Song Fic Meme Fic
For knowshowtosurf who wanted a Shadow of the Day verse fic based on "Anywhere" by Evanescence. Hope you like, love!
Warning: includes references to torture.
“Where do you want to go?”
Brian looked down at Katie as she lay with her head on his lap and then up to the stars above. A soft smile spread across his face as he considered each twinkling point of light for a moment. Nearby, the waves slowly rolled in on the beach.
“Anywhere,” he said, his fingers absently carding through her soft hair. “Anywhere away from here. As long as I’m with you.”
“Let’s leave tonight.” She sat up and looked at him with a grin. “Find a transport and jut go.”
“Do you think they’d let us?”
Suddenly, the idea of them finding out sent fear shooting through him. If they knew... About her, about the way he felt... If they found out...
“They won’t know. We can go anywhere, and they won’t find out.”
She got up and held her hand out, just as the water came rushing in faster, crashing over him.
*****
Soaking wet and spluttering, Brian awake with a cough just as he was dragged to his feet and practically tossed out of his cage into another of his captors. The gentle sound of the waves had given way to groans and screams of other captives. The smell of the salty air was now the putrid stench of unwashed bodies and blood. Everything around him was dark as the sun had yet to come up that day.
And the only place he was going was where the Klingons took him.
“You have a new challenger,” the one who caught him said with a dark chuckle of amusement before pushing him toward the fighting pit.
Hours later, he was deposited back in his cage, his knuckles throbbing, his body aching and shivering. He found himself wanting to call out for her but he didn’t dare. If she was still alive, he didn’t want those bastards knowings because he knew they would use her against him.
So instead, he ate the meager portion of food - or whatever the hell it was - that was given to him before collapsing to the ground. Sleep finally came to him, his only refuge from this hell.
*****
“They’ll find us,” he whispered even as he slowly sank into her, her tight warmth chasing away the pain and filling him with pleasure.
“Not here. Not anywhere,” she promised, her body arching beneath him. “This is our place.”
Nodding, he began to move within her. Everything around them was light and warm. This was their place, their anywhere. It didn’t matter where exactly they were so long as they were together and the Klingons couldn’t follow.
“Brian,” she moaned.
“Oh God, Katie.”
“Keep fighting. For us. Please.”
*****
The pain he’d experienced over the last week was horrific but nothing compared to what he was feeling now. His leg, now shattered thanks to the Klingons, throbbed with a pain he could never have imagined. And those bastards thought it was funny. Over and over he had proved himself as much a warrior as any of them, but they wanted to see how far they could push him before he broke, before he couldn’t fight anymore, before his “frail” human body gave out.
He lay there on the ground, trying to find refuge in sleep again, in his anywhere with her even though he had no idea if she was still alive. But sleep wouldn’t come - the pain was too much.
So he tried to distract himself by just thinking of her. God, he should have told her how he felt, regulations be damned. They could have worked something out.
Now she’d probably never know.
Suddenly, he heard a noise like phaser fire, flashes causing the darkness to light up briefly as Klingons yelled. He could hear the thumping of running feet, and he tried to move though his leg wouldn’t cooperate. A few moments later, the cage door opened, a light shining in, nearly blinding him.
“Here’s another one!” a voice - a human voice - yelled. “Are you from the Lexington?”
“Yes. Comm--Commander Brian Reilly. First Officer,” he managed to say.
A moment later, another person was next to him. “Dear God, man, what did they do to you?”
“We’re from the Enterprise, Commander. We’re taking you home,” the other person said.
“Katie?” he asked softly. “Please...please tell me she’s alive...”
“There are other survivors,” the doctor told him. “We’ll see if she’s one of them when we get back to the ship.”
*****
“Where do you want to go?”
Brian looked down at Katie as they lay together, looking out the window above the head of the bed at the stars. The months since their rescue had been long and hard, recovery both physically and mentally, slow. But in the end, he and Katie had found each other again and were now together. That was all that really mattered.
“Anywhere,” he said softly, running fingers up and down her arm. “Anywhere you want.”
“Anywhere?” she asked, looking up at him.
He nodded and repeated the word one more time. “Anywhere.”
“Then I know just the place,” she told him before leaning up to kiss him deeply.
He knew wherever it was, he’d follow. Anywhere.
Warning: includes references to torture.
“Where do you want to go?”
Brian looked down at Katie as she lay with her head on his lap and then up to the stars above. A soft smile spread across his face as he considered each twinkling point of light for a moment. Nearby, the waves slowly rolled in on the beach.
“Anywhere,” he said, his fingers absently carding through her soft hair. “Anywhere away from here. As long as I’m with you.”
“Let’s leave tonight.” She sat up and looked at him with a grin. “Find a transport and jut go.”
“Do you think they’d let us?”
Suddenly, the idea of them finding out sent fear shooting through him. If they knew... About her, about the way he felt... If they found out...
“They won’t know. We can go anywhere, and they won’t find out.”
She got up and held her hand out, just as the water came rushing in faster, crashing over him.
*****
Soaking wet and spluttering, Brian awake with a cough just as he was dragged to his feet and practically tossed out of his cage into another of his captors. The gentle sound of the waves had given way to groans and screams of other captives. The smell of the salty air was now the putrid stench of unwashed bodies and blood. Everything around him was dark as the sun had yet to come up that day.
And the only place he was going was where the Klingons took him.
“You have a new challenger,” the one who caught him said with a dark chuckle of amusement before pushing him toward the fighting pit.
Hours later, he was deposited back in his cage, his knuckles throbbing, his body aching and shivering. He found himself wanting to call out for her but he didn’t dare. If she was still alive, he didn’t want those bastards knowings because he knew they would use her against him.
So instead, he ate the meager portion of food - or whatever the hell it was - that was given to him before collapsing to the ground. Sleep finally came to him, his only refuge from this hell.
*****
“They’ll find us,” he whispered even as he slowly sank into her, her tight warmth chasing away the pain and filling him with pleasure.
“Not here. Not anywhere,” she promised, her body arching beneath him. “This is our place.”
Nodding, he began to move within her. Everything around them was light and warm. This was their place, their anywhere. It didn’t matter where exactly they were so long as they were together and the Klingons couldn’t follow.
“Brian,” she moaned.
“Oh God, Katie.”
“Keep fighting. For us. Please.”
*****
The pain he’d experienced over the last week was horrific but nothing compared to what he was feeling now. His leg, now shattered thanks to the Klingons, throbbed with a pain he could never have imagined. And those bastards thought it was funny. Over and over he had proved himself as much a warrior as any of them, but they wanted to see how far they could push him before he broke, before he couldn’t fight anymore, before his “frail” human body gave out.
He lay there on the ground, trying to find refuge in sleep again, in his anywhere with her even though he had no idea if she was still alive. But sleep wouldn’t come - the pain was too much.
So he tried to distract himself by just thinking of her. God, he should have told her how he felt, regulations be damned. They could have worked something out.
Now she’d probably never know.
Suddenly, he heard a noise like phaser fire, flashes causing the darkness to light up briefly as Klingons yelled. He could hear the thumping of running feet, and he tried to move though his leg wouldn’t cooperate. A few moments later, the cage door opened, a light shining in, nearly blinding him.
“Here’s another one!” a voice - a human voice - yelled. “Are you from the Lexington?”
“Yes. Comm--Commander Brian Reilly. First Officer,” he managed to say.
A moment later, another person was next to him. “Dear God, man, what did they do to you?”
“We’re from the Enterprise, Commander. We’re taking you home,” the other person said.
“Katie?” he asked softly. “Please...please tell me she’s alive...”
“There are other survivors,” the doctor told him. “We’ll see if she’s one of them when we get back to the ship.”
*****
“Where do you want to go?”
Brian looked down at Katie as they lay together, looking out the window above the head of the bed at the stars. The months since their rescue had been long and hard, recovery both physically and mentally, slow. But in the end, he and Katie had found each other again and were now together. That was all that really mattered.
“Anywhere,” he said softly, running fingers up and down her arm. “Anywhere you want.”
“Anywhere?” she asked, looking up at him.
He nodded and repeated the word one more time. “Anywhere.”
“Then I know just the place,” she told him before leaning up to kiss him deeply.
He knew wherever it was, he’d follow. Anywhere.