Chapter 20:

Katie opened her eyes to a fog. The violent shaking of the room had woke her up, but all she wanted to do was sleep, to get away from the cold. Clinging to Trunks, to his warmth, was all she could do. She could barely even turn her head to look around.

"Did… you say an… elevator?" Katie asked. Greed turned and looked at her.

"Yeah." He smirked.

"Then… you… realize someone… had to… o-operate it…"

"Oh fuck me!" Insanity growled.

"Then that means someone will be waiting for us. Great." Trunks growled, holding Katie close.

"We'll just have to fight our way out." Greed sneered and formed his carbon-shelled claws.

Katie closed her eyes, still awake but unable to keep them open. Pain shot from her arm and she whimpered.

"Just hang on Katie, we're getting out of here."

Katie opened her eyes and looked up at her husband and gave him a small smile. She snuggled closer to him and looked ahead as the doors to the elevator started to slowly open. Greed held his claws in fists at his side. Insanity was holding the slow-healing stomach wound with one hand, ready to fight if he had to.

"Just stick close Trunks."

"That I can do."

The doors opened, but there was just an empty hall. Greed walked out and looked around.

"It's clear… come on." Insanity walked out next, then last Trunks. Katie looked around, barely able to see as it was. The best she got was a fuzzy image of Greed. She couldn't see past him.

"You wanna try to walk?" Trunks asked.

"I d-don't think I can." Katie whimpered again.

"It's okay." Trunks replied, walking forward, "Just rest then."

Katie nodded, but now almost wide awake, she couldn't help but worry. The hall couldn't be empty, someone had to have operated the elevator. Why didn't the others see that? Was she just being paranoid?

"Wonder how far up we went?" Insanity asked, looking around.

"There's no telling. It couldn't have been more than 3 floors at most." Trunks answered.

Katie saw a shadow move on the wall. She watched it as it grew larger and larger. Then it moved and ran across the hall right in front of her. She let out a yelp.

"Look out!" The others put up their guard, but nothing happened and nothing appeared. Katie looked around but now she couldn't see anything.

"Shit girl, don't scare us like that." Greed said, sighing in relief.

"But… I saw something… I know I did."

"Well there's nothing there now." Trunks said. Insanity growled.

"Maybe there was something."

"What?" Greed turned to face his lover.

"Well I sure as hell don't remember seeing whatever it was that threw me into you so hard, do you?" Greed looked at Insanity, then at Katie.

"No, I don't remember seeing anything either. But if we couldn't see it, how could she?"

"Katie has sensed the future before." Trunks said. Katie only nodded in agreement.

"I d-don't freak out at sh-shadows."

"Maybe she can see it." Insanity said.

"That's insane!" Greed snapped. Insanity gave him a funny look.

"Well nothing else in this town has been sane. Katie's sick and weak, but only in the body. I've heard stories of monks who fast for months and get momentary glances into the future."

"I… did… h-have a dream… I can remember… a large… pit." Katie was starting to pant from the effort of talking.

"A pit?" Greed and Insanity exchanged glances.

"We saw a painting of a pit in the museum." Insanity said. He walked closer to Katie, getting eyelevel to her, "What did you see?"

"All I saw… was a large… black… thing." She coughed hard suddenly, spitting out blood.

"Katie, maybe you should-"

"It… went in front of me… to the left."

"How about you keep an eye open for it, and we'll make our way out of here. Let us know if you see it again." Insanity said. Katie nodded, "Good."