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Dark Nights	By : MarianTheBlackadder Category: M through R > Only Lovers Left Alive Views: 4341 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter List
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Arrangements
                “I know that you were grossly mistreated when you were captured in Michigan. I’m sorry for that, it isn’t how things should have gone.”
                Dani walked with the man who was apparently in charge. Four guards in tow ready to fire tranquilizer guns should they be required. “Test subjects are rarely treated with compassion. I did go to medical school.” She said in a low voice.
                “You are our guest, Dani. I promise you will be extended every courtesy.” Coming to a door he swiped his identity card on a scanner and punched in a code. The door opened and he stepped back allowing Dani to enter first. She took a breath and went inside as he followed after her. It was a plush, comfortable, well furnished, large room. With every luxury imaginable. “Here, we treat our guests much better.”
                “As long as they cooperate and do everything you say.” Dani said looking at him. “I’m not an idiot, even with all this I’m still your prisoner.”
                He smiled, “I imagine it was difficult for you. To turn yourself over to us and come willingly. So you’ve proven that you have courage and good sense. As long as you remain well behaved we will all get what we want.”He looked around, “I’ll leave you to settle into your new home. You must be exhausted and hungry. Welcome.” He said before turning and leaving the young vampire alone.
                Dani sighed and covered her face with her hand. All this posturing and bravery was exhausting. She was terrified but she couldn’t let them see it. When Adam and Eve refused to do what was in their best interest, she didn’t have much choice. Walking over to the large bed she collapsed onto it curling into a ball wrapping her arms around herself burying her face against her knees.
Lost
                “She told you nothing of her intentions?” Eve asked looking at Jeremy on the screen.
                “She sent me a message that I thought was strange. It seemed like a goodbye letter. I messaged her back asking what was wrong but she never replied.” He was clearly upset by these turn of events. “She knows what they’ll do to her, why would she go to them willingly?”
                “She did it for us. For all of us. They’ve been watching us for some time; chances are good that they know about you too by now. If you haven’t been approached, then you might have been part of the agreement she made.” Eve sighed.
                “Can you guys sense her? Like you did when she was taken before? Is she alright?” Jeremy asked.
                “No. Either she’s completely unconscious or she’s chosen to block us out.” She shook her head looking away. “The way things are going I think we can favor the latter.”
                Jeremy was quiet before shaking his head, “What can we do?”
                “Nothing. Nothing but wait. I have no doubt that even though they may have pulled back from Tangiers, they’re still keeping an eye on us.” Eve admitted.
                “Do you think . . .” Jeremy paused, “. . . do you think she’s pregnant again? Do you think that’s why this happened so suddenly and they agreed to her conditions?”
                “I don’t know Jeremy, I just don’t know.” She said in frustration. “Is there anything in all that nonsense we got from them that might give us some idea of where they might be holding her? Other facilities they might have?”
                “If she found anything she didn’t tell me. I can go through everything we have, see if I can dig anything up.” Jeremy said.
                “Keep me posted.” Eve said as they both hung up and closed the laptop. This was a nightmare.
The Sound of Silence
                Adam stood on the roof where he had found Dani on several occasions. You could see the entire city down to the docks. It was a beautiful sight at night. They were going to be relocating soon, not wanting to be watched like game in a nature reserve.
                There were moments when he thought he could feel her, but the moment he tried to reach out she would disappear again. It was frustrating, and it hurt. They were so close and meant so much to each other. After all they had shared and everything they had gone through, their souls didn’t just touch, but had mixed. They were part of each other now. But it seemed like she was actively trying to severe that deep and profound connection. One that was present long before they were even aware of it. She was still so young, young enough to believe such self sacrifice was warranted.
                Her leaving like this left an empty hollow feeling down inside of him. It was like having a limb severed. He closed his eyes reaching out for her again in the thick endless dark void. “Where are you.” He breathed.
Trials
                Dani lay still on the medical table as they took yet another pint of blood for the fourth time that same day. “Haven’t you taken enough?” She said closing her eyes feeling lightheaded and very weak. She turned her head looking at the tubes and wires that were hooked up to her.
                “You’re a Phlebotomist, Dani. You know it’s a good thing to have a surplus and varied supply to test from.” A woman in a white lab coat said carrying her clipboard taking readings and making notes. “Don’t worry, it’s not as though you’re going to run out or die from it.” She said with a chuckle.
                Dani looked at her through narrowed eyes, “What kind of test is this supposed to be? The affects of exsanguination on us?”
                “Oh no. Those tests have already been run a few decades ago. The results weren’t very pretty, but the test subjects didn’t die from it.” She said checking the time and making another note.
                “Concentration camp experiments for vampires.” Dani said with an eye roll. The woman shot her a look before going back to what she was doing. “It must be nearly 11am, am I going to be allowed to sleep soon?”
                “As soon as we’re done here, you’ll be fed and can sleep. You’ll need your rest. Physical trials begin tomorrow.” She said putting her clipboard aside.
                “Wonderful.” Dani closed her eyes resting her arm across her middle.
New Homes
                Eve opened the door into the pitch black room. It was empty for the most part, except for two couches and three large plush chairs. Every since they arrived here, it’s where Adam spent most of his time awake. Sitting in the dark, strumming quiet songs on his guitars, but his thoughts were a million miles away.
                Closing the door she walked behind him and wrapped her arms around him resting her cheek to his. Adam’s fingers came to a stop as he sighed. Eve nuzzled his neck before kissing his cheek holding him tight. “How is she doing this.” He asked quietly.
                “I’m not certain she is.” Eve replied softly.
                “She’s not . . . .” Adam said after a moment.
                “No, no of course she isn’t sweetheart. We would know if she were dead.” She said rubbing his chest still holding him tight. “But we don’t know what they’re doing to her. What they are putting her through.”
                “It’s been 3 months, Eve.” Adam said. “The most I can feel are whispers, even when I sleep. Every time I reach out for her, it’s like she runs from me.”
                Eve held him tighter resting her head to his knowing he was in pain. She was feeling it too, having tried to reach out for Dani finding nothing to hold onto. Her connection to Dani wasn’t as strong as Adam’s but the time they had lived together they had become closer.
                Adam covered Eve’s hands with his holding them tight closing his eyes and leaning his head back to hers.
Downslide
                “How is she?” The man asked standing beside the nurse who had been in charge of Dani’s care.
                “Everything has been going extremely well. Her physical strength, stamina, skill, cognitive responses have all been improving every day.” She sighed, “At least, they were. The past 13 days however, she’s been showing a rapid decline in health.”
                “Has she been feeding?” He asked.
                “She was, but for the past four days it’s been a struggle to get her to eat. We’re to the point where we have to force feed her.” The woman reported.
                “What triggered this? She’s been cooperating these past 6 months.” He said looking through the window at Dani who was laid out on her bed just starring at the ceiling, her arm draped over her middle.
                “We don’t know.” She said shaking her head. “But at this rate, she isn’t going to be much use to us. No matter what we try, we can’t impregnate a corpse.”
                He sighed starring through the window crossing his arms, “I think it’s time we brought Dr. Hammond out from hiding and reintroduced them to each other.
                “You think he’ll cooperate with us this time?” She questioned.
                “Boy has stars in his eyes where she’s concerned. If he sees her like this, I have no doubt he will be very cooperative.” He said looking at the nurse, “Send for him. Have him here by morning.” She gave a nod before turning and leaving to do as she was ordered. He looked through the glass at the ill young vampire. “You aren’t getting away from us that easily.”
Reintroductions
                “Dani.” Her eyes opened slowly hearing a familiar voice calling her name. “Dani, can you hear me?” Closing her eyes again before opening them, they shifted over towards the shape that was sitting on the bed next to her. “Dani.” He said again. When he reached up and touched her face she snarled and gnashed at his fingers. Her hands shot up towards him but he reached out easily catching them and holding them down to her middle. She was far too weak and out of it to fight him off. “At least you remember me.” He said dryly horrified by how far she had slipped.
                “What’s wrong with her?” The nurse demanded. “You were treating her before she turned herself over to us.”
                “I don’t know. I’m not an expert. She was only under my . . . ‘care’ for a few months.” He said irritated that she was watching over his shoulder. “How much blood are you giving her?”
                “She’s up to 6 pints a day.” The woman answered.
                “6 pints?” He said in astonishment before looking down at her again, “And you’ve not been giving her any chemicals, experimental drugs, anything of that nature?” He asked.
                “No. Chemical trials were suspended since she had such a severe reaction before.” She said.
                “Those damn ‘chemicals’ are probably the reason the other little ‘experiment’ didn’t work out.” He said with a sigh.
                “Well. Now you’re back, and we can resume said experiment.” She snapped.
                “Does she look like she’s in any condition to . . . .” He shook his head, “Look, just go away. I might get her to talk to me, but not if you people are standing about taking notes and starring at us.” He snapped.
                “You really want to be alone with her? She’s dangerous, especially in this state. She could kill you.” She warned.
                “I’ll take my chances.” He said. “Leave. Now!” He said raising his voice. She looked insulted but then turned and left the room closing the door and sealing it. Hammond sighed and looked at Dani whose eyes were open but dim and glazed over. “I imagine I’m the last person in the world you want to see.” He looked around, “But I’m afraid in this environment, I’m the only friend you’ve got.” He took off his jacket putting it aside, before he slid his arms underneath Dani and picking her up holding her against him. “You’d think after all these years in operation, they would realize that your nutrition requires more than blood and rest.”
                Sean gently moved her head to rest against his shoulder. She growled slightly but it was very soft, feeling arms around her seemed to speak louder than anything else. Her entire body seemed to respond after a moment curling up into his embrace. In this state, she was starved for affection and something about Sean was familiar. Had she been starving for blood, then his life would have been in danger. But this was something else.
                “Adam.” She whimpered almost too soft to hear. Sean closed his eyes and bowed his head holding her tighter. He was certainly not Adam, but he was the best that she could hope for.
Roommates
                Dani starred at Sean darkly as he sat writing in a journal at the table. He could feel her eyes on him. “Probably not your first choice of roommate.” He said with a sigh.
                “Is this how they intend to execute you?” She said, “Putting you in a locked room with a vampire.”
                “You aren’t going to kill me Dani.” He said glancing at her. “If you were you would have done it long ago.”
                “You were holding my family over my head as insurance before. They’re safe now. Sort of makes you a snack pack.” She said in a low tone. “What are you doing here Sean? You disappeared when I gave myself to them in exchange for my family’s safety.”
                “Yeah, I did. In return for my ‘services’ they gave me a new identity and relocated me so that your ‘family’ wouldn’t be inclined to find me to try and extract information from or take revenge for your disappearance.” He shook his head, “You think Tangiers was the back end of the medical field horse? You have no idea.”
                “So why are you here then? Why bring you back into this now?” She demanded.
                Sean closed his journal before standing and walking over sitting down next to her lacing his fingers together collecting his thoughts. “You know why.” He said seriously.
                Dani scoffed in disgust, “It didn’t work before, why do they imagine it would suddenly work now?”
                “Because the circumstances have changed. It’s a controlled environment and they’ve finally gotten the point that testing experimental drugs on you isn’t the way to go about it.” He explained.
                “Yeah. It’s a controlled environment. It’s where the turkey baser would come in, right?” She said.
                “Except you need more than a turkey baser to stay healthy, don’t you.” Dani quieted and looked away. Sean moved closer and spoke in a low voice so they wouldn’t be overheard. “I didn’t tell them, and they don’t seem to know.”
                “How the hell do you know?” She demanded.
                “Eve told me. So did Adam, although he didn’t say it I certainly saw it. The way he held you when . . . .” He fell silent knowing that he was beyond intruding.
                “They had us both held prisoner before, I’m sure they noticed the difference when they put us together.” Dani pointed out.
                “They believe it was because he was the more sensible one and made you cooperate. They have no idea that you need touch and affection to keep you healthy.” He said.
                “Eve and Adam go years without touching anyone and they don’t decline like this.” She answered.
                “But you aren’t them. How many times has it been proven you are unique? Look, I’m not an expert on vampires. Maybe it’s because biologically you’re different then other vampires, maybe it’s because you’re still very young for a vampire, I don’t have the answer for you.” Reaching over he took her hand, she started to pull back but he wouldn’t release her. “I know you don’t like me, I know I betrayed you and did unspeakable things to you in the past. But right now you need a friend. Someone who actually cares about you as Dani, not as a ‘live specimen’ or ‘test subject’.”
                “You’re not a friend.” Dani snapped.
                “Yes I am. You might not be a friend to me, but I promise you I am a friend to you. I will always be a friend to you.” He swore.
                Dani looked away shaking her head lost in thought, “You expect me to go back to the arrangement before they captured me.” She said, “Sleeping with you.”
                “We don’t have to have sex all the time, Dani.” He said softly. “But sharing a bed, I think, from now on is required. Otherwise they might file it under your not being cooperative which could lead to trouble.”
                Dani sighed and covered her eyes with her hand. What choice did they leave her with?
These Dreams
                Adam was walking alone on the silent abandon streets of Detroit, his hands in his jacket pockets as he kept a slow steady pace remembering having both walked and driven these streets so many times at night. It was a strange dream but at the same time it wasn’t unexpected. He’d had such dreams before since they had left Michigan.
                He found himself walking down a path in a familiar park. Probably one of the very few public parks that had been kept maintained in the city when so much of the rest of it had gone to ruin. He paused looking out over the pond seeing the shadow the moonlight cast across the water. The sky was very clear, and the black tapestry was strung with bright stars.
                His brow furrowed looking around realizing that this was the park near Dani’s apartment in Detroit. Then he realized that this wasn’t one of his normal dreams, there was something different. It wasn’t of his perspective. Turning his head he heard something a little ways away and immediately followed it.
                Coming around the end of a large hedge he came to a stop seeing a familiar form sitting on the marble stone bench next to the pond. Wearing a purple sweater, the hood pulled up over her head and her hands in her pockets as she starred out at the way the moonlight made the water sparkle. Slowly he approached, careful not to make a sound.
                “You shouldn’t be here you know.” Dani’s voice said. Adam came to a stop seeing that she could sense his presence. “They might hear you.”
                “There’s no one here but us.” Adam replied. She didn’t respond and he continued walking quietly around the bench. “What are you afraid of?”
                Dani sighed reaching up pushing her hood back, “The ones who took you away from me.” She said softly. Adam looked at her a moment realizing that they were sharing a dream, but Dani was unaware of the phenomenon. She just thought he was an image in her dream, not actually him.
                “Why did you leave me?” He questioned not wanting her to get scared and flee.
                Her eyes turned to him, black circles around them, she looked absolutely exhausted. “Because I love you.” She said with a sigh, “My family . . . my human family all left me. One by one I watched them buried long before they should have been until I was alone. If I left I knew I wouldn’t see you again, but . . . you wouldn’t be gone. Not like they all are. You would still be out there, somewhere. You’d be safe.”
                “You didn’t need to sacrifice yourself this way.” He said after a moment feeling a knot in his throat.
                “Yes I did.” She said taking a breath. “Because I knew you loved me too much to let me go.” She said with a smile, happy to know that she was loved and cared for so deeply. “Besides, . . . if you knew how I was living now . . . . if you saw me, I’m afraid you wouldn’t love me anymore. It’s better this way.”
                There were tears in Adam’s eyes as he looked at her. Dani’s dreams, like all dreams, were meant to be an escape from ones world, ones reality. Whatever was happening to her in her waking life, whatever was being done to her there, was showing through in her dreams. “What could be so terrible that you would think that?”
                “I was dying.” She said softly looking back over the water. “I was on my way out, I could feel it. Their rules were that I was never to be touched, unless I was fully restrained and even then with gloves. So I couldn’t or wouldn’t attack them or some stupid shit like that.” She said shaking her head not quite understanding it. “So they brought Sean out of wherever they stashed him away, made him my roommate. He didn’t tell them at first why I got better . . . . then they figured it out, or he told them, or something that I needed to be touched. I guess, regular vampires don’t. . . . require as much contact as I do, they don’t fade as fast. So they’ve reclassified me as a succubus.” She half laughed, “Apparently I’m a ‘sexual demon’ now.” Her smile faded almost as if she felt like crying but wouldn’t let herself. “I’ve never felt such a sick feeling inside as when I wake up in his arms. Clinging to him in my sleep, because I . . . .”
                Adam listened stepping closer, “What?” He asked as he sat on the bench beside her wanting to keep her talking to him.
                She closed her eyes as a tear escaped and slid down her cheek, “Because . . . I miss you and everything about you so much, somewhere in my subconscious . . . it imagines he’s you.”
                He looked at her face as she spoke, the way her eyes seemed to stare far off into nothing. Closing his eyes for a moment he knew what he was about to do could send her fleeing, but he couldn’t hold back from her anymore. Reaching over, he covered her hand that was resting on her thigh with his. She seemed not to notice for a moment but then furrowed her brow looking at his hand. Then her eyes went wide as she looked at him. “Adam?” She breathed.
                “Yes sweetheart.” He said still holding the tears back in his eyes.
                Dani’s lip quivered as she reached up and cupped his face in her hands hardly able to form a thought when she could actually feel him. Her hands rested on his shoulders as he reached up running his fingers through her hair. At once they drew together in a deep desperate kiss wrapping their arms around each other. After a moment the kiss parted and they rested their heads against each other’s shoulders clinging on as tight as they could.
                “What is this? What’s going on?” She asked holding on even tighter still.
                “It’s a dream walk.” He answered kissing her face before resting his cheek to hers. “We may have been able to connect before now, but you’ve been pulling away from me every time I reach out for you.”
                “No I haven’t.” She said looking up at him not understanding.
                He cupped her face in his hands once again looking into her eyes. She was still so young and there was so much she didn’t know. “When you ran away from us . . . you tried to sever all ties. You probably didn’t realize you were doing it consciously. Every time you started to think about me, you shook it off and tried not to. You were pushing me away.”
                She looked very confused, “I . . . I didn’t know. I’m sorry.” He smiled a little before kissing her head, then her lips, embracing her tight to him again. It seemed to ease the pain he experienced every time he felt her pull away these past months that she didn’t know she was doing it.
                “Darling.” He said softly, “Maybe you didn’t understand before, but you must understand now . . . you need to come home to us. You need to tell me where you are so I can come get you.”
                She closed her eyes shaking her head pulling back her hands resting on his chest but he didn’t release her keeping her close. “You can’t. You have to stay away. They were really pissed off when you and Eve gave them the slip. You can’t risk being found again. They have me now; they won’t need to keep their promise to leave you alone.”
                “Listen to me. I can see quite plainly that you still aren’t well. You’re not getting everything you need, not from him.” He said seriously. Dani’s eyes turned away and closed realizing that she had spilled her guts about everything that was going on. At least everything she’d hoped he would never know about. He turned her face towards him, “Dani. I understand why you did this. Why you thought giving them what they wanted would spare me and Eve. And it worked. We escaped them and they have no idea where we are. So now it’s time for you to slip away from them as well. It’s time for you to come home.”
                “It’s been seven months, have you already forgotten what kind of trouble is drawn to you when I’m around?” Dani wanted to escape, she wanted to run straight to them and hold on tight forever, but she believed she wasn’t worth the risk to them.
                “How long since they put him with you?” He questioned.
                Dani looked down a moment, “Nearly a month.”
                Adam sighed, “Whatever being with him has given you, it’s only slowed down your decline, it hasn’t stepped it. He isn’t enough to counteract the isolation and whatever they are subjecting you to.” Her eyes still turned down he could feel her start to pull away. Adam realized he was pushing too hard and it was scaring her, she was trying to wake up.
                Instantly he pulled her back kissing her deeply. Dani wrapped her arms around him anxiously returning it having missed his touch. Adam kissed her again before they began to nuzzle each other.
                It was apparent she wasn’t going to be forthcoming or do anything to help them find her. He had to take this small window of opportunity to strengthen their connection so he could try and sense her when he was awake. His fingertips found the zipper of her hoodie and pulled it down sliding his hand over her shoulder pushing it back and baring her neck. He kissed her shoulder lovingly as his fangs grew sharp and he pressed them against her skin.
                Dani’s eyes opened feeling him tasting her, just before he braced her tight and bit down deep into her flesh. She gasped unable to move or draw a breath. Adam wrapped his arm around her back drinking deep and fast. Her eyes closed, her hands shook, and her body trembled. With it being a dream he could drink far more than he ever could in the waking world. Her claws grew sharp as did her own fangs, when her eyes opened they were glowing bright. Adam opened his eyes, fully aware of what it did to her when he bit her.
                “Can we?” She whispered to him, “Here . . . in this place?”
                He rested his face to hers holding her tight, “This is your dream, we can do anything you want darling.” He reached up stroking her head gently keeping her close.
                “I miss you Adam.” She breathed closing her eyes holding him tight. “I want to be with you, so much.” She begged. It wasn’t the same as if they were really together in the waking world, but it was the closest they had been since she’d disappeared. Adam turned cupping her head in his hands as they kissed passionately. There wasn’t much time; dreams lasted on an average 15-20 seconds. It’s why you could have countless dreams in one night although no one could ever remember them all. This however wasn’t the same thing; it was vastly different and aligned with actual time. Although he and Eve were free to sleep as long as they wanted, Dani was in captivity with a ‘roommate’ and didn’t have such a luxury.
                At once, he rested a hand around the back of her neck and the other around the small of her back and lay her back down on the bench beneath him looking into her eyes, smoothing her hair back from her face before tenderly kissing her again.
                A little while later, Adam opened his eyes staring at the ceiling above their bed. Eve was sitting next to him having been watching him sleep. She woke first and could sense Dani through Adam, realizing he had at last made contact with her. “Darling?” She asked anxiously.
                “I can find her.” He said. A smile swept Eve’s face at the news. Instantly they both got out of bed, there was work to be done.
Trial and Error
                Sean had been sent out of the facility on what seemed like a rather frivolous errand that took nearly two days before he returned. When it did get back, it was nearly midnight and he had to be taken through security which in itself always took far too long. When he got back to Dani’s room, he opened the door stopping cold. There was a horrid smell permeating the room. Like a combination of burnt hair and flesh.
                “Dani?” He closed the door hurrying inside. Rounding the corner he found Dani laid out on the bed, not moving, and not in the best looking condition. Walking over he sat down next to her reaching up and touching her face. He opened each of her eyes finding them dim and glazed, the way you’d expect to see the eyes of a corpse. “Jesus.” He said looking at what seemed to be singe marks on her face, her arms, and he pulled back the cover to find there were even more over the rest of her body.
                “Good, you’ve returned.” Sean turned seeing one of the nurses in charge of Dani’s care walk over with a small white blood transport box setting it down on the bed beside her. She opened the box and took out a warm pint of blood handing it to him, “You can feed her.”
                “What the hell have you people done to her now?” He demanded reaching up and touching her hair where there were obvious signs that she was subjected to some kind of burning.
                “Honestly Dr. Hammond, the first actual vampire we have been able to obtain for almost 30 years and you imagined that we wouldn’t want to test all aspects of their existence?” She said giving him a look.
                The young doctor stared up at her wide eyed, “You exposed her to sunlight?” He said in complete disbelief.
                “Don’t look so horrified, Doctor. She heals very fast, even when she hasn’t been fed.” She motioned to the box, “There’s 8 pints there. She’ll probably need them all. The experiments required that her own blood be depleted throughout the trials.” Before he could say anything else or utter another word, the nurse turned and left him to it.
                Sean stared at Dani seeing the condition she was in. It was like some horrid depraved never ending nightmare. Quickly he moved over and slid his arm behind her propping her up, resting her head against his shoulder. Her eyes looking the way they did indicated that her brain function had been affected by these ‘activities’ they’d engaged in on her person in his absence. “For Christ’s sake!” He said quickly sliding his fingers between her lips and opening her mouth carefully pouring the blood onto her lips and tongue. She wasn’t drinking as he had always seen her do before, even when she was completely unconscious. “Dani,” He whispered into her ear, “Come on, drink for me baby.”
                He readjusted her slightly tipping her head back further to open her throat as he poured more of the warm crimson human blood into her body. After a few more moments, he finally saw the muscles in her throat contract and then open. A few more times, and she at last began to drink on her own. The young doctor sighed in relief as he continued to feed her, one pint after another.
                When she finished the last pint, he opened her eyes finding they had returned to their normal healthy clear amethyst color. He inspected the singe marks to make certain that everything had healed properly. She was going to need a shower to wash the black marks left behind away, but other than that she was healthy again. “Dani?” He said gently knowing she must have been exhausted and needed rest. “Dani?” He said reaching up resting his hands on her shoulders. Suddenly her eyes snapped open and she shrieked an ear shattering scream sitting up violently. “It’s alright, Dani. You’re alright.” Sean said quickly reaching out grasping her shoulders. She looked around as if expecting to see her attackers. “It’s just me, Dani. We’re back in our room, everything’s alright.”
                Her eyes moved to Sean as she seemed to realize that she was indeed back in the room she’d been given. She stared at him for a moment, a look of utter terror across her face. Then, her lip began to quiver and she wrapped her arms around herself leaning forward over her lap and falling into tears. Sean didn’t need her to give him details, it was quite clear that she had been awake for everything they had done to her. They didn’t even have the decency to put her out, or something as simple as giving something to dull the pain they inflicted. The young doctor had no words, having assumed that there was some sort of understanding that such behavior, such treatment of her was unacceptable.
                Reaching out he wrapped his arms around her trembling body as she wept uncontrollably. What else could he do?
Resources
                “It’s good to see you again.” Eve said wrapping her arms around Jeremy and hugging him tight. “It seems you’ve done well in your exile. You look well.” She complimented.
                “Yeah well, all I did was change my identity and jump over a few states. But yeah, things aren’t bad.” Jeremy said. “but I miss her. I have since you guys left the states.”
                Eve nodded and rubbed his shoulder, “I know.” She responded sympathetically.
                Adam was quiet; he didn’t say anything but he didn’t make his usual disparaging comments towards him, the ‘zombie’, either. Having always assumed that Jeremy was the biggest danger to them and to Dani, the ones who had her now and then one who gave her too them proved that there were far worse things in the world.
                “I see grumpy puss hasn’t changed much.” Jeremy said, as they exchanged somewhat civil glances. The three sat down at the table together and Jeremy opened his laptop. “I think we can pull this off, as long as you guys can get her away and take her somewhere safe.” Jeremy said.
                “We’ve made arrangements already. It’s just a matter of finding her physical location and getting her out.” Eve answered.
                “How close is she to here?” Jeremy asked looking at her before turning his attention to Adam knowing he was the one link they had to Dani. They both fell silent for a moment and Jeremy looked between them. “What is it? What’s wrong?”
                “A few days ago, . . . Dani was being tortured. Bad enough that . . . .” Eve fell silent her eyes turning down knowing that what she was going to say was going to upset him and she was looking for a softer way to put it. Adam scoffed and got up walking away from the table. Eve closed her eyes knowing he was still suffering the after affects of the emotional transference.
                Jeremy saw the abrupt way he left and looked at Eve, “What’s going on?”
                Eve took a breath leaning forward against the table folding her arms together “it’s different then it was before. He felt when they were hurting her, but we didn’t know how or why. This time . . . this time it was much more specific and lasted for almost 22 hours.”
                “What did they do to her?” Jeremy asked a bit afraid of the answer.
                She paused, “When Adam made contact he strengthened their bond. So when they began to hurt her . . . it wasn’t just the pain alone . . . but the smell of burnt hair and singed flesh made her situation quite clear.”
                Jeremy closed his eyes shaking his head turning away a moment. “Is she . . .” He looked at her, “She isn’t . . .”
                “No. She’s still alive, but in a very bad way. If they’re running such horrid tests on her their patience has worn thin in the past year. They’re being careless now and abusing her cooperation. We have to get her away from there. Now.” Eve said.
                “Alright.” Jeremy agreed, “There isn’t an address or anything specific in the information we retrieved from them before, but there are certain clues that there is something here.” He shook his head, “South Dakota.” He said shaking his head, “So bazaar. Who in the hell would think of South Dakota as anything but space filler.”
                “That’s the point I believe. Somewhere in the middle of nowhere that no one would guess to look.” Eve responded.
                “There are memos and requisitions and supply shipments for White River in Mellette County, South Dakota.” He said pulling up the map on his computer showing her. “It’s about 60 miles south of here. Real middle of nowhere kind of place.”
                “Sounds ideal for the type of cloak and dagger nonsense these people excel in.” Eve said with a sigh.
                “If we give him closer, could he find her? Could he tell us if she’s there?” Jeremy asked.
                “There’s only one real way to know for certain.” She said.
                “Can he contact her again? Maybe she could tell us something to give us clues where she’s being held?”
                “He’s been trying to contact her, but if she’s being kept unconscious or they’re using drugs on her again or she’s been injured past a certain point, then it disrupts her ability to dream. It makes it difficult to establish a connection.” She explained. “Even then, she won’t tell us anything that will help us. She’s terrified that Adam and I will be captured trying to save her.” Jeremy looked down in silence for several moments and Eve could see there was something on his mind. “What is it?” She asked.
                “We’re making a point of it this time aren’t we?” He asked looking at her, “That hunting her, pursuing any of the three of you, hurting you . . . . isn’t a wise thing to do?”
                Eve could see he was angry and quite upset feeling as helpless as Eve and Adam had felt. Reaching over she rested her hand on his arm and gave a nod. “They’ll get the point this time Jeremy. I promise you.” She reassured him.
                “Then let’s get going.” Jeremy said ready to get to work.
To be continued . . . . .
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