We rushed back to the camp, which was already in pretty bad shape. The trees and ground were scorched dry, some of the fires still raging. One of them was burning inside the house, and engulfed it in flames, and the smoke that rose burned my eyes and throat. For two seconds, I thought I had seen the little ghost girl again…. She grinned at me, and then disappeared in a wall of flame.

The rest of the gang wasn't doing too well either. Chung was being swarmed by Dark Elves, who were moving faster than he was, jumping around him and mockingly slashing with their blades. One of them got too close, and he kicked her hand before grabbed her blade and cutting off two of her fingers. She howled in pain, and he made quick work of her, stabbing her in the chest so she twitched and hissed on the floor before quickly bleeding to death. The other Dark Elves backed up, much more serious in their attacks now that they had seen what Chung could to to them. Eve was doing well on her own firing lasers and needles at all angles around her and picking off the oncoming hoard one by one. On the other side of the field, Raven was hacking and slashing away at the Glitters in front of him, yelling out things like, "Are you alright?!" and "Hold up, I'm coming!"

I rushed over to him, screaming as I unleashed a wide slice through all the Glitters that were mobbing him. My Fatality did good work, and all the Glitters dropped to the floor, dead in seconds. Raven looked surprised, but quickly turned and held his hand out in thanks. I took it, and he shook with a stern expression. "We have to get to Aisha. She's in trouble!"

"You got it!" I replied. Aisha was my best friend, and if she was in trouble, I'd help her to the very end. "Where is she?"

"She ran inside a little while ago, but the Dark Elves seized the place! I can't get in!" He exclaimed wirily, staring at the house. I could see some lights flashing from inside, and Aisha stumbled in front of the window. A Dark Elf slashed at the floor after her, but was knocked out cold by a downward bash from her staff. "Oh shit, we have to help her!"

"Guys, I got this." Elsword suddenly said, a devious look on his face. I was skeptical, until he threw both the blades on the ground and said, "Check it mama, no hands!"

He ran over to Chung, who was firing steadily at a Dark Elf. As Elsword got to him, he leaned in close and whispered something in his ear, and then ran back to the house. Chung turned his cannon and aimed it right at us, before firing five bullets our way. The bullets opened up and split into three each, still coming straight for us. We ducked out of the way, Raven screaming, "HOLY FUCK, WOLF!" and me screaming, "YOU IDIOT!" The bullets tore past us, and bombarded the house, the Dark Elves scattering if they didn't get blown to bits in the process. I screamed out some inaudible noise, for all I knew, Aisha was dead-!

A figure emerged from the rubble of the house, and before he stepped out of the smoke, I was breathing a sigh of relief. "I go'chya. It's cool." Elsword was saying as he walked towards me, holding Aisha in his arms. She was clutching his neck, gasping and writing as blood trickling down her side. I gasped and rushed over, staring at her. The gash in her side had opened up and looked worse than ever, and she was bleeding badly. "Aisha- Aisha, hold on-"

"Put her down!" Raven yelled, running over as well. He skid on his knees to her, grasping her hand as soon as he was next to her. "Aisha, hold on, we'll get you treated. You'll be alright-"

"R-raven-" She squeaked, reaching out for him. He took her hand and put it back down by her side, examining her open wound. I kneeled down next to them too, scanning the area for any monsters or Dark Elves or things that could hurt her. The coast seemed to be clear, whatever was left was either running or being shot down by Chung and Eve… "We need to get her closed back up quickly, we can't stay here much longer."

"I know." He hurriedly replied, shaking his head. "But we…."

"Raven-" Aisha squeaked, weakly reaching a hand out for him. He took her other and and kissed them both, tears coming to his eyes. "-Please- Kill me-"

"What-?!" He gasped, tightening his grip on her fingers, his eyes going wide. "Aisha, no! I can't do that! I- I love you! And we can save you, please, don't ask me to do something like that…!"

"Raven, please…" Her eyes started drooping closed. "Please…. My body hurts, and I've lost too much blood- I can't-"

"Aisha, no…. I can't…" He whispered, releasing her hands. "If you die… I'll be alone again… I don't want that, I want to be with you…"

"You heard the girl, she wants to die! If you won't do it, I'll do it for you!" A voice screamed, and before I could register it, a blade came down from right behind me, piercing Aisha's chest. She screamed, blood flying from her mouth as she violently jerked her head back, and then writhed for a few moments before all was still. We sat in stunned silence, minus the laugh of the monster that killed Aisha, and stared down at her for what felt like eternity. Raven was the firs to move, yelling, "No, Aisha!" and scrambling to pull the blade out, check for a heart beat, stop the bleeding, do anything to save her or bring her back, but it was too late. I was next to move, and did almost practically the same thing, before examining the blade protruding from Aisha's chest. It wasn't a sword, not like I thought it was, but instead, it was a spear. Orange, with a regal golden, red, and white blade, blood crusted into the ridges. I gasped. "Ara?! But I thought…!"

"Aww, look, the little Crow is crying… How pathetic you are, couldn't even save her?" our old friend taunted, laughing at Raven's sobs. I couldn't believe what was happening, it was Ara, in the flesh, living and breathing. But how? She was killed, by Raven, right before I left… So how was she still here? Her hair was dyed pure white, and she had markings all up her face, but from the base of her tails to about halfway up, they were being dyed a pinkish black. She was wearing a simple white shirt, with no sleeves and a high collar, and orange wrappings around her abdomen, hips and legs that wrapped over her black shorts. She was grinning madly, nothing left in her eyes but he will to kill and the fire of insanity. Just like…

"You?!" Chung was suddenly there, emerging from the cleaning to the left of the house, blood running over his closed eye. His cannon was at the ready, the fire of pure rage alight in his eyes. "You… Bitch! You killed my people!"

With an enraged scream, he ran at her, and Ara, and she jerked her spear out of Aisha's chest, cutting my cheek and spraying blood in Raven and Elsword's general direction. She spun her staff and charged at him, jamming her spear into the ground and pushing huge chunks of rocks and ground up from beneath her. Chung blocked quickly, and returned her attack with one of his own, knocking her into the air and firing a barrage of shells. I shielded my eyes from the glow, and hen I opened them again, she was right behind him, a sick grin on her face.

"Chung, watch out!" I screamed, but before he could turn, she swept her spear across the ground and knocked him off his feet, before kicking him in the stomach and sending him flying back. He tumbled as he it the floor, but skid on his shoulder and got back to a fighting position, pulling a bomb from his belt and tossing it at her. She lunged over it, sweeping her spear from behind her and grabbing his collar with the back of the staff to throw him high into the air. In a flash, she was next to him, still grinning, and pushed off the air behind her to speed through him. He gasped, arching as she sped behind him and ripped a shallow gash in his side. He fell to the floor, clutching his side and still glaring at her, his cannon aimed at her back. "Don't bother with it, I'm much faster than you are."

"Doesn't mean I can't kill you…!" He growled, and fired a shot, but in a blur of motion, she avoided the shot and was behind him, stepping on his wrist and crushing it with her foot. "I told you I was faster! You're no match for my speed-"

A bullet zipped past her face, and Raven was suddenly standing, glaring at her, his arm up and one blade drawn. "But I am."

A wall of flame tore over the ground, Raven's bellowing voice echoing as he charged after her, ready for attack. She brought her spear up and charged forward, laughing as he screamed, "I'LL KILL YOU!"