We hear the muffled yells of a woman. Not of pain but of worry. She seems distraught like she was afraid of being
alone. The Door opens to the sight ofHopetied to a chair. The room is a dimly lit with the muffled
whipsers of a song.


Are you insane like me? Been in pain like me?
Bought a hundred dollar bottle of champagne like me?
Just to pour that motherfucker down the drain like me?
Would you use your water bill to dry the stain like me?

Are you high enough without the Mary Jane like me?
Do you tear yourself apart to entertain like me?
Do the people whisper 'bout you on the train like me?
Saying that you shouldn't waste your pretty face like me?


She fights and struggles to get free. The more she moves the tighter the bindings get. She begins to sob softly to
herself. She softly whispers the name of the only thing that brought her solace in this crazy fucked up world


Shade....I need you. Where are you Shade? Why has this happened to me?


Its at this moment that Mezian turns on the lights. He is standing right behind her wearing the Shade
mask.He steps in front of her. He removes the mask and smiles at her. He touches her face.


My dearest Ezariaha that life you had is gone. The memories, the love, the joy all of it is gone.
You can thank....or blame Shade for this. He started a war he wasn't prepared to fight.He put his
nose where it didnt belong.Now you are a necessary casualty of that war. Im sorry that it ad to
be this way but I had no other choice. I needed him to feel pain the way I have. I needed him to
suffer the way I have. You are the only thing he cared about, and I'm going to strip him of that.

My name isn't Ezariaha, it's Hope. My name is hope, Shade loves me he will come find me. He will fight
for me. You won't get away with this, He won't let you.

But he already has....it wasn't that hard to get to your room.He didn't stop me then and he won't stop me
anytime from now.You are mine, and you will come to terms with it sooner or later.

Mezain stares at Her with a gleeful smile. Turns the lights off and plays the music again.He shuts the
the door behind him, leaving her to scream for Shade.


"You can't wake up, this is not a dream,
You're part of a machine, you are not a human being,
With your face all made up, living on a screen,
Low on self-esteem, so you run on gasoline."

Oh, oh, oh, oh,
I think there's a flaw in my code,
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
These voices won't leave me alone,

Well my heart is gold, and my hands are cold,

Mezain came back to the room.It had seemed like days have gone by toHope maybe hours.
She really doesn't know because there is no way to gauge time in the room.Mezian has food for her
She won't be any good if she is all sickly and weak. That is not how you treat a guess.


How long have I been here? What day is it? Can I get out of these binding?


Mezain could see she wasn't a threat so he let her go. He didn't want to hurt her. He promised
he wouldn't hurt her. Mezian always kept his word.So he let her out of the ropes nad sat with her
on the floor while she ate.

It's Monday, April 31st. It's been a couple of days since I took you. I said I wouldn't hurt you
and I won't. I want you to see life how i do. I want you to become a child of fate. I'd like you
to stay here with me and learn the secrets of the whispers.I don't want you to stay down here
anymore.I'd like for you to come upstairs I have a room for you. So when you're done you can come
up to the house.... it's just up the stairs there.

Mezain left her in the room by herself with the door open and the lights on. As he walked up the
steps that led out of the basement he could hear her whispering to herself


Are you deranged like me? Are you strange like me?
Lighting matches just to swallow up the flame like me?
Do you call yourself a fucking hurricane like me?
Pointing fingers cause you'll never take the blame like me?





The next day and a half Mezian leftEzariaha to herself so she could get acclimated with
things.So she could process what had actually happened. That maybe shade wasn't coming after all.
Mezain had not slept since the night she was taken from the hotel room. He knew he had to sleep.
He went up to his room and he laid down on his bed.She followed him and stopped at the door.

I get it now, The song. It's how you feel about everyone else how you have done all of these things
for everyone and you don't really have anything to show for it. I understand now. I feel like your
pain is your gasoline. It's the only thing that can keep you going. I want to help you. I feel
connected to you. Even though you pretty much tortured me to do so.I have walked through these
halls and rooms and everything you are is here.I don't know if I want to stay here or go back to Shade.

You can stay or go. I don't believe what I have done is right. I'll send you on the first plane
to where ever you want Tuesday morning Hope.

You don't have to I'll leave with you guys Tuesday. Also, call me Ezariaha...Mezian

The next morning Mezian and Matt got up and ready for the flight back to Atlantic City.
Mezian couldn't find Hope anywhere. he had assumed that she had left in the night. All
of the clothes he had bought he were gone and she didn't leave a note.So the guys finished
ther routines and went to the car waiting for them outside.This where Hope stood waiting for
them with her bags packed.She stood with a smile on her face and a small Leviathan cross
pendant around her neck.



The Winds of Fate whisper our names today Mezain, It will be great day.

They Do whisper our names and will be a great day....Ezariaha.