Author's Note: Sorry for this chapter being so freakin' long! T.T but I was bored and had nothing else to do haha. But I hope you enjoy, and review please, criticism is good for my brain and so are good reviews haha

Chapter Four: Mike

My head had a light buzzing sound floating around as I got ready for bed. I said goodnight to Luna, brushed my teeth, and cleaned my face off, ready to fall onto the bed into sleep's sweet bliss. As I stayed there for almost thirty minutes I contemplated on how well Luna's birthday went. There were some minor problems here and there, such as Luna not paying attention to her friends due to the fact I could tell her youthful mind was wondering what the hell was in the box. That's the main reason I didn't want to tell her what the clue was my great grandfather left me. I had told her, she'd probably lock herself in her room and not talk to anyone until she had that damn clue figured out. But I guess you could blame me for that gene, I was the same way when I was her age. I needed to know how something worked on the inside, I wouldn't rest until I knew everything was about it. The Corps didn't even help with that either, even then I couldn't rest until I knew everything about something.

I was almost about to fall asleep when I hear a faint knocking sound downstairs. My entire body became alert and alive and without hesitating I opened up my gun case and grabbed my handgun ready for whatever was downstairs or outside. Not even bothering to put my shirt on I walk into Luna's room first making sure that nothing was inside there. Nope nothing. I check the next few rooms just to check and nothing was there either. Whatever was making that knocking sound was downstairs and still downstairs because I could hear it faintly. I carefully walk downstairs with my gun in front, I turn the corner and look into the kitchen and the dining room, and then the family room. Nothing in there either. I turn back around and look thru the peephole. And man did I get the surprise of my life. I shouldn't be so surprised to see who was on the other side of the door, I knew that one day she would rear her ugly head back into our life one way or another.

I lean my head against the door and debated whether or not to open the door. The bitch needed to go away, forever. She needed to die and stay away from us. But I should've known that hope would die quickly. Relentlessly I open the door, and my face contorted in disgust as she smiles.

"What the hell do you want Anna?" I ask letting the anger seep into my voice. "You know you have no business being here what-so-ever. None. Zip. Now go away before I decide to put a bullet in your head. It wouldn't be that hard to convince a judge that it was an accident. After all it is to dark to tell who the hell is who at night." She just stands there glaring away as her smiled turns into a frown.

"Is that any way to treat your wife?" She asked taking a stop back, finally getting the hint that I really was not in the joking mood.

"Ex." I respond back. "And I can treat you any way I want. After all you have no right to be here, or even be near here for that fact."

"I just wanted to say hello to Luna. Wish her a happy 18th birthday. Don't I at least deserve that much? After all I am her mother." She smiles. God I hated that smile, she looked like a brat that needed serious punishment. A brat that didn't understand the consequences of doing what she did wrong.

"No." I began shutting the door in her face, when she put her hand between the door and the frame. Oh God how I was tempted to close it shut on her hand. To break it and hear her scream in pain. But not even that wouldn't satisfy me enough for what she did to us. And I didn't exactly want to wake up Luna.

"You can't protect her for long. Have you even told her who I am?" I shake my head.

"She doesn't need to know about the bitch that left her behind. She doesn't need to know that kind of pain."

"You know you can't keep her from this secret much longer Mike. She'll find out sooner or later."

"No not later. She'll know by tomorrow. But trust me, it's not me that should be worried about my safety when she does find out. I would worry about your own safety first, Anna." I put emphasize on her name, so she would take the hint to finally leave. I was tired and ready to greet my bed with open arms. "Now can you go away, so I can sleep in peace, this was not part of the night I was looking forward to." She shrugged and turned to walk away. But she stopped and turned back around, her blue eyes glinting in the moon's beams.

"If I was you Mike, I would watch your back wherever you went. You never know what might happen if you look away at the wrong time." I could hear the threat in her own voice, but I paid no attention to it. She was no threat to me. I shut the door and made sure that I locked it. After checking the front door, I went around to see, and make sure, that all the windows were closed, locked, and shut, as well as the garage door and the sliding glass door. She may be puny, but the guy that was hiding around the corner wasn't so small and puny. He was probably there to guard her in case I decided to harm or hurt her in any way. I finally walked up the stairs, satisfied that no harm could come to Luna right now. I walk into my bedroom close the door behind me and fall onto the bed. I didn't care about anything but sleep right now. I was too tired to move, and soon enough my eyelids begin dropping. The last memory I was thinking of was Luna. The day she came into this world, and the day she was abandoned.

-18 years ago-

I was pacing back and forth in the waiting room, kicked out by my own wife because I was getting on her nerved. I sat down hoping that would help me calm down just a little bit. But I wanted to be there with her, to help her, but I was ordered to stay out until the doctor came out to get me. To me this hour seemed like an eternity, was it ever going to end? And then my imagination started to get the better of me. What if I'm not a good father? What if I don't raise her right and screw up? What if…What if she doesn't like me? I smack my hand against my head. There was no need to worry about that right now. There was no point I was just getting myself even more worked up than before. I know I'm going to make mistakes; no new father is immune from that. I was more afraid of my soon-to-be newborn daughter, not loving me or hating me.

My leg started bouncing up and down and it wasn't until I heard the clearing of a throat that I looked up. It was the doctor. My leg stopped bouncing as I stood up to hear what he had to say.

"Mike Debano?" He said, taking off his rubber gloves. "Would you like to come see your wife and newborn daughter?" You would think those words would have a man running for the room they were staying in, but I was shocked. I'm really a dad…I'm really a dad. "Mr. Debano? Are you alright sir? You look a little pale." He put a concern hand on my shoulder and I nodded.

I cleared my throat. "Yes. Thank you." I smile as he showed me to where my wife and daughter were. On the way there he told me that everything went fine and that mother and baby were just fine, which made my nerves go down just a little bit. He opened the door and let me go thru first and boy did my heart jump for joy. I saw Anna looking down at a tiny bundle of blankets. She looked up when she heard the doctor speak.

"She weighs eight pounds and fourteen ounces. We'll leave you three alone, but we will be in later to check up on you two." With a wave of his hand the nurses in the room left and he followed behind them, shutting the door on his way out. I looked back down at my wife and she looked up with the biggest smile on her face, and her eyes sparkled with the love and joy she felt. My face reflected her joy and love. I bent down and kissed her on her forehead.

"I'm so glad that the both of you're are safe and sound. I was panicking outside not knowing what the hell was going on in here." My eyebrow raises up in question but her smile never faltered.

"I'm sorry Mike, but all that pacing you were doing was making it worse for me." I was about to object but she stopped me. "I know you can't help it but it was for the best." I frowned.

"I feel hurt…" She laughed and I smiled. "Well I guess I should be grateful. I have my hand intact and I didn't have to experience 'The Exorcist'." She hand whipped out and smacked mine. "Ow." I rubbed my hand, pretending that it hurt just to make her feel better. "Feel better now?" She nodded and looked back down at our daughter.

"What shall we name her? It has to be something cute, not ugly, cute. And it has to certainly be unique—" I zoned out as I looked outside into the darkness. I saw a dark figure standing near the window and I sighed. I look away and up at the moon. I knew something good and bad was going to happen tonight whether or not I liked it.

"Luna." I said out loud.

"—What?" She asked surprised.

"Why don't we name her Luna? That's certainly unique and I find it cute." I turn around and smile, but it never reached my eyes.

"What made you think of that name?" She asked switching our daughter to her other arm.

"Well she was born during a full moon," I replied pointing outside towards the direction of the moon. "I think that would be a good reminder of when she was born wouldn't you agree?"

"I agree." It wasn't until we put Luna down for that night that our lives turned upside down from then on. We were both asleep, Anna on the bed and I on the small couch sleeping soundly. I wasn't until midnight that something in the room set my alarm off in my body. I slowly brought my eyes open to see if there actually something in the room, but not moving to let the intruder know that I was awake. I looked around letting my eyes adjust to the moon's rays, and the room's darkness. It took a few minutes until I could spot a dark clothed figure in near Luna's bed. The dark figure stood like that for twenty minutes and I lay still to see what his first move would be. It wasn't until a hand went up and slowly went towards Luna that I jumped up ready to defend my baby girl. His hand stopped half-way and I could see that his head turned my way and I caught sight of his eyes, the moon's rays glinting off of them. A familiar shock went through me and I knew that it was not an enemy that had come to take Luna. No this man was a messenger. A messenger of the Allucinatori'.

"You know I am here not to harm you and your child Mike Debano. I am only here to deliver a message, a divination." His head turned away from me and looked at Anna. "She won't want to hear this but she must."

"What the hell are you talking about? What does Anna have to do with anything? And why the hell is an Allucinatori messenger doing here?" I could feel my muscles tense as his eyes shifted towards me once again.

"How could you have not known? Anna Druno, your wife, is from the House of Cain?" My heart dropped.

"Wha—," He looked away and back to Anna. And I looked at her too. If she was truly from the House of Cain, then she must have the Mark. The cursed Mark God threw upon Cain when he murdered his own blood brother Able. I walked to Anna's bedside and looked down at her, confused and hoping truly that was this messenger was saying was false. Anna? She couldn't truly be one of them. She couldn't be. "How…" I swallowed and looked back at the Allucinatori.

"Did you not see the Mark? You should have, but now her Mark is immune to you due to the fact that you two slept with each other. Usually if an Allucinatori touches a member of the House of Cain they would immediately feel a shock."

"You had better damn well have evidence that she really is a member of that cursed House. Huh? Do you have proof?" I asked trying hard not to raise my voice as to wake up Luna and Anna.

He walked over to where I was and raised his hand towards Anna's head. I grabbed his arm midway not sure what he was exactly going to do to her. "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to show a fellow brother the proof he wants that his wife is from the House of Cain. Or do you believe and wish for me to do my job and tell you the divination." He let go of his hand. It is true. I wanted to know the truth, my heart needed to know but my head didn't. I loved her so much, how could she deceive me like this? His hand hovered above her hand and blue sparks began to appear between them. I back up a few steps knowing that Anna would wake up and she wouldn't be a happy person is she knew who was near her.

Between her eyebrows a very small cross appeared and beautiful complicated patterns began to appear from that cross. They swirled all around on her forehead and down the side of her face and down her neck disappearing underneath her gown and the covers. They started to solidify and looked permanent on her face like an elaborate tattoo.

Anna's eyes flew open and she sat up as if someone had stuck needles into her body and electrocuted her. The Allucinatori also backed up and it looked as if he was smiling. Her eyes looked over at Luna, her mother instinct to make sure her baby is safe from harm and then she looked over towards me and the stranger. Her eyes opened wide realizing that there really was an intruder in her room and that her baby was in danger. She whipped around and snatched Luna out of her plastic crib, holding her tight to her chest. She knew I was there but she was more focused on the Allucinatori, to see if he would make a move towards her and her child. I stood there like a deer caught in the headlights. What this messenger said was true she really and truly is a member of that cursed House. My blood started to boil just thinking about it, that damn little...How the hell did I not see this before? Damn it! How…why did I have to fall in love with her of all people? Why?

"Anna Druno, daughter of Kana and Draka, you were born into the House of Cain and Mike Debano, son of Hevn and Eidos, you were born into the Allucinatories. I have brought forth a divination of your daughter Luna from the highest Order. 'The Moon shall rise to her brilliance, behold she shall free the people. But beware the darken soul of Cain's children, the House of Cain. For they will stop at nothing to bring down the Moon and her brilliant Radiance. The one with the Mark is destined to bring down the House of Cain.' I have delivered the message and have done my duty and now I must leave." He backed away but before he could leave and disappear, a glass vase was thrown in his direction. The Allucinatori dodged it and I see his eyes glint in anger as the vase shatters and the pieces fall to the floor one by one. Making tiny clinking sounds against the floor.

"You son of a bitch. You dare come here and tell me a lie?" She tried throwing something again but I caught her arm, coming out of my shock. She turned and glared at me pissed that I stopped her. "And you! You dare lie to me?" She tried to rip her arm away from me, but that was the last straw. I could feel my anger boil over.

"You want to talk about lying? Why didn't you ever fucking tell me you were a descendent of Cain! The damned House of Cain!" Right then Luna, forgotten that she was there in Anna's arms, starting crying. Startled from the intensity of our voices and the shattering of glass. She wasn't the only one that was aware that something was going on. I heard footsteps running down the hallway, and I knew this wasn't going to be a good scene to explain. I turned to the messenger, hoping he would get the hint to leave right away. He got it and vanished into thin air, the only evidence of his being here was stuck in our memories. Memories that would never be remembered for good ones. I looked down at Anna and the Mark slowly disappeared. I let go of her arm not wanting to touch her anymore. I didn't know what to do anymore, I was hurt. The door to the room was swung open and the doctor and two nurses came into the room. One of the nurses gasped when she saw the broken glass on the ground. The other nurse rushed over to Anna and Luna making sure both of them weren't hurt.

To everyone's surprise, including myself, Anna shoved Luna into the nurse's arms. "I don't want to touch that demon child." After she got rid of Luna she turned and tore out the IV needle out of her arm and threw it towards the end of the bed. She threw the covers off of her and swung her legs out and stood up. The doctor rushed over to stop her but she was faster. Her hand quickly shot out and smacked him right across the face sending him into the wall. She looked at me still glaring she didn't want anyone to get in the way of her leaving the hospital. I didn't care, it would be better for all of us if she did leave. She turned away and I watched her walk out the door. The nurse that was holding the crying Luna walked over obviously shaking from what just happened. She handed me Luna and I took her, she immediately calmed down. Sticking her tiny thumb in her mouth she shut her eyes and fell back asleep. The nurses helped the doctor up as he rubbed his face that was now turning red from where Anna had hit him in surprise.

"Is there anything you would care to explain to us Mr. Debano?" He asked after he told the nurses to go after Anna. But there was no use she'll be long gone before they even get out the door. Not wanting to look away from Luna's sleeping face I replied.

"Her mother is not in her right mind, and I have a feeling she'll never come back to see Luna, and so I ask that you take her off of the birth certificate. You'll never see her again as long as you live. It's best that Luna never finds out what kind of mother she had when she was born."

"But sir—,"

"Just do it. Is it alright for me to take her home now?" I look up and he shakes his head.

"We must keep her overnight just to make sure she really is ok to take home."

"Just one night?"

"Yes sir."

"Then tomorrow morning we will be leaving, and I hope for your sake you do make sure that Anna's name is taken off of the birth certificate." I didn't want Luna to suffer the hatred her mother now has for her. She doesn't need to carry that kind of burden with her everywhere.