Chapter 4: Exodus

Here let me help you. This could hurt..

=I take my DMR and point it at the spiked edges of the vent and fire a round, peeling back piece=

(He sighs)
@Jay
Fine ignore me.

(He tries to break the vent so he can get down)

=the round grazes my skin, but no blood comes out. i pull my hand out= Thanks.

=i promptly try again as more sounds come out. I punch through again, and pull my hand back before the vent closes in on me again= Damn thing. Where are you?

I break through the vent and crash down into the new room. I stare at the person stood in front of me

Dormii?

Dude.. you need to get some help, this is why we don't have air conditioning

=I look to see Jay=

Well.. there you are.

=i stare back= Jay?

=i am suddenly aware that i have no shirt on= Oh, hey. I need a shirt.

=i hug her back, just as tight= You ok? I hope I didn't hurt you with that.

=I look down=

Hey!

=I grab the deformed DMR bullet and gesture to Dormii=

Here, something that brought you together

=I smile under the cover of my helmet=

=i hold her close. i kiss her on the side of her head and keep a hold of her=

Hey =i lift her head= What's going on? =i keep holding her=

=i push Snow out of the room= Thank you for getting my hand free.

=i close and lock the door. i turn back to Jay= Better?

=I throw up my hands to chest level=

Yeah, Yeah

=I get pushed out=

(He continues to try and break out)
FRICK!

(He busts through)
(A loud crash)
(He lands on the floor)
God dang it................

=i turn and see Draco= Well, hi. Anyone else going to land in my room? =i open the door and start helping him out= Please, I just want to be alone with Jay. It's nothing against you.

Well, hey crashey

=I help Draco up=

(He walks out of the room)
@Dormii
Gotcha

(He walks past Snow)
(He goes into the cafeteria)

Something had better be here

=i sit on the bed next to Jay after locking the door again. i put my arms around her= So, good enough to talk?

=jokingly= Or is there someone who is going to crash through the wall?

=i sit there, my arms around her. i start rocking back and forth before starting to sing=

I've been roaming around, always looking down at all I see.
Painted faces, fill the places I can't reach.
I know that I could use somebody.
Someone like you.

Oooohhhh, ooohhhhh.

I sigh and settle into him

Cold. So cold.

=i pull her closer and grab a blanker= I could always keep you warm, you know.

=i kiss her head and keep rocking back and forth=

=i hold her close and kiss her back. in between kisses, i manage to get out= I missed you, you know. Worried i wouldn't get to see you again.

=i keep kissing her, but they do not get any more urgent or heated. i silently tell her that i demand nothing more than the kissing=

=i chuckle slightly= Oh cmon. I didn't think I was that bad. =i lift her head and look her in the eye= Talk to me. Tell me what's wrong. Please?

Please? =i smile sheepishly= Would singing help?

Ok. =i sit up= I can guess. You want to stay, here on this planet. I understand, this is your childhood home, a safe haven. =i move and kiss next to her ear= If you want me to stay with you, I will. I was planning to do it anyway.

=i grab her hand= I love you, Jay. Whenever you are ready to talk, I'm here. And I'm sorry about the forest. I should've realized that you needed space.

=i kiss her again and go to lie down next to her. i realize that the music is still going as are the Screams, since i never turned them off, but i let them play= i'll let someone enjoy the music for a while, even if it does have ear-piercing screams randomly placed in it

=i sigh and start to hum the Nalepa Monday remix=

=i stay where i am at, but continue quietly humming. i start to dream, without falling asleep. i see things, but i am conscious. I don't know how to describe it other than a trance. my pupils dilate again=

=i slowly sit up/fall down. i walk to the door/float to the ground and open it/land. all the while I am humming the song=

(He gets done eating)
(He stands up wandering the halls)

Ive always hated sleep.
Never brings me away from it all.
Just forces me down into it.

(He sighs)
(He finds himself outside)
(Another storm brewing)
(He goes to the beach)
(Looking out unto the waves)

Pure Serenity

(He watches the waves crash over one another)

=i partly snap out of it, my pupils stay dilated, and i still see things, but i am in slightly more control= Jay? What am I doing? I can't move.

=i start taking a step=

Jay? Help. Do it again. Grab me. Say something. Please.

=i see more of the real world, but there are bits of the dream. I see the burning sky, part of a skeleton building and ashes falling. i start laughing= Jay, please. I don't want to dream. Not this one. Help.

(He sits down in the sand)
(His mind slips)
(Bringing him under)
(Unto the edge of the abyss)
(To the edge of his sanity)
(He scrambles for his meds)
(He takes one pill)
(His eyes go blank)
(Cold)
(Rain begins pelting him)
(He feels nothing)
(His eyes point to the sky)
(He sees his life)
(Every moment fly past him)
(Tears escape)