Sorry for how short this chapter is, but not only do I have little time to write currently, but I hit a bit of writer's block...

Deamonic

Chapter 10

January 23rd, 2010 8:24 PM

Victory City

Leo walked as fast as he could to get out of the city. He truly was glad to have found Haley, but he couldn't afford to look back and think of what could have been. He had to go forward. Hearing something he turned and saw a raven perched on a light behind him and with a shock recognized the symbol on its forehead. It was the very same symbol that was on the back of the Doll Spider the girl who called herself the Doll Master controlled.

"Leo, whats wrong?"

Remembering Brit was with him Leo cast his gaze towards her.

"The bird. It's one of her Dolls, we have to move. Hurry."

Grabbing the girl's wrist Leo started running through the streets, and ducked into an alley when he found one. Continuing to run as fast as he could Leo kept turning into different alleyways in an attempt to lose the bird, however it never lost him.

"Dammit, I can't lose it! Aria, you go that way!" Leo said as he shoved her down a different alley, while continuing down the one he was already in. "Come and get me bird!"

The bird did just that. It dove towards him and struck him in the chest, causing him to collapse to the ground. Picking himself up off the ground Leo glared at the Doll.

"Come on out, I know you can see through you Doll."

"Very well, I will."

Leo was shocked at the closeness of the voice, and quickly turned around to see the girl. Her bright blue eyes glowed in the darkness, and her white sundress was easily seen in the shadows. He was confused as to how the girl had suck up on him because his magic should have alerted him.

"Leo Leo Leo, you don't get it? I used this to lure you to me." She held out her hand and in it was a glowing yellow orb, his eye. "With this I can track your every move, and thus it is easy to make you go where I want you to, or at the very least, be where you are going."

The girl closed her hand on the orb and placed it in a small pocket on her dress. Walking over to him she stood on her toes and starred him in the eyes.

"Are you really the person I'm looking for? From what I remember he was a lot more cheerful than you, and he would have recognized me by now for sure."

"Do I…..know you?" He asked her.

"Well, you SHOULD know me if your who I'm looking for. Master told me it was you, but I guess he was wrong." The girl sighed and called the raven back to her, and when it touched her it turned back into a wooden bangle. It was then that Leo saw the necklace she wore.

It had a thin gold chain made from many small links, and the clasp was made of silver, with a small blue jewel imbedded in it. The chain extended to her chest, and there was something at the end of it, however Leo couldn't tell what it was for the fact it was under her dress. However he could tell from the size it was most likely a locket of some kind from the size of the bump under said dress.

"What are you looking at?"

Leo's eyes snapped away from the locket and to the girl's face.

"I was wondering whats in your locket."

"Really? Well, I guess I can show you."

The girl pulled the locket out from under her dress, and slipped the chain off her neck. She then extended her hand to him so he could see it. There were two letters gracefully engraved onto its front: KB.

"KB…..?"

The girl hit the small clasp that was on the side of the locket, and then opened the cover, revealing two photos. The one on the inside of the cover was a younger version of her, with the name: Kayla B. The other photo was of a young boy who looked roughly 3 or 4 years older than her. He was wearing a crisp white button up shirt and light brown dress pants. He had short slicked black hair, and bright yellow eyes. This photo also had a name on it, and when his eyes found it Leo's heart skipped a beat. The name on the photo was: Leo B.

"No….thats…..but then that means…"

Leo looked up at the girl again, and saw a confused look on her face.

"K….is that you?"

When he said that, he saw the girl's eyes water as though she was going to cry.

"K? The only person who ever called me that was Big Brother…it really is you!"

"I thought that he killed all of you….I searched the rubble for days and couldn't find anyone…that's why I…..I…..broke the Law…..the most sacred of all the Laws of Ether…"

When she heard that Kayla's eyes grew wide.

"You don't mean that you…."

"I thought you were dead so I…..tried to bring you back to life K…..And my punishment was to be given complete control over death, and be granted an indestructible body. That way I would have to suffer the death of everyone important to me."

Leo felt something wet on his face, and realized he had been crying the entire time. Rubbing his eyes he looked at the girl again. Walking towards her he placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Don't…." He heard her mumble.

"What?"

"I said….." Kayla stepped away from Leo, and his hand fell off her shoulder "Don't touch me!"

Leo was shocked. He had thought that the fact they had both found the only living member of their family other than themselves would be a cause for celebration, however for some reason she was angry at him. Angrier than he had ever thought possible for her.

"K…..whats wrong?"

"Its your fault…your fault…..that they died….if you hadn't brought that thing home…mom and dad would still be alive…"

She lifted her head and glared at Leo.

"I hate you!"

Leo watched in horror as the girl pulled off one of her bangles and threw it at him. As it flew through the air it transformed into a large winged animal, however before he could tell what it was it crashed into him, and he lost consciousness.

Well, until next time!

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