<U>Something to Regret. </U> by Lyn C

Rated G

Alliance owns them. I'm just borrowing them for no monetary gain.

"Come with me, you'll regret it if you don't."

Would I have regretted it? I don't think I would, not considering what happened next. I saw her beautiful face, heard her beautiful voice. The most beautiful voice I ever heard and I could not resist it.

She was holding out her hand to me. My vision of the world narrowed to that beautiful hand. Even though I tried I could not fight the desire. I loved her, and I knew that she loved me.

I increased my pace and glimpsed Ray as I moved my head. I had to get to her before Ray did because I did not doubt for one second that he would use any means to stop her. I couldn't let him do that any more than I could let her go without me.

So I ran faster until I could touch her. Stepping up to meet her, feeling her arms around me, safe. She laughed in triumph and I turned to follow her gaze. Ray was raising his weapon,

"She's got a gun!" And he fired. I heard the sound of gunshot.

Her grip on me began to relax, I held on but the weight of her body was pushing me off balance and we both tumbled from the moving train. I held her. I held onto her like I had done in the snow eight years before.

I held her tightly trying to make eye contact with her,

"Look at me, Victoria!"

My voice was urgent. Could she hear the fear in it ? She pulled me in closer against her pressing her lips against mine. They were like ice and I shivered. I breathed my warm breath into her. Breathed in my love, my heart, my soul.

"Stay with me," I whispered, "stay,"

I kissed her lips for the last time. She shuddered, just like she did at Fortitude Pass.

Then she closed her eyes against the snow.

And I closed mine.

She was gone.

The End

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Marie-Andrée

ps. I really am speechless here, Lyn!

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Oh, gosh! I, for one, never thought that I would be saddened to read of

Victoria's death. But I was. I think I need therapy. Sigh. Good job-

it was well written and moving. Almost cried. Almost. Thanks for

accepting the challenge- anybody else working on anything for it?

Alison</PRE></HTML>