Kartik did the only thing he could do to wake her up, he just prayed that his plan didn't backfire. Kartik held his hand over Gemma nose and mouth. 'I cant believe that I'm suffocating her. Even if it is for a good cause. I don't think I can take this anymore.' Kartik's arm started trembling and he was getting a sick look on his face. He couldn't keep this up even if I was going to wake her up, he couldn't think about producing more pain on her, with his shirt soaked with her blood. He slowly removed his hand from her mouth. When he saw her eyes open. "GEMMA! Gemma, wake up!"

Gemma opened her eyes and saw Kartik,

"No! Get away from me! Just let me die!" She started thrashing in Kartik's arms,

"Gemma calm down!" Gemma continued thrashing around in his arms. Kartik tried to pin her down when she slashed him across his face. Gemma stopped thrashing when she felt the blood under her finger nails and on her hand.

'He shouldn't bleed if he's a puppet. Should he?' Kartik let go of Gemma and felt his face he could feel the gash across his face. From the top of head, over his cheek and down to his chin. "Gemma, you need to calm down. Do you understand? You're awake whoever he was he can't hurt you anymore. Just please calm down." Kartik reach out a hand towards her. She looked at him and then at his wound.

'Maybe, I need to calm down. But I can't remember anything after the puppet hitting me to the ground and grinding my face into the dirt. That could be Kartik; if he really was the puppet wouldn't he just heal himself by now?'

"Kartik…?" She whispered as she inched into a corner of the cave, she sat there trembling. She couldn't think straight with all her blood lost she was lucky that she was even able to register the little that she could.

"Gemma you need to calm down." Kartik said as he inched closer. He needed to do something; she was losing blood by the second. He looked over him into the door made of light. 'If I can get her in there then maybe she can heal herself.' Kartik stood and started to walk over to her. "Gemma listen and listen well, you're dying and the only way I can save you is for me to take you into the realms." Gemma looked at him and then at the door.

'Realms…they…wait the realms I need to go in there, that's where the Dream Snatcher is. I can feel him in there. I have to stop him. I…have to…every…thing getting dark.' Gemma lifted her hand in front of her face she saw though her blurry vision how bloody it really was. She slowly turned her head towards Kartik and for the first time actually saw him, she saw how bloody he really was.

"Kartik…help…" Gemma called out as she felt the world around her become duller until it disappeared into blackness. Kartik reached out just as he saw her eyes roll in the back of her head. He grabbed her before she could hit the ground and picked her up bridal style. He then proceeded in to the realms. He stopped in front of the door, if he walked in then everything that he knows and done would be thrown away. He looked at Gemma in his arms, and knew what he had to do. 'I have to do it. It's the only way.'

"Kartik…it hurts." Kartik saw as Gemma reached up to him and he made up his mind and stepped into threw the door, into the blinding light.

Kartik stepped threw the door and entered the realms; he placed Gemma down on the grass, 'What do I do now!' Kartik leaned over Gemma trying to remember something that she said about the realms.

' Kartik, the realms are beautiful all you have to do is imagine what you want and you can get it. Are you sure that you never want to go in?' Kartik looked at Gemma, 'All I have to do is imagine what I want.' Kartik sat back and imagined seeing Gemma happy and healthy. Smiling at him, and acting clueless. He looked down at Gemma and saw some of her wounds disappear; he pulled down her dress and saw that her collar bone was almost completely healed.

Kartik heard a twig snap behind a bush. He turned around, searching his surroundings for something or someone. When he couldn't find anyone he turned his attention back to Gemma. Unnoticed by him, three little goblin like creatures each standing no more the 4feet tall, with puke green shin, and elfin ears, with beady black eyes, came out from behind the bush. They looked at Gemma and Kartik and then slinked back behind the bush again.

"Is that the girl the master was talking about?"

"Yes. I believe it is."

"You know what we have to do?"

"Yes…let us begin."

"What about the boy? He could cause trouble."

"Don't worry. He's weak we can take him." The three goblins slowly walked out from behind the bush, and hid behind a boulder. Formulating a plan.

Kartik was still leaning over Gemma watching as her wounds slowly healed. "Please Gemma wake up soon." He whispered. As he felt tears threaten to fall, he heard shuffle of leaves. He ears became very heighten. Straining to hear the littlest thing, when he heard the shuffle again this time followed with little feet walking. He reached from his dagger hanging on his belt. His eye caught sight of a shadow behind him, he could see the person holding something. Kartik rolled out of the way as the goblin brought the club down. It left a fairly big indent in the ground, where Kartik was a few moments ago.

Kartik walked as three goblin looking creatures, one holding a club, the other holding a sword and the last one holding a scythe. 'Who the hell are th-' Kartik didn't have time to finish his thought as the scythe holding goblin took a swing at him, Kartik leaped out of the way and landed near a rock. "What do you want!" Kartik hollered at them

"We want only on thing…the girl." It was then the Kartik saw the sword holding goblin was walking towards Gemma. Kartik ran over and blocked the goblins attack with his dagger, and nailed the little green monster in the stomach with his foot the sent him flying back to his comrades.

"You're not getting her." Kartik was as he took a fighting stance.

"We would have spared you know, you'll just have to die." The goblin with the scythe lunged at Kartik, trying to bring his weapon down on his head but Kartik dodged out of the way. He didn't even have time to fully land on the ground when he had to jump in the air again to avoid the club swinging goblin. As Kartik leaped in the air, he looked for a weak spot from where he could attack. 'I can't keep dodging its going to wear me out soon. I have to attack.' Kartik landed in front of the three goblins. He firmly grasped his dagger in his hand, when he saw the club swinging goblin race towards him. Kartik knew this was his only shot, when the goblin got close enough to swing; Kartik ducked and stabbed his dagger into the goblin's belly. Kartik pulled it out and saw green liquid ooze from the creature. He leaped back as the goblin fell forward and died. The goblins body rapidly disintegrated, leaving nothing but his club and a stain on the green grass.

The two remaining goblins watched with their eyes wide as one of theirs fell to his death. Grieved stricken the scythe carrying goblin dove at Kartik. Kartik kept dodging the attacks but just barley. The goblin let out a battle cry and swung the scythe Kartik dodged it but he didn't know the goblin got smart to his evading of his attacks. So when Kartik dodged it he didn't see the goblin stop the scythe and brought it back where it hit him on the side and knocked the air out of Kartik. Kartik fell and tumbled on the ground, taking lung full of air, almost didn't see the scythe come down over his head. He dodged it just in time to see the goblin preparing another attack. 'This stupid goblin is going-Wait! Where's the other one.' Kartik eyes fell on the goblin as it got ready to raise his sword above Gemma. Kartik jumped to his feet and ran over to her, the scythe goblin swung at his feet, but Kartik dodged it, tumbled on the ground and got back up and started running again. 'I have to hurry before…' Kartik was close but not close enough he saw the goblin raise his sward and bring it down…

"Nooo…" The sword priced flesh as it made wet, squishing sounds. Kartik's eyes were round in shock and pain as he saw the sword the priced him under his shoulder bone. (A/N: Near the lung.)

When he saw the sword coming down he threw himself in front of him, as result he got stabbed with the sword. Kartik reached up and pulled the sword out, he let out a muffled scream as the sword left his body. He winced as he heard the wet, sickly scraping noises of metal against bone. He let out a gasp when the sword left his body. He watched as blood steadily flowed from his body.

"You stupid human, you can't protect the girl. The master will have her soon enough and you'll die for nothing. If I was you I'll leave now with the little life you have left." The scythe holding goblin said as he appeared at the side of the sword goblin.

Kartik slowly stood on shaky legs and glared at the goblins. He held the sword in his good hand and placed the dagger in his mouth. "If you think I'm going to quit just because you nicked my arm, then think again." He said as he took a fighting stance

"Fine. Then die human." The two remaining goblins charged forward towards Kartik. Kartik kept is ground and waited until his time came. Kartik watched as the sword-less goblin launched himself at him. Kartik watched until he was right in front of then he duck and slid his dagger against the goblins throat, which sprayed green blood all over Kartik. The goblin flew over him and landed a few feet away with blood pooling around his now disincarnated body.

Kartik didn't even have time to think when the scythe came flying down at him. Kartik brought up the sword and block the weapon. The goblin pushed against his weapon trying to over power Kartik, when he saw that he couldn't do it. He leaped back and landed a few feet away. Kartik fell to one knee, taking deep labored breaths. The goblin smiled at this he found it amusing that the human was refusing to back down.

Kartik knew he was in trouble, the goblin was pretty strong and he was sure the sword punctured his lung or something because it was getting hard breathe. 'I can't keep doing this, I'm going to pass out soon. And I can't dodge his attacks anymore.'

"As much this is entertaining to me. I think it's time I finish this off." The goblin said as he raced towards him. Kartik stood his ground; he knew there was only on way that he can end this. The goblin leaped in the air and swung his scythe, it implanted in Kartik's arm. The goblin was surprised that Kartik didn't avoid his attack that he didn't see the sword until it was too late.

When the goblin stabbed Kartik, he brought the sword around and brought it down on the goblin's arm. The goblin retreated screaming holding his stub of an arm. Kartik pulled the scythe out of his arm and grasped it. "You'll pay! YOU…WILL…PAY!" the screamed as he lunged at Kartik. Kartik swung the scythe decapitating the goblin. He watched as the final goblin disincarnated, and he dropped dagger and scythe and fell to his knees. His chest was getting tight and his vision started to gray.

"Ohh……my head." Kartik quickly grabbed his dagger and turned expecting to see another goblin. Instead he saw Gemma slowly sitting up holding her head. She turned to him, "Kartik…where are we?" Gemma asked. Her head felt as if a boulder dropped on it. Kartik sighed in relief as he made his way over to her.

"You don't remember anything?"

"Just a little." Gemma said rubbing her head "Everything is kinda a blur." Gemma looked around at her surroundings. 'This place looks familiar. Wait-' "Kartik are we in the realms? Why did you bring us here? Aren't you going to get in trouble?" She said in one breath. Kartik sighed,

"Okay in that order. Yes, we are in the realms. I brought you here so you could live. As for the last one, I don't thi-AHH!" Kartik grabbed his chest as siring white hot pain flooded his body.

"Kartik! What's wrong?" Gemma touched his shoulder and for the first time since she woke up she noticed his shirt. It was soaked with blood. "Kartik…" She whispered as stared at her hand that was covered in blood just from touching him. "…what happened?" Kartik clenched his teeth together as the pain flowed though him when he felt something block his throat. Kartik was thrown into a coughing fit. Gemma gasped in horror as she saw him start to cough up blood. It was so much that she worried that he would have none left inside him. When the coughing subsided he fell on his side, unmoving. "Kartik! Don't worry you'll be okay." Gemma said as hot tears fell from her eyes onto him. She moved his head so it rests on her lap. She tried to picture Kartik fine and healthy like he always was, but she couldn't every time she got her desired image, the image of Kartik dying flashed in front of her eyes.

"No…no…I need to focus. I need to focus." She whispered to her self.

"Gemma…" She looked down to see Kartik looking at her with half closed eyes.

"Don't worry. You'll be fine; I'll heal you just like you did for me. Just rest." She said as tears quietly flowed from her eyes. Kartik turned his head away.

"Gemma … it's ok…if it won't work."

"Wha-what…what are you talking about?"

"Gemma…if you could have healed me by now, I think you would have. Wouldn't you?"

"I…I…"

"It's okay. It's the cycle of life. We live………and we die." Kartik rolled over and coughed up more blood. Gemma watched as her nightmare was really coming true. She tried so hard to prevent it and her it was right in front of her, and she couldn't stop it. She hung her head and cried.

"Please Kartik…you…you can't die. You promised. You promised me that you would be safe." She sobbed she felt as if everything she held dear was fading away from her. "Kartik…?" she called out to him. He just laid there with his eyes close. "Kartik…? She said a little more firmly, panic gripped her heart. Why won't he wake up? She didn't understand how this could be happening. "Kartik…!" She yelled as she looked trying to find some sign of life. Suddenly his eyes shot open. "Kartik…"

"Someone's coming." Gemma turned around to see the Dream Snatcher standing about three yards behind her.

"Well look at what we have here. It seems that my little monstrosities were too much for him; at least he was able to kill them. That was very shocking." He said as he walked closer.

"You! Stay AWAY!" Gemma yelled. She felt Kartik rolling off her lap and onto the ground and tried to stand.

"Gemma, run." Gemma just watched as Kartik stand and stood in front of her.

"Well I will never understand humans. Here you are on the edge of death and all you can think about is protecting this witch." The Dream Snatcher and laughed to him self.

"Kartik! Don't do it, I'll be fine let me take you someplace where you'll be safe." She said as she tried to pull him down.

"Gemma just do as I say and go before he attacks." He said as he grasped his dagger. Gemma saw that he was serious. He would kill him self for her. But now it's her turn to save him.

"No, I won't. You go, I can fight him off." She said as she started to drag him away. She kept running with him until she got to a tree and placed him down at the base of it.

"Gemma what are you doing! Take me back now and then go away!" Gemma kneeled down in front of Kartik.

"I can't do that. You're going to stay here until I come back for you. Don't worry I'll be fine."

"Gemma, why don't you understand? I just want to protect you but I can't do that unless to take me back. I'm going to di-"

"NO! No you're not. So don't say it. If I have to die to protect you then I will. Why can't you understand, that I …I love you."

"………………………"

"I would gladly die for you just like you would for me. But know it's my turn to do something besides running. I would give my life for you because I love you and there's nothing you can do to change that."

"Gemma you do-" He was cut off from Gemma claiming his lips with hers. She kissed him with all that she's worth pouring her very soul into it. Kissing him as if it would be the last time she ever saw him again. She didn't want to but she knew she had to go. She broke the kiss and looked at Kartik with loving eyes.

"Be safe." She whispered as she stood up. Kartik reached for her only to be pushed back down. "Tree. Make sure he stays here." She said as she turned to Kartik again. "I'll be fine." She said then with one final look she turned and ran towards the psychotic laughter. Kartik tried to go after her but a branch wrapped it's self around his arm, the more he struggled the more branches it used. He finally sat back defeated and watched Gemma go.

"Please…be okay."

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Gemma came back to the clearing, and scanned it she couldn't see the Dream Snatcher anywhere. 'Where is he? Just then Gemma saw a bright blue light coming towards her; she quickly dodged it and rolled to the side. When she got up and the dust cleared she saw the Dream Snatcher standing a few feet in front of her.

"Well, well, well look what we have here." He said as he walks closer to her. Gemma stood her ground she was not going to back down or run away. "And what would a little witch like you want."

"You know what I want I want you to leave this place and never come back." She said as she got in fighting stance.

"For that to happen you have to stop me." He reached into his pouch and brought out a blue vial.

"What's that?" Gemma said with caution taking one step back. The Snatcher threw the vial down and a cloud of blue smoke went up blocking her view. Gemma couldn't see anything. 'Great if he attacks I'm a sitting duck.' She turned her head to the side. She thought she heard someone. Gemma strained her ears to hear anything. 'What am I going to do? What am I go-Oomph Oww.' Gemma let out a small whimper of pain. Someone punched her in the stomach taking her by surprise and knocking the air out of her. She heard the culprit cackle. Gemma tried to hear when he was coming from but couldn't soon another fist came out of nowhere and collated with her cheek. The force sent her falling back and landing on the ground. Soon the attack officially began.

A kick in the side.

Another punch to the face.

A slap.

A shove.

A Laugh.

Another kick.

Gemma's whole body was in pain she couldn't breathe it hurt too much to. Soon the cloud began to clear. And Gemma could see again. The Dream Snatcher was standing above her on that hill again with a grin across his face.

He looked down at the girl, the wretched the one he despised the most. He despised her because she just won't die. After ever thing he does she just won't do it. He was getting frustrated and that's not good because when you get frustrated you get sloppy. And that's exactly what he did. The Dream Snatcher watched in horror as Gemma slowly rose to her feet. She flashed him a small smirked that she wore on her face. She stood and took in a deep breath she let it out as she stared straight at the Dream Snatcher.

"That's the best you can do?" She said as she raised and eyebrow. "Pathetic." The Dream Snatcher looked at as if she grew an extra head.

"You think that you can fight me? You'll just a little girl who can barely fight and your magic is no near as close to mine. You can't really believe that you could win? Just give up."

"Well if you're too scared to fight me I understand. I mean you can't even fight me as your self you have to hide behind people in my dreams or hid behind fog. You truly are pathetic." Gemma watched in satisfaction as the dream Snatcher's face contoured in to something between anger and pure hate. Gemma had to control her urge to laugh at the face, but her control was as strong as she wanted as she let out a stifled chuckle.

"Well fin then if you want a fight I'll be more than happy to oblige." He leaped into the air and brought his foot down to where Gemma was only seconds ago. She dived out of the way and landed on her feet and slid to a stop. Her plan was working and she wasn't about to stop there.

"I'm still here looks like you losing you touch." She said as jumped out of the way of a wave of blue light. 'Keep getting him anger and he'll keep using his powers.' She ran and leaped out of the way of another wave of light she waited for her opportunity to strike. Out of know where the Snatcher's foot came out and collided with Gemma's back. She tumbled and rolled and the ground until she came to a stop. She slowly stood on her knees and hands trying to shake some sense back into her. Unfortualy she didn't see fist coming at her until it was too late. She reeled back and hit the ground hard.

"What? Too much for you?" The Dream Sncather cuckled to himself as watched Gemma climb to her feet again. "I must say I didn't think you had that much fight in you. Usally it's that boy that does all the fighting. Where is he anyways? Are you hiding him from me? I doesn't matter not like you could save him. Could you?" HE said with a knowing smile. Gemma looked at the Dream Sncather she didn't like where this was going but she want to find out.

"What are you talking about!"

"Well I take that as a 'yes' that you couldn't heal him. I mean really do I have to speel it out for you." From the look on her face he had to. "Okay now listen very carefully. I am the reason why you couldn't heal him. For some reason when you get hurt he jumps in and saves the day and that gives you enough time to get your second wind. But not now since the boy is probely dead anyways."

"What do you mean 'you're the cause' what did you do?" Gemma demanded she was no longer curiosity she was simply anger. The man sighed as he circled her.

"Imagining is the same as dreaming in a way, so when you imagine how you wanted him to be so you could heal him, I sent images to you of him dying hoping that you think of them enough that you would kill him but the outcome that happened anyways was still awfully nice. The only way to save him is to stop me which I doubt you'll be able to do."

"You dirty bas-"

"Oh, did I forget to tell you he as less then 20 minutes to live." Gemma features went to anger to shock as she stayed wide eyed at the man three yards to her left.

"What do you mean he only has twenty minutes?"

"There more like sixteen now." He said with a smile. "The sword was meant for you and you alone because it was laced with a deadly poison. But since the boy took the attack he took the poison also, but instead of dying immediately he bought himself some time because he took the sword out. Soon he will just die, just drop dead. A shame if you ask me he was a fine specimen." Gemma just stood there absorbing everything she was just told. Kartik was going to die because he sacrificed himself for him. She had to go to him but she had to finish with the Dream Snatcher or else everything she and Kartik did would be for naught.

Gemma pushed down all the sadness in heart. She then brought her head up with a smile.

"Wow…trying to make me quit with lies. You really must be desperate." She folded her arms across her chest. The Dream Snatcher was a little taken aback by this he was sure she would start crying or something, but she didn't even believe him. Fine but he wasn't going be the fool at the end of this the girl would lose her life and the one she cared for.

"Fine, don't believe me but when his blood is on your hand. Don't come crying to me."

"Trust me I won't." He sent another wave of blue light that Gemma quickly ducked and ran from. She had to hurry even though she acted as if she didn't care, she did. She knew that he wasn't lying about Kartik and she had to hurry so she could get to him. Gemma was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't see the blue light coming at her. She dodged it but it still got her foot. It sent blinding white-hot pain though her body, she let out a muffled scream. She slowly stood on her feet again. Only to see another wave of light coming at her. She got out of the way but didn't get far, her leg still hurt and it was distracting her.

"Well lookie here. The big bad girl is at the end of her rope. Any last words." Gemma looked at him he was inches from her face she did the only thing she wanted to do. She spat in hiss face and this it hit it's target. The Dream Snatcher growled as he jumped back and raised his arm to strike. "I'm going to make sure you have a very painful death. I don't even have to worry about that boy coming to avenge you he's going to be dead in…about ten minutes. And you will join him in about 10 seconds. Good bye and so long." His hand began engulfed in blue light when he was about to fire it at Gemma, the blue light just disappeared. HE shook his hand trying to bring if back but all that happened was a flicker of light then nothing.

Gemma saw this and knew it was time to put her plan into attack. She took a deep breath and focused her powers, soon there were four Gemmas circling the Dream Snatcher he couldn't tell who was the real one they all looked the same. The Dream Snatcher looked around in shock. He didn't understand why his powers didn't work or what the witch planed. Then all the Gemmas turned to him with a glare of pure hate.

"Well look here someone is losing his touch." The Gemma on his left said.

"I say we make him suffer. A quick dead is too nice for him he doesn't deserve it." Gemma from behind suggested. The Gemma in his front said,

"Agree, we should use some of that poison, or maybe burn him to death." She said with a sneer. The Dream Snatcher turned to the one in front and waited for her to say some thing. She stared at him burning a hole though his head with her eyes.

"What are you looking at?" She spat at him. He just looked down at his hand then at the other Gemmas. "Oh…wondering about you're powers. Well let me share something with you. You're powers only became stronger for a limited time; you need me to give you the power, enough power for it to last for ever. But since you made me mad I don't thing I will." Soon all the Gemmas stared at him as if they saw something they truly hate and wished dead in front of them, and unfortunately for the Dream Snatcher the did.

"Now you're going to pay for everything!" They said in unison as the each raised a hand and fire a shot of white light at him, he didn't have time to dodge them and he got hit with the full amount of power from the four Gemmas. He was blown back seven feet where he tumbled to a stop. He reached into his bag only to find it gone. One of the Gemmas held it In her hands and he watched in horror as her hand became enflamed with this bag still in her clutches. Soon there was nothing but ash in her hands and she poured it on the ground the wind picked it up and blow it away. He knew he made a mistake and now he was going to pay with his life.

Almost immediately he was lifted into the air by his neck by one of the Gemmas. She looked him right in the eyes, he say that her once green eyes that held life, were dark and frightening. He couldn't see anything in them except hate and he knew who she hated. His neck was then surrounded by flames. HE screamed out of agony. "That's for all the pain you caused." She told him as she dropped him, only to be kicked into the air by a piece of earth, that shot up out of the ground and sent him flying soon it was like a game of ping-pong he was just getting hit back and forth between two pieces of earth. Then suddenly he dropped to the ground. He looked up to see another Gemma staring down at him.

"This is for sending some one who was going to rape me." She yelled as she took a big piece of earth and slammed it into his body over and over again. When a gust of wind came out and created a vortex around sucking all the air out, he clutched his throat trying to get some air. Outside the vortex there was a Gemma with her arms crossed looking at him, like he was lower the whale crap.

"This is for trying tot kill me!" He was then lifted off the ground and in the air falling at a great speed. HE stopped when he landed in the ground. There he laid, as the smoke cleared, in a giant crater. Every bone in his body was broken. He tried to turn his head to see where they were at but all he got was pain. Out of the four Gemmas emerged. They each raised there arms and aimed at him.

"This is for Kartik, you played with our heart and now we're going to stop yours, Forever." He watched in horror as they all shot another wave of light at him, when it hit let out a scream that echoed though out the entire forest. Soon, as the smoked cleared you could see the burned remains of the Dream Snatcher. He was dead forever. Above the crater as a young girl on her knees taking in deep breaths, after the final attack all the Gemma clones disappeared leaving the real one. She took on finally look at the dream Snatcher and turned away. But a raspy voice stopped him.

"Ha, you think you won. You may have killed me but you lose the one you loved, death is standing next to him and is waiting for thirty-seven seconds to go by." He said though his burned and charred lips. When he ceased all movements, Gemma turned and ran towards Kartik. She had to make it in time.

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Kartik was still stuck by the tree, he hated having to sit an wait, for all he knew Gemma could be dead some where and he's just sitting her. Soon Kartik Saw a bright white light and a scream of pure torture echo though the forest. One thought went though his mind: Gemma's been hurt. He struggled against the tree until he finally broke free, he had wood and dirt embedded in his arms but he didn't care. He didn't get far, until and icy cold feeling gripped his heart and he fell into darkness.

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Gemma ran until she got to where she left Kartik only to see the tree empty, fear gripped her heart as she looked around and called out his name. She walked around looking for him then she tripped over something, she fell to the ground and turned to see what tripped her, she saw that it was Kartik lying on his side. She crawled to him and rolled him over so he was lying on is back. "Oh god, Kartik. I'm so happy I found you." She said she looked at him and noticed his eyes where closed. Realization washed over her as she stared at his unmoving body. "Kartik wake up. You can't be dead! You promised, you promised you wouldn't put yourself in danger! You promised!." She franticly cried into his chest beating on side with her fist trying to wake him up. Her slowly slowed down as the sobs died down, now only tears fell down her face like two never ending river.

"Please come back. I love you." She whispered as her hands began to glow a dull red that left her hands and flowed into his body.

The red light flowed though Kartik's body, he eyes fluttered opened and looked down at the crying girl on him. He was so tried he couldn't even lifted his head. He slowly tried to lift his arm but it just landed on her back with a light 'thump'. Gemma immediately sat up and looked at Kartik lying under her. She quickly got off of him so he could breathe. She looked at him.

"Kartik, is it really you?" She asked Kartik just smiled at her, Gemma threw herself at him. "Oh, Kartik I was so worried that you died, and I couldn't heal you. I…I…I…didn't know what I would do with out you."

"It's ok….I'll never….leave….you. Could you let go I cant breath. Gemma slowly let go of him and watched him take deep breaths. Kartik's eyes closed but his chest continued to rise and fall. She looked down at him, with new tears in her eyes forming in her eyes. She leaned down and kissed him on the cheek. "I'll love you forever." She whispered as she to fell to sleep.

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Ok almost done. the title 'Diligo can victum nex' means 'Love can conquer death' in latin. Just so you know.