Chapter 1: The Meeting
Raina's P.O.V.
My name is Raina Kattalakis and I am the younger sister of Vane, Fang, Fury and Anya. Anya died a while ago so now it's just the four of us. I look quite a bit like Fang with black hair but I have Fury's turquoise eyes. I stand at about 6', and I look older than I actually am, I'm about 37 and my best friend is Alex Peltier, Alex is the oldest of the Peltier grandkids and I tell him everything. I am an Arcadian wolf but I was born Katagarian, like my brother Vane, I guess that's why we get along so well. Anyway I was driving along the Quarter on my purple ninja motorcycle when I heard the sounds of fighting. Must be a dark-hunter fight, I thought to myself but I heard several people fighting so making up my mind I raced in that direction. The fight was coming from an alley, how cliché.
I parked my motorcycle and climbed off and rushed into the alley what caught me by surprise was the six kids that all had wings coming out of their backs and they were fighting Daemons and they weren't doing too badly that is until the tallest daemon grabbed one of the oldest boys and a resounding snap was heard around the alley.
"Hey, drop him now ink-blot." I yelled. They stopped fighting and looked at me, the kids looked shocked as I rushed the daemons. I freed the boy and he stumbled back into the other kids. I fought the daemons and dusted them off and turned to the kids.
"Are you guys alright?" I asked.
Max's P.O.V.
I was completely shocked, this lady just killed a bunch of vampires like it was nothing and man she was tall, she was taller than me! She had long black hair that stopped at about her mid back and the strangest turquoise eyes.
"Are you guys alright?" she asked.
"We'll be fine." I said.
"Um, Max, that guy broke my wing, I don't think I can fly." Iggy piped up from beside Fang. Crap, we're screwed.
"Alright, I know someone who can help." She said.
She can help Max, she isn't human. Angel said in my head. I looked at her and nodded.
"Only if you tell us what and who you are." I said.
"How do you know I'm not human?" she asked wide eyed.
"Just tell us." Fang said sharply.
"My name is Raina; I'm a Were-Hunter. I can turn into a wolf." Raina said. To prove her point she shifted into an actual wolf, she was a black wolf and the only thing that set her off from the others were her eyes. She turned back and I had to cover the kids' eyes before she got clothes back on. "Believe me now?" she asked. We nodded and she stepped forward to Iggy.
"So what are your names?" she asked as she examined the brake in Iggy's wing.
"I'm Max, the tall dark one is Fang the one you are examining is Iggy, this is Nudge, Gazzy and Angel." I said.
Raina smiled, "Your parents didn't happen to name you that right?" she asked.
"No we named ourselves." Iggy said.
"Hmmm, alright Carson can get you set you'll have to ride with me, you five will have to follow." Raina said.
"Where are we going?" Nudge asked. Raina smiled over at her.
"Sanctuary, it's a bar and grill and also a place where Were-Hunters go to recuperate. They will welcome you." Raina said.
"So we just follow you?" Fang asked. Raina nodded and we followed her to a purple motorcycle. Raina got another helmet and handed it to Iggy.
"You won't crash will you?" I asked.
"No, I've never crashed and I learned to drive from my brother Fang." She said.
"You have a brother named Fang?" Gazzy asked.
"Our parents have a cruel sense of humor." Raina said with a shrug and swung onto the motorcycle. Iggy followed her on and held tight onto her. "Just follow me from above, just don't let the humans notice you." I nodded and went back to the alley and heard the motorcycle leave.
Iggy's P.O.V.
Raina felt really good, she was soft and smelt a lot like wilderness and motor oil. Her voice sounded hypnotic as well. I could hear the slight growl of the wolf within her. I could tell she is wearing a black leather jacket and worn out blue jeans.
"You doing okay Iggy?" Raina asked. The helmet had a microphone in it, I did not expect that.
"I'm fine, my wing is sore." I said shifting the jacket slightly to make sure my wing was hidden.
"Alright, listen I'm going to call my brother or someone I can get a hold of to let them know we're coming." Raina said.
"Go for it." I said. I felt safe with her, for some weird reason, like we belonged together.
Raina's P.O.V.
The feeling of Iggy's arms around me was really distracting, he felt good though. I pressed a button on the side of the helmet.
"This is Sanctuary, my name is Aimee, how can I help you?" Aimee asked.
"Hey Aimee it's Raina, get Carson ready I came across some people who need some medical help." I said.
"Alright, what happened?" she asked. Iggy's arms tightened around my waist, I didn't know his pain tolerance but I knew that the pain could be enough to knock you out.
"Daemons happened, we're lucky they didn't take their souls." I said.
"Right, Dev will meet you guys out back." She said.
"Thanks Aimee." I said. I hung up the phone and we made it to Sanctuary a few minutes later. Dev and Vane were standing out back and the rest of the kids landed behind me and they looked shocked at the wings.
"Alright, I see now why you brought them here." Dev said.
"Which one is hurt?" Vane asked.
"The one on my bike, daemon snapped the wing bone." I said. They winced and we ushered the kids inside.
"Is it a rule that you guys have to be tall?" Max asked. Dev chuckled but didn't say anything.
"Dev, Vane, meet Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy and Angel." I said.
"This is going to get confusing, do you have a nickname?" Vane asked.
"Not really." Max said. Vane smirked but we saddened a bit our Fang was still out of it.
"How is Fang?" I asked.
"Same, Aimee's been trying to get him to come out of it." Vane said.
"What's wrong with him?" Nudge asked as we lead them inside and to the medical bay.
"Fang and I were attacked by Daemons, he was bitten. I got to him in time before they took his soul but has been out of it since." Vane said.
"That's sad." Angel said.
"He'll pull though I know he will." Dev said. Fang helped Iggy up on the table and he distended his wing. Carson then walked in with a neutral face.
"Hello, I'm Carson. I am told a daemon snapped the wing bone." He said.
"Who doesn't know?" Max asked.
"The humans who don't know about us." I said.
"Alright then." Gazzy said. Carson then started doing preliminaries on Iggy.
"So how did the six of you get wings?" Carson asked. They were quiet but then Angel spoke up.
"We were giving to a place we call the School when we were babies. The scientists did all sorts of tests on us, including combining our DNA with avian. We may look completely human but we do have differences, our blood, we have air sacks and our bones are lighter so we can fly." Angel said.
"They did a number of tests on us, we had our vision increased but Iggy was the first one and they made him blind." Max said. I looked at Iggy sadly, I can't believe they did that to him. There was another resounding snap and the hand that was clutching mine tightened.
"The bone is reset and I'm going to wrap it." Carson said.
"Thank you Carson." Max said.
"It's what I do Max," Carson said.
"I bet you guys are hungry, whatever you want I'm paying." I said.
"Rain, you don't have to do that." Vane said.
"It'll take my mind off of Fang for a bit," I said. Vane nodded and disappeared back up the stairs. I felt a tiny hand on my arm and looked down to see Nudge smiling up at me.
"I'm sure he'll be just fine." Nudge said.
"Thank you, now there are a few things you need to know. There is no fighting, Dev here is an identical quadruplet so be careful. We do have human patrons so try to keep the wings hidden if possible. I'll let you know which humans it is safe to talk to and which are not." I said.
"Are you sure about this?" Iggy asked following close to me.
"Yep, just order what you want from Aimee and I'll pay. All I ask is to trust me; I know how to stay hidden." I said. Max nodded and led them into the main room.