Rogues and Pets vs. Dolls [closed/starting]

Skylar:

As I gently knocked her aside with my sword, she quickly regained herself and turned back to her original stance. It was my turn to attack. I hold the sword up and lunged at her. She easily dodges, and forms another ice dagger. Everlee holds it up an slides on the icy floor. I grab her wrist and stop her, holding her right in front of me. We stop for a moment. I smile, and debate whether or not to take the opportunity. I finally decide and kiss her. She seemed very startled, and I begin to think if I've done something wrong. I pull away and nod nervously.

"I'm going back to camp," I say nervously. I begin to walk away.

(And... no one won! Hehe, hope this is okay Vuzzy! If not, just PM me and I'll change it! I love Everlee, she's so sweet!)

(Oh my holy pickles! (yea, I know, weird phrase.) Gleek, I freakin love you! That was awesome!)

Everlee

I pull back and stare at Skylar in shock and amazement.

"I'm going back to camp," he says as he turns around and walks away, leaving me alone in the small clearing.

What... just... happened? Darren asks as he walks away from the tree. I close my mouth, open it again, but nothing comes out.

Darren sits down and laughs. There's one thing that boy is good at, Darren says.

I almost ask if he was talking about "kissing", but Darren starts. Surprises.

I smile and look back the way we had come from. I walk back into the camp with a smile on my face. Tess gives me a questioning look, but I ignore her.

Happy much? Darren asks, following me. You're like a school girl with a date.

Pfft, no I'm not. Pfft. I try to lie. ... Am I that bad?

Darren laughs, but doesn't answer. I aprove.

I look over to him. Who said I wanted your aproval?

I did, Darren says. I think about arguing, but my mind goes back to the kiss. His breathe on my neck, the warmth of his body so close. I smile as I sit down next to a tree.

Woa there, Darren says, shaking his head. I don't need to see that again.

I frown. Fine. But the butterflies in my stomach keep me from thinking of anything else.

(Vuzzy! Well, I tried! Glad you thought it was okay! )

Skylar:

I walked back to camp with a nervous look. Was I too... pushy? I scratch my head and bite my lip. I see Elise approah me, followed by Myrtle.

"What did you do now?" she asked sternly with her hands on her hips. I look at her with a confused look.

"Our leader is totally giddy, full of joy, happier than you when you first laid a hand on a sword!" she explained, practically shouting.

Giddy? Really? Huh, I guess I did okay after all. I smile and give her puckered lips. Elise's eyes widened and starts shouting at me.

"Skylar! You kissed her?! What the h-" I cut her off and put my hand over her mouth.

"Calm down blabber mouth," I ordered. "Gosh, why don't you go with Jared?"

Elise glared at me and turned on her heel. I thought se was actually going to Jared, bit she actually headed towards Everlee. No. She is not. She is! Shoot! I shouldn't have told her. She's probably going to embarrass me with everything she knows. I sighed and headed towards Jared, hoping to get a conversation starting.

Jared:

I ran and hid behind Elise. Dumb move. Tess followed me out of the trees shouting like a maniac and suddenly we're the ceter of attention."She's gonna kill me!" I tell Elise.
"Oh! I'm gonna do worse than kill you!" Tess shouts. Elise tries to calm her down, but then she sees Everlee and Skylar walk out of the forest. i didn't catch their expressions, but Elise did, so she went to go talk to them, leaving me defensless.
I give a little shriek and began running again, Tess hot on my heels.
Amy, HELP!! I think.
Nope, you deserve it.
Oh, your a real help!
I run almost facefirst into Everlee and hid behind her. She kind of shook her head a little.
"What's wrong?" She asks.
"Oh, nothing. Just move so i can kill him." Tess said. She takes a step forward and I cringe.
"Woah! Hey, what did he do?" Everlee said, holding her hands up.
Tess stares at her and blushes. She was obviously thinking about my first offense, falling on top of her. She shook her head and said, "He smacked me in the face with a whole freakin' tree!"
"Did not!" I shout. She tried to get past Everlee and I shrink back into silence.

(As always, tell me if somethings wrong! Hope it's funny!)

(Haha, Jared and Tess's posts are always funny! )

Elise:

Before I could even open my mouth to sy something to Everlee, Jared and Tess came running towards us. I sigh. Tess still wants to kill Jared. Annoyed, I held my palm up and vines immediately shot out of the ground, and restrained Tess's wrists and ankles.

"What the? Elise!" she yelled. I bite my lip.

"Sorry. Vines are all I trained with," I apologized. I turned on my heel, and walked back towards Everlee.

Skylar:

I watched the action happen. I shake my head. That is exactly what Elise would do to me. I ran up to Jared and pat him on the back.

"Tough luck," I started. Jared looked at me with confusion in his face

"You're pretty wanted. By Tess," I explained. Jared and Tess's eyes widened.

"What?! No! I don't want some idiot like him!" she yelled. Oh gosh, completely misunderstood.

"No! That's not what I meant! I meant as dying!" I cleared up. I turned to Elise for help, bit her expression was the same as Tess's. I turned to Everlee with a pleading look.

(Hope this is okay!)

(Vuzzy- sorry I haven't written yet today I was busy helping my mom with stuff but I LOVE what you've writtten! Also I am loving the Everlee Skylar bits and as always Tess and Jared leave me with stitches!)


Tige:

When I regained my senses I felt very different, completely connected to Seena. I could sense her feelings and I could hear hear her heartbeat and feel her pulse like it was my own.

“Tige you've changed!” Seena gasped staring, but she needn't have said it, I could feel the change. I was no longer claws but a strange weapon with more curved dagger blades with a central handle. Seena picked me up in both hands and I could feel her comfortable grip and natural intuition with this version of myself. I wondered if like other rouges she would instinctively “know” how to use me.

“Seena,” I said feeling excited and full of a new energy. “Try something!” she looked down at me, delicate brows knitting together.

“Like what?”

“Try summoning ice, what would you do if some one was attacking you head on? Feel the technique, it will come to you.”

Seena closed her eyes and got into a good solid defensive stance. The suddenly she slammed her hands and me unto the ground. Sharp pinnacles of ice, at least thirty, rocketed up form the ground all around us! Each was maybe fifteen feet tall and sharp as a razor. Everyone looked aghast over at us mouths hanging open.

“Keep going Seena try to throw ice now!” I cried almost giddy with euphoria. She delicately swung the blades up and off the ground twirling them, they flashed deadly in the sunlight. As she did, the last foot of each giant icicle broke off and flew through the air burying themselves in her target, a deadwood tree.

I was stunned, she was amazing! I was barely doing anything, I leaped out of her hands and manifested in my animal form, wondering if that for had changed as well.

“Wonderful Seena!” I cried as I changed “Wonderful!”

(Alrighty Vuzzy if you want Tige to change animal forms as well jest PM me your ideas and we will come up with something!)

(Hey guys, just so you all know, Bee's internet is out, so she may not be able to post for a while yet.)

Davnick

I try to shut out all the commotion around me, and concentrate on something useful. My sonar was blaring, and I was concentrating on the far corners of my range, looking for threats. It was hard to focus though, what with Tess trying to kill Jared, and Skylar kissing Everlee, Reva off doing who knows what, and Sheara... Every few seconds she would look at me, and I could see the terror on her face, even with my dark sight. My eyes were shut tight, and I was tending the fire blind. Curious thing about fire, I couldn't see it with my sonar. I had already recieved several burns on my hands today from not being careful. Well, you deserve worse. I thought bitterly.

I had been thinking about myself a lot. About why Sheara was afraid. I had come to the conclusion that she was right to hate me, to fear me. I killed innocent people. I chased them down, and murdered them in cold blood. But I didn't just kill them. I slaughtered them. Anybody I could find to keep me out of prison, away from the experiments. I shivered at that thought. I still had nightmares about that place...

My sonar wavered, and I realized theat the diameter of my range had cut almost in half. I flared it again, surprised at myself. Don't think about there, that place. That only brings on the pain. But didn't I deserve the pain? It felt like there were bees swarming in my head, stinging over and over... no, not bees. Wasps. Bees died after one sting.

I was so confused, so depressed. Think about other things. Happy things. I thought, trying to keep myself from losing it. Happy things? I retorted to that stupid part of my mind still cling to the hope of redemption. What happy things? Name one.

Seena. It said. I opened my eyes and glanced in her direction. She was stumbling around, Tige no longer grasped hin her hands. She was... beau- NO! I squashed the thought. I can't afford to think that way. One pretty girl doesn't change anything. I'm still turning them in. They'll still die. I thought, as harshly as I could. It didn't make me feel better.

I felt eyes on me, and looked to see Sheara staring at me in a way that made me want to end it all right there. I just about grabbed Fang and slit my own throat. Before I could really react, however, I felt a tremendous power. I looked back to were Seena was, to see her surrounded by tall, sharp ice pillars. In her hands, she held a new weapon, that vaguley reminded me of Tige. What the...?

She swung her hands up, and the tops of the ice blades broke of and embedded themselves in an old tree. She looked so graceful, so at peace using Rogue powers she hadn't had moments before.

She really is beautiful. I thought with awe.

(Hope that's okay Vuzzy!! Tell my if you think Davie is getting ahead of himself. =) )

((Bee is back in black!!!!!! You guys have no idea what kind of torture it is to be able to read your posts on my phone through email but not be able to react. Trust me, I tried. I'm gonna put it up there with watching someone you love walk away. Physically, no prolem. but emotionally? Awful. I'm addicted, its official.))

Reva

I sat down on the other side of Davnicks fire and watched him build it, blind. I figured he was using his sonar, but he didn't react to my presence so I assumed he was focusing on something else. As a form of entertainment I tried to discover what it was. He was like me, more so than the others so the shallow threats of the Tess rogue weren't a source of interest. She was fairly harmless. Everlee and Skylar's drama was hardly captivating. And then my eye caught Sheara regarding him with sheer terror. She looked scared when she saw me, but it was nothing to Davnick. "It's hard, isn't it?" I asked softly, putting on an emotionless mask.

He opened his eyes and glared at me. "What are you talking about?"

I met his eyes and searched them. Why was he so worried about one little girl? I hardly thought he had been in her shoes and now wanted to help her, he wasn't that type of person. What would get under his skin the most? "She reminds you of someone, doesn't she?" I asked softly, coming up with the only thing I could see really bothering him. "It's hard because when you see her you see someone else you know and you hate the fear in her eyes." I murmured, and realized that was exactly how I felt when she and her pet looked at me with fear and distrust.

He smirked his confident smirk, and I couldn't help but wonder if that was real or completely fake. "You don't know what you're talking about."

"Maybe i really do. But I get it." I stood up. "Train with me? You're the only challenge anyway, even when I'm weak."

Seena

“Wonderful Seena!” Tige congratulates. “Wonderful!”

I stare in amazement as Tige changes back into his animal form. Instead of the large polar bear, Tige stands in front of me as a large white tiger. Tige sees my look.

"What?" he asks. He swishes his tail and it rubs on the grass. The noise surprises both him and me. I take a step forward and put out my hand to tuch him. My fingers run through Tige's fur.

"TIge," I say quietly. "You're a tiger now. What happened?"

(Sorry, I didn't write more! I wasn't sure how Tige would react!)

Everlee

Jared looks to me for help, but I'm not going to help him from Tess. What is he, insane? I'll get killed too. Luckily, Tige and Seena's training gives me something to focus on. We move our eyes over as Tige changes back into his animal form. It causes me to do a double-take.

Is he... a tiger? I ask in amazement.

Darren looks for a minute, then nods. He must have changed to match Seena's spirit.

Huh, I think. It seems like today is full of surprises.

Darren nods enthusiastically. I know. I can't wait for tomorrow, he says sarcastically.

I nod. What else will this journey bring? I wonder.

Dinosaurs and dragons, Darren asks with more saracsm.

I look over at him, curled up on the ground with his head up. You can't give me a serious answer right now, can you?

Me? he asks in fake amazement. I always give serious answers.

I roll my eyes. I think that kiss effected you just as much as it effected me.

Darren ignores that, and stops talking.

(Tell me if anything is wrong! I wont be on until later tonight though.)

Tess:

"Elise! You let me go right now!" I said, after getting over the fact of Tige's transformation.
She turned to me. She wasn't smiling with her mouth but her eyes had the biggest grin. "No."
"Com'n! I'll only kill him a little bit!" Lie, I would kill him a lot.
"Not true."
Man, she was on to me! "Come on!" I whined again. Force never works when you're stuck to the ground in a vine.
"Promise you won't kill him?" Oh great, now she wanted to bargain.
"Not even-"
"No." She glared at me. "Not even freezing him in a tree."
I'm impressed. She figured you out quickly. Nyx said.
Oh, shut it! I held my palm open behind my back adn felt the cool touch of snow.
"Fine." I siad through gritted teeth. Elise nodded and the vines went back in the ground. As soon as they were off my arms I threw the snowball I had made at Jared, hitting him smack in the face. Everlee just missed it as it flew past her head. She turned back to me, an evil smile showing.
"Uh oh. Umm, Everlee, remember, I wasn't aiming for you!" I said and turned to run, but not fast enough. A snowball hit me right in the back. It melted quickly and slowly slid down my shirt. I turned back around slowly. "You...are so...DEAD!" I scream, playfully this time.
Two snowballs grow from my hands and I began dishing them out to happy customers; Everlee, Elise, and Jared's laughing face. I heard Sheara snicker off in the corner. I smile to myself and let a small pile of snow fall next to her.

(Don't forget to PM me if I need to change something! )

Davnick

I looked at Reva and rolled my eyes. My chest was tight, and it felt like acid was seeping into my soul, but I let nothing show on the outside. I was far to good for that. "A challenge for you huh? Well thats nice. What makes you think you'll challenge me?"

She glared, but there wasn't much bite to it. "Aww come on. Lets have some fun."

I grinned, and this time it was mostly genuine. "Okay then. But if the others try and kill us, I'm blaming you."

She snorted, and I stood. We walked over to where Seena and... Tige?! Uh, there was a giant white tiger where Tige used to be. He and Seena were looking at eachother, shock plain on both faces. I heard Everlee say something to Skylar about Tige changing to match Seena's spirit. Yea, she does have a fierce spirit. I thought, looking at Tige. He's such a pure white... it's beautiful. I wonder if that's what Seena's soul would look like if I could see it.

All of a sudden, Tess started a full out snow-ball fight. Everybody was getting hit, except Reva and me, who were out of range. Sheara even joined in for a while, before she sat back down, tired looking. I had the odd desire to join them, to be like thim. What is wrong with me?

"Uh hello? Are we playing or not?" Reva asked, impatiently.

I turned to her and grinned. "Playing. Sure." I said, taking my stance. Usually, I just killed. I didn't need to actually fight, it was pretty much a slaughter. Not many Rogues on the run had time to learn how to fight. But that didn't mean I didn't know how.

My stance was barley noticeable, my hand turned slightly to Fang. She saw my move, and prepared to defend. The clearing had gone silent. Jared was looking at us with distrust, and everybody had paused their snowball fight to watch. Tige and Seena were watching too, even though their whole relationship had just changed. I could feel Seena's eyes burning holes in my back, but I didn't look at her. I didn't know how Reva knew about Sheara. I didn't know if she knew about Kara, but I was grateful that she had provided a distraction.

I held my place for a few more seconds, and darted for Fangs hilt on my back. Reva started to defend like I had expected, going to protect her left side. I launched myself at her exposed side, changing into my Pet form as I flew at her. Her expression changed to surprise, and time seemed to slow.

Something was off. I couldn't shake the feeling of it as my wings burst from my back, and my eyesight changed. What was it? Then I realized. I couldn't feel Sheara watching me anymore. There was no way she wouldn't be looking at me in terror, espically now. I glanced over at her, mid-flight, to see her crouched facing the woods and about to run. She had just glanced at me and she seemed surprised that I was looking at her. She wasn't half as surprised as I was.

Her mouth popped open, and with that she ran like wind into the forest. Without pause, I landed in front of Reva, and launched myself at where Sheara had gone. Everything else was a blur to me. Poca latched herself to my arm, growling and gnawing, but I just shook her off. My mind was set to one thing. I needed to catch Sheara, to make sure she was safe.

I'm not going to loose you again. I thought as I hit the trees. Not again.

(Sorry I haven't posted sooner!)

-Poca

All I could do was stare at these insane Rogues as Tess yelled at Jared while being held up by vines. Jared was trying to hide behind Everlee, who was trying to control the situation. The Doll, Skylar, was also helping her.

These-people...are-crazy! I thought to myself.

Suddenly there was a sound like glass breaking, and ice-spear things shot up out of the ground around the Rogue, Seena. She was now holding two double edged daggers, which then transformed into a large, white tiger.

WHA...WHERE-DID-THE-BEAR...GO?! The tiger...that used to be a bear...but was now a tiger looked confused too.

I had had enough of this. There were death threats flying, wimpy guys hiding, ice spears springing up from the ground, and fat bears miraculously compressing themselves into tigers! Then an idea struck me. With all the chaos, it would be easy for us to slip away unnoticed...

Time-to-go...

I was planning on waiting for a little longer for Sheara to return to her full health, but a chance like this might be a one-time deal. Sheara had eaten her fill and had rested a bit (Well...had passed out...but same difference.) ; She should have enough energy to get away safely...maybe.

I looked toward the dark Rogue. He had his eyes closed and was working with the fire. He was probably running his freakish sonar thing, but with so much happening, he may not react in time to stop us. Plus, even in her weak state, Sheara was fast. There is no way he could catch her...right? Just then he and Reva looked like they were about to fight/train.

I wished I could stay back and finish that murderer once and for all, but my energy hadn't returned yet. If I tried to grow larger, I could end up sucking up the little energy Sheara had gained. I could attack in my normal form, but it wouldn't be much help. Sheara would have to do most of this on her own.
I didn't like the plan very much, but it was the only option. I sighed to myself. I needed to have faith in Sheara.

Sheara-they...are-distracted! You-have...a clear-shot-to-the-forest! Go-for-it! Quick!



-Sheara

At a loud shattering sound, my gaze flew from Davnick to Seena who now was surrounded by ice spikes! And in place of the bear was a white tiger! Tess was still trying to kill Jared, and Everlee was trying to calm them down. With all the commotion around me, I felt the tension inside me growing.

Sheara-they...are-distracted! You-have...a-clear-shot to-the forest! Go-for-it! Quick!

I looked toward the forest, Poca was right. No one was looking at me at the moment, I could try to run for it. I was still very weak, but with the energy from the food they had given me, I might be able to make it.... Then I thought back to their kindness to me.

But Poca...they gave me food... I whispered quietly, almost to myself.

Poca snorted.
You-mean...you-want-to...stay with them? With him?!

I looked at Davnick. He had his back to me and was about to fight Reva for practice, but the sight of him still chilled my blood.

...no.

I pulled myself into a crouched position, tucking my feet under me and bracing myself to dash for the woods. I quickly looked back to each Rogue to be sure they weren't looking at me.
At last my eyes met Davnick...but instead, in his place was a bat-like monster with metal claws and large ribbed wings. I felt my heart jolt with terror. It was Davnick! Our eyes locked, and I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. He looked over my position, confused, then his eyes grew wide.
I didn't spare a second more. I bolted for the forest.

(Tell me it anything needs to change! ....Sorry for calling Tige fat...)

Seena

I watch as Davnick freezes his flight and takes of in another direction, following the little orphen girl. The entire camp is frozen for just a second. I'm the first to move, following Davnick into the forest.

"Seena!" I hear someone call my name, but I'm too focused on catching up to Davnick to even care who says it.

"See, I told you we couldn't trust him," Jared mumbles as I pass him. I rush into the trees and race after Davnick's disappearing body.

"Wait, please, wait," I pray aloud.

Seena! What are you doing?! I hear Tige in my mind. I shake my head and run faster.

I'm not letting them leave, I say, mostly trying to convince myself. I jump over a long and hit my left foot funny. I stumble, but catch my balance and keep running. Every few steps, my foot sends pain through my leg.

Stop, you're going to hurt yourself, Tige says.

I shake my head again. I can't loose them!

Then hop on! Tige says, his voice sounding very close. I look over and see him jogging next to me. I smile and pick up speed. I jump on a root and hit my right foot against the tree. I fly away from the trunk and land on Tige's back.

Alright, let's go! I say. Tige picks up speed and bolts through the trees. We run for a while longer before I realize that Sheara couldn't have run this far with Davnick on her tail.

Did he run too? I think, my heart filling with dispare. I don't want to lose him, I can't lose him.

Tige slows until he's stopped. He turns around. No, we passed them though, before you tripped on the log.

So, it's my fault we almost got lost. Tige starts to walk back to camp, slower this time. I lean forward and rest my head on Tige's neck. I close my eyes and try to bring my breath back to normal.

(I hope I didn't completely steal your character, Shadow. Tell me if anything needs to be changed. Also, I think that it's been a full day, so after Davnick and Sheara come back, it's probably time for them all to sleep. We don't want them all to die from exaustion! )

-Sheara

I ran for my life, feeling death not far behind me. I didn't want to boast in myself, but I knew I was very fast. No one I had ever met had ever been able to keep up with me besides Poca. So why...was he gaining on me?! I felt Poca try to attack him, but she was cast aside with ease and was now lying on the ground far behind us, too tired to get up. I had a thought to go back for her, then looked behind me. I nearly screamed as I saw the metal-clawed bat monster not 3 yards away.

I think I had a night mare like this once. I thought in random terror. Only in my night mare I was running through a village...and the monster wasn't even a fraction in comparisson to the darkness threatening to consume me at any instant. And at least in the dream I knew if I was killed I would just wake up. I wasn't so lucky this time.

I ducted under logs and jumped over branches, but he was still behind me. I tried to form a tornado to launch myself away, but not even a slight breeze came. I felt myself grow more and more tired, and I was so scared I was struggling to breath normaly. I heard him get even closer, I practicaly felt his breath on my neck. I pushed myself on, running with all the strength I had left, all the tricky turns and trips to throw him off my trail. I glanced over my shoulder to see how close he was.

HE HAS FANGS!!! OH MY GOSH, HE IS GONNA EAT ME!!! I felt my body jolt, trying to send off shock waves, but I didn't have enough energy. Instead, my skin buzzed with a small amount of static, enough to have the force of a shock from the door knob at most.

Please don't eat me, please don't eat me, please don't eat me!
All the horrific stories flooded my mind at once. The blood, the screams, the cold-blooded murder, it was so real I could feel, taste, and hear it. I saw the corpses, so real in my imagination, all scattered around the Rogue...and I was next!
My body felt very strained, and my legs could have weighed more than iron, but I would not stop for the world. I felt myself beginning to shut down. Panic filled me to my core; I didn't have very much time left.

(Tell me if I need to change anything!)

(Bwahaha!! "HE IS GOING TO EAT ME!!" That made my day. =D)
Davnick

I chased Sheara, flying as fast as I could. She was tired, exausted, she couldn't run for long. Tige and Seena flew by us, unbelievably fast. They were gone before I could say anything. I looked back to the fleeing girl, who kept glancing back at me. Her face was a mask of fear, and it drove daggars into my chest everytime she looked at me.

She sent out a weak charge, but it wasn't even strong enough to leave her skin. She was slowing down, and now I could almost touch her. She gave one last glance back, and a burst of energy seemed to overtake her. She ran even faster than before...

...Right off the edge of a 100 foot cliff. She screamed as she fell, and I dove after her. There is no way I'm letting you die. I thought. My earlier pain and sadness was gone, determination in its place. She was falling fast and my wings were slowing me down, so I hugged them as cloce to myself as possible. Twenty-five feet above the ground, I caught up to her, and grabbed her. I pulled her close to my chest, and spread my wings wide. They snapped open, hard enough that I pulled the muscles in both shoulders. We landed in a small clearing, shaken but alive.

I carefully pulled her away from me, looking down at her face. I wasn't sure what I was expecting. Maybe tears, probably fear. I was hoping for grattitude, but it was in vain. Her wide eyes stared at me, full of horror. It nearly ripped my insides out, and I couldn't keep the pain off my face. Neither of us spoke for a moment. Then, she mumbled, her voice shaking with fear.

"P-please." She pleaded. I had heard the cry before, too many times. My sister had begged like that before she died. I felt like I was going to throw up. "Please." She repeated. "D-don't... don't eat me."

I gaped at her in shock. A hysterical giggle escaped my throat, and she looked even more scared. "Why in the world would I do that?" I asked, trying to control myself. I must seem insane to her.

Sheara was shivering like she was in a blizzard. "You... you have fangs!" She exclaimed.

What the? What is she talking about? I thought, confused. It was only then that I remembered I was in my Pet form, and therefore terrifying. I had completely forgotten, my wings and claws had always been a part of me. I quickly changed back though, to prevent anymore thoughts of me eating Sheara. "I'm not going to hurt you." I said gently. " I would never hurt you." I choked on the word, and my eyes stung with wetness.

Her eyes were still wide, but less terrifyed. More confused now. "But, you... you kill people like me. You kill us for money."

Tears rolled down my face. "I know. I-" My voice wavered. "I've done such... awful things. But, it's because..." I paused, not sure what to say. "I'm scared. I'm so scared. Scared that they'll take me back to that place. That they'll hurt me... Scared that I wont be able to protect people if I learn to love them."

She looked back at me, her eyes full of pain now. "I know how you feel." She said, her voice mildly surprised. "I... I'm sorry. I'm sorry Davnick." She cuddled into my chest. I looked down at her, so shocked my tears stopped for a moment. She was so small and... warm. A smile split my face, my first real smile in far too long. The tears started to flow again, but these were tears of love, and forgivness. I wrapped my arms around Sheara, holding her close.

"Thank you." I whispered. "Oh thank you so much." When she said 'You're welcome', I heard Kara's voice.