Velvet Skies

Velvet Skies

Chapter Four:

Stop Trying

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Would you mind if I hurt you?

Understand that I need to

Wished we both had all the choices

That your heart may no longer know

What have you done now

I know I'd better stop trying

You know that there's no denying

I won't show mercy on you now

What Have You Done

Within Temptation

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We were laughing; I had almost forgotten what it was like to hear her laugh. It was not the usual broken laugh, but something- well I wouldn't call it jolly, but along the line. Her eyes were sparkling and they weren't dark, although it was hard to tell with the lack of light.

The time was around four in the morning, and there was virtually no light except maybe a soft light coming from behind me.

"-So I told him I would call him if I needed him." We were laughing at the story of her and Robin. A man that she liked, but who didn't want her around as she wanted him around. I understood that feeling all too well.

"But you didn't did you?" I could tell by the way she told the story that she never called back Robin. It wouldn't have worked out even if she had called him back.

"No, he was just another one looking for a girl to warm his bed." I couldn't be compassionate around her; it was like being sympathetic for a Croc who lost his tooth. All the same she still smiled. "He's with another slayer at the moment though, they're having a whirl of fun."

"Ah, forget him. I bet he wasn't even that good in the sack." She laughed again. But it seemed she wasn't laughing at what I said but at a memory. Maybe I hit the nail on the head; maybe she was laughing at me, I could not tell.

I punched her, softly of course. She grinned at me, and before I could blink we were wrestling into the waves. The sand wasn't a pretty white sand like I've seen pictures of Australia, nor did it smell like 'that good old healthy salt' but I didn't notice that. Not through the laughter.

Faith wasn't playing her usual rough 'n' tumble, she was playing light because she knew that I would never be as strong as her. It was nice to play like two human beings and not a girl impregnated by a demon and a woman who has demon in her.

Maybe that's why Faith forgave me, because in reality she had a demon in her to give her strength, agility and endurance. The stuff that she hates having but has to live with it every day.

"Li?"

"Yeah Faith?"

"Don't forget-" She was cut off by something grabbing her around the waist and throwing her onto the sand. I was shocked by what had happened that I didn't notice when someone grabbed me until I felt a hand clamp over my mouth.

The words that came out of my mouth were incoherent. I was trying to bite, kick and scratch my way out of their grasp, but I couldn't tell what was happening. I felt a sharp jab in my arm before everything went numb. Some sort of red material was placed over my eyes and there was a strong stench of sulphur. They wrapped my hands in rope behind my back before they did my legs with the same piece of rope.

"The Count wants to see you." A gruff voice told me as I was chucked into some confined room. I believe it was the back of a car, but I really couldn't tell. I still couldn't move, and I couldn't tell if I had broken, bruised or fractured anything because of the drug they gave me.

I was scared, frightened and I wanted to run away. Every moment spent wherever I was, was a moment I wished never existed. Everything had been perfected. We were laughing, forgetting our woes and now- now I was tied up, blind and numb.