Yeah, so I got WAY too many mixed answers for that Stevie Rae question. Half of them are all, 'I love her, she's so sweet, etc' and the other are all 'I hate her, I want her to die'. I agree with the second half.

I started this for myself but now I'm doing it for you guys too so I'm gonna listen to you. Even if that means I have to change like the entire plot but I really hate when you find a fanfic you like and the author gets all dumb and ruins it so how about this question: If I killed Stevie Rae BUT still kept her in the story through the Otherworld, would that be suckish for you guys or do you just not give a damn and want me to shut up and start updating quicker?

Because I can't update quicker til you answer, so make sure you do =)

On the other hand, thanks so so much for all the reviews, I seriously appreciate it. I LOVE you guys xD

This is the last thing, I promise: Please answer these questions - 1. Are you really, REALLY against me killing Stevie Rae but keeping her in through the Otherworld or do you want me to hurry up with it? 2. It's like 6 days til Burned comes out... Are you guys gonna keep reading this too? Please just answer honestly =) 3. Should I just update once a week, because sometimes I update more than that but other times I take even longer. If I update like every weekend, I'll have the whole week to write so should I try and do that?

Oh, and since FanFiction hates me and stuff and keeps screwing up when I try to type anything (Look at my profile, it messed it all up) I'm only gonna write whose POV it's in when it's not Zoey's. Then it won't screw up as much so I don't have to keep copying and pasting and all that junk.

"Zoey, what are you doing?!" Stark sounded really upset. Me? I was just really, really confused.

"What are youdoing?" Aphrodite yelled back. "You were Kalona!"

"Kalona?! Zoey, what the hell is going on?"

"We were locked in the infirmary and you were gone, Stevie Rae was gonna burn because there were no curtains on the windows and then the door opened and you were there, except when you talked your voice was exactly like Kalona's." I explained calmly and matter-of-factly. It was one of those moments that are just so overwhelming and you're so confused about, well, everything that you just act completely normal.

"Yeah, so then Zoey was gonna punch you," Damien said, almost as calm as I was.

"And she should have," Aphrodite muttered.

"He is not Kalona anymore," Darius reassured her, stroking her arm.

"So do you want to explain what happened or what?" Shaunee asked Stark. We all followed her gaze and I noticed that Stark's face had gone really pale. He looked like he was about to get sick.

"I know what's happening," he whispered.

"Well?" Aphrodite prompted him.

"Look, I was right about Neferet having control over me. Even though I completed the Change and chose my humanity and all that, because she's the one who resurrected me she can still attempt to control me and she still has some power over me." He paused to let us absorb this information. I'm pretty sure that at that time I was just totally unresponsive.

"Neferet has control over my body, not my mind. So she can allow people enter my body and banish me from it. When she does that, I go to the Otherworld." He paused again and looked at me, because he knew I'd respond to that. "Heath's fine," he said more quietly. I nodded and smiled briefly.

"I was talking to my friend Will, the one who was, um, killed in the Summer Games. He'd been watching everything and he told me that Neferet is doing this. She's bringing Kalona into my body and she can do it whenever she likes. It's because she's the one who resurrected me, she can control my body to an extent." He gave Stevie Rae a sharp glance. "She can probably do it to you, too. So Neferet's bringing Kalona into my body, and -"

"Stark?" Damien interrupted. "If you think that she can control Stevie Rae too, why didn't she just go to her first? I mean, no offense or anything, but she's got an affinity for Earth. Wouldn't Neferet go to her first?"

Stark shrugged. "Maybe at the time, I was weaker, or maybe my gift was just handier to her then." Then his eyes met mine. "She used to be able to control my mind, too. But after I made the choice for my humanity, she could only control my body."

What was he saying? That he had been lying to me before he Changed? I didn't think so. I think he was being honest when he told me that he was struggling with Kalona's evil. He had told me that he was not one of Neferet's minions, but she didn't know that. I think that was the truth.

"Where is Kalona when he is not inhabiting your body?" Darius asked.

"Will said something about him being trapped by earth again. Zoey has to either find him and finish him off or leave him there for somebody else to take care of when some idiot like Neferet releases him again."

Yeah, I really wanted to just leave Kalona - why was he my responsibility? But then again, he wasn't anyone's responsibility, and if I didn't take care of him maybe in the future neither would anyone else. I knew I had to do it. And it really annoyed me. But he killed Heath. I would have to kill him. Torture him, even. If I had it in me - I wasn't as coldblooded and blood thirsty as Kalona.

"Neferet has been bringing Kalona into your body. So what if she does it again, and none of us notice you're gone and Kalona's there?" Stevie Rae asked Stark.

"I'm not sure about this, but I think that Neferet can only get me out when I drink this blood she gives me - I had some right before I woke up in the Otherworld. And then Will told me not to consume anything she gives me. So I don't think you're gonna have that problem. And Zoey was right about Neferet not being with Kalona anymore. She's against him, but she's still evil."

"And can she bring anyone else into your body besides Kalona?" Damien asked.

I hadn't thought of that. And going by the look on Stark's face, I'm guessing he hadn't either. "I don't know," he said. "Will never told me, he just said Kalona."

We all looked to Darius, whose arm was protectively wrapped around Aphrodite. "It's possible," he mused. "But we shouldn't jump to any conclusions until we have a better idea of what's happening to Stark." There were a few murmurs of agreement. "Stark, I think you should go back to Neferet. It's - "

"What? No!" The words burst out kinda automatically.

"I agree with Zoey. It's too dangerous," Damien said.

"Please allow me to finish," Darius said. "Yes, it is dangerous. But if what the warrior says it true, Neferet will be looking for him soon. And let's be honest, she will find him eventually - she managed to get him away from us in the infirmary without us noticing until we were locked in."

"Glad you care about me so much," Stark muttered sarcastically. If Darius heard him, which he probably did, he ignored him.

"We need Stark to go back to her. Obviously Kalona will try to get away from her once he is in Stark's body. He probably will, and then he will most likely come to you, Zoey. We will observe him carefully so we can have a better understanding of what is going on. Stark might be able to find out more from his friend in the Otherworld, and we can exchange what we know when he returns."

Okay, I had to admit it was logical. But I still thought it was way too dangerous. "I don't know..." I said.

"No, it's okay," Stark said. "It's a good idea. It makes sense. I'll do it."

I looked at my friends. "What do you guys think?"

"It does make sense. But I really want to find out if she can do the same thing to me," Stevie Rae said. "I think he should do it."

"So do I," Aphrodite said.

The Twins nodded encouragingly, and Damien looked at me. "I know where you're coming from, Z. It's really, really dangerous. But if Stark is willing, I think he should go for it."

"No." Jack said. "It's a good plan, but it's stupid to take the risk when we do know some things. It's not like we're totally lost. I don't think we should take such a huge risk."

So Jack and I were the only ones who weren't happy with the arrangement. But Damien was right. I knew that if Stark was willing to do it, he wouldn't let me stop him. Especially when we needed the key to defeating Kalona.

"Zoey, it'll be fine. I promise," Stark said, trapping my gaze with his. "Just trust me, okay?"

It was really hard for me to say, but yes, when it came down to it I did trust Stark. I nodded and he smiled back. "Thanks."

"But - " Jack started to protest.

"Jack, shut up," Erin said. "He wants to do it, so leave him do it. Okay?"

"Come on," Aphrodite said to Darius, but she was talking to everyone. "I think it's pretty obvious that Zoey wants to tell Stark what an idiot he is and whatever, so we should probably...."

"We still must look for Dragon and Lenobia," Darius added.

Damien gave me one more apologetic look and they left.

"Stark, please - " I began, but he cut me off.

"How have you been?" he asked.

"I was just locked in the infirmary. What happened to you?"

"I've told you what happened," he said simply.

"Please don't do this," I whispered.

"Z, I have to. It could help you get rid of Kalona."

"I know, but..."

He kissed me gently. "You worry too much. I've already been to the Otherworld. So have you. It can't be dangerous if I'm with Nyx. You should know that better than anyone else."

I knew that what he was saying was completely, undeniably true, but I'm a stubborn person, and I cared for him a lot. "I do know that. I just can't help but worry. I'm just a worrying type of person."

"You also talk a lot," he offered.

"Stark... If I can't change your mind, could you do something for me?"

"Anything." His loyalty and trust made my chest tighten at what I was about to ask him.

"Please, could you just tell Heath that I love him and I'm sorry?"

"Of course."

I didn't know if I should be happy or upset at the fact that he was so accustomed to me loving Heath.

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