I don't know why, but I trudged my feet when it came time to type this. So sorry. I feel horrible about that... ^_^"

The group of four, Casper, Mantha, Ra and Thatch, were walking throughout the town, looking for Pyro. To be honest, they all feared finding him. But they couldn't just let him destroy the town. Besides, Thatch was apparently immune to having his powers taken. So they SHOULD be fine as long as the vampire remained in the front. Again, the key word being "should".

As they walked through the town, they found many humans and creatures lying on the ground, each one clearly drained of their energy. And each time they passed someone, they were filled with a new hatred for the demon. Even when Septimus was still evil, he NEVER went quite this far. This was down right despicable. Unforgivable. And if they were strong enough, they'd teach that monster a lesson he'd NEVER forget. But they couldn't. All they could do was distract him.

Looking forward, they found a great deal of the town in ruins. And burning with blue fire. Clearly Pyro was pretty much done with collecting power, and was now on the war path. It was, again, despicable. They'd give anything to fix this. However, they couldn't. They just hoped Flash would fix it later, when he wasn't freaking out. They still didn't know why Flash had freaked out when Septimus mentioned Pyro's name. They wished they knew, but they doubted he'd tell them. Besides, the creator needed to remain strong in the eyes of others.

Thatch suddenly stopped walking, causing the others to walk right into him and each other. Before any of them could question him, however, Thatch was forced back, knocking them off their feet.

Casper looked up, finding Pyro a mere few inches in front of Thatch. The hellfire was now a scary 10', easily towering over the vampire. Pyro grinned widely, pulled his fist back and launched it at the child.

" Ah-! "

Thatch yelped, blocking the hit with his arms. Surprisingly, the hit didn't harm Thatch. It pushed him back a couple of feet, caused a flash of light and the cuffs made a strange ding sound, but he was fine. PYRO was the one holding his hand as if it had hurt. The demon growled before looking at Thatch in confusion.

" What the- what?! "

He yelped, looking at the child in confusion. Thatch slowly opened his right eye, looking just as confused as the demon. A gleam caught his eye, and Pyro immediately rushed over and tore the sleeves from the vampires shirt. That's when he saw Thatch's silver cuff links. Pyro raised an eyebrow, wondering how THOSE measly things could stop him. He sent a punch at the child again, getting the same result as before. The demon growled in irritation, throwing several punches the child's way, each and every time only pushing the boy back and hurting his own hands.

Thatch soon lowered his arms a bit so he could look at his cuff links, slowly grinning widely and throwing his hands in the air.

" THANK YOU FATCH! "

He cheered, barely bringing his arms back down in time to block another hit. This little charade continued for a while as well. Pyro was relentless. Trying to hit the others legs or torso during some occasions, or trying to hit his face on many others. Yet the cuffs stood firm, and Thatch didn't back down. However, it wasn't long before Pyro grew furious.

The demons eyes blazed a furious neon blue, and he pulled his fist back, now burning with hellfire before SLAMMING it into the cuffs. This time, not only did it knock Thatch further back than normal, but it completely SHATTERED the cuff links. To make things worse, before Thatch could even gather his bearings, Pyro zipped forward and launched another fist at him, this time knocking him clear off his feet.

The other three gasped and immediately rushed to his side, helping him into a sitting position, Mantha allowing him to lean against her. Thatch groaned, covering up his mouth and his nose, which more than likely took the majority of the hit.

" Geez Thatch! "

The zombie yelped, lightly patting his shoulders. Casper finished off for her.

" Are you ok?! "

Slowly Thatch nodded, seemingly refusing to remove his hands. So something was clearly in serious pain. Suddenly Ra gasped, causing Casper and Mantha to look over as he reached and grabbed something. The mummy stared at what was in his hand in obvious shock, his mouth hung open before he turned to them.

" Uh... Thatch? "

Thatch slowly opened his eyes and turned over to the mummy, who gradually reviled what he'd picked up. All three of them, mostly Thatch, were HORRIFIED at what they saw. In the palm of Ra's hand... was a piece of one of Thatch's canine fangs.

Immediately Thatch began to feel at the broken fang with his hands and tongue, clearly terrified about it being broken. The vampire snagged his missing fang from the mummy's hand, tears stinging his eyes, looking like he would have a mental break down any minute now. Pyro soon laughed once he figured out what was going on.

" Aww! Did I break baby's fang? "

He said, mocking sympathy in a babyish tone, before laughing cruelly.

" Ha! Some creature you are now! Fangless-whimp! "

Thatch soon closed his hands around his fang, growling furiously. Suddenly he began glowing gold, like he had back when Jose had possessed him. Without warning, the child rushed forward and kicked the older in the chin. Which was impressive, considering the superior height difference. Casper, Mantha and Ra could only watch in shock.

' How is he doing this? ' Casper thought nervously. ' I thought Blake sealed Jose up tight. Shouldn't he be incapable of possessing him? ' This thought soon inspired another, and he began to connect it to how Fatch operated. Sometimes he could manipulate Juan Carlos and bend his powers to his will when he began to glow red. ESPECIALLY when he's mad. Maybe Thatch was the same way...? He didn't seem possessed. He seemed very coherent. If he was capable of manipulating Jose, then he was about to kick Pyro's butt.

The being gently lowered itself to the ground, being right on front of a grave stone. It was polished with great care, a beautiful bouquet of white and silver flowers carefully laid in front of it. The being blinked at this before raising their hand, the earth shaking violently beneath them now. Within a matter of seconds, a bolt of white lightning struck the ground in front of the grave stone, blinding any who might've been near by.

As it faded, a woman stood where the bolt had struck. She had very long, snowy hair, black animal ears with four gold clips each, four bangs, each with a silver stripe, large silver wings, silver irises with blue sclera and a bit of black outlining her eyes. She wore a long white jacket that was clipped together at the chest with a blue gem, and silver flowed on the inside edges of the jacket. She wore a long, flowy silver sparkly dress, long enough to keep her shoes hidden. Had they been seen, they would've been tight, silver sparkled high heeled boots. Also, the jacket covered it, but she had a long white tail with a silver stripe on it.

The angel woman swayed where she stood, slowly beginning to fall over. The being rushed over as fast as it could and caught her before she hit the ground, slowly kneeling down and letting her rest against them. The woman slowly opened her eyes again, looking up at the being before smiling softly.

" You... you brought me back... "

She whispered, reaching up and placing a soft hand down no the others cheek.

" I've... been gone so long... thank you... "

The being nodded, helping her take her own balance. She smiled softly before gaining a questionable look.

" Please, if it's not too much of a bother... do you, by chance, know where Flash is? "

" ... Yes. "

The being finally spoke. The voice was... indescribable. It sounded angelic, yet demonic. Maybe even with a bit like a creatures.

" I can sense he has left heaven. I may know where he has fled. Can you fly? "

The woman flapped her wings with all her might, yet she couldn't lift herself from the ground. The being shook it's head softly before scooping her delicately into it's arms.

" Hold on. "

The battle between the two had carried on for a while, neither one backing down. Although, it was easy to see that Thatch was tiring. And this fatigue soon caught up with him as Pyro launched a fist into his chest, once again sending him back. Thatch gasped and sputtered, the golden glow soon fading away. Casper, Mantha and Ra immediately rushed to his side, finding the vampire unconscious.

" What a nuisance. "

Pyro spat, flying down to the earth, remaining in the air. His arms were crossed, and he seemed ready to end it.

" I was hoping to end this so much sooner. *tsk* Oh well. I'll just drain you of your powers now. "

The trio yelped, huddling in close and covering their eyes, not wanting to see when the demon was coming. They were terrified... they didn't want to end up like the rest of the school. Powerless, human-ish, and soon to be... dead... was this the end?

Pyro suddenly gasped in what seemed like surprise, and the children quickly opened their eyes, surprised to find a certain flaming haired demon in front of them. Especially Pyro, who raised an eyebrow in confusion to this.

" Why are you here? "

The hellfire asked, narrowing his eyes.

" I assumed you of ALL people would be a million miles a way from me. "

Septimus simply smirked to this, placing his hands on his hips.

" I just came here to tell you... that you're a complete moron! "

" What?! "

Pyro hissed, his hair quickly blazing in blue fire. Mantha, knowing that the fire demon was being incredibly stupid and reckless, tugged on his free wing.

" Septimus, what are you doing?! "

She whispered harshly.

" Are you TRYING to get yourself killed?! "

Septimus simply smirked at her words, giving her a playful wink.

" Hey, I got a plan here. "

He said coolly.

" And part of it involves making sure you kids don't get killed. "

Quickly turning back to the hellfire, he grinned, going right back to mocking the man.

" You heard me! You're wasting your time on meaningless destruction, when you could've already achieved your goal by now! Or are you just to chicken to fight me like a man? "

Obviously he'd struck a nerve, as Pyro growled furiously to this remark.

" YOU'RE DEAD! "

Thinking quickly as he possibly could, Septimus started running like hell, trying despretely not to get caught now.

Mantha let out the breath that she'd been holding and looked down at Thatch, who'd long since fallen unconscious. Not knowing what else to do, she tried to awaken him. To make sure he was alright. He'd probably need to see Jenette in all seriousness though...

I apparently also trudged my feet when finishing this chappie too. I hope it was alright...