"Calm down." Hidan whispered, feeling her body shaking. His grip got tighter, trying to steady her body. A shaky hand reached up to her rosary and griped it tight. Hidan started to pray with her and she finally gave up on holding in her fear. She turned to him, grasped the cloth of his cloak and twisted it as she screamed into his chest, smearing blood all over him. Her screams were drawled and extremely disturbing, even hearing them muffled.

"Don't let me die…" Rix whimpered into Hidan's chest. He pulled her in his lap and held her close.

"I fucking won't let you die, I promise." Rix looked up to him, her face dry, without tears but the thorough coat of blood is now smeared. Hidan blindly searched for a rag found it just before his patience ran out. He wiped the blood from her face. He smiled. "Your face is much prettier without all of that blood."

Rix smiled weakly and buried her face back into his firm hold. She was really at peace in that moment, save for the whole scared out of her wits part. She leaned further into Hidan's tight grip, basking in the warmth and gentleness. Hidan laid her back down and started to pull away but Rix whimpered and looked at him with scared and slightly disappointed eyes. He picked her up bridal style.

"We need to change the sheets before you can lie back down."

"I want a bath." Rix's voice cracked and horse from either the coughing or the screaming, they couldn't tell which, probably from both.

"Is there a bath in here?" Hidan asked for her.

"Yeah, it's that door." Sasori pointed to the only door that was closed. Hidan put Rix down, and left to get her pajamas to change into. Rix stumbled to the bathroom and shed the blood stained clothes. She ran the bathwater and waited until it was just to her liking, almost scalding but not quite. Rix carefully lowered herself into the bathwater and dipped under the surface. She looks around for some shampoo and found some Herbal Essences but in big dark letters it read: DEIDARA'S. Rix shrugged and decided to use it, if he needs more, she has some.

She massaged the shampoo into her hair then dunked herself again, rinsing as much out as she can then does it again until it's completely out. She used the conditioner that is also Deidara's but she spotted a shower head and decided to use that instead this time. Rix washed her body and climbed out of the tub, unplugging the drain and listening to the water gurgle down it.

Hidan's knock on the door startled her. "I'm just going to toss your clothes in, I'm not going to look." Hidan spoke to her through the door. He cracked the door and it about to literally toss the clothes onto the floor but Rix's wet hand is placed on his and she gently takes the clothes from his hands. He shut the door and she slipped on her plain white tee and her Jashin symbol printed pajama pants. Rix towel dried her hair and combed out any knots. She combed the shorter chunk of hair back into it's place. She exited the bathroom and climbed back onto her bed, her relapse earlier wearing her out.

"How're you feeling?" Hidan's and Hagane's voices mingled as they spoke in unison.

"Hn, better." Hidan got back onto her bed and she welcomed him by a warm smile. He hugged her close.

"I'm glad that you're feeling better." He pulled her away and looked into her eyes. "That was one stupid ass stunt." Rix nodded and she knew it was her fault, if she hadn't tried to convince Sasori that she was fine, this never would've happened. "It's not your fault." Hidan stated firmly, like he was reading her mind. Rix nodded and her eyelids drooped. Hidan laid her down and decided to stay with her. He draped an arm across her waist and pulled her closer. She looked into Hidan's eyes, a silent 'thank you'. Hidan nodded and she drifted away, Hidan following suit.

"If he does anything, I swear…" Sasori growled, watching them sleep.

"Un. Calm down, he's sleeping, un, it's fine." Deidara played with a tussle of red hair.

Sasori sighed. "I guess you're right, he's only comforting her, nothing's happening between them." Whimpers from Rix alerted Sasori. Suddenly, within a blink of an eye, Rix was up straight screaming in some type of horror. Hidan was wide awake and trying to stop her screaming. Sasori and Deidara were at her side as she was bent over, screaming. This time Deidara decided to rub her back, in attempt to calm her. She looked up to him with fear stricken eyes.

"I need to talk now." She whispered and Deidara sat on the edge of the bed.

"What happened, un?" Rix took a deep breath and started.

"Well, it…was like a flashback, I guess…"

Whoa, un. A flashback can do this much to her, un? What the hell happened?

"A couple years after Sasori left Suna, my parents started to act rather cruel…" None of the men in the room liked where this was heading. "They would find ways to…uh…punish me." Rix's voice shook. "They would torture me…" Rix started choking on her words, on the verge of tears but suppressed them and kept talking. "Any sharp object…" Rix swallowed. "And they would…" She coked on her words again, struggling harder with the tears. "They would…" Deidara saw that her body began to shake and pulled her into his lap.

"They would what, un?" Deidara whispered to her.

"They would…" Rix couldn't get any further than that. She tilted her head up to the ceiling, keeping the tears from falling. The tears were gone and she attempted to finish. "They would…r…" She stopped herself.

Anything but that, anything but that, anything but that, please! Sasori screamed in his head.

No…this better not be what I think it is, un… Deidara hoped so desperately that it hadn't happened to her.

You've got to be fucking kidding me! Hidan screeched in his thoughts.

"R-r…ape me…" Rix finally choked out. "It rips what innocence that you would like to keep away… and it hurts…" Deidara nodded his head.

"I know it does."

"No, you don't know." Rix shook her head.

"Yes, I do, un." Rix's throat seemed to be closing tighter every second.

"How coul-" She choked again. A warm liquid ran down her face, she was shocked. Rix ignored what she thought just happened. "How could you even? You don't know how bad it feels to have your virginity taken by your own dad! It hurts and it just doesn't go away! It won't GO AWAY!" Rix finally broke down and cried for the first time in eternity, it seems. "HE WON'T GO AWAY! Why won't he just go away…?" Rix cried harder.

"I can't tell you why he won't go away, un, but I certainly know what it's like, un." Sadness and hurt filled Deidara's eyes as Rix looked up at him.