[center][i]...One day you'll be free...[/center][/i]
Clo's eyes fluttered open. It was dark out, the moon was full, the stars shining as bright as they ever would. She was lying on her back spread eagle, fingers splayed, chin tilted up and enjoying the feel of cool dirt against her hot skin. There was a soft hand on her cheek and another on her chest.

[center][i]"Clo..."[/i][/center]
Her eyes shifted from the purple sky to the silver and gold women holding her.

[center][i]"Don't give up so soon..."[/i][/center]

They spoke in unison, their voices melding together to form one, a melody that was soft on the ears and reached straight into her heart.

[b]"It's too late..."[/b] Clo said looking from the silver woman on her left to the golden woman on the right. [b]"I'm already dead."[/b] She stretched her hand out trying to touch her but the tip of her finger was just shy of her face. This time only the woman bathed in yellow light spoke.

[center]"I'm nearly there..."[/center]
Clo shook her head. [b]"Anor-"[/b] As she stretched further, her finger pressed against the hilt of a blade buried in the red dirt next to her. She was back; the blue sky dotted sky above, the heat of the sun bearing down on her, the dry wind against her skin. Suddenly something wet and heavy landed on her foot. Her body reacted instantly. She kicked the creature hard in the face, pushing it's head up and back and exposing it's neck. In one quick motion, the knife was wrenched from the dirt and thrown through the air into it's neck. Dark blood gushed from the fresh wound and the corpse fellonto it's back. A second appeared behind the first, stepping over it's fallen brethren to finish the kill. Clo pushed off her back bringing her knees up to her head to complete the backwards roll. She vaulted to her feet with her large black wings crossed in front of her and the other two throwing knives in her hands. Bracing herself with her left foot behind her, her wings opened with tremendous force creating a ball of air that knocked the closest of the dead on their ass.

[center][b]"ANORA!"[/b][/center]