"Who are you?" Cassie asked, drawing her sword. "Who's asking?" The buck said "Cassie. I asked, who are you." The buck grabbed a dagger from the ground and stabbed Cassie in the arm with it. She cried out in pain and dropped to the floor. As she was falling, she stabbed the attacking buck through the chest. She fell to the ground. She was alive.  'I'm alive' 'I'm alive' 'I'm alive' The thoughts were swirling in her head. She was alive. But was Helmer? Was Helmer alive. She crawled toward him, tears in her eyes. He looked at her.  'His eyes moved!' She thought. Then, his eyes rolled back in his head. She looked at him, and cried