Salene/Bray:In The Dark:Location Unknown

[_salene_]

Salene rolled over and cuddled up to the warm body next to her and smiled, it was so nice to be sleeping next to Pride, it always was. She sighed, content, and wondered why there was so much blanket between them, she wanted to feel his skin next to hers, it made her feel centered and whole to feel the warmth of his flesh. She took a deep breath and

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[_salene_]

Salene got so excited when he said he found it, she felt the tears of joy rush forward and and she grasped him at the shoulders, giving it a squeeze as he reached up and then said it was't a way out, "What do you mean?" she asked, moving past him, pushing forward and reaching up, "Where is it?" she asked, sure that if she could feel it she'd know she could fit through it. She reached out and moved to the left a little bit and her fingers hit something cool and metal and she felt that excitement leap up again. Then she felt around it and it was no bigger than a brick at it's widest and she frowned, looking confused, and she cried out, "No, no no," and the tears of joy turned bitter, burning down her face as she cried, defeated. She had gotten her hopes up so much, and she'd even tried to be all demanding of Bray that he'd stay here and she'd leave him behind and now...well now it was all for nothing. She turned and slid down the wall they were now against, the last wall of the room, and she'd been up it halfway the other way earlier so

[_bray_]

Bray felt hear broken, and he felt worse because he felt guilty for letting down Salene. How could he have been so stupid. He slowly lowered himself down ignore the pain, using his hands he found where Salene was, he held her, now was not the time to break down. "now listen to me," he said flinching, "Now's not the time to give up. I've been thinking what if we moved the bed underneath the door, and try to get out that way." He paused trying to gauge how she was reacting in the dark.

He thought he could hear something, but he put it out of his mind, Salene was what was important.

[_salene_]

Salene leaned into Bray, silent sobs filling her being, she was so sad, she had let herself get all of her hopes up and for what? For a vent she could probably get her foot into if she was tall enough, her fist, but nothing more. This sucked, she felt so lost, lost for good to rot in this hole with her friend Bray, a person with a family, not like her, she kind of had Pride and Mouse, and everyone else, and they were her home, her heart, and now she was sure she'd never see them again. She felt comforted by Bray but then he suggested pushing the bed under the door, "It's just a mattress on the floor Bray, nothing else, it's not going to get us any closer to that door than the plywood or me standing on your shoulders doing russian gymnastics," she said in half sobs, feeling so stupid. She sniffled and wiped at her nose, "I'm never going to see Pride or Mouse again, we're going to be here forever, he's got us good, we're stuck here at his mercy, don't you see?" She heard him say not to give up but she couldn't help herself, she saw

[_bray_]

Bray was at first worried, but then Salene was suddenly different, he didn't know what to do. He could hear her moving around in the dark gathering things he presumed. When she spoke it worried him more, she was talking as if she had no emotion, it wasn't healthy.

He answered, "Yeah I'm hungry, thirsty too," he tried to make his way over to where she was, but he went past the bed. He managed to turn around and make his way back, "What vegetables are there?"

[_salene_]

Salene pulled things back out of the bag, "There are lots of apples, which are of course a fruit," she said, pretending to be in a joking mood, "There are cucumbers, a couple of tomoatoes, carrots, and then our bread," she said, reaching into the canvas and squeezing one of the loaves of bread to feel that it was relatively fresh. She felt that awful breeze, the coolness making her feel bitter. "We should probably push this bed across the room, it's colder down here, we'll be warmer in the night if we're over in the opposite corner," she rationalized, but not moving from the bed. "Where'd you go Bray?"

[_bray_]

"I'm still here" he said back tracking. He nearly tripped over the mattress. "Err apple would be fine," he groped around in the dark until his hand met hers, then he took the apple and sat down at the opposite end of the bed and ate in silence as thoughts flew round his brain.

[_salene_]

Salene handed bray and apple, but she'd already had that for breakfast...the last time she ate at the mall, and for the last meal they'd shared, so she pulled the heel off of one of the loaves of bread and pulled out a carrot, alternating between them. When she was done, she wiped her hands on her pants and pulled out a bottle of water, taking a draw from it, but not too much, and she let out a little burp. She covered her mouth but didn't bother to excuse herself, who care anymore. "Here," she said in the direction of Bray, holding the water out, "Have some water," she offered, "Drink as much as you like, you'll need it more than I do," she said, trying to sound reassuring and everything. She wasn't so sure about anything anymore, who knew what would happen to them next? They'd had a bit of fun exploring the room, mostly, and it had ended in her being a bit too over dramatic, but hey, it was better than sitting there trying to see each other in the dark. "Are you tired? Do you want to help me move the bed? It shouldn't be too hard to

[_bray_]

"You said it's near the door," he said remember what she'd said. He hadn't paid attention at the time, but he did remember. "Yeah lets move it," he said, he bent down to pull it, but the effort hurt his side, he didn't show it, instead he said to Salene, "Shall we move it together?"

[_salene_]

Salene stood up when he started tugging on it, "Wait let me get my butt off of it," she teased, standing and moving to stand above it, "Here come help me do it this way, we'll push it with our feet, we can steady each other that way and we won't have to bend over," she explained, waiting for him to come round before she put her foot against it, "Just give it a nice shove, like this," she showed him by moving it forward on her side a bit, waiting for him to reciprocate. "There see, easy," she had a slightly light tone to her voice, she'd convinced herself to make the best out of living in the dark like a grub, as long as they had food and something to talk about, they could make it, she was sure

[_bray_]

Bray got on the bed, tentatively he put his hand out to give her some support. "Listen we're going to get out of this... we've just not found a way yet." He rolled over, she didn't seem to react, so he had no idea what she was thinking.

"I've been thinking," he said breaking the silence, "Is it possible that Ram's doing this somehow?"

[_salene_]

Salene closed her eyes when he touched her gently, and she couldn't help herself, it just opened the flood gates again and the tears rolled down her face quietly. She was such a big blubbery baby, gah, she was being so moody, and she felt so irrational and stupid, too emotional. She sniffled and wiped her face off and rolled over when he rolled away, her pillow was wet now and she was trying to get away from the tears. What ended up happening was she rolled into Bray and was kind of spooning him from behind and though this felt incredibly awkward, which made her scoot backwards, it made her think of Pride and she felt the tears coming back again. She forced herself to get a grip on them and didn't let one slide, no, she was going to stick her chin out and have a tough upper lip about this damnit

[_bray_]

"The guardian, no he's dead he has to be," Bray said. For some reason just the memories of the guardian stirred up his feelings over Zoot, but that was in the past, that was all done with. No, Ram, or some other Techno had to be the cause behind this... or maybe a new Tribe. He didn't know.

Outwardly he said, "I doubt it, though I was unconscious when he was here." He felt a bit weird when she'd rolled over onto him, but then she's rolled away. Had she want something, it was hard down here, maybe she wanted reassurance, he held out his arm and let it lie on hers, hopefully that would make her feel a bit better rather than freak her out. "I think things will be okay."

[_salene_]

Salene nodded to herself, "You're right, he's dead," she agreed and dropped it. "Well if it's not him, and I'm seriously doubting it's the Techno's but I won't drop the ball on that one because I know they're capable of this," she said, although she was sure they didn't care that much to try this hard, but then again if they wanted Ram back, maybe they did

[_bray_]

"I wnat out to," he sighed, "I'm worried about Amber and Bray." Thinking about Amber and his son, he suddenly had the urge to stand up and scream, he couldn't take the idea he wasn't around when they needed him. He'd promised he wouldn't leave her. He found himself gripping her arm, he quickly let go and withdrew to his side of the bed. He then went on to lay a blanket beside the bed and laid on that, giving himself and Salene some room.

[_salene_]

Salene felt badly, she was being so selfish, being a big blubbery mess over a man she wasn't married to and a child who was not hers in any way but in her heart, and Bray had a real family. Sure he and Amber weren't married, yet, but they had plans to be married, what did she have with Pride? Distance and when pressed he assured her everything was fine but if everything was fine then why did she feel as if he was a new stranger to her? Why did he still have secrets from her? Like she couldn't tell, she knew, she loved him too much to press it right now was all. That day he'd almost flown off of the roof, the look in his eyes, it had spooked her deep down inside, and though she had broken up with Pride and gotten back with him, he was still different, and she loved him, she just felt as if nothing was the same anymore. She tucked her hand up under her cheek, thinking about what to do, leave Bray alone or talk to him. She mulled it over and decided that Bray needed to rely on her for now, he had to or he was going to go crazy

[_bray_]

Bray sat up, he was being stupid again. At least he thought he was, Salene had moved back close, he could feel the mattress next to him shift. "Listen," he said calming down, "I feel like I want to scream up and demand they let us out. Or I feel like taking my fists and hitting the walls until they give way. What happens if being with that mall rats isn't enough, they go you. What happens to my son? How would he survive without me or his mum? What if they take him, I already lost him for the first year of his life, I dont' want to lose him again."

The pressure was too much for Bray, the tears began to flow, he wanted to run, run away from from his pains like he always did, but he was here trapped and no where to run from his feelings.