[PTL Game] Alex, Julia

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<<softhome is having technical difficulties and since we're here at her place, Jules is letting us use this email to do our posting so here goes>>   "Don't." Julia whispered, the first real thread of fear unfolding within her as Alex looked at her blood and then at her.  She couldn't suppress the emotions from her gaze and, with Alex, didn't want to.  Maybe if Alex saw how scared she was it might trigger some kind of resistance within her  "Don't do this us, Alex.  We're your friends.. your family.  They want to hurt Derek.  Please don't let them hurt Derek."   She gripped the chains in her effort to try and reach the real Alex "Don't let them hurt my baby..."   Alex looked at Julia, seeing the fear in her friend's gaze.  At the mention of the baby she paused, rubbing the blood she had gotten between her forefinger and thumb before slowly lowering it to wipe against her pants.   "No.." Alex spoke slowly, looking at Julia's still flat stomach but knowing there was a new life growing there "We can't hurt.. the baby."   She looked up at Julia, something flickering in her eyes "I won't hurt your baby, Julia.  It would make you----very sad."   Her expression was troubled at doing that to Juila.  Julia was her friend and had already been gone for so long--