Hello all, sorry for all the scattered chapters. My schedules been really messed up lately. I got bored and decided to post the new chapter. Thanks for your patience and im glad to hear from you guys and see that your enjoying the story so far. Any suggestions or anything, just let me know! –Annubis

The Decision Between Life or Death:

A Second Chance

Chapter 23

"So where are we going?" Yuffie asked bitterly.

"To the waterfall. " Vincent replied nonchalantly.

"The waterfall…okay. Why are we going there?" the woman slapped at a mosquito on her arm.

"To get some information." He stepped over a broken branch lying on the ground.

"How are we going to get information? You mean from Lucrecia?" she snorted. "Isn't she…a little out of it?"

"You could say that." Vincent grumbled.

"Like as in…she hasn't moved in like almost five years!" Yuffie threw her arms into the air. "I doubt this woman's going to talk now, especially since I'm here."

"…" Vincent didn't reply. He looked as if he were deep in thought.

"Why did you bring me with you?" she whined.

"You wanted to come along." He slowed his pace as they traveled down a steep slope.

"Yeah…but if I had known you were coming here, I wouldn't have tagged along." She slipped on the pebbles beneath her feet, cursing. "Why would anyone want to live here?"

"Are you finished?" the man sighed.

"What?" she glared at the man's back.

"Complaining…" he stopped at the foot of the mountain. A couple hundred yards away was a large waterfall. "I'm sorry that you have to see her. You can wait outside if you want. I'm just going to try to get her to talk to me."

"Whatever." Yuffie snapped and plopped onto a log next to the circular pond the falls spilled into. She glared at her reflection.

Vincent turned away from her and headed into the cave hidden behind the thunderous cascade. His footsteps echoed in the dark, damp cavern. In the center was a giant crystallized structure. Lucrecia slept inside, ignoring the world around her.

'Why did you do this to yourself?' Vincent shook his head. He thought this every time he saw her. He just didn't understand her.

"Why won't you come out of there and talk to me?" Vincent walked to the crystal. His metallic hand rested on the surface where her face was. "Is it because of the way I look? Are you ashamed of me? Or are you ashamed of yourself?" the man's voice was quiet. "You know you had no other choice. If you didn't want this to happen, then why did you do it?" he turned away.

"Damn it, Lucrecia! Why do you do the things you do if you are just going to regret them in the future and dwell on them!?" the man growled in frustration. "You've left me, you left everyone! We need you out here! You're the only one left who understand what Hojo was trying to do! Why can't you stop feeling sorry for yourself and help out!" he glared at the stone wall.

"You knew what you were doing. You agreed to do it. This is your project too, Lucrecia. Why don't you get out of that thing and finish your research?" he never yelled at her before. Never wanted to, but she had stayed in there for too long. "Way too long have you hidden yourself from this world. I managed to get out of my coffin, why can't you?" he faced the woman. With a low voice he said, "Isn't it about time you forgave yourself? I've forgiven you, why can't it be finished?"

"What about you?" a small voice interrupted the man's single conversation.

"Yuffie…" Vincent sighed.

"Have you forgiven yourself?" the young woman folded her arms.

"…I'm different." Vincent stared at the tiny pool of water in front of him. His red eyes shone across the reflection in multiple numbers due to the planes of the small crystals within it.

"How so?"

"Because of me…Sephiroth managed to be born. The world is constantly in danger because of that man." The man spoke slowly. "She shouldn't blame herself for saving me. She saved my life…it isn't a bad thing."

"And you think that you could have prevented it all? Lucrecia made up her mind. She would have done it regardless. Some way or another Hojo would have found a way to create Sephiroth. I'm sure she would have found a way to get around you." Yuffie felt bad telling him this, but it was about time he heard someone tell him something like this. "You don't have control over everything Vincent. You shouldn't think that you do and you shouldn't try to bare that responsibility. Sephiroth wasn't your responsibility. It was Lucrecia's and Hojo's. Lucrecia gave up, leaving him and Jenova in Hojo's hands. She allowed this 

to happen." She stared at the crystallized woman. "Like you said, she needs to stop moping around. She saved your life for a reason right?"

"…Right." Vincent nodded. He glanced at Yuffie.

"Cause she loved you." Yuffie sighed. "But after all that she locked herself up from the world, losing you anyways."

"…" Vincent watched Lucrecia. "Is that true, Lucrecia? If so…"

"Why would you make life even harder for Vincent? You aren't making anything better. You're only making things worse! You could put a stop to everything! Rid the world of this chaos! Who knows how many more times Sephiroth can come back!" Yuffie screamed at the sleeping woman.

"Yuffie…"

"Sure, he's dead now, but what happens in another five years? What other thing will bring him back!? What other clone will be a vessel? What about the Lifestream!? Why was he able to come back again? Zack and Aeris too? Why them? You know it! You have to!" the ninja girl slapped the side of the crystal. "What else if he capable of? What will Jenova think of next? What about Vincent? Why is he like this? Does he have Jenova in him too? You and Hojo planning on making him another one of your terrible experiments? "

"Yuffie."

"What was the point of putting that demon inside of Vincent if you weren't going to be there for him!? You made his life a living hell!"

"Yuffie!" Vincent grabbed the girl's shoulders. "Shut up!"

"It's true, Vincent! You know it is! Stop running from the truth and accept the fact that this woman is nothing more than a shell! She has no life! She's better off dead! She will never get out of that cage of hers! She's too weak to face the truth herself, and she's the one who did it!" Yuffie twisted around and headed out of the cave. Vincent stood in the dark quietly by himself.

"…You know…Lucrecia." Vincent brought his crimson gaze toward the statuesque figure. "I think she has a point. Why don't we just forget everything that has happened? I'm going to go now…"

Vincent walked to the edge of the cave's entrance. "I'm ready to start a new life. I'm not going to dwell in the past anymore. You can stay here if you want, but I'll tell you this now…" he slowly walked out of the dark cavern. "You're going to be awfully lonely in there by yourself. Goodbye, Lucrecia."

Vincent Valentine walked out of the cave, letting the droplets of water soak through his clothing. His black boots stomped through the bright green grass and yellow daisies. The cave was silent and dark. Lucrecia's body stood behind crystal glass. Two tears fell from her eyes.

"I'm sorry…" her lips parted to form those two words. It was something she couldn't say enough in the past. But this time it seemed lost to her. It no longer had a meaning.

"Come on, let's get out of here." Vincent nodded toward Yuffie. The girl followed the man closely.

'Perhaps…I said too much.' She lowered her head.

"So…no information?" she asked after a long silence.

"Nope." Vincent said dryly.

"Well lookie at you! Aren't you a cute one?" A lady leaned forward, staring at the little girl who had just accidentally bumped into her. "What's your name?"

"Marlene…" the little girl said shyly.

"You seemed to be in a hurry. Everything okay?" The woman asked her.

"Yeah, I was just racing Denzel. Sorry I ran into you." Marlene shuffled her feet.

"That's alright, sweetie." The woman smiled, showing her large white teeth. She had dark skin and brown eyes that sparkled. Her hair was poofy and black. She wore a pink and yellow outfit, obviously one of the employers of Golden Saucer.

"Marlene!" a low voice called out. "Where you at?" the woman straightened herself out. A tall man rushed into the room. The first thing the woman noticed was the concerned look in his brown eyes. Then she saw the robotic arm and the large tattoos.

"Oh, my. Is that your daddy?" the woman pointed a finger. Marlene smiled.

"Daddy!" she waved her hand.

"Marlene, don't you run off like that again. You scared the shh-…Hello miss!" Barret nodded quickly. "Hope my daughter didn't cause you any trouble."

"Oh, not a problem! This is your daughter?" the woman looked down at the girl. Marlene didn't look a thing like her father. She guessed she must've gotten her mother's genes.

"Yes ma'am." Barret answered politely.

"Marlene! What took you so long?" Denzel ran up to the little girl. "Come on! Let's play this game over here!" he grabbed the girl's arm and drug her to the arcade.

"Cute kids!" the woman giggled. "You're wife is a lucky woman."

"Oh, um…I'm not married." Barret scratched the back of his head nervously. "I mean, I was...a long time ago. She died."

"Really!? That's awful!" the woman gasped. "Well, what a great man you are, taking care of them by yourself. Is it hard?"

"Hard?" Barret stammered. "Oh! The, the kids! Well…sometimes. I'm on the road a lot and I can't always take Marlene with me. She stays with some friends when I can't care for her. The boy isn't mine. He belongs to the friends, but he and her are pretty much like brother an' sister." He was rambling. "Just had a little time off an' decided to bring 'em here for some fun."

"I see." The woman batted her eyelashes. Barret swallowed hard. "What a nice thing to do."

"Yeah…" he looked off to the side.

"How long are you stayin' here?" the woman leaned against one of the arcade games, her hands running through her hair.

"A couple days…" Barret smiled nervously.

"Well, I get off in a couple hours…you eat at the new diner we jes' got yet?"

Barret shook his head quickly. "Nope."

"Well, would you like to go to dinner with me tonight?" the woman raised her eyebrows. She gave him her best smile.

"I'd be glad to miss…" Barret looked at the two kids out of the corner of his eyes. "But you see…the kids."

"Oh…well you can bring them if you want! But if you're busy…" the woman pouted a little. "I understand."

"I'll work things out! I'm sure the kids would love to try out the new restaurant. Um… what time did you say?" the man was sweating bullets.

"Seven?" she asked in a high voice.

"Seven it is, miss." Barret smiled.

"Janessa." The woman grinned.

"Miss Janessa." Barret nodded quickly.

"See you tonight!" the woman winked, waving her small hand at the man. She walked away, busy at her work. Barret stared at the sway of her hips.

"…Bye…" the man mumbled quietly. "Whoo, boy…"

"So…are we goin' on a date tonight?" Denzel held his cupped hands next to his face as he batted his lashes.

"Quiet, boy." Barret grumbled.

"Shit!" Zack cursed loudly to himself. He slapped his head. "How could I let this happen!?"

"Wark?" the chocobo responded.

"Aw…sorry boy! I forgot your food at the house…" Zack growled in irritation. "I'll stop at the next ranch I see and buy you some." He didn't have time for extra stops, but getting greens for Hector was important. Chocobos burned calories quickly when on the run, especially the golden birds. Hector could do it all, climb, run, and swim. The last thing he needed was for his bird to overheat and quit on him.

"Do you know where she is?" Zack asked.

"Wark." The bird gave him a confused look.

"Jeez! What'd dad and mom do to you? You're fat and lazy now. You can't even track people!?" Zack moaned.

"WARK!" the bird protested.

"Sorry, buddy. Gotta be honest. You certainly have let yourself go."

"Wark…" the bird shook its head.

"We'll get Tifa and Cloud. They can call the others up and we can search together." Zack learned his lesson from last time. He wasn't going to try to do this alone. There was no way he was going to take the chance to save Aeris and kill off Sephiroth all on his own. He'd prefer to nuke the guy just to be safe.

"Aeris...where are you?" the man sighed.

'Why did he take her? What does he want with her? What's he going to do to her?' Zack growled through his teeth. He was seething more with each thought. Sephiroth could be doing anything to her right at this moment and that was what worried him the most.

"You better not #& touch her…" Zack cursed. "Come on, Hector. Double time."

"Ugh…" Aeris groaned. She sat up slowly, holding onto her head. She had a terrible headache. Her eyes opened slowly, revealing a sight she was not prepared for. "Ah! Where am I!?" the woman jumped to her feet. She immediately wrapped her arms around herself, her teeth chattering. Her head turned this way and that.

"In the sleeping forest." A cool voice called out to her.

"Sleeping…forest?" the woman turned around. There was a man sitting a few feet away. He had a fire lit and was cooking something. He reminded her of Kadaj with his long silver hair and dark clothing. She closed her eyes trying to remember. "Sephiroth…"

"You remembered me." The man smiled. "I'm glad." He slapped his hand on the ground next to him. "Come get some breakfast."

"Breakfast?" she asked stupidly.

"You do eat right?" the man looked up at her. "Don't tell me you're one of those girls who doesn't eat anything."

"No…I like food." Aeris gave a weak smile. Why was he being so nice? Wasn't he supposed to be an evil man?

"Good. I hope you like this…" the man smirked. He lifted a stick out of the fire. It had a small bird roasted on it. Aeris gave a funny face. "Don't worry it's good, I promise. Wouldn't feed you something unpleasant." He then handed her a big piece of tree bark. It had berries on it. Aeris smiled at this.

"You did all this?" she asked.

"For you, anything." The man chuckled. "Eat up; we have a long day ahead. We've got to make it to the Northern Crater by nightfall."

"Northern Crater? Why are we going there?" the woman stuck a berry in her mouth.

"You and I have to finish our mission there."

"Mission?" Aeris tilted her head. She had never been so confused in her entire life.

"To cleanse the planet." The man nodded.

"Cleanse the planet? How are we going to do that?" the woman asked, surprised he said cleanse rather than annihilate. Something didn't seem quite right.

"You're materia. You are the only one on the planet who knows how to use it. I've tried, I can't quite figure it out." The man fingered the tiny green orb in his pocket.

"I don't know how to use it though…I could never get it to work right." The woman shook her head disappointedly.

"You've used it before. A long time ago." Sephiroth mentioned. "You probably don't remember."

"I wish I could remember…" Aeris sighed.

"Let me help. Maybe…I can get you to remember how to use it." Sephiroth put his hand in his other pocket, grabbing the yellow materia. "There was a time when you were in the City of the Ancients. You were praying for Holy to save the planet…" Sephiroth continued speaking as Aeris tried desperately to remember.

She was on the platform in the center of the city. She was praying. Suddenly there was a loud noise. She opened her eyes. Zack was before her, his sword in Cloud's stomach. The blonde twitched in pain. He had a terrible look in his eyes, one of confusion, hurting, and emptiness all at once. He mumbled Zack's name repeatedly. The Ex-SOLDIER spun around Aeris. Next thing she knew her shoulder hurt, blood spilling down her side. Sephiroth's name was mentioned. She couldn't remember anything else.

"You see…Zack was going to try to kill you. Cloud got in his way so he attacked him. Then he tried to get you again, luckily I was above the altar. I came falling down, ending the battle. Too bad he got away. I wasn't capable of stopping him." Sephiroth said in a sad tone. Aeris looked at him in shock.

"How can this be!? But they seem like perfect friends now!" Aeris stared at the man. His glowing green eyes stared into hers.

"It's how he works, Aeris. He confuses everyone around him. He wanted you so badly he made everyone think that I was the one who was trying to hurt you, when in reality I was just trying to save you from them. Cloud's very unstable mentally. He never understood what was going on." The man placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, Aeris. I'll make sure you remember everything the way it actually was."

"…Thank you…" Aeris whispered. Her eyes burned. How could this be true? Zack seemed like such a nice guy. He certainly could act, if that was what he was doing. She shivered. The woman stood from her seat on the ground. Sephiroth lifted his head, watching her.

"Everything alright?" He asked.

"Y, yeah. I'm just going to go for a little walk…" Aeris wrapped her arms around her. "Got a lot to think about…"

"I understand." Sephiroth nodded. He watched the woman as she walked through the trees of the forest. A smiled crept over his face.

'Damn that was hard to do…' the man chuckled quietly to himself. 'She's so gullible.'

"Oh, Aeris. How much fun you are." The man stood up. He stretched out his back listening to the loud pops. "Too bad I'll have to end it eventually. I certainly would love to play games with you forever."

The man sighed. He headed down the path Aeris previously had taken.

'Nowhere to go, little girl. You can run and run, the forest will never let you out.' The man laughed.

Aeris started out in a slow walk. Her eyes traveled around the strange looking trees of the forest. They gave her a strange feeling, like she had been there before. It was like something from her dreams. This place gave her chills. Something was bothering her and she couldn't quite put her finger on it. Maybe it was the fact she was alone. Maybe it was Sephiroth, or the fact that ever since she met him everything seemed to change. Her pace quickened. She wasn't sure of herself anymore. She wasn't certain about Zack either. It scared her to think that she couldn't trust anybody, especially herself. What if she and Sephiroth were lovers in the past? What if everything he said about Zack was true? Her heart ached at the thought, she wasn't quite sure why either. Did she have serious feelings for Zack? Had he grown on her over the short time she could remember? Perhaps she was falling for him, but according to Sephiroth that was all a lie. Zack really was a monster, one who liked to toy with emotions. She remembered what Sephiroth told her last night. She shivered again. Would Zack really do that to her? She had remembered it, every last bit of it. Zack had done the most horrible thing imaginable to her. At least, that was what Sephiroth said. But it was what she remembered as well.

"Ah! I can't get anything straight!" the woman shook her head. Then she heard a strange noise. It sounded like a branch breaking. She looked up.

'Wasn't that tree just over there?' she stared, frozen. This was highly unlikely since trees don't move. Another loud crunch alerted her. She turned around to herself inches away from another tree. She screamed in surprise. She was sure there was a gap at least a few feet away from that tree a moment ago.

'Gotta get out of here!' the woman listened to her instincts.

She ran down the path, at least she thought it was a path. As she moved she heard the loud cracking noise behind her. It multiplied one after another, following her. It got louder and louder, trying to catch up. Aeris gave an earsplitting scream. She looked behind her shoulder, seeing the path behind her disappear behind the large trunks. The trees were chasing her!

'Help! Help me!' she called out frantically in her mind for a hero. She was breathing heavily, fog escaping her lips. Her lungs burned from the chill in the air.

She could feel the ground shake behind her. She felt leaves scraping against her skin and sticking in her hair. The trees were going to eat her! She screamed again. She never felt so scared in her entire life. Trees weren't supposed to do this, they couldn't move, they couldn't grab her, they couldn't eat her!

"Help! HELP!" Aeris cried out. "Zack!" she screamed his name unintentionally. It seemed so natural on her tongue.

Branches wrapped around her waist, tugging her away. She could see the edge of the forest, she was almost out. She needed to keep fighting. A branch wrapped around her neck, tugging her backward.

"NO!" Aeris screamed in horror.

She saw a shadow leap out from in front of her, entering the forest. It was too fast, she couldn't make out who it was. She could hear slicing and the sound of branches cracking. In seconds she was free. She turned her head around and came face to face with none other than the man she called out for.

"Zack! "Aeris wrapped her arms around him. Her cries were muffled as she pressed herself against him.

"You alright?" he asked quietly. He was hesitant to hold her.

"I'm so glad you're here! We need to leave! Sephiroth's here…I…" Aeris stopped. She couldn't breathe! "Zack!" she choked, bringing her hands to her throat. Zack was strangling her, his grip tightening.

"Why'd you leave!?" he asked angrily.

"L, let me go!" Aeris squeaked.

"I told you not to trust him! He's evil, Aeris!" the man shoved her to the ground. She scooted across the scattered leaves on the ground.

"I, I…don't know w, who to believe." Aeris sobbed.

"You can't just run away like that!" Zack grabbed his sword. Aeris felt her heart stop. She was even more frightened. She wanted to return to the trees. One hand flew to his hair, tugging as he growled in frustration.

"You're crazy!" Aeris shouted. "Get away from me!" she crawled to her feet and ran as fast as she could.

"Aeris! AERIS!" Zack's voice followed after her.

"Leave me alone!" the woman shouted.

"When I get you, I'm going to kill you!" the man snarled.

"No!" Aeris cried out. 'Run! Keep running! Find safety!' she didn't notice the tears streaming down her face.

"And you know what I'm going to do to you?" A voice called in front of her.

"Ah!" Aeris crashed into the man's chest. She stumbled backward. "H, how?"

"I'm going to cut you slowly…" the man grabbed her arm, tugging her toward him. He grabbed her hair. "From here…" his sword trailed from her chin. The woman yelped at the touch of the pointed tip. "To here." He trailed the sword down her body ending at her calf.

"Let me go." She whispered her voice was hoarse.

"But…" he ignored her pleads. "I'm going to have a little fun with you first." A sickening grin crossed the man's face.

"F, fun?" Aeris tried to pull away.

"Remember that night in Nibelheim?" he whispered in her ear.

"AH!" Aeris pulled and pulled, trying to get away. "Zack! Let me go!"

"Damn, that night sure was fun!" the man chuckled. "Why don't we do that again? Couldn't get to you last night since you ran off!"

"I didn't run…" Aeris shook her head.

"Didn't run…" the man scoffed. "Aeris! You always seem to be running away from me!"

"I'm sorry, please…just let me go. I promise…I'll go away. I won't stay with Sephiroth. Just let me go home to my mom." The woman cried.

"No. I don't want you to leave. I want you to be with me forever." The man smiled. "No one can have you, only me." Zack laughed as the woman struggled against his strong arms.

"Sephrioth!" she called out.

"Oh there you go…" the man glared. "Always yelling for your hero."

"Sephiroth! Help!" Aeris sobbed. "You're sick, you're a horrible man! You're terrible! I wish you were dead!"

"I was Aeris! But I came back, just for you." The man laughed again. He thrust her back onto the ground. The woman scrambled to get away. "And now I'm going to keep you." He kneeled onto the forest floor. He grabbed her legs and tugged her toward him. Aeris screamed in horror.

"Let me go!" She kicked. Her boot came right up and decked him in the chin. "Get offa me!" she kicked again. Her other foot hit him in the chest. The man gave a grunt at the contact. She got to her knees and crawled away.

"Aeris!" Zack yelled. His hands grabbed her shoulders. His lips were by her ear. "If you don't play nicely I'll just go ahead and kill you right now." The man poked the blade against her cheek, letting it draw some blood. "Okay?" he hissed.

"…Okay…" Aeris bit her lip. What was she going to do?

She closed her eyes. Her body was flipped over on the ground so she lay on her back. She opened one eye. Zack had a yellow materia in his hand, much like the one Sephiroth had shown her last night.

"Now then, don't worry. I'll just make you think that Sephiroth did all this and you and I can continue like nothing ever happened. We can go on like we did yesterday." The man gave a wry grin. There was something about his eyes that made him all the more menacing. He crouched down before her. Aeris shut her eyes once again, not wanting to witness any of it.

Then there was a sound, a loud sound. It was as if he was struggling with something. Zack gave out a cry. Aeris sat up quickly, ready to run. Zack was nowhere to be seen. There was a dribble of blood on the ground. Aeris looked about her. There were trees all around, but no sign of the man who was just attacking her.

"You okay?" a warm voice sounded behind her. Aeris gasped as she was lifted from the dirt. She faced the man behind her.

"Sephiroth!" Aeris called out.

"Scared him away." He voice was suddenly low and very serious. "I won't let him hurt you." He wiped a gloved finger over her cheek, removing the blood.

"Oh!" Aeris wrapped her arms around the tall man, not caring anymore who he was. She felt the man stiffen under her touch. He awkwardly patted her back. His other hand held onto his Masamune. She sobbed against him.

"I'm sorry this happened." The man spoke to her quietly. "But now do you understand what I've been telling you?"

She nodded. "I just can't believe its true…" the woman sniffled. "Can we leave?" her eyes looked up into his.

"Whenever you want." The man gave her a kind smile.

Aeris stared at his arm. Her eyes narrowed a bit as she touched him lightly. "You're bleeding!" she pointed at the man's arm.

"Oh, this? Just a scratch." He smirked. "Zack got a bit of me before he ran off."

"Then that blood…?" Aeris pointed at the ground. "Is that yours too?"

"That's Zack's." the man smirked. "Wasn't going to leave him unmarked."

"I'm glad it's nothing serious." The woman sighed. She held a hand against her chest.

'This was easier than I expected…' the man smirked.

He released the woman and began walking toward the exit. "You were heading the right way." Sephiroth gave a short laugh. "City of the Ancients is just past this line of trees. We'll be there in no time."

"Why are we going there?" the woman asked.

"Perhaps you will remember how to use the materia. It may be a reminder to you. Besides we need to cross through here in order to make it to the northern crater." The man sheathed his sword. Aeris gawked at the size of it. It was probably as tall as he was, if not taller.

"Hey." Aeris spoke up. The man turned toward her as she grabbed his injured arm. She reached into his coat pocket and pulled out her materia. The woman held her hand over the small wound and concentrated. Sephiroth watched her in amusement.

'What's she doing?' he raised a brow.

A pale green light fell from her hand. In seconds his flesh was healed, not even leaving a scar. Sephiroth tilted his head to the side, analyzing his appendage.

"For helping me out, it's the least I can do." Aeris smiled.

"Thanks." He gave her a smirk in return. Then his fingers fell to the orb in her hand. He plucked it away from her and placed it in his pocket once again.

"Hey!" she huffed.

"Your orders." He stuck his hands in the air.

"So when do I get that back?" she pouted.

"When I'm through with it." The man replied.

"Doesn't sound fair to me." She folded her arms.

"Let me tell you the one thing I learned during my time on this planet." The man looked down at her. She gave him an interested glance. "Life isn't fair."

Okay ending this chapter here. Not much of a cliffhanger or anything exciting, but I hope you still find it interesting. Thanks for reading and reviewing! Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and keep reading in the future! -Annubis