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Viper could feel the blood leaving her body through a wound in her back. It ran down her back, over her pants and drop by drop fell to the ground. She could no longer stand on her own but her broken leg had a hand in that. Her head pounded and felt too heavy for her neck to hold. Her viper hearing enabled her to hear the drops of blood falling to the floor drop by drop. She was being allowed to hear her body dying.

"Have you have enough Halfling?" Tyron asked as he yawned. He was growing tired of this massacure. He wanted a real fight and with the lights back on, he knew his meant would soon be having the fun.

Drip.

Viper bearly heared Tyron because she was focusing on the dirpping. Tears came to her eyes as she realized she was going to die alone. This is not how she thought it would end. There would be no dad to hold her hand as she went to the after life. No Armies to try and make her smile one last time. No Sanna to tell her what a wonderful person she was. There would be no Kory to kiss her one last time as any woman should be kissed farewell. This is not how she wanted to go. She had failed her grandmother and she had failed Sanna. She felt that she should have been able to take Tyron alone but she was over confident and probably beating herself up to much but she was lying there dying what more could she do that beat on herself and think of those who she loved most.

Drip

Kory.

What a great kiss they had shared and it was a shame that it was to be their first and last. If only she had approched him sooner. If only she had made a move on earth months ago when Armies had said that Kory liked her. But, she hadn't. She had been to scared to make a move. She had been too scared that Armies was wrong about Veil's feelings for her. She had been too scared of being hurt again. True she had never had a boyfriend and so she had really never been hurt romantically but she had heard of the pain. It was almost the same type of pain that one got from being the laughing stock of a school because one looks different from others. Maybe it wasn't exactly the same but it was the same type of feelings anyway. Her only wish now was that if she had to die, if it had to be this way, she wished that Kory could be there to say goodbye.

Drip

She didn't want to die alone. That had been her worst fear since she was a little kid. Now normal children don't have a fear of dying alone because they are naive about death in the first place but Viper had never been a normal child to being with. Since her mother had been killed, she was forced to come face to face with death at a young age. Every now and then, Viper wondered what it was like for her mother to die alone. She wondered is she was scared, like Viper was now or if she had any regrets about her life. She didn't know but all she knew was that she didnt' want to die alone but there was no way of getting anyone to help her now. Her mind could no longer communicate with her mouth. She literally nothing more than a wounded soul trapped with in a dying shell. So she cried out to the one person who she knew could still hear her.

Drip

God, please help me! I don't want to die like this! If you wish to call me home to you, then fine but any way but this Lord. Please! Anyway but this! More tears came flowing out of her blood red eyes as she silently prayed to her Lord and Savior. She knew he could still hear her and he would take care of her but she prayed that he would not take her this way. Anyway but this way. When Vip finished her unspoken prayer, she began to scream and yell with in her head. She was trapped with no way out. It was one thing being in the cell that Tyron had put her in earlier but this, this was something completely different. With in the walls of her mind she screamed as loud as she could, praying that someone, anyone would be able to hear her.

MEAN WHILE:

They waited for Caln to make the cure when suddenly Veil grabbed his head and fell to the ground screaming.

"Veil!!" Armies said upon seeing his friend go down.

Sanna rushed to Veil, knelt down and said, "Are you all right?"

For a moment Veil didn't say anything. He couldn't because all he heard was screaming. Rayanna's screaming to be exact. He could be in a room full of a hundred people screaming and he would be able to pin point Viper's scream. He could recognize it anywhere. But why was she in so much pain? What had Tyron done to her? How badly was she hurt and how much more time did she have? All these questions ran through his head until he could finally hear outside of his mind. But after a few moments he finally said, "I'll be all right but Rayanna won't."

"What do you mean?" Sanna asked.

"Tyron is killing her." Veil said as he figured what her scream had meant. But it was not just that Tyron was killing her. Her scream had had more than pain in it. It also held a sence of being trapped. " If we can't get the cure to her fast, she'll be dead very soon. Sooner than we all thought."

"Wait a second." Armies said, "How do you know that? I mean you and Vip aren't telepaths. Are you?"

"In a way they are Armies." Sanna said , "In the viper culture, when a viper finds his or her soul mate. It is said that they can hear each other's thoughts. It is a bond that no matter what happens can not be broke.

But it can be blocked.

Sanna thought to herself. She had once had that connection with Caln but the day he left her was the day she blocked him from her thoughts.

"It happened earlier too." Veil said as Armies and Sanna helped him to his feet even though he was taller than both of them. "Three times before actually."

"So what does this mean?" Armies asked noticing the smile on Sanna's face.

"It means that Veil and Rayanna are destined to be together. They are soul mates."

"Got it!" Caln said handing a glass corked vile with green liquid to Veil.

"Everything is in there except for the slice of Krystal. That you will need to get yourself."

"The one that Tyron is wearing?"

Caln nodded his head to Armies.

"That ain't gonna be easy."

"We've got to do it, Armies." Veil said and Armies simply nodded. He was not about to argue with Veil over this but he knew there was no way in hell that this was going to be a walk in the park. Tyron had all the power of the viper, making him at least ten times more powerful.

"So, how do we get out of here?" Armies asked. He knew that if he had his dagger then he could probably have picked the lock on the door but then what would they do about the guards that would be on the other side? Tanon had locked the door but he would surely call for back up to prevent them from leaving.

Caln went to a closet across the way and pulled out a long sword decorated with a viper painting.

"Isn't that the sword I gave you?" Sanna asked as Caln nodded his head. Sanna had given Caln the sword as a gift on his birthday. It was the last gift she ever gave him.

"It is." He said and then whispered, "I can get this door down but as soon as the door comes down, there will be guards on the other side. Guards who have access to their powers."

Everyone knew what he was saying. He was saying that because they did not have access to their powers, they were likely to get pretty roughed up but they all knew they had to get out if they were to save Viper.

"As soon as we get out of this room, our powers should come back right? I mean if we are no longer breathing the gas then our powers would return yes?" Veil asked. He figured this was so but he thought better to ask and be sure. His answer was confirmed by a nod of Caln's head.

Then Caln moved to the door, the other's moved back, and he began to chop away at it. Swing by swing, the door slowly gave way. Piece for the door fell to the floor while other flew across the room until finally, the door was weak enough to be kicked down, which is exactly what Caln did.

As soon as the door was knocked down, several gaurds came rushing into the room and attempted to recapture the prisoners. They pulled out their pets, which only crowded the room more, and began the fight. Armies began dodging hits while Veil began to look for a way out.

They needed to get to Rayanna and there was no time for this battle. Seeing this Caln ran his sword through a two of the guards, clearing the room up when their pets disappeared. This also resulted clearing the door way.

"Go." Caln said looking at Veil and Armies.

"What about you?" Armies asked looking at Sanna. She didn't have any powers but she was managing to hold her own. But how much longer could she last?

"We'll be fine. Go save the Halfling." Caln said as he dodged another blow to the head and then returned the punch.

"We will cover your escape." Sanna said doing a summer sault over a guard, "Now go!"

Veil and Armies, without another word, ran out of the room and as soon as they hit the fresh air, they both could feel their powers returning. Armies made them invisible as they flew down the hall way.

Rayanna. Veil thought, Where are you?

Throne room. She replied weakly. Veil knew she barely had any time left at all. So he pushed himself to go as fast as he could. Upon finding the throne room, the human controllers saw Tyron and Tanon's backs turned to them as well as Vip pinned against the wall in worse shape than anything the two had ever seen.

Hang on Baby! Veil said. I'm going to save you.

Veil whispered to Armies who nodded his head as Veil became visable once more. The two walked into the room, Armies getting ready for Veil's cue as he walked over to where his dagger lay and Veil headed for Tyron and Tanon. Although, Veil did have a bone to pick with Tanon, at this moment his battle was with Tyron.

"Tyron!" Veil yelled.

Tyron and Tanon turned around and upon seeing Veil, Tyron said, "Oh look if it isn't the human."

"How did you get out?" Tanon asked Veil.

"Locking us in a room isn't exactly a perfect way to get us out of the way." Veil said, "Next time, you might want to try to make sure that we don't have anything in the room that could get us out." Veil then called upon his Phantom Army, Phantasm and a fire ring he placed around himself as a shield as he said, "I told you that you would pay if you let her die, Tyron!" His voice was as cold as steel yet as hot the fire that blazed around him.

"Well she ain't dead yet." Tyron said, "She is a stubborn little halfling mutt. Why don't you come back later?" Tyron turned his back on Veil and watched Viper.

He's right about one thing. Veil thought.

What's that, Love? Rayanna asked not believing that Veil was actually agreeing with something that her evil cousin had said.

You are stubborn.

Maybe but you're not much better, Mr. Allegory.

True but Lady, would you want me any other way?

No. Viper simply replied and then with out even having to tell him that she didn't have much time he told her Little longer darling.

Veil then threw a fire ball at the back of Tyron's head. His dark blue hair caught on fire and burned off. The only thing that saved the top of his head was his crown of jewels, which was made to with stand anything.

"Don't turn away when I'm talking to you!" Veil yelled as Tyron turned around after he got over the fact that his hair was nearly gone and that he had been on fire.

Before Tyron could say anything, Tanon charged Veil in an attempt to protect the Crowed Prince from harm but Veil saw this coming. As Tanon charged, Veil punched Tyron in the face and kicked him out of the way saying, "I'll deal with you later."

"So you want to play with the big boys Veil Allegory?" Tyron asked patting the fire out on his head as he turned around and summoned a huge fire demon. "Lets play!"

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