Darkness falls, silence surrounds me I'm alone in a house, there's no one around and no lights on. My hands are on the wall and I felt sweat dripping down my neck. There was no air conditioning and I felt uncomfortable in my own skin. Millions of images passed through my mind, as did numerous flask-backs.
"Ahh!"
I shot up out of bed, covered in sweat as I felt my body trembling, the nightmares were getting worse, and nothing Soul did could keep them away.
"Maka, are you ok? Everything's fine, it's just you and me, breath now. That's it. Shhh."
His voice was soft and calming, reassuring me that I wasn't alone. Tears rolled down my face as I hugged him, his great arms wrapping around me.
"I'm so scared Soul, I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know how to stop him."
"It's ok, we'll figure it out. But we can't go rushing out in the middle of the night, there's two of us and hundreds of them."
"I know but I just feel so helpless, I've been trying to wrap my mind around it all, but I feel like I'm going in circles. I know it all revolves around fear, and that only the fearless will survive, but even I can't lie to myself and say that I'm not afraid."
"Well maybe that's what the problem is."
"What?"
"Don't try and pretend to be fearless. Admit to yourself that you're scared shitless, but you're not going to give up."
He for once was giving good advice, and I'd never thought of it myself. I only thought that staying in this house was all I could do, but the truth is, I wasn't doing anything I was just hiding. But I refused to hide anymore, the following morning; we were going to prepare for our attack.