Chapter 12

Aridan and Devi followed behind Aya into the hospital. Manx, Knight, Naru, and Queen were further back, armed, packed, and ready. The four of them were going to accompany Aya-Chan to the other world.

"What's your sister's name?" Aridan asked. Devi was behaving for once. He supposed it was probably because, although Devi was a shameless flirt, he did know how to act when someone was in pain. And they could both tell that Aya was in pain over his sister.

"Her name is Aya. Mine is Ran. When around her you will call me Ran. When she isn't around you will call me Aya."

"Okay," Aridan could guess why. He was taking her name so that he could take revenge for her. Its what one of his friends had done before.

"Mind your language around her," Aya warned, giving Devi a sharp look before leading them into the hospital room.

"How do your portals work, exactly?" Aya asked. He needed to know that it was safe. He knew he had asked a few times already.

"I can't think of another way to describe it other than what I already have. They're tears that I pull open. All realms are connected, including worlds. If you pull the right thread an opening will happen. The only thing is, if you just pull at a random thread you don't know where it will take you. Which is how we all ended up here. The portal was just supposed to be open long enough to snap closed on a demon's head to sever it. No harm would've happened if it would've went that way. It wasn't even supposed to open this realm. There are realms inbetween realms that are like shadows of hallways. Its just open space that acts as a boundary so that the realms don't collide with each other. I use the empty space all the time. But when I shoved the demon in, it grabbed onto me, and, because I was inside the tear I had opened, my life force ended up opening your realm, too."

"Okay, and where are you going to keep my sister? Where is a safe place in your world?" Aya walked over to his sister's hospital bed and sat down at the edge, taking her hand in his own.

He gave Aridan a look as the blonde sat on the other side and took her other hand.

"What are you doing?" Aya demanded, glaring at him.

"Just…let me try something." Aridan's entire body started to glow.

"Let go of her hand, Ran. Your energy might disrupt his." Devi said, startling him. To say he was worried was an understatement.

"What's he doing?" Aya asked as he released his sister's hand.

"I'm not sure. There are a few things he could be doing, and none of them can harm her. He isn't the type of person to hurt a person who hasn't hurt someone that he cares for."

Aya nodded. He had noticed that. Aridan was incapable of hurting someone unless it was to save someone else, and even then he tried to avoid it. He knew a fake when he saw it, and Aridan wasn't one.

"We are going to take your sister to the Crimson Rose. It's a place that Silver owns. Only our most trustworthy warriors stay there. Its where we all live. it's a bar with a series of apartments attached. We live in the apartments and we take shifts at the bar. The faeries are waiting there for her. I told them to expect her and some friends. I told them that she is to stay in the apartments at all costs. They are not permitted to take her out of that realm for any reason unless it is to come here. And to ensure that there are no attacks on the apartments I've had Rem's pack put on alert to patrol around it. I also have some of our other angels keeping watch over the sky so that there can be no attacks from above. She will be beyond safe. And I have my minion Yuki ready with a crystal that I made which leads to wherever I leave this one. So that, when the fights are over, if I am dead, she can be returned by following the energy signature of the crystal. You need to keep it safe. Keep it where you want her to end up." Devi handed a blood red crystal to Aya.

"To activate it, you need to say 'With the blood of Revlis, return to me.' say it three times while turning counter clockwise three times. It will pull at the crystal she has. I've had Yuki make your sister's into a necklace to put around her neck. That way it won't be lost." Devi's eyes were glowing bright silver. They had been glowing since he'd come back from the portal he'd cut.

Aridan whimpered and fell backwards, the glow suddenly halting.

"You okay?" Devi lunged over the bed, his wings out to glide him over Aya-Chan without landing on her.

He dropped down onto Aridan's quaking form, retracting his wings back into his body.

"I'm…I'm okay." Aridan whispered, exhausted.

"What were you doing?" Devi asked, wrapping his arms around Aridan to offer some comfort.

"I think…I think it worked," Aridan smiled up at him.

"What worked?" Devi helped Aridan to his feet.

"The healing process. It should only take a few days, then she'll wake up. And because its my brand of healing, her body will be strong when she wakes up, she won't need rehabilitation."

Aya stared at Aridan. Could he really have…

"We should get going now." Manx said, interrupting them.

Devi pulled open a portal effortlessly, and waited.

"Everyone make sure you grab onto each other and me. I don't want to lose anyone inside." Devi reached out a hand, which Knight grabbed. They all latched on in a line, with Aya at the end carrying Aya-Chan. He needed to be sure that this was a safe place for his sister. Of course he was relying on Manx not letting go of his arm, because he didn't have a free hand to grab hers with.

The room they were led to was a normal apartment bedroom.

There were three men and two women there. The three males he could guess were the faeries, by their ethereal appearance, and strange clothes. He wasn't too sure about the women, though, they looked human enough.

"We are the Viskardian lords, and these are two of the local witches. We will be in charge of her safety." the dark haired one said.

"We will take good care of her, Ran. Now you need to go back and make sure things are safe for when she wakes up," Knight smiled at him, clapping him on the shoulder.

"Thank you." Aya followed Aridan and Devi back through the portal.

Author`s notes: Okay, so I left out some details, like the identities of the faeries, and some other things, but i didn`t want it to get too confusing.

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