Stellans pov

No. Not again.

I saw Andrew pull up his gun, I saw him fire.

When I looked at Ravens face, but she was not there. The eyes that looked at me were not the midnight blue eyes that had looked at me when we were little. No - the eyes were lighter and older. Genevieve. And if she's the one in control, then the pullet. I ran, all reason lost, because once again I saw my sister hurt and dying.

No. Not dying.

The bullet didn't pierce the heart so there is still a chance.

"Hiroshi, stop the impact waves now" I didn't even need to look at him to know that he was on it.

"Xavier, stop the bleeding and make sure wound doesn't get infected" I shouted as I sprinted. I wasn't taking any chances. Raven was hurt and the people responsible were going to bay, but not before my sis was safe.

All of the Caes's hit the ground before they even noticed I had moved.

After I made sure all of them were tightly secured I fell to my knees at my sisters head. As I lifted her head to hold it up I could tell by the way she looked at the air above Xav that she was talking with Genevieve. So she's free, that must have been that flash of light when the stone broke.

Tears started rolling down Ravens eyes.

"is she going into shock?" Crystal asked.

"probably" Xav answered.

"no" they looked at me "she's saying goodbye" their eyes widened at my words. I could tell that only Hiroshi had understood me.

"Is her condition that bad? I mean yes I see the wound but can't you do something Xav?" Crystal looked at her solfinder with pleading eyes. Yes, definitely a good personality. She will make Xav happy and by extension Raven as well.

"don't worry" Hiroshi interrupted before Xav could say anything, "She's saying goodbye to Genevieve" they looked at him, seeming to be a bit lost so he added "the spirit that was sealed in the Reincarnation stone" and the horror in the young couples eyes turned into understanding.

"should we move her?" Hiroshi asked a little while later.

"wait a little more we need to get her an ambulance and one of us should probably call old man Sakiu as well. Xav can you keep her stable until the medics get here?" I turned to the young man who was holding my sisters life in his hands.

"between me and mr Arishima we should be able to keep her stable" he continued "I'm currently patching up one of the bigger arteries that got damaged. I will do as much as I can for now."

"thank you" I said and meant it "I'll call the ambulance and the police." I stood to leave, but Crystal asked "aren't you supposed to be dead how can you call anyone?"

I smiled "don't worry, I died ten years ago so even if my name is familiar it's highly unlikely that anyone will ask questions"

Xav's pov

Five hours later we were sitting in a privet room waiting for Ray to wake up.

When the ambulance got there Stellan had lead them downstairs. After Raven was taken away we had answered the police's questions with Stellan acting as a translator. That had taken two hours, so by the time we got to the hospital the surgery was over and Raven had been placed in a pretty big room.

Ever since we got here Stellan has been on his lap top. Hiroshi said he was reading case files, it was beyond me how he managed to be so calm at a time like this.

"his not" I was a little surprised to hear Hiroshi talk from beside me. I turned towards him "you were just thinking that how can Stel be so calm right now, right" I nodded.

"well if he were calm he would have put sugar in his coffee" he smiled "he hates how the coffee in hospitals is to bitter so whenever his in a hospital he always puts in at least five cubes of sugar, but at the moment his drinking his third coffee and none of them had sugar in them."

"but his reading criminal files?" I asked.

"yes, sort of, you see he likes to solve mysteries so whenever there is a crime that the police can't solve they ask him for help, but when they don't have jobs for him he tends to dig up unsolved crimes from the past to see if he can shed some light on them. It's just a mental exercise to keep him from thinking about Ray" he finished.

I wish I could stop thinking too. I know she's just recovering from surgery and it will take time for her to wake up but I could still feel her blood on my hands. It had been so warm, it almost felt like the life was flowing out of her. At that moment I hadn't thought. I had just acted, followed the command I got from Stellan. Only when I saw her lifeless eyes, had I talked to her, asked – pegged – her to stay, because even if she wasn't my soulfinder, she was still something more than a friend. She felt like a sister, even though I had only known her for a short time she had carved a place for herself in all of our hearts. So losing her wasn't an option.

Stellan stood up from the windows seat he had been occupying and walked over to Ray's bedside. He took Ravens hand in his and rubbed circles on it with his thumb. As he did he started talking to her. The words were hushed and his voice was so quiet I wouldn't have understood what he was saying even if he wasn't speaking in Japanese. The love emitting from him felt so intermit that it seemed right to give them privacy, jet I couldn't move. I was fixed into place by the memory of the ally way when Raven had stopped Stellan by holding his hand. It almost seemed like Stellan was trying to do the opposite.

I was pulled out of my thoughts by Hiroshi, who had placed a hand on my shoulder, "come, let's go get something to eat. I trust you have never had Japanese hospital food. It's an opportunity you don't want to miss" there was obvious sarcasm on the last sentence. But by the look on his face it was obvious he wanted to give his friend some space too. So all three of us left to get something to eat.

Ravens pov

The pain wasn't as bad as one would expect from a bullet wound.

I felt like I had been sleeping for a while but it also seemed too early to wake up, because in the back of my mind I knew. I knew that if I opened my eyes then it would be real. Genevieve would be gone and I would have to face the real world again. I would have to erase my souls connection from Xav's because in all the cease I had forgotten to do that and I could feel the warmth of his soul. I didn't look forward to being alone in my head.

Now that I thought about it, I had never been alone in my head had I? That's something I would have to get use to after I woke up. If I woke up. I mean I could just no do that right.

Tanya's face came to mind. A promise is a promise after all.

I felt it then, something warm holding my hand. I concentrated on that warmth, maybe I wasn't quite alone, after all someone was kind enough to sit by my bed and hold my hand. Someone was talking to me, I tried to hear inching myself closer to consciousness.

"you remember how we would sit on that sealing beam every time we talked about important matters, well I can't get you up there now so this will have to do." The voice was saying. The voice sounded familiar but sadder. It felt wrong, this voice wasn't supposed to be sad.

"I really need you to open your eyes now, because I don't think I can keep up the act much longer. And because I really don't think I could handle you dying on me. Remember you wanted to make Xav happy, well you can't do that if you just sleep here all day, so wake up" the voice sounded desperate now, that felt wrong too.

Make Xav happy? Was his happiness important? Had I told someone it was important to me? Wait the sealing beam? Stellan? It couldn't be, but it was. The melodic way he spoke every time, he was discussing a topic he had strong emotions for. The double circle - eight pattern on my hand and Xav. We had had that conversation the day before everything went to hell. I had said that I would choose his happiness over mine, and Stellan had promised to find a way for both of us to be safe and happy.

But then he had died.

Even though I knew that, I wanted to believe that he would be there when I opened my eyes. Even if I just disappointed myself. It doesn't matter because, I'll find a way to cope. Everything heals with time and mine is not over jet.

I opened my eyes.