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Through The Valley Of Death
by Seven
Disclaimer:
Earth: Final Conflict and its characters are
copyrighted by Tribune Entertainment Company. All rights reserved.
Note from Author: Takes
place during "Bliss".
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Lili was unconscious. Augur squeezed her hand and half-expected her fingers
to twitch in reply. They didn't and Augur frantically checked her pulse.
Thready.
Augur got up and began to pace, wishing momentarily that he had some available hair to yank out. What was he going to do? Lili was dying in front of him from Bliss addiction and he couldn't do a thing about it!
Augur popped open a small compartment in his couch and snatched up a global from it. He began to override, but then stopped and looked at Lili. In his mind, she was in front of him, sweating and crying, sobbing, "I'd rather die... I don't want to live like this!"
Augur shook his head to banish the images.
"Augur... please!" More sobbing
Augur felt his chest burning as he set down the global and stepped on it, cracking the insides of it beyond repair. The crying and begging inside his memories began to fade away. He tried to keep himself from crying; what kind of friend would let Lili die, tortured by her addiction?
And what kind of friend would drag her to a hospital against her will?
Augur sat down in the chair and looked at his unconscious friend, trying to reassure himself. Lili was strong. She would make it. He would help her make it.
