I think this might work for both Nick in his ordeal in Lirael and Abhorsen, or Sabriel's father thinking about her from beyond the 9th gates of Death, therefore I have decided to write both. :D I own no one, they beong to Garth Nix and the song, City of Devils belongs to Yellowcard.

Man once sang to me
Look at you saving the world on your own
And I wonder how things gonna be
As the time here passes so slow

He had no idea what was going on. He was so blank. He was in Sam's world, but what he was doing, he didn't know… How long he had been there, he didn't know… If he was dead or alive, he didn't know…


In a city of devils we live
A city of devils we live

Find somebody to learn
Boy, you gotta love someone more than yourself
I can feel the fire of the city lights burn
And it's hard to find Angels in Hell

At first he'd tried to escape, but he didn't know how. So far as he knew, he was in his own body, but why he didn't have control he didn't know…


Flying alone
And I
Feel like I don't belong
And I
Can't tell right from the wrong
And why have I been here so long?

Every now and then his scientific brain popped up and tried, but he refused to believe in magic.


In a city of devils we live
A city of devils we live

Questions I can't seem to find
To the answers I already have
And you can't see the sky here at night
So I guess I can't make my way back

Until the freaky cat. But that must have been an optical illusion… right?


Flying alone
And I
Feel like I don't belong
And I
Can't tell right from the wrong
And why have I been here so long?

Why wasn't anybody helping him, he wondered. Where is Sam? I should be out of here by now… but gradually his mind came to accept it, and he stopped questioning…


What if I wanted you here
Right now
Would you fall in the fire burn me down
If I wanted you here
Right now
Would you fall in the fire burn me down
If I wanted you here
Right now

He really didn't know. It was so frightening, so confusing, and that Hedge… He just confused him more. Many times he wondered if he was being drugged…


In a city of devils we live x2
a city of devils we live
a city of...

Flying alone
and I
feel like I don't belong
and I
can't tell right from the wrong
and why have I been here so long?

As long as he asked questions, he didn't know, but he remained… it was only his body that succumbed. He just prayed at night, shamed that he be reduced to that. But al long as he didn't know…


I don't belong
don't belong
I've been here too long
too long

Well? I ran out of things to write… as you can tell… REVIEW!