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 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!

Salene was glad to get her mind off of things when Bray started talking to her, but he was asking about Ram and she frowned. "I don't think so, the person dropping off the supplies didn't act like any Techno and besides, Mega sent Ram off somewhere when we had the showdown, I don't know where he is, but he has been harrassing us via the computer. I doubt he'd go to this much trouble though, and whatever the agenda is that the man over the pit talked about earlier, it didn't sound very Technoish, you know? Didn't use their language," she reasoned, "But then I suppose anything is possible," she frowned, remembering what she thought it could be before, "It made me think of The Guardian," she said quietly, even just saying it put fear into her heart. "But he's long gone, Alice, she, there's just no way it's him," she was more trying to convince herself than convinced. "What if it is The Chosen though? Not The Guardian but some other crazy follower?" Salene hugged herself tightly, curling up into a ball kind of, comforting herself.

[_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.

She felt his arm laying on hers and she was comforted, at least she wasn't going to be locked down here without human touch, at least she had a friend in Bray, someone she'd shared private moments with, and yeah that made things kind of weird for her, it also comforted her. She had trust in Bray, she knew he wouldn't hurt her and she knew she wasn't going to set herself up for heartache with him again, he was in love with Amber and she with Pride, so whatever happened down here would be completely platonic and out of their love as friends. "I hope so Bray, and not because you're an awful person or because I can't stand to be around you, but I just really want to be at home now, I want to see our family, I wanna hug my Mouse, and my Pride, and Amber, I almost can't bear another moment here," she said and her eyes teared up but she chewed on her lip to make it stop, swallowing down her grief and sadness.

[_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.

"You know Bray, it's ok to miss them, but don't blame yourself for it. We don't know why we're here yet, it's certainly not your fault no matter what. And Amber, she's strong Bray, she did alright when it was just her, she's got the Mallrats to watch after her and Bray, she can take very good care of herself and your baby, I promise," Salene scooted across the bed to reach out and touch his shoulder, giving it a reassuring rub. "If you want to talk about it, I'm here for you," she said quietly, even though it sounded cliche and redundant considering their situation.

[_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.