Teasha: Hey y'all, and thanks for sticking with me after all this time!

Iubire: Yeah! It was too freakin' long!

Teasha: I know! Writer's block just sucks, doesn't it? Oh, and in case anyone didn't know, this is

Iubire, my friend from school.

Iubire: Hey :3

Kelsier: No fair! She stole my spot!

Teasha: Oh, and I promised that she could do the disclaimer this time.

Kelsier: *glares* You're going down, ginger.

Iubire: Too bad. Teasha-chan does not own Mistborn or Death Note. However, Zara and the other OC's, plus the plot, are all hers.

Teasha: Kelsier, get us some cookies.

Kelsier: And now I am deemed "the slave." T.T

The stars of the night gleamed down onto the world.

As she looked up, she smiled. They were so beautiful. she wished she could have seen them more often.

Zara's eyes were closed, her breath soft and quiet. She had chosen to sleep on the floor, despite the other's protests. They had insisted she would at least be on the couch. At the very least, they could have given her a pillow. But Zara was a hard girl, and she knew that they were only feeling guilty. She didn't know completely why, though—shouldn't Sazed be the one on the couch? She tossed to her other side, breathing in heavily. The carpet wasn't that bad to sleep on anyways. Better than a roof.

She tensed. She could sense… something. But she wasn't sure what. Zara cracked open her eyes to find nothing out of the ordinary, though, so she laid back down and closed her eyes again. She stayed that way for about 10 seconds until she realized that the feeling wasn't going away. She sat up this time, rubbing away the sleep at her eyes. This time, she noticed something.

The window was open.

She could feel the soft draft tickle her skin, and at that moment, knew something was wrong. She frantically turned her head from side to side, searching for what presence could be in the room, and her eyes caught onto a small patch of mist in the corner, next to Sazed.

It was the figure of a small, frail looking girl. Closer to a woman, really, but slight as a willow and bent down over the sleeping form of Sazed. She turned toward Zara.

At that moment, it hit Zara why the figure looked so familiar. It was… it was the Survivor's Heir! Vin locked eyes with Zara for a second, and suddenly, Zara was overcome by a feeling of peace and calmness. The mist-like-girl was burning brass.

"V-Vin?" Zara stuttered quietly. "Is that… you?"

The figure moved its head, but Zara couldn't tell whether that was a yes or a no.

"Can you talk?" Again, the same reaction came from the mist.

"Well, I guess you can't, or you would tell me." Zara still couldn't tell if that was a yes or a no.

"Okay, um… how do I do this?" Zara whispered to herself. "Are you here to see me then? If that's a yes, point to me. If a no, point to the other person."

The mist paused for a second, then pointed one arm at Zara and the other at Sazed.

"So, both of us?" The girl nodded. Or maybe she shook her head. Zara wasn't completely sure.

"Well, I'm gonna go with both of us. Now…" Zara thought of an idea. Who better to ask what to do than Vin? "Oh! What do we do?"

No reaction came.

"Oh yeah, I'm gonna have to be more specific. Um, do I need to stop Ruin?" Zara figured that the head movement meant a yes. "Well, how am I supposed to do that? Uh, do I need to defeat Marsh? Or someone else?"

This time, Vin nodded her head furiously. Or at least, Zara thought she did.

"I still can't tell what you're saying. Could you write it out for me?" Zara handed Vin a pen. "Um, just write it on the wall or something."

She wrote the word "yes."

"Really? That's it? But it seems so… easy."

Vin looked back at Zara and waved her arms around and bobbed her head. "I guess it is that easy, huh? Though, I can't help but get the feeling that there's something you're not telling me here. Could it be that defeating Marsh is only step one?"

The mist girl started to leave out through the open window. "Wait!" Zara hissed as she stepped after her. "What about us? Is that it?"

Zara took another step, but this time, her foot struck something. Or rather, someone. Vin dissipated into the cool night air as Zara fell.

A groan came from under Zara. Of course, she just had to go and trip on Beyond. He raised his head, smacking Zara's forehead along the way. "OW! God, what are you doing?" He said. Zara blushed a light pink. Oops. She quickly scrambled up to sit down next to him.

"I'm so sorry. I just…"

"Having a midnight stroll, eh?" Beyond chuckled.

"Maybe…" Zara's eyes widened. "What else would I be doing?"

Beyond smiled. "I heard everything you were saying."

Zara panicked. "What? What are you talking about? I don't know what you're talking about! Stop making—stop making false accusations and everything!"

"Sh!" Beyond held a finger to his lips, then pointed it at a sleeping figure. It groaned and tossed to the other side.

"Oops…" she whispered back.

"It's okay, he didn't wake up. But seriously, what are you thinking?"

"I'm… not thinking about anything." He glared at her. "…except for the fact that I'm really tired. In fact, I'm going back to sleep."

"You're not going."

Zara paused. He did know. "Going where?"

Beyond sighed. "I'm not letting you go to get yourself killed by Marsh."

"Why not?"

"Because that's not the way to do this, okay?"

"Yeah it is!"

"SHHH!" The body turned over again in the background.

"Vin said so," Zara whispered. "Vin wouldn't lie, would she? I mean, she was the survivor's heir and all, and I know that she was a bit… crazy… but she wanted Ruin gone just as much as we do right now."

"So you're going to kill yourself?"

"I'm not gonna die. Because I'll defeat Marsh. I'm gonna win."

"Then I'll come with you."

"What? No!"

Another person murmured in the background, causing Zara and Beyond to whip their heads around. Any time now, and they would be caught.

Zara glared back at Beyond. "Look, you can't stop me, and I don't want you to get killed, okay?"

"If you're 'gonna win' then I'm not gonna die."

Zara took a second to ponder this for a bit. It was true, but… she just didn't want him coming. Even though she didn't really know much about Beyond, she still cared about him. She didn't want him to go out there and die in front of her and all. That would be…

"Fine." Beyond's face lit up. "But we're leaving now. No supplies. No telling anyone. No leaving a note. No nothing."

Beyond nodded back. "Okay."

They walked to the window, opening it as quietly as possible. Zara jumped out, and Beyond followed quickly, with the grace of pewter at hand.

"Goodbye. We'll be back."

Teasha: I know it sucked everyone, but please review and favorite anyways! I might actually get 7 reviews! Oh and also I promise that the next chapter won't take so long. You have my word!