Adam turns onto a long drive that is lined on either side with huge towering trees. He breathes a sigh of relief that they had made it. After all he didn't know how much longer he would have been able to go on with the wound in his side. He glances over at Gabby's sleeping form thankful that he was able to get her out of there and to some place safe.
Adam pulls up to the front of a huge plantation house, he knew that if anyone could help him it was this man. "Gabby wake up sweetie, we're here," Adam says as he gently brushes the side of her face with his fingertips. Gabby jumps and backs herself up against the door at first before realizing that it was Adam. She sees that the car is stopped in front of a house. "Adam I can't go in there looking like this. Please it is to embarrassing, please Adam," Gabby says looking around wildly and down at herself. She was still covered in blood and her shirt was in two pieces.
"Gabby trust me. This person will understand he's been there before he will know what has happened to you with out me even saying anything and he will understand, Ok. Just calm down, I'm going to go knock on the door and get some help," Adam says as he opens the car door and steps out. Gabby takes a deep breath and shakes her head, god please wake me up.
Adam approaches the door and knocks soundly on it, the door is quickly answered by a tall woman with long dark hair. "Chyna I need to see him, it's an emergency," Adam says as he sways. Chyna looks at the man in front of her and sees the blood coming from his side. "Jesus Adam what happened to you, I hate to say it my friend but you look a little pale," Chyna says. "Stop fucking around Chyna, NOW! And there's a girl in the car who needs help as well," Adam says gesturing wildly toward the car. "What has happened Adam," Chyna asks the amusement leaving her face. "The Ministry," is all Adam was able to say before the woman spurred into action.
"PAUL, get your ass down here now," Chyna yells making a bee line for the car. She opens to the door to find a girl sitting there, looking like she had been placed in a blood bath. Gabby jumped when she felt the car door open but relaxed some when she seen the other women peering in at her. "Its ok sweetie my name's Chyna and I'm here to help you, what's your name," Chyna spoke in a soothing voice. "It's Gabby," she replied quietly.
Chyna looked up to see Paul come out of the house, "Stay there don't come any closer, you go help Adam he's been hurt bad. Get him inside and then find the boss, tell him, tell him the ministry has sent a calling card," Chyna said before leaning in the car to help the other woman out. Paul made quick work of lifting Adam and getting him in the house.
"Where are we?" Gabby asked looking around. "This is the DX headquarter, consider us your friendly neighborhood Special Forces unit," Chyna said leading Gabby into the house. Chyna helped Gabby to a room and showed her to the bathroom so that she could clean up. "Can you stay for just a few minutes please," Gabby asked afraid to be alone. "Sure," Chyna said and then turned and went and set in a chair by the window. She had to stay with her after all she had been through the same thing once herself so she knew what she was going through. The moment she looked at her she knew that this was the work of Jason. The thought made her skin crawl, only now it wasn't because of fear it was because of hate. She knew that Gabby would make it through especially now that she was here. The guys around here had a way of making you feel safe.
Adam lay on a bed while the resident doctor for DX sewed him up. All he could think about is Gabby hanging on the wall. At least Jason is dead, that's one worry he no longer had. His thought circled around back to Gabby and how much he would rather be with her.
"Alright you're all done, but be careful so as to not bust open them stitches young man," the doctor said as he got up and went into the bathroom to wash his hands.
Adam began to get up so that he could go see about Gabby, "Hold it right there buddy," Paul said as he got up out of the chair and came across the room to where Adam was at on the bed. "But I need to go see about Gabby, she needs me Paul," Adam said trying to rise again but only to have Paul push him back down.
"Come on Adam stay in the damn bed. Anyway the boss said that he would be in here in a minute to speak with you. And don't worry she's not alone Chyna is with her," Paul said looking down at the man on the bed. Adam sighed deeply and gave up trying to get up, well at least she isn't alone.
Gabby stood under the hot water letting it run across her skin cleansing her. No matter how many times she washed she just couldn't get the feeling of his touch off her body. Gabby began to cry, she cried for herself, and she cried for her friend who she now knew with out a doubt was in terrible danger. Gabby began to sing to herself. The haunted melody filtered through the bathroom and to the room beyond.
Chyna turned her head and looked at the bathroom door. The song coming from it was soul wrenching a tear slid down her cheek. "Don't give up Gabby, like me you will over come this, and they will pay and when you sleep at night they will only be a fantasy," Chyna said as she let the tears flow freely from her eyes for the girl in the bathroom.
As I lie awake,
All the memories of my life,
Seem to come and fade,
Wakes me in the dead of night,
Am I slipping away,
Is my memory leaving me,
When it's cold and dark ghost of winter comes to me
Gabby lets the water mix with her tears as she cries. So many things different so wonders if she will ever remember tomorrow. Go can I just wake up, she thinks.
Look at me I'm eternal,
It's a shame but we must find,
It's just a dream,
It's just a dream,
Dreams that seem so real,
That it tells me that it's ok,
Want you try to sleep,
You'll wake up to a brand new day,
Tears awake the dead,
Tells them it's not all in vein,
Since the dawn of man,
I think I'll let it stop the rage,
It's far from what you know,
But now I have to go,
It's just a dream,
It's just a dream,
In the world,
Darkness follows me,
Hiding out,
In places I can't see,
I'll tell you one thing,
I'll never change my ways,
Fly high,
I can't distinguish
Reality from dream,
Ghost of winter,
Won't you hear my silent scream,
Does the winter,
Hear my silent scream,
Oh ghost of winter,
Return to me to my dreams,
Its almost like Gabby can feel her heart come apart at the seams. She is filled with so much pain and misery. How can she escape? What's the answer? Gabby realizes that the answer is to kill Marc and bring Ally back to her where she belonged. It they could have only went home.
You showed me one thing,
That I've never ever seen,
So take me back there,
I've got to have my dreams,
Oh ghost of winter,
Hear my silent screams,
Fly high,
Ghost of winter,
Take me back to my dreams,
Come to me,
Come to me,
Hear my screams
Gabby turns off the water and gets out of the shower and dries herself off and puts on the clothes that Chyna had handed her to ware. She goes out to find Chyna still sitting in the chair. "You stayed thank you," Gabby says looking at the other woman. "No problem, is there anything else that you need," Chyna asks.
"Can I go see Adam," Gabby asks. "I don't see why not. Come on I'll take you," Chyna says.
Gabby and Chyna walk down the hall to where Adam is and enter the room. Gabby had told herself all the way down the hall that she would not cry, but one look at Adam and the tears fell. He saved her life, he had been there in the darkness.
Adam looked up as Gabby walked into the room and seen that she was starting to cry. He held out his arms and slid over in the bed. Gabby was there in two seconds curled up next to him, she only felt safe in his arms and knew that come what may he would always be there for her.
Chyna and Paul left the room quietly. Once in the hall, "let's give them some time together, they've been through a lot," Chyna said looking over at Paul. "Yeah and the real hard part hasn't even started yet," Paul said with one last look at the door. He felt bad for Adam and the girl, what surprised him most was that Adam had actually killed Jason to save this girl. Well good at least that's one less for me to kill. One day every last one of them would be gone.
Some one entering the room awaked Adam and Gabby, Adam turned in the bed quickly causing pain to shoot through his side. "Calm down it's only me, so how are you feeling this morning Adam," The man asked. "Ok Shawn, and yourself," Adam replied. Adam felt Gabby stiffen in his arms, "Gabby it's ok its only Shawn the man that is going to help with Ally," Adam said. Gabby turned so that she could look at the man. "Nice meet you Gabby, and don't you worry I'll get your friend back," Shawn stated. "I came up here so that you two could fill me in on how all this happened and what you know of your friend Ally," Shawn said.
They talked for the better part of the day and Gabby started to feel relaxed around the DX people they were like a family a close knit family. They assured her that they would get her friend back but that it would require her help as well, they just needed to make sure that she was up to it. Gabby knew one thing that if Marc was going down she was going to be there come hell or high water she was going to be there.