Chapter Two: The Dragon's Nest

[Etaphreven]

- A week after the successful Blood Dragon blockade in Sigma 13,Reiko finds herself
alone,in a cold,dark room on Kyoto.Her body was shaking uncontrollably and she
was sweating as if the heat from hell had touched her.Her view did not change,she was
staring at the same spot over and over.A powerful emotion has started to conquer her,
and she could or would not fight it.A faint light was entering the room,illuminating her
beautiful,though now dirty face.
- She would sometimes whisper "Help me.." to herself but she could not cry,no,there
were no teardrops falling on the floor.The door to the room was open,and she felt like
darkness was coming inside through it,coming to get her.In that dark haze,Reiko could
see shadows moving now and then.It was the only thing that convinced her to shift her
view from time to time.As she was staring at the blackness visible on the other side of
the door,Reiko noticed one of those shadows,this one though,did not move.No,it just
stood there,as if 'it' was watching Reiko.For the first time,one of the shadows had started
to approach her.As 'it' was coming closer and closer,the faint light was beggining to glow
on 'its' face aswell.Reiko was scared,but she could not move.She then realised that the shadow's
face looked a little familiar,maybe more.

*Reiko?!Is that..Oh my..what happened?
Reiko,answer to me!REIKO!* - said the shadow.

- Reiko soon realised that the shadow was infact her friend,Gabriella,the one she had fought
with in the blockade,a week ago.

*.....G-g-gaby?*
*Yes Reiko,it's me Gaby.*

- For Gabriella,it was unbelieveable.It was for the first time that she had seen Reiko so
weak,scared and sensitive.She thought it was impossible because she remembered when
Reiko helped her,when Reiko taught her to be strong and to fight her emotions before
they'd start to control her.

*Reiko,tell me what happened.Why..who brought you here?*
*No one..I..I came here...I..I......*
*Shht.Calm down.Let's get you something eat.You don't look very well my dear..
Here,take my coat,you must have frozen in here.*

Gaby could still not believe her eyes.Such thing was not possible...no...the Reiko she knew
would never have gotten so scared.Something really bad must have happened.

*Let's go now...We'll talk all about it in my room.* - said Gaby


(( to be continued ))