Without further ado...chapter 2:
Shadow stood opposite that creature in the disguise of a teenager on rollerblades. She knew that if she didn't win this it was her ultimate end.
River had been right behind her, shooting something. Shadow didn't know what exactly.
The demon grinned menacingly. Shadow charged it. Punching it with force did only spin its head to the left, extending it's neck like it was rubber.
The moment of shock did the demon use to attack Shadow and she only succeeded in wrestling it to the ground but not in shaking it off. She then walked a few steps, trying to rid herself of the demon that way. But to no avail.
She knew her end was nearing, but she didn't fear it. The demon was sucking the life from her. The only thing she felt was sorry. Sorry for leaving River, especially in this way.
"Shadow." River suddenly breathed a few meters behind her.
Shadow turned around and walked, more hobbled, towards River. The demon still clamped on her legs.
Stopping right in front of River and looking her in the eyes, Shadow tried to say sorry for how it would inevitably end. But she couldn't speak, her emotions were so overwhelming.
River just stood there, looking disbelievingly at Shadow and not being able to fully comprehend what was happening. How that could happen.
Shadow grabbed River at the lapels and with her last breath kissed her a last time, before she and the demon crumpled to dust. River stayed behind looking broken, Shadow's last thought echoing in her mind. 'I'm sorry, my love.'
Then Shadow woke with a start, breathing heavily. It had been just a dream.
Next to her, River also woke up. Laying a hand on Shadow's back rubbing it in soothing circles, she looked at her with concern.
"Just a dream." Shadow repeatedly breathed into the darkness of their bedroom.
"What happened?" River didn't press, just gave the opportunity.
Shadow took a few more breaths, before collecting herself and answering. "I died."
"Start at the beginning." And Shadow recounted her dream.
When Shadow had ended, River just pulled her over and protectively embraced Shadow. "I'm here. And I won't let you leave me that easily. I'm afraid your stuck with me for quite a while. And I think the Wolf has a say in something as major as your death, too. It won't let you give up that easily."
"Give me your word on one thing, River." Shadow started very gravely.
"Anything." River didn't even hesitate.
"If something like that should ever happen and I really die, go on without me. Don't let it consume you. And don't even think about doing reckless stuff that might kill you. Even in death, I will be a part of you. Nothing that happens will ever change that."
River established eye contact. "I give you my word."
"Thank you." Shadow smiled and laid her head on River's chest, listening to her heartbeat. And soon they fell asleep again.
A/N: And thus concludes the second intermediate segment. And I am afraid that, if you follow this series, you probably will experience that the segments will be from different points of their timelines. Or in other words, I write the segments when they come to me and it might happen, as set up with this one, that I will jump into a past thing for Shadow, but it's in a future segment. I will label them into the right order in the summary.
A/N2: And if you have ideas for adventures or just have questions about things, where you didn't understand why or how something happened, or simply want to have something clarified, don't hesitate to ask. I don't bite. Except you ask me to. ;) You can tell me in your review or a PM or on any other platform you can find me on as stated on my profile page.
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