<span style="font-style: italic">"Are you in pain?"</span>she asked. Lex could only nod, then he heard someone outside trying to get in.<br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Uhh just a minute!" she called back to him Yumi looked back at Lex and looked toward her closet then shook her head "Stay low" she whispered pointing behind the bed.</span>Lex simply flopped over on his side and struggled to pull himself over to the bed, then slipped underneath, hoping he wouldn't be found by whoever it was outside. He heard them talking, the male sounding like her father or maybe a brother, Lex wasn't sure. Yumi must be around his own age but there were so many questions burning in his mind. Why did he have to suffer like this? He kept to himself to prevent things like this from happening. What was Lilith thinking? Why him?<br/><br/>So many questions ran through his head. He laid on the soft carpet of the Wolf girl's room, hiding under her bed yet the world began to swim around him. All that followed was darkness as he passed out.