Disclaimer: Hal and Southern Star own it all. I write for my own enjoyment, and by no means, for profit.

Note: This suffers desperately from PWP (Plot? What Plot!) Syndrome. So I apologize in advance. Also, it's my first Water Rats fic. I'm used to writing alien invasions with a touch of love for Star Trek, so this is new to me!

For Cam, because it's all her fault.

Take Me Away

By: Aquiel

The dark haired woman stared down at the street below from the shadowy room a few feet above. She sighed audibly, and ran her trembling fingers through her short dark hair. This was so much more difficult then she had ever imagined. She wanted nothing more than for this to be a dream, a nightmare; nothing more. Nothing less.

Rachel turned her head in the direction of an opening car door; half expecting it to be him, coming to find her, or to scold her for not showing up at work today. But the door opened and closed, and minutes passed without another sound. It wasn't him. It would never be him.

With that thought, the realization that he would never be there again finally, came crashing down around her, its impact constricting the muscles in her chest as a sob emerged from her throat. This man, whom today she had lost, possibly forever, was the most important person in her life, next to David. And it took losing him, for her to finally understand.

He had asked her to go. But how could she. How could she up and leave all that she had ever known, all that she had worked for...but how could she loose his beautiful smile.

It was the worst kind of fate; do or die. Go and forever wonder what you left behind, or stay, and know that the other part of your soul drifted from place to place, never fully understanding why he was alone. If only she could have told him. If only he knew just how much...just how much she cared.

"Frank..." another sob, and she sank to her knees, lacking the strength even to stand. And then a whisper, heard only by the never ending silence, and the beating of her broken heart: "Take me away..."

If only it were all a dream.

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