As he suddenly awoke he looked to see the sun going down not sure how long he had been asleep. He looked around trying to let his eyes focus when he saw Selena standing next to the bed back in her clothes and sliding her sword behind her back. She looked over at him seeing he was awake and stopped as if surprised looking like a deer in headlights. Her eyes looked heavy almost like something was wrong which concerned him.
"Good morning, or evening?"
"Sorry I didn't mean to wake you, I was just heading out."
"Where you headed?" He asked.
"The sun will be down soon so I am heading to Rorickstead."
"Well give me a minute, I'll get dressed."
"You don't have to come, you are in a weakened state at the moment and should rest."
"How long was I out?"
"About 20 hours."
"Wait, really? I'm sorry."
"It's normal when you lose as much blood as you did. I slept for a while... enjoying my meal and recovering, then I wanted to make sure you survived."
"Thanks, so how are you?"
"I am well, you were very nourishing."
"Oh, just nourishing?"
"Yes?" She said quickly as if she was being short with him.
"It's just, nothing I guess. Are you feeling okay?" He said a little confused as well.
"I'm fine, but I should really do this alone."
"Selena, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just think,"
"What?"
"Listen, Jason, you have already done more than you needed to, I no longer require your assistance, you can return home."
"What? No, I'm not going anywhere. I said I'd help you and I will see this through to the end." He said getting out of bed and catching himself as he was still a little dizzy but could manage as he put his clothes back on.
"Look at you, you can barely stand, go home."
"No, until you get the answers you are here for I am going to go with you, I swore I would."
"Fine, Suit yourself." She said almost angrily as she headed for the door with him following.
Jason was very confused by the way she was acting and didn't understand why. The elevator ride down was silent as neither one of them said a word. Jason wasn't sure what was wrong with her and didn't know what he had done to upset her. The things she said about them being together being inevitable and everything else she had said had him lost as now she seemed cold and distant.
As the door opened the stepped out and he followed her to the counter. There were still people looking at him oddly but he didn't really care at the moment. He overheard Selena talking to Lemar but it was like he wasn't listening or caring what they were discussing as he just stared at Selena. He was trying to figure out what the problem was with her because even though she was a vampire he had to believe such a passionate moment between them both could have just meant nothing to her.
"Are you ready Jason?" She asked him snapping him away from his thoughts.
"Huh, oh right, so are we taking a car or?"
"That will not be necessary Sir, follow me," Lemar said leading them both into a back room
The walked through as Lemar closed the door behind him before he began to speak this strange language that Jason could not understand. He heard the word "Rorickstead" which he recognized but wasn't sure what he was doing until a strange blue light began to form and there was suddenly a large circular cloud rotating in front of them. It made him think of the portal Nessira had made in the door from when they got here so he knew what it was.
"The portal will remain open until you are done, good luck in your quest Madam," Lemar said stepping aside. "Oh, and for you sir." He said handing Jason something.
"What's this supposed to be?"
"A protein bar sir, the Madame said you were feeling a bit weak."
"Oh, thanks?"
"Thank you for everything Lemar." Selena said before looking back at Jason and saying "are you coming?"
He was hesitant at first but took nodded before they both passed through the portal. It was a strange feeling as they stepped through as the temperature and air changed suddenly. They were standing in a large open field as the sunset in the distance. Jason looked around at the open country and it was quite lovely to behold. He looked over at Selena who also seemed to enjoy the view.
"So is this home?"
"It is, it's still as beautiful as I remember, I was afraid they would have built one of those awful cities here." She said with a little smile as she closed her eyes and breathed in the air.
"Hopefully we will find some answers." He said walking past her.
"Jason wait?" She said turning him back. "I need to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"I need to explain myself,"
"Explain what?"
"I'm not mad, at you I mean."
"Well, that's a relief."
"You see, there is a side effect from feeding that I experienced with you."
"Oh, and what's that?"
"After I drank your blood I saw some something, you see vampires can sometimes see the memories of the people we feed off of.
"Really, that seems strange?"
"It is usually only very intense memories, they get imprinted in your cells, and in your blood."
"Wait... what did you see?"
"I saw her."
Jason stood there confused for a moment not sure what to say. As he stared at her longer the look in her eyes said it all. The wind blew her hair and the evening sun reflected in them making her look as beautiful as he always saw her but the sadness on her face broke his heart.
"You saw Tina?"
"Yes, I saw memories of you two together, I felt how happy she made you, and then I saw her..."
"You saw her die," he said as she lowered her head. He didn't know what to say even though he had lived through it himself. "I'm sorry you had to see that."
"It's taken me time to process it, I tried to sleep but I couldn't, I was awake for hours just dealing with those images, I didn't know what to do with them and they are still bothering me. I felt your pain and I even became angry with you for letting me drink your blood, even though you were only trying to help."
