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[OOM: Some day, your story will be here, too.]

There is no bright light or sudden noise that signals the return of three heroes and a little girl. In their minds they may not see themselves as such, but the little girl does. They've seen what she has seen now. They know the Old Kingdom- they've touched it.

But the question is did they see the warnings?

Mary looked up at Nathan as she held his hand as the group returned back to Milliways. Bill and Doc were no where to be seen, no doubt waking up from wherever they had left their living bodies at for a dreamless sleep. Or had their trip to the Old Kingdom been a dream? "He can't follow us here," she says softly, releasing Nathan's hand as the burns start to fade away leaving him to return to a more 'solid' state. "None of them can."

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Nathan glanced down at himself surprised that his appearance was solid, and whole again. He patted himself down, and gave her concerned look.

"You sure about that?" That doctor did creep him out.

Mary gulped a little as she looked back toward the wall before glancing back up at Nathan. "I..think so. If they could they would be here by now." At least that is what she thought. Mary, however, was making no promises.

Looking down at her feet she shuffled them slightly refusing to look back up at the man beside of her. "I'm sorry he hurt you..He can do bad things, but then he has to go back to his room after."

"It's fine, you all right?"

Mary nodded her head very softly before moving closer to the flying man and wraping her arms around him giving a little hug. "You scared me." Which is a funny thing for a ghost to be saying in the first place.

Nathan was surprised by that, and then there was a small smile on his face. He briefly went to touch her head reassuringly.

"Whoa, hey, shh, shh. It's ok. I'm fine now. Tougher than I look. You did really well back there."

With a little frown she looked back up at him before shaking her head just a little. "I'll be in trouble when I go back. Paul won't be very happy at all with me." If she couldn't find Antubis in time that was. By chance the older boy would be still in his tank leaving her ample time to hide. "Or the Doctor."

Then, quieter than before, she spoke again. "You have to keep that paper safe until Antubis says we have to take it back. It's important."

"Why would you be in trouble? What does it matter what that little punk thinks?"

Nathan crouched down by her, briefly noticing the folder still in his hand. "I'll ask Bar for a small safe. Fireproof one, it'll be safe there."

"It's not what he thinks," she says slowly, "it's what he can do. Paul scares me- he can do bad things, worse than he did to you." Watching as Nathan crouched down by her she tilted her head a little to the right. "What happens in the Old Kingdom happens in the New."

Those blasts of energy that missed them? No dout there was something destroyed- a wall, a blown out door- somewhere on that same floor of the New Kingdom. For every action, would be a good statement to bring to mind.

"You have to keep it safe. What the Doctor Stegman did was just as bad as the Doctor."

"So he didn't just attack us but the other hospital too?" Nathan glanced back, and had his hands on her shoulders now.

"Don't worry, it'll be safe. I promise." And when it comes to a Petrelli and a promise? It's kept.

Mary shifted a little on her feet before his hand laid upon her shoulder. "Sorta..kinda. It's complicated?" Looking up at Nathan with an emotionless face she watched for a moment. "Say, for example, if we were in the Old Kingdom in one of the labs there and we broke a window, the wall or whatever is in that same place in the New Kingdom is affected. It's broken too."

That made her uneasy and why she always tried not to make Paul mad. Paul did those sorts of things just for pure cause of it. "And the voices..."

"They're that connected then? And the voices? What about them?"

"What they do there happens in the New too. You heard them. You felt them." They were what made the ground shake nearly knocking Bill and Doc off their feet.

"They don't mean to. They just do."

Nathan nodded at the memory, "Is there anyway to stop them?"

This time Mary started to frown a little. "I don't know..you'd have to ask Antubis." Licking her lips a little her hands came up to the bell about her neck. "I don't want to ring my bell, Nathan. Not for that many people."

"Well, let's see what can be done so you won't have to."

Edited 2008-01-27 02:35 (UTC)

Rem watched the two beings appear.

She loomed in the shadows.

Something was there.

It was different- not like Paul, the Doctor, or the other lost souls that walked the corridors of the Old Kingdom. Truth be told Mary didn't know what it was that was there in the shadows she had taken so well to.

Instantly a hand sliped up grabing ahold of one of Nathan's, her breath hanging infront of her like a cloud of mist. She was scared.

Nathan glanced around, and he tried to position himself in front of Mary, holding her hand tightly.

"It's ok. Nobody's going to hurt you. We got you away from them."

She would not hurt them, she was observing them. Rem still has a hard time remembering that people and beings can actually see her here without touching her Deathnote.

Why was this other, older being protecting her? Was she not dead? Rem could not see the child's lifespan. The man's was there, oh yes it was there.

But they had something in common, they both walked a land that was between the living and that of the dead. Mary's life may have ended but she could not pass on. It wasn't her place to.

"Not them.." she spoke softly, peering around Nathan's leg and pointing straight at Rem. "Her."

Nathan turned and then spied the strange figure. His lifespan was there, but because of the nature of his world (and wacky canon) it was likely in some flux. Particularly now with his burnt body back in a NY hospital on life support. And protective since they just came back from a place where angry spirits attacked them both.

"All right, stay close to me. The rules still exist around here."

Rem was shocked, usually humans could not tell her sex without hearing her voice or her telling them out right.

"How did you know, little one?" asked Rem, "That I am female?"

Yes, the rules apply to even Rem.

If Mary could meep she would be, ducking behind Nathan's leg once again and only peering out around him. Very slowly a dark eye with half a pale face started to peek out once more. "I..I don't know...Please don't hurt me.." Mary was used to people that weren't..living..wanting to hurt her. Thank Paul and the Doctor for that.

"Nobody's going to hurt, Mary," Nathan said seriously, still pretty creeped out at the third figure. Whatever the hell it is.

"And we're asking the questions here. What are you?"

"I am a Shinigami," said Rem simply, "I was just amazed that I did not need to speak or tell her that I was female."

"What's a...a Sheenigamei?" the little ghost girl asked from behind Nathan still, though there is a little more of her visible now than there had been before.

"Good question," he nodded, and demanded, "Well? What is it?"

"A god of death," explained Rem, "My name is Rem."

She tried a kind smile, and failed completely.

Nathan backed away more, keeping himself between Mary and the being, "Yeah, well I'm not dead, and you can't take her from here."

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A god of death.

Mary quickly ducked back behind Nathan's legs and staying close. She almost wanted to call out for Antubis though she knew he wouldn't be there. He hadn't found a way to Milliways yet.

"I...I'm a time keeper," she gulped slightly daring another peek out at Rem.

"I cannot take anyone from here, I am dead," said Rem, "In the human world i am but dust, and I do not have my DeathNote."

She looked a the man defiantly.

"Why is your lifespan changing so much?" she asked.

"I'm not answering your questions. It's none of your damn business."

He sized her up, "So what are you, another kind of ghost here?" He was gripping Mary's hand tightly, and gave her a reassuring squeeze.

"This is my afterlife," she stated, "I was just curious, lifespans usually don't change like that."

She tilted her creepy head, "Why are you so hostile?"

"He saw Paul and the Doctor," Mary spoke up as she glanced a Nathan, holding his hand with a cold one of her own. "He saw it."

What 'it' could be ranged in various items or places when dealing with the undead. Tensions were still rather high.

Nathan just stated, "Most know better than to ask anything that personal. Especially when we still don't know what you are."

He glanced at Mary, "You're sure she's not like anything back in the Old Kingdom?"

"Who are Paul and the Doctor?" she asked holding her hands up showing them empty.

Very slowly Mary nodded her head a couple of times before looking back up at Nathan. "She...doesn't feel like them. Like..bad."

Turning dark eyes back to Rem she tilted her head to the right a little still holding onto Nathan's hand. "Bad people."

Nathan nodded at that, and a slight amount of tension released.

"All right, but it's been a very long night. And we need to rest. This is not the time to deal with this."

He only nearly died again. At the hands of one of the bad spirits after all. Enough to put anybody tense and on edge.

Rem frowned.

"If only I had my DeathNote, I could help you with these humans," murmured Rem, "I do not like children being hurt."

Yes, she was already dead but she was aloud to care.

"You both should rest then," said Rem with the tone of a mother.

"But they aren't human any more," Mary says with a little frown, watching Rem for a moment before looking back up at Nathan. At least not the human that she knew of.

At the mention of being tired Mary squeezed Nathan's hand a little before nodding her head. "I need to go back soon.."

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