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[Fatal Star Syndrome]

(( It's....It's alive! :'D Hello again everyone~ I'm behind a few pages but I'll read and reply when I get home. ))

[Rose.]

•Zack•

The fact that someone understood what he went through and what he was still made some weight lift of the vampire's shoulders. Glancing over at her as she spoke, he saw the tears building up in her eyes before fading away. He frowned slightly- for some reason it hurt him so see her sad. And he pulled her into a loose embrace. "That's exactly how it feels," He murmered. He closed his eyes lightly as if trying to banish the negative and hurting thoughts away. But it didn't seem to want to work. At all. "It's not your fault that she was killed, you know." He mumbled, trying to reassure her as he dropped his arms and frowned slightly.


•Rose•

Rose's eyes flittered open and she looked around her, sucking in a sharp breath of air as she realised she was up in the air. Feeling strong arms around her made her gasp again and she looked up to see who owned them. Seeing Chase's face confused her greatly. Well, being up in the air also obviously confused her as well. "Ch-Chase? What's happening?" Her blue eyes widened as her mind ran. "Wh-Where are Ivan, Merr and Ami? A-And Ebony." She asked, shooting questions at him, and squirming in his grip in frustration. Her biggest worry was Ivan. She knew Merr was very capable of looking after himself, and so was Ami. But Ivan? He had no major defenses, except for his eye. And from what she'd gathered, he couldn't use it on command. And he hated to do it. The fact that she also loved him made her mind scream in frustration. She wanted to know where he was. No. She needed to know where he was. She couldn't stand the fact that he could be in danger. And as the memory of the choppers and electricutions came back to her, he probably was in major danger.

( Now I just need to think up a post for Charlie >.< )

[Solanum]

Avio frowned at Rose... She had been hoping that she wouldn't ask, but of course she would. "They have been taken by the same people that experimented on us. First they used shocks to bring them down and then they took them away in helicopters. I'm sorry Rose... But we will get them back, don't worry about that." She placed her hand on Rose's shoulder, trying to comfort her.

[Rose.]

•Rose•

When Avio spoke to Rose, she snapped her eyes to her. After Avoi had finished speaking, she froze. They have been taken by the same people that experimented on us. Those words ran over and over in her mind for a few seconds before she spoke. "Don't worry about it?!" She squealed, finally snapping. Ivan and the others were in trouble. "We need to go now! W-We need to save them! Wh-What are you waiting for?!" She pushed off her hands and squirmed around in Chase's grip. "Let me go! We need to go now!" She squirmed around even more. Not thinking clearly that if she didn't stop thrashing, she'd fall. All the stress that had been building up inside her finally exploded. "Let. Me. Go!" She screamed.

[Solanum]

"ROSE! See sense. If we just blunder in there we will be killed and they will have no hope. So cool it, and help us to think of a plan. As far as we know, we are the only three that haven't been kidnapped." She sighed, her single wing beating frantically to try and keep her airborne.

[Mustanggirl26]

~Claire~

Claire jumped as Zack put his arms around her lightly. She started to feel an odd sensation in her stomach... butterflies. The butterflies in her stomach fluttered, flipped, and jumped around, making Claire feel... well, wierd. But the gesture was sort of calming too. She gently closed her eyes as he held her, feeling serene, happy, collected. She liked it. She opened her eyes again and looked at Zack. She smiled up at him, blushing a little, but as she did, she began realize something. Zack was the first person she had ever told anything of importance to, aside from Logan. And she had come out of her usual shell. Claire shook her head lightly. Was this really happening?

Claire frowned a bit as he released her from his hold. She looked at him and saw that he was still troubled about his loss, but it felt wrong to Claire to just sit there in silence. She needed to help him. She wanted to help him get rid of whatever bad memories kept coming to his mind. She didn't want him to completely destroy them, but help them mellow a little, so they wouldn't come back every single time he told someone about it.

"Zack? Do you... do you hate it when you think about your friend and all those memories come up? Do you really wish all of it would... would... just go away? Not go away forever, meaning completely destroying them, but not have them come around all the time, every time you think about it. Do you wish that could happen?" Claire asked with a blank expression, staring out at the other edge of the clearing. Her storm gray eyes were locked on the edge of thee circle, as if something that fascinated her stood there, but there were only trees where she looked.

[Nostalgia]

Chase grabbed the water Avio brought, releasing her wing and frantically making it flow into his body to heal him while still holding onto a squirming Rose. When he regained his senses, he glared at her a little, tightening his hold on her and slowly floating down using the water. "They have about five billion lasers in there. We can't just run in and start screaming 'ATTACK!!!'." he said, rolling his eyes.

[Fatal Star Syndrome]

C o l d . But I'm still here.

"They're taking me back..." Ivan squeezed his eye closed, shaking as his mind cleared and began to recognize the noises around him. Cages, the electricity, the helicopters...the voices of the people around him. "No...no..." Still bound, Ivan was unable to keep himself steady as his cage was lifted and tossed carelessly into one of the many enclosures. His body was thrown to the side, causing him to bite down on his trembling lip. As his cage settled he became resltess, pulling against his ties and the walls of the cage. "I want out...Let me go..." Of course, Ivan couldn't be sure if anyone could even hear him, he simply knew that he needed to raise his voice in order to assure himself he was still there. His breath quickened, a frantic unnatural beat took over the rate of his heart and he screamed. Someone had to be there, someone had to let him out. He knew where he was now, and he was terrified.

B l i n d . 'Cause I'm so blind.

[Rose.]

•Rose•

Rose nodded quickly and pursed her lips, she stopped moving and frowned. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap like that." She mumbled. But the truth was, she couldn't help it. Ivan was in trouble, they all were. For all she knew, they could be dead already. And that thought made her chest tighten and squeeze. She buried her head in her hands and nodded. "We need to come up with a plan then. And fast." She murmered into her hands, trying to bring herself back together. Closing her eyes and deeply inhaling, she dropped her hands and sighed. "If we don't hurry, there's a chance they could be killed or hurt, if they're not already."

•Zack•

"I do wish it would all go away... all of my past. But no, I don't want it to linger there, I want it all to vanish. To be ridded from my mind. The thing's I've done... Claire, the thing's I have done are unforgivable. What I've become..." He paused to frown and look away from her, he didn't want her to see him like this at all. "But. I've changed. I don't know if it's for the better or worse. But I changed. And I think I changed when I saw you." He turned back to her and frowned, "I know it sounds stupid. And it probably is. But that's the only reasonable- no, not even reasonable. Just, it's the only explanation I can think of that's made me like this." He muttered, following her gaze to thin air and frowning slightly. "What are you looking at?" He asked.

[Mustanggirl26]

~Claire~

"Nothing," Claire answered in a sad tone. She turned around and faced Zack. She looked up into his deep, mysterious eyes, trying to figure it out. She put a hand lightly on his arm, smiling faintly. "Nothing anybody has done is unforgivable. Trust me. There were so many people in my life who murdered, fought, stole, one even assassinated an uncle of mine who was a Senator. But everyone forgave each other. I mean, my uncle never was a nice person and he had lung cancer, so he would have died sometime," she muttered.

"Don't blame yourself. Don't even think about it! It's been hard for me, but did I give up and die? No. I didn't. But I didn't let the thoughts overtake me either. So... try to think about who's really at fault here, you or those scientists who changed us? Because I know you know who really killed him. But who took the blame? YOU! Who should have taken the blame but didn't? Them. Please... don't take the blame anymore. You're going crazy. I can see it right now. And... I don't want you to go crazy," she said.

Claire's lower lip started to tremble. Her storm gray eyes became teary, but she didn't begin to cry yet. She hesitantly raised her other hand, slowly bringing it up to Zack's face. She brushed a few strands of his dark brown hair away from his eyes, a smile breaking slowly through to her lips.