
Mina was silent for a minute. "No. I didn't want to tell her." She whispered. "I had a dream she died."
Raye stood there, dumbstruck. "Mina. . ." She understood how Mina felt and didn't want Serena hurt either, but they needed her. The world needed her.
"I'll go call Serena." Hotaru whispered.
"I don't think you'll need to." Amara said, looking up.
Everyone looked up to see Serena floating above them. She was in her future form, Neo-Queen Serenity.
"DOOM PHANTOM!" She cried out, her voice raising above everything else. She was calling him out, tempting him by her being alone, that he knew of.
She glared as his two remaining minions appeared before her. He would not come until they were gone. Not until he was his only hope left. ~So be it.~ she thought and simply lifted her hand, willing them to be unconscious and remember their pasts.
The two generals dropped to the ground, never knowing what hit them.
Rini breathed in and nibbled on her bottom lip. She steadied the butterflies in her stomach and stepped forward, ready to join her mother.
~No, my darling. This is my destiny.~ Serena's voice warming her heart and stilling her mind.
Rini silently stopped the girls from helping. Heero was looking at her funny and she mouthed, "She wants to do this on her own."
He nodded his head and waited, not knowing what to do or say.
Serena watched as Doom Phantom appeared and began shooting his deadliest attacks are the scouts. She did her best to block the attacks, but she was growing weak as she tried to hold on. She would also need strength to battle him.
Her eyes widened in horror as Hotaru and Rini went down together. Their blood spread quickly and she screamed when Heero, Trieze, and Raye went down.
The scouts dropped like flies. One by one, they died. Her shield had been penetrated by his magic and she was too weak to stop him now. Her heart hurt too much and she could take no more.
"Now, the world will be mine and Chaos will rule your precious kingdom, princess."
Serena jerked awake, sweat pouring from her face and throat. She looked at her clock. It was three in the morning.
She got up and went to the bathroom. She turned on the cold water and splashed her face, trying to calm herself, but not able too. The thought of loosing Rini and Heero was too much for her to bare. The scouts meant everything to her, but Rini and Heero where her life. They were her only chance at true happiness and she needed them in order to stand some days.
"Please God, protect my friends. I need you. And I need them."
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Amy jerked awake just as Taiki did in his own house across town. They didn't know it, but they had gotten the same, terrifying dream.
She looked at her clock. It was ten after three and very early. Too early for nightmares. She wanted to cry as the memory of it filled her mind.
Amy sat at her desk, unable to shirk the eerie feeling she was getting. Her heart was racing for unknown reasons. Taiki was sitting next to her, looking just as nervous and just as creeped out. Something wasn't right.
Serena walked in and smiled brightly. "Hey love birds!" She greeted them happily.
Amy got a sudden vision of Serena lying in a pool of her own blood, horrifyingly dead. Before she could say anything, a yoma jumped through their window and began fighting them, draining the energy.
Serena screamed and pushed Amy out of the way.
Amy got up from the ground and turned just in time to see the yoma's tentacles pierce Serena's chest and to watch Serena fall to the ground, lifeless.
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Raye walked groggily into the kitchen. Her night hadn't been so great. As a matter of fact, it had been disgustingly bad. She had gotten nightmares all night long. She kept dreaming about Serena dying.
Amara walked in with the same look on her face.
"Nightmares?" Raye asked.
"You too?"
"Yup."
"Hotaru, Trista, and Michelle too."
"For what?" Mina asked, coming in yawning, her eyelids baggy and swollen.
"Nightmares."
"Lita and me too. I overheard Amy talking with Taiki about her's. Apparently the guys all had the same-themed dream. They were all about Serena dying." She said softly.
"There's only one thing we can do." Lita said and she and the rest of the girls, save Serena, who wasn't up yet, came in.
"We have to push her away so she can live." Michelle said softly.
"But how?"
"Luna might know."
"I have an idea." Luna said, from her perch atop the refrigerator.
"What is it?" Hotaru asked.
"We criticize her until we can easily say we don't want her as a sailor scout after the next fight."
They all took a deep breath. They didn't want to hurt Serena like that, but they wanted her safe more than they wanted her happy.
"Alright. We'll do it." Rini said, her resolve squared. "Now all we have to do is tell the guys."
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Serena sat at her desk, twirling her hair, as usual. She couldn't help but be bored. And she BORED.
Relena was actually quite nice to her even though she tended to be bossy and very possessive of Heero. They had gotten through to her that Heero and Serena were going out and though she had gone berserk at first, she was SLOWLY getting used to it.
She was very grateful of Serena and the girls for saving her and had given them all the information she knew. And though she didn't know it, Serena's mind was turning. Serena had seen a wistful look in Relena's eyes every now and then, all she had to do was figure out who it was and how to get them together, as long as it wasn't Heero.
She'd already worked five cross-word puzzles, ten word jumbles, and three word finds and it was only eleven thirty.
"Serena! The arcade on Broadway! QUICK!"
Serena didn't even pause to tell the guys, she simply transformed and jumped out of her office window and onto the ledge, where she quickly climbed to the roof and stared to hop from roof to roof.
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"Does it look like we just had a battle?" Mina asked, nervously. They hadn't had a battle in nearly two weeks, so they had made it look like a battle scene so they could get it over with.
"Don't worry." Quatre said. He didn't want to hurt Serena. He wasn't that kind of person, but he didn't want her dead because of him.
The nightmares had become worse, getting more real every time they went to sleep. They had to act quickly.
Serena landed gracefully from a tree limb. "Is--"
Raye stopped her, not wanting her to talk, knowing her resolve would break. "Oh shut up meatball head! We needed you, and as always you don't show up until it's too late. This battle is over. Civilians could have died! And where were you? You know what!! Never mind, I don't even want to hear it!"
"We have all come to the agreement that you should no longer be a sailor scout." Luna said, Artemis sitting beside her.
"But--"
"No buts Serena. None at all!" Mina screamed at her.
"And you're fired MS. Tsukino." Quatre said in a stern voice.
"None of us really want to see you again." Heero said, monotonously, though it was killing him inside. He was holding hands with Relena to drive Serena away and it was breaking his heart.
Relena hadn't wanted in on the plan, but when they told her of the hideous dreams of Serena dying, she had been more than willing.
Serena was the one who accepted her back. The others were a little leery of her, but Serena was a constant for her as she tried to cope with everything.
Something inside Serena crumbled and her eyes turned cold. "You don't want me to be a scout anymore, eh? Well, then, fine. Only the only scout the WILL be around is going to be me."
They looked at her funnily, like something had gone amiss.
"What is she talking about?" Rini asked.
"Did you honestly think I'd give up that easily?" Serena asked, her heart shattered in millions of pieces.
"What do you mean?" Hotaru asked.
Serena lifted the Silver Crystal. "From these scouts, I take their gifts. Their powers come to me."
The girls felt a monstrous ripping sensation. It was like having their heart crystal taken out, only amplified a thousand times. They watched as an orb floated out of them and into the silver crystal.
Rini had sweat pouring down her face. "What did you do?" She whispered softly, barely able to do that much.
"I will not give up my right. Even if you had taken the crystal, it would be worthless without me. It simply reflects my power."
"What about me?" Rini asked.
Serena looked on her in pity. She couldn't hate them, even now she couldn't hate them. "There is a ceremony where I would have passed it on to you. You could have held it, yes, but never used it. It was not merged with your soul and it would have destroyed you. Even the ancients of the Lunarian lineage could not have brought you back."
Serena looked down and willed the tears away. ~I take your choice God and I will gladly bare the burden. But please give me strength. Do not abandon me, I beg of you. Don't leave me too.~
"I will be out of your lives forever, from this day forward. However, I'll let you keep your memories. I believe we did have some good times." She whispered, turned around and disappeared into a black porthole behind her.
Raye's knees gave out and she dropped to the ground. She wasn't expecting forgiveness. She wanted anger and even some hatred to make her feel better for what they needed to do, but it was no use, Serena wasn't that kind of person.
The girls held onto one another for dear life as a large piece of their soul seemed to simply shatter.
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SHATTERED
My heart cannot bleed, my soul cannot breathe, I am broken. I pray for death, but it does not come. I am broken. I ask for strength, but am torn down again. They broke me. My spirit is dead, my life is empty. I am broken. The wall is built, the chains are strong, I have been broken. I cannot love, I cannot hate, my soul is shattered.
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