So this is the first little bit of a longer fic I was inspired to write. It's a nod to Valkyrie Profile 2, kind of. Not really a cross over, but I'm using the character of Hrist Valkyrie because she's terrifying, and I think even Hal would be afraid of her. I'll post more as I continue with it, but it might take awhile. Hard to keep my thoughts in order and all that. Let me know what you all think! Oh and yeah he's in the chair. It's right there at the end of series 4, the first time they chair him.

"The only demon worse than he is, is the one he's running from" ~Fergus

The Demon He's Running From

Prologue

Hal woke gasping, his wrists rubbed raw from the straps. His neck and shoulders ached horribly from falling asleep in the chair. At least his nighttime struggles hadn't dislocated his shoulders this time. He had dreamt of her again. That Death Goddess. He never feared the men with sticks and ropes. But when they faded away, he had seen Her. She stood tall and Black against the sun, and he had trembled. The drifting ash around them seemed to stand still, as if even it was afraid to draw near her. She had stood over him, lance in hand. Idly he wondered if it had been her lance that pierced him. He looked into her eyes, because he was too afraid to look away. Her violet eyes regarded him with disdain. For a moment, he believed she would kill him. End his eternal life right there and then. Destroy him. But after a terrible, icy moment, she withdrew her lance, and walked away. Vanished into the ether. He wondered now, as he had always wondered, why she had spared his life, and whether she would return one day to end him.

Edit: Apologies. I've been trying to post this and some more things that I've added to it on fanfiction.net but I'm getting an error message. I will try again tomorrow. I don't know if the part I've added is appropriate for a public forum; it's not really explicit or anything, but it does have mature themes, so once I've gotten past that error message I'll be adding an M rating to be on the safe side.