Hey everyone it's you're friendly neighbourhood hitman. I am back after a long hiatus. I have been spending time working on other projects the biggest, and most exciting is a novel I hope to one day get published. So I have focused on the rather than a lot of my fanfiction projects. But I got this finished, and decided to upload it as a break from my novel. So without any more waiting I would like to present the next chapter in the road to the death of our beloved team DEMN.

Chapter 12: An Unwelcome Return Pt.1

Muerte's POV

I rushed into the house going into the living room finding Angel, Dawn, and Myst standing over a pale unconscious Nevia trembling as sweat coated her body. Her one leg was almost entirely black, and there were black veins running up her body like tendrils originating from the wound. "Myst what's wrong with her? Is there anything you can do? Is she going to be Okay?" I asked Myst holding onto her arm shakingly as tears started to run down my cheeks. Nevia sat trembling, groaning weakly as her face contorted into one of pain, and anguish.

"Muerte I'll do what I can, it's almost like a venom but I've never seen any venom this powerful what exactly happened? And you need to know my semblance is good at healing but I'm not a miracle worker we… never mind let's hope it doesn't come to the" Myst said the last part in a muttered tone as she yanked her arm away from my grip, and started to look over Nevia checking over the wound thoroughly. Angel came behind me, and grabbed my shoulders holding me trying to comfort me.

"We were attacked by a man in the woods. We were following a trail made by someone who had attacked, and destroyed our home. Following the trail led to a clearing after a recently destroyed village of Shion. It was burned down to the ground, and everyone was either dead or being killed by bandits, and Grimm." I said looking down sadly.

"Wait your house was destroyed?" Myst asked quickly not looking away from the wound.

"You said Shion is destroyed too? I guess since EsDeath was killed they would have lost their protector the village would have been defenseless." Dawn said looking down.

"Muerte what happened when you reached the field?" Myst asked looking at me.

"We were confronted by that man. But I'm guessing his semblance allows him to create a clone of himself. An exact replica. I confronted one while Nevia confronted the other. I was defeated by the original, and Nevia was stabbed by the clones blade. But it bypassed her aura, and stabbed clean through her leg. We'd both be dead had it not been for EsDeath."

"It bypassed the aura? So this isn't a normal venom. I'm sorry I don't know what to do. I think she's going to…" Myst said quietly trailing off at the end of her sentence.

"No. No please you have to do something." I begged my legs getting weak. I collapsed to the ground looking at Nevia.

"Hey Muerte." I turned, and saw EsDeath standing in the doorway his face was grim as though he was ready to say something I didn't want to hear, "I was the one who destroyed your house. Against my will. The one who attacked you was the one controlling me. His name is Viridi Garden otherwise known as Jester. He is apart of a group who brought me back, and used me to slaughter thousands of people. But they did get their hands dirty so I've seen this before. It's Jesters semblance it's called Death Clone. His semblance gives his split personalities a body of their own, and an added side effect. Anyone attacked by the weapons of the clone are poisoned. The blade negates the aura, and uses the victim's aura to kill that victim from the inside. Nevia's aura is corrupted, and is killing her. The only way we can fix it is by removing the venom from her body. By severing the wound from her body. We have to amputate her leg." He finished moving towards us.

I weakly stood, and clenched my fists slamming my hands into EsDeaths chest repeatedly, "No! You can't do That! There has to be some other way. Please! Myst please do something."

"Angel take her outside and keep her out there. Dawn hold her down in case she starts to struggle to much but first get towels and anything that will soak up the blood, and Myst prepare to cauterize and sterilize the wound." EsDeath said walking towards Nevia extending the blade on his wrist. I screamed at EsDeath begging him not to do this as Angel dragged me outside, and held me as we heard the screams of pain coming from Nevia inside as EsDeath cut off her leg.

"Hey shortstack what's going on in there?" I heard Xavier's voice just as Nevia let out her scream, "What the hell is he doing?!" Xavier said the anger evident in his voice

"He…" I began through my tears, "He said it was the only way to save her," I finished

"Xavier." Angel spoke up, and it stopped him in his tracks

EsDeath's POV

I looked down at my blade the blood dripping off of it. I looked at the blood, and saw that it was almost black. I watched as the blood drained from her wound a black, and red mixture oozed out of her. Myst went to cauterize the wound, "Stop don't cauterize it yet."

"Listen here wolfy I'm a medic I know when I should cauterize an open wound." she said looking at me.

"Her blood is corrupted didn't you hear me say that earlier. When it's bright red cauterize it. Please trust me." I said looking at Myst with a look of sorrow, "Believe me when I say this is the last thing I want to do."

She sighed, and nodded her head. We watched her bleed until she started turning pale, and the couch was almost completely covered in blood. But finally her blood turned crimson, and Myst started cauterizing, and disinfecting the wound. "Hey you do know that Sky is going to quite literally kill you when she sees this couch. Right?"

"Oh right forgot about that. Whoops." I said shrugging. Once the wound was completely cauterize I picked up the unconscious form of Nevia, and took her upstairs to her room. I gently laid her down on her bed, and looked at her sadly, "I'm so sorry Nevia. I wish this hadn't happened." I walked back downstairs, and saw the door open, and heard arguing outside. I walked out, and saw everyone from the house outside when I exited they stopped talking, and stared at me as I stood alone in the doorway singled out from the rest. The seconds felt like hours just standing there in the silence until someone made the first move it was Xavier. He stepped up the porch steps and shoved both his hands into my chest with enough force to knock me back.

"What is your problem? And who the hell do you think you are?" The rage clear in his eyes "Do you have any idea how long you've been gone? The answer is too long EsDeath, but that's not the worst of it you come back and just expect us to believe in you again and the first thing you do is maim a friend. What the hell dude?"

"Xavier you don't understand I know this guy I've been under their control…" I tried to defend myself to him.

"No your right EsDeath I don't understand, you were dead, and it hurt your sister, my sister but yet here we are having this conversation. All because you were magically revived by a group of random bad guys? That seems really far fetched even for us. You know I was happy to see you again… but do you know how hard it is to keep everyone here safe alone. No you don't because you were the one gone. This isn't the EsDeath I lost, you know It probably would have been better if you stayed dead." His words hung on the air as he spoke nothing but the truth, and turned away, and walked away from the house.

I turned, and walked upstairs moving back to my room. It was barren the only thing in it was a neatly made bed, and a dresser to hold mine, and Angels clothing. I walked to the chest, and opened one of the drawers at the very bottom. Inside was my old trench coat, and several notes written by me for myself as a form of releasing anger. Slowly I took the notes out, and placed them on the dresser, and grabbed the trench coat. The trench coat was ripped, and tattered in several places from my time at Beacon. This coat had seen many fights: Goliath herd, Deathstalkers, Beowolf, Boarbatusk, and Ursa. I took the coat, and opened the window, and hopped out of it climbing the drainage pipes to get onto the roof. Once on the roof I took off my mask, and my cloak, and put on the trench coat, and sat on the edge of the roof with one leg bent at an angle so I can rest my arm on it, and my other leg hanging off the edge. I sighed, and looked at the forest thinking back to every single person I killed, every family I destroyed, every village I burned to the ground, and everyone I betrayed. But the hardest thing that kept me thinking was the fact I may have just lost my best friend by just coming home. The hours melded together until the sun was just setting and the Sky was darkening.

"Hey… EsDeath," I heard the soft voice of Angel as her figure rose from the ground holding herself up with her wings and controlling her semblance to give us light to see and not blind.

I smiled when I saw her, and felt at peace, "Hey Angel. I didn't think you knew where to find me. I'm glad you did though I need someone to tal-" I started saying when she cut me off.

"EsDeath I need to know, am I wasting my time and need to move on because I'm sorry it's been how long now? I need to know what I mean to you."

I was surprised by her question, and quickly straightened my posture. "What? Why are you asking me this Angel? I could be separated for you for so many years but I'd never stop loving you. Angel you mean so much to me, and you're the first person I've let into my heart who wasn't family."

"Just being away isn't what I'm talking about, for what I knew you were dead! Do you know what that feels like? That no matter how much you love someone it can not bring someone back to know if they really care…" her voice cracked as she finished "but then they come back, and you still have no idea how they think anymore."

I sat on the edge of the roof, and pulled her as close as I could. "Angel. I love you, and I always will. No force on this planet will keep me away from you. Not even death. No matter what happens Angel I will love you. If something happens where I'm taken away from you I will stop at nothing to find my way back to you no matter the danger. No matter how long it takes I will always find my way back to you. You are my shining star, and you were one of the only two things that kept me from submitting completely to my captures. It's because of you, that I continued to fight my captures." I sat looking into her eyes my own eye conveying a look of honesty, and love.

"EsDeath…" she began but before I let her get to far into her thought I pulled her closer again, and kissed her. "Please never leave like that again." She asked when we separated again, and she rested her forehead on mine, we sat there for several moments before Angel spoke up again "You really need to just talk to him you do know that right? It's not going to do ether if you any good by you just hiding up here. Xavier was also the one to take your absence the hardest, you do mean a lot to him. Now if you still need food we have some leftovers on the table if you would just come inside."

"I know I need to talk to him. But if it'll be anything like when we normally sort out our problems we will have another event just like the fall of Beacon on our hands. I will talk to him about this. I'll be inside soon. Angel," I said looking into her eyes smiling, "I promise I'll never leave like that again. I left thinking I was going to hurt the people closest to me by being here. But I see now it was the opposite. By leaving I hurt you more than any attack could have. I'm sorry for leaving Angel It won't be happening ever again." I said as I hugged her kissing her temple before whispering in her ear, "I'm never going to leave because I have nothing to find out there. You're all I need in this world for everything to be alright. I love you." After I finished speaking Angel, and I finished our embrace, and she went back inside. I laid back staring at the stars above me. I sighed, and closed my eyes.

So once again guys sorry about the wait I hope this chapter was worth the wait. This is only part one I don't know how many parts it will have but we will fond out in the future. So until next time.

-EsDeath signing off.