"I am Kale, and in there with Edge is his brother Christian. You don't remember Christian?" She spat on the ground beside him, slipping out of his grasp and sinking down. "Guess not…"

"Why are you doing this? Do you have something against Edge?"

"Personally, no. But morally, yes. He's wronged you, himself and his brother, and Jeff." She snapped her head up.

"Jeff…" She whispered, "I know that name…" He snorted.

"You should. Its in your head, you just can't find it, that’s all." Gabrielle suddenly got to her feet and peered into the apartment though the glass.

"They're fighting….I've got to help Edge!" She began banging her fists on the glass frantically, as she saw the two tumble into the living room. Gabrielle shrieked Edge's name as Kale grasped her shoulders and spun her around to face him. Edge was distracted and Kale knew this would be his only chance to free Gabrielle. He closed his eyes, blocking out the violent sounds from within the apartment, blocking out Gabrielle's screams as he entered her mind, and concentrated. He had to free Edge's hold. In a split second, he was consumed by the inner workings of her mind and felt her fall to her knees as he did the same, still firmly holding her shoulders. Kale tried to find his way through the dizzying myriad of colours that were her thoughts, feelings and memories when he came to a dense grey wall. A wall within that Edge had created with its only purpose being to block out whatever he deemed undesirable. Kale knew it was beyond his own mental strength to remove it, when he felt a ghostly presence, and felt a coldness on his shoulder. From within Gabrielle's mind, he heard a soft voice speak.

Kale felt the presence move from him to Gabrielle, and fall over her like a shining mist. When it cleared, the wall was gone and when they both opened their eyes, Kale and Gabrielle saw an almost transparent figure standing on the edge of the balcony, with a smile on his face.

"Jeff…" she whispered, almost inaudible. He nodded and turned, disappearing into the night. "Thank you." Quickly regaining strength and without a word, she opened the glass doors, and walked into the apartment. With amazing clarity, she had an epiphany born out of a long ago conversation with Jeff.

"Stop!" She screamed at Edge and Christian who ceased their fighting and turned to regard her with surprise. "Stop fighting. Its stupid! Brothers aren't meant to fight."

"But - Gabrielle, he - " Christian sputtered out over a lip that was split open.

"No. Stop fighting, because you have to listen to me. I'm leaving. This doesn’t work, so I have to. There's nothing else I can do. Don't stop me, don't come after me, because there's no point. When I have more to say, I'll say it. Goodbye my loves." Gabrielle turned and abruptly walked out the door, never turning to look back because if she did, she wouldn’t have the heart to leave and they would see the tears obstructing her view as she made her way down the stairs and out to Bourbon street, for one last walk in the city.

Christian stood opposite Edge, blinking and trying to figure out what had happened. Edge stood staring at the door with foolish hope, waiting for her to come back.