Jet settled down into the sleeping bag, and gazed up at the canopy above him. It had been a tough day. He heard the zipping and swishing of clothing, and knew Ruby was changing, somewhere out of his sight.

He rested his aching muscles, and rubbed his eyes wearily. Sleep would take him quickly tonight, even though his girlfriend would be in the exact same sleeping bag as he was. His precious girl, the one who loved him.

Who he loved.

"Done!" Ruby called. Jet closed his eyes, and waited for her. He felt her lift up the top of the sleeping bag and clamber inside, before he sensed a dip in the pillow beside him. Smooth arms wrapped around his chest, covered only by a black T-shirt. His machine heart started beating a little faster, the pulse he could feel reverberating around his body. Warm, silken legs intertwined with his own, the skin on skin contact caused blood to rush to his head.

"So what's new?" Jet asked, blindly. He heard Ruby giggle.

"Turn towards me and open your eyes." Ruby instructed. Jet rolled in her arms until he was facing her, then cracked his eyelids open.

Ruby's adorable little face greeted his eyes, a warm smile on her face, shimmering silver eyes meeting his, her little locks of crimson-tipped hair tucked behind her. She was wearing a small, red nightie, and Jet caught himself wondering if she had any panties on. As he marshalled his thoughts, Ruby released him and crossed her arms around her chest, clearly waiting for him to speak.

"You're beautiful." Jet whispered, keeping to the quiet atmosphere of their campsite. "I almost feel inadequate compared to you. Like I don't deserve you." Ruby giggled some more.

"This coming from a living god?" she whispered back, before pecking him on the cheek. "I love you, and nothing's going to take me away from you. Nothing."

Ruby hugged him once more, and brought him into her embrace. Jet closed his eyes as they snuggled together, feeling her gentle caress. It was heavenly, and Jet bathed in the therapeutic sensations that were his lover's touch. The aches and pains from the trials of the day just seemed to flow away.

Leaving only the pain in his own heart.

"Ruby, can you look into my eyes?" Jet asked, opening his eyes, and watched as Ruby's eyes met his own. Their heads were close enough that he could feel her breath on his cheek. Her eyes met his again.

"They're all bloodshot." Ruby replied. "Is that normal?" She looked worried.

"No, it isn't." Jet asserted. "It's the result of this power. I'm definitely more corrupted than I was when we first did the ritual."

"Tell me the truth." Ruby whispered, and Jet kept his eyes locked on hers as they turned serious. "Even if you don't tell the others, how are you really feeling? C'mon, you can trust me."

Jet considered her. Could he drop the disguise after so long? He didn't want to worry her.

And yet, as Jet looked into Ruby's eyes, he saw a seriousness he'd never seen before. It was as if an adult was searching his eyes, rather than his seventeen year old girlfriend. He could tell her.

"Not great." Jet admitted, quietly. "Even while we're lying here, my body feels like a lead weight when I'm not using my powers. My mind feels a little fuzzy, and I can feel the flow of my own blood, but it's like a foul sludge is pumping through my veins. I feel almost dead, and the faint light of my own heart feels like its fading."

"I can feel it too." Ruby replied. She slipped her hand in-between them and put it on his chest, next to his machine of a heart. "It's like the person I'm looking at is disappearing into the night. The one I love is leaving me." As she said it, Jet hugged her back.

"Remember what I said to you, back when you witnessed my first Reversion?" Jet asked. "I'm not going to curl up and die yet. I've got a job to do, and I'm not going to die doing it. You know what?"

Jet leant on his arm and propped himself up. Ruby watched him carefully, as Jet affixed her with his most serious stare.

"As soon as I've killed Flux, and you are safe, I don't care about what happens to me. I don't care if I lose all sense of myself, or if I die. As long as you're safe." Jet asserted. "Nothing else matters to me."

"And I'm not living on my own." Ruby replied sternly, also rising up. "I'm with you, Jet, in life or death. If you want me to be safe, you have to be safe too. Deal?"

Jet hissed at this. Since when had Ruby become so forward?

"Deal." he growled. Ruby immediately thrusted out and grabbed him, pulling him down into a cuddle. Jet embraced her in return as she squeezed him tight. Her legs wrapped around his own, curling slowly as if to keep him there. Jet kissed her back, feeling at peace.

Yes.

He would stay with her. As long as he could.

"I love you." Jet whispered, breaking the kiss momentarily.

"I love you too." Ruby replied, before they kissed again. Jet felt his leg ride up her nightie and grind against her core. His mind started to grow heavy as he broke the kiss and snuggled with her. Only one thought ran through Jet's mind as he started to drift off.

She hadn't been wearing panties after all.

Blinding purple light.

A scream.

Jet opened his eyes to see a crowd of people, all on fire, running away from him. He was at Beacon, and the whole dormitory was on fire.

He gave chase, running as hard as he could, and purple flames began to grow around him. One of the burning people tripped and fell, but the rest kept running. Jet caught up to this person, and turned his head, only to find a black, shapeless mass in front of him.

"dOn'T kIlL mE sAvE mE hElP hElP!" it cried out in a distorted voice, before its head exploded in a shower of bone, blood and brain right in his face. Jet wiped his eyes to see the body fall against the wall, blood gushing from the neck, forming a message written in the gore.

'You did this'

Confused and scared, Jet backed away, before he realised there was something wet on his hands. He looked at them to see them literally painted in blood, before part of it receded to show another message from the nightmare.

'They will all die' was on his left hand, and 'Because of you' was on his right.

Jet screamed out in terror, and promptly slipped in a puddle of gore. He looked up just in time to see a piece of the burning roof falling straight down on top of him.

Jet awoke with a start and a shriek. He found himself in Ruby's arms, the girl herself completely wide awake. He was being shaken, and hugged her back gratefully. That ordeal had definitely been a nightmare.

"Are you okay?" Ruby whispered as he shuddered, his head buried in her chest under her arms. Jet said nothing. He was curled up in a ball, covered in a cold sweat. He felt, for the first time in ages, terrified.

"Bad… dream." Jet whispered back.

"You were crying in your sleep." Ruby said, stroking his hair in a motherly sort of way. "I woke up, and just held you until you stopped."

"Sorry." Jet muttered. He looked up to find no sunlight filtering in through the tent fabric. It was still night time.

"Can you sleep?" Ruby asked. Jet thought about it, then realised that even if he DID sleep, that dream may well come back. He shook his head, and Ruby nuzzled his cheek. "Do you think if you were tired out, would that help?" Now Jet considered her. What did she have in mind? He nodded, and Ruby gave him a warm smile. "Can you put up the dark field?" she requested.

Ah. She was thinking about that. Well, seeing as they were both awake anyway…

Jet raised his arm, and felt the familiar surge of dark power. He directed it in a sphere around them, and as he finished tracing a circle, pointing upwards, a purple bubble was created within the orange of the warm field. As Jet finished, he felt his member harden instantly at the sight of the field, and rightly so, for twice had he taken his girlfriend under the cover of this ability.

"Take off your clothes." Ruby instructed. "We're going to make this a bit more comfortable." Woah. Since when had Ruby become that dominant in their relationship? There again, Jet reasoned, it could be fun to be the masochist for a change. He'd allow it, for now. He slipped out of his t-shirt and trousers, leaving himself completely bare, and watched as Ruby removed the nightie, now in a similar state to himself.

She beckoned him to get closer to her, and he obeyed, curiosity at her intent getting the better of him. Ruby intertwined their legs, and he felt his member press against her body as she cuddled with him, her smooth, scrumptious skin making contact with his own.

Wait, where had that thought come from?

Jet barely had time to think about it though, as Ruby kissed him softly, tenderly, their tongues curling around each other, not in a fight for dominance, but an acceptance of one another. Now Jet started to put the pieces together as he wrapped his arms around her back, pressing her muscles and moving her further into his own embrace. She was moving, grinding his member against her body, while at the same time pressing her entrance against his leg.

Even though Ruby wanted to seem dominant, in reality, they were equals. Jet got it now. With that in mind, he broke the kiss and affixed her with a sensual look.

"So, Ruby." Jet whispered, deciding to leave the ball in her court. "I think I know a way where we can both release a bit of tension, if you'll let me." There was a little pre on Ruby's side where she had been rubbing him, and he knew his leg wasn't covered in sweat.

"Well, your ideas have been good so far." Ruby replied. "What do you want me to do?"

Jet knew it. She wanted them to be equal here, and he knew exactly how to do that.

"Let's get a little further under the covers." Jet commanded quietly, and both bent their knees before sinking further within the long sleeping bag. Now completely under, Jet kissed Ruby again, to which she eagerly returned. "Get on top of me and turn so you're facing my feet." Jet instructed.

Ruby immediately did so, positioning herself on top of him and resting her legs on his shoulders. Her breasts were pressed into his lower chest, though he couldn't see what Ruby was doing from his position. He felt her give him a lick, and pulled on her legs to bring her core closer to him.

"Is this a sixty-nine?" Ruby asked. Jet massaged her backside as he responded.

"Yes it is." he replied. "Do you know what your job is?"

"Not the sixty-nine's, but I know what mine is when I'm around this thing." Ruby whispered, before Jet felt a wet warmth that could only mean Ruby had taken his member into her mouth. Jet reciprocated, plunging his tongue through her folds and causing her to moan, the vibrations being sent through him enough to make him shudder.

Angling downwards, he aimed to hit her pressure point. He found it almost instantly, the little rough spot now firmly fixed in Jet's memory. He felt Ruby double her efforts as he teased her g-spot, as if she was close already and wanted to make him cum at the same time.

She was doing a good job of it too. Jet could feel her bobbing up and down, wrapping her tongue around him and teasing the tip. She sometimes forced it deep into her throat and held it there, before moving it back with a gurgle, and sometimes only had the head while she stroked it with a dripping hand.

Jet meanwhile was stroking the inside of her legs, determined to make her feel the same pleasure he was feeling. He teased her spot, licking around it and glossing over it, before pulling out and licking her clit while inserting two fingers and continuing with her g-spot, only to switch the roles between his fingers and his tongue. The velvety feel of her inner thighs was a bliss he couldn't put into words.

Suddenly, he felt Ruby squeeze her legs together, clamping him with his mouth pressed against her dripping sex, and she began to suck more forcefully, pushing Jet over the edge. Not realising how close he actually was, Jet felt his lover wrap her mouth around his member as he started to cum, shooting his seed once, twice, three times into her mouth.

At the same time, Ruby came, squirting harder and much more than Jet had seen her cum before. He kept drinking as she kept squirting, not allowing the onrush of his girl's pleasure fluids to overwhelm him, and after a full three seconds, the rush of liquids finally died down, and Jet felt it safe to let go of her.

He could hear her panting as she righted herself and rolled off of him. She laid her head on the pillow as he came back up. They kissed, letting each other taste their own juices. After a moment, they broke apart and snuggled together, still completely naked.

Jet barely heard Ruby whisper something before he felt his eyes drooping shut, and he fell asleep.