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Sunday, December 19, 2004


   Chapter 5
Chapter Five- Lost

By Izumi Ishtar

It was dark when I awoke. At first I didn't move. I just lay there spread eagled, my face buried in the dirt and grass. Why bother getting up...? It was better for me to die alone than find my way back home and kill everyone else with me...
Nonetheless, I let out a muffled sob and pushed myself up slowly. Where was I? I could barely see my hand in front of my face, much less anything around me...I'd have to rely on my instincts to survive until morning...
I sat up and groped around for some twigs and leaves, then pulled out my lighter and made a small fire. As the flame flickered to life before me, I saw that I was in a forest...
Had I run that far?
The forest was about 3 miles from the house...there was no way I would make it back in less than an hour...and that's all I could risk with it being so dark...
I sensed things watching me through the brush, watching me with their little yellow flourescent eyes...some probably saw me as a threat...others, food...
Neither was a good thing to be viewed as. I shook off the horrible thoughts of being torn to shreds by some wild animal, and tried to think of something happier. Nothing came to mind. Absolutely nothing. What was good about my situation? I was stranded in the middle of nowhere, without food or shelter...if I did make it back, I wouldn't be able to face anyone after the last incident...and worst of all, I was getting a horrible migraine...which meant I didn't have much more time to evade...him....
I buried my face in my hands and moaned. It just wasn't worth it anymore...the pressure was growing too great...
Then it came to me. How to solve it all. I reached for the large dagger in my belt slowly...it was the only way. My hand quivered over the handle, every fiber of my being was screaming no at me...but I had to do it...I couldn't let him kill anyone...never again...
The blade shimmered in the light as I pulled it out, and once again, I saw my terrified reflection in it...
It wasn't until then that I realized I was crying. Uncontrollably...hysterically....I didn't want to die! I would've liked to think I did, but I didn't. I couldn't do it. I dropped the knife and buried my face in my hands again, sobbing madly, feeling the tears creep between my fingers, feeling my body shaking...I felt so small and weak...so useless to the world...so alone...
...alone...I despised that word...

I must have cried for hours. But even so, when I lifted my head up again, it was still pitch black out...the fire had crackled to a small flame...I stared into it, thinking about what my life could have been like had I just accepted my fate so long ago...
"Malik-Sama...?"
I nearly leapt out of my skin. There was someone there with me, behind me. I turned around slowly, my heart racing in alarm...
I blinked, then sighed in relief when I saw who it was.
"Izumi...what are you doing out here?"
She shifted her feet uncomfortably.
"I came to find you...", she said," I was worried..."
Worried. About me. I did have a reason to live...
"Well then," I wiped off my face with the back of my hand and smiled, "Don't just stand over there where it's cold..."
She came hesitantly over to me and sat down, clicking off her flashlight.
"So how did you find me way out here?" I asked. She shrugged.
"I followed the smoke and light...and then I heard you..."
She didn't finish. We both sat there a long while, staring into the blazing fire, throwing some kindling in every time it went down. I slid an arm around her, and she sidled up to me quietly...
She was the first to break the silence.
"Why did you come out here all alone?" she asked. I just sighed. I couldn't tell her yet...
"Malik-sama?"
"Don't, Izumi...," I shut my eyes and shook my head slowly ,"Just don't..."
"Okay..." She looked away. There was disappointment and fear in her eyes. She was so worried about me...she could tell something was wrong. And I wanted to tell her...I wanted to. But I didn't want to worry her any more than she already was...
I reached out and moved her face to mine again.
"I'll tell you when the time is right...," I whispered, "it just isn't the time..."
She gazed at me, bewildered, then nodded hesitantly. I smiled at her.
"Thank you..."
We watched each other. Understood each other. Felt each other's emotions...
I slid my arms around her shoulders, and she did the same...
And we kissed.
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Sorry it's so short...I ran out of ideas after this point...
>.<

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