Hello everyone! As I promised, here comes this week's chapter, a little earlier than usual!

So, this one is probably the chapter I had the most fun writing so sar, so I hope you'll enjoy it!

##I don't own Alien, Predator or AVP##

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Rampage (Part 2)

K'tyss POV

For the last two days, she had been in Heaven. After their night together, Kane had been even kinder than usual, spending every moment he could with her. Of course, she had worried that he was simply avoiding her sister, but when she had asked, she had been surprised to learn that the two of them had discussed what had happened the very night they had made love together. Apparently, he had apologized for his little outburst, Stryss had accepted his apology, and things were now back to normal between the three of them, with the slight difference that Kane and herself were now a couple.

After their first night together, they hadn't done it again, however, K'tyss was absolutely willing to do it anytime Kane would be okay with it. After all, it felt good, it helped them to express their love to each other, and after, they could have cuddling sessions. She was starting to understand why humans considered sex something enjoyable, and she had to admit, she too found it extremely enjoyable.

For the moment, she was lying down in Kane's bed, half-asleep, and surrounded by her mate's scent. Of course, that reminded her of their little "session", two days ago. She wondered if she could ask Kane if they could do it again that night. He would probably not want to, since his sister was around, but she had a few ideas on how she could "convince" him.

Suddenly, she felt a familiar and very unpleasant sensation, which luckily left her quickly, but that had been enough to recognize the feeling of being stunned.

Kane!

Leaping from the bed, she opened the window, and quickly went to help her mate.

Kathryn POV

Something was wrong. She knew something was amiss. For the past week, Kane's behavior had been nothing but odd to say the least. He kept wearing bands on his arms, and she hadn't seen his eyes since that day, when he had gotten home late. He seemed unusually nervous, and each time she tried to get close to him how she used to, he always pushed her back, as if he was afraid of something. There was also this "Kristin", whom he claimed to be his girlfriend, but whom she had never seen before. Kristin also seemed to have a hard time with English, and was apparently surprised by the strangest things.

And now, a teacher had asked Kane to come with him to the principal's office, which was strange. Why would someone like him, who never missed a single day of school unless he was sick, brought there? And why did he seem so nervous about it? Had he done something bad without telling her?

Impossible, she thought. He has always told me everything I had to know about him, there's no way I wouldn't know about something grave enough to get him in the principal's office.

As she unpacked her things, not really paying attention to whatever her classmates had to say, their teacher entered the classroom, carrying his things, and went for his desk. However, as he was about to start his lesson, the school's loudspeaker went on, delivering a message with the principal's voice:

"Attention, please. Today's classes are dismissed. The teachers are asked to bring their students to the gym, for a extraordinary announcement."

As the students had a hard time concealing their joy about the idea of being able to skip some teaching time, Kathryn was having a hard time hiding her nervousness. Kane was supposed to meet the principal in his office, right? Did this announcement have anything to do with him?

She barely noticed what the other students were saying, as she followed them, her body on autopilot, and her brain focusing on what was going wrong with Kane.

The gym was now full of students, chatting, laughing, and wondering what was so important that the principal would cancel classes to make an announcement about it. They were sitting on the gym's bleachers, while the teachers were trying to maintain at least some order, but were obviously failing quite miserably.

"So, what do you think this is about, Kathryn?" one of her friends asked her. Lucia and Kathryn had been friends for years, since the start of middle school. While Kathryn was known as the "Ice Queen", since she had always rejected anyone who asked her out, meaning quite a few boys, and even some girls, Lucia was known to be quite open about relationships, but not to the point of being what people would call a whore. Actually, she was quite willing to share herself with anyone, saying that having to be with a single man was only some kind of old religious rule still followed that went against common sense. However, that didn't mean she was an easy girl, far from it. She always turned down whoever wanted to go out with her only to have sex, and only accepted someone's feelings after being sure that they were sincere.

"I don't know. I guess it has something to do with Keith's disappearance, it's the only noticeable thing that happened lately, apart from Lily going nuts." she answered, trying not to sound too nervous about Kane's absence.

"Yeah, guess you're right. By the way, where's your brother? I didn't see him today, and since you two are usually stuck together...

-He was called to the principal's office when we arrived. I haven't seen him since then.

-Oh, okay. Guess the old geezer must have told him to stay in his office while he was making the announcement. Speaking of the devil..."

Indeed, the principal had entered the gym, his bald head easily recognizable, and was messing with his beard, a nervous habit of his. He walked towards a hastily erected stand, testing the mike, before speaking:

"Silence. Silence! Thank you. As I have previously announced, I have some important news. These news, as a few of you might have guessed, are related to Mr. Keith Ashworth's sudden disappearance. A police inspector has told me that the probability of him running off are unlikely, and that they had found a few clues suggesting otherwise. As it turns out, it appears that he has been killed."

A few cries of surprise could be heard, the students now listening with rapt attention. No one was whispering anymore, and the sudden change of atmosphere didn't escape the principal's attention.

For her part, Kathryn was astonished about the news. The town was a peaceful one, with a only a few delinquents, and no murder had been recorded for over twenty years. This was certainly unexpected.

Before the principal could continue his speech, another man, younger this one, entered the gym, and quickly walked up the stairs to the stand, whispering into the old man's ear. He was wearing a coat, looked in his thirties, and had short, brown hair. With a few nods, the principal then announced:

"I will now leave my place to Mr. Strauss, the inspector in charge of this investigation.

-Thank you, sir. As you have been told, Mr. Ashworth's disappearance has been investigated, and we have found a few clues indicating that the possibility of him being murdered are high. Fortunately, one of these clues also allowed us to track down his murderer, whom I confronted myself. It turns out that said murderer was also responsible for your librarian's mental state, and confessed his crimes."

A senior suddenly asked:

"Sir, who is the murderer? Have you arrested him?"

With a smile, the inspector answered:

"Yes, we arrested him. Usually, I wouldn't be able to tell you his name unless I was certain about his guilt, but given how he has confessed his crimes, I can safely assume he committed them. The culprit is one of your fellow students, Kane Stern."

Suddenly, everyone was staring at Kathryn with wide eyes. She didn't even notice she had her mouth half-open in shock.

K'tyss POV

Running through the sewers, she quickly reached the school grounds, stopping in shock before the huge hole only her sister could have made through the concrete and asphalt. She had known about her imminent evolution into a Princess Guardian, but it was one thing having inherited memories and instinctual knowledge about their abilities, it was another one witnessing it with your own eyes. She couldn't even imagine how powerful her sister was now to be able to pierce through so much material, and without using acid, as she didn't smell any around her.

However, she only stared at the hole for a little more than a second, before rushing through it, worried about Kane. He had an almost pathological disposition to get into trouble, and even if Stryss had probably already reached him, she didn't want to push her luck. Running on all fours with a speed that would have put a cheetah to shame, she quickly reached the school's parking area. There, she could only stare in shock to the incredible carnage before her. Corpse were everywhere, some missing limbs and lying on the ground, others half-dissolved, and others with their heads crushed.

How awful...Stryss must be really furious to go this far...

Taking a quick look around, she didn't see Kane, yet she could smell his scent. He had been there not too long ago, but now he had left. Surprisingly, one of the corpses had his smell slightly mixed with it's own, which could only mean that he had killed the man himself. The scent would have been different if he had touched the corpse after the death of the man. Now, that was something strange, to see the always kind Kane going so far as to murder someone.

He must have had his reasons. Knowing him, he mustn't have had a choice.

Not really bothered by the metallic smell of the air, caused by the blood scattered everywhere, she tracked down her mate's smell. Unsurprisingly, he had followed Stryss, but a little after she had left, her scent being slightly less present than his.

As she took a last glance towards the carnage, she followed her mate's tracks.

Looks like we won't be able to stay here any longer...

Kathryn POV

As every student was staring at her, she didn't even notice their surprised, shocked stares, as she was trying to process what the policeman had just said. Her brother, the kindest man she had ever known, a blind, inoffensive teenager, had killed someone, and was responsible for one of his friends' madness? Impossible! It had to be impossible! Yet the inspector had told them that he had confessed his crimes, so she doubted he was lying. But Kane, a murderer? It was hard to believe. And it certainly explained why he had been behaving strangely lately. But the dates didn't match!

She was trying to find anything, ANYTHING, that would have been a proof of her brother's innocence, but she couldn't find anything. And WHY would he have changed so much so quickly? Could he have known about THAT? It was unlikely, but not impossible at all. But even if he had discovered it, it wouldn't be enough to make him change his behavior so much...right?

The police inspector was about to say something, when the door of the gym burst open, allowing a policeman to enter. She didn't notice anything else, as she was holding her head in her hands, trying to fight the urge to cry, as well as the shock of hearing a law's enforcer casually saying that her brother was a murderer.

"And I tell you, calm down!

-Y-yes s-sir! I s-suggest that we-we evacu-cuate n-now, b-before it c-comes for u-us!"

She was brought back to reality by the argument currently going on between the inspector and the policeman. It was then that she noticed that the man had a terrified look plastered on his face, and was regularly looking behind him, as if he was afraid of something.

"Evacuate? Are you crazy? First, calm down, and tell me what happened. I can't understand a word of what you're telling me.

-I-I'm afraid we don't h-have time for that, inspector. I've tried calling the others, but none of them has answered. They're all DEAD, for God's sake! We MUST evacuate!

-And WHY must we evacuate?! Shit, Jonhson, can you at least explain me WHY we should evacuate?!"

The policeman was nervously looking back and forth, apparently terrified of something, but still sane enough to understand that he couldn't simply ask for an evacuation out of the blue.

"A-as y-you asked, w-we were about to t-take Mr. Stern into c-custody, but then, a...a THING appeared out of nowhere, and started killing everyone! We tried to kill it, b-but our bullets didn't even scratch it! S-so, Maxwell a-asked me t-to make the students evacuate. I w-wanted t-to c-call you, b-but my talkie-walkie w-was still in the car, as well as Mr. Stern, behind the T-THING, s-so I thought it was better to come here and w-warn you m-myself. Sir, we MUST evacuate! There's no telling that this monster won't come after us when it's finished with the others."

Kathryn couldn't believe her ears. The policeman had just admitted her brother was still in the car when he had left him, meaning that whatever had afraid him was going to kill Kane, if it hadn't already done so.

"Fine. But I'm not ordering an evacuation before checking if you've told me the truth."

The inspector then reached for his talkie-walkie.

"Strauss here. I want a report on your situation. Over."

The talkie-walkie stayed silent, nobody answering the man's call.

"Strauss here. Give me a fuckin' report, NOW!"

Still no answer. The inspector then gave a hard look to the policeman.

"Fine. Make them evacuat-..."

Suddenly, a huge crashing sound was heard, making everyone jump. The door where the policeman had come from was twisted, even though it was a fireproof door, extremely solid to prevent anyone who didn't have the key to sneak in.

Seeing that, the policeman started screaming.

"Oh shit! It's here! We're doomed! DOOMED! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE! WE..."

He was silenced by a direct hit to his face by the inspector.

"What are you doing, idiot?! We are the police! It's our duty to protect our citizens! So get your gun out and be ready to fire on whatever's going to enter!"

Another crashing sound surprised everyone, this time coming from the other door of the gym. It, too, was twisted, something having clearly hit it.

"Are you sure that the thing you've seen was alone, Jonhson?

-Y-yes sir! It was alone!"

The inspector started mumbling, probably making an escape plan. However, the only doors were now unusable, meaning that they were trapped inside the gym.

Kathryn stared blankly around her, her brain still overheating from the massive amount of data it was trying to process: Kane was a murderer, he was probably dead, and something hostile was outside, something that a team of armed policemen hadn't been able to kill.

She wanted nothing more than to be able to scream to her heart's content, to be free from the madness that had suddenly engulfed her whole life, but she couldn't.

The inspector and the policeman now had their guns in their hands, the policeman shaking quite visibly, while the inspector had a calm look on his face. The two of them were pointing their guns towards the second door of the gym, where the last sound indicating the things presence had been heard. However, after the initial hit in the door, nothing else had been heard.

Everyone in the gym was now staring at the door, expecting to see some kind of abomination smash it open. Of course, that would have meant that whatever had scared the shit out of the policeman was stupid, since it would mean appearing exactly where it was expected to, not really the best tactic to surprise your enemy. And of course, the attack didn't come from there.

First, all the lights went extinct, leaving the gym with a crepuscular lighting, and making a few of the most impressionable student scream in surprise. However, a few seconds later, after everyone had gone silent again, a clicking sound could be heard, making the humans nervously look around.

Then Hell got loose.

Kane POV

Running as fast as he could, Kane groaned as his shoulder hurt, the blood still trailing down his side, slowly burning his clothes. Luckily, it had only burnt a little part of his shirt, and hadn't touched his bands yet. The unusual sensation the sunglasses on his nose was annoying, but he couldn't take them off. Another annoying thing was the fact that he still had the handcuffs Strauss had put on him, even though he had easily broken the iron chain with a little pull, his skeleton being harder to cut than human skin and allowing him to use his superhuman strength.

He finally reached the gym, only to stare, surprised, at the fact that a trunk was holding it close, it's base firmly stuck in the asphalt.

As he was staring, the lights went off, and after a few seconds, the sound of glass shattering followed by gunshots and screams could be heard.

Cursing, he resumed his run, hoping that he would be able to avoid another carnage. Not that he really cared about the policeman or Strauss, but the students, for idiotic they were, were innocent, and didn't deserve to die. Furthermore, Kathryn was inside, and even if he wanted to trust Stryss, he simply couldn't be sure that she wouldn't kill her, given her enraged she was at the moment. The fight against the policemen had only fueled her anger, meaning that right now she was on a rampage, and nobody apart from him or K'tyss would be able to stop her.

Kathryn POV

Suddenly, a shadow fell from the ceiling, just behind the policeman, and sent him into the wall with a sickening crunch. Seeing this, the first students started to scream in fear, the ones on the rows closest to the scene quickly getting in the back rows, as they weren't going to go anywhere near whatever had killed the policeman.

Meanwhile, the inspector was firing to the shadow, who didn't even try to avoid the bullets, which didn't seem to hurt it at all, while slowly stepping backwards. The thing simply waited for him to finish firing, then knocked him off his feet, sending him flying backwards to land on his back. A loud screech then broke the nearly religious silence, as the thing slowly advanced towards the fallen silhouette of the police's inspector, its footsteps making loud sounds, indicating that whatever the thing was, it wasn't light.

When it reached the inspector, it screeched again, probably about to kill him, when the lights came back, finally allowing everyone to take a look to what had attacked them.

It was a being covered in a dark, glistening skin. It stood around ten feet tall, with a long, skeletal tail, finished by what looked like a very sharp blade. On its back, six spikes, three on each side of it's spine, were standing high. It had long, thin arms, with huge talons protruding from it's elbows, and the thing's fingers looked like they were finished by sharp claws. It didn't have any visible eyes, but it's head was covered by an imposing crest, giving it a disturbing regal air.

Seeing this, some students whimpered, understanding that whatever it was, if it wanted to kill them all, none of them would be able to escape. And even more dreadful than it's physical appearance was the fact that it was obviously at least a little more intelligent than the average predator, since it had cleverly destroyed every exit before attacking.

Screeching, the thing was about to stab the inspector with it's tail, when it suddenly stopped moving, then turned backwards, as if answering a call.

At the same moment, the door broke open. Actually, flew open would have been more accurate, considering it was blown on over ten meters before landing with the loud sound of mistreated iron. Behind the door stood Kane, his shirt half-open, tainted with blood, but apart from that looking fine.

Everyone in the room stared at him, wondering how he could have opened the door with only one hit, and with such force.

Kathryn, for her part, felt immensely relieved to see her beloved brother standing there, alive, even if he was obviously wounded, and she had to repress a relieved cry. However, before she could even sigh in relief, she saw the monster which had been about to kill the inspector, walk towards him, with loud steps.

"Kane, run! Quick!" was all she could scream, as the monster was already before him.

Curiously, he didn't look afraid, even if he was apparently a little surprised by the being before him. Said being slowly lowered it's head, it's mouth half-open, letting everyone see it's sharp glass-like teeth.

"Kane!" she screamed, certain that he was about to be killed.

Her brother then turned his head in her direction, smiling sadly. Somehow, in this instant, she felt as if he was able to see her, even though he was blind, his gaze centered exactly on her, not in the approximate direction she was in, but on her indeed.

"Don't worry." was all he said, before turning his head back towards the monster, who slowly screeched, and approached it's head.

At that instant, Kathryn's heart was beating loudly, her vision centered on Kane and the monster before him, her brain not noticing anything else.

"I wouldn't do that, Strauss. You'll only anger her even more, and from what I can see, she hasn't caused any permanent trauma in anyone here, apart from the unlucky fellow in the corner of the room."

Everyone blinked, surprised to hear the usually kind, good-natured Kane use such a harsh tone. Apparently, the inspector had discreetly recharged his gun, and was aiming at the monster's back.

Kane wasn't even bothering to look at the monster, who still hadn't touched him yet, but was glaring at the inspector.

"Before you ask, yes, I mean I can see what's around me, I can see you aiming towards her back, and I can see all the fucking students that are here. And I can also tell you this: if you ever try to shoot at Stryss, I can assure you that either her or myself will kill you.

-You know this monster?!" the inspector asked in disbelief.

Not answering immediately, Kane did something unexpected: he patted the monster's head with a warm, kind smile. He then looked back at Strauss:

"If I know her? Of course I do. She's a very important member of my new family."

Kane POV

As he patted Stryss' head, earning himself a purr that nobody else could hear, he glared at Strauss. The idiot hadn't even believed the policeman that had come to warn him, although his fear should have been enough to make him take a drastic action to avoid getting anyone killed.

That idiot! I shouldn't have asked you to spare him.

We can always...rectify this regrettable mistake, the alien offered, her voice dripping of anger towards the man.

Nonetheless, he shook his head, earning himself a few skeptical looks from the students in the bleachers.

No, even though I don't think he deserves such pity, I don't want to scare my sister or any of the students.

The alien snarled, making a few students yelp in fear.

Anyway, I must say, your new appearance is quite impressive, I love it! I guess it was supposed to be a surprise, since you didn't say anything about it, but still...So you're a Princess Guardian, now? Way to go!

Stryss purred and rubbed her head against his side, making him wince. The bullet wound he had received was still bleeding slightly, and even though it would probably heal way quicker than any human wound, it was still bothering him for now.

His "sister-in-law" noticed his discomfort, and screeched when she saw his wound.

Kane! Who dared to hurt you?! I'll kill whoever it was!

He gave her a wry smile.

It'll be hard, the bastard's neck's broken. Wanted to kill me because he was from Keith's family, but didn't expect me to counterattack. That idiot!

"A member of your family?! What the hell do you mean, you sick bastard?!"

Kane looked at Strauss, surprised. He hadn't expected him to get back to his senses so quickly. He was currently standing with his gun aimed no longer at Stryss, but at him. That should have worried him, since he wasn't bulletproof, but he hadn't wanted to take any risks, so he had already made sure he had something up his sleeve should this case arise.

"I mean that she, along with her sister, are now members of my family. Or should I say, I am a member of theirs.

-The Hell are you talking about?! Answer me!

-Nope. I don't owe you anything, apart from an unpleasant electric shock earlier, when I tried to flee and avoid this whole damn situation."

Speaking of which, he was starting to feel a familiar, dreadful sensation spreading through his body. He was starting to feel sick, and given his past experiences, he knew what it meant. However, knowing he couldn't allow himself to show any weaknesses yet, he mentally fought the sensation, controlling it, avoiding any new mutation by using his sheer will.

Seeing the anger in Strauss' aura, he was about to get ready, when he sensed something, and relaxed.

"Strauss, you should drop your gun, otherwise you're going to die, or at least get a few bruises.

-Yeah right! You think I'll listen to a bloody murderer?!"

A loud screech from Stryss surprised everyone. The fact that she protectively hold him back too.

I was the one to kill that pathetic excuse for a human, so don't you dare treat him of murderer, you asshole! she shouted, although only Kane heard her.

Stryss, while I really appreciate your concern, what he said is true. I killed someone on my way here, remember?

Sorry.

Don't worry about that.

He then turned his attention back to Strauss.

"She said that she was the one to kill Keith, which, by the way, is the truth. I accused myself because I didn't want anyone to know about her sister or herself. Of course, I didn't think you'd prevent me from running away, you persistent little bastard.

-Enough!"

Strauss was about to shoot, his finger ready to pull the trigger.

With a smile, Kane pointed on his left, towards the windows, and before anyone could react, a blurred silhouette sent the inspector flying, making him land on the wall, and effectively knocking him out. Said silhouette grabbed the gun he had let fall, and spit acid on it, dissolving it in a few seconds.

K'tyss then looked up to Kane, and ran towards him. On all fours.

Kane! I'm so glad you're fine!

He chuckled at how relieved she looked.

Well, 'fine' is certainly a little too much, but I'm still feeling well enough...

He didn't have the time to finish his sentence, as a missile caught him in the gut, making him land on his back.

-Oooff! Mfgfgmgm?!

As he fell on his back, the air exiting his lungs, she crushed her lips on his, kissing him with all her might, before approximately three hundred and twenty students, sixteen teachers, and a dumbfounded principal. Stryss for her part, grinned. However, she quickly stopped, noticing that Kane had gone limp, and that he looked to be in pain.

And in pain indeed he was. Not prepared to be kissed so fiercely, the surprise had broken his concentration, and now, the mutation he had fought was coming back. The pain quickly reached unbearable levels, and he would have screamed if K'tyss hadn't been still kissing him. His body had gone limp, since every movement seemed to fuel the suffering.

His consciousness was starting to fade, and he barely felt Stryss yank her sister from him.

Kane? Kane! What's going on?!

Same thing than usual...he managed to grunt. Although this time it's even worse...

-Graaaahhh! he suddenly screamed, bending forward, his hands on the ground, as the pain seemed to go from unbearable to hellish.

It was as if his whole body was slowly ripped apart, while at the same being burnt all over, but still being able to register the pain. Tears went down his cheeks, as he silently wished that someone could just kill him to put an end to his misery.

Finally, after what felt like an eternity of suffering, he felt the skin on his back burst open, spikes coming out on each side of his spine, splattering blood everywhere. Then, he felt something burst out of his head, and his legs changing shape, their structure modifying to become like the sisters' legs. As he was about to think it had finally ended, he felt his spine changing, getting longer, before a long, dark tail burst through his lower back.

As his mutation finished, all he could do was gasp for air, and wait for his body to recover from such a harsh experience. He was already starting to get accustomed to his new body, as it was now closer to what his instinctual knowledge inherited from his mate's side told him it was supposed to be. The spines on his back would sometimes raise, according to his state of mind, while his tail was simply moving slightly, as he wished it to.

Finally, when he became fairly sure his body had gotten enough strength back, he tried getting up. At first, it was difficult, and he stumbled, only to find K'tyss holding him up.

Thanks, I guess it's a bit new for me, he apologized.

She simply smiled. God was she beautiful when she smiled!

As she guided him, he finally managed to stand, though he felt strange, as his new legs made him even taller, meaning K'tyss seemed even smaller. Ripping his shirt off, as it was already useless, half-dissolved by his now aciditic blood, and torn by the spines that had grown on his back. As he gazed on his upper body, he could see that it was now mostly covered by a thick layer of dark exoskeleton, though his chest still had human skin on it. He also touched his head, and as he had guessed, he sensed the hard material of the same "crown" K'tyss had on her head. Finally, he took off his glasses, since he was obviously no longer in need to hide his now different than human nature.

Opening his eyes, he looked around. The students were now staring at him in awe and fear, the teachers were looking dumbstruck and afraid, and the principal...the principal had fainted.

However, Kane didn't care about the principal, the teachers, or even the students. As he looked for the only person whose opinion mattered to him, he finally found her. She was looking at him, with the same fearful look than the other students, and that hurt him more than anything else. However, he could also see that there was still the same love than before in her eyes, and that was what mattered. He didn't care that she feared him, what he didn't want was to see her hate him. With everything that had happened, she had been the only one who hadn't changed, always concerned for him, always trying to show him that she loved him.

He walked towards her, slowly at first, then faster, as he got accustomed to his new legs. He easily got past the first rows of students, who fearfully avoided him, scared that he might kill them. None of them even spoke, even if some of them gave a few small cries or whimpers of fear. As he reached her, he looked at her, and slowly extended his arm, now completely exposed, the exoskeleton shimmering, and his claws easily visible.

-Kathryn, can you come with me? We need to talk, before I leave. Don't worry, we won't do anything to you. I just want to explain a few things to you before disappearing.

With a look in his pitch black eyes, she slowly reached to take his hand, but before she could take his, another one appeared from behind her, and slapped him. All students whimpered, persuaded that they were dead. From behind Kathryn stood up a girl from her class, one of her few good friends, Lucia, if Kane remembered well.

-You idiot! Do you really think she'll feel any better if you're gone?!

Two loud hisses made quite clear that the two sisters, who were still waiting, didn't like the way she was talking to him.

Easy, you two. She has a point. K'tyss, would you mind taking her with us, at least for when I'll discuss with my sister? I think that having a friend with her would help a lot.

..Fine, she pouted. But if she slaps you again, I'll show her what happens to those who mistreat my mate!

With a chuckle, Kane turned back to look at Lucia.

-Lucia? My girlfriend is going to bring you with us, too. Don't worry, she won't do anything bad to you, and you deserve to listen to what I'll say. Not anybody would have slapped me when I could easily kill you, and you're a good friend of Kathryn's. I must warn you, though. If you slap me again, K'tyss said that she would give you Hell. So be careful.

-Yes. You hurt him again and I will hurt you.

K'tyss had already gotten to their level, and the fact she had spoken right into Lucia's ear earned her a scream of surprise. With a grin, the hybrid girl lifted her on her shoulder, before going back to her sister.

Kane lifted her sister bridal style, and then the five of them left the gym behind them, Stryss running first, K'tyss and Kane each carrying their living package behind her.

So, I hope this was as enjoyable for you to read that it has been to me to write.

I'd like to thanks everyone who read it, those who reviewed, and those who didn't.

Next chapter should be out next weekend, so see you later!