A/N Hey everyone! sequel time (finally), enjoy. If you haven't read the first story, Double Agent, then this will make no sense to you. At all. I highly recommend reading the first story first. It would make sense to, lets be honest...

Chapter One: PS I love you

All the heartbreak all the pain,

All the words you said in vain,

And i'll never be the same...

I wish i could drive away to the sunset

back to the day that we first met,

only believe the things i wrote,

i'll put it in a note, yeah

Cross my T's and dot my I's

Better say hello, i'm gonna wave goodbye

I'll write sincerely yours and sign my name,

P.S i love you...Forever and today.

( All American Rejects - PS I love you )

Licking her cracked, dust covered lips, she spluttered and coughed as she tried to keep the bile rising in her throat down. Darkness pressed in all around her, filling her sight with an impassive and slightly eery blankness. There was a great weight on top of her, weighing down her chest so that she struggled to breathe. Dahlia removed her hands from their position curled protectively over her head. When the roof had caved in, she'd let go of Mahad to protect herself from the falling debris. Squinting through the darkness, she saw nothing. Tentatively reaching out in front of her, she confirmed her suspicions.

The weight on top of her was Mahad. A little part of her was relieved, but she wouldn't allow herself to relax until she'd checked his injuries. She stroked her fingers along the sinews on his neck, the muscles of his shoulders. Stroking down one of his arms, she frowned at the irregular shape and pressed lightly. A soft muffled whimper emitted from where his head lay upon her chest. Probably broken then, she deduced.

"Mahad?" Her voice rattled and gasped like she'd swallowed nails. All she received was a vague groan to indicate he could hear her. Biting her lip hard enough to draw blood, she comforted herself by stroking awkward, shaking fingers through Mahad's hair, trying to untangle the grimy spikes it had fallen into. Her hand glid through a treacly thick liquid dried onto his scalp. She leant her head down towards him as far as she could in their cramped conditions under the fallen roof. Breathing deeply to steady herself, she gagged at the tangy iron smell of blood.

She inspected their surroundings with a growing sense of urgency. God knows how long the section above them would hold. Currently the two of them were wedged between the wall and a fallen roof beam which was the only thing keeping the crushing weight of the rest of the fallen roof off of them. Her leg was still trapped somwhere beneath another beam, her body was trapped beneath Mahad and Mahad was in worse shape than she was, possibly even bleeding to death. Panicking slightly, she cleared her throat to scream for help.

Cortes glared at Maria. Maria glared back. As soon as she'd landed on the block, he'd come straight over and stood over her, waiting for her explanation in mutinous silence. Finally, after a brief stand off, he broke the silence.

"You were going to kill us on Ningxia."

"To save my family? Yes." He nodded curtly at her reply, having expected as much.

"We have people trapped. So move your arse over there and start helping with shifting this crap, i'll talk to you later." He left without another word, jogging over to a set of men who were tying a rope around a beam to lift it.

Maria looked over at the group and hesitated, seeing Wayan working amongst them.

They'll never get down to Dahlia and Mahad in time. They'd have to unblock all of the stairway down and then everything else in their way. Better that i try and do this alone...Yeah, no need to go over there where Wayan and the others are. No, better on my own.

She closed her eyes and tried to visualize the layout of her home beneath the ground. The staircase would come out around Here, so the kitchen was underneath...here. She stopped walking and smiled, confident that this was the place. If she could do some of her ghostly freakiness and phase downwards, she could grab them and bring them back up with her no problem. Grinning at how easy this would be, she sank slowly into the ground.

"HELLOOOOO? CORTES? WAYAN! ANYONE? EVEN SHANNON WOULD DO!" Dahlia's voice cracked as she screamed at the top of her voice, conscious of Mahad's pulse slowing beneath her finger.

"Dah.." Mahad's attempt to say her name faded into a groan. Her head snapped around and she twisted his face towards her. In the little light they had, she could see his eyes' dim sparkle. She kissed him and tasted blood, recoiling in horror at how badly hurt he was. His fingers twisted and he moaned.

"Think m'arms broke."

"Shhhh, don't try to speak, save your energy." He nodded slightly.

"Talk to me then. Anythin', just take my mind...off things."

"I saw you with Shannon today. Kissing her." he was quiet as she continued, determined to tell him this incase...well, incase something bad happened to one of them."I was so angry. I don't think i've ever felt like that. Like i could just kill her with a thought, throw all that rage at her and watch her wither and die. The way you put your arms around her. It was like being a ghost who'd come back to life and found that everyone they loved had moved on, didn't need them anymore. Like I meant nothing to you."

She took a deep breath, willing herself to say the words.

"It hurt because you mean everything to me Mahad." She chuckled, tears spilling from her eyes and washing her cheeks clean. "You know, i've never even let myself think that. The life we live, people die too much and when you get attatched to someone its a sure path to heartbreak. But seeing you with Shannon and i don't feel heartbreak. I feel hurt and angry, but i love you still. I love you Mahad. So much."

She looked down. Mahad's eyes were closed and too late she realised her fingers couldn't feel his pulse still. Opening her mouth wide she ripped loose a terrible scream from deep within her, not caring if she used up her oxygen supply down here. Mahad was dead or dying. What did she care if she followed him?

Above her, Maria sped up, reaching a hand forward to grab in the direction of the terrible noise. It sounded like someones soul had torn, like theiy being had shattered. It was a mad sound, splattered with pain and need and despair. Praying she hadn't been two late, she reached where Dahlia cradled Mahad in her lap, kissing his face and whimpering quietly. It was obscene and shocking to see the young woman like this. Usually so in control, Dahlia was a mess of raw emotion that she'd clearly been suppressing for some time now. Gently, Unnoticed by Dahlia, she touched her fingers lightly to Mahad's wrist, feeling nothing for a few seconds before a feathery bump pressed against her fingers.

"Dahlia, DAHLIA!" The blonde looked at her with emptily defiant eyes. "He's not dead yet. Let me take him up, the vector and the other doctors will help him." She pulled slightly at Mahad and Dahlia tightened her grip. "Honey, you gotta let him go. Just for a few minutes, you understand? Then i'll be back for you and you can take care of him. But he needs to go now Dahlia." Maria's words took effect and Dahlia kissed the side of Mahad's head one more time before letting go of him. Maria disappeared upwards, taking Mahad with her.

Something shifted. In the blue-ish light of Maria disappearing upwards, Dahlia saw her surroundings completely clearly. Mahad had been propping up the beam. He'd thrown himself on her to stop it from falling onto her. Now, without its support, the beam slid downwards straight onto her. She scrambled backwards but the closeness wouldn't let her move entirely out of the way. The beams slid down and to the side, crushing her ribcage and pressing her to the wall. For a shocked second, she felt every ounce of pain before her body blacked out gratefully.

A/N well, that's all for chapter one so far. I'm so sorry i haven't uploaded this sequel yet, i've just been so busy with exams and school. This is going to stay at T for the moment, but be warned, it may well turn into an M later. I'm also toying with the idea of doing an exclusive one shot of that night Dahlia and Mahad spent together. It will of course, be an M due to sexy times. I don't know though. No idea how people will react to it since there's only two M rated stories in this section, plus it would be the first lemon i've written. Anyway, read, Review and let me know if you've got any ideas.

Disclaimer: I do not own skyland *holds in a sob*, however, i do own Maria, Sasha, Shannon and a few other OC's. Please don't use them without my permission.