The Cave

"Okay I got to stop the bleeding." Gemma looked around for something to stop Kartik's bleeding. All she could fine was her dirty clothes, figuring it was the only thing she could do she ripped the hem of her under dress. (A/N or what ever those dresses that they wear under their corsets are)She thenripped it in half placed one half on Kartik's wound and tied it with the other half. She continued ripping her dress and dressing his wound, as she did this she kept track.

'One on his back, two on his leg, I wondered where those came from, and one gash on his stomach. Then to top it off, it's all my fault. I made my self one promise not to kill Kartik and I cant even do that!' After she was done dressing him she set him up against the wall of the cave. After he was secured she sat down next to him. She looked at him then at herself, she was dirty and sweaty, she had no corset on or top dress and her under dress stop almost mid-thigh. All she could say was that she didn't look very lady like. It all seemed like a dream but she knew it was not.

Flashback

Gemma was running with Kartik on her back. She didn't know how she was able to carry him, but she wasn't going to stop to find out, but she was getting tired.The man was screaming at them "I'm going to kill you both." After hearing that Gemma didn't care if she was getting tired she just ran for her life and Kartik's. At first she didn't understand why this man wanted to kill them, then she remembered those eyes and it dawned on her, that man wasn't a man or human it was the Dream Snatcher. She knew they were in trouble and that she couldn't run forever, soon she started to recognized this part of the forest it was near the cave that she and her friends would go to get into the realms. Gemma made a quick turn but instead of running she placed her self between two trees and placed Kartik in front of her. When the monster (A/N Ok, now the 'man' is going to be called the monster from now on because he's not human get it, ok carry on.) passed them Gemma held her breath, luckily after he left Kartik started to wake up, he's eyes open and he started to let out a groan. Gemma quickly covered his mouth, so that he didn't bring the monster back. After a while they got up and started walking to the cave, Kartik was actually leaning on Gemma because Gemma refused to let him walk by himself. A little while later Kartik started to hear noises, Gemma not being trained like him didn't hear it. So when Kartik shoved her down she yelled

"Hey, what's the big idea? I save you and………" Kartik was trying to hold back the monster fromgetting her.

"Come here, witch!"

"Leave her alone."

"Why don't you make me, boy?"

"I will, you bastard!"

"You can't if you're dead." He then pulled out the same knife that he used to stab Kartik with and slashed him against his stomach. Kartik clutched his abdomen and fell to the ground, with all the blood lost he couldn't dodge fast enough when he saw the knife. The monster walked up to Kartik and kicked him in the stomach, Kartik let out a yell that came very close to sounding like a growl.

"Now boy I'll go kill your witch. Unless you can stop me?" Kartik tried to stand but the monster kicked him, right in the gash. As Kartik laying on the floor coughing, Gemma thought she saw what was blood fly from his mouth onto the ground.

"That's what I thought, boy." The monster walked away from Kartik to Gemma.

Kartik was on the ground trying to breathe, when he heard Gemma crying. He stood on very wobbly legs, and lookedat Gemma. He couldn't see much with his vision starting to become blurry, but he could make out the monster holding Gemma about a foot of the ground by her neck. He could see her tears flowing down her face, onto her neck and down the monsters arm. He also saw the knife on the ground; he picked it up and knew he had to act fast.

Gemma sat there on the ground in shock as the monster was basically killing Kartik. She couldn't believe that her dream was going to come true, and that she was going to be the cause. Soon Gemma started to cry when the monster left Kartik on the ground, because in her mind he was already dead. The monster then started to walk over to her.

"Now witch, its your turn to die." The monster lifted her off the ground into the air by her neck. She was slowly losing oxygen, but she could still make out voices. "I knew that boy was too weak to protect his woman." Gemma was about to tell him to shut his mouth, but he just gripped her neck tighter. Her eyes started to go blurry and she knew it was going to be over soon. Before she passed out she heard someone say in a weak voice "I can protect my woman." Then she was covered in something warm and wet and an angry voice dropping her and screaming "Bastard"

Kartik muttered "I can protect my woman" and stabbed the knife into the monster's arm as deep as he could until he let Gemma go.Bloodfell on Gemma, but he couldnt worry about that now.The monster screamed bastard at the top of his lungs. The monster tried to get Kartik, but Kartik wouldn't let that happen again. Kartik grabbed the knife and stabbed the monster in the stomach before the monster could respond Kartik sent him flying down the hill. Kartik hoped that he would stay down. Kartik grabbed Gemma and carried her to the cave when he finally got there after nearly dropping her like 5 times,because of all of the waves of pain, he laid her on the floor, and tried to find a pulse, he found one but it was very faint. He started to tried mouth-to-mouth but soon realized it wouldn't work. Instead he found the sharpest rock within arm length, pulled her up into a seating position and started to slice though her top layer and corset. After she was just in her under dress he started mouth-to-mouth again. Every once in a while he would have a surge of pain go though him, but he shook it off and continued after a couple of minutes Gemma woke up coughing, Kartik turned her onto her side and she started to take deep breaths.

"Finally" he said as he laid flat on his back and passed out.

End Flash back

Gemma sat there looking at Kartik hoping he would be alright. She decided know would be a good time to do it. After Kartik passed out and Gemma woke up she decided if that monster came back she would be ready for him, so she went into the realms and brought out some magic with her. She had been debating what to do with it to help Kartik. Now she decided that the best thing to do is………stop time. She figured if she stopped time for everyone outside the cave then Kartik could have plenty time to rest without having to worry. Gemma sat there concentrating on making that happen, little did she know of the dangers that were in that cave with them.


A/N So how was it I need input my oh so smart readers, I mean what more could I ask for, I have you, a computer, and my Interview with the Vampire DVD. So review please REVIEW. Thanks