"Kaya?" I asked staring up at the opening.

"Zoey it is you where are you?" she said jumping into the basement I crawled up the ladder and pushed up the gate thing.

"Here, now hurry," I said then moved as she jumped down into the tunnel I closed the gate. I smiled and jumped down with her. "Kaya, I've missed you so much, how's Auntie Nita and Tyler and little Maybly doing I haven't seen you guys since summer vacation."

"There all good there worried about me," she said then I saw it.

"Your mark oh my goddess, and you mark is filled in just like mine was."

She laughed and nodded.

"Zoey, is everything okay you went missing and worried-" then they stopped I turned around to see Erik starring at us, "Who the hell are you?"

We both laughed, "She's my cousin Kaya, Erik, Erik, Kaya now that we all know each other may I ask what you are doing here?"

"I came to talk to you but I see that you're um busy," he said and turned around, "The others were worried about you too."

"Oh, Zoey-may, I'd love to meet your friends come on," Kaya said with pleading eyes. She interlocked our arms together like when we were little, "Please?"

"Fine, Kaya-May, follow me and Erik," I said and walked into the darkness. I went into the room where everyone was.

"Everyone," I said and everyone immediately looked at me and Kaya, "Everyone this is my cousin Kaya May Redbird, and as you see she's going to be weird like me." I said and everyone laughed at my comment.

"I guess being weird must run in the family," Kaya said, "Though it must of skipped your bitch of a sister, puppy of a mom and a bastard of brother because they are very stupid normal." I laughed.

"God, I missed ya cuz," I said then gave her a hug. Then we let go, "Okay everyone since tonight sucked choose your rooms with a red fledging and get a good night's well day's sleep then we'll start planning." "For the record I'm not sharing my bed with anyone," one red fledging said "Yeah okay, Kramisha," Stevie Rae said from her bed I smiled and said, "So, Stevie Rae, you going introduce us boring blue fledglings to your red fledglings or we going to have to ask them ourselves?" I asked.

She smiled and started, "Well that's Kramisha right there." She said and pointed weakly. Someone had already read my mind and got the blood and wine I opened the wine and just tore the bad open with my teeth and gave it to her. She downed it and looked much better. Then continued, "Ya'll should know Elliot," and the red headed kid stepped out and then stepped back in the group. "Next is Montoya," she said then a short Hispanic guy who looks like a thug with the piercings and baggy pants nodded his head, "Hi," he said with a cute warm smile. "And that's Shannon Compton," Stevie Rae ran her name together.

Damien the smarty immediately knew who she was, "Shannoncompton? Hey didn't you read the spotlight piece in The Vagina Monologues last year at the school performance?" he asked.

Her face light up, "Yeah that was me."

"I remember because you loved The Vagina Monologues they're so empowering. And then after the show you …um…" he trailed off and fidgeted.

"I died?" She said trying to help.

"Yeah."

"Oh gosh that's too bad," jack said.

Aphrodite sighed ," She's not dead anymore, morons."

"And this is Sophie," Stevie Rae said quickly to stop the bickering. A tall girl with brown hair stepped a little forward and gave us a figurative smile, "Hi," Stevie Rae pointed to a kid behind the chick I remember as being Venus. He slouched and mumbled something that sounded like hi. Then threw Stevie Rae a kind flirty smile I looked at my cousin sideways and she gave me a look saying the same thing. We crossed our arms and smiled our devious smile. "It's kind of odd since he was born in Houston."

He shrugged "It's a gross story my dad tells about him and my mom making me in Dallas. I never wanted any details."

"Ugh parent sex," Shaunee said.

"Completely disgusting," Erin said agreeing.

"Try hearing you mother and stepdad doing it and there on the other side of the house from you," I said and shivered Kaya doing the same since during summers she slepted over a lot.
I could see a little ripple of the tension begin to loosen at our comments. Then she introduced us to Anthony, Johnny B. and Gerarty. Hmm I thought there were more than this the last time I was here. I turned to look at Stevie Rae. "Are you sure this is all of them? There was more last time I was here."

"Yes," she said and didn't look me directly in the eye.
"Stevie Rae, I might have made stupid mistakes but I'm not stupid, now I know you all too well and I know you're lying so spill now."

She laughed, smiled, and shook her head, "I'm the stupid one who thought I could keep a secret from you. Your freaking gifts get kind of annoying."

I laughed, "That wasn't my gifts I just know when people are lying by their actions. So let me guess the others are still "Evil" and haven't chosen "good"?"

"Yeah pretty much but its okay we sort of closed off all the tunnels that lead to their parts of the tunnel. So they can't come near us and we can't go near them. The only way is if they get out and they come in the way we did."

"Then we must put guards at every exit," Darius said serious.

"Yeah you arrange and be in charge of that, everyone else go to bed," I said and put my hands on my waist, "rest your mind because they will be in for a lot of thinking tomorrow."

Later that night………….

I was in the bed with Stevie Rae, Kaya was on the floor both were sound asleep. I was laying in my bed that I knew was for a fact and then I was enveloped in darkness. I was in a room by the looks of it, it was a room of the house of night. I looked around and saw in the middle of the room Stark; sitting down in front of a desk behind that desk was Neferet. They were talking I didn't hear what they were saying though. Stark got Neferet mad though and then ropes suddenly appeared on Stark and then she went up to him with a knife and well you know the rest.

I woke up and screamed, everyone came rushing in. they all asked what's wrong.

Okay I was majorly pissed off right now he maybe under her control but I should have the right to kill him since he almost killed my best friend. Rather than be the case or not I got up and put my clothes on, "That's the last damn straw," I said and as I was putting my hair in a ponytail.

"What damn straw, u-lv?" Kaya asked putting on a shirt.

"That ex-rouge high priestess, I don't know how but I had a vision. The damn evil bitch is going to kill Stark."

"And how is that a bad thing?" Stevie Rae asked.

"Because," I said with a devious smile, "she's making it quick and pain less, we know how to make it suffer. And that's what I intend on doing."

"U-lv, I like that way you think," Kaya said, "ha-ye-la-s-di a-le ga-los?" she asked in Cherokee knifes or guns. I smiled.

"Both," I said, "Let me guess you brought your bag didn't you?"

"Bag? Bag of what?" Stevie Rae asked.

"And what is that stuff you said?" Erin asked, "Because no one."

"Understands it," Shaunee said finishing for Erin.

"Nothing well be right back." I said and Kaya and I walked to the entrance.