Neither one of them wanted to remember the things Graylyn had done to them but there was no escaping the occasional nightmare.

"It seems you're awake now."

Scarlet looked around to see she was in the room again. The same disgusting smell filled her nostrils. She shuddered thinking of how she loathed that room. She felt tears run down her face. She just wanted to go home…. Back to Akairo and Ash. She didn't care about how boring her life was.

She wanted to be safe.

She wanted to be wrapped up in Red's embrace again.

She was angry at Akairo for dragging her back into this mess. How dare her.

"You thought I was gone forever?"

Scarlet was shivering and she stared down at the floor.

"Everyone thought I died huh? Typical."

Tear drops landed on her bare legs. She was in her shirt and a pair of underwear.

"Can't face me?"

Graylyn grabbed her face and jerked iyt upward.

"Scarlet…. I missed you and that look. I missed how miserable you looked."

Scarlet closed her eyes shut tightly.

"LOOK AT ME!"

Scarlet jerked and knocked the chair over. Graylyn started laughing. Such an evil cackle.

"Scarlet! You need to wake up!"

"Wake up!"

She shook her head.

"I can't look!"

"It's ok!"

"I'm scared! She's here!"

"No one is here!"

Scarlet started crying uncontrollably.

"SCARLET!"

"OW!"

Scarlet's eyes flew open and she looked around. It wasn't the same room she was thinking she was in. The room was moving… It sounded maybe like a train? She looked upward and could see there was a hole or two in the ceiling. She saw a door rattling, barely holding closed with a lock.

"Are you ok?"

She saw Akairo sitting there a few feet away. There wasn't a lot of light but enough she could see her girlfriend's hair was a mess. Her face looked darker like it was dirty. Scarlet could smell herself. She grimaced, feeling the raw skin under the ropes on her wrists.

"You started crying in your sleep. Are you ok?"

Scarlet stayed quiet.

"Everything will be ok now. We can get out of this-

"Shut up! This is all your fault!" she screamed.

"What-

"I-I followed your stupid ass and look where it got me! You ruined my life from the very beginning and you still continue to do so while you sit there saying you love me!"

Akairo was speechless.

"I thought our lives were so boring after everything we went through… I was so wrong… I was wrong and I trusted you! That's what I get for being so fucking stupid!"

The Faunus stayed quiet.

"I hate you almost more than I hate myself."

"You… you hate me?" Akairo whispered, almost shocked.

"I do! All because you! If you never hurt Red and caused all of those problems then I wouldn't be here right now! I would be happy and doing things that I want! I wouldn't have to babysit your ass!"

"If you hate me then why did you agree to being with him and me?!" Akairo yelled, "You came to us and I am the one who asked him to let you in! I did it for yours and Ash's sake! All you care about is yourself! But you seem like the type to fuck people you hate and the only difference is I can't get you pregnant!"

"What the fuck does that mean!"

"You hated Crimson so much and you had his baby! What the fuck changed? Is it because Red didn't want you anymore?! IS that why?!"

"You are so stupid!"

"I'm fucking nuts but I'm not stupid!" Akairo screamed, "I was never stupid! I did make horrible mistakes and I try every day to make up for it! What you do is make up excuses and never take responsibility for yourself!"

"You're one to talk!"

Akairo screamed angrily and she busted the rope that had her tied up. Scarlet flinched and shrank away. It didn't help much, Akairo got up and grabbed Scarlet, lifting her up to where her feet dangled an inch off the ground. Without warning she slammed her against the wall of the train car. Scarlet started shaking with fear. She was never the fighter between the two of them.

"I work hard every day to keep myself under control! I do everything I can to make sure you, Ash and Red have everything you need to the best of my own ability. I will never be Red! I will never be more than a vigilante with mental issues to everyone but at least I try. I do everything I can because I know nothing else!"

Tears ran down Akairo's face as she dropped Scarlet to the ground.

"I had thought you put everything behind you but you haven't. You're just there for Red. If he can forgive me… why can't you?"

"Because! You took everything from me! Including the man I had fallen for! If you never let Graylyn into the picture, Ash would've had his dad! I wouldn't be third wheeling a relationship that I had belonged in in the first place and you shouldn't be there!"

Akairo was speechless.

"Everything is all of your fault! I never got to choose my future! It was decided for me from the very fucking beginning! Crimson choose this future for me and yet he couldn't see I wouldn't be happy with you!"

Everything was out in the open now. It seemed more Akairo took pity on her and the fact her child was fatherless. Scarlet wanted in because the man she wanted had left her and went for the one who murdered her father and almost killed him. The world they had tried to leave behind was going to continue to harm them and take hold of their feelings no matter what they did.

"The worst of it all… I wanted kids and marry… only to Red. Here you are standing before me living the dream I had even though it was short lived! I hate you! I hate the fact you are having his baby when it should have been me!" Scarlet screamed.

"I wish I was too."

Scarlet became confused, "What do you mean 'you wish'?"

"The day I went to the doctor by myself… My blood came back and the baby was deformed and already dying. Because of the medicine I had been taking had ruined my blood and the dying baby was poisoning me at the same time. They told me I would have to take a detox medication for two years then take a special fertility test before having a baby. I had to go through a heavy abortion where they scraped out my uterus and everything."

Scarlet stared at her with her mouth hanging open.

"I was so excited. I mean, yea Red had gotten me pregnant but it was our baby. Ours and I had to lose it because my body was killing it because I was just trying to fix myself."

BAM!

Scarlet and Akairo yelled out in surprise when the car door was busted open, flinging metal and wood everywhere.

"Red!"

Red, Blake and Yuri landed inside of the car. Neither woman had realized it had stopped moving.

"Are you two, ok?" Yuri asked.

They nodded hesitantly but the damage was already done.

"Let's go home," Red said.

He turned and shot Scarlet an angry look. Almost like he was furious.

"Hold still," Blake said and he cut the rope off of Scarlet's hands.

Akairo jumped out of the car next never looking back at her lover, her girlfriend. Scarlet almost felt ashamed. She dumped all of the misplaced anger on her without realizing she was suffering the whole time. The fact she was rescuing a bunch of kids was probably the only way she could ignore the sadness that had filled her.

X

X

"You just made this money… You want me to go shopping?" Akairo asked looking shocked.

Red nodded and forced his red headed girlfriend out the door.

"Go have fun. I'll make dinner later for everyone. Go have fun. You two were in that car for a few days."

"O-ok."

Red closed the door behind her. He turned around and faced Scarlet.

"What the hell is your problem?" he asked making her flinch.

Hearing his angry voice always scared her because he was always chill and relaxed.

"With what?"

"With what? With what? I heard almost everything that you said inside of that train car. How dare you!"

"You… I mean-

"Scarlet, there was no excuse for any of that! Akairo cares about you deeply! I can't believe all of the horrible stuff you said!"

"I am sorry I was just mad-

"You know, she has worked really hard all this time to get better and do what she needed to do. She made sure you were never lonely. She helped out with Ash. I know I always asked you to watch Akairo but it was really her watching you. She told me she caught you a few times crying because you missed Crimson. She knew you were depressed so she decided to fill every bit of your waking life with herself so you wouldn't be sad. She's not as crappy as you think she is."

"You knew… you knew she lost the baby…?"

Red shook his head.

"No."

He sat down. He looked really upset like his heart was broken.

"We were trying to have a baby. It was intentional. Akairo wanted to have a baby around the same time as you and that was the plan. She claimed Ash needed a sibling. She had gotten info from her doctor saying what the minimal risks were and she ended up experiencing the worst of it. I wish I would've came home sooner."

Scarlet wiped her eyes.

"I didn't know."

"It didn't matter if you knew or not. You were angry. You blamed Akairo for all of the problems in the past for now. You promised to let it go."

She had.

"If you can't get over it, then we get it. No one is mad about it. The problem is you keep dumping old issues on her. Did she ever blame you?"

Scarlet shook her head. She felt like a child that was getting a scolding.

"If you are bored with your own life then don't blame her. You never talked to her. You stalked her until you found out. I knew what Akairo was up too. Blake told me everything. The reason why I hinted it to you in the first place was because I figured you were up for a little adventure. The intel was wrong and Blake blames himself."

Red reached over and took her hand.

"You can stay but you have to want to stay. You'll have to apologize to her too."

"Can I think about it?"

Red nodded.

"I'm gonna go to town and get Akairo. I'll get the stuff for a recipe I found. I want to try some new stuff. Is that ok with you?"

Scarlet nodded.

"I love you. Be good while we're gone."