{Abigail}

The next time I woke up, I looked around and saw the bare brick walls and looked ahead judging by the steel iron door I saw that I was in some sort of dungeon. Of course Dr. Crow would think to put me here! Why am I not surprised that I would wind up in a dungeon right after he gave me my fangs.

"Do you want to know why I put you in here Princess?" I looked up when I heard Dr. Crow's voice and rolled my eyes.

"Okay, so why did you put me in here?" I asked.

"I put you in here for your own protection," Dr. Crow replied in a matter of fact way.

I paused. "Huh?"

"Well yeah, every time a Diamond gets injured," said Dr. Crow, "it takes time to heal. Although it's not much time, when you're going through puberty, it takes double the time to heal and that leaves you vulnerable to getting sick too."

"So will getting injured or sick kill me?" I asked.

"Nope," said Dr. Crow, "it'll just delay you from getting your job done. Diamonds are pretty much immortal in a sense, because they're hard to kill. When I first captured you, I cut your head off to verify if you were a Diamond or not. That's because I heard stories about how Agent Black stopped a war single handedly. You looked just like her. And when I heard how you stopped the war, I knew that was magic that came from a Diamond.

"After I cut your head off, it grew back. The color of your blood runs black and believe it or not, I have DNA samples of Princess Black's blood and guess what? Your blood matched the samples I had 100%! And I could also tell from the blood sample I took from you that you hadn't even hit puberty yet. Which means you didn't have your fangs or your wolf form."

"So Diamonds are werewolves?" I said.

"Not exactly, you see werewolves look a whole lot different-" Dr. Crow said.

I rolled my eyes. "Let me guess, you have friends that are werewolves, don't you?"

"Well look at you being smart and catching on to my back stories!" Dr. Crow said with an evil smile.

"Yeah, yeah whatever, this fantasyland of yours just keeps getting stranger and stranger. But don't mind me, please continue story time. It's not like I have anything else to do!" I said sarcastically.

Dr. Crow snorted. "Okay then, as I was saying, werewolves transform on the eve of a full moon and they have no control over it. Diamonds are similar but they don't transform on the eve of a full moon. A lot of times a Diamond transforms into their wolf form only in the heat of battle. Honestly, I wasn't expecting you to get your wolf form so soon. I was only expecting your fangs. I was also just expecting that you would try to save the patient and in doing that, you would get your fangs."

"Okay." I said. "So refusing to flip a switch on you torture machine I would've just gotten my fangs and nothing else?"

"Well, that was the theory," answered Dr. Crow. "I didn't expect you to go ballistic on me! But you did and your puberty will only be more intense from now on. Don't worry you'll get past it, every Diamond does."

I tried to get up from the bed I was sitting on. Right now, I didn't want to hear anymore bedtime stories from Dr. Crow. I got about one foot away from the bed when I felt something tug on my ankle. I looked down and saw that I was chained to the bed by my ankle. "Is this really necessary? I'm already in a dungeon, what's the deal with the ankle chain?"

Dr. Crow nodded. "Oh it's necessary because I don't want you attempting an escape when my servants open the door so they can tend to you."

"Well what if I strangle them and take the keys?" I said.

"I already thought about that," Dr. Crow said. "Actually, I thought of every scenario that could go wrong. Oh, and you're going to have to get used to your change of diet now."

"Why?" I questioned.

"Because you'll have to eat meat and a lot of it," Dr. Crow replied. "You'll have to eat it whether you want to or not. Your body won't let you eat anything else. Not to mention you'll have to drink orange juice but your main part of your diet will be meat. When you pass puberty you'll be able to summon your fangs along with your wolf form at will. Even still you'll still have to keep to the same diet."

"But I'm a vegetarian!" I gasped.

"Not anymore," said Dr. Crow, "vegetables are now your enemy. Anyway, I'll be checking in on you every once and a while. Not to have sex all the time but to at least make sure you're eating. Oh and another thing, now that you've got your fangs, you're going to have to bite someone. That's because you'll be in pain if you don't."

I paused. "Huh?"

"You'll figure things out as you go along. I would explain everything but it would give me a headache and there's no manuals for this either. So right now, I'm leaving so I can go back to work. This might be a dungeon but it's not that outdated. There is a light switch," Dr. Crow said.

Dr. Crow went over to a nearby wall and turned on the lights. I looked around to see that the dungeon looked exactly like a dungeon you would see from the pictures of a history book. As soon as I looked around, I closed my eyes because the light gave me a headache. Thankfully the light switch was close enough to my bed that I could reach over and turn it off. I was also thankful that I had clothes on. I was only wearing casual clothing but hey at least I wasn't sitting in front of Dr. Crow naked at the moment. On the bed I had a thick blanket and I was sitting on a regular mattress, the bed and blanket came complete with a pillow.

"Okay then Princess," said Dr. Crow, "I'll be sending my number one servant who is actually my right hand man Shinjin to tend to you. He will be the only servant tending to you for now. He's the only one I would trust with this. I'm also allowing him to have sex with you but only if you want to. Which I doubt you'll let him. But you might have to if I'm not around."

I once again rolled my eyes. "Let me guess, puberty? Which means I'll nothing but sex on my mind?"

"Yup," said Dr. Crow, "that's exactly it. Before you ask, a Diamond can eat raw meat as a matter of fact, raw meat is exactly what your body will want. Which makes things easy because I won't have to cook your food for now. And one more thing before I go…"

Dr. Crow came over and shoved his tongue in my mouth and kissed me. At that point, I just wanted Dr. Crow to be out of my sight. I didn't dare push him away for fear that might actually turn him on and he might decide to have sex before he leaves.

Dr. Crow stopped kissing me. "What, you're not going to fight me today? Oh well, until I see you next time love."

I was relieved when I saw Dr. Crow walk out of the dungeon and lock the door.

* * *

{Ron}

Once Asher, Wrinkler, Shawn and I got back to HQ. We followed the normal protocol and Shawn again parted ways with us.

When I gave Patty the information that Simon found out, she was just as shocked as I was.

"She's a doctor?" Patty gasped. "And at the very hospital she got captured at?"

I nodded, but before I went to speak, I felt something strange coming out of the roof of my mouth. I pressed my tongue to the top of it and it felt like two long teeth coming from it. Okay, when did I grow new teeth? Or are those teeth that I'm feeling?

I looked up and saw Patty giving me a look of concern. "What? What's wrong?"

Patty looked at me like she was examining my face after I spoke. "Okay, why didn't the scan pick up on the fact that you have fangs now?"

I blinked. "Excuse me? Fangs?"

Patty nodded. "Yup, you have fangs now. I guess that makes sense because a lot of times puberty for a Diamond can be triggered under extreme circumstances. That makes sense, according to Asher you were extremely stressed out and especially after you realized you couldn't get to Abigail because Shawn was still with you."

"Yeah, it's a good thing I don't stress eat!" I exclaimed. "Or I'd be about as fat as Shawn is! Exactly why did we have to bring a fat DA like him with us?"

Patty chuckled, "Because I needed him to slow you guys down, so you had time to think before you make things worse. Oh and as far as eating goes. You're going to have to get used to the change in diet."

I paused. "Okay, why?"

"Because the only food you're going to want to and need to eat is raw meat and only raw meat," Patty explained. "And you can only have orange juice to drink with it."

I gagged. "Gross! So I won't be able to eat any vegetables or anything like that?"

"Unfortunately, vegetables or anything other than raw meat, is now your enemy," Patty said. "There's also another problem you're going to have to deal with."

"What might that be?" I asked.

"You're going to have to bite someone," Patty sighed. "Mostly because of the pain that you'll be experiencing from your fangs if you don't."

"Okay," I said, "will that harm anyone when I do bite them?"

Patty shook her head. "Nope, but your sex drive will be higher because you won't be able to stop thinking about sex."

"Great," I groaned, "life just keeps getting better and better. Too bad I'm not a regular human, or I wouldn't have to be going through puberty twice. So exactly how am I going to hide the fact that I'm eating raw meat now?"

"I already thought about that," said Patty, "because I did this when my fangs came in. We can barely and I mean just barely cook your food and you make it look like you're eating cooked meat. But we won't be able to hide the fact that you're going to be eating mountains of food."

"Great," I said, "just great, then I'll look like Shawn by eating that much!"

"That might be true but you won't gain weight like Shawn," Patty said. "A Diamond doesn't gain weight like that. It'll just look weird that you're eating so much. I do feel sympathy for you because going through puberty as a human is much easier than going through puberty as a Diamond."

"You can say that again," Right on cue, my stomach growled.

Patty frowned. "Lovely, looks like you'll be eating your first dose of raw meat very soon."

* * *

"Uh, Ron? Are you okay?" Asher said.

"Huh?" I said after I stuffed my face with two pieces of raw steak. I chewed and swallowed. "Of course I'm okay, I'm just really hungry right now that's all. Why?"

I was sitting in the cafeteria eating my meal and I was getting strange looks. I'm going to assume because I had a big mountain of food on my plate. It was more than what I usually ate too. Asher went and checked to see if I had a fever by touching the back of his hand to my forehead. I laughed. "I told you, I'm fine and don't you slap me because I'm eating more than usual."

Wrinkler chuckled, the strange thing was, he didn't seem bothered by how much I was eating, not like how he was bothered by how much Shawn ate.

At this point, I wasn't even bothering to cut the huge pieces of steak I had into what would look like normal pieces one would eat after cutting it with a knife and fork. I just took the pieces of steak and stuffed them into my mouth, chomped on them a couple of times and pretty much swallowed them whole. It's too bad I couldn't have any seasoning on my food or condiments whatsoever on them either. Just straight up raw meat. After the first couple of bites of raw steak, it didn't really taste that bad. It tasted good after I got used to it and I finished my meal with ease.

Wrinkler chuckled and he seemed rather amused at the moment.

"What's so funny, Wrinkler?" I said after I swallowed my last bite of food.

"It's nothing," said Wrinkler, "I understand that you're really hungry given what we've been through lately. Since you keep up with your exercise, I don't think it'll be much of a problem if you think you're going to gain a whole lot of weight."

"I guess so," said Asher, "but that much food was enough to feed at least three or four people! I have never seen you eat that much, not for as long as I've known you Ron!"

I looked down at my empty plate and I loathed the fact that I just ate a mountain of raw meat. I sighed, "I know that Asher. I'm… I'm sorry…."

Asher blinked. "Okay, who are you and what have you done with Ron? You ate a mountain of food and then you just apologized for eating it?"

I sighed again, "It's still me Asher. I uh, now that I'm done eating I need to go."

"Go where?" Asher asked.

"I'm going to my room," I said, "I just need to be alone right now."

Asher nodded and gave me a look of concern. "Oh, okay."

I got up, dropped my dirty plate off in the right bin, left the café, and headed to my room. At this point, I didn't want to be around anyone.

* * *

{Abigail}

As I sat on my bed in the dungeon I was in, I leaned by on the wall and closed my eyes for a bit. Whatever rest I thought I was going to get was short lived. That’s because I felt myself change into that strange creature that I changed into before I passed out and got put in here.

It startled me when I felt my ears swivel. Okay this is weird whatever creature I am now is totally not human. Human ears don’t swivel.

I touched my finger or claw to my nose and it was cold and wet. Yup, a human's nose doesn’t feel like a dog's nose either. And….

I looked down at my hands that were now claws and sighed. I definitely don’t have human hands.

I looked down to see that I still had my key that Patty had given me. It was used to help me transform into Princess Black. And it’s the fault of this stupid key! Thank you horrible Government! The nightmare continues. When am I going to wake up?

“So you’re the famous Princess Black, Dr. Crow has been talking about you nonstop,” I heard a voice say.

I rolled my eyes and grit my teeth. “Yeah, yeah that’s what Dr. Crow says for crying out loud I’m not Royalty! This stupid key might transform me into something that looks like Royalty, but that’s not what I am.”

“Okay, okay sheez!” The voice said. "Touuuuchy!"

I looked up to see a young man, who possibly was younger then I was or at least that's what he looked like. He had red hair, gray eyes, tan skin and his outfit was a black t-shirt, black jeans, brown sandals on his feet. He gave me a toothy grin and I could see that he had fangs just like I did. "Who are you?"

"I'm glad you asked that question," the man replied with a small smile, "my name is Shinjin. I'm Dr. Crow's right hand man! I follow his orders to a T! In case you're wondering, I'm not a Diamond, I'm a Vampire. And here is your first meal. It's raw meat, just like the doctor ordered! No pun intended."

"No pun intended alright! It's more like a pun just happened," I snarked.

I threw up in my mouth when I saw that Shinjin had a gold plate in his hands that had raw chicken and raw fish on it. The raw meat was in a puddle of blood. "I have to eat that?"

Shinjin nodded. "Uh, yeah! You're a Diamond, you just hit puberty-"

"Yeah, yeah I know," I interrupted, "vegetables are my enemy now and I have to eat raw meat. I get it!"

"Oh don't be like that Princess-" Shinjin started.

"Stop calling me Princess!" I snapped.

Shinjin rolled his eyes. "Fine I won't do that. What should I call you?"

I thought about it. I figured since Dr. Crow already knew who I was and he knew my sub name that it would be okay to tell him my sub name. "Okay, just call me Abigail."

Shinjun tilted his head. "Abigail? I thought you went by the name Agent Black?"

"I do when I'm on missions," I said, "and since I'm captured and I'm pretty sure everyone around here knows what they call my 'subname' I guess it's okay to call me Abigail. I'm not an agent, I'm a prisoner of war."

Shinjin raised an eyebrow and then snorted. "Wow, a prisoner of war huh? Yes, I do know your subname is Abigail. But fine if that's what you wish for me to call you then that's what I will do. You are Dr. Crow's future bride and all."

I paused. "Future bride? He didn't tell me anything about a forced wedding and there's no way I'm marrying that bastard! Nope, not happening!"

"I'm teasing Abigail. He didn't say anything about what you would call a forced wedding," Shinjin replied.

"Well I'm not doing it even if you paid me to!" I snarled. "If I'm going to marry anyone it would be Agent Silver! Humph!"

I crossed my arms and blew a raspberry at Shinjin. He rolled his eyes and let out an exasperated sigh. "You know blowing raspberries aren't very ladylike young lady!"

"And who are you to scold me about acting like a lady?" I growled. I looked down when I felt myself change back into a human. I was kind of amazed by the fact that Dr. Crow actually gave me clothes that wouldn't rip off me when I randomly transformed into whatever creature I transform into that he says is my 'wolf form.' I was only wearing a regular tan t-shirt about three sizes too big for me with a pair of baggy gray jogging pants that was also three sizes too big. "Yeah and the fact that I'm supposedly part of this creepy messed up Diamond fantasy world doesn't help matters either!"

"Yeah I don't blame you on that," said Shinjin, "but either way, you really need to eat this. Surely you're hungry by now?"

I looked down at the plate of raw chicken and raw fish, sniffed at it and the fact that my sense of smell was heightened now didn't make it appealing to eat. I crossed my arms again and turned my nose up at it. "No thanks, I'm good. Even if I was hungry, I'd rather starve!"

Shinjin facepalmed and groaned, "Wow, Dr. Crow did say you were a handful and he wasn't kidding!"

Right on cue, my stomach growled. Nope, I'm not eating that! I'm going to starve and that's fine by me!

"You know Dr. Crow did give me orders to force feed this to you if needed," Shinjin growled. "I will do that, actually that sounds like a lot of fun."

"Fine." I mumbled. I took the plate of disgusting food from him because I really didn't feel like having sex at the moment or biting him for that matter. I didn't care even though my fangs were starting to hurt.

I picked up a piece of raw chicken and took a bite. Strangely enough, it didn't taste that bad, okay a little too slimy for my taste, but not that bad. The next thing I knew, I had eaten the whole plate of food within minutes. What was even more strange, I was still kind of hungry even after devouring a mountain of food.

Shinjin laughed, "Wow, you look hungry still. I can grab you another plate if you want?"

I thought about it and shook my head. I felt dirty after eating a full plate of raw meat. "Nah, I'm good. Even though it didn't taste bad. It was still gross, and I feel like I need a bath after eating that."

Shinjin snickered. "Oh really now?" He looked at me with concern.

I tilted my head. "What's that look for?"

"Do your fangs hurt yet?" Shinjin asked.

I didn't answer that question. I didn't want to answer that question. I didn't feel like biting anyone anytime soon. I didn't care if my fangs hurt. It wasn't going to happen.

Shinjin put up his hands to show he surrendered and I had no idea why. It wasn't like I was going to bite him anytime soon. After eating that gross raw meat, no thank you.

"I guess I'm pushing it huh?" Shinjin asked. "Okay I'll back off for now. I don't want to find out if your bite is worse than your bark at the moment. So I'll leave you alone until your next meal. Maybe you'll be up to biting someone then? If not, I'll have to force you to do that also."

"I'm not biting anyone, even if you try to make me!" I snarled.

Shinjin cocked his head to the side. "Oh really? Why?"

"Because I'm ripping these fangs out the first chance I get!" I replied.

Shinjin flinched when I said that. "That's going to hurt, trust me I know. I tried doing that myself when I got my fangs. But from what I heard you did rip bullets out of yourself during the Battle for Shaw Castle. So I guess."

"Whatever," That's when I noticed it. I was sitting on a tail. It happened after I transformed into that creature again. I looked in horror when I saw it. "What the fuck?!"

Shinjin burst into laughter. "Wow, you just now noticed you have a tail? Seriously?"

I sighed, "Great… Why me? This takes the word bitch to a whole new level!"

This made Shinjin laugh so hard, he was gasping for air. Finally he composed himself enough to speak, "That's funny! No wonder why Dr. Crow likes you so much! Anyway, I'll be leaving you alone now. I'll see you again when I bring you your next meal."

Once Shinjin left, I let out a sigh of relief when I changed back into a human.

* * *

I don't know how long it was when I drifted off to sleep, but when I did fall asleep, I had the strangest dream. I was sitting in darkness and I had no idea where I was. I heard a voice call out to me. "Abigail? Abigail!"

I looked and started to cry when I saw Ron standing in front of me. "Of course I'm dreaming about you! I miss you! I want to be with you so bad it hurts! I just…"

Ron grabbed me and held me tightly. "Abigail, can you tell me where you are? I want to find you! I need you!"

"I need you Ron!" I cried. "I don't know where I am, other than I'm in some sort of dungeon."

Ron paused and wiped the tears from his eyes. "Dungeon? The last time I saw you, I… I saw a video of you with Dr. Crow. He was…"

I sighed, "So he did show it to you after all. That sicko! He wanted me to be in tip top shape for me to put on that 'little show' for you and now. He wants me to go after you guys. And now…"

"Now what?" Ron asked.

I sighed and then opened up my mouth to show him my fangs. He gasped. "You have them too?"

I blinked. "Say what now?"

Ron opened his mouth and showed me his fangs.

"Question, am I dreaming or am I talking to you for real in some sort of limbo type connection?" I asked.

Ron shook his head. "I don't know. If this is some type of limbo connection and we can talk this way somehow, can you tell me where you are?"

I shook my head. "I'm not sure at the moment. The last place I was at before I got put in this stupid dungeon was at the hospital where I got captured. Dr. Crow wanted me to kill someone and I refused and went nuts. Not only did I get fangs, I also change into this wolf form."

Ron looked at me in confusion. "Wolf form?"

"Well, it's pretty much what it sounds like, my muscles grow twice as big," I explained, "my hands turn into claws, my feet stay pretty much the same, just with bigger muscles, I have ears that swivel as if I were a dog and a tail. That takes the word bitch to a whole new level!"

Ron chuckled a little bit, but his laughter didn't last long. "So if you have this wolf form, I wonder if I'm going to transform into it too? Trust me, eating is gross! But turning into a wolf? That's something else. But sooner or later, Patty told me I'm going to have to bite someone."

I sighed, "Yeah Dr. Crow told me the same thing. You know something Ron?"

"What?" Ron said.

"We might be apart for quite a while," I said, "unless this connection is a physical one and not just a way to communicate?"

"I'm not sure," said Ron. He smiled, "I get it! You want to try to use this connection to bite me instead of biting someone else?"

I nodded. Ron cocked his head to the side and pulled on his shirt exposing his neck just enough for me to try and bite him. I reached over and bit him. I sighed when he didn't even flinch.

Ron looked at me and frowned. "Yeah it looks like it's only a connection for communication." He paused.

"What?" I asked.

"Are you under the Fog perhaps?" Ron asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, I think so, why?"

Ron gulped. "Great, that means Dr. Crow might be able to interfere with us talking like this!"

"Well if that happens there's something I want to say to you," I said.

"What is it?" Ron said.

I exhaled slowly, "Look we're probably going to be apart for a while and well, you're going to have needs that need to be taken care of. And well, you're going to have to bite someone sooner or later. So I'm giving you full permission to do it with someone that's not me. And if sex takes place after…"

"NO!" Ron shrieked. "Don't say that! I don't want to! I don't… Want to…"

I hugged Ron tightly. "I understand that. But-"

Ron sighed, "Thanks for your consideration Abigail but I really want to. But it's probably going to happen whether I want it to or not. I just don't want to not love you anymore. I want to hang onto you and hold you."

"I know I want to hold you too," I said. "I don't want to not love you either. The fact that we're worried about the same thing just tells me we won't stop loving each other." I smiled at that thought. "I know it's a little early in our relationship to say this, but I love you!"

Ron smiled at me. "I love you too Abigail! I just wish I could say this to you when we're not in this strange limbo."

"The same thing goes for me," I said. "I hope we can find each other again."

Ron had a determined look on his face. "With me, it's not a hope, it's a promise, I will find you! I'm not stopping until I do!"

I smiled. "I figured you would say that. Whatever you do, don't do anything stupid when you're trying to save me."

Ron snorted. "Yeah Patty gave Asher full rights to knock me out if need be so I don't do that! You know he actually thought I was sick when I ate a mountain of raw steak in front of him? Although I did apologize for it later."

I blinked. "Wait, you apologized for eating a mountain of raw steak? Honestly, I felt like I needed a bath after I ate my first meal of raw meat. That stuff is gross!"

"My thoughts exactly!" Ron said.

I felt a strange sensation in the back of my head. "Do you feel that?"

"You mean the strange sensation in the back of your head?" Ron asked. "Yeah I feel it too. I think it means the connection is being broken somehow. Probably by Dr. Crow. Until I see you again Abigail, I love you and I will find you!"

I nodded. Soon Ron faded away from me and I woke up gasping for air. I knew that Ron and I somehow were able to connect to each other and communicate. I looked around to see if Dr. Crow was in the dungeon and I didn't see him. Well, that was one crazy dream! Or I think it was a dream? Was it?

I paused waiting for Dr. Crow thoughts to barge into my head. When it didn't happen, I sat there feeling confused. In my confusion, I started to cry.

* * *

{Ron}

When I got to my bedroom, I laid down underneath the covers on my bed. As soon as my head hit the pillow I drifted off to sleep. I had the strangest dream. I was in darkness as far as the eye could see. Then I saw her. I saw Abigail standing there in front of me looking confused. I called out to her, "Abigail? Abigail!"

She started crying when she saw me. "Of course I'm dreaming about you! I miss you! I want to be with you so bad it hurts! I just..."

I ran up to her, pulled her into my arms and held her tightly. "Abigail, can you tell me where you are? I want to find you! I need you!"

"I need you Ron!" Abigail cried. "I don't know where I am, other than I'm in some sort of dungeon."

I paused and I didn't realize I was crying. I wiped the tears from my eyes. "Dungeon? The last time I saw you, I… I saw a video of you with Dr. Crow. He was…"

Abigail sighed, "So he did show it to you after all. That sicko! He wanted me to be in tip top shape for me to put on that 'little show' for you and now. He wants me to go after you guys. And now…"

"Now what?" I asked.

She sighed and then opened up her mouth to show me that she had fangs. I gasped. "You have them too?"

Abigail blinked. "Say what now?"

I opened my mouth and showed her that I had fangs.

"Question, am I dreaming or am I talking to you for real in some sort of limbo type connection?" She asked.

I shook my head. "I don't know. If this is some type of limbo connection and we can talk this way somehow, can you tell me where you are?"

Abigail shook her head. "I'm not sure at the moment. The last place I was at before I got put in this stupid dungeon was at the hospital where I got captured. Dr. Crow wanted me to kill someone and I refused and went nuts. Not only did I get fangs, I also change into this wolf form."

A wolf form? What the heck? I gave Abigail a look of confusion. "Wolf form?"

"Well, it's pretty much what it sounds like, my muscles grow twice as big," She explained, "my hands turn into claws, my feet stay pretty much the same, just with bigger muscles, I have ears that swivel as if I were a dog and a tail. That takes the word bitch to a whole new level!"

I chuckled a little bit, but I didn't laugh long because the thought of turning into some sort of wolf scared me. "So if you have this wolf form, I wonder if I'm going to transform into it too? Trust me, eating meat is gross! But turning into a wolf? That's something else. But sooner or later, Patty told me I'm going to have to bite someone."

She sighed, "Yeah Dr. Crow told me the same thing. You know something Ron?"

"What?" I said.

"We might be apart for quite a while," Abigail said, "unless this connection is a psychical one and not just a way to communicate?"

"I'm not sure," I said. Then I smiled. "I get it! You want to try to use this connection to bite me instead of biting someone else?"

She nodded. I cocked my head to the side and pulled on my shirt exposing my neck just enough for her to try and bite me. She reached over and bit me. Seeing that I didn't feel any pain, I was either dreaming or this connection was only for communicating.

I frowned. "Yeah it looks like it's only a connection for communication," I paused. If Dr. Crow already put Abigail under the Fog then it's possible he could interfere or also hear our conversation.

"What?" Abigail asked.

"Are you under the Fog perhaps?" I asked.

She nodded. "Yeah, I think so, why?"

I gulped. "Great, that means Dr. Crow might be able to interfere with us talking like this!"

"Well if that happens there's something I want to say to you," Abigail said.

"What is it?" I asked.

She exhaled slowly, "Look we're probably going to be apart for a while and well, you're going to have needs that need to be taken care of. And well, you're going to have to bite someone sooner or later. So I'm giving you full permission to do it with someone that's not me. And if sex takes place after…"

"NO!" I shrieked. "Don't say that! I don't want to! I don't… Want to…"

She hugged me tightly. "I understand that. But-"

I sighed, "Thanks for your consideration Abigail but I really don't want to. But it's probably going to happen whether I want it to or not. I just don't want to not love you anymore. I want to hang onto you and hold you."

"I know I want to hold you too," She said. "I don't want to not love you either. The fact that we're worried about the same thing just tells me we won't stop loving each other." She smiled. "I know it's a little early in our relationship to say this, but I love you!"

I smiled at her. "I love you too Abigail! I just wish I could say this to you when we're not in this strange limbo."

"The same thing goes for me," Abigail said. "I hope we can find each other again."

At this point, I was determined to find Abigail now more than ever. "With me, it's not a hope, it's a promise, I will find you! I'm not stopping until I do!"

She smiled. "I figured you would say that. Whatever you do, don't do anything stupid when you're trying to save me."

I snorted. "Yeah Patty gave Asher full rights to knock me out if need be so I don't do that! You know he actually thought I was sick when I ate a mountain of raw steak in front of him? Although I did apologize for it later."

Abigail blinked. "Wait, you apologized for eating a mountain of raw steak? Honestly, I felt like I needed a bath after I ate my first meal of raw meat. That stuff is gross!"

"My thoughts exactly!" I agreed.

Abigail paused and knew she was probably feeling something but I didn't know if she was feeling the strange sensation that I was feeling in the back of my head. "Do you feel that?"

"You mean the strange sensation in the back of your head?" I asked. "Yeah I feel it too. I think it means the connection is being broken somehow. Probably by Dr. Crow. Until I see you again Abigail, I love you and I will find you!"

She nodded. Abigail faded away from me and I woke up gasping for air.

I knew that based on how I felt at the moment, there was a possibility that wasn't a dream. It was a way for me to communicate with Abigail.

At the moment, I didn't feel like rushing to go talk to Patty about this. I just wanted to cry. So I stayed in bed and cried.