Ruby was tucked in tightly under the covers, hovered over by Marko. He was bandaging her hands with torn sheets and his own blood.
"Marko… who's at the door?" Ruby's head swiveled towards the curtain, her sightless eyes staring off into a black void. Dwayne pushed the curtain back slowly.
"It's Dwayne, sweetheart." Marko replied quietly, still working the salve mixture of his blood into the burns.
"It's me, Ruby." Dwayne looked away from her for a moment, to rub the tears forming in his eyes away with a sleeve. "I came to hear what happened."
"It's like I already told you: David saved us. The sun came up…"
"Shh," Dwayne cut her off. "I mean why you two were out there in the first place."
Ruby frowned. "He's a wreck. Ever since the Bloods tried to kill me in L.A., he's feared they'd come back and attack all of you. Now they've broken into the Cave. David can't think straight. The fear is driving him mad."
There was a long silence as Marko and Dwayne let Ruby's words sink in. Ruby twisted and tipped her head, trying to see if they were still in the room.
"Oh hell." She muttered. With a shiver, she slipped into fang. The black orbs tinged red and she could 'see', mainly blurs and shadows but it was a step up from blindness.
"Don't expend that energy just to see us." Dwayne chided.
"We didn't go anywhere, Ruby. We were just thinking." Marko added, finishing tying the bandage around her hand.
Ruby shook her head. "I can't sit in the dark, literally. Not with what's coming."
"What do you mean?" Dwayne raised an eyebrow.
Looking down, Ruby shook her head. "Before David and I left, I… felt something, didn't really have a vision. But it was bad. I think what's happened, with the Bloods… and maybe this, me going sun blind… I think this is just a taste of what's to come."
"Don't say that, Ruby." Marko scowled, grabbing her arm gently.
"Did you hear that?" Dwayne looked towards the doorway.
Just then, Paul burst though the curtain, pointing behind him and in full fang. Dwayne and Marko immediately sprang to their feet.
"They're here." Ruby whispered.
