My room was still dark, still quiet, just they way I liked it. Stretching I rolled over on my bed and faced the rest of my room.

"Sleep well?" Charon asked with a smile from were he sat on the chair by my bed.

"One of the better sleeps I've had in a while." I said smiling back as I sat up.

"Good." He said moving from the chair to the edge of my bed.

Resting my hand on his arm, I gently rubbing the flaky skin with my thumb. "How did you sleep?" I asked.

He shrugged. "Back to my old sleeping habits."

"So next to none?"

"Pretty much."

I smirked as I got up off the bed. "You really should sleep more."

"You've been telling me that since we met."

"And I mean it." I said looking back at Charon before grabbing my hairbrush off one of my shelves, pulling out the elastic that kept my dark blue hair up and brushed it. I was looking in the broken mirror at the bruise on my cheek, to busy trying to think of ways to cover it up without be obvious of that was what I was doing that I hardly noticed Charon get off the bed and stab beside me.

"You know, the whole time I've known you I don't think I've ever seen your hair down 'till now, I've seen it messy with a few strands falling out here and there, but never down like this. I didn't realize how long it was." He said, playing with some of my hair.

"I usually like to keep it up, it stays out of my face that way. But I think its time to change it up a bit, get it cut and maybe leave it down." I said as I turned around to look at him.

Charon nodded, before dropping my hair and letting my tie it back up. He sat back on the bed and yawned as I sat beside him. "What should we do today?" he asked.

"I think you need a nap." I said smirking.

"Uh huh... And what will you be doing if I have this nap?" He asked, quirking what used to be his eyebrow.

I shrugged. "Stay with you, and get some more sleep."

"Well that is tempting."

"You know you like the idea." I said jabbing my finger at his chest.

"I do." He said placing his forefinger under my chin. "Though I do wonder how we get anything done when you sleep so much."

"Sleep is good. I fucking love sleep." I said smiling

Twenty, maybe thirty minutes passed and Charon was sound asleep, one arm resting on his stomach the other wrapped around me. He was warm, even without a jacket, even were his skin and flesh were gone he was warm, better than any blanket. I nuzzled closer to him, resting my arm over the one on his stomach. I was so comfy, comfy enough to sleep myself, until I herd the commotion outside the door.

I grumbled and I hesitantly removed Charon's arm from around me, and got up. I opened the door and poked my head out, Paladins, Scribes and new recruits were going down the hall in a hurry, non of them noticing me or the question I was asking. So I closed the door and sat on the bed. "Charon.."

He grumbled and rolled over.

"Charon, there is something happening outside."

He rolled over again, this time his glazed over eyes were open. "Huh?"

"Somethin' is happening outside."

"So... you want to go check it out?" he asked sitting up.

"Could be something we end up helping with."

"Yeah probably. Okay lets go check it out." Charon said as we walked out the door and followed the flow of people.

We walked to the large meeting room and sat in some chairs near the back. Soon Elder Lyons stood in front of everyone.

"My comrades, today I stand here in front of you happy to say that we have made a discovery that I hope we will be able to use to help the people of the wasteland." he said with a large smile across this face.

Charon and I exchanged a quick glance at each other before turning back to the Lyons.

"I am happy to tell you all that we have found a way to reverse the effects of ghoulification."

As I watched Lyons talk I noticed Charon leaning forward in his seat, occasionally we would exchange glances then turn back to face the Scribe who had taken over and was explaining the process of reversing ghoulification.

After the meeting, Charon and I quietly walked to the mess hall and sat to our mole rat dinners. The whole time Charon was quiet and had his eyes glued to his plate, he had always been a quietish person, kept mostly to himself a lot but now he was quieter then usual, obviously deep in thought about the meeting.

When we had finished eating we left the mess hall and walked around outside in silence for a while before returning to out room.

"What they said makes seance..." Charon said, finally speaking.

"Hmm?" I asked, as I rubbed my eyes, I had started to doze off and was unsure if Charon had actually spoken or I had imagined it.

"What the Lyons and that scribe said, about reversing the effects of ghoulification, it makes seance."

I nodded. "It does, and I cant see any flaws in the science. But that doesn't always mean it will work Charon."

He nodded as he scratched his jaw. "I know."

I rubbed his forearm. "I know there is something else bothering you, what is it?" I asked, looking into his foggy eyes.

He shook his head. "Nothing."

I frowned for a moment, but it soon dropped away when I yawned.

"Tired?"

"Kinda... kinda bored to.."

"Do you want to go do something?" he asked.

"Not really." I said shaking my head. "Unless you want to."

Again he shook his head. "No. Maybe we should just go to bed."

I looked at him with a eyebrow quirked. "You want to go to bed? Really?"

Charon looked at me funny. "..Yeah?"

"Are you sick?" I asked pressing the back of my hand to his forehead.

Rolling his eyes he smirked at me as he removed my hand from his forehead. "Smart ass."

I laughed to myself for a moment as Charon kicked off his boots and unbuckled some of his armor. "Are you sure your okay though?" I asked placing a hand on his shoulder.

He turned to look at me with his half smile. "I'm fine."

"You would tell me if there was something wrong right?"

" 'Course." he said nodding.

I didn't remember falling asleep, I remembered talking with Charon for a while then watching him sleep so I guess it could have been anytime after that. But I knew for a fact when I did fall asleep Charon was in bed next to me, now he wasn't. I sat up and stretched as I swung my legs over the side of the bed, it didn't bother me that Charon was already up, he was always up before I was and he could be in the bathroom for all I knew. I stretched again as I stood and brushed my hair, looking in the broken mirror, the bruise on my cheek was almost gone and the cut on my lip was healing well. "Guess I wont be trying to hide those anymore." I said as I tied my hair back up.

I had just finished tieing my hair up when a knocking came from my door, so I opened it. "Yes?"

A young recruit, not much older then me stood wide eyed in my door. "Ummm... I was asked to bring this to you ma'am." he said holding out his arms.

"You don't have to call me ma'am, Emily is fine." I said smiling as I took what he held, then looked down at it. He had given me a combat shotgun, but this wasn't any combat shotgun I had seen it to often to know the difference, I bit my lip and looked back at the recruit. "This is Charon's combat shotgun."

He nodded.

"Were did you get it?" I asked.

"He asked my to bring it to you."

"Why? What's happening? Were is he?" I asked, almost panicked.

"Ma'am I..."

"If you know, please tell me. Were is Charon?"