Chapter 4: Deadly Wounds:

The ride to the fortress was uneventful and Dilandau had a chance to study his daughter closely. She really was quite beautiful and he noticed the telltale sign of adrenaline running out. He landed and quickly and exited the machine tearing down the walkway and into the infirmary. As soon as she was set down on the bed the medical staff was at work.

" She's lost a lot of blood, she needs a blood transfusion ASAP." one of the medical staff said and gulped as he noticed Dilandau still in the room.

"Dilandau-sama, I'm sorry but you cannot be in here really you can't we need space to work and this young lady will die if you don't leave, the other young lady is in another room she will be okay, please sir." he begged and paled as Dilandau stared him down,

"My daughter is going to live, if you need blood it is mine you shall take." he hissed and turned speaking with someone just outside the door. Turning he shed his jacket leaving the crimson top on and he lay down on the opposite bed and glared at each of them until they put him under the blood began to flow to the young girl almost immediately and they took note of the fact that the wounds stopped bleeding and were healed pretty quickly, Not to say she didn't heal instantly but her wounds seem to close up clotting the blood that had poured out of her chest cavity and arm. The doctor's were amazed and they tried not to look to surprised, they had received a shock and a half when the girl was brought in to the infirmary. Dilandau had snarled when they froze but they had no clue he had a daughter that looked just like him. She had jet black hair when she was born.

Smiling softly the doctor in charge wrote something down and proceeded to look after the next patient on there list, a young blue haired girl who had been beaten pretty bad, he hoped Dilandau had not done this otherwise it could pose a problem.

Meanwhile back at the Ranch. Err I mean Mansion.

Amber was pacing, and pacing and yep you guessed it pacing. The group watched her carefully as she muttered something under her breath. Most days she had nothing to do with Tajay's 'friends' but right now was not a time to not associate with them. She turned and stopped as she sensed rather than heard a young man slip into the room.

"Well" she said and looked over at the young soldier standing tall nervously twitching no reflection of what he was feeling on his face.

"My lady, Both girls are okay, Dilandau-Sama helped in a blood transfusion to Tajay-Sama and they will both make it," he said and turned a slight nod of his head as he exited the room. Amber and the rest of the room gave a sigh of relief,

" well I'm not sure how Taj runs things but go home, rest, heal, go to school, stay out of trouble and report back here when you receive further notice. Kado in my study Now." she ordered and everyone cleared out. She made her way to another room and waited for the young man to take a seat opposite her as she sat down at a large oak desk.

"What happened, better yet what went wrong?" she asked sternly and the young man began his story…

Three hours later they both emerged and she smiled, She understood everything now and he was aware of her past as well, he know understood Tajay's father and Kado shook his head, he needed to speak with him immediately.

The Vione

Dilandau had a headache and he was not in a happy mood, it had been nearly a week and so far Tajay showed no change, her wounds were healing but still she refused to wake. He sighed as a blue haired female dressed in black slipped into the room with a young man that Identified himself as Kado Fa. The pair sat down without the proper respect.

"How is she sir?" the young girl asked tiredly and looked over at the girl. Her onyx eyes were sad and she was almost weary,

"She's well, she's getting better all she needs is to wake up." he said and glared at the pair.

"Sir may I speak with you privately?" the male asked and met his glare fiercely. He was used to it having been with Tajay for years as a friend and now as her boyfriend, few people knew of this and because of that he felt it best to speak with the man who Tajay called her father.

"Hurry up boy I don't have all day" he snarled and watched the young man shift nervously, Dilandau had a huge amount of respect for him, not many could look him straight in the eye.

"Well sir this is something I have to ask man to man, I have been dating your daughter for sometime with Amber's permission but I would like your permission as well to court her." he said and waited praying the man would say yes.

"Court her hmm?" Dilandau said and shook his head a moment leaning back in the chair and closing his eyes. He didn't know much about this young man but he trusted Amber's judgement, He was willing to allow it but at the same time he was going to say no, or so he thought anyway.

"Well, my instinct says to tell you forget it, however since my wife has given her blessing I might as well." He concluded and opened his garnet eyes looking at the young man who was suddenly standing completely still, no fidgeting or anything else. Blaze had slipped back into the room and was standing against the wall smiling.

"Thank you sir" a new voice said and Dilandau glanced sharply to his right. Garnet clashed with emerald as the pair looked at each other.

"Your welcome, I should tell your mother your awake" he said and got up leaving the room a small smile on his lips as he shut the door.

"I can't believe he said yes, I thought he was going to harm me or well skin me alive." Kado said and murmured something else as Blaze chuckled under her breath,

"Relax mate, I spoke with one of the soldiers he's all bark and no bite especially when it comes to his daughter." she said and sat down suddenly pale.

It may have been a couple weeks since the initial attack but every so often she got dizzy spells and just kind of stopped moving or anything else.

"Hey I'm glad you asked, now we can really start going out," Tajay said tiredly as she moved to sit up. Kado was at her side and helped her sit while positioning himself nearby. Blaze sat on the end of the bed.

Dilandau opened the door quietly and smiled softly as he saw the group sitting together. He had gone down to the mansion and told Amber the good news, it was at that time that several members of the flaming dragons descended on the house and everyone was transported onto the Vione. Amber moved past him and into the room laughing through her tears.

"Mom, chill will ya, I'm fine, go cry somewhere else." Tajay hissed as she was enveloped in a hug. She was already forming her next move because with Taylor's out of the way she now owned his territory as well as her own.

"Kado inform the others that we move to Belgium Terrace next week, and let Silence know he's in charge of ground troops." She said quietly and Amber looked distinctly uncomfortable.

"Mom" she hissed and glared at her.

"Actually you own no territory and your gang is all aboard the Vione, we um are no longer on earth sweetie we now are in Gaia" Amber said and stepped away as the information sifted through Tajay's brain.

"WE'RE WHAT" she hissed and bolted upright, adrenaline pumping through her veins, She barged out of the room and into the hallway, she found the nearest window and looked out nearly choking on her rage as she saw they were indeed no longer on Earth.

She whirled and round nearly screaming her frustration and rushing past the three now cowering people in front of her. Dilandau watched her form the shadows as she went into the main area. He nearly had the same reaction when he found out Amber was gone, only he had been slightly more violent then she had.

Tajay stormed into the main hold and stopped as all her gain stood glaring at the soldiers, some of whom were openly taunting them. A young man with shocking blue eyes and sandy blond hair stood straight up when he caught sight of her gulping when he took notice she looked beyond angry.

"oh ho, pretty boy decides he'd gonna look sharp huh, to bad your boss is half dead, maybe I'll let you spit shine my shoes." one of the soldiers said and hissed in surprise when he was sent flying across the room and red mark upon his face.

"I suggest you get your facts straight and leave my men alone, as for the spit shining I leave that to the dogs, once I'm done with you you may make a nice supper for some pup in a feeding frenzy." Tajay said and turned glaring haughtily at the soldier.

"Why you little wen…" He began and stopped when he got a good look at her, he backed up and began to whimper.

"I have no use for cowards" Dilandau snapped while entering the bay, everyone immediately came to attention and Dilandau moved with ease towards the smouldering tinder that was his daughter. He stopped just out of her reach as Amber came and stood beside him, even now she was recognizable to everyone but the newcomers.

"Now dearest she was handling the situation just fine" Amber said teasingly and both Dilandau and Tajay rolled their eyes in frustration.

"Not now Mother" she hissed and stepped towards the cowering man, taking perverse pleasure in how badly she was scaring him.

It was no secret that she loved being an Albatou and especially when she could scare the living daylights out of people who really know little about her or her friends.