Chapter Six: Into the Shadows; Day Two

"Terriermon… Terriermon… Come on get up." I squinted my eyes together shaking off sleep, sleep that had carried me back before the world went crazy.

"What do you want Guilmon?" I sat up as all of the stiffness from the night struck me.

"Terriermon, you told me to wake you up." He spoke. I stood up and glanced around, there's not much to see here. After entering the digital world I found myself in this wasteland, to my right big empty space with piles of rocks, to my left MORE rocks, behind me? Yep more rocks, and in front of me, a big red dinosaur that wants to wake me up at the crack of dawn. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and once again glanced around the wasteland. "Terriermon, can we go now?" He pressed on.

"Yeah yeah, just give me a minute." I stood up and began stretching. This will be the second day out here… I couldn't help but worry about Henry, when Guilmon and me came to we were the only ones here. "Ok, let's go." I spoke as taking a few steps forward. Guilmon sprung up between me lifting me onto his back. It was rather annoying but I prefer ridding on his back to listening to him whine about how slow I am. Guilmon took off towards what we thought was north, but everything looked the same here. I couldn't help but doze off, I mean there's not much excitement in watching piles and piles of rocks, and talking to Guilmon was probably just as exciting as watching the rocks. I sat on his back for about an hour watching the rocks fly bye before falling back to sleep.

Elsewhere.

We trudged on through these barren wastelands, glancing over our shoulder to see if they were there. How long has it been since We've been here? How long since our incident? Since he came for us? We spun around as footsteps echoed across the desert. Why cant they leave us be? We glanced across the desert, expecting to see the big ogre and his mechanical friend, but the wasteland was untouched by anything living. But they were there; they won't leave us alone. "PLEASE just leave us alone!" We shouted out to the desert, but our only answer was a soft chuckle. Two figures appeared across the desert, one taller then the other with a great club at his side. The sun blocked our view, but we could see their silhouette. We knew it was them, our tormenters, they've chased us since we entered this world. Turning around we took off the other way. We're not going back, again. We could hear them picking up pace, a small thud followed by the others mechanical screeching. We sprinted across the desert, our bare feet blazing with pain as they found every crack in the hard blazing ground. Our lungs seared with pain, it seemed we've ran for days out here, and there has been no hope of escaping. In a few seconds the ogre's shadow loomed over me.

"Going somewhere sweetheart?" He taunted. We spun around, tripping over our own feet and falling to the ground.

"Please, please just let us be." We begged. Towering over us was a giant green ogre, a digimon by the name of ogremon, and standing behind him surveying the landscape was another digimon, Andromon. Ogremon burst with laughter.

"Leave you alone? Honestly why would I let such a rare delicacy as you leave? Definitely after our trek through this desert. He growled at us menacingly. With one hand he pulled us up to him, inches away from his disgusting face. "Now tell me, why would you run from your good friend? Haven't I been kind to you?" He continued. We couldn't help but drop our eyes as the memories of the past few weeks streamed through our mind. Memories of captivity, torment, and rape. "Noo?" He taunted. "Well then perhaps I should refresh your memory." He held us above him, glaring at us with those hate filled eyes.

"Please, please we just want to go." We whispered. But as I lowered my eyes to the ground my ass exploded into a fit of pain as Ogremon struck out at me. We could feel tears forming in our eyes as he threw us to the ground. We made no attempt to escape no attempt to fight, we just stood there once again giving into him.

"Andromon, a little help." He spoke. The mechanical beast stepped over to us, not looking at either of us, but scanning the desert.

"Sir, the storm approaches, we must be quick." He spoke in his toneless uncaring voice.

"Yeah, don't worry we'll be gone before the storm strikes." Ogremon replied. With that said Andromon ripped his gaze from the desert, looking down at us. His hands gripped our wrists, forcing them above our head and onto the ground.

"Please don't listen to him, let us go." I cried. But the digimon starred down at me with unconcerned eyes.

"I am sorry Rosetta, but we have been here before." He replied. Ogremon stepped over us, his black pants already at his ankles, and his evil grin securely in place.

In Cort and Moonshade's room.

Screams echoed through my head as my city raged with flames. I sit in the heat of battle, clashing mettle with Barcadium, the king of the attackers. This battle played out about five years ago, in my own realm, when my wife and I had just been married. But now it plays out again as my head rests inches away from Moonshade's. In seconds the battle that lasted hours was over, and I stood in my room with my wife at my side. I kissed her so passionately as I spoke.

"Honey, I'd defy the Gods for your love." But that's what I tried. To defy a God and I lost. My price was my wife, my kingdom, and my life. And now I lay here, with another women, willing to do the same thing. What kind of a man am I? Will I betray her too? Will she die because I am not strong enough? Is she even going to live through the night? My mind buzzed with questions as my heart ached with sorrow. I was instantly shaken awake as something moved across my cheek. My eyes shot open as Moonshade slide her finger across my cheek. I jumped up off the bed, nearly knocking the chair over I was seated in.

"Moonshade… You're ok." I exclaimed. But as I spoke her eyes drifted away, staring at the floor. The look in her eyes tore apart my will to hug her, to leap on her and cheer. "Moonshade… I'm sorry." I whispered. Her eyes stayed focused on the floor as she struggled to speak.

"I know." She spoke, hardly audible. I layer my hands on her, trying to comfort her, but she cringed at my touch. She was alive, but still in pain, still in the agony that my hands are forever destined to cause. Her eyes began to water as she clenched at her sides.

"Please… Cort it hurts." She whimpered. Her face twitched in pain with each syllable she spoke. And I was once again unable to do anything. All I could do was give her a shoulder to cry on, a hand to hold, and hope, hope that she could still look at me as the one she loves when she gets better, that she won't condemn me as one of those monsters from her world. I bent over her, holding her hand in both of mine. My magic is not enough to help, only the emperor can help her… And how much help has he been to us? He got what he wanted, he wanted to destroy our love, and I can't help but wonder if we will ever be able to look at each other again. She broke into silent tears. Her eyes sung this song to often, a song of pain and a life of solitude… Have I taken her from one hell only to drop her in another?

My thoughts were interrupted as the door crept open, and the emperor entered the room.

"Well she has awaken." He jeered. I couldn't help but to shoot him a glare. "What?" He snapped. "I'm not the one that did this." His words struck me harder then any physical blow. I rose to my feet, wanting to take a swing at him, but instead I leaned against the wall and watched.

"Please… It hurts." Cried Moonshade groping at her body.

"I beat it does, both of us know he's no gentle giant." He taunted, but I bit my tongue, not wanting to add to this mess. "Well, please step out into the hall." He leaned against the doorway, waiting for Moonshade. I looked up at him, was he crazy? She was in so much pain just lying there. But he glared over at me, daring me to say anything, so I returned my gaze to her. Her face contorted with pain as she tried to swing her legs over the bed. Her small stream of tears now flowed freely.

"Please. Please I can't." She cried. The emperor simply sat there, paying no attention to her.

"This is insane." I spat bending down over her and reaching my arms under her back.

"DON'T TOUCH HER!" He shouted. I slipped my hands out from under her, turning to face him. The purple mist now surrounded him, lifting him a few inches off the ground. "Touch her and both of you will wish for death."

"This is insane! Are you going to help her?" I argued, not even thinking about what I was saying. The emperor loomed over me, the mist streaming from his eyes.

"Now you wanna help her? How about this, you get away from her and let her help herself." I turned away, fighting back my rage, and resumed my position against the wall. Moonshade began struggling again, this time successfully kicking her legs over. I looked down at her, her entire body was trembling, quaking with pain. She pushed off the bed trying to stand, and after about fifth-teen minuets she was on her feet. Her fragile body looked so horrid, lumps and bruises plagued every inch of her body, and her deformed legs looked as if they would buckle at any moment. She began to step forward, and tumble, sprawling out on the ground. She completely lost herself in tears, crying like a young child on the floor. I made to bend down and help her, but the emperor stopped me. "Don't touch her." He chanted. I stood back up, leaning against the wall and watching this madness.

"Please… I…I cant feel my legs." She whimpered. I gazed down to see her cough up some blood with her tears… This monster… He's killing her.

"Moonshade, You've lived a lonely painful life, but trust one who has faced death and purgatory over and over. If you die you will learn of a new loneliness, a new pain." He spoke as he turned away stepping out of the room and closing the door. The instant the door sung shut she began crawling to it. I bent down, trying to help her get to her feet, but she pulled away.

"Don't touch me." She snapped. I recoiled from her, crouching down over her. "Please, don't touch me." She whispered. I placed my hand on her cheek, looking into her tearful eyes.

"Moonshade… I love you. I'm so sorry." I spoke. But she pulled away and continued crawling to the door, choking on her own tears.

"Please, don't touch me." She spoke. I don't know how long it lasted, but I can only think of one way to describe the feeling. Have you ever watched a young girl playing with her dog, and an oncoming buggy hits the dog? Both the girl and the dog know it's going to die, but either way the dog struggles to get back to the girl. But eventually she made it to the door, disappearing into the hallway.

In the wasteland.

We could feel tears streaming down our cheeks as Ogremon pulled himself off of us, taking his dick out of our body. "Please no more." We choked out. But a grin exploded across his face as he stood up.

"No, were not done yet, not yet Rose." Rose, we hated when he called us that, we hated him for what he's done, and what he will do. "Go ahead and roll her over, lets see that plump ass of hers." Smirked Ogremon. We let out a single cry as Andromon clutched our wrists, mercilessly flipping us over. Seconds later we could feel Ogremon run his hands over our butt, slipping his fingers in. Andromon dug his fingers into the ground as we struggled to get free, we knew to well what was coming up, this wasn't the first time we had faced Ogremon. Our wrists felt like they would shatter, but still we struggled to get free. But as he slipped his oversize dick into me. He pushed himself farther into me with each hump. We screamed out, unable to take it anymore, the pain became unbearable. Our ass felt as if it would explode. And as he drew out we lost it.

"Please no more. No more please no more." We begged. But his grin widened, looking inhuman on his face. He bent down, picking his club up from the ground. Andromon shifted over us, bent down above our head. We lifted our head up, staring the android in the face begging him to help, but he simply watched, off in his own world. But the giant club slammed against our ass as bounced off the ground. We screamed out, begging for this to end. But the pain came again and again, each time with more force. We could feel our face growing as red as our ass, but it kept coming. Ogremon began to laugh and chuckle behind us, completely enjoying himself. Our breaths became short as Ogremon wailed away, swing after swing after swing, showing no mercy. Tears flowed freely down our face. When we looked up and saw the figure in he distant we thought we were just going crazy. But when we looked up they it was still there, picking up more speed.

In the Dark hall

I shut the door behind me, still pulling myself along the cold cobblestone ground. Each part of my body roared with pain. I could feel blood splash in my throat as I coughed. But the emperor bent over me, removing his glasses and for the first time allowing me to see his eyes. He starred down at me, and where his eyes should be was what looked like glass orbs filled with the swirling purple mist.

"So you've made it. I must say I had my doubts." He sat next to me, stuffing his glasses under his cape. "Now this, this looks like a challenge even for me." He spoke to me, and by the look on his face I could tell he was telling the truth. "Now, this could be very painful, are you sure that you want to continue?" I pondered his question, did I really want to face this pain, and then IF I get better, face the future?

"Please… I just want the pain to stop." I spoke. And with that the mist poured from his eyes. Fear probed my mind as it surrounded me, lifting my body off of the ground. I flailed my arms around, at first not wanting the mist anywhere near me. But when I opened my eyes the emperor stood next to me. I let my body go limp as he rubbed his hands across me. His hands were so warm, and seemed to heat my very bones. But all at once the comfort was gone.

In Corts' room

I lay on my bed burying my face into my hands. She hates me… And why shouldn't she? All I've done is bring her pain. And now she is out in that hall with the emperor, who will probably crush any fillings that she still has for me. Suddenly a scream erupted from the hall. A scream that didn't sound human, that was filled with pain. I jumped up and dashed for the door, running face first into it and falling on my back. The screams continued to flow through the door, sending chills down my spine. I climbed to my feet as that damned mist flowed under the door. I rammed into it, trying to get it open, to reach Moonshade. But the door would not budge. "DAMN YOU!" I hollered at the top of my voice.

In the wasteland

Finally he tossed down his club. Andromon stood up letting go of our wrists. Our hands instantly groped my beaten rump, sending flares of pain through it. "We done sir?" Questioned Andromon. We turned ourself around, hoping for Ogremons' answer.

"Not yet, almost though. Just one more thing." He bent down lifting us up and onto our feet. I starred up into his eyes, my body betrayed me, trembling with fear it was hard to stand. "On your knees bitch!" He shouted, shoving us down. Our legs buckled easily as we went down on our knees. When we looked up his dick was inches from our face. "Now, finish the job and we can leave, or if you're not ready I can just keep going at that nice ass of your." He taunted. We looked at him with disgust, but when he bent down picking up his club I inhaled him, taking him all the way in and feeling his wretched body slide down my throat. He dropped the club to the ground, mumbling to himself. We resisted the urge to bite in and send him to his knees, but if we did anything Andromon would make us pay. We took him in time after time, his dick growing harder each time. Until finally his juices spilled into our mouth. We turned away spitting his cum out of our mouth. But the taste would not leave. We continued spitting on the hard cracked ground when he pulled us back. "Now, clean up your mess." He whispered we stuck out my tongue, lapping at his dick, licking that revolting goo from his body. We could feel the tears continue to flow down our cheeks. Once again he would take us back to his home, mocking us whenever he can, never allowing us to live in peace, he'd taunt us until we wished to simply die, but he'd never allow it, there is no end for us.

In the dark hall

My body ached with pain, it felt as if each part of my body was being smashed against each other. But it began to settle. I could hear myself screaming without ever realizing my mouth was open. But that too subsided. Slowly, the mist set me down, back on my feet.

"Better?" The emperor questioned. The mist disappeared as I rubbed my hands over my body. Memories of that pain seared brightly in my mind. But yes, the pain was gone, all that remained was a pounding head ache, and my bloodshot eyes. I nodded my head, unable to form words. "Good, now go fetch Cort and meet me in the throne room, the day is still young." He spoke. His stretched his hand out, wiping away the last tears tat stained my cheeks. With that said he put his glasses back on and turned away, vanishing in the dark hall. I turned around and reached out for the door, pushing it open to see Cort on his bed, his eyes watery but his cheeks untainted.

"Moonshade!" He exclaimed, leaping to his feet and dashing over to me. He wrapped his arms around me, pulling me against him. I didn't pull away, but I couldn't bring myself to hug him. I was stunned, his body was so warm, unlike the emperors' touch. "I'm so sorry… I… I just…" I wrapped my own arms around him. And silence consumed us both. He felt so warm… It wasn't his fault this happened. I fought him too, unable to control my own body. But this couldn't last.

"Cort, the emperor wants us." I spoke. He released me, dropping to his knee and looking me in the eye.

"Moonshade… Are you ok?" He questioned. I paused, contemplating the question.

"Cort, I'm better then I can ever remember." With this I turned away, heading to the door, with Cort at my side.

In the wasteland

We continued lapping at him, almost done with this dirty deed. But when we looked up two digimon stood behind Ogremon. A small red dinosaur, and on his back a tiny white bunny looking thing. A green bubble sped towards Ogremon, hitting him in the back.

"Get off her!" Shouted the small one. Is this finally the end? Can we FINALLY continue our life? Ogremon slapped us across the face, sending us sprawling backwards.

"What the heck?" Spat Ogremon, more annoyed then harmed by the bubble. He spun around to see the digimon rushing at him. "Man! Talk about being caught with your pants down. Andromon, a little help?" Ogremon dived down, picking up his pants and his club. Andromon ran over between them, intercepting another bubble. The digimon halted to a stop, the small one leaping off the others back. "Who the hell are you?" Shouted Ogremon. The other digimon both launched an assault of fire and more of the green bubbles, all of which Andromon intercepted.

"Leave her alone you disgusting vermin!" Shouted the small bunny-like one.

Andromon stepped up ready to face off with both the digimon, and all we could do was lay there and watch.

"I dunno who you think you are but if you believe you can take us on your sadly mistaken." Retorted Ogremon. The red dinosaur lunged at Andromon, who effortlessly tossed him away. The small Bunny ran to his side as he pulled himself to his feet.

"Guilmon don't just rush in." He spoke.

"Yeah sure Terriermon." Guilmon replied. Guilmon and Terriermon, shall these be our heroes? We watched as Ogremon joined the fight, bashing his club against the closer of the two. We watched helplessly as Ogremon and Andromon bashed Terriermon and Guilmon as effortlessly as a school yard bully. These two would never last… But as our eyes traced the sky an idea struck me, something the others forgot about. Dotting the sky was huge black clouds, the storm was approaching, and if these two could just hold on for a little longer we might be able to escape. The battle raged on, Andromon and Ogremon continually bashing the other two into the ground, but they kept getting up, they would not admit defeat. But finally the battle stopped, Guilmon was pinned to the ground by Andromon, who for the first time had a smile spread across his face. Terriermon on the other hand was slung over Ogremons' back struggling to get free.

A large boom sounded through the wasteland, and both Andromon and Ogremon raised their eyes to the sky. The dark clouds now covered the sky. Ogremon dropped Terriermon and turned to face Andromon, who looked at the sky with a look of pure terror. They both stepped over to us, leaving the other digimon lying on the ground behind them.

"Come on, let's get out of here." Demanded Ogremon. We reached up to take his hand, we were almost free… Almost. But as we took his hand the other two digimon were back on their feet, firing at his back. "You guys just don't give up!" He shouted.

"Sir, we don't have time… The storm, lets go. They will either fallow us or die." Spoke Andromon. Ogremon turned back to face us, with a grin so big it looked to big for his face.

"Well later toots, I must say it's been fun." Spat Ogremon. With that said they turned away, sprinting off into the distance. Terriermon was at our side, staring down at us as we lay on the ground.

"Umm… Here's your' clothes." He spoke handing us our skirt and shirt. We reached our hand out as our cheeks flushed with color. We quickly slid our clothes on not caring that they were watching.

"Terriermon, why'd they run away?" Questioned Guilmon. A sheet of ran poured down on us, drawing all of our eyes to the sky.

"I guess they're afraid of the rain." He laughed. We turned to both of them, dropping our eyes to the ground.

"Thank you." We spoke. Terriermon looked over at me, while Guilmon starred mindlessly at the sky.

"No problem… Sorry we couldn't get here sooner. I'm Terriermon. And this is Guilmon." He spoke gesturing to his companion.

"Ello." Spoke Guilmon, still not looking away from the clouds.

"We're Rosetta." We spoke, looking down at Terriermon. He began to speak but was cut off by the roaring thunder. The three of us jumped as a bolt of light struck the ground yards away from us. Was this why they ran off? Was this the storm?

"Um…." Started Guilmon. More lightning bolts struck across the plains as we starred dumbstruck at the sky.

"Let's get out of here!" Shouted Terriermon as he leapt on Guilmons' back. Guilmon starred at me for a few seconds, but when another lightning bolt struck mere feet away from us he ran under us, picking us up as he went. "Guilmon, head back the way we came, there was a plateau." Guilmon took off running, randomly turning through the storm.

In the throne room

I walked alongside Moonshade in silence. What could the emperor want now? Hadn't he done enough damage already? But as we entered the dark throne room he floated over to us, a maniacal grin across his face.

"You wanted us?" I questioned.

"Yes. We are going to be leaving for a while. I have found a way to increase my power beyond these capabilities." He spoke. Moonshade and I starred at him in awe. More power? How much more power could this boy gain? "I have been studying some writings, given to me by the Dark masters before I absorbed them. It turns out their leader, Piedmon was searching for a stone, the stone of divine creation, he called it. In his research he found out that the creator, God, became bored with his life as an immortal, so he placed all of his godly powers in a single stone and sent it to Earth. After this he possessed the body of a man, some think he became Christ some believe Buddha, the names are endless. But I have traced the stone to an ancient civilization, they believe the stone was a trophy sent to them from their Gods. It seems this stone resides in an ancient civilization referred to as the Aztecs. We are going to pay them a visit and relieve them of this trophy. Granting me the powers of God." He chuckled to himself. Moonshade starred at him like an obedient child, but I couldn't help but feel nervous, one man given the powers of God. Well, as long as he's on my side I guess it will be fine, perhaps… Once he gains these powers he can quit tormenting us and move on to someone else.

"The powers of the creator?" Questioned Moonshade.

"What, don't tell me you don't believe in God." He remarked. But Moonshade responded, feeling no guilt or shame in her answer.

"I don't. I don't like to think that I live the way I do because someone else commands it." The emperor chuckled to himself, amused with her answer.

"Don't worry, there was a god, but as you herd he gave up his powers along time ago." Explained the emperor. He turned away as the mist filled the room, once again leaving me disoriented. "Well, lets go now." He finished.

In the wastelands, in a small hole dug into the side of a plateau

I sat there in silence, squished between Guilmon and Rosetta. We managed to find our way back to the plateau, and Guilmon dug into the side, forming our camp. I couldn't help but fear that this shelter will prove to be our grave though. The storm continued to rage on outside, sending bolt after bolt of lightning crashing onto the ground. I looked over at Guilmon, who was asleep. How can he sleep in this? I shook my head in disbelief before turning to see Rosetta, who starred out into the storm. She hasn't said two words after our first greetings, was she ok? Ok? How can she be ok after that? And just think, how long did it take to reach her when we first saw the black spec? I studied her face…At least the tears have stopped. I followed her gaze out to the storm, trying to think of something to say to make things better. "So… Do you wanna talk about it?" I questioned, unable to think of anything else. She slid her gaze down to me, she's such a beautiful creature. Her wet blonde hair looked like silk, her face looked so white, which made her bright pink and green skirt stand out.

"We'd rather not." We? Why does she talk like that? "Thank you though, were very grateful." She looked back up to the sky, lost in her own thoughts.

"So… Where are you from?" I questioned, trying to end this silence. But she ignored me, staring out at the dark clouds.

"We're from the digital world… And from New York in the human world." She answered. I peered up at her, lost in confusion. Her eyes wondered down, meeting mine, and for the first time I noticed her eyes. One was a bright green but the other was a dark blue. She sighed to herself before continuing on. "You see… We use to be two people, well… A human and a digimon." Her eyes fled from my sight, and returned to the sky. "Umm… do you have a partner?" She questioned. I breath caught in my throat. A partner? I glanced around as my cheeks flashed with embarrassment.

"A partner?" I questioned.

"Yeah, you know… A human companion?" She explained. I couldn't help but laugh at my own stupidity.

"Yeah… Henry. He's out there somewhere… We got split up." I followed her gaze out to the sky as thoughts of Henry carried me away.

"We're sorry, we didn't mean to make you sad." She spoke, placing a hand over mine. I looked down at her hand and stifled a laugh. It was odd, how big a humans hand was. But it felt good.

"No that's ok, he can take care of himself for a while, we'll meet up eventually." I responded. She paused for a few seconds, debating if she should continue or not.

"Well. Have you two ever fusion digivolving?" She questioned.

"Yeah, we do all the time, why?"

"Did you know that there's a small chance that when fusion digivolving there's a small chance that you guys will stay together permanently? You won't be human or digimon, data or real." Her words caught me off guard. Staying together? Permanently? I tried to imagine me and Henry stuck in a single body… Yeah sure fusion digivolving was cool but living like that would get annoying.

"No, I didn't. Is that what happened to you?" I pressed on. She wrapped her hand around mine before continuing.

"Yeah. Floralmon and Stephanie, that's what we used to be called." She spoke, still not looking down at me.

"What is that like?" I probed, unable to beat back my curiosity.

"Well… At first it was ok. We could have hours of conversations in a few seconds, we could actually see each others thoughts… But then our minds became unleashed, we learned EVERYTHING about each other, things that the other has kept secrete, we learned about all the little things that the other disliked about us." She stopped, looking down at me. She could tell I was confused so searched the sky for a better way of explaining. "Well… Floralmon was a great gardener, she kept a small garden and spent days growing the best flowers for Stephanie. Stephanie always told her she liked them but once we fusion digivolved Floralmon learned that Stephanie thought flowers were a waste of space. And Stephanie loved to play the piano, which had the same effect on Floralmon as her flowers." She finished her story, wandering through her own thoughts.

"Wow… That must be horrid." My eyes strayed from the sky, once again looking at her face. I felt so sorry for her. Having Henry know every little detail I though would drive me crazy.

"Not really, after living like that for a while we just got use to it." She looked down at me, her eyes meeting mine for a split second before cowering away. Once again we fell into silence. Both of us staring out at the storm. I locked out, counting the lightning bolts. Six…seven…eight…nine…ten… "Thank you…" She whispered. "Thank you for helping us." She slouched over wrapping her arms and laying her head on me. I gaped at her in shock… Tears began to slide down her cheeks. I struggled to breathe, even though her hands were no where near my neck… I couldn't help but feel sorry for her, from what little I know about her she seemed amazing. Why would someone want to hurt her? Finally I reminded my lungs how to work, trying to stay calm. Was this some form of strangulation that Suzy had not managed o put me through? No… This was a good feeling… A feeling that I can't describe with words.

"No problem." I spoke back. A few minuets passed by until the tears finally stopped, and as I brushed her hair away from her face I saw that she was asleep. Closing my eyes I joined her. Being scooped away from life and taken into the peace and quite of sleep.