A/N Sorry it has been so long. Chapter 5 is up.

Verian's POV

As the Gunship takes us back to the Citadel, I find myself in vision, one that happened a long time ago.

I'm sitting in my room meditating, when I hear a knock at my door.

"Come in"

The door opens behind me, without turning around I say, "You need something Sky."

"Yes, the two of us have been given a mission, together. And stop calling me that!" She says with a scowl. "You are to report to the Council,

immediately."

I sigh, "And so I shall."

As I stand up, I sense her still looking at me curiously. I ignore it for now as I move to strap my robe, armor, and weapons to my back.

"You still want something."

"Yes, are you ok?" She asks concerned, "You rarely come out of here anymore, if you do its for training, and your always down on yourself."

"You know me more than anyone else to know what it is."

There is a moment of silence before she replies, "The war."

I pick up my helm, the same one I fought with in the war, "Yes."

She walks up to me and turns me around; I can see tears forming in her eyes. "You can't let the pain consume you; I won't lose you to this.

Not now."

I step closer and embrace her in a hug, "You have saved my numerous times, brought me back from my pains, and have stood at my side no

matter where I go. I am not leaving you now. We will get through this, one step at a time."

"Why do you do that?" She says muffled from my chest.

"Do what?"

"You're so close from one of your dark visions, and you push it away just to make me happy,"

"We are a team you and I, together we can't be stopped. You are the one thing that I focus on to not fall into those visions. You are my last

ray of light."

"I'll hold you to that."

I chuckle, "I wouldn't have it any other way."

She pulls herself together, and the two of us report to the Council.

"Ah, Skylar, Verian. Your new mission awaits you." Says Chaos, "It's on your MRT's (Mobile Reporting Tech)."

"Yes sir."

We move quickly considering the mission is a war on a distant planet. As we jump on the planet, I can feel a tremor, in the void.

"You feel that?"

"Yes, do you know what it was?"

"Unfortunately." I say as I descended the ladder out of the two man shuttle.

"Well, do share."

"It is an ancient, dark power. The Zerg."

Time skip toward the end of the mission

There have been many deaths on both sides. The planet of Teno is a battle ground. The war is between the government of the planet known

as Tome and an army of righteous rebels. The rebels have pushed the Tome to the Palace throne room but are starting to be overwhelmed.

Skylar and I are fighting the king's guards and are cutting the last of them down as rebel reinforcements arrive.

Once the king is surrounded and captured, I feel another tremor.

"Demon, are you okay."

"The tremor that we felt earlier, I felt another one, much closer. In this room."

"I didn't feel anything."

"Silva!" I proclaim to her, "The king of the Zerg, he has an assassin in the room."

That's when an explosion goes off, killing many people in the room. Skylar and I stand back up slowly and glance at each other briefly.

I close my eyes, reaching out with my powers. He is coming closer, his target . . . what is his target. It is within five feet of me, but not me.

That can only mean it is . . . NO!

I move, shoving Skylar out of the way just as a spear goes through my chest armor and out the back.

Skylar POV

After the explosion, I glance at Verian and see him reaching out with his powers trying to find the assassin. I look around quickly before

Verian shoves me down to the floor and I am about to jump up and yell at him when I notice a spear going through his chest.

"NO!" I scream as he falls to his knees.

I run over and put my hands on his shoulders and take of his mask so he can breathe easier. As I do, he pulls the spear out of his body and

throws it to the ground. I gently lay him down next to it and I start working on patching his wounds and stopping the blood flow.

Just as I'm about to finish he grabs my hand.

Verians POV

I grab her hand, knowing is already too late. I make her look me in the eye.

"No, No, No, I'm not letting you die."

"Sky, there is no time."

"I can still save you." She screams trying to force the blood back.

"Y . . . You need . . . to know." I say as she takes of her mask, showing her beautiful face, "I will always be with you. Don't lose hope."

"I don't want to lose you." She says crying.

"You won't." I pull her down into a kiss, and find her kissing me back, "love you Sky."

With that the darkness takes over me.

In the Citadel at the Void.

"I never approved of their friendship, but I have never seen my daughter more happy then when she is with him." Says

Universe.

"What are you saying brother, there is no way to bring him back, and you know that." Chaos says.

"There is one way and I intend to use it." Universe says as he takes out a bottle of clear liquid.

"An Exiler of Life," Cosmos says wide eyed, "how did you find one?"

"Doesn't matter, I'll be back."

Skylar POV

I sit here weeping, over the loss of my only friend. When a portal tears through reality and out steps my father.

"Dad?"

He moves quickly over to Verians side, before looking at me.

"He may be dead now but the dead will live again." He pulls a bottle of clear liquid from his robes.

"What is that?"

"This is an Exiler of Life, the only substance in the universe that can bring people back to life." He says as he pours it down Verians throat.

After numerous, gut wrenching minutes he starts breathing and his pulse is very noticeable.

"Why did you save him?" I ask, "I thought you hated him."

"As much as I despise the boy, he makes you happy, and seeing you smile is most important to me."

I launch myself at him, pulling him into a hug. "Thank you."

"Come, let's bring your boyfriend home."

"Dad!" I scream as he chuckles.

The two of us walk back through the portal as Verian floats beside us.