It was another restless night at the Blue Army base. The Fighting has taken a toll on Tom and Riley, both physically and mentally. Tom has being fighting against Tord for well over a year now and has barely been showing any progress. He's been able to keep Tord's forces at bay but Tord has been trying to weasel his way around Tom's soldiers, thus keeping Tom alert at all time and stressed about his next move. It was all a sick game of chess. The two players being Tom and Tord. With each pawn they move, it just makes room for a bigger, stronger, problem. Each must sacrifice it's pawns to save the king...

Tom was stressed. Riley wanted to help him... 

~Riley's P.O.V~

Tom hasn't been well lately... He is often stressed and doesn't leave his office. Ever since this war has begun, Tom has tried to keep me and the others of his base safe. I understand the pressure he is under... and it just seems so unfair for one man to be responsible for the lives of thousands, including me...

I want to help him in some way. I don't care if it's as little as telling him I love him everyday. He needs me.

As I got ready to sleep, Tom entered the room with a tired expression on his face and visor. He went to the closet and took off his clothes, putting on a pair of sweatpants. He came over and laid by me in bed. He took off his visor and placed it on the nightstand next to him. He could hardly see a hand in front of his face without it. His eyes and face were scarred from the cancer that made him go blind. But he was still the man I fell in love with. I gently put a hand on his cheek. He flinched slightly, but relaxed as he knew it was just me. I sigh and say caringly.

"Please try and get some sleep."

He nods and lays down. I snuggle next to him and he gently wraps an arm around me. I lay my head on his shoulder and close my eyes. 

~A few hours later~

~No one's P.O.V~

Riley was woken up by the heavy sound of rain and the roar of thunder. She looked over and saw Tom sitting up, wide eyed with fear and shaking. The thunder reminded him of the battles and the many brave men and women who were lost. Riley sat up and gave him a gentle hug, snapping him out of his fear-induced trance. He hugged her back and sobbed quietly. Riley gently rubbed her hands up and down his back to try and soothe him.

"Shh... It's alright, Tom... I'm here..." she said to him in a voice almost less then a whisper.

"R-Riley... c-can you sing me too sleep?" Tom asked innocently.

"Of course, Tom." She replied.

Tom's sobs quieted and he laid his head on Riley's lap. She stroked his hair and Tried to think of a good song to sing to him...

"Would you like to hear the lullaby about the princesses of night and day?" She asked

"Yes please." Thomas replied, almost desperate to hear her voice to distract him from the storm.

Riley nodded and took a deep breath and began to sing her lullaby.

(Play song here)

"Fate has been cruel and Order unkind. How can I have sent you away? The blame was my own, the punishment yours. The harmony's silent today. But into the stillness, I'll bring you a song and I will your company keep. Till your tired eyes and my lullabies have carried you softly to sleep..."

A crash of thunder boomed above them. Tom flinched and Riley continued stroking his hair. 

"Once did a Princess who shone like the sun, look out on her kingdom and sigh. She smiled and said 'Surely there is no Princess so lovely and so well beloved as I'... So great was her reign and so brilliant her glory, that long was the shadow she cast. Which fell dark upon the young sister she loved and grew only darker as days and nights past..."

Tom began to relax a little more as the song went on.

"Soon did that Princess take notice that others did not give her sister her due. And neither did she loved her as she deserved. She watched as her sister's unhappiness grew... But such is the way of the limelight, it sweetly takes hold of the mind of its host. And that foolish Princess did nothing to stop the destruction of one who had needed her most..."

Tom sighed and continued to listen to her angelic voice.

"Lullay Moon Princess, goodnight sister mine. Rest now in moonlights embrace. Bare up my lullaby, winds of the earth, through cloud and though sky and through space. Carry the peace and the coldness of night, and carry my sorrow in kind... Luna your loved so much more than you know, may troubles be far from your mind... and forgive me for being so blind..."

the song is very sad. Riley sighs and tries to hold back a whimper. 

"The years now before us, Fearful and Unknown... I never imagined I'd face them on my own. May these thousand winters swiftly pass, I pray. I love you. I miss you. All these miles away... May all you dreams be sweet tonight. Safe upon your bed of moonlight. And know not of sadness, pain, or care. And when I dream, I'll fly away and meet you there... Sleep... Sleep... Sleep."

Tom's eyes flutter closed and his breathing becomes slower and more steady, even with the storm raging on. Riley lays down beside him and snuggles close to him. he wraps his arms around her and holds her in a loving embrace. Riley sighed and smiled a little and closed her eyes not caring about anything except for Tom. Riley gave him a gentle kiss on the lips and whispered to him

"I love you."

She drifted off to sleep... Not knowing of the danger that lurks outside...

a man snuck past the Blue defenses and found himself at the window of Tom and Riley's room. He chuckled and said to himself

"Perfect~"