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[Aldrid]

Aldrid picked up the lyrics instantly, singing them in a whispered voice. It didnt calm him, not in the slightest, if anything it had made him feel more depressed and despairing, though he stopped crying. He just sat their motionless wallowing in hopelessness. Aldrid looked down at the ring on his finger, hand trembling.
the ring on his finger brought him back to that moment in the woods, holding the love of his life, and it was there that his mind stayed while he drifted off to sleep...
suddenly the dream shifted, and the verse that coursed through his mind was:
The one ring to rule them all
the one ring to find them
the one ring to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them.

His sleep was unrestful, and again was plagued by his nightmares

[Admin]

Seeing it was not an appropriate song, Her lyrics swiftly moved to another hoping that it would bring him peace.
May it be an evening star,
Shines down upon you.
May it be when darkness falls,
Your heart will be true.
You walk a lonely road;
Oh, how far you are from home....

Mornie utulie (darkness has come),
Believe and you will find your way.
Mornie alantie (darkness has fallen),
A promise lives within you now....

May it be the shadows call,
Will fly away.
May it be your journey on,
To light the day.
When the night is overcome,
You may rise to find the sun.

Mornie utulie (darkness has come),
Believe and you will find your way.
Mornie alantie (darkness has fallen),
A promise lives within you now....

A promise lives within you now....

She cried holding him. silent tears as she remembered this face, this woman's face. She had searched the whole town for this woman, trying to find her significance. She had hoped that when she found her. She would remember everything... She knew it was a bad memory but she couldn't remember... Why was she fated so?
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[Aldrid]

He woke to the sound of her voice, and just lay there for a moment. It would seem that the mercy of sleep's reprive would not befall him tonight. Aldrid sat up, seeing the tears fall down her face, he pulled her into a tight hug. "it's okay... I know, its hard, but it'll be okay. if I can do it then you can," Aldrid whispered softly to her hoping that if he couldnt cheer her up, that she would at least understand she's not alone.
He gripped her tightly, his arms wrapped around her protectively, he couldnt help but have to help her. She helped him, saved his life even, and it was his turn to relieve her from her damnation, or they'll be damned together.

[Admin]

The burning was more intense in her throat. Him being so close was making it worse. She hissed softly. "Aldrid...." She was fighting it now with every ounce of her being. "Get off me..." she said as softly as she could, the strain evident in her voice. Every fiber of her was screaming to attack him. Wanting to rip his throat out and watch him gargle his last words. She was afraid to move. Afraid to open her mouth again.

[Aldrid]

Aldrid let her go and got off the bed, walking to the other side of the room and leans against the counter, folding his arms over his chest and he looked carefully at her. "You're like her, from the hospital. Right? you need what, blood to live?" Aldrid looked at her thoughtfully. "how often do need to feed and how much?"
He could offer her his blood, seeing as he burned through the venom and the pheromones, he's probably immune, the same thing that keeps him immune from zombies.
Aldrid paced about the room, playing with the knife. depending on her self control, he could sustain her for a time, so long as he had the proper tools to keep himself alive. And then there is still Genevieve. How is she faring without him? she's probably doing fine, Percival is there to protect his "Sparrow."
"you need to feed, obviously... I have a way to help, if you can control yourself that is."

[Admin]

"I have more control than you could imagine. It's easier around you, because your blood smells different to me. it's not as sweet." She said as if she was the Queen of self control. She watched him with the knife, knowing he wasn't stupid enough to try and hurt her with it. She was wondering how he was going to get her blood. She could clearly smell better than him. She couldn't figure out what he knew that she didn't. She knew where she could get some blood, but it would be risky...

[Aldrid]

"All right, then, all I ask is that you dont kill me" He walked back over and sat on the bed beside you, drawing the knife he held his hand out and smoothly drew the blade across his skin, just enough for the blood to well up."take only fom my arm got it? it'll be easier for me to survive." He waited with anticipation, so long as she just took enough to stay satisfied Aldrid should be okay

[Admin]

"No." She was shaking now her eyes locked onto the veil of fresh blood. The smell was intoxicating. She was salivating, her bleeding gums mixing with her saliva and running over her lips. Her face was full of pain. She couldn't stop herself from moving towards him with quick precision. She was on top of him, Straddling him but not touching him except with her mouth. She moved her mouth to his arm, her back arching. Her tongue streaked out of her mouth and across his red line. The blood thinning and coming out more. She gently placed her mouth against his wound and slowly began to suck. Her whole body was shaking. She was fighting so hard to take this slow, and to not destroy this boy. Her animal instincts were almost over powering her.

[Aldrid]

Aldrid watched this girl ontop of him and clutched the knife tighter. He would know when it was too much for him to handle and if she couldnt comply, he would drive the knife into her back. He hoped it didnt come down to that. He gasped slightly, feeling the blood rushing from his body, his life stream slowly slipping away.
Aldrid then began to feel the effects of the day, "Vasilla, thats enough now," He said, his world began to spin. "Dont take anymore."

[Admin]

She was breathing heavy. She pulled her mouth away from him moaning. Her eyes were shut tight and her grip on his arm had tightened slightly, not painful but tight. She was shaking again. Wanting more of him, all of him. NO. no more. It was a fight internally whichever side won would decide his fate. She brought her mouth back down to his would and licked the wound the blood clotting. Tears where in her eyes. This was the most painful thing she had ever felt. Her insides were screaming for her to bite him to tear his throat out. To finish his Misery, oh yes. his delicious misery. NO no misery... Suddenly she was off of him and slammed into the cabinets on the other side of the room. The wood splintering against the force. She was gripping the counter as if if she let go, she would kill him. Her body still shaking her head dropped her hair hanging, blocking her face. She was panting hard. She was groaning in pain and discomfort trying to settle herself.

[Aldrid]

Aldrid got to his feet and walked over. What the hell was he doing? aproaching a predator? surely he didnt have a death wish? He didnt care if she protested Aldrid grabbed her from behind and pulled her into a tight hug, his arms becoming unyielding vices. He may be human, but he was being underestimated. Aldrid was stronger than most, even his will power.
Aldrid held her like that, resting his chin on her shoulder. "We'll do this together, okay? I dont know about you, but im tired of being alone, Even if we're different, this is a burden we can bare together... you arent alone anymore Vasilla."

[Admin]

She breathed slowly. trying to fight her demons. His neck was with in inches of her mouth. He was signing his own death wish... Her right hand slowly released the counter. Part of the granite falling to the wooden floor. She gently placed her hand against his back. She sighed, sounding more like an airy moan. Her body was still twitching, but not as bad. She wouldn't open her mouth this close to his neck.

[Aldrid]

Aldrid felt her hand on his body. She was strong, but she was gentle. For the most part she was in control. "We all have to fight our demons at one point or another... dont run from them anymore, Vasilla, you can never win that way." His grip tightened, an odd need to protect her washed over him.
"you arent alone anymore, you can cry when you need to, laugh when you want. I dont know what your past is, and I cant write your story, but I can tell you, that in even the blackest dark, there is still a shred of light."
He leaned over and kissed her cheek affectionately. A sister, is what she was. He felt like he was a kid again, and was holding a distraught Gwenivere. He remembered saying those exact words to her, the day he left. The last time he saw her alive.

[Admin]

There was a mix up in the communication. With the blood lust still so fresh in her veins. She mistook this brotherly peck for an intimate kiss. She turned herself into him, and gently leaned her head down until her lips met his. Her bloodstained lips enveloping his. Her hand came up to the back of his neck cradling him gently.

[Aldrid]

His eyes widened at the sudden turn of events, his mind becoming a bit confused and muddled. He still refused to let her go, but gently and politely broke the kiss, smiling at her softly, unsure how exactly to aproach this. He staggered a bit, feeling the loss of the blood taking its toll.
Why would she kiss him like that? he was only kissed like that once, and that was by... Genevieve. His heart felt a little heavy at the thought. Aldrid, unable to make eye contact with Vasilla, pulled her into a hug, watching out the window, his mind roiling like a typhoon, smashing into the walls of his brain, screaming for answers. Aldrid closed his eyes and leaned against her a bit as the world began to spin.
Aldrid suddenly sagged forward, the blood loss and the fitfull sleep was finally taxing his body. He sunk his weight forward, only trying to find something sold to rest on, aiming for the floor, but only finding this powerful, yet gentle creature. She was no longer human, but, she wasnt a monster. Just a being that lives on the darker side of things, who can still see glimpses of hope.
"Hope..." He whispered out loud, tasting the word. "dont lose hope, Vasilla, or you become one of "Them," you're better than that, dont ever lose sight of who you are." And with that, Aldrid blacked out, fading into a dreamless sleep.

[Admin]

She placed him on the bed, and left in search of food. She returned rather quickly. She petted his hair and retrieved a bucket of water that she had used to collect rain water. She used a rag from the kitchen to wash the dirt from his body. He was half naked and she felt this was something any one else would have done.

[Aldrid]

Aldrid just lay there in his unconciousness, drifting through the dark void that is sleep. His mind felt at rest for the first time in a long time. there was a strange sensation in his body, as he felt something like water run over his skin. It felt good, after being on the run for so long. Aldrid could survive, he knew he could. Aldrid swam about the darkness, going any which way he so chose, enjoying the abscence of earthly bonds. He whispered out to the darkness, out into the world. "there's always a light to be found."

[Admin]

After cleaning him she stripped herself of her clothes and began washing the fresh blood off of them with the dawn dish soap she found in the kitchen. She used the plug in the sink and sparingly used the water from the bucket. She washed her clothes as best she could and hung them to dry. She paced around the apartment deep in thought. She kept thinking of the boy she had found earlier in the month. He was very young. She always made sure to check up on him. and hadn't done it recently... She began to worry... She paced about with her right hand on her hip and her left hand on her forehead.

[Aldrid]

Aldrid slept peacefully for the first time since he left Genevieve. He couldnt remember everything that had happened between the point of the hospital to now. He remembered cool lips on his, which still tingled even after falling asleep. Aldrid rolled over, turning his back to the room, his breathing even and calm. However, his face looked sad, having lost everyone important to him. Aldrid reached up and scratched the place where he was bit by Caroline, and flinched a bit at its sensitivity.
He rested for a while, but something kept drawing him to the surface, refusing him rest. His eyes snapped open, a bit blood shot and he rolled over onto his other side to see the naked girl walking about the room. He blushed, his heart rate increasing and turned on his back to stare at the cieling. Adrid let out a frustrated sigh by the lack of sleep, and the inability to sleep. He sat up, sitffling a yawn and just sat there, his hands folded in his lap. He stared at his hands, not daring to train his tempted eyes on the naked form.

[Admin]

She heard his heart rate increase and feared he was suffering from something unknown she turned to find him Sitting starring at his hands. "Aldrid, what draws your heart rate?" she questioned worried for his condition. She returned to the bedside squatting. Her body now out of view from her collar bones down.

[Aldrid]

He looked at her and smiled a bit, still blushing "j-just you're beautiful" He muttered. "and you suprised me being naked." Aldrid looked back down at his hands, clearly not very good at the socializing bit. She was beautiful, he thought, even in the changes her body had gone through. He could see how agonizing it must of been, the growth spurts, the changes in bodily functions. But she was beautiful, because despite what she is, despite what she wanted, she still retained a piece of her soul, through all the difficult times, the turmoil, the trauma. Aldrid envied her, in some ways, he even admitted it out loud. "I'm envious, of you, Vasilla," He smile a bit, blushing deeper, looking down at his hands,"You've been through some unimaginable pain, and you still continue onward, you truly are strong. Don't ever lose that, no matter what you see or come to learn, okay?" He looked at her, a strange fierceness in his eyes, as if he couldnt stress it enough.

(listen to this while reading www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHe4_y_iaqM&feature=autoplay&list=FL3zaL9WaoHr43vS7EvEE14A&lf=mh_lolz&playnext=12 )

[Admin]

All she could do was nod. She couldn't promise him something that she would never truly be able to control...
She was strong willed. And she would not give up on whatever it is that she believed in. "Get some rest." Was all she said. The temperature was dropping as night began to fall around the city. This is when it was most safe. She could feel herself growing tired, feeling slow and drugged. But no matter what, she would eventually succumb to the cold, and she would sleep until the cold passed, or until she starved to death... Her breathing and heart rate had already began to slow dramatically. She could feel the pulling, her body was telling her to lay down, and rest. But she would fight through it to make sure he was safe. Even if it meant burning up her energy.

[Aldrid]

Aldrid looked at you then out the window to see it being night time. He got up out of the bed and layed you in it instead, covering you with the blanket, He stopped any protest by gently putting his finger to her lips. "Before you say anything, I'll be okay I've rested a bit earlier today so I should be able to easily make it through the night," He smiled and bent over her gently kissing her forehead, feeling how cold she was, and brought the blanket up to her chin. He stood up with a groan and stretched. Picking up the crowbar and his clothes, he wandered over to the table and sat in a chair, beginning to sing a song he didnt remember where he learned it from but it was calming:

"Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam,
Et lingua eius loquetur indicium.

Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem,
Quoniqm cum probates fuerit accipient coronam vitae

Kyrie, fons bonitatis.
Kyrie, ignis divine, eleison.

O quam sancta, quam serena,
Quam benigma, quam amoena esse Virgo creditur.
O quam sancta, quam serena,
Quam benigma, quam amoena,
O castitatis lilium.

Kyrie, fons bonitatis.
Kyrie, ignis divine, eleison.


O quam sancta, quam serena,
Quam benigma, quam amoena,
O castitatis lilium."

He finished his song, with a soft sigh, smiling to himself at a distant memory as he cleaned his knife and crowbar.

( song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QLP4DCcOZA)

[Admin]

Her body began it's slow shut down. Her heart rate slowing to only 14 beats per minute. Her breathing almost unnoticeable. She appeared to be a lifeless corpse on the bed. Her pale hairless flesh absorbing the moonlight that had begun to wash in from the window. Tonight, no dreams would come. Only still black silence.

[Aldrid]

Aldrid watched her enter her death-like sleep. He looked about the place restlessly. He needed to get some fresh air, and doubted he could wake her to tell her so. He found a scrap napkin and some chalk, writing carefully, "I'll be back, I promise." He set the note where she would easily see it, the corner weighed down by the pot. He got dressed silently, and padded to the window. If he opened the barricade, there was no way to close it. the window at least, Aldrid can get out, but not back in.
He slid the window open noislessly, and climbed out onto the window sill. He stood on the edge precariously, sliding the window shut, carefully balancing, standing only on his toes, feeling the slight needle like pain start to prick his muscles. Aldrid jumped off to the left, grabbing a drain pipe, and sliding down it.
Landing he looked about, hearing and seeing nothing. He remembered seeing a camping store a few blocks back towards the hospital where the ambulance crashed. He started out as a jog, moving carefully and silently, an expert of urban environments, he easily maneuvered through the hollow ghosts of buildings, easily avoiding "Them." He came up to the store, seeing a lone zombie blocking the entrance. He drew his knife and crept up on it, stabbing it through the base of his skull where the spine meats the brain, killing it. He smoothly pulled his knife out and squeezed in through the half barricaded doors. Inside it was dark, but the moonlight was enough to see his prize. He strode over to a metal cabinent, and pryed it open with his crowbar, stopping just long enough to hear the auspicious shuffling of the undead. He reached in and extricated a machete and it sheath, strapping it to his back where his hips were, just above the buttocks. the zombies outside began to crowd infront of the door, and he slunk out the back, entering the cool night air, the alley was clear, but he wasnt taking chances. He scrambled up a drain pipe, then jumped into the second story window of a neighboring bakery.
He didnt find any salvagable ingredients though, and resumed his prowl of the local neighborhood.

[Admin]

As soon as his fresh scent had dissipated her body jolted awake. Something was wrong, very wrong. She sat up as fast as she could which was extremely slow and frustrating. She could not see him or hear his heartbeat. She was in panic mode. Where had this boy gone? What had gotten to him... This wasn't happening. She couldn't look for him in time if anything where to have happened to him. She could barely move at all. Then she noticed the finger prints on the edge of the glass just inside the frame work of the window. Had he jumped to his death, was she just that unbearable?

[Aldrid]

He prowled through the neighborhood, slowly making his way back to the safe house as he called it. He had found something he hoped that Vasilla would enjoy. they were scraps of ribbon, of all different colors that he found at a seamstress. He climbed up the drain pipe again, and hopped back onto the window sill, not seeing her already awake. Aldrid balanced there carefully before sticking his crowbar under it and slowly inching it open. Soon it was open enough that he could climb in. He landed with a barely audible thud on the hard floor and let out a soft sigh.
He looked over to see her standing there, and jumped obviiously startled. "j-jeeze! you scared me!" He whispered quietly, his heart beat was like a drum against his chest. He slowly calmed down and sat at the table, his back pack bulging a bit. "You look like you need some sleep, why dont you go rest, I'll be here in the morning." He said softly stiffling a yawn.

[Admin]

"You left." She said simply and rather slowly. She could even began to explain to him how much she had been worrying. Her body was still cold and in slow motion. She had been thinking of all the gruesome ways he might have died. She always feared the worst... She stood in a rather awkward position, in the transition between steps.

[Aldrid]

Aldrid walked towards her and hugged her gently, propelling her to the bed, "was only for a couple of hours, dont worry, im fine. Just needed to go for a bit of a walk is all." He sat down on the edge of the bed, feeling her unnatural cold body and pulled her down beside him. Aldrid found her slow movements, and what seemed to be sluggish thinking, He easily maneuvered her onto the bed. He lay her down, and lied beside her, carefully wrapping his arms around her, sharing his warmth. He rested his forehead between her shoulder blades, sighing softly. It wasnt long that he drifted off to sleep, the small bag with the ribbons clutched in a death grip.

[Admin]

She knew that even if her body slowed she would not get rest. Knowing that the little boy was out there alone for another night... She wanted badly to tell Aldrid of the boy. So he could go get him right now and she would know he was safe. But she knew it was a bad idea, and they would have to wait until the sun broke over the tree line.