(WARNNING: There maybe some grammar and spelling errors here, though, that is because this is directly from a log. Excuse those errors, as I did not wish to edit my own or Judd's post that MUCH. I hope it's a good coherent read in any case.)

Please, Renna.

?No.?

But I love him? You must understand that. You know that?

?I have my body. You are locked up. And there is nothing you can do about it. Silence! I will not speak on the matter further. You will succumb to the purpose of our merger. We will set about bringing ourselves back to the glory that is Renna, of the Dark, the Betrayer? The true Queen of Shadows!?

Why can?t you just let me be happy for a short while? I?ll give in! I will give in to you I promise. I will release the last buckle that holds you. But not now? Please let me spend a few more weeks with him before that happens!

?Then release the buckle now and then we can bring back Judd, together.?

No! I know you? When we? Become one? You?d keep him there! Or you?ll? Take him from me!

?You know me too well, Lucy Ren.?

Renna you heartless-

?Don?t cuss the woman that can bring back your man, Lucy. Either way? No, is no. I have no use for him. He can stay in there and rot for all I care.?

Please?

?No.?

So it?s fine for you to fall in love?! But not for me?!

?What??

You can fall in love with Toby but I can?t fall in love with Judd?! That?s? That?s so hypocritical!

?Don?t you dare bring him into this conversation!?

Why?! Because it hurts?! That?s how I feel! You pushed him away because you don?t believe in love! You find it a weakness! To you? Perhaps! To me! It makes me stronger!

?That?s why you will never see him again! I am glad the little bastard is dead! With him dead your will is at the lowest I have ever seen! Don?t you agree? I was strong enough to trick you into releasing that last buckle! And I was strong enough to switch places with you, when Kairee figured out I was in possession of the body! With you unhappy, I am stronger!?

You bitch?

?Ha! You are forever my puppet. Forever my host. You, Lucy, have no choice in the matter.?

Then? What about Jodiah?

???

What about your Lord?

?? My Lord.?

?Lucy's eyes rolled back into her head, the shadow arms had jerked themselves from the ground, her knees clattered together as she fell to the grass. It was noticeable and obvious where she had put Judd to his final resting place. The ground was slightly elevated. She panted, the pentagram's azure glow dying bit by bit, along with her scarlet hues.

Did it work?

"Of course it worked..."

Where is he? Where is my love? Renna you promised me!

"I promise nothing... Shut your mouth." She snapped, twisting her head to the side to stare at nothing.

Why isn't he returning?

Judd...

She shook her head, as if she had awakened from a dream, clawing the dirt with her fingers. "Judd! Don't leave me again!" Her tears fell down her cheeks.

Come back to me.

"... Toby."

Judd...

She was dragging up the dirt clump by clump, but she wasn't getting nowhere near the depth she berried him in.

Please... Wake up. Come back to me. Come back me...

It seeped from the ground.

Him. His aura - or what was left of it. Whatever they had done had worked. He wasn't alive; he simply... Was. Muffled voices - no, a voice was heard. Familiar. Different. A shift. He didn't know what he was doing back, but he knew he had to get out. Another shift; slowly working the clay and dirt from around his body. Fingers raking through the ground, clawing upwards. All the while his energy poured freely, like snakes in the grass slithering forth and erupting from the dirt.
A mound of dirt began to rise from the surface as Judd worked his way upwards. Like a butterfly shedding its cocoon, Judd writhed his body inside of the ground, inching his way up. Energy tendrils recoiled; reverberated from Renna, back into the ground, soaking back into Judd's body. Discomfort. Confusion. Pain. Anger. A muffled sound, barely audible, came from about a foot below as the tips of two fingers broke the surface of the ground.

Lucy's hand had risen to her face, rubbing the dirt into her cheeks to wipe away the tears.

"You made me cry..."

You cried yourself?

"Bullshit."

Do you sense that?

"Of course I sense it." She looked to the ground before her, now moving on all fours to stare down at it. Yes, something was coming up - her palm could feel something shifting below the ground.

He's alive?

"He's dead."

Then he's alive...

The fingers. She had caught site of them within the pitch darkness of the night, the crickets around chirping freely and loudly.
"Judd?" Her voice posed the question, hearing something faint under her. Her hands went to grip those fingers, moving to work the mud from around them with raked fingers.

I'm coming Judd, hold on?

"Shut, up!"

His fingers curled tightly around hers; a lifeline. He continued shifting, working at the dirt until the dirt began to break away by itself, tumbling from the point of his forthcoming. He felt less pressured, now only centimetres away from his face breaking ground - salvation! His face emerged and bright, icy blue pools opened to stare into the night sky.
His mouth opened as he gasped, fingers clawing at the ground around his neck, trying to free himself. The extra hands were helpful, aiding in the unearthing process. His saviour hadn't been taken into account yet, as his main priority was in freeing himself. His face was still covered in his own dried blood, but its not like he knew or cared. Shoulders emerged, then the other arm. It went faster now; both hands tearing at the ground to free his legs.

Like a child, like one of her minions, born back into this life. "Aaahhh... Such a pretty-"

You leave him alone.

Lucy tore herself back as he was nearly fully from the ground, shuffling back on her hands and knees away from him. "Now Lucy it's only fair we share..."

You touch him and I will kill you.

She snorted, and giggled hysterically, "Can't kill the Immortal, Lucy. Without me, you are without him..." She nodded to the emerging Judd.

I love you so much, tell him I love him, please?

"... Do it yourself." She snorted silently aside.

Judd scrambled from the grave, almost tripping over himself as he scurried away from it. His surroundings were observed, having yet to really focus on 'Lucy'. It was night. Dark. He didn't know where he was. But he was back. Mmm yes, back. And he could feel his new energy surging throughout his body. He tested the area around him, sending the tendrils outward. They recoiled from her. Icy blue pools swivelled in that direction, staring in shock.

Finally his eyes fell on her. Or close to her. She stood slowly, her hands grasped together. She had wore nothing more than that straight jacket, the single buckle done up that expanded down the middle of her chest, the sleeves rolled up to the elbow... Otherwise she was naked. When to her feet she took a single step forward.
"Judd? My love? Everything is going to be alright now..." She extended out a shaken hand to him, thin, and almost as gaunt as her near sunken eyes. "It's me, it?s Lucy."

It was his Lucy! She was there; in the flesh! Like him! He glanced down at his body. But why was he here? He had died. He remembered it so vividly. Icy blue's flicked upwards, glancing back at...wait. What was wrong with his girl? She had extended her hand. He shrank away.

"W-what happened. Where am I," he whispered; terrified.

"Your alive, my love... Your back. We're at the Den. Just by the clearing... Your safe now." She noticed that her hand was not taken and she moved forward still, placing that hand onto his cheek. Without much warning she gripped him into a deep, tight hug.
Renna was hating every moment of this and kept her mouth shut for the time being. "You died. Do you remember? Judd, you remember me, right?"

Judd glanced around... Finally recognizing where they were standing. His gaze fell to his 'grave' as she continued towards him, then shifted back to her gaunt, thin face. She looked sick. It made him hurt. What had happened to her? Who did this to her? Oh, and now he realizes it...so why was she naked? As she hugged him, he allowed his arms to wrap around her too, eyes closing.

"Lucy," he whispered into her hair, hugging her tightly.

Thank god, he remembers me.

"He's hugging me." She whispered aside rather nauseatingly, though the closeness may had given that way. She shook her head and smiled softly, pulling back to kiss his lips even if they were all mucky.

"Judd... How do you feel? Does anything hurt? Do you feel... Hungry?" The sunken scarlets were solid and not her own, though, her voice was definitely hers. "Do you want to sit down?"

He was still in shock, sort of.... This really wasn't something that happened to a person everyday. As of right now, he was just kind of going through the motions. He kissed her back, out of habit, though not much passion was put into it. She'd have to forgive him later... This was just freaky. As she pulled away, Judd shook his head as if he was trying to rid himself of a sudden headache.
How did he feel? How do I feel? He didn't know. He looked up at her suddenly, staring at her eyes. Something just wasn't right. He couldn't place it. So...confusing! He grimaced and brought his hands to his head, then dropped to his knees.

"Tell me what's going on!" he commanded.

Lucy looked hurt - well her face was expressed in such a manner. Renna intruded, "We brought you back - I couldn't live without you!" She fell to her knees too, uncaring if an unearthed stone had grazed her knee in the process, she moved her hands to his that rested on his head, laying on them softly without restraint.
"I brought you back from the dead, Judd. Forgive me, but please... Lately things have been so bad, I missed you... I have done things I feel guilty for, my love. I want you back to tell me everything is okay.?

We? Judd looked confused. What did she mean, we? Another shake of his head, though ceasing as she placed her hands over his.
"I don't get it, dammit!" He tore away from her, falling back to sit on his butt, knees bent and elbows atop them. He looked like he was going to cry. "You're confusing me. What have you done?"

"I brought you back from the dead, you ungrateful little corpse! What do you think I have done?" She snapped, hissing violently her words through clenched teeth.
"You were dead, now you are the undead. Do you understand now? You are just like us. Damned. Immortal. You will never age, you don't need to sleep - you don't even have to eat if you don't want too..." She smirked darkly, tilting her head down to the ground, giggling like some mad little girl... A pause, and Lucy's face was now soft, near enough close to tears. "It's true! But it's not so bad, Judd! We have each other right? That's all I ever wanted!"

This was too much. Why was she talking like this? And then suddenly it hit him. Hit him like a ton of bricks! Renna. He took Lucy by the shoulder and got back up on his knees, giving her a slight shake. He could care less about being Undead.
"Why is that bitch here?" Judd had learned to hate Renna. Well, that was probably too strong of a word. He did dislike her a lot, though. All those things Lucy had mentioned. By all he wasn't happy about this one bit. "Is she the reason you look like this?!"

Lucy laughed as she was shaken by him, she tipped her head back, laughing still. Renna was mocking him.

Stop this! You broke your promise! You told me you would not get involved!

"I am here little boy because this is where I belong!" She grinned, right on at him. "I starved her so that she'd give in. She released me Judd. With all the shit that has happened to her, finally, she let me out. But she resisted. And circumstances came to pass that brought the jacket to be buckled back up, keeping my powers near fully contained..." Another chortle, "I switch places with her Judd. She's locked out and I am locked in. I have control..."

Stop it! You... You... Can?t do this!

"She's screaming like a little child. Crying for you, wailing about loosing her love. Boo-fucking-hoo... Because?" He was close enough, her lips was pushed onto his and she kissed him most passionately.

No! No! No! He's mine! Renna... Stop it!

"You WHAT?!" Judd was livid. No one messes with his girl and gets away with it. That's technically what got him killed in the first place. He was cocky and blinded by his anger, so Renna didn't frighten him at all.
"You bring her ba-" he was silence by her lips upon his. Disgusting. Strong; surprisingly strong arms shoved her away.

The kiss was broken but the damage was done, Lucy was crying so hard that it even pained Renna to hear it. It was giving her a big old headache. It was easy to shut her out, or silence the voice crying away in her head - Renna could do that now, just like Lucy did to her when she was in this position. "You know what else? Your not just back because she begged me, I wanted to see your face when I tell you one little thing you couldn't had known about, while you were dead."

Don't... Please... Judd... Don't listen to her!

"Don't listen to her Judd, please! I made her screw her own Uncle days after you died..." She grinned, "It was pathetic. So the most pathetic thing you could have ever seen. While she was doing it? She thinking about you. You. You... Just like I thought about my Lord when he had me. But I never got him. So she'll never have you!"

Lucy ran forward tears again streaming down her face, "Judd I love you! I love you! I love you and no one else!"

Tears were streaming down his face too. He truly loved Lucy and that hurt so badly. The afterlife was tormenting without her...but to be brought back and told that she fucked her uncle days after he died? What a way to screw someone over.
His tears mixed with the blood and dirt on his face, leaving streaks. But....then he squeezed his eyes shut. Renna had to be lying. Lucy had managed to get a few words out and she asked him not to listen. He would obey her. His eyes re-opened. Purple. Brows furrowed as a hand flew out, halting her steps without ever actually touching her.

Lucy was frozen to the spot... She blinked her eyes and tried to move... All she got was a little movement of her fingers. Well this caught one Demon totally by surprise, "... This is an interesting development."

What's happening?

"It appears your boyfriend has a little power in him. Before I thought he was just a little boy who won you over with his disgusting good looks. But now I see why... Lucy."

I knew nothing about this, and you know it!

"What's wrong, Judd? Did I touch a soft spot? Want to know what name she called out while he screwed her? Alex... Oh Alex!" She faked her moan, her tongue slithering out to lick her lips. "It was so beautiful? Drummer boy. See your girl screwed? By, someone else."

The invisible grip tightened on Renna, slamming her into a nearby tree. He came up good and close to her, inches from her face, pinning her...all the while not physically touching her. It was so hard for him to do this. His love's body. Difficult as it was to tell his mind that this wasn't her, it wasn't impossible. "Shut up," he hissed.

Perfect time for Renna to push Lucy into the front line. The grip on her body had her arms pressed firmly together at her sides and she was flung into the tree bark, her head bounced and cracked loudly against it.
A helpless, little whimper... And now she was pinned. "J-Judd... It hurts..." The tree overcome by the impact creaked, it swayed and fell down away from them, leaving a jagged torn up trunk in its place. Scarlet hues soft, voice timid and pained. "... Forgive me."

A grin, "What are you going to do? Kill her? To kill me? Judd your power... It cannot be wasted upon the love a selfish little girl who has no right, to be with you. She's mine. Just like you should be."

He had hurt her! Purple eyes widened in horror, releasing her and stumbling back. His hands moved to his head again as his knees hit the hard ground. This was just to much for him right now. His woman was within his reach and he couldn't hold her. He couldn't comfort her. He wanted to tell her everything would be ok - like she had wanted him to do. But he couldn't. He didn't know how. Judd didn't understand.
Tears continued to stream down his face, his voice hoarse from the wracking sobs. "I'll never be yours," he forced out through the sobs and tears. Here was Judd's weakness and no matter what happened in life, she'd always be that weakness. He wanted her like nothing else. His entire body shook as he cried, voice cracking and hushing to a whisper. "Give her back...."

Perfect.

Lucy had stood up straight, and held her opposite elbow. It had been injured in the impact to the tree and the cartilage of the bone had snapped off, normally, Lucy would be in pain. Renna however, found it arousing.
There was now an added tone of womanly seduction etched into her voice, as she walked closer and closer to the defeated little Judd.
"Your wrong. Because even now you want her. You men are so predictable. I despise you..." She even went as far as spitting right in front of the boy?s feet, grinning. She knelt down, and stared right into his face. "From the very beginning I have been pulling the strings. Always had been. From the time she was created to the time she met you?? A displeased look, ?I did not make her fall in love with you however, you, made it possible for her to resist me for far too long. So consider this revenge. I am your only link to her and I am her only link to you..." Her hand gripped his face firmly, "Now, tell me why I should give her back? Because you love her?" She stroked his hair, "Awww, is love blinding you? You could run away and leave her? Let her be mine, and you wouldn't need to hear from her ever again."

It had almost been too easy. She was right there. His hand moved so fast, gripping Renna by the throat as he growled. He spit in her face and then released her. He'd been quick. Hopefully much too quick for her to trade places again. "I'd never leave her," he warned in a menacingly low voice. "And I won't let you have her."

A gasp - a pleasured groan, was there cold spit on her face? She slowly lifted a finger up to the liquid splattered across the scar, dragging her finger across it, moving it to her lips... And sucked from her fingertip.
"Mmmm... So bitter..." She mused, "But in the end she will be mine. We will merge. We will be one again. You can have her then because I won't be the same, and she won't be the same. Will you love her then? Even if she differs slightly from the Lucy you knew?"

She disgusted him. He pounded a fist into the ground, indenting it a good 7 or 8 inches. "NOW!" He screamed. Judd struggled to his feet, body tense from all the screaming and crying that had been going on. His expression was pained as tremors rippled through his body, arms folding over his chest.

Lucy remained knelt, she tilted up her head with his movements. That sickening grin still present on her lips, "What?" She questioned, almost innocently.

J...Judd...

Lucy?s voice was returning, somehow. Renna turned her head to the side, towards the distant voice. Lucy's Will still present, and still invading her new control over Lucy?s body.

Come on, baby. I don't know what to do. Judd simply called to her. With his heart. Like that would do any good, but it made him feel better.
Eyes remained closed, head bowed, arms folded. He simply concentrated on reaching out to her. A tendril of energy sprang from him and crept towards Renna/Lucy. He wasn't sure if it would work. Perhaps by linking himself with the true Lucy who was locked up inside - and he would be able to tell the difference of who was who - perhaps she could put Renna in the co-pilot chair again. He waited, allowing that tendril of energy to just float and bob like a snake about to strike. Renna wasn't doing anything at the moment and he didn't want to antagonize her or make the situation worse.

The silence had made things uncomfortable, though the sounds of will alone had her wincing. Those scarlet hue softening even if briefly... Was she looking at thin air? Or was Renna looking at something right before her?

Please... He?s my Lord? Renna?

A grumble, "Ten minutes." Suddenly she swayed and nearly enough fell right onto her side, her hands moved out to stop this, suddenly her body feeling like it weighty eighty tons.
"... Judd?" A whimper, "My love...?" Renna was without her mercy, she made things bad enough that Lucy was locked up. But granting her voice was one thing, giving her total control of everything was something completely different.
"I can't see you..." She slumped to lay on her side, yes, Renna purposely did that. Gave her control of a body that was too heavy with no sights. Renna knew exactly how to torture Lucy. Not seeing Judd with her own two eyes brought her to a whimpering mess.

Why had she done it though?

Judd dove to his knees, sensing this was his girl. His arms flew out to catch her as he cradled her against his chest. She was so small now, that even his sinewy, wiry frame seemed to swallow her up. His head dipped, littering hundreds of little kisses across her cheeks and lips. "You don't have to, precious. I'm here." Perhaps the most gentle he'd ever been with her. Being given a second chance can do that to someone.

Lucy whimpered, trying to grip his hands with weighted limbs. She managed it somehow but the grip was nearly not even there. The pressure of kisses had her startled, though she knew it to be his lips.
Renna went one step further. The bitch made her numb. Pure torture.
"I... I love you... I'm sorry... It was my idea to bring you back... Forgive me!" Her hands gripped harder, "Please, run away. I don't want you mixed up with me anymore... I'm finished. I don't want you to see me like this - oh Judd, I love you... So, much..."

He crushed her to him, rocking gently and petting her hair. The tears fell freely as he began to understand what Renna was doing.
"I love you t-to, baby. I love you ,I love you, I love you..." He continued to whisper it in her ear, as if he couldn't say it enough times. He wanted her to know. "Don't be sorry, baby. I'll be fine." He continued rocking her, then brought his lips towards her mouth. "I won't leave you alone with her," he whispered hotly into her mouth before covering her lips with his, kissing her soundly. "I'll never run away. I'm not leaving you, Lucy. I can't. I won't. I love you."

A kiss...

She felt it! Her eyes widened she was able to lift her hands to his cheeks... Able to actually move up and embrace him. Lucy kissed him. So deeply. No tongues, just lips... That's all she ever wanted was to feel them again, and now she could before she was sent back into the abyss of Renna's control. She pulled back from the kiss crying, oh, she felt so warm... Her cold chest flaring with a heat that was neither physical or mental. It was something only people in love could ever really feel. It begs the question why Renna suddenly allowed her to move freely. And feel. And see him.
"But I won't be me... You know that... Judd, Renna is telling the truth... When we... Become... I won't be just me in the same body. It'll be her too... You'll hate me..."

Judd reached up and linked his fingers with hers, smiling down at her, then pressing another kiss to her lips he nuzzled her cheek, along the scar, with his nose and sighed. "You don't know that, Luc'. I have to try. Any chance is worth it."

Lucy was gazing on up like she watched the one person she addored the most in her entire life, which was true in this situation. "You mean it? You'll stick around to see if... I still exist?"

He stared back down at her lovingly as he nodded. "I'd do anything for you baby. Anything. And if sticking around means that I even have the slightest chance at having you back, I'll take it."

"I love you..." How many times must she say it? She said a few more times after that and snuggled up against him, not wanting to let go. Though, she could feel the emptiness tugging back upon her strings... Wanting her to return back to her non-existent cell. She looked fearful, "Renna please, don't take me now..." She flopped from him, her feeling gone and soon, an inky darkness crept on over her sights. "... It's cold..." She whimpered, the fear in her eyes that of a small child.

"I love you, too." They could say it forever and it wouldn't be enough. He held her snugly, basking in the feel of her against his body. He missed her so much. He begged Renna inwardly, too, to not take her now. It was too soon! He wanted more time! He watched her for a split second as she layed there on the ground before casting himself over her body, arms wrapping tightly around her, head on her chest. And again, "I love you..."

Lucy was dying all over again. Her lips moved but nothing came. There was a limpness in her body for just a second, one split moment and then there was life once more. Solid scarlets stared up to the sky, as she still felt Judd clinging to Lucy's body. She'd allow it for now... Not without speaking, "You may stay in my Den." She begun, "There's a room there. If you wish it, I could have it prepared for you."

His Lucy was gone. Tears sprang to his eyes - but no. He'd have to be strong. For her. Sitting up, Judd began to build up a wall of indifference around his heart. Expression remaining impassive, blank, void. He brought the back of his hand up to wipe his face, nodding faintly. "Fine," he muttered under his breath, trying to remain calm.

"I will... Allow for her to come out once in a while." The scarlets stared to him, "Though not for long. It's not like she let me out to have any of my fun." She leant up as he moved away, brushing herself off. Grinning, yeah she was naked and totally forgot about it. "If there is something you wish to ask me, ask now. I might not be so kind in the future towards you. You are after all, someone who helped keep me locked up."

"Don't hurt her." That was all he asked. It was all that mattered to him. He was still; unmoving. His true feelings were hidden behind a mask of indifference. He wanted to cry. Judd - a grown, well, almost, man - wanted to curl up in a little ball and cry until he had no more tears. However long it took until their merge would be hell for him. He just wanted his Lucy. His Lucy.

Lucy sat there watching him, she didn't know what to say - or rather she couldn't bothered to even speak to him. The boy in her eyes had been a thorn in her side since his appearance, and she had wondered several times why she even agreed to bring him back... Ah, she knew... He reminded her of Toby. Indifference? A little guilt? Maybe? She stood and crossed her arms over her chest, "I will prepare the room." She turned sharply.

Judd watched her go. His flesh called out and forced his gaze on that naked ass. He yearned for her. Then reality kicked back in. He couldn't touch her. Death was better. If he could, he'd beg for it. Yes, Judd had lied to Lucy. He wished he was still dead. His body shut down and he collapsed to the ground, eyes drifting shut. He hoped she left him here tonight. So much pain this brought to him. At least in death they were separated; so he couldn't have her. Now, she was within his grasp... And so far out of his reach. He drifted into a state of unconsciousness.... In which he stayed for the remainder of the night.