Dt10: Heart of Darkness

[Onyx]

"I don't want to."

Onyx floated between spaces, in the dark world she traveled through when she teleported. Voices echoed and distorted in the long shadows until they sounded like the hissing whispers of rats.

Onyx tilted her head, tears on her face.

"Promise?"

Another pause and the shadows fell away. Onyx was standing in the old apartment in the middle of the night. She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled.

"Ms. Gregory?" Onyx called out, shadows twisting into sharp claws around her hands, "Are you here?"

[Alyson Gregory]

"I'm here." Alyson said, standing up from her chair.

[Onyx]

Onyx walks closer towards Aly, flexing her claws.

"You should have run away. Gotten help," Onyx says, "I told you. I told you I was going to hurt you, kill you, rip you apart."

[Alyson Gregory]

"I know that. I don't think you will. I think you want to remember what it was like to be happy, to be a free woman. Also, my Dad can't get a refund on the hall."

[Onyx]

Onyx rushes forward, making a grab for Alyson's throat.

"Shut up!"

[Alyson Gregory]

"No." Alyson "You don't want me to. You didn't kill her, you absorbed her. And now you know what you can be."

[Onyx]

Onyx's fingers tighten for a moment.

Then, with something that sounds like a sob she kisses Alyson.

[Alyson Gregory]

Alyson kissed her back, passionately, desperately, not letting go of her wrists, although she couldn't have said if that was because she was afraid of an attack, or because she didn't want to let go of Onyx.

[Onyx]

Onyx was crying, "I love you, I love you, I'm sorry, Aly. I am so, so sorry."

The claws disappeared and the shadows evaporated, leaving a normal looking Onyx standing there crying into Alyson's shoulder.

[Alyson Gregory]

"Its ok, honey." Alyson said "I'm sorry too, I'm sorry for all the things I said to you."

[Onyx]

Onyx shakes her head, "I...I did not know what I was doing. I needed it. Thank you, ma'am."

[Alyson Gregory]

"So, you're one person now?"

[Onyx]

"I think so," Onyx says, "There are...things...in the shadows."

Onyx shakes her head, "It does not matter."

[Alyson Gregory]

"I missed you." Alyson said, hugging her tight "I missed you so much."

[Onyx]

"I missed you too," Onyx says, squeezing Alyson tightly, "I am sorry I left."

[Alyson Gregory]

"You did what you had to." Alyson said "I'm sorry I pushed you away. You scared me."

[Onyx]

"I know," Onyx says, her hand holding Aly's tightly, "I'm sorry."

[Alyson Gregory]

"You're back." Alyson said "Thats all that matters."

[Onyx]

"I am tired, ma'am," Onyx says, leaning against Alyson, "Let's go to bed."

[Alyson Gregory]

"Ok" Alyson said, scooping her up.