"St-stay away from me!", Hailey cried. Tears were streaming down her face. The smile that had been on Agan's face began to fade, as his eyes seemed to soften. Tears were also beginning to well up in his eyes. Slowly his arm reached out to her.

"Hailey," he called to her, "Please I-"

"No!", she cried. "Stay away from me, your a monster!"

"Hailey I'm sorry,", he replied with sorrow in his eyes. "I swear it was a joke, of course I'm not worse than my brother. I guess I hadn't really thought of my appearance when I said it. I was honestly just trying to lighten the mood."

"Well, I'm sorry if I don't find this situation all that amusing.", she cried feeling a combination of both fear, and anger. "I mean I just witnessed you murdering your own brother, the same way he murdered you. No, I mean I thought he murdered you, but he didn't. Because you're standing here before me, and I have no idea what has become of you."

His arm was still extend towards her, as he had a look of longing in his eyes.

"I'm still the same man, Hailey.", he replied. "I'm just in a different body, but I'm still Agan. I am still the one who loves you. Please come to me Hailey. Let me take car of you, let me make you feel better."

"No!", she cried. "You're not the same man. I know your brother wronged you, in both this life and in the past. But the man I love, would have never sought justice through cold blooded murder. The man I love is dead!"

"Hailey please!", he cried, "I love you, I need you. I have literally been through hell and back, just to be reunited with you. I will do anything. Please, just come to me, and we will complete the ceremony. I will do my best to grant you whatever you want."

"Anything?", she asked.

"Name it.", he replied. "And I'll do what I can."

"Forget about the world," she replied. "Forget about what your father wants. Let's just stay here, there's no need to conquer the world, or invade mankind. Promise me that you'll give up such a narcissistic desire, and I will be your queen. I will stay by your side, and bare your children. We can stay safe in our own little corner of the world. Please prove to me that my Agan, the real Agan is still alive. Prove to me that you are still the man I love."

"I'm afraid that's the one wish I cannot grant you.", he replied. "I have to do what father wants. He's the one who reunited us, he's the one that made it possible for us to be together forever."

"But at what cost?", she cried. 'Twelve innocent people died. Thirteen if you count yourself, the human man that I actually fell in love with!"

"Is my appearance hideous to you?", he asked with sorrow in his eyes.

"No," she replied. "It has nothing to do with your appearance right now. You are still a handsome man, and a being of great physical beauty. But you are ugly on the inside. It's not the exterior that make you a monster. It's your black heart that's inside of you."

"Hailey, I couldn't possibly have a black heart," he said. "It's filled with nothing but love for you."

"Please just spare me your pretentious dribble!" she cried. "I'm not the kind of woman who falls for those flowery soliloquies, we're not in some Shakespearean play!"

With that he began to chuckle. Hailey was completely dumbfounded.

"I don't understand!", she exclaimed. "What's so damn funny?" Agan just looked at her and smiled.

"Since you look different, I almost forget who you really are.", he said. "My princess didn't stand for such things either. I see her fire in your eyes. Oh how I've missed you so much. When I was being punished, by being imprisoned in limbo fo so long, every moment of my existence was filled with nothing else but thoughts of you. The touch of your skin, the taste of your lips, even the fragrance of your hair, I never forgot any of it."

His smile slowly began to fade, as he continued to stare at her completely mesmerized.

"Come to me, Hailey!", he demanded gently. "Be my queen, and I will give you the world itself. I love you, more than anything. Complete the ceremony, agree to be mine forever, and I will promise you the world itself."

Hailey just started shaking her head, as she could feel the warm tears streaming down her face.

"No," she replied. "If you truly loved, me you would let me go."

"You know I can't do that.", he replied. "I can never let you leave here. Even if you never told anyone in the outside world about this place, you're still immortal. People would want to know how, and why. And you my dear would probably be locked up and studied by scientists as a lab rat. But none of that matters anyway, because I love you. I will never let you go."

"Then kill me!", she cried.

"What?" , he exclaimed, with a wide eyed look of horror on his face. "You know I will never do that!"

"If you really loved me you would.", she replied." Because you know that this is the only way out for me, and you should know that what you are offering me is not the life I want. I don't remember this supposed past life of mine. But if she and I are really are the same, I'm guessing that she wouldn't want to be part of your plan either."

"But she didn't see how horrible the world really has become," he said. "Nor did she witness just how much of a true monster man has become. You call nagas monsters, but believe me—man has done far worse."

"But I am a daughter of man," she replied. "and you claim to love me."

"I do love you Hailey," he said. "But when it comes to mankind, you are one of the few exceptions. I will never harm you, nor will I let you go. If I have to, I will hold you prisoner until you realize that we belong together. I will shower you with love and affection, and never raise my hand against you. I would even kill anyone who tried hurt you, or looked upon you with lust. But you will love me, I don't care how. Even if it means that have to develop Stockholm Syndrome, you will learn to love me!"

Agan than began to slither towards her, with a look of determination in his eyes.

"NO!", she cried. "Get away from me! "The man I loved is dead! I hate you!"

She began to run, and quickly made her way down the pyramid's stairs. As she reached the bottom, she was surrounded by snakes. Giant snakes, as well as smaller ones were hissing all around her. But despite her fear, she kept on running into the rainforest. She knew that they wouldn't be allowed to hurt her. Plus, situation with the snakes, was less scary to her than being force to marry her captor.

As she kept running into the forest, she soon realized that she was in her bare feet. Yet she felt no pain. Then it was true, she really was immortal. She felt absolutely no discomfort in her body. Her feet weren't bothering her at all, and she seemed to be able to run with out feeling any sort of exertion. Maybe she would get away? All she really knew, was that she had to run.

"Hailey!", she heard him call to her. "You know you belong to me! You are never leaving me, you are mine!" As she continued you run, she could hear thousands of snakes hissing in the distance. She could tell they were getting closer. Hailey's heart was pounding. She couldn't let him take her away, and keep her as a glorified concubine for all eternity.

Then, all of a sudden, something had tripped her. As she began to fall to the ground, time itself began to feel as if it was about to stop. The impact of her hitting the ground caused no pain. Yet the ground itself felt as though it was moving under her. To her horror, she soon realized that she was laying on top of a den of snakes. That must have been what she had tripped over when she fell.

As she looked in front of her, a regular sized snake was staring right back at her.

"You will not leave our master, your majesty.", he hissed.

"Don't call me that!", she cried. "I am not his queen!"

"But you soon will be.", he replied.

"Why do you blindly follow him?", she asked. "He treats you like slaves, you mean nothing to him."

"Because our god, his father," the snake began. "is indirectly responsible for giving us life. They, as well as the snakes that were once nagas, are our masters and we do their bidding. It is our way. We have accepted our place in this existence, and so must you."

"No!", she cried. "I won't". Just like that she forced herself to stand up, and once again, she began to run. She kept running until she could no longer hear Agan,or the chorus of snakes that were all pursuing her. Even being immortal, she decide that she needed a break. As she came upon a gigantic tree, she immediately sat down on on of it's large roots.

As she sat there, hoping to catch her breath, she looked around. She didn't see any signs of snakes, or Agan, and she started to feel some relief. Perhaps she had gotten away? Then all of a sudden, she heard what sounded like a snakes rattle. But where was it coming from? She looked around, but saw nothing. Hailey then looked up in the tree itself, and began to scream. To her horror, a giant snake's coil started making it's way done the trunk of the tree.

Before she knew it, it began to gently wrap around her. Soon it began to vibrate, causing her to lose the will to flee. With that, the coiled tail began to lift her up towards the branches of the tree. Even though the vibrations were relaxing for her, she soon began tp cry.

"Please don't cry my love." She heard a familiar soothing voice say. At that moment she was face to face with Agan. As he opened his mouth, fangs began to descend from his upper jaw. Her body began to shake, as she remembered when his brother paralyzed her with his venom.

"Please, don't!" She pleaded. As she looked into his eyes, she couldn't help but notice his look of concern.

"I'm sorry my love," he whispered to her, "But I won't lose you again."

As he let out a loud hiss, his jaws clamped down on her neck. She felt his sharp fangs penetrate her, as she cried out in pain!

All of a sudden she shot up in her cot, screaming. It was at that moment she realized that she was back in her tent.

What the hell?, she thought.

Just then, Agan ran into the tent. Only he wasn't a naga, he was human. He had a look of concern upon his face.

"Hailey, are you alright?", he asked. "What's wrong?" He then leaned in, as if to exam her more closely.

"No!", she cried, "Get away from me!" Her body became tense, as as tried to scoot away from him.

He looked at her with confusion, but placed his hand on her forehead. His look of confusion soon turned to relief.

"I think your fever finally broke", he said, "Are you alright? I hope I didn't scare you. I honestly didn't mean to."

"W-what, what is going on?", she asked feeling extremely confused. "Why am I back in my tent."

"Well," he began. "You probably don't remember. But you were bitten by a snake last night, when you came back to your tent, after we all went swimming. Fortunately I came prepared, and brought some anti-venom along with me. But you had a bad reaction to it, and were out with a fever all night. I have to admit, you had me worried for a little bit. I'm just glad you're doing better, but I'm sorry if I scared you. I probably shouldn't have just come running in here like that. But I heard you scream, and thought you were in trouble. Are you alright?"

Needless to say, Hailey felt a little more that confused.

"What?", she replied. "That was all a dream?"