No one is coming,

You're not worth the trouble,

Your only value are those eyes and they are wasted on someone like you…..

Voices echoed in the darkness, Leonardo press his palms to his ears hoping by some miracle those voices would stop tormenting him. He knew all along how weak he was compared to the others, how powerless he was, he could not even save himself, how was he to save anyone else?

His eyes burned and Leonardo could not stop the sob that tore through his throat, he trashed wildly, lashing out at the darkness, begging to be left alone. Suddenly there was a strong force pinning him down and Leonardo doubled his efforts trying to get away on instinct, the force released him of a brief moment before he was pulled into something warm. It was a stark difference to the biting cold of the darkness that has been tormenting him as of late. Leonardo dug his fingers into the warmth, he felt….safe….there was a comforting pressure on his back moving in a reassuring manner. He could hear a faint voice saying something but he could not tell what, but slowly it became clearer and clearer, a voice that felt so familiar.

"….do…..Leo…..Leonardo….Wake up meine Geliebte...Wake up"

Darkness still surrounded Leonardo but he feel that something is different from before, he could feel the pain although it was not as bad as before, he could not smell the metallic tang of his own blood, in place of that there was a medicinal tang the air, that was before it was overwhelmed by an earthly scent and cinnamon. He realized that scent belonged to the warm body that was embracing him, pressed possibly into a chest with arms around him in a protective manner.

Leonardo shifted trying to bury himself more in the warmth that was radiating from the other body and instant regretted it as a sharp pain spiked at his ribs, causing him to cry out. The sound seemed to startle the other person as the heat disappeared when he moved away.

"Leonardo?" the young man shifted his head a bit in the direction of the voice, there was so much hope in that voice, that voice that called him

Someone was waiting for me? Why….?

It took all his strength to lift his arm shakily upwards, a shiver went up his spine as his fingers brushed against warm skin and soft hair, from what he could tell from under his fingers, his hand had unknowingly come in contact with the other person's jawline, a warm hand was placed over his own and he could tell the person was much bigger than he was.

"Leonardo….." that voice called his name again, this time there was so much relieve in it

Someone is glad I'm here?

Even knowing that he most likely could not see anything, he slowly opened his eyes.

Shock rippled through the leader of Libra as the young man cracked open his eyes, he was greeted not by bright cerulean that he was hoping to see, but instead saw a dull almost lifeless grey.

Leonardo shifted against him again, Klaus moved with him, bringing the hand that had laid on his cheek back down to the sheets and reaching for the pillows behind the younger and stacking them up before resting Leonardo against the pillows in an upright position.

Letting his eyelids slide shut again, Leonardo changed his efforts to try to rasp out a word or two from his parched throat. After opening and closing his mouth several times, he furrowed his brows in frustration, the other person in the room seemed to have realized something and started to move. A minute later, he could hear the distinct sound of water gurgling into a glass before something heavy, which he assumed was the pitcher, was set down.

"I've got some water here," On instinct Leonardo reached forward hesitantly as his fingers came in contact with the cool surface of a glass, he didn't know if he could actually support the weight of the glass

"Don't worry I'll help you," Slowly he guided the glass to his cracked lips with some help, he sighed in relief as the cool water touched his lips and slid down his throat.

"M-ore?"

"Just a moment,"

Once the glass was full again, Leonardo would have chugged the whole glass down in a hurry if it was not for the other person holding the glass steady for him and coaxing him to drink slower lest he chocked.

After he downed his third glass, Leonardo felt that his throat was probably hydrated enough to try a few more words.

"W-Who are you?" the moment the question left him, he could hear a sharp intake of air and an audible swallow

"Klaus, Klaus Von Reinherz," That name…..he knows that name but…...

"I-I know you….B-But I...I can't remember!" His hands flew to clutch his head as he felt a sharp bolt of pain.

"It's alright, don't push yourself to think about it now," the voice was panicking, "Don't think about anything, just….try to get some more rest."

Leonardo felt a gently but firm pressure on his shoulders, pushing him back down into the bed. He didn't want to go back to sleep feeling slight light-headed, he was afraid that he would fall back into a never ending torment, worried that he might actually wake to find this was all but a dream, his own consciousness mocking him.

"Don't worry so much Leo….No one is going to hurt you any more, your safe here. I'll be here when you wake,"

Leonardo really didn't want to sleep, but when Klaus had placed a hand over his eyes, the warmth radiating was luring him in, it felt so comforting and familiar.

I'm….I'm safe….They can't come after me any more…..

As Leonardo woke from from his mercifully dreamless sleep, he could hear more than one voice speaking in the room.

"...He doesn't seem to remember me..…"

"You can't blame the young man, on top of head injuries, he's got a lot on his plate," another voiced answered, "Give him some time."

Silence filled the room once again and Leonardo felt it was a good time to "wake up", taking a deep breath, he slowly propped himself on shaky hands.

"Leonardo!" He could feel warm hands suddenly supporting him as he struggled to get comfortable in an upright position.

Again he heard water being poured but he knew it, was not Mr Klaus, who was doing that.

His fingers brushed against much cooler and slimmer ones as he grasped the glass from the other.

"More?"

"No...it's okay...Thank you...um..." Leonardo wracked his mind for a name other than Klaus's to no avail.

"It's okay young man, no need to stress yourself yourself. It's Steven. Steven A Starphase."

Again, as he heard that name, he felt a jolt of pain but this time an image of someone tall, dressed in a gray suit flashed in his mind for a brief moment.

"Leo!"

"Young man!"

"I-it's okay!" Leonardo gasped, as the pain faded as quick as the image had, taking a deep breath he continued, "I'm fine…..It doesn't hurt anymore."

"You sure? Maybe I should get the doctor just in case..." Steven's voice trailed off as Leonardo heard footsteps moving further and further away before it stopped in front of what he assumed was the door but before it managed to slide open, it was slammed open and judging from the pained yelp from Steven, it was slammed right in his face.

The sudden sound caused Leonardo to jump from the bed, a shocked cry coming from his throat.

"Boss! We heard Leo woke up, is he-gahhhh!"

"Zapp move it! Leo!"

"Oiii K.K! What was that for? You didn't have to shove me onto Ste-gahhhh!"

"Your in the way, you bleached baboon,"

"Everyone! This is a hospital, we can't make such a ruckus."

So many voices…..Names? All sound so familiar, this feels so familiar, like something I've experienced countless times…...Who are they?! Why can't I remember?! Why?!

He was faintly aware, that he was clutching at his head and screaming, it hurts so badly, like someone was pounding his skull with a sledge hammer. The boisterous shouts that had surrounded him instantly dissolved into terrified calls of his name but he couldn't respond.

Then all of a suddenly, there was flash of white light before everything went silent and still.