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Random Fact
If the person was alive, their heart would have been beating rapidly. The nervous energy that surrounded them was just strong. It as if she was standing right there, running next to them. Their saying something to her, and she's responding, but the words were not clear. She could feel the other's energy around her, so everyone was there. What sort of fight did they get themselves into? How did it get to be so dangerous?
They stopped and now she understood. So, they too were also against the sworn enemy. Only this time, it seemed to almost as if the Foot had a few more people with them. The Purple Dragons? It was a possibility, but why go so far? Was it because of them? It had to be. They were up against one of the Three Majors.
There was a shout. Some sort of shout, she couldn't tell what the shout was, but the battle began and she could tell that there was more at stake than a simple fight. Something was wrong. Something was terribly wrong. What is it? What had happened? A scream of some short made her turn as well as many others and a simultaneous shout came from all of them.
Mikey was down. Bleeding and down for the count, and they had just barely started, but they had caught him off guard somehow.
Rachel could hear screaming, but then she opened her eyes and realized that the screaming had been her. "Once again, I make a fucking damn fool out of myself." She sighed, her head hurt. It pounded to tell the truth. Ever since she was pregnant the visions more or less gave her a headache, than anything.
"Rachel, are you alright?" Raphael asked, "What did you see?"
"Ah!" Rachel jumped and looked at him, "Give me a heart attack why don't you? How long have you been standing there?" She asked as she placed a hand at her heart, sighing.
"Um…basically the whole time?" Raph furrowed his brows, "We're in the kitchen. It's our turn to make breakfast…remember?"
"I remember…" She sighed to herself as she looked around just in case. True to Raphael's word, they were in the kitchen and she had been watching the stove before her visions decided to kick in. "I'm so going to get myself killed one of these days." She muttered under her breath.
"Mind filling me in?" Raph asked.
"Can I ask you something first?" Rachel asked, looking over at him, "Just a quick question."
"Sure, ask away," Raph nodded.
"Well it's two questions really. Why did you want to be an Informer? Your answer depends on question number two." Rachel said, "And don't you dare say that it's because of Matt, you know that we could have turned that all around."
"Mm…I guess it's possibly because I wanted something more to do…Sure I'm not too fond of guns, but I can deal with it. My skills are sure to be a major help one way or another during any mission…" Raphael shrugged, "That and…I guess I just want to stay close to you."
Rachel looked away, blushing. "Alright…do you mind working with the supernatural?" She asked him seriously.
Raph paused on that one. He had to bite his tongue so he didn't start laughing. 'She's been with me this long and she doesn't seem to have caught on to the fact that my life is filled with supernatural things…' He snickered to himself, and the longer he held it in the harder it got to keep it. Soon, he just burst out laughing.
"I'm not kidding…" Rachel said a bit put off that he was laughing.
Raph calmed himself down and walked over to her, "I know you're not, love," he assured. "I was laughing because of the fact that I've been working with and encountering the 'supernatural' almost all my life. Hell, I was a supernatural, remember? Lily's a supernatural, Nao is, Don sort of is now, too, and Mikey still is. To me, that was a silly question to ask."
"I'm not talking about that kind of Supernatural," She bit her lip, "If I told you Vampires, and werewolves existed what would you think?"
"I would believe you," Raph smirked, "If I told you Humanoid Triceratops existed as well as dozens of types of aliens, what would you think?"
Rachel's mouth opened but then shut. "Touché…" A soft smile played at her lips. Shaking her head, and started laughing, "You're right, this conversation is pretty idiotic isn't?"
"A bit, yes…oh, also, there are giant, walking talking trees that fight back…I found that one out during the Battle Nexus Tournament……" Raphael pursed his lips but then shook his head of the memory.
"Oh you wouldn't want to mess with those," Said a light masculine voice that oddly could pull off as Matt's but it was a bit deeper than his. A boy was standing at the door, adorn in stripes in very many colors, with blue jeans. He had tons of belts on him as well, as fingerless purple/blue stripped gloves. "Hello," He waved.
Raphael jumped back and pulled out one of his Sai that he always kept on him. He pulled Rachel back and behind him. He narrowed his eyes at the…very colorful boy, "Who are you?" Typical question but to the point…
"Protective…" The boy blinked, "But I hate to say it but you're pretty stupid to pull a sword on me."
"Nicky, shut up. Can you blame him?" She gently grabbed his arm, "He's safe."
"Are we?" A man came in to the picture; he wasn't as colorful as Nicky. He was wearing nothing but black, and two chains on either side, "You never know, Rachel."
Raphael's jaw dropped. With the boy he couldn't exactly tell, but with this man it was plain to his trained eye. "Vampire…" was the only thing he said, "Ok…Weird factor of the day is halfway there…"
"Very good," The man said as he grinned, his fangs glowing, "You picked out a smart one this time. Although, I have to admit your mind's getting a bit hazy."
Rachel sweatdropped.
Nicky quickly said, "I think he's trying to say that since you're knocked up your mind's going in circles."
"You both have no idea what tact is do you?" Rachel sweatdropped even more.
"It's the truth." The two vampires said together.
Rachel wanted to either smack her forehead, or smack them. She couldn't decide so she just rolled her eyes.
"Getting closer…" Raph muttered. He lowered his Sai but didn't put it away, "Rachel…mind helping me out here? Names with the faces might be a good first move…"
"Um okay," Rachel grinned a bit and was about to open her mouth to introduce them but Nicky took over, "I'm Nicolas Kelly and that's my dad, Ian," He pointed at Ian who just did wave.
"Better…" Raph nodded and then ran a hand through his hair, "Um…My name is Raphael Hamato."
"The man that slaughtered three men. I know," Ian nodded, "I must admit, when Matt told me that Firefly was with Lynx, I was in shock."
"He didn't just kill them. They were Sweepers," Nicky sounded impressed.
"Nicky…" Rachel said, but the boy wasn't paying any attention.
"They're really hard to kill. Just like us, but their pure human," Nicky said, "It's amazing that you killed them and not Lynx. Was she there?"
"Weird factor reached ten…and it's only morning…nice," Raph sighed but then found himself telling what had happened that night. He furrowed his brows. Why was he spilling his guts to these two?
"Wow…" Nicky was still grinning, "That's faster than what Lynx usually could do."
Rachel wasn't very shocked when she found out about the slaughter, but she was a bit upset that he didn't tell her anything. She supposed that it was payback for all the secrets she was still hiding from him.
Ian smiled warmly, "I see. You still kept up your fighting spirit. Even passed death…"
"Yes," Raphael nodded, "Now, tell me how in the world you two got in here? None of the others are even aware of you yet, and that unusual…"
"Oh that's easy," Nicky said, "You're living in the same castle that's been here since forever. Even longer than your family…I think sometime when the pioneers came to this land."
Raphael raised an eyebrow, "How old are you?"
"Three hundred and something," Ian shrugged, "I lost count."
Raphael's jaw dropped, "Whoa…"
"Your reaction was better than mine." Rachel smiled.
"What was your reaction?" Raph furrowed his brows.
"She tripped and wouldn't stop questions." Nicky grinned. "And when we told her how old we were, the ground would have been so much better off if she stayed sitting."
"Nice," Raph chuckled, "I've learned though that patience helps get most answers…" he paused, "Rachel, don't tell Leo I said that…"
"Who's Leo?" Nicky asked.
"You need to stop asking so many questions. Come here and make yourself useful," Rachel grabbed the boy's arm and dragged him into helping make breakfast.
"Rachel, Mikey's being a goof and…" Brianna had walked in and the red in her face from her laughing drained rapidly.
Ian turned around and stared at the woman that was standing behind him. His eyes trailed over to the other girl that was with his son, before his eyes went back to the girl. It…couldn't be. Impossible! "Karolina?" He asked softly.
"No, that's Brianna," Rachel said, "I swear, if you keep calling people by weird names, your going to go to a crazy house."
Because of her spiritual side, Bria reacted to that name. She swayed like she was going to fall, but caught herself on the table. She looked the man up and down many times, watching his face closely. "Ian…is it? That's the name that's coming to mind…why I'm not quite sure…" she held her head in her hand.
"Oh, I know your past side that's all," Ian nodded, "Nice job at remembering me. I'm afraid that Rachel still needs to learn about her past." At that both Nicky and Rachel flipped the man off.
Bria smiled, "Yes, she's quite the stubborn one," she shook her head, "Past life…wow…" she tilted her head, "Vampire, yes?" a smirk slowly grew.
"Correct. You're faster than Firefly," Ian smiled.
"Thank you, Ian," Bria nodded, "I guess I'm just having a very observant day. I tell ya, some days…" she chuckled. She held her hand out, "Why don't we leave them to their cooking and catch up on things? I don't know why, but I seem to have missed you…And I sort of…just met you? Damn Mikey and his Sci-Fi channel…"
"You and Kristina both were pretty close to my family. I suppose that's because of my own stupidity. Amazing that Fate seems to be so kind, yet so cruel," Ian replied.
"Come on, tell me more where they're actually room to breath," Bria chuckled and held her hand out more, "Outside maybe? It's cloudy today you should be fine."
"Wait...Doesn't daylight and Vampire equal bad?" Raphael frowned.
Rachel brust out laughing and Ian just chuckled. "I see you both read the myths that this world teaches."
"I suppose you've never heard of Vampire Knight," Bria grinned, "Like that, Ian can go out in daylight, just not for very long. Unfortunately, in direct sunlight he doesn't glitter like in Twilight…he doesn't burst into flames either, it just weakens him a bit and it can be dangerous." She paused, "Ok…where did that come from? I thought connecting with your past life took longer than a couple minutes."
"You are gifted in the arts of Remembering. That would explain that," Ian said, "However there are still many myths that are there. Sunlight is just one of the many ones."
Raph paused, "Never mind...This is obviously way out of my league..." he waved his hand and went back to the stove.
"It used to not be, Jason." Ian said lightly.
"My god!" Nicky pretended to do a fainting motion. "That's the first English name I heard today!"
Raph's jaw dropped. He whirled around, "Jason?! What the hell? I was turtle before I was human how could I have a past life?"
"You're not very in tune with the Spiritual World. Just because you were a turtle first in /this/ life, doesn't mean that long ago you were not human. People seem to make that mistake. There's a skill called Soul Jumping." Ian explained.
Brianna giggled; "Really…um…I honestly don't think I've met you…" she looked at Nickey curiously.
"Oh you wouldn't have Madam," Nicky grinned, "Not since your sister turned into a bitch."
Rachel smacked him over the head.
"Soul Jumping…I've heard of that one from Rachel and Nao, but...How is it possible for me?" Raph frowned.
Bria laughed and walked over to the boy, "I'm Brianna Knight," she held her hand out in greeting.
Ian looked over at him and then smiled, "Long ago, it used to be considered a high skilled art. Only the in tuned with being on the balance on death and life successfully Soul Jump into another host's body." He paused in his thoughts. "How is it possible for you? It's because you wanted to live for a reason. Selfish, or not…"
"I'm Nicolas Kelly. At your service," Nicky held out his hand and gently bent down and kissed it, "You're a nice person, I'm glad to meet you in this life."
"Why thank you, Nicky," Bria nodded her head politely with a grin, "You're a goofball I can tell, but wise in your words and well spoken. I like that."
Nicky grinned, "Unlike Matthew? I was told once that we could have been twins. That was a long time ago before he turned into a girl. How he can stand it, is beyond my powers of understanding. He's happy though, and I'll always be his friend."
"Fascinating…I often visualized actually talking to a Vampire, but I never figured it to be this insightful. I'd like to know more, if you and you father don't mind, that is," Bria grinned.
"Do we mind?" Nicky was grinning, flashing his fangs. "We live for it. You see this Papa?" He grinned at his father, "A girl that's finally open minded! It took me days to convince Allison."
"It took you a month Nicky; don't go shortening your happy ending," Rachel muttered.
Bria laughed and nodded, "Please, it's been too long since I've had an intelligent and deep talk with anybody except Master Splinter who more than likely knows you're here," she laughed, "I love learning about new and exciting things, and you're definitely exciting."
"Well then you came to…well…We came to the right place if we ever wanted a talk. Wanna hear a random fact?" Nicky was grinning.
"Sure!" Bria grinned hugely.
"You and Rachel are sisters. Not soul." Nicky jumped off of the counter that Rachel pushed him off of to get the plates down from the cupboard. "And you guys were sisters in the past life as well."
Brianna stared at the boy, her jaw open wide as well as her eyes; "No way…" she looked to Rachel and examined her, "How?"
"Oh...you had no idea?" Nicky looked a bit disappointed. "Oh snap. You both looked so alike and you guys act alike, I would have thought that would have been the first thought going through your head."
"That's…" Brianna went into a thinking pose and watched Rachel for the longest time. Then she went pale again, "What's your father's name?" she whispered weakly.
"Do I have to say?" Rachel answered bitterly, "His name is Chris and your better off not knowing him."
Bria saw her vision go completely black as she fainted.
