Chapter 8:

Katie was sleeping with her head rested on Trunks' chest. He had woken up half an hour ago but didn't want to disturb his mate. He was perfectly content watching her sleep in his arms. Their strength was even so rarely did he feel like he could actually protect her from something. For some reason that old woman in the on the street had terribly frightened her last night and she wanted Trunks to protect her, even though she was too stubborn to ever admit it. She didn't have to say it the way she clung to him in her sleep.

Katie may have appeared to be sleeping soundly, but she wasn't. Dark images kept playing in her head. As quickly as one ended, another began. They were going too fast to be made sense of, but in all of them Katie saw blood and death. There was one more thing she kept seeing, a large, seemingly man-made hole.

Looking into the hole in one deadly vision, Katie felt her skin crawl. It was just a hole, wasn't it? But then light poured down from behind her, into the black abyss and Katie stumbled back away from the crater filled with blood and feel backwards. Sitting up she saw arms covered in blood began to reach out of the hole and come near her.

"Repent! Save yourself before it's too late!"

She screamed, standing as the arms reached out. One managed to grab her ankle, and she fell. The arm started to drag her near the hole, then more and more arms grabbed her, making it futile to struggle against them. She looked back and saw her companions walking toward the hole. She tried to scream to warn them but her voice was mute. They walked right up and then too were grabbed by the blood-drenched arms.

She sat straight up in bed, panting and looking around. Trunks was use to this, she had nightmares a lot, but they always meant something. He sat up and put his hand on her shoulder, making her jump and turn toward him. She sighed heavily, burying her face in her hands.

"What was it this time?"

"I can't remember. Scattered, random images… but so much blood." Katie took in a shaky breath as Trunks pulled her close to him.

"Well maybe this time it was just a nightmare huh? I mean, that old woman really freaked you out."

"Yeah, maybe for once it was just a dream."

"Come on, I bet you're hungry. We should get cleaned up and find someplace to eat." Trunks said, standing. Katie nodded.

"Did you hear anything from Insanity and Greed?"

"They left a note under the door. You were so out of it that after I got up you were still snuggling with me." Trunks grinned, and Katie blushed, "They went out already."

"I hope they'll be careful." Katie said, rubbing her arm. Trunks headed to the bathroom.

"They're powerful creatures Katie. Remember when you introduced us? Greed tossed me down the hill as though I were a Frisbee." Trunks shook his head as Katie chuckled to herself.

"That's what you get for insulting Insanity."

"I didn't mean to." Trunks said, "I really thought he was a girl!"

"I should have told you a bit more about them I suppose." Katie sighed.

"Well it's all ok now love. I think I'm even getting use to the idea of… them."

"What I don't get is that you can understand what they are but not who they are."

"Well unlike you, I was use to people being killed and brought back, even though it never happened around me because of the androids. You weren't use to that, you were use to seeing couples like them."

"You're a strange man Trunks Briefs." Katie smirked.

"You're a strange woman, Katie Son Briefs." Trunks retorted, stepping of the bathroom dressed in jeans, a black muscle shirt, and his usual jacket. His hair was down to his shoulders, just how Katie liked it. Katie pouted.

"You always wear that."

"You want me to show off my muscles?" Katie grinned a bit, "Well sorry, it's too cold out today."

"Darn, guess I have to wear long sleeves then." Katie grinned though, she had the perfect shirt for today. It was black with long sleeves that fanned out near the wrists. On the chest of it was a bright blue mosaic circle design. The arms on the shirt had blue flames twist down from the shoulders to the wrist. Katie had bought it at a little store in New York City and had kept it hidden from Trunks until she could wear it. With that she wore black jeans and her black running shoes. She loved to wear black. She put her hair up in a high ponytail, unbraided for once. She kept her tail out, but wrapped it through the belt loops of her pants. She hated keeping her tail stuffed in her pants. When she came out of the bathroom Trunks just stared at her a moment.

"Nice." He grinned. Katie grinned to as the two Saiyans left the inn and started a search for breakfast.