The Silver Bullet Club (Started)

Andrea - Greendale House - "Hey, at least we can talk to each other telepathically now, right?"

If Johnathon thought he was tired of seeing his own death, I was sick of seeing it all, every time he thought about it I could see it, I flinched every time I saw it in my minds eye. Sam talked as Johnathon listened, and I flinched every time his thoughts drifted back to his own death, I finally toned him out after the third time. I was really getting sick and tired of seeing it all, then more images rushed into my mind from Sam as she talked,some coming so fast that I miss to see what they were. I saw one though, it was me and Sam running some sort of course that I was to close in to see, another is her changing into different people as Daniel watched. Then I saw Sam's true form, the real her only I've seen so far, I was willing to bet she was accidentally transforming back into herself. And sure enough, her hair had changed from its reddish brown color into a silvery white which hinted at her real appearance.

"Sam!" I said slamming my hand down on the table to take her out of her talking.

"What?" she asked looking confused.

"Your not paying attention and your hair has become silvery white," I said.

Johnathon looked confused as he had never seen Sam's true form before, Sam quickly got up and smiled at me and got up excusing herself. She left the room real quick, and I could hear her going up the stairs probably to the bathroom or something.

"She's a real contrast to you, you know that right?" Johnathon said.

"How so?" I inquired.

"She's bright, cheery, talks a lot, and your..." he paused trying to find the right words to say.

"Dark, menacing, and conservative?" I said.

"Yea, not that your not menacing or anything, it's just that, you come off like that to people outside the group and freshmen," he said.

"I personally prefer it that way, helps keep people from snooping around, except for that one chick a year or so back. Man she was nosy!" I said with obvious disgust.

"Yea, I remember her, it took a lot to finally get rid of her, thankfully no one believed her about your whole mind reading powers. And that they dismissed it as crazy illusions of her mind," he said.

"Yea, ain't she like, in a mental ward now or something?" I asked.

"I think," Johnathon replied.

Sam finally came back with her obvious perkiness with hair back to it's usual reddish brown color again and she fully looks like Samantha Greendale again.

"OK, what was I talking about again?" she asked.

"Operation: Boot Camp," I said having half a mind to put her on a different subject.

"Oh right," she said smiling.

"See, now my only problem is that I don't have an idea on how to train Andrea's powers, cause like, she's already been using her mind reading for a long time now, and Mind Controlling is not exactly the funniest thing that can happen to you," Sam said.

"Sorry," I inputted quickly as I subconsciously pull my fedora lower.

"Hey, at least we can talk to each other telepathically now, right?" she said looking on the brighter side of things.

"Yea," I said.

"You two can communicate telepathically?" Johnathon said finishing up the last bites of his waffles.

"Yea, an apparent after effect of my Mind being inside of hers, she can hear my thoughts, I can hear hers," I said.

"That's cool," Johnathon said.

A knocking came on the door, Sam got up again to get it, it had to be one of the others finally dropping by.

Daniel Nitram

Let's get this training started.

I pulled Akiza close and kissed her gently, "do you even need to ask." I stretched slightly so, "I guess I passed out huh? How long was I out for?"

I was leaning up next to her bed and playing with a curl in her long hair. "Not long just through the night. I mean don't you usually sleep at night?"

"Not really, my body doesn't require as much rest as I guess a living person would." I let out a long sigh, "I tend to only need rest after intense mental stress otherwise I don't sleep." I fiddled with her hair more and began to braid the strand that was in my hand. As I braided her hair my mind drifted off unexpectedly Akiza bonked me on the head, "What was that for?"

"Your phone is ringing you should check it goofball." She tousled my hair as I reached for my phone in my pocket. It was a text from Andrea- meeting at Samantha's to train get over hear as soon as possible bring Akiza.

"Ugh...it looks like training is going to be starting early and today." I stretched some more and stood up, "if you want to hop in shower and change before we go I can wait. I'm fine for now myself." In fact even though the memories were painful I didn't mind I felt more alive than ever as a matter of fact I was raring to go and ready to train.

"I think I'll do just that actually," she left the room to get a shower so I went to sit in the living room. I didn't want to remain still I knew what my creators had made me to be good at but I couldn't kill with out cause. Still my combat skills had to still be in my muscle memory so I had to just full tap in to them. I observed my arms and legs nothing looked different but it certainly felt different. Finally she came down the stairs dressed and ready to go, "Okay all ready now how are we getting there do you have a car we can take?"

"Actually no...as a matter of fact I just walked here it's not far but Samantha's is a bit further than just a walk." I thought briefly and we went outside on the porch it suddenly hit me. "Hold on," I scooped Akiza in to my arms and wrapped her arms around my neck. She squeezed tight and i began running. I was right I moved faster than before I bound in to the air landing on a nearby house and soon arriving at Samantha's. I left Akiza at the front door, "go ahead and knock I'll meet you inside." With ease I found a window I could easily open from the outside and swung in to the house. Walking quietly and leaving my mind a blank I snuck up on Andrea and Jonathan with ease, "good morning you two!!!"

Dakota | Paranormal Investigator's Office | Morning

Dakota snorted at Cole's implication that this was a 'big job'. Her father told people that all the time, for him anything which brought more news of the supernatural was a 'big job'. The poor man had never been able to distinguish between true importance and a group of kids who were pissing off some religious dude.

Then again, he'd always had trouble seeing past the big picture. He hadn't seen her 'differences' when she was growing up, so he ought to get some credit for even realising anything was going on in this ghost town.

"I'm not sure there is a job yet," Dakota said casually as she poured out a cup of coffee and offered the pot to Cole. He shook his head as he lazily leafed through a morning paper.

"Oh? You've not heard anything then. Nothing... interesting?"

Dakota shrugged. "I didn't say that. One man, the religious kind, he's willing to offer up big cash if we investigate a few hoodlums at the local school. Probably nothing." There was a moment of uneasiness. Dakota was kidding herself if she thought she could convince Cole that nothing was going on in the town, and what made this different than all the places she'd investigated before?

It wouldn't be the first group of power-wielders she'd run into. But they were kids. And somehow it was harder feeding that up through the organisation; it was one of those small details her daddy wouldn't recognise.

"Sounds like we've got ourselves a school to stake out," Cole said slowly. "I'm thinking English, or maybe Geography."

"What are you going on about?" Dakota took her breakfast to the table and pulled the paper away from him. She perched on a stool and took a swig of the coffee; black.

"Identities, of course. Who didn't have a sexy Geography teacher at their school?"

Eli--- After he and Em escape from the warehouse, before the “training day”


Eli and Em had found shelter in an old shed on the other side of the mountain. They waited there, in utter silence, until the first pink rays of dawn began to illuminate the horizon. It was cold, and Eli had pressed Em up against his chest. She was exhausted, and breathing deeply as she slept. Eli pushed her awake.


“Come on.” He whispered. He helped her to her feet and the two of them headed back towards town. Eli was at the end of his strength, and Em was at her very limit. She looked hungry and ragged, and Eli found himself thinking more about her as he tried to keep his mind of his own hunger and tiredness.


Soon they arrived at the road that led past the ravines. Although still wary of Silas or other church members--- most notably Angel, who might spot them, Eli couldn’t sacrifice any more energy and so decided to take the road. But after a little ways he heard the sound of a car coming up the road. He quickly climbed over the guardrail and ducked down beside Em as the car roared past. He dared to look over the edge and, sure enough, it was a black Cadillac. The car went a little ways and then slowed, Eli held his breath, expecting it to turn back. But instead the driver sped on, up into the mountains towards the direction of the warehouse. Eli shivered. He didn’t know why but for some reason he thought about the crash in the bottom of the ravine nearly a month ago and imagined cold bodies stored away in the huge trunk of Silas’ car. He and Em quickly left that place.


An hour later and they were on the outskirts of town. They stopped for a breather.

“Do you want me to take you home?” Eli asked. There was an unwarranted look of worry on Em’s face and she quickly shook her head.

“No I’ll be fine.” She said. But she bit her lip. With the early morning sunlight Eli could clearly see the welts and bruises all over her face and arms. “God, what did they do to you?” he thought to himself.

“Are you sure you don’t want me to come with you?” he asked.

“I’m sure…” she said. “My… parents aren’t home so it’s probably best if I go alone.” Eli frowned.

“Wouldn’t it make more sense if I came with you then?” he asked.

“I’m fine!” she snapped. Em turned away but Eli saw her shoulders shake. He waited, and for a long while the two of them said nothing.

“Come on.” He stood up. “Why don’t we go back to my place. It’s closer than the town.” Em seemed puzzled by this, but at any rate was too tired to care anymore and followed Eli up the ridge. They soon came to the old mining town and Eli showed her to the shack he had been staying in. They crawled in under the hole in the floorboards (the “front door”) and Eli took down the boards from the window, letting dusty light filter in. While his sleeping bag and backpack hadn’t been touched, it appeared that someone had gone through and strewn his supply of food everywhere. He saw the telltale paw prints of raccoons. They had left one box of crackers though, and he and Em quickly wolfed them down.


Eli went over to his backpack and pulled out a wad of cash.

“Where’d you get that?” Em asked.

“Leftover from my summer job.” Eli shrugged. “I’m going to go buy some food. You should just stay here and rest, you’re pretty beat up.” He said.

“Okay.” Em said quietly, to his surprise. Eli

“Are… you sure you’ll be okay?” he asked slowly. She nodded. Eli motioned towards the sleeping bag.

“You can use that if you want. I should be back in an hour or so.” He said. Em simply nodded as she sat down. Eli frowned, but decided he would say no further. He crawled back through the “door” and started off towards town.

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Eli tried to brush the mud and leaves off of himself before he went into the grocery store. He picked up the essentials, bread and cans of beans, and a pack of hotdogs. He headed back towards the front and was just checking out when he noticed a man he had never seen before studying him. Eli met his gaze. The man looked about twenty, and was dressed casually. He had messy blonde hair and sharp eyes, and was buying some tea and a bag of bagels.

“Hello.” He nodded pleasantly.

“Hey.” Eli mumbled, realizing that he probably looked like a freak in the state he was in.

“Do you live around here?” the man asked, and Eli avoided meeting his eyes.

“Yeah.” He said as he grabbed the bags of food.

“You’re name wouldn’t happen to be Daniel, would it?” the man asked.
Eli stopped, suddenly wary. Daniel--- as in Daniel Nitram? Eli tried to think of another kid his age with that name… An image of Chris lying among shattered wood flashed in his mind as he thought of Daniel, and Eli quickly put those thoughts aside.

“Who wants to know?” he asked flatly. “And what’s your business here anyways? I haven’t seen you around before.”

“Touchy are we?” the man extended his hand. “I’m Cole, and yes I’m new here. Pleased to meet to uh…” Eli felt a little uncomfortable at his courtesy.

“Eli.” He did not offer his own hand.

“Well uh, Eli… you haven’t noticed anything strange around here lately, have you?” Cole asked. “Just you.” Eli thought darkly.

“No. Why do you ask?”

“I’ve heard rumors about this place.” He said. Eli thought he could hear a threat in his voice.

“Is that so?” he said in a low voice. Cole smiled to himself and turned to walk away.

“Well, see you around, Eli.” He said with a wave of his hand. Eli couldn’t be sure… but he thought that Cole had been challenging him to something just then. But to what? Was he in with Silas? Eli felt uneasy, he was sure that Cole knew something he shouldn’t…


Eli rushed down the street to the old gas station on the corner. It was one of the last places in town that still had a payphone, and Eli fed it fifty cents as he thumbed through the phonebook. He found Daniel’s number and dialed it. The phone rang at the other end put there was no answer. Eli slammed the phone in its cradle, frustrated. He thought for a moment, then punched in another number. The phone rang a few times before someone picked it up.

“Hello.” It was Andrea.

“Andrea… this is Eli.” He said. There was a pause.

“Eli? Where have you been?”

“It’s a long story… but I found Em. She’s safe now, we got away.”

“Why did you call me?” Andrea asked, as curt as usual. “Where are you?”

“That doesn’t matter… listen, is Daniel there?”

“No… I think he’s with Akiza.” Eli paused.

“Who’s Akiza?” he asked.

“Oh, right, you haven’t met her yet… she’s new.”

“Ah, I see.” Eli said. He caught sight of the mechanic who worked at the station out of the corner of his eye, he seemed suspicious of him.

“Listen, Andrea.” He cupped the phone against his mouth. “I need you to find Daniel for me.”

“What’s the message?”

“Someone… someone is looking for him. I don’t know who… but I think it might be Silas.” Andrea said nothing for a while, and Eli cringed, expecting an interrogation.

“I’ll let him know.” She said, surprising him. “Will you be at the meeting tomorrow?” she asked.

“Meeting?”

“We’re meeting afterschool outside the gym.”

“What for?”

“Training. It’s time we upped our game. As it stands now, none of us have got a chance against Silas… or Angel.” She said. Eli felt his stomach twist into a knot. He suddenly remembered the fever, the taunting dreams and the strange runes burned into the rock, and shuddered.

“I’ll see you then.” He said quickly.

“What, really? Eli wait…” he hung up and nodded at the mechanic before heading back up the street. “Training” was the last thing on his mind. He felt on the brink, something was terribly wrong with him, some darkness has twisted his powers and made them gone awry. He didn’t trust himself. But that aside, he needed to talk with the other members, there were questions he needed answered. And he was still looking out for Em, she should probably go too. And there was a nagging feeling that something was amiss. He needed to see Daniel most of all, needed to make sure…


Eli got back to the cabin around noon. He carefully crawled in with the groceries, trying not to be too loud.

“Hey Em, I’m back.” He said. There was no answer. Eli stood up and looked around, but everything was as he had left it. The only difference was that Em was gone. He went over to the table and found a small piece of notepaper. “Thanks” was printed on it, and that was all. Eli carefully picked it up but there was no demon’s signature, unlike the last time in the forest. Em had left on her own, and Eli decided not to press the matter. She probably just wanted to see her family. Family…


Eli stood in the silence of the place, and suddenly realized how alone he felt.

Em~The street~After leaving Eli's house

I pulled up the hood of my jacket and scurried out the door. That was far too close, and I hoped Eli hadn't seen through my lies.

As I make my way over to the shelter I keep to the alleys and back roads in the hope that my injuries won't be noticed. The sky is grey and damp with the promise of rain. Gradually, the streets I pass become familiar, and I easily find my way.

When the old building I call home finally looms in my view, I discreetly duck in through the door. I am met by large crowds and a space far to small to hold them all. I push my through them until I reach the Ladies Room. I check the stalls; I am alone. So I yank off my hood and look in the mirror.

My jaw drops. I had been wondering at the sorrow in Eli's eyes when he looked at me, but I didn't think it would be this bad. My pupils are slitted like a cat's. My eye-teeth are elongated, and I'm covered head to toe in angry red welts. I can still even make out some of the runes on the more recent burns. Still, I couldn't stop staring at my eyes. One would think I was half cat.

Or half demon, I thought.

I couldn't let Lils see me like this. I didn't look human. And for some reason at this moment the cold hard truth decided to hit me like a wall. I wasn't human. So now here I stood, biting my knuckles 'till they bled in order to force back my tears as a wave of grief crashed over me. And I could only stare numbly as crystal blue flames danced across my skin.

Mere moments passed, and I realized what I would have to do. Quickly, I went out into the hall and snatched a piece of paper from the recycling bin. On it, I wrote these words:

Dear Lils,
I've been away for a while, I know, and I want you to know that I'm fine.

Listen, you're not gonna see me for a while, but that doesn't mean I won't be there. I'll always be watching over you; That's a promise I plan to keep.

You're a big girl now. More than that, you are strong, smart, beautiful, kind, and capable of anything if you put your mind to it. Don't let anyone tell you different.

Lots of love

~Em

It's not much, but it's the best I can do. Quickly, I fold the paper and make my way upstairs. When I get there Lils isn't in her room, so I grab my belongings and stuff them into my bag. I then gently tuck the note under her pillow and hurry off into the street.

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The old manor, not-so-surprisingly it's my last place of refuge. I stare up at the building, its large gate and long stone walkway appear more... hollow than usual. When I reach the door and knock, nobody answers. I heave a sigh and check through the window. It's empty. I turn to leave, but then I feel the hairs on my neck stand up abruptly. (which is weird since I didn't even know I had hairs on my neck). Somebody's watching me. I turn and look around but nobody's there.

Strange...

I check the windows again and spot a small piece of paper tacked up on one of the walls. I squint and struggle to read it.

Training Schedule

~Time: 4:00 p.m
~Location: Outside school gym

Huh, so we're doing training now. I stood there for a moment to digest this. A lot had changed since I was gone. And considering past events, it was much needed.

I glanced down at my watch. It read 4:47 p.m. I still had time, and my injuries seemed to be healing alright. So I turned and sprinted in the direction of the high-school.

Perhaps there was hope for us after all.

Andrea - Outside the School Gym - "Runaway Shape shifting Sister? Sam?"

Soon after Daniel, who I want to punch for making me jump by scaring me, and Akiza arrived we all got to talking eventually coming to a conclusion to that it was now or never. We all made out for the School soon making for the Gym, Sam walk along side me, Akiza with Daniel. And Johnathon seem to be talking to some spirits that I had only clues of what they were talking about, from what he was saying. I adjust my sling for my arm slightly as we arrive, I never been fond of hanging around back of the school. Not my type of area.

"Alright so were here, so how do we go about the training?" Akiza asked.

"Simple, we each practice our powers," I said.

Akiza shakes her head at me as she rolls her eyes, but doesn't say anything, I look at Sam give her a smile and then look at AD.

"You and Sam can handle things from here right?"

"Yea, but where you going?" Sam quickly asked her smile turning a frown.

"Paranormal Investigators office, see what I can find out about them," I said.

Sam didn't look to happy about me going on my own, especially with my broken arm and all. But with my good arm, I grab her by the shoulder and gave her a soft long kiss, hoping in some form it would keep her hopes up for me.

"Just promise to come back safe alright? I can't stand the thought of something happening to you," she said.

"I will, I promise," I said.

I smiled and hugged her,as tight as I could and saw Daniel, he didn't seem excited about the fact that I was going off on my own, but I promised I would return safe, and I wasn't about to break that promise. It was a half hour walk across town, I was on the opposite end of the street looking at the office building when I got the call from Eli. I was not happy with the sudden hang up, I punched in Daniel's number and let it ring a couple times.

"What's up Andrea?" Daniel said finally picking up.

"Eli's on route to your location now, he has Em in toll, he didn't tell me how he get her out, so ask him the details when he gets there with her. Also he had a message for you, by the sound of it Silas is after you, I suggest you stay alert for anyone coming to your location," I said.

"Right, thanks for the heads up," he said.

I hung up afterwards and put my phone back in my sling between my arm and chest, it was now or never and I was going in, I crossed the street and made my way to the building I peaked inside looking around quickly and then calling out.

"Hello? Anyone here?"

No answer, maybe I was lucky enough and they were busy? My luck was never that good and I wasn't expecting it to be the case here. I walked inside and soon took in the place, time to wonder around, the place wasn't well decorated then again they did just move into town. It wasn't long before I overheard voices from one room which I soon stopped to over hear.

"Identities, of course. Who didn't have a sexy Geography teacher at their school?" A male voice said.

Must be one of them, I clung to the wall, and listened into there thoughts, but I was getting only one set, I must be out of range for the other person. I stayed there, clinging to the wall waiting. The guys thoughts floated back to something else, a phone call from his father, talking about a runaway shape shifting sister.

"Runaway shape shifting sister? Sam" I thought to myself.

"Hey do you smell, perfume?" the guy asked.

"No, I only smell coffee," the female voice said wittingly.

Then I was caught the second I heard my phone go off, I completely forgot to set it to vibrate!

Spoiler

Do tell me if I need to change anything. I used all your characters quite a lot.

Samantha Heikkinen - Behind the gym, during the training
"Okay, training," I said decisively when Andrea was out of sight. "I have no clue how we're going to do this, but I guess we could just.. Use our powers until something interesting happens."

"I can't really turn them on and off," said Jonathan.

"Yeah, but maybe you can expand a bit on the whole seeing-people's-last-moments-thingy that you have? Like, hold my hand until you.." I couldn't really come up with something that sounded logical. "See something new?" I gave him a sheepish smile that he tried to answer, but his smile didn't reach his eyes. He just looked exhausted. "Try not to tear the school down.. Oh, and if you can't practice, then just.. You know, help the others."

"Sam, you really are a horrible leader."

"Well, someone has to try, right?" I said with a sigh as I pulled a mirror up from the bag I had brought with me. "I'm at least going to make my shifting go a bit more smoothly before the end of this day."

I held up the mirror in front of my face and stared at it. Deep breath. Akiza! Well, just screaming her name in my head didn't work, duh. No, I had to focus on her features. My hair changed color, I got a bit taller.. I tried to keep myself from glancing at her. I should be able to do this in front of a mirror without having to look at her. I kept doing that for a while before sighing loudly.

"Not even close," she said suddenly.

I laughed. I knew I looked pretty ridiculous, with the mixed features and all. "Yeah, I'm not that good at this. It's much better when I look at a picture while changing, but I want to be able to do it without a picture or a person in front of me.

"Maybe that's not how your powers are supposed to be used," she said with a shrug.

I stared at her for a moment. That hadn't crossed my mind before. After what had happened in the church, when I had turned to Angel in the blink of an eye, it was surprising that I hadn't thought about it earlier. "Yeah.. Yeah, you might be right. I'll try again." This time I kept my eyes on her, and it didn't take long until we were identical.

"That creeps me out a bit."

"Yeah.. Sorry about that," I said with a slight laugh. Now I just had to turn back into Samantha Greendale, luckily I had brought one of the pictures with me.

Eli approached the group just as I was done.


Jonathan Summers - Behind the gym, during the training
I didn't know what to do. That jock from the 70's was shouting at me again, and my head hurt. I had been trying to shut the ghosts out my whole life, but it just wasn't possible. Trying to change what happened when I touched people.. Well, it had never quite crossed my mind.

"Daniel?" I turned to him and tried to smile. "Do you need both your hands to practice?"

"No, not really. I don't even know how I should practice in the first place."

"Could I borrow one then? I mean, you're not easy to kill some hopefully.. You know."

He didn't answer, but held out his hand as if he wanted me to shake it. I swallowed, and hesitated for a moment before I finally took it. Turns out he, like the rest of us, was going to die one day. I couldn't quite tell how though. It all seemed very fuzzy. It repeated, like a CD after the last song, and this time I tried to focus. Working out details and things, but the only thing I managed to do was make the vision lighter. Eventually it got painfully bright and I pulled back.

"Any progress?" he asked.

I nodded slightly. Maybe I had to push more? Maybe I had to see what was beyond the.. Beyond the light? Surely it couldn't be that light? "Could I try that again?" I asked, but Daniel didn't have time to answer. Eli arrived, and he looked almost as tired as I did.


Cole Barlow/Tahvo Heikkinen - Paranormal Investigator's Office, during the training
"I'm not sure there is a job yet," she said and offered me the pot of coffee. I shook my head. I had already had plenty of both coffee and tea this morning, while waiting for her to get up. The memory of my fathers little phone call had refused to let me sleep.

"Oh? You've not heard anything then. Nothing.. interesting?" There had to be something. The boss wouldn't waste my time by sending me here otherwise.

Dakota shrugged. "I didn't say that. One man, the religious kind, he's willing to offer up big cash if we investigate a few hoodlums at the local school. Probably nothing." A few? As in several angsty teenagers affected by something - or themselves being - paranormal. Lovely. If they had powers there was surely some of them who wanted to get rid of them, and I would kindly make their wishes come true.

"Sounds like we've got ourselves a school to stake out. I'm thinking English, or maybe Geography."

"What are you going on about?" I smiled at her confusion. Pretending to be someone else had always been what I did best.

"Identities, of course. Who didn't have a sexy Geography teacher at their school?"

That actually earned me a slight smile. "I'll be the Geography teacher then. How about you?"

"Eng.." My thought's drifted towards that call again. Would I never be able to escape from him? Well, she had obviously succeeded. A shapeshifter. I sure had the strangest of siblings. If I could get her power.. Well, I'd be set for life, wouldn't I? I could hide in plain sight. "Actually, I think I'll take History." A sudden whiff of something flowery reached my nose. It wasn't Dakota's scent. "Hey do you smell, perfume?"

"No, I only smell coffee." Well, she wouldn't be able to smell it. It was my powers that made it possible for it.

Suddenly a loud phone signal startled us both. "Seems we have a guest," I said with a smile and walked out to the adjacent room. It was a girl indeed. I didn't need to be a genius to realize that she was probably one of the 'hoodlums' that Dakota mentioned. Question was: How much had she heard, and what were we going to do about it. "Hello. I like your perfume. Cherry blossom.. With a hint of lilac, isn't it?" I smiled warmly.

Dakota was looking at me funnily, but then she turned serious again and turned to the girl. "Did you need help with something?"

"No. No, I was just looking around. I was curious about the whole paranormal thing. Do you conduct seances and exorcisms?"

Well, she was a good liar, I had to give her that, but everyone had a giveaway. My eyesight made it quite easy to detect those minute involuntary spasms in the facial muscles. Dakota was about to say something, but I cut her of. I wanted to toy with her a bit longer. "Do you have problems with a ghost, or a demon?"

"No, but my neighbor says she hears.." I didn't bother listening to her lies. Did he have powers or not? 'Cause if she did then I wanted them, or well, that depended on what kind of power it was. Immortality, like my father had before I took it, that had been a real nice one, but there were others.. Others that weren't so nice.

She and Dakota kept talking, and I kept watching for any sings of a power. None. How boring. Even the horrible powers were fun to watch. Like.. I frowned. I couldn't remember his name. Half sibling number 67, that I visited. He had some freakish healing ability, that renewed his cells far too quickly. To avoid being crushed under his own weight he needed to remove.. Access flesh, and make sure he was constantly wounded to distract his abilities. The poor bastard had tried killing himself, but it just didn't work.

The girl was staring at me now, looking quite pale. I cocked my head to the side and smiled. And he didn't just stab himself in the leg, he cut them of. I imagined the gruesome sight I had seen when I arrived there. A huge man, crying and screaming as he.. I looked closely at her face and felt my smile grow even wider.

"A mind reader? I've dealt with your kind before. Oh, don't worry, I'll keep your little secret to myself. For now." After that thought I found a spot on the wall and stared out it, focusing on it so that I didn't even notice when the girl left.

"Are you going to tell me what the whole," Dakota gestured at me and then the wall, "was about?"

"I just got a bit distracted." I'd have to be careful. I didn't want her to find out who I really was. "Well, she was obviously spying on us."

"Yeah, but I can't really do anything about her. I don't have a dungeon to lock people up in."

"You should get one," I joked. "But anyway.. I'm going to head to the school and try to get us hired. The principal should still be there."

Akiza- Behind Gym

Everyone was practicing, and Sam tried to replicate into me. She did pretty good. Daniel gave a applause and smile. I turned to look at him. "If you ever mistake her for me, i'll give you two black eyes. I won't have to feel sorry for it because they'll heal before blooming."

"That would be unfortunate." he nodded.

"Yes it would," I nod in agreement.

"Why don't you do some practicing, Akiza?" Sam says.

I look back at her. "Because my abilities have already begun to advance and have developed faster than any of yours."

"Really?" her head cocks to the side.

"I've had this ability since I came from the womb, honey." I tuck a lock of hair behind my ear.

"Ah." she nods. "so what can you do?"

Pushing my shades up on my nose, I looked up at the sky. For a moment my thoughts drifted back to Andrea and her idiot idea. I wouldn't be surprised if someone found her out. Something told me she wasn't a good liar. But then again, I was an Empath, so I guess it didn't really matter.

"A few different things. My brother and I have experimented over the years." I look back at her.

"Your brother?" Jonathan spoke up.

"Yea. He's telekinetic. And annoying as hell." I laugh.

Dear lord he was. Always floating my things away and sticking me in high places. Jerk. One time he put me up in a tree and left me there. I'd suffered a broken arm, sprained ankle, and minor concussion trying to get down. When our parents had asked what had happened, I took the blame for it. He never messed around with me after that. Sometimes I can still fell the guilt and regret he had when he looks at me sometimes. Sometimes I can still feel the pain in my arms from the fall. Without thinking about it, I touch my arm, a dull ache making it's way through. A hand on my shoulder pulled me out of my trance.

"Luna?" came Daniel's voice. "Are you alright?"

I looked at him for a moment before smiling. "I'm fine."

The hairs on the back of my neck stood on end and I straightened my back, my head turning as I did. Something was wrong. Worry. Panic. Dread. Andrea? I guess everything didn't go as planned. She came running into view, only stopping when she reached us. She looked out of breath, huffing

"I take it your plan didn't go as well as you thought?" I sighed.

It took her a moment to catch her breath, but when she did, she said, "The impossible happened, someone managed to figure out I could read minds,"

Bewilderment. Shock. Disbelief. I wasn't surprised, but then again, nothing ever really surprised me anymore.

"Well," I push my shades back up the bridge of my nose. "you went and they found you out. They're looking for Daniel, and now they'll be keeping an eye on you. You've put yourself on their radar."

Daniel Nitram

Eli had caught my attention as he had arrived but I turned back to Jonathan who had asked to try to see my death again. He grasped my hand and seemed to focus but just looked back at me confused, "Daniel just speaking hypothetically how long could you live?"

I scratched my head thinking and looked at him, "hypothetically until the universe experienced heat death and finally I was consumed by the void. The magics that keep me alive are eternal and permanent to my knowledge." I thought a bit harder, "honestly I thought if I could rid myself of the marks on my neck that would allow me to experience death but it goes down to the bone and even beyond that, the marks are a part of me that even when gone perpetuate my living." Jonathan scratched his head seemingly confused and then seemed to recede deep in to thought.

I noticed out of the corner of my eye Andrea appearing seeming scared and nervous. I heard Akiza say my name in reference to whatever had scared Andrea and walked away from Jonathan leaving him thinking. "Hey what's up? What's everyone going on about."

Akiza spoke up first, "Andrea was caught reading one of the paranormal investigators minds."

"Andrea shook her head as though she was trying to clear her mind of bad thoughts. "There was a man there apparently he's part of a family of people with powers like ours. Their spread out everywhere he started to think about one of them..." She started to choke up, "it was terrible and he noticed me turning pale and realized I had to be reading his mind. He's a monster all he seems to care about is getting more power."
She turned to Samantha, "and he seemed to even know something about you."

Everyone began chattering and I could hear my phone ringing barely underneath it, "hello Daniel speaking how can I help you?"

"Daniel buddy how ya doin'," it was on old friend of mine that use to help me schedule gigs back when he was in town, Roger. I use the term friend loosely, before I could say another word he kept on going, "so I was swinging through town and heard you haven't performed a real gig in a while. Now that is a down right shame so I scheduled one for you this Friday."

I was shocked with everything that had been going on and with us all laying low unless it was a surprise performance I hadn't performed in weeks. "What?! but, look Roger I can't I hate to let down fans but you should have called and asked before scheduling."

"I would have but it was a last second thing." He let out a sigh and I knew Roger was gonna start trying to beg, "look Daniel I need you to do this form me. Please I'm on my last leg and if you could give me a cut of the proceeds that's all I ask I'm begging you for old time's sake."

"I hate to let down an old friend," I use that term way too loosely. He gave me the details it was to be at The Old Place an ironically named venue in my books because it was pretty new. He hung up the phone and I turned to the group, "So who wants to go listen to me play some music at The Old Place Friday night?"

It was the opposite of laying low and I knew no one would approve. Andrea was the first to prove that, "are you nuts!"

Em~School~During Training

When I finally reached the school everybody was busy. I hid behind a corner for a few minutes to compose myself, and finally, -after a few minutes- I put on a brave smile and walked out to greet them.

"Hey guys! Miss me?"

Everybody stopped what they were doing and turned to face me. None of them made a single step forward. A new girl in the back even seemed to wince at my presence. When I made eye-contact with Eli, I quickly glanced away. There was a long awkward silence.

Finally, Andrea blinked and said, "Em," as if it was still registering in her mind that it was me. I had no way to tell though; Her expression gave away nothing.

Sam cleared her throat. "Well, we came here to train so... let's train."

That seemed to snap them out of it and they went back to what they were doing. I silently thanked Sam and moved to a semi-isolated corner to 'practice'. However, when I sat down I realized that I didn't know what I was supposed to do. My abilities were generally emotion activated and destructive. I remembered the blue flames that had danced across my skin, and I had an idea.

I snapped my fingers and created a small orange flame. Then I concentrated on the colour blue and snapped my fingers again; The flame turned blue. I repeated this over and over, changing the colours form pink to green to red. I almost burst out laughing. After all I ad been through, here I was making rainbow fire and grinning like an idiot.

Suddenly, the flame went out, and I jumped. The runes burned into my skin were glowing. They swirled black and white as if they were fighting each other. I watched them in shock. I felt hot and cold, strong and weak, happiness, anger, and sorrow all at once.

Then I felt eyes on me. I turned to see Daniel watching me with his arm around the new girl. Her face was pale, and she seemed to tremble slightly with the effort to stand.

Then Eli was next to me. His runes glowed white as my vision began to blur. Did he know? Was he going to kill me? His hand touched my shoulder, and then it stopped. Just like that.

Andrea - Outside of the School Gym - Emotional Turmoil

"Are you nuts!" I nearly screamed at the top of my voice.

Daniel wanted to do some a musical gig in front of the entire town, and Silas, the paranormal investigators would all know about it. No I couldn't have it, it would place us all in danger, especially with that one guy, the scene in his mind it was so disturbing, I still had the images in my mind. Not once was I ever caught reading someones mind, not once could have anyone guessed that I was a mind reader. Anyone who saw my grades would just say I pay attention in my class and learn, but in reality, I just read my teachers mind for the answers. Sometimes even using my mind reading to get what I want, did that make me manipulative? No it didn't, I never used it to get my way in the Silver Bullet Club, only to protect them.

"Andrea, I know how dangerous this seems, but it's for a friend," Daniel said.

"But your friend would be endangering you, endangering all of us, if you go though with this, who knows what'll happen to you, or any of us," I said.

"I know he is, but he's my friend, and he needs help and I just hate to let down an old friend of mine,"

I look out into the Silver Bullet Club trying to think, this was risky it was going to cause a lot of problems and who knows what attention it'll attract. I finally cave, cringing my expression showing some pain from my arm, I meet Daniel's eyes again.

"Fine, help your friend, but I'm chief of security, and I'll deal with any problems that come by, I can deal with Angel now, and if he is to show up looking for Em, if she shows up, then I'll take his mind and use him as our brawn," I said not looking to happy.

Daniel wasn't smiling, but he wasn't frowning either, he was expressionless, "deal," he finally said. That's when someone else was nearing the crowd I couldn't see who it was out of the corner of my eye, but there was no doubt who it was when I heard the voice.

"Hey guys! Miss me?" Em said.

I couldn't believe how different Em looked, the cat-like eyes, the red welts on her skin, the welts showing to even have some sort of symbols, I was near sure they were Latin symbols. What had Silas done to her? what will he do to me if he caught me? I was expressionless as I finally say something.

"Em," I said.

"Well, we came here to train so... let's train," Sam said specking up.

Everyone dispersed and went back to training, I had a thousand questions to ask Em, where did you go? how did you get out? what had they done to you? when did you find Eli? the questions mixed in my mind as this was no time to ask questions. I didn't realize I was walking away until Daniel's hand caught my shoulder, I turned to look at him as his eyes catch mine.

"Thanks," he said.

I nodded my head, and muttered a "your welcome," to him before going off to the near by fence, I needed a break some time to think, some time to reflect on this days events. I sit down at the iron fence and pull my fedora low so no one can tell my expressions, but it wasn't long before I wasn't alone.

"Andrea, you alright?" I heard a female voice.

I push my fedora back up to see Sam and instantly smile as she sat down next to me, I didn't need permission to lean into her I did, and her scent instantly coming to me. Then I remember about Cole's, the male paranormal investigator who Dakota so kindly introduced me to, runaway shape shifting sister? Sam ran away from her parents who were trying to hide her abilities, she came to Willowcreek and became Samantha Greendale, she joined the Silver Bullet Club and became the new woman that I loved. That's when I felt tears welling up in my eyes, if I was right then Cole was hunting Sam, I blinked and the tears came down.

"Andy, why are you crying?" Sam said seriously.

"Someones hunting you Sam, he wants your power, he knows you have it, he knows I have mine," I said between my sobs.

Sam's arm wraps around me, rubbing my arm softly as I lean against her my tears coming out all on there own.

Akiza

Spoiler

I'm sorry it's so short. I'm running on fumes right now. If you haven anything you want me to add then you'll have to tell me.

"Daniel, are you sure about this?" I squeeze his hand.

"I can't just leave hanging like that." Daniel sighed. "It wouldn't be right."

We were sitting under a tree, sitting back in the shade. It was almost too cool. Good thing I had Daniel to keep me warm.

"Loyalty. " I placed a hand over his heart and felt it bounce off of my hand. "Something I've always admired in a person."

"That's good to know," he murmured against my ear.

"Ok," I sigh. "since I can't stop you from going, i'll just gave to be there to keep you safe."

It was Daniel's turn to sigh. "You don't like her much, do you?"

"I don't like her or trust her." I answered.

I felt him draw in breath to speak and stopped him. "Before you say anything, stop. Andrea may think she can control him just because she did it once on Sam, a willing participant. As far as we know, that's the only time she's used it. She's completely confident in an ability she's only just begun to use. You may have faith in her, but I've seen what Andrea's doing backfire. I have a better chance at getting to Angel than she does because I've lived with what I can do for my entire life."

He sighed again, but said nothing. I pulled myself up on one elbow to look at him. His thumb grazed my cheek his hand following suit. I leaned into his hand with a sigh and closed my eyes.

"There's still so much I don't know about you," he whispered against my lips.

"Why don't stay the night again?" I rub my nose against his. "I got a text from my mother earlier. They won't be back until tomorrow night."

"That sounds like a plan." he agrees.

Eli--- At the Training

Spoiler

So, terribly sorry about this, I've been busy lately and couldn't write. I realize it's been 6 days since anyone has posted, this is mostly a "recap post," if you will. I had MUCH, much more in mind, and I could do another post if no one else has anything. I guess we'll see how this goes.

Eli had dragged himself to the training. He generally hated meetings and rarely attended meetings like this, even though he was a member in the club. But today was an emergency.


When he showed up most of the others were already there. Sam was morphing into Andrea, and Eli shuddered, heading towards Daniel. Jonathan was with him, standing at an odd distance with a deeply contemplative expression. Eli decided not to bother him. The new girl… Akiza… was there too. She observed them from a comfortable distance. Where was Em? Eli frowned as he looked around, but spotted her coming in through the courtyard and waited. He watched as she found a corner to herself and began to ignite tiny flames in the air. Reds and blues and purple--- had her fire always been so colorful?


This caused Eli to think about his own powers, and he forgot about Daniel for a moment. He ran the events of the past few weeks over in his mind again. Undeniably, something was very wrong with his powers. Oddly enough, there had been very few demons around lately (he was sure Silas had something to do with that) so he there hadn’t been many chances for him to use them. He watched the slightly ridiculous methods the other club members were experimenting with for “training” and tried to think of a way that he himself could bring his powers back under control. But he saw no option, no matter how he looked at it. Unless…. Eli frowned. He could try that way… no, he wasn’t that desperate. Eli shuddered. He noticed as Andrea and Sam came towards them and quickly cleared his mind.


Suddenly Em’s flames exploded in a wall of bright light, dying an instant later. She stood very still, a look of horror on her face. Eli saw the runes then--- black and white, circling on her skin. His stomach turned as a bad memory of his past flashed through his mind. Daniel had already ran over, but couldn’t come near her. Before he knew what he was doing Eli followed. He reached out, almost as if his hand moved of its own will, and grabbed Em by the shoulder. Immediately the runes on his arm were activated, and they glowed as gold as his eyes. Eli saw the fear in Em’s eyes, but an instant later and she sagged limply. Eli tried to pull his hand away, but it was as if he were being pulled inwards. In toward his own powers…. “Not again.” He thought. Frantically, he searched for a way to escape, but there was none. At the last moment, just as darkness was circling around him, there was a brilliant flash of light and he was pushed back. There was fire in his veins, and he felt a burning in the center of his chest. It felt like a wound received from a demon… And as Eli was falling through his own dark world, he saw for the briefest of moments, some dark shape hovering over where Em stood, with glowing blue eyes. Then, he was drowning, unable to breathe as his own runes wrapped around him and began to strangle his life.

“Em!” someone shouting brought him sharply back to the present. He blinked and sucked in a huge lungful of air. It was his voice that had shouted? He glanced around wildly, but it appeared as though only a few seconds had passed. No one seemed to notice him as he stepped back, head swimming. Daniel and Akiza comforted Em, their concern genuine. Eli distanced himself from the group and sat back against the side of the gym. So it was true then… Em was a demon. Or at least, possessed by one. Eli felt a lump in the back of his throat. In truth, he had known it all along. But what had blinded him to that fact?


Eli’s drifting thoughts were pulled back to the present when the group started to argue about something. Andrea was shouting at Daniel.
“What, are you crazy?” Daniel made some excuse, which Eli couldn’t hear… but he had heard enough. Daniel wanted to perform? On stage? Eli’s shock quickly turned to anger. He clenched his fists. This was nothing short of treason. What was he thinking?


The group promptly dispersed after the shouting stopped, everyone going off to fume on their own. Eli stood up. He walked over to Akiza and Daniel who were sitting under a tree. He glared at Daniel.

“It’s not what you think it is, Eli.” Akiza said.

“Eli…” Daniel started.

“Get up.” Eli said. He didn’t even try to mask the contempt in his voice. Daniel got to his feet and frowned.

“Is something the matter?” he asked.

Eli punched him in the jaw, hard.
The blow sent Daniel stumbling backwards. He looked up, blood dripping from his mouth. His eyes were widened in shock.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” Eli’s voice shook as he tried to keep from shouting. Daniel scowled.

“I could ask you the same thing.”

“What part about “keeping a low profile” don’t you get?”

“It’s not what you think… it’s for a friend.” Daniel said. At that Eli snapped. He bowled
into Daniel, sending them both flying to the ground.

“Friend?” Aren’t we your friends?” he yelled. Eli slammed his fists into Daniel’s stomach, pushing him to the ground. Daniel retaliated, pummeling Eli in the chest and collarbones with super-human strength. There was a blindness to their scuffle, each grabbing for the higher ground. Daniel found a handful of dirt and threw it into Eli’s eyes. His hand’s wrapped around his throat as Eli tried to see through the dust. Suddenly Daniel was on top of him, his knee digging into his abdomen. He returned Eli’s blow to the face.

“Stop!” someone screamed. It was Akiza. She tried to pull Daniel away.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Andrea stormed over. Eli and Daniel finally broke of the fight. They stood panting, glaring silently at each other.

“What was that for?” Daniel asked. Eli spat to one side.

“Eli, that was totally not cool.” Sam said. He glanced around, looking at the others who had surrounded them. His gaze found Em’s for a moment--- she seemed pained and confused.

“Are you all completely blind?” he asked. “You think we can just do whatever we want? We have to stick up for each other!”

“That’s rich, coming from you.” Daniel said, his old accent had started to creep back in, betraying his anger. “What was that about “doing whatever you want?” Eli made a start at him again, but Jonathan grabbed his shoulder.

“Don’t.” he said. Eli stopped and backed away. Everyone stared at him in silence. What did they feel towards him? Anger, pity, concern?

“You need to calm down Eli.” Andrea said.

“What’s wrong with you?” Em asked. For a moment Eli thought of his out-of-control powers.

“Maybe we should all just talk this over?” Akiza suggested. Eli looked at Daniel then, his friend. It had been Daniel who had first found him above the mines four years ago, and it had been Daniel who had introduced him to the club. Now, he could only read anger in his eyes… that and fear.


Eli turned and ran. He sprinted off blindly, hopping the school fence and pelting off down the street. As far away as possible. He heard them shouting his name behind him, but he didn’t care. He clenched his fence and buried his feelings under the pounding of his feet. He did not notice as Em ran after him, nor did he notice a certain man from the Investigator’s office, who had been observing the whole thing.

Em~Running...again.

"Eli!" I yelled as I hurtled after him down the street."Eli, wait!" Dang, when did he get so fast?"

"I do not think it would be wise to follow the demon-slayer." The strange voice entered my head once again; Some kind of demonic messenger. Great. This day just keeps getting better and better...

I kept running. "Yeah? Well, nobody asked... you." I was out of breath. I'd fallen very far behind, and by the time Eli rounded the next corner, I couldn't run any longer. I stopped and rested against an old brick building to catch my breath. When I could finally stand up straight I realized I had no idea where I was.

Well, guess there was no turning back now. I continued walking in the direction I'd thought Eli had gone. The streets were eerily quiet, and most of the buildings appeared to have been abandoned a long time ago. It looked like the kind of place I could easily picture somebody getting mugged in. Still, I kept walking, and gradually the streets became familiar.

It was only until I passed the remains of a burned down warehouse that I realized why. No, I thought, it couldn't be. I walked up closer to the scene and found a row of pictures with flowers and cards lain out all around them. They rested on a plaque engraved in these words:



I stared numbly at the names. I took my time and carefully read all the cards; I memorized every face. These were the people I'd killed. No words could express my emotions; A strange mix of relief that Tian's name wasn't listed, both guilt and sorrow for the families I'd broken. It was self-defence. I should feel justified; I don't.

After a few minutes, I finally move on and continue down the street towards Eli's house. I figure there's at least a small chance he'll be there. But before I make it across the street, I turn around and kneel at the stone plaque.

"I'm sorry", I whisper."I'm so sorry."



When I finally reached Eli's house it was dark, and I was tired beyond what I'd thought was humanly possible. I knock on the door. "Eli?" No answer. I try again. "Eli?" This time I hear an audible thump coming from somewhere in the house. "Eli, I know you're in there." Silence. I thump my head against the door. That's when I notice the door handle's been torn off. I freeze. The only person I knew that was capable of doing that was... no, it couldn't possibly be him.

Just then the door opens and I'm yanked in by a someone with freakishly strong arms. I'm about to scream, but then I realize that it's Eli who's yanked me in. He motions for me to be quiet, then gestures out the window. There's a shadowy figure moving in the street, but other than that it's like a ghost town. Then Eli points to the figure moving down the road."See him?" I nod."He's been following you for the past 5 minutes now; since you rounded that corner over there."

I stare out the window, trying to get a better look at my supposed stalker. He doesn't look like anyone I know. I turn to face Eli only to see that he's already watching me. He glances back out the window. "You shouldn't be here." He moves away from the door as the figure moves further down the street. "Not after what happened in training."

I give him a look. "Since when am I ever where I should be?" I can tell by his gaze that it's the wrong thing to say, and after days of successfully avoiding the subject, he finally asks the question.

"What happened at the warehouse Em? What did they do to you?"

I cross my arms and do my best to avoid his gaze. "I don't want to talk about it." It's only after I say the words tat I realize what it sounds like.

Eli tenses and fury flashes through his eyes. "Did they-"

I cut him of. "No!" I almost yell. "It wasn't like that. It's just... that... I-I need to sit down." I slump to the floor with my head in my hands."It's complicated Eli, extremely complicated."

He looks down at me expectantly."Try me."

I sigh, it wasn't exactly like I could avoid it forever. "After I was... um, kidnapped, they kept me in a basement prison cell type thing." I stare down at the burn marks on my hands. "The floor was covered in runes, and every few hours they would light up and..." I gesture to the rest of my burn marks. "Occasionally they'd throw in some food, but I couldn't get to it most of the time since I was chained against the wall by my ankle. Angel was almost always there, watching me." I don't dare meet Eli's eyes, but I swear I can almost feel the question coming. He's quiet for a while, but then he finally says," Did they say anything to you? Why they were doing what they were doing?"

I let out a breath,"Do we really need to be having this conversation right now?" I look up at him, his eyes stare back, unwavering. "Yes, Em. We do."

I hesitate, if I tell him, will he kill me? I thought of the burned warehouse, the flowers, the pictures, my lack of control, and I finally realized that I honestly didn't care anymore. I stand and face him. "They were trying to break a seal."

"A seal? You're not making any sense Em. What seal? Why were they trying to break a seal?" His expression tells me this is obviously not what he'd expected to hear.

I glance down and take a deep breath before meeting his gaze. "Because I'm a demi-demon, that's why."

Daniel Nitram

I stood there shocked as Eli ran off with Em following him as quickly as she could. I turned to Akiza and let out at a long sigh. I seldom smoked but now seemed the appropriate time. I removed a cigarette case from my jacket and a lighter I let out a long stream of smoke. "Akiza I'll be at your house later, for now training is over I need to go after Eli."

Andrea looked at me surprised," Daniel you should probably just let him cool off what good can you do right now with him so angry."

"I hate to agree with Andrea but she's probably right he won't listen to you right now with how angry he is." Akiza stood next to me wrapping her arm around my shoulder.

"Yeah I know it may be pointless but I still have to try he placed his trust in me and now he feels betrayed. I have to fix it and make things right in the club again." I kissed Akiza and began running after Em and Eli they had a good lead, but my rediscovered skills made tracking them easy. I arrived at the area where Eli had been staying as of late. I saw Em arrive in the area as well quickly locating the building I assumed Eli was staying in now.

Eli seemed to rush Em in and I noticed why without effort, Angel was stalking the street clearly searching for Em. With Eli and Em safely inside I had no fear of going all out against Angel, with my rediscovered skills it would now be an even battle. I leapt in front of Angel roughly ten feet in front of him, "I advise you leave here at once and never bother I or my friends again." Angel responded slowly looking up at me and began to laugh in a moronic guffawing function.

" Little man think he's gonna hurt me hahaha," He swung his fists at my head. He had killing intent in his strike. I easily dodged his blows a fresh lit cigarette in my mouth giving off smoke. A rediscovered skill for disappearing returned to mind, I put distance between us and let out a massive cloud of smoke. Angel stumbled around in the smoke lost leaving me an opening.

I struck hard and fast it wouldn't do him much harm but it would keep him off balance. "It seems like the little man is hurting you big guy." he swung blindly and I was lucky a few times that his attacks missed. I couldn't just do this forever and with how strong he was one good blow and I could end up miles away. I needed to end this but without Andrea's mind control I only had one shot and it was iffy at best. My combat vision kicked in Angel had no week spots but his center of balance was vulnerable. I would have to work fast I quickly struck he began to fall and I slammed an upper-cut hard into his chest it sent him flying up. I kicked him hard and he went sailing away after he was gone I fell down on my back. Angel would be back I knew and next time I might not get so lucky.

I slowly got up and went to where Eli and Em where hiding," are you two alright?"