My heart pounded as she burst against my two attackers...she was almost as silent as I but the power she had within her was let loose like never before. I scrabbled free just as she sliced the neck of the man above me, a great sheet of blood showering across us. I blinked away the hot sticky fluid from my eyes as it ran down my face and blinked up just as her hand reached for me.

I looked up, staring into the blood flecked face of this woman who had crashed into my life so utterly. I clasped her fingers with my own, hers red with blood that had ran down the knife she had wielded so excellently and lifted up next to her. Her eyes were still flooded with rage and a dark fury that pulsed there. I sensed it changing though, our touch seemed to act like a lightening rod for her to discharge the rage that she held. My eyes were locked with hers and I found the change in hers startling...shocking. Our hands seemed reluctant to part…but as they slid away I felt…I wasnt sure, a static charge that seemed to revive me and sent my memory back to the moment she had said "forgive me"...

The crowd had thinned somewhat, whether they had found fresher, easier victims elsewhere or just grown tired of us….who knows. Trey was still firing at them, replacing clip after clip of ammunition in his rifle as he impatiently waved at us.
“Get a fucking move on Ladies, this aint no shopping trip!”
My eyes drew down in anger and I heard Celine mutter something… “one more thing…” and she pushed me, aggressively, in front of her as she moved quickly towards Trey.

I was getting tired…I hadn’t slept in over 24 hours now and my body had been put through a hard fight. I glanced at Celine once more and could see her mind working furiously. She saw my plaintive glance and obviously understood, probably feeling a little of the exhaustion herself.

I lifted my hand and wiped the blood from my face as the rain came down even harder…the water sloshing around our feet was growing deeper. Trey said something to Celine I didn’t catch and we moved off once more.

This time Celine and Trey were in front of me and I once more considered just slipping away into the shadows…but I was too tired to care for any attempt at escape. Instead my eyes locked onto the swaying form of the woman in front of me. The very way she moved spoke of a power, an inner strength that kept me captivated. We rounded a corner and the road opened up onto larger boulevard. I kept pace with my two captors…my destiny was in their hands…I found the thought both disturbing and intriguing. The rain fell harder still as it grew darker and darker.