AN: Sorry for the lateness! Credit goes to my new buddy who txted me in the middle of our USUK RP to "UPDATE 'Lilith's Curse' NOW" and got me off my lazy ass. I actually started this chapter the day after I uploaded ch5, but the file was lost. I have ideas on how to do it differently, so I THINK I'll be satisfied with this when its done.
A rose on the windowsill was the last thing he saw. Arthur cringed as the darkness surrounded him. Thousands of voices, whispering things he didn't understand from the shadows, each one seeming to call him. He was alone in the darkness, with those voices pulling at him, weakening him, tearing him, taking him. Arthur panicked and let out a scream, and not a moment later he found himself struggling against invisible hands, trying to break free. The voices became louder and Arthur cried, terrified. The hands trying to hold him down pressed into him, and he thrashed wildly. He saw a gleam of light, though grew even more fearful. It was an ominous presence. His screams grew louder as he begged the shadows for mercy. Suddenly, he was being held by his torso, and he wailed again, trying to hit the invisible force. Still, the arms wrapped around him stayed in place. He continued trying to hit the thing. He felt like he should remember something. SOMETHING. But all Arthur could tell was he was scared, terrified, and for some reason the feeling of having hands on him, arms around him, was horrifying.
"Like then," he thought, not knowing what it meant or when then was. And with the feeling of hands came pain, always that aching pain in his chest, burning and freezing, making him scream and cry with each touch. He continued sobbing, his attacks growing more and more futile, until finally, unable to move, he gave up and sobbed. The hands didn't do anything but hold him. Didn't hurt him. Didn't do anything bad. And for the life of him, Arthur couldn't figure out why... Couldn't figure out why the being felt like such a familiar presence. As if they had travelled the world and back together.
"I'll protect you," the being seemed to say. Arthur continued sobbing, unable to stop.
He wanted to be protected.
He wanted someone to be there with him.
"Don't leave me alone again..."
Okay! A little inside view on Arthur's freakout last chapter. Sorry for the late update; had trouble deciding on how to word this. It took, like, a month to write this because I felt it was important. Plus, the Sendai disasters. Since the 11th, CNN and NHK have been my homepages on my phone and computer, respectively. I've been making relief donations, JRedCross posters, living off of peanuts and cnn com /japan. This chapter is short as hell, but I'm pretty satisfied with it. He wakes up next chap, stay tuned! Also, not to advertise, but some of my fellow students started a fundraiser called '1000 Cranes for Relief' and I'd SO appreciate it if you googled it, and no, nobody gets to know who said that last line yet. XDDD It will be revealed. Eventually. Maybe. But not now.
ZOMG, spoilers, spoilers all OVER this chapter... *dies*
ZOMG2, ERROR TYPE 2 IS AN ASS! OAO