Helloooo my dear old friends. yes yes... I've been away for quite a while now but trust me life hasn't been kind in the past couple of years, fortunately things are getting better over time and I've found some open hours to dedicate to my writing, I think that you'll notice my English has gotten somehow better which is nice I guess. I really hope that you all forgive me for being away for this long and just enjoy this new rather short chapter I've written, It's been a while since I've written anything so pardon me if the story feels a bit off. Love you all 3

"I think It's best if you just keep your underwear on, These psychos may find us in here and I don't want to be running around with a naked chick by my side." Amélie insisted. Rose let out a small laugh and shook her head.

"Alright, if you say so." She said and she started to put her clothes back on. Tracer on the other hand, was staring at Amélie, Thinking about what was going to happen to her when they got back… But Rose snapped her out of her thoughts.

"Well I'm fully clothed, And now that I can think clearly I realized that it's best if one of us stays awake and guards the cave. I can do it since you two must be exhausted." Rose started to walk toward the exit of the cave but Tracer stopped her.

"Um… I can do it, I… I'm not gonna be able to sleep anyways, would be better if you slept near Amélie and made sure she doesn't have one of those panic attacks again" She whispered so Amélie couldn't hear them.

"Oh, well, that's a tough offer to decline," She could hear the pain in Tracer's voice, the hurt tone that showed how much she cared for her friend. She knew that Tracer had to rest but it wasn't like Tracer would take no for an answer.

"Okay, you've got yourself a deal, I will make sure your lovebird stays safe", Tracer smiled and nodded, "Thank you." She then left the cave without even glancing at Amélie, She couldn't… Seeing her hurt was killing her, She just had to make sure that she was going to be okay, she got into this whole mess because of Tracer, She couldn't let anything happen to Amélie.

Rose slowly walked toward the confused Amélie and sat down by her side, The darkness of the cave had become second nature to them by now, Amélie looked at Rose for a moment and looked back at Tracer who was sitting on a stone in front of the cave with her arms on her knees, She seemed as if she was drowning in thoughts.

"So… I assume Tracer offered to stay up?" Amélie asked, her eyes still fixed on Tracer with a sad frown.

"Yeah, She did." Rose simply answered, "I don't know the two of you much, but I can tell that you care about each other, are you two just friends or is it something more… if you don't mind me asking?" She asked quietly, the question was a risky one but she didn't have much to lose, Amélie looked at her with an uncertain look and sighed.

"I honestly don't know… she's one of the kindest people I've had the pleasure to be friends with." The word 'friend' seemed unfamiliar to her, She didn't have anyone worthy enough to be called a friend in a long time. "But I don't think I'm good enough for it to be something more." She continued, Her voice was shaky and low, Rose could barely hear her.

"You know what… I think you should talk to her." Rose said. Amélie narrowed her eyes in confusion. "You see… You're in a purgatory and honestly, there's no guarantee for a tomorrow in here, if I were you I would want Tracer to know that I liked her." Rose continued. Amélie shook her head and closed her eyes.

"Just sleep, You're starting to talk a lot of nonsense," Amélie said under her breathe, but if she wasn't going to lie to herself, Rose's words made her wonder.

Rose chuckled and laid down on the ground with her arm under her head, Closing her eyes slowly, "Good night pumpkin" She mumbled. Amélie sighed and a small smile appeared on her face, "Yeah… Good night." She said as she drifted off to sleep.

Tracer was guarding for quite a while now, It's been a long time since Amélie and Rose fell asleep and she was starting to feel uncomfortable in the silence of the forest, she could hear herself breathing clearly. She stood up from her stone and started to walk around in a circle, Her only thoughts were about Amélie, If her body was in fact still with those animals only god knows what's going to happen to her after they manage to escape… Then it hit her, They didn't even know how they were going to get out of purgatory. She shut her eyes and took a deep breath to stop the tears that were forming out of anger and helplessness. She wiped her eyes and looked up at the sky to distract herself, It was dark and not a single star could be seen, just the odd-looking moon that made her feel uneasy. As she was staring at the moon she felt a cold breeze against her cheek giving her the chills, she naturally looked to her side and her heart skipped a beat as she saw a horde of demon-like creatures coming toward the cave from a distance, thy were easily six feet tall and had horns bigger than her arm with claws sharper than still and a brown furry skin. She was frozen for a moment but luck was on her side as the horde didn't seem to notice her, But she didn't have much time as they were walking toward them and it wouldn't take long until they reached them. She slowly crunched toward the cave, trying to make as little noise as possible. She calmy shook Amélie and Rose with her hands.

"What… huh, what is it" They mumbled as they woke up from their cold sleep.

"Guys we've got to hurry, there's a pack of demons coming toward us we have to get out of here, come on," She said with a stressed tone, Rose and Amélie quickly stood up but Amélie nearly fell as the wounds on her chest stabbed her. She groaned in pain and tried to stand straight, but the pain was nearly unbearable. Tracer quickly went by her side and put Amélie's hand on her shoulder, Trying to help her stand.

"Come on we don't have much time," Rose whispered as she walked to the exit to look around and spot the horde.

"Are you okay? Can… Can you walk?" Tracer stuttered. Amélie nodded in pain as she leaned onto Tracer's body, Thankfully she wasn't all that heavy.

"Guys they're coming, we're not going to be able to outrun them" Rose hesitated.

"Hey listen to me" She said as she tried to get Tracer's attention, "Take her to the west side of the cave and then after you meet the black river turn to the left and you'll see another cave, meet me there, I'll deal with them" Tracer wanted to talk but Rose stopped her "Trust me… now go." Tracer was not sure what to do but she didn't seem to have any other option so she nodded and started to walk Amélie toward the direction that Rose gave them, As soon as they exited the cave the horde seemed to see them and they roared furiously, Charging toward them, Rose exited the cave toward the horde, walking exactly in their direction, She started to count… there seemed to be at least five or six of them, She looked back to check on her companions and realized that they had already gone a fair distance. She looked back at the fuming demons rushing toward her, It wouldn't take much time until they'd reach her. She leaned forward and brought her hands to her side as a shadowy figure outlet itself from her body, an exact replica of Rose… She screamed in agony as it felt that her soul was being taken away. Her eyes turned into pure darkness and her fingers turned into razor-sharp claws with a black glow and the figure seemed to copy her every movement, She smirked at the doomed horde…

"Come to mama…" She hissed with an evil tone as she charged toward the demons with her hands on her side ready to strike, she slashed through the first one with ease as her shadow ruthlessly gutted the other ones, She beheaded every demon that she saw and yet gave no mercy to the body as she tore them apart. Blood pouring from her claws and her white hair was now coloured red, an evil laugh let itself out as she kept stabbing the very last one… the silence of the forest was now restored as the last unfortunate body hit the ground. Rose was breathing heavily as the shadow walked in front of her and seemed to stare deep into Rose's endless dark eyes…

"One day you'll give in to the darkness…" The shadow whispered sharply as it entered Rose's body, Making her cry in torment, it felt as if every fibre of her being was torn apart and then reassigned. She dropped to her knees, her eyes and hands returned to normal and she started to cough blood, Breathing seemed like an impossible task at the moment… it took her a few moments to get back her full conscious, She looked around at the massacre that was her doing and yelled in anger as she punched the ground rapidly, she didn't stop until her hands lost feeling and the skin on her hand was torn, the pain would help her get distracted from her surrounding, she stood up as she sobbed, trying to ignore the blood and the bodies by her side and walked toward the cave that Tracer and Amélie were supposed to meet her at, every step she took she heard the sound of blood or the bone of a demon crushing, each sound sent a shiver down her spine, she tried to ignore everything and just walked away from the corpses, not looking back…

"Get yourself together Rose… a day will come when you'll be at peace… but it's not today." She tried to comfort herself as she walked toward the cave with blood everywhere on her body, not letting her forget the slaughter she committed, they were demons, true… but she still felt like a monster.

thirty minutes passed until Rose reached the place, she noticed Tracer sitting above Amélie in the back of the cave. Amélie seemed to be sleeping and Tracer was just staring at her. Tracer's eyes had gotten black from the lack of sleep and she could barely keep them open… Rose slowly walked in, startling Tracer and making her gasp. Fortunately, it didn't seem to wake up Amélie.

"Sorry… didn't mean to scare you." Rose apologized as she sat by Tracer's side and leaned back on the rock behind her, sighing in exhaustion. Tracer looked horrified from all the blood on Rose's body.

"Oh… yea I kinda had to deal with them in a rather… unusual way to say the least." She whispered, being careful not to wake Amélie. Tracer was shocked but she tried to keep calm.

"Um… are you hurt?" She asked, true empathy in her voice, it didn't seem to be an ice breaker. Rose gave her a half-hearted smile. "Yes honey I'm fine, you've got to have a few tricks in your sleeve to survive in here after all."

"Thank you… For saving us. I really owe you." Tracer said, trying not to look at her out of shame. Rose noticed and she put her hand on Tracer's chin, gentely forcing her to make eye contact.

"You don't owe me anything okay? you two are the first humans I've seen in the past couple of decades so it would be a shame if you died." She joked which made Tracer chuckle… "Um… Rose?" Tracer stuttered.

"What is it?"

"Is there any way for us to leave here?" Tracer asked. she seemed so fragile and so helpless.

"Well… There's a portal that is told to be a bridge to the living world…" Rose said uncertainly, Tracer's eyes seemed to fill with hope. "But… it's also told that it comes with a great price, And I don't know what that means" she continued.

"Do you know where this portal is?" Tracer asked. she was willing to risk everything, anything to save Amélie and get her out of here.

"Well yes and no… The portal changes its place but I should be able to find it." Rose said with a firm kind voice, Tracer's smile widened and she came closer and hugged Rose, catching her off guard.

"Thank you…" Tracer said with a low voice. Rose didn't know what to do so she just slowly wrapped her hands around Tracer as well…

"Don't mention it…" She replied. "For now lets just get some sleep, this place is safe from the creatures, they despise the water so we can all sleep in peace, Tomorrow I'll wake up and look for the portal, You two just wait for me in here" She continued, Tracer slowly pulled away and wiped away a tear that had escaped her eye. "Okay… That seems like a great plan" She smiled.

"Alright… Good night then." Rose said and laid down to her side, bringing her legs up to her chest and hiding her bloody hands in between. Tracer found the way that she slept very cute and giggled quietly. "Good night…" She laid by Amélie's side and stared at her for a few seconds, she then slowly and gently kissed her forehead.

"I'm sorry Amélie… I'm sorry for everything... I... I love you, and maybe one day I'll be brave enough to tell you that," She thought to herself as she drifted into sleep, Thinking about how she would tell Amélie that she loved her after they escaped.

Well, would you look at that... Honestly, I've got a weird feeling about this chapter maybe because I haven't written in a long time and I'm doubting myself, tell me if you enjoyed the chapter and if it was any good, and FYI (spoilers)... In the next chapters, we won't see much of Dean/Maggie since I hated the last couple of chapters as I read them now and I felt that they lacked a good Tracer/Widowmaker storyline and I apologize for that. Just another quick thing, would you guys prefer Rose to be sort of 'saved' and brought into the living world with Tracer and Amélie (She won't be annoying I promise) or would you prefer her to be saved and then kind of leave the story just like Dean and Maggie?

Again... Sorry for the delay between the chapters (lmao calling a year and a half a delay, nice) and I'm waiting for your comments 3

~Talon