Four days went by and Dana was the first one to wake up, appearently she has been asleep as long as Chris has. She groaned feeling light shine in her face. She figured it was the sun but when she opened her eyes she saw the light coming from the puzzle around his neck. She sat up quickly and looked at him. His eyes squinted and he growled.
"He's dreaming" Dana thought.
"Sargent...im gonna...get you back" He said out loud. Dana decided to wake him up from his little nightmare.
"Chris" She shook him gently "Come on Chris wake up" He slowly opened his eyes and sat up. She smiled at him when he sat up.
"Thank god your awake" She said giving him a hug, He smiled and hugged her back.
"Heh, nice to see you too" She pulled away from him to kiss him passionately. He deepend the kiss till lack of air demanded there seperation. Both were breathing heavy "Whoa, holy shit, so all that wasn't a dream" He said looking down at the cut on his stomach. Dana nodded unwillingly.
"Yes, you were stabbed, it was no dream" She said almost in a whisper.
"Dammit Sargent" He pounded his fist in the bed and didn't feel anything, no pain from his stomach "Hey wait a second"
"Huh" Dana questioned him, he stood up and walked around the room, feeling no pain at all. He looked down to the bandages and took them off, revealing that the cut was now purple and blue. It would leave a scar on his body. He streched a little and cracked his knuckles.
"Have to say, you look alot better then you did five days ago" He turned to her.
"What? five fucking days" He yelled "Man, this is one fucked up week"
"You can say that again and to top it all off" Dana paused in the middle of the sentence.
"Dana, are you ok" Chris asked her. Dana was pulled into another conversation with Maria.
"Dont you dare tell him, no one must know about this, dont tell him" Maria screamed at Dana with hate and pain in her voice.
"Why not? He needs to know about the cutting, you are slowly killing yourself Maria, he needs to know about this, and you need to tell him yourself" Maria growled at her knowing she was right.
"I dont want to" Maria growled back.
"Fine, if you dont want to tell him then I will" Maria growled "Look, you need to tell someone if not Chris then who better. he's not gonna reject you if you tell him. You think that cutting yourself makes you feel better, but it doesn't, it makes you feel worse about yourself. You need to tell someone who understands these sort of things, Chris wont tell anyone else, just him and I will know about it" Dana's voice was filled with concern and anger for her stubburness.
"Fine I will tell him, let me take control" Dana nodded.
"Dana, whats wrong" Chris walked over to her waving his hand in front of her face. She closed her eyes and they went to green, her hair back to black " Oh shit" Chris backed away and saw Maria. He put his hands up to defend himself, thinking that she wanted a fight.
" Please, put your hands down, I didnt come to fight" He put his hands down to his side's and sighed "Just came to talk" Chris took a few steps forward too her.
"Well, im ready, what do you need to talk about" Chris said with seriousness in his voice. He knew when it came to Maria, he was always serious. She turned away from him to look out the window.
"I..." She hesitated to say.
"You can tell him, dont be afraid of him pushing you away, he will still like you" Dana said in her mind.
"Chris there's something that I..." She stopped again. Chris walked over to her placing a hand on her shoulder. She gasped feeling his warm touch.
"Maria, please tell me, what's on your mind, you can tell me anything" Chris smiled at her, but she couldn't see it. She turned around to meet him.
"I would rather show you" Chris looked confused.
"Show me what" He questioned looking at the black haired girl. She let out a sigh and lifted up her sleeve. Chris's eyes widend and gasped.
"Holy fucking shit" Chris thought to himself. He looked at all the deep scars on her arm, small one's to big one's running up and down her arm. Chris stood there still all business. He grabbed her by the shoulders and she looked up to him.
"Who did this to you" Chris asked her.
"I did" Somehow the words slipped through her mouth. "All this, is my doing"
Chris stood there in disbelief, he figured she was lying, covering for someone that really did this to her.
"No need to lie, tell me who did this" Chris's voice filled with anger. He looked deep in her eyes and saw a great pain there. Someone inside her screaming for help or attention. He looked even deeper in her and saw Dana, a small figure of her.
"She's not lying Chris, its true, She's been doing this to herself for awhile" Chris heard in his head. He gasped at the voice and clenched his fist.
"You are telling the truth" Chris whispered, she nodded slowly and Chris clenched his teeth. "Why"
Maria could not answer immediatly, all she did was look down to the floor.
"Why" He asked again a little louder then before. She looked up to him, tears in her eyes. His jaw dropped and she fell into his arms. He caught her and she went to her knee's, along with him.
"Maria..." He hugged her to make her feel better. Dana in tears inside of Maria's head.
"I had no idea that you felt like this Maria, this is the first time I have ever seen you cry, but there is a purpose, you have felt all alone all these years but your not. You have me and Chris" Dana said.
She began to cry in his shirt, grasping it for dear life. He decicded not to ruin the moment and let her let it all out. All her pain, suffering, anger, dispair, grief all coming out of her in the tears. She grabbed his shirt a little harder and Chris hugged her even closer.
"It's ok Maria, just let it all out, let everything out, you have been too cold for too long" Chris said to her, she continued to let the tears fall down and chris set his chin on her shoulder. For the first time, Chris was realizing all the pain Maria has been through her entire life. Being trapped on earth for five thousand years and having seen many terrible things in her life. She had never had any true friends but now she did, Chris and Dana, the only one's that seem to understand her.
"Chris, im so sorry for everything I have put you through, all the fights, all the arguements, all the hate, Im just so sorry for everything" Maria continued to cry in his shirt.
"Hey dont be, You had every right to yell and fight with me every chance you got" She looked up to him "Back when I barely knew you, I was just a stupid child who didn't know anything, but in time you began to reveal your life to me. It was then I understood you. It's not you I blamed for all the arguements and the fights, it was my fault. I kept yelling begging for you to tell me more about your past, im the one that kept making you angry, its my fault, not your's"
"Chris..." Maria whispered to him, he smiled at her. " It's not your fault, It's the years that have made me cold and ruthless, this is actually the first time in five thousand years that I felt this way. I fell so week, crying in front of you like this, your one of the strongest people I know and you dont cry" She felt a drop of water hit her head and looked up to Chris. He was crying.
"That's not true, even the strongest people in the world cry, Maria your one of the toughest people I know, not only are we rivals, we are friends, and don't forget that" Chris wiped away one of his tears and she smiled.
"I never actually had a friend before" She said putting her head back in his chest " Every friend I had in the past died and I forgot them, never really feeling anything from them, but you, you are the only friend I have now, at least...im not alone anymore" Chris smiled down to her.
" You were never alone in the first place, you have had me as a friend for a long time, you never knew it but you were a friend to me. You also have Dana in there to keep you company" Chris pulled her away and looked into her eyes. " She's so pretty when she's like this" Chris thought to himself.
"But...she doesn't understand me like you do...you are the only one that does understand, and for that im gratefull" Tears continueing to stream down her cheek. As if she had relearned the ability to cry and was letting all those painful memorys out of her.
"It's ok" Chris stroked her hair gently " But cutting yourself is not the answer, I can help you" His voice was kind and loving.
"I know its not the answer but its the only thing that makes me feel better" Maria whispered.
"I was like you once, wanted to punish my self for being so different then the rest of the other kids in my school. Everyday I would go home after school and find something that could hurt me, maybe even kill me, so I would constantly beat myself up leaving rather large bruises on me, my chest, arms, legs, any thing that could be hurt to make me feel bad, thinking I was different from those jackass's at school, but now I know that my pain is nothing compared to what you went through in your life. That was basically my life until I meet Dana, my life was turned around when I met her" Chris said.
"Chris...your just like me" She said. Chris nodded.
"Yes, we are alike" Chris whispered to her.
Dana inside her mind was kneeling down in the dark room.
"I had no idea Chris" She whispered to herself.
"Maria I can help you. You dont need to punish yourself like this anymore, I understand what your going through" Chris voice filled with being serious again and she looked up at him in hope. "Knowing that someone care's about you will make you feel better, trust me I know what Im talking about" Chris said in her ear, sending a chiver down her spine.
"Thank you...so much Chris...for understanding me" She slowly closed in on his lips and he got closer to her's. They both met in a passionate kiss and pulled away due to lack of air.
"Maria, maybe having a friend will help you stop punishing yourself like this" Chris said as she nodded.
"Maybe...it will" She let Dana take control and her hair and eyes went back to there original color. Dana appeared with tears in her eyes and Chris hugged her.
"Dana, you ok" He asked her.
"Yeah...didn't expect her to do that, I told her to tell you about this and she did, not the way I expected her too, I feel like I truely understand her now, maybe we can help her" Dana passed out right there and Chris caught her.
"Dana" He asked. "Must have been rough for her" He picked her up and set her on the bed. He smiled down at her.
"Maria, I know I can help you" Chris said as he walked out of the room. "Sometimes even one little friend can make a difference, I learned that out the hard way, but my life turned around when I met Dana. You can turn your life around too, and with my help you can"
Dave: Hey, how come im not in it yet?
Snayar: Your in the next chapter, dont worry.
John and Sargent: Were still pissed, you made us evil in this one.
Chris: You asshole stabbed me, Im gonna kill you
Sargent: Bring it bitch!
Snayar: Chris could kick your ass so I would watch it.
Sargent:...
Dana: damn, how come I always pass out in your storys?
Snayar: Uhh, well anyway keep an eye out for the next chapter (runs away from dana)
Dana: Hey get back here!
Snayar: Heh, not a chance
Chris: Hopefully I will get to kick Sargents ass in the next chapter
Sargent: Bullshit, you cant beat me
Joey: Knock it off you two, let Snayar think.
Kaiba: (snickers) Your only saying that so you can be in the next chapter.
Snayar: Well actually I was gonna include him anyway (still running from Dana) take it easy!
Chris: Get him Dana (laughs)
Maira: Hope Dana kills him
Everyone else: Yeah!
Snayar: Keep an eye out for next chapter