DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN Claymore I'm not making any money off of this story and all rights belong solely to it owners.

Chapter 4

(Where is she? Where is Clare...) The yoki form of Alicia thought as she flew the yoki processing system of the the Destroyer! It had been a huge risk, allowing her body to be completely destroyed and entering this place as nothing more then yoki, it felt like there were millions of fragmented souls within this place and if not for her training in the use of soul link, then she would not have been able to recognize herself.

"I'll have to find her quickly, there's no telling how long I can remain in this place as myself." Alicia said to herself feeling that spending to much time in this place could lead to her no longer being able recognizing herself, (I will find you, so ... Don't disappear...) swimming through the sea of yoki once again Alicia began heading for the one piece of yoki that seem familiar to her.

"OH!?" the smile that spread across Luciela's face was more than a little unnerving to Clare as she said that, "To think that she would be heading here as if she knows just where to find you."

"Why are you here, Luciela?" turning to her, Luciela kept that unnerving smile as she look down to Clare and again Clare felt like a child about to be lecture.

"I'm here because of your foolishness, and that other childs ignorance." Luciela said making Clare eyes narrow, (What is she talking about, no more importantly how is she even here!?) Clare thought trying to understand what was going on.

"You're thinking out loud, ya know." Luciela said startleding Clare at the fact Luciela seem to be able to read her thoughts.

"I'm sorry my dear but there is really nothing you can hide from me in this world of Yoki that was made by using my own body..." Luciela stated then she let a feathery laugh float past her lips at the expression on Clare's face.

"Really it's good to see that you young irrationally ones are so ease to surprise." Luciela chuckled, Clare at this point had, had enough of this.

"I am not behaving irrationally, beside that how are you even... alive?" Clare's protested was cut short at realizing Luciela had cup her face in her hand and lean forward as this brought their faces barely a few inches a part... without Clare seeing her move.

Luciela smiled down at the former warrior, but there was condescension in her expression. It was the way one might smile at a child who'd expressed an incredibly naïve belief, one she would not be cured of until life painfully showed her she was wrong.

"My dear, you are chasing after a monster you have no hope of beating alone... to get revenge for a dead woman." Luciela then lean more into clare until she could feel the heat of her breath from Luciela lips against Clare's ears.

"A dead woman I'm sure will be happy to know that the little girl she take in as a child will die trying to avenge her." Clare's eyes wide before jumping back, more thn a little startled at the fact this Awaken being seem to know everything about her.

"How do you..." Clare question didn't even need to be finish, Luciela merely look on amuse.

"Like I said, there is little you can hide from now me that your nothing more then yoki in this body, that at the moment belongs to me... not even your memorys" Luciela repiled much to Clare's dismay.

"As a claymore for the Organization I love to read Drama books, and the lengths your willing to go in order to avenge your precious Teresa are impressive, in their own way that is, but I preferred this story before you started adding extra chapters to it. It's impossible for me to sympathize with you anymore now that you've's decided to sacrifice even your own life... knowing those you'll leave behind will be oh so sad."

At that moment Luciela raise her left arm and seem to tap the empty space the yoki around to begain to moving taking on ghost like images of her friends Yuma, Tabitha, Cynthia, Miria, Deneve and Helen. They seem to float around her and smiling making the pain in her heart hurt even more but then another image floated right in front of her, nearly bringly tears to Clare's eyes.

"Raki..." Clare whisper as she reach out to the phantom of the one she cares for the most, somehow managing to pull back Clare shake her head to clear her thoughts and batted the images away before glaring at Luciela hatefully.

"Why are you doing this!? I fail to see what you will gain from any of this!" Clare snapped.

'Where are you~~~?'

"Hmm..." Luciela hummed looking to the left of her.

"She even faster the I thought." Luciela said out of the blue.

"And who is that voice that keeps calling out to me?" Clare added but when Luciela eyes return to her she saw that the smile on her face had vanish.

"I do not have much time, so let me make this quick." Luciela told her as Clare stood at attention.

"From what I've seen of your memorys you've met this warrior before, Claymore No. 1: Alicia the Black…" Clare eyes wide in shock before they lowered as she sigh.

"So that was her... but what in the world was she doing there." Clare whisper and it was only when Luciela's brown eyes focused on her that the blond realized she'd spoken aloud.

"She was there for you..." Luciela spoke and as Clare look at her, she did not see that amuse, wittiness, or condescension expression she always had up till now, in fact Clare couldn't read the expression on her face at all.

"Searching for the shadow of her lost sister, she came looking for you... who resemble her so much." Clare blink a few time at her words.

"What do you mean?" Clare asked, feeling her heartbeat begin to speed up with anxiety.

"Her belove sister Beth that she couldn't even understand she love so much was kill... by that monster you hate with all yor heart." By this time, Clare knows that she has definitely stopped breathing.

"I'm going to tell you the truth, the one I'm really trying to help is Alicia..." She said and Clare is vaguely aware that she is still holding her breath.

"With her skills she'll most likely find away out of this place." Luciela continue as Clare hang on to everyword.

"However if such a mentally unstable child who couldn't even under her own feeling for her sister were left alone... the outcome, would not be a happy ending." Luciela told her.

"You seem to care for Alicia alot... Why?" Clare ask and to her surprise There was a note of surprisingly wistfulness in her voice.

"Even after turnning into a Awaken being, the one thing I wanted more then anything else, even power. Was to see my sister again..." there was a down cast look on her face now.

"And when I finally did, in my weakened state she broke my back... killing me." Luciela gave a small laugh as she remember what happen.

"All because I wasn't the sister she remember, and somehow we ended up in this state." Luciela close her eyes before reopening them showing wittie expression was back.

"Do you want to know one of the nick names the Organization had for me?" Luciela ask her head tilting like some curious puppy. Or a ghoul. Clare had to suppress a shiver.

"Why would I need to know that?" Clare return brushing off the question and wonder how she can move from one mood to the next so easely.

"Aw your no fun." Luciela said playfully as things went silence for a moment. The silence was deafening.

"The failed experiment... that what I was call." Luciela spoke once again startleding Clare this time at the psychotic expresion on her face, (Alicia isn't the only one whose mentally unstable!) Clare thought.

"Alicia and Beth, me and my sister too try to use soul link for the Organization, but unlike them, we fail... which is why..." as her words dead off Clare was once again surprise to see Luciela appear right in front of her with out Clare seeing how.

"I brought you here. You see as one experiment to another I can't help but feel responsible for her, odd I know but that just how I feel." Luciela said then her smile drop and Clare couldn't help but feel somewhat scary by the look on her face.

"So no matter what! I do not want that girl ending up like me in anyway!" Luciela told Clare.

"And seeing as she has latch on to you who carrys the image of Beth, I've come to make sure you will not leave her alone..." as Luciela words sink in Clare was unsure of what to say.

"So how about we make a deal, hmm?" Clare blinked as Luciela disappear back to the place was at before as if she never move (I can't read her at all.) Clare thought feeling unease at the playful smile back on Luciela's face.

"Alicia will be here soon and with her skills your'll both likely be able to leave this place... however you my dear Clare still won't stand a chance of killing Priscilla." Luciela said causing Clare to glare at her.

"Come now don't scowl at me in such a hateful way, it's the truth..." Luciela said but then a sly look came over her face.

"However I can, give you the power to level the playing field!" her words instantly caught Clare's attention.

"I won't say you'll beat her, but at least it won't be such a one sided battle next time." Clare was silence for a moment looking for any sighs of her lying but again Clare just couldn't get a read on Luciela.

"You can really do that? Clare ask at last.

"Yes, as long you promise to look after Alicia." Luciela replied as Clare thought it over, she knew deep down Luciela was right about Clare being unable to beat Priscilla, and Clare could understand her feeling for needing to look after Alicia, it was the feeling Clare had when she was with Raki. Thinking more on it, Alicia would likely be a big help as the No. 1 to had a bone to pick with Priscilla too for Beth's death.

"Well?" Luciela ask smiling as Clare look up at her for a few seconds more.

"Yes, you have my word. I'll stay by Alicia side," Clare said at last, Luciela look on for a moment before smiling softly.

"Good..." at the moment that word left Luciela lips an arm shot through the Awaken being chest shocking Clare.

"She here... remember your promise child... I won't forgive you... if you do..." then the image of Luciela shattered into hundreds of energy shards as Alicia burst through from the other side.

"There you are." Alicia said in a monotone as she stop in front of Clare.

"Black... Alicia." Clare whispered still surprise to see her actually here, it didn't last long as Alicia grabbed Clare by the waist pulling her into the air with her.

"Come, we must go." that was all Alicia said as they both shot into the air.

The outside world

Helen watch in awe as the Destroyer attacked Priscilla who was had began to torture Yuma, repeatedly piercing the Claymore's body with finger tendrils In her frustration at Clare death.

"Yuma!" Helen cry catching her fallen friend who thanks to the Destroyer was free from Priscilla.

"What 'pant' what happen 'pant'?" Yuma ask trying to heal herself as Helen turn to the Destroyer as an enraged Priscilla fought back, destroying the spikes that had impaled her and damaging a portion of The Destroyer.

"I don't know." Helen replied watching as Priscilla flow down in front of it.

"That right you rip a part that child who was mine to kill. Very well in killing you, you will replace the prey that was mine to kill." Priscilla said ready to go all out.

"Is that so?" a voice spoke out shocking everyone there, even Priscilla's eyes wide when the grotesque form of the Destroyer take on a warp appearance of nona other then Luciela of the south.

"Somehow I don't think it'll be that ease." Luciela revealed a grin, but it was hideous and grotesque. The way her smile widened, and the way the tendrils of flesh hang down.

"However be at ease in knowing you will meet those two again soon." Priscilla eyes wide even more at Luciela words, and it was at that moment she notice something else, (I can't move!) Priscilla thought in horror as two giant hands of flesh came over her.

"Don't worry I can't kill you... so for now, just sleep. Sleep, until Clare and Alicia return..." and so they close, watching below Helen and Yuma look on as the black mass engulfed Priscilla and the entire forest but the patch they were at, watching from a far Deneve, Cynthia, and Dietrich saw the mass slowly shrunk down and become more compack as it disappear from site, waiting a few more minutes when Cynthia was able to move on her own they dash off to where Helen and Yuma was.

Upon reaching the two they saw Helen holding Yuma in her arms, the once always loud mouth warrior turn back to them with a look of sadness in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't save either of them." Helen said quietly as in front of her stood a grotesque cocoon... with only a wing of Priscilla free.