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As he looked on her form, an image of her talking about the vacation popped into
his head, as well as her sitting on the bed asking him to be careful. Other images came as
well, of how he first met her and how he’d saved her life before. The symbiote just
remained quiet as it fell into a state of grief and mourning as D leant against the wall next
to her body, his arm leaving a bloody smear on the bare bricks. As he closed his eyes,
resting his face against his arm he saw a flash of her when they were first together and she
told him she loved him.
“I love you D,”her voice echoed in his mind quietly.
D was quiet and the symbiote spoke up quietly, his own voice full of emotions.
“D...I....”
The symbiote received no response from D for a moment then he uttered the
simple phrase,”This...is not supposed to happen.”
“I know,”the symbiote said quietly,”If only there was a way to save her...”
It’s voice trailed off and D was quiet.
“There has to be a way,”the symbiote muttered quietly, almost to the point D
couldn’t hear him,”We can’t lose her.”
“She....she’s gone...”
“I know....but...D...if I can save you who says I can’t save her,”The symbiote said,
it’s voice somewhat encouraging,”At least let me give it a try before you give up hope.”
D nodded in reply and removed his gloves as he placed his hand on her chest,
pressing down ever so softly. The symbiote began to take a little life energy from D and
pumped it into her, pausing only a second and after it received no response it tried again.
It used a little more of D’s life energy this time and once again, no response was received.
With a final determined face it tried again and after a moment a slight movement came
from her chest. D’s eyes widened in surprise as he watched this and as the symbiote gave
her more energy her body began working on it’s own again, and allowed her to take a
slow breath. A quiet mumble came from her lips and the symbiote grinned happliy as she
slowly opened her eyes. With her head still drooped she saw the symbiote and D as he
slumped and gripped one of the chains holding her up. As he slumped the symbiote
sensed that he was weary from loss of blood and chi so he stopped using D’s energy as her
body went to heal itself by it’s own means. The symbiote pulled back from her chest
slightly as she struggled to raise her head to look at him.
In a quiet whisper she uttered,”D....”
He looked up at her, his face pale and covered in sweat and her eyes showed
concern as she quietly asked,”Are you allright?”
“Kat....”he murmured quietly with a slight nod.
She smiled at him and tried tohide the pain from the wounds and her leg so as not
to worry him.
“Where’s Lucien?” She asked quietly as he stood and began to undo her locks.
When the locks were undone she fell forward, still unable to stand on her own. D
caught her against his body and stumbled back a step as she let out a quiet ‘oof’ and
mumbled an apology. As he caught her he held her close to him, keeping her away from
Lucien’s corpse.
“You’re....alive....” He murmured quietly.
She nodded and replied,”Thanks to you..”
D remained silent and simply held her as she closed her eyes. As she laid her head
against his chest she wrapped her arms around him and gently hugged him, letting a quiet
sigh escape her lips.
“I love you, D.”
As he held her closer he whispered back,”I love you, Kat.”
She smiled and gave another contented sigh as she rested in his arms. He kissed
her cheek softly and slowly stood with her to survey the room. Her blood still coated the
floor as she leaned on him heavilly for support. A gasp escaped her lips as she spotted
Lucien’s corpse.
“A fitting end,”D said simply and she nodded silently in reply.
“We should take care of your injuries, then the children,”he continued
quietly,”Their curse has been broken.”
“Good,”she replied with another nod,”I’m glad they’re allright.”
As she finished speaking D tore quick bandages from his clothing and wrapped
them tightly over her wounds to staunch the blood flow. She protested slightly about
ruined clothing but he ignored her, dressing her wounds as well as his own, quickly and
efficiently.
“But D..” She began, ready to protest again.
“We must get the children to safety quickly,”he said quietly to stop her protests
and she nodded and went to stend on her own.
D began to walk over to retrieve his sword and slowly she followed, limping to her
own sword in the corner. After D had sheathed his sword he moved to help her and
slowly, with his help she got her sword strapped to her back. She smiled at him as a
thanks for the help and he nodded as he helped her out into the hall where the little
children looked around, huddled together. When they spotted D and Katrina they seemed
to shrink into a tighter ball and some of them even snapped and growled to try and scare
them off.
“This could be difficult,”D said, his normal monotone voice taking over again.
“Very,”Katrina added quietly with a nod.
As the mass of children shrank away from them they noticed one little girl by
herself in a corner, seemingly afraid of the others. She was about 4 or 5 with reddish
brown hair that fell to her mid back and her eyes were a deep bluish shade. As she shrank
away from the others she spotted D and Katrina. The little girls eyes went wide as saucers
as she suddenly ran to D and Katrina and threw her arms around D’s leg, crying. He
looked down at the little girl, startled and surprised as vampires and dhampires rarely get
their legs hugged.
She didn’t notice his look of surprise as she clung to him and between sobs
managed to utter,”I thought the mean man had hurt you daddy....”
This caused D to look at Katrina, utterly baffled and she looked down at the little
girl. After another moment she knelt by the girl and gave a quick glance up to D before
she placed a hand on the girls shoulder as she quietly spoke.
“It’s okay.. it’s okay...”
As she spoke though the girl turned her head and lunged at Katrina, tackling her
back to the stone floor with a hug. The girl continued her sobbing and D’s face had a
relieved look on it albeit worried at the same time. Katrina took that opportunity to look
up at D and he returned the look. Both Katrina and D were surprised when the little girl
throughout her sobs mumbled something involving the word mommy. Katrina then gave
D the ‘Okay, what now?’ look to which he replied with a ‘I’m a fricking vampire hunter
this doesn’t happen to me’ look.
Katrina laid there on the ground with the little girl clinging to her and after a
moment she attempted to stand, taking the girl up with her. It was slightly too difficult
and so she sat back down and looked up to D again.
“D...Can you maybe take her so I can get up?”