Chapter seven, Rako the demon
4:39 am August 2nd
Storm walked slowly out of her room in the moonlit twilight. The pitch black hallway harbored a creepy atmosphere as her feet carried her to Trunks' bedroom door. She touched the handle but jerked it back away from the scorching metal. The door creaked eerily open by itself to unveil a horror to behold.
Broken glass surrounded Trunks' bed, which was engulfed in flames. A familiar voice laughed and the face of Rako, the man who killed her parents, appeared through the fire.
Storm began to run towards Trunk's burning body but the glass cut open her bare feet. Pain shot up her legs, causing her to stagger onto the burning bed…
Storm shot up in a cold sweat.
"Just a dream. Just a dream. Just a dream…" She whispered to herself. She glanced down at her uncovered feet. Blood was seeping into the mattress.
"Holy shit!" she yelped. Ignoring the pain coursing through her body, she dashed into Trunks' room. The bed was not on fire. He jumped up and cursed.
Storm was trembling, her bloody footsteps gleaming in the moonlight. Trunks stood and quickly ran over to her.
"What happened?" he asked, staring at her bloody feet. Remembering the pain, she struggled to stand. Trunks gently lifted her off the ground and brought her into the bathroom. She sat on the toilette seat cover as she shakily explained the strange phenomenon, watching Trunks dress her wounds.
"It was so real! I even felt the glass cut into my skin." She began to softly cry "And…you…you were burning."
Finished, he picked her up again and closed the bathroom door halfway as he stepped out. He paused in the middle of the hallway.
Storm choked, "I'm so afraid to go back in my room alone."
"You can stay with me for the rest of the night. I don't mind."
Storm looked into his face, unsure. He brought her into his room, quietly shutting the door behind him. Gently placing her on one side of the bed, Trunks slipped in on the other side. Storm turned over to face him.
"Are you sure you're OK with this?"
He smiled warmly, "No one is going to hurt you."
Storm sighed contently and snuggled deeper under the sheet. "I…I tried to save you… In my dream I mean-"
He pressed his finder to her lips and quietly shushed her, "I know, it's alright. I'm here and he's not going to come back."
They inched closer to each other and Trunks put his arms around her fragile shaking body. She looked into his eyes, her face gleaming with tears. He brushed them away and caressed her face.
"No one will ever hurt you again, I promise." he pulled her closer to his body.
"I love you." Storm breathed.
They feel asleep in each other's arms.
A/N: I'm sorry that that was kind of short but I had to bridge a gap that wouldn't make since if I didn't stick that in… Yay! Jaime finally got an account! For those of you who are confused, Comic Relief will be the name of my DBZ humor I am putting up after I finish this one. I've already got a few written and one of them was written by Jaime, "Thank you Jaime", so I hope you're all looking forward to that… I'll give you a preview of the next chapter before leaving, it's called "Dreaming of the past"… 0o guess, guess, guess! You'll never know until I post it!