Chapter 38 Not quite typical but close enough

Everything Prince Devitt said was messing with Raven's head, apart of her wanting to believe the sweet words he had spilled, but her cautious natute kept reminding her that at the end of it all, he was still Warrior. His kind and her kind were fated to hate eachother until the end of time, and it all started with her fourth partner, Rika. Raven blocked out the pain of that memory, after all the time had passed it still chipped away at her soul and made her hate Warriors even more. Or more to the point Prince Devitt. He had poked every curious bone in her body, she wanted to know why he would bother apologizing for two of his kills, but be quite proud of the third. It just didn't make a lot of sense to her, then again he had given her some cryptic clue, digging into Leishiec's memories might give her the answer. Raven wasn't quite ready to do that right now, for now she just wanted more of the liquid known as bourbon, just for a little while she wanted to go back to being a bug. So as Storm ordered some drinks for them, Raven sat alone at the table trying to decide whether or not to believe Prince Devitt.

"You know if you tell me the problem, maybe I can help" Storm said cheerfully as she put down the drinks, it was Storm's first time trying alcohol and she didn't want to do it unless Rae was happy.

"Prince Devitt said something today and it's got me thinking"

"What did he say?"

"He apologized for killin Diego and Deyente"

"You don't believe him? Cause thats understandable Raven"

"I believe him because he was tellin the truth"

Storm took a mouthful of her drink, the strong liquid burning a hole in her throat, but something in her brain told her to keep drinking it, it was like she had suddenly lost control of her own mind. So against her better judgement she kept drinking until the glass was empty, hoping to regain her control, instead her brain insisted on having another one.

"So what exactly has you thinkin?"

"I'm just curious about the fact that he apologized for the first two but not a third, in fact he said the only thing he regretted about killing Rune was that he didn't do it slow enough"

Storm pondered it for a moment, trying to avoid the obvious but knowing she couldn't she decided to take the risk and perhaps help Raven with her problem.

"I think Finn might be in love with you Raven"

"I'm confused, who's Finn?"

"Prince Devitt"

Raven rolled her eyes "Don't be calling him somethin else then, his name is Prince Devitt"

"On Earth his name is Finn, I'm just tryin to fit in with the Earth culture"

Raven said nothing to that, to her his name was always going to be Prince Devitt, or whatever insult she had learnt that day.

"Anyways I was talkin to some of the Hu-man females today and they shared a theory with me and I think it applies to you"

"I'm listening Storm" Raven said signalling for another round for them. Slowly but surely she felt the reality washing away into a heavenly buzz that made her feel all bug-like.

"I think he loves you more than he should, he killed three of your partners because they were in love with you, he can't stand the fact that someone else wants you as much as he does, so he gets rid of the competition so in the end he's the only one you'll want"

"That makes very little sense Storm"

"It makes perfect sense" Storm said knowing that Raven had understood but true to her colours she was going to deny a Warrior having affection for her. It was bad enough that now everytime she closed her eyes, all she could see was his scultped body looking good enough to lick up and down. It didn't help that she had Prince Devitt in her head telling her it was ok to do so but only if he could do the same to her.

"Pushin that aside I would still like to know why he was apologizing for one but not the other"

"That I don't know"

"That makes two of us" Raven muttered skulling the rest of her drink, she knew she would have to dig into Leishiec memories to get her answer, she had hoped that Storm had figured it out but apparently not and digging into the past was the only option. The other option of leaving it alone just wasn't an option for her, she just had to know one way or another.

"Hey!"

Raven and Storm looked to the voice, three large gentleman with marks of the Hunters trailing up and down their arms, they glared at Storm angrily.

"Do you know them?" Raven asked Storm who was still trying to place them, she couldn't remember meeting them but clearly they knew her.

"I have no idea who they are" Storm said before turning to the men "You have the wrong person"

"You're the bitch that thought it was a good idea to stick your nose in our business"

It crossed her face suddenly, remembering just how she knew them "Well in my defence you tried to grab my friend and take her away, she's married you know"

"Wait they tried to grab the Lana?"

"Yes"

One of them picked up a pool cue, brandishing it like a weapon, "Now you're going to apologize for sticking your nose in our business"

"Why would I do that?" Storm asked, as far as she was concerned she had done nothing wrong and apologizing for it wasn't going to happen.

The one with the cue stalked up to her, his face getting close to her's, his fingers poking a hole in her chest, he only really got one shot because when he tried to do it a second time, Raven grabbed his index finger and bent it backwards until he was on his knees.

"Don't be poking my partner, she doesn't like it" Raven kept bending it until the crack resounded in her eardrums, for a moment she thought it was the end of it but apparently the Hu-mans were just getting started. Storm lept from her seat, springing her wiley frame at the second man while Raven took on the other two. Raven had decided that since they were doing it, she too could use the pool cue as a weapon. The cracking of wood against Hu-man flesh combined with her strength made the man sink to the floor, knocked out cold. Knowing that he couldn't compete the third man made a very quick exit. Storm swung her leg kicking her target in the face so hard his nose shattered on impact. Safe to say that Raven and Storm were not allowed back at that inn, despite the fact that the Hu-men had started it, Raven gave the keepers some money for the damages but apparently it wasn't enough. Not wanting to cause more trouble they agreed to leave, hoping that they could find another place that held alcohol.

Would you like me to erase his memories Raven?

Could you?

Yes I can but it don't mean I will until you ask me too

Ok, can you erase his memory so we can get more booze

Sure

Thank you Devitt, while you're at it, can you tell me why you killed Rune?

No, you need to find that out for yourself

"Man I hate that douchebag so much"

"Are you talking to Devitt?" Storm asked as they made their way down the street on their wobbly legs.

"Yes, he won't tell me anything, apparently I have to discover it on my own"

"Can you do it tomorry? I wanna crawl on the ceiling and pretend that we're bugs"

Raven happily agreed, more than willing to put off the task at hand. She knew she would have to deal with it eventully but for right now, she just wanted to be a bug.