AN:Hmm... I'm way over there, while I'm still updating here... I've been writing too much in the past week.... and I'm still not even close to done...


Mai and I could tell that something was wrong when we walked into the training area. Everyone was crowded around an object in the corner of the room, their backs turned to us as the observed it. In the center of the room, Caius and Aro stood, talking quietly amongst themselves. In between the two vampires was Cassia, grinning impishly.

"Domeinico...." Mai whispered, holding my hand tightly. "Something is off... I can feel it."

"No kidding." I whispered back as riley ran over, giving the three in the center a wide berth. The fear in his eyes was easily readble, and while my fighter side was pointing this out as a weakness in such a well trained halfling, my heart was telling me that this was a sign that Cassia was undoubtably involved. I cast her another look at found her beaming back at both Mai and I, her eyes narrowing a little and her smile becoming more demonic.

"Domeinico..." Riley began when he reached us, bringing my gaze back to him. "You sure as hell picked a good day to be late." He told me, his eyes flicking toward Cassia and then back when she met his gaze.

"What happened, Riley?" Mai asked, looking at him with those all knowing eyes. "Why is everyone over in the corner."

"Ryo was killed." He told us, his voice grave. "By Cassia."

I felt my heart skip a beat as Riley finished his sentence. The fact that Cassia had managed to develop her skills to the point that they could kill someone was enough to scare even me, and I thought I'd seen it all. Only Twilight and I had ever shown our the ability and/or courage to kill, but even then we were messed up as an after effect. These vampires, the halflings, were our only allies, if that. Not only that, they were our own kind and had become family in our dark hours. Killing them would be like killing a sibling. Yet Cassia stood there, grinning like she had won the Olympics.

"How..." Mai finally asked after two minutes of shocked silence.

"I don't know. One second Ryo was winning, the next Cassia has her hands on his arms and he's stone cold dead, just like that."

"Her abilities?" Mai scooted closer to me as she asked her question. As soon as her body touched mine, I felt the tremors that were wracking her body. Her fear was painfully obvious to me.

"Maybe...probably..." Riley answered, eyeing both of us before continuing on. "It sure as hell looked like it anyways.... besides, have you seen Caius' face? He looks as if he's just come across the Missing Link or something."

I looked down and shuddered. Cassia's abilities had developed into something similar to my own. She somehow could get inside a persons mind and shut their entire body down from the inside, just as I could.

"Domeinico..." Mai began, but I cut her off with a shake of my head before she could get any further.

"Come with me, Mai." I hissed, catching her arm and guiding her out of the room. As soon as I made it through the doors I began to sprint, pulling her quickly alongside me. Mai scurried beside me, her stamina remotely surprising. Had our situation been better, I probably would have asked how she had developed it, but my mind was elsewhere. I was desperately trying to get Mai somewhere safe, and right now the only person that could do that was undoutably in Forks.

"What are you doing?" Mai asked as we drew close to my room."

"Something..." I told her quietly, not wanting to go into details.

"Tell me." She demanded, pulling her hand away with surprising strength. As she did, she glared at me, revealing allthe hate and anger that had yet to surface. I knew that she was hiding it somewhere within her, but her desperation to have the person who had always been there for her won over her building rage. But with this, me hiding important information from her, her rage was beginning to build.

"I'm going to contact Twilight." I finally blurted out, not willing to risk anything.

"Twilight?" Mai asked slowly, not comprehending. "Who is that."

"Our so called sister. The one who didn't have a name...."

"I don't..." Mai began, but then her eyes widened in remembrance. "You mean she's alive?!" She asked, grabbing my arm in a surprisingly tight grip.

"Yeah..." I nodded a little.

"But.... if she's alive...." Her happiness dimmed a little. "Why didn't she tell dad? Or Lothario?"

"Because Roman killed her memories..." I told her. "It was a little after she left.... she had no idea it would happen..."

"So that's why they never came..." Mai breathed, smiling a little. "And all this time I thought she had given up on us."

I cringed a little and started to object by saying that Twilight would never do that, but instead kept my mouth shut. I too had thought that once and for a long time I believed it to be true. It wasn't until I took Mai's body out to see Roman that I realized our 'sister' had survived.

"How will you contact her?" Mai continued, rocking on her heels.

"Well, before she left I was able to plant something in her head...a seed if you will. Thorugh that I'll be able to contact her, I hope.... And with that, she'll be able to communicate back."

"So you're basically a living breathing cell phone?" She asked, grinning a little.

"Pretty much..."

Mai nodded a little, then looked at me slightly. Though a full scale blow-up had been avoided, I could still see betrayal in her eyes. I knew she was angry with me for taking her away from her lover and she had every reason to be.

"Domeinico...." She began, causing my heart to pick up the pace.

"Yes?" I asked slowly, biting my lip a little.

"Why did you kidnap me.... when I was free....?" Mai asked softly.

"Cassia had control." I told her quickly, lying through my teeth. "Now, I need absolute quiet for this can you hold it in?"

I meant it as a joke, but my heart just wasn't in it. Instead, I focused on my abilities and began to establish a link to our long lost sister.


AN: So.... why did he.... Muahahaha.....

More tommorow hopefully, but I've got a busy day too so I don't know....