How Could This Happen To Me?

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I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light.

She could feel the light penetrating her eyelids, threatening to blind her even as she lay on the ground, immobile and cold.

I can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm lying here tonight

"Hello, my dear," growled a husky voice, causing her to flinch internally as if she had been touched by a hot coal.

"Are you comfortable?"

She wanted to shout at that voice, scream and kick and punch at it, but she couldn't. She was frozen in place by nerves she had trained again and again to obey her. She almost laughed at the irony.

And I can't STAND the pain
And I can't make it go away
No I can't STAND the pain

"You know, after I take the Dragon Scroll, I could return for you. I could take you with me, and we could be together. You and I, nothing but the world against us, and we could run for as long as you like, to a place outside glory and shame. Would you like that?"

'If such a place existed,' she thought bitterly, trying to kill him with her eyes. 'I would never go there with you.'

How could this happen to me
I've made my mistakes
got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

"Oh, don't look at me like that, Princess. I'm not a monster, I just want what I deserve: my scroll."

Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound but no one hears me

Had she been able, she would have screamed as she felt his hand run along her spine, strong paws racing down her curved sides. He bent over to lick her pointed ear like a delicate candy, taking the tip of it into his mouth to run a sandpaper tongue along the edge.

I'm slipping off the edge
I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again

"In another life you and I could have been together, but society has already taken my chances with you away. Maybe next time we will have something. Maybe next time, things will be okay."

So I try to hold
On to a time when
Nothing mattered
And I can't explain
What happened and I can't erase the things that I've done
No I can't

"If there was a way for me to go back, to change this, I would, but this time, I am meant to do this. I need the vindication. I need revenge. And I'm sorry, my dear, but I need that more than I need you, at least this time."

She felt her blood boiling in rage. He needed revenge? More than her? And why did she even care what he needed? Why did it hurt to hear him telling her he wished he could love her? Why did she want to follow him? Why did she need him?

How could this happen to me
I've made my mistakes
got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

Slowly, he stood, facing the Valley of Peace. He walked toward it, one step, two steps, three steps, turn. He didn't face her, but turned his head just enough for her to catch his last words to her.

"After this, I may have to kill you. Should that day come, I want you to know, I love you, Tigress."

And he was gone.

I've made my mistakes
got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

'I hate you!' her mind screamed at his retreating form, even as Crane landed clumsily on the platform, picking each of them up to fly them back to the Palace ahead of the villain.

'I hate you! You hurt my master, my friends, and me! You are a monster who cannot be trusted! You wretched, lying, sickly beast! I hate you so much!!! I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!!!'

Looking down, she saw him staring up at her and felt a twinge of remorse at leaving.

'I hate you,' she repeated, feeling tears mist her vision. 'So why do I love you, Tai Lung?'