The red eyed minx quietly walked down the hallway past the groups and cliques all around her. Many of them didn't take notice of her until she was spotted by a group of girls. One of them began to whisper to the group and immediately their eyes all turned on her, every one of them full of hatred and bitterness. She looked away, her ears drooping hoping not to hear their harsh words and whispers but her hearing was too great. Every word gave her a cut but they were not nearly as deep or as painful as the ones she bore years before. She was stronger now; her skin and fur was thickened.

Lana walked past them and kept telling herself this was only temporary, in just a few days she would start all over on a new planet. These people here would not be able to follow her, nor would their remarks.

She had almost made it to her next class when she suddenly bumped into someone. She stumbled back pinning her ears back and started apologizing feverously.

"I'm sorry, I didn't see you there. I'm so sorry-" She managed to say before she saw someone she was praying not to see. "F-Fox!"

The vulpine towered over her and was even taller than Relics; the dirty scowl on his face only made him more intimidating. He folded his arms at her, his green eyes still piercing into her mind. She knew what was coming, as alpha it was his job to drive out a member who went against the pack. The minx doubted he would have any problems with it after what she did to his friend and since she was never fully welcomed by him to begin with. There was always an under layer of doubt and mistrust he harbored for her because of her past relationship with his enemy, Wolf.

"Lana." The vulpine growled and kept the growl going in his throat for a while before saying. "I'm sure you don't need me to tell you what this is about."

The minx looked away in shame. "No. No you don't."

"Find comfort with another pack, you are not welcome in mine." Fox echoed the words spoken to so many others cast out of packs before. Surprisingly though, it was hard for the vulpine. He hadn't cast anyone out in a while, not since he assumed the role as pack alpha. It was strange, at first he thought he'd take pleasure and pride in casting her out for what she did to his friend, but instead he felt like the bad guy suddenly.

"I'm sorry, you were all such great friends and I betrayed you all." She said which only made Fox feel worse.

Fox swallowed hard but turned his back to her and walked away. What she said made him feel sick, like he did something very wrong. Still, he shrugged it off and told himself she was no longer a part of his pack so she wasn't of his concern. The vulpine moved on leaving Lana far behind him and the number of people still in the hallways began to weaken.

The minx still had a long way to go before she got to her class and didn't want to be late on her last day of school on Corneria. She tried not to think about what Fox had just done, knowing full well that she was out of the pack the moment Brice came into her life and fucked it all up. Even if she got her family off world and far away from Corneria, they'd still be in danger from him and the people he worked for.

Lana made it to some stairs that would take her right to her next class when she felt a strange feeling of being followed as she made it halfway up the stairs to the large stair. She swiveled her ear around and found that she was right. The minx looked behind her but stiffened and spun around quickly.

She recognized the woman behind her instantly; a burning primal desire to claw the robin's face off rose within her. Yet before it could manifest fully, the feeling died out as she knew it wouldn't matter or make her feel any better after losing the one guy in her life that treated her right. Melina just played her cards right as an opportunist and took him when he needed someone most.

"Lana, I was hoping I'd catch up to you today." Melina said most unlike how friends would talk to each other. There was a sinister tone in it, almost like a villain would gloat over someone just before she killed them.

"Melina." Was all Lana could say in response, her ex-friend's name rolling off her tongue with a bitter taste like it came up from her stomach.

"I just wanted to tell you in person that I'm sorry Relics missed your call, he was kind of busy fucking me." The woman said with an avian grin.

Lana's ears flared and the urge to beat the other woman rose again, but she knew that she was just looking for a rise from her. She was gloating that she took her man from her when in fact he was lost to the minx the second he saw her being kissed by Brice.

"Well I'm… happy for you two. I just hope Relics doesn't catch anything from you." Lana growled which surprised herself as she told herself she would not play the game she had already lost.

Melina stepped closer to the shorter hybrid before slapping her across the face. Lana's head pulled hard to the right and stayed there as she let the pain of the attack sink in. She would not give in; she would not give Melina what she wanted.

"Did you know he was calling out my name last night? Oh Melina, oh Melina." The avian said mimicking the human. "I fucked his brains out and even let him cum inside me. I wonder, did you ever get to experience it or did you just lead him on like you did Wolf and I?"

Lana's sharp red eyes flashed to the avian. "What are you talking about, slut?"

"You might try to hide it, but deep down you're a self-centered bitch that loves to hurt people. You left Wolf when he became inconvenient for you. But when you were with him all you ever did was hurt people and take from them, even your supposed friends." Melina hissed.

"So… you did all of this just to get back at me?" Lana asked as Melina laughed in her throat.

"And it felt so good doing it too. Your little boy toy hates you so much while he's wrapped around my little finger. It's so funny how quickly he went from loving you to fucking your supposed friend." The robin said as she giggled with delight.

The minx was near her breaking point. Every word her friend from childhood said cut her core spilling not blood, but anger, grief, and shame. It was hard not to attack her, make her pay for touching Relics, seducing him in his weakened state. Lana extended her claws and her arm tensed as if to strike her newfound nemesis, but she hesitated. She promised herself years ago she would never fight again unless it was necessary. So many scars she inflicted on others when she was younger for the pettiest reasons. So, with body aching self-control, the gentle hybrid retracted her claws.

"I'm sorry." The minx whispered, stopping the robin mid giggle.

"What?" She asked giving the minx a suspicious look.

"I'm sorry I made you hate me so much that you'd go to these lengths to get back at me, Mel." Lana said, using Melina's childhood nickname. "I wish I'd have listened to you back then and stayed away from Wolf and… you were right. It was the worst mistake of my life and I treated you so badly, called you names, stole from you, hurt you, and publically humiliated you just to bring myself up. I am the worst excuse of a person, and I regret hurting you every minute of my life and will until I die."

Melina stared at the minx as tears freely fell from her glistening eyes. It had been years since she had seen Lana cry and desired to see it for so long, yet even now she could take no satisfaction out of it. It was not as she expected, she wanted to see her break down, weep uncontrollably while being laughed at by everyone around her.

As she stared down at the silently crying minx, she was reminded of the times back when they were just chicks and kits. They used to play together for hours, having the best time two kids could have. The two Cornerians did everything together; dress up, predator and prey, sleepovers, sharing secret crushes, and typical horsing around. As they got older, things started to change as rapidly as they did. Melina's body was quick to start developing and was the first girl in school to have b cup sized breasts. Several of Lana's crushes would often ignore her and go for the avian instead, this kept happening for months until finally Lana started to mature. Regardless, the damage had been done and what was once a beautiful and innocent friendship, started to turn into a vain and jealous acquaintance.

When the two girls started middle school, the hung out together but not nearly as often as they did when they were kids. Time went by and Lana's insecurity and vanity, made from watching so many people flock to Melina while leaving her in the dark, started to get to her. She started thrusting herself into the center of attention, picking fights, starting drama, and getting into trouble frequently. This alienated her from her old friends and got her mixed up in the wrong crowd, which was where she met Wolf.

Regardless, Melina stood by her best friend, even if her best friend treated her like shit. She put up with her because she believed that Lana was still the nice and sweet girl she was before middle school, at least until the day her life was ruined.

Lana wasn't always so bad, but when around her boyfriend he acted like a stimulus to her behavior and she would go all out just to impress him. One day when she and Melina had been arguing, they happened to be arguing in front of Wolf. When Melina called her out, blaming Wolf for her being such a bitch, Lana saw a golden opportunity to impress Wolf.

The minx launched an unexpected attack on Melina and beat her until she was bloodied in the face, but she didn't stop there. In front of everyone, in the school halls, Lana tore the robin's shirt to shreds and cut her bra exposing her breasts to everyone around, which consequently got her and Wolf expelled.

It was these memories that Melina tried to forget, tried to forgive, but she couldn't. Her love for Lana turned into hatred that day. The minx came to Melina several months later, single, broken, and on the verge of suicide. Yet for some reason she felt herself compelled to help her, even if she wanted the minx dead.

"You sicken me." Melina snapped. "You think that just because you start crying again that I'll forgive you, just like that!? You beat me and humiliated me, then came back crying and begging for help just a few months later, acting as if NOTHING HAPPENED!" She screamed making Lana flinch and started to step back, but Melina started advancing on her. "I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU KILL YOURSELF! I don't even know why I did save your life!"

Melina was on the verge of repaying Lana back for everything she had done to her, but she wanted more than just a physical beating. She wanted Lana to hate herself again and feel like there was no way out. She wanted the minx to kill herself, to die feeling miserable and alone.

"You saved me, because you are a good person." Lana said even after what she had done. "You saved me because you are a good and caring soul. I was so jealous of you because I felt inferior, like you were better than me… and you are. If I could I'd go back and stop myself from ever hurting you because you were one of the greatest things to come into my life."

Melina realized at that moment that her plan had not worked. Try as she might she still wanted to live, and it only made her hate the red eyed minx more.

"I deserve everything wrong that comes to me, and I don't blame you for what you've done. You-" Lana went on before being silenced by another slap, this one making her ears ring.

"Shut up, don't try to take this away from me!" Melina hissed grabbing Lana by her shirt's collar and pulling her in so she could glare straight into her eyes. "This is not over, I hate you and I will destroy everything you love. And when I do I'll laugh as you pull the trigger of your own life while fucking your human boyfriend right in front of you."

And with that promise hanging in the air, Melina left.

~X~X~X~X~X~X~

Relics tapped on his desk with his pen agitatedly. The last place he wanted to be was at school where she might find him. It's not that he wanted to avoid her, but he felt so awkward and embarrassed, plus he didn't know how she would react. Melina had his number but hadn't texted or called him all the night before.

Miyu and Fara could tell something was upsetting him, but they figured it was because he was about Lana. They tried comforting him by making small talk, sharing the candy and food they brought in especially for him, and offered for him to copy off their work but none of that worked. He felt like he was a thousand miles away with the stare he was giving off into space as nothing they said to him got him to come around. Eventually they decided it was best that they leave him alone until they got him in a more private area so they could talk and console him more in depth.

'Sooner or later I'll have to see her. She's going to want an explanation for why I ran out on her… I still can't fucking believe I did it with her! What kind of sick bastard am I? I just got my heart torn out and I go and have sex with the first girl that opens up her legs! It's not like it was even that good, can't remember most of it.' He thought to himself.

Finally the bell rang and Relics nearly jumped out of his desk and ran to the door. He heard Fara and Miyu call out to him but he ignored them. As much as he appreciated them trying to help, he just wanted to be left alone. But fate was a cruel mistress.

"Hey, Boo!" A lovely voice said from behind him before he felt the air being crushed out of his body.

'Boo?!' Relics thought confusedly before another loving surge of strength almost snapped him in half.

The human let out a painful yelp of pain just before he was let go of. He turned around; ready to smack somebody but then he realized who was hugging him. Her feathers were ruffled together and she was as close to a smile as an avian could be. She was also wearing the tightest clothing, her blouse was nearly about to burst and the poor buttons were almost trembling as her amazing bust threatened to pop out.

"Melina." Relics blurted out as he forced himself to look away from her gorgeous body. "How ya been?"

Melina moaned with delight before leaning into his body and chest, wrapping her hands around him and hugging him much softer this time. All around them people were already talking about what was transpiring. As usual they were all pulling out their phones, whispering amongst themselves, and drama was manifesting rapidly. Regardless, he embraced her back as she was the next best thing to having Lana.

"I've been so great. I missed you yesterday after you left, I just had to see you so I skipped class." She said making the human stiffen as he realized that him running out on her was about to bite him on the ass.

"Sorry, I had to get home otherwise Jason would have had my ass." Relics lied and prayed she wouldn't question him.

"I understand." She cooed nearly making the human let out a great sigh. "They gotta keep tabs on you, don't want you getting hurt or anything."

"Yeah." Relics said, going with whatever she said just hoping she'd change the subject.

The bird pulled back but took hold of him by the arm and started walking with him down the hallways. She was relishing in all the attention she and Relics were getting and she rested her head on his shoulder further amplifying the situation that was quickly turning into a confirmed human-Cornerian relationship. Most everyone had talked about the human and the minx going out, and there were actual school debates over whether or not they were indeed going out. Yet now as they strolled down the hallways arm in arm, all that was thrown out the window.

"I was going to text you, but I was too tired yesterday." She said and then whispered in his ear slyly. "What you did to me yesterday, I'm still sore from it all. When can I get you back in my bed?"

The human turned a fierce shade of red and began to radiate heat. Immediately his mind began to fall back to when he made perhaps one of the worst mistakes of his life. He remembered it started off innocent enough; Melina was just trying to be a good friend and comfort him in his time of need. But then it escalated quickly. The next thing he knew, he was caressing her large breasts and feeling the soft down that covered them. After that, it was just a blur that he regretted.

"About that, you think we might be going a little too fast?" Relics asked, hoping he'd slowly distance himself from the relationship until one day it just ended abruptly.

"Too fast? If you say so, but to be honest I love it when things are fast." Melina chirped.

'Come on, work with me here! I'm just trying to weasel out of this without hurting your feelings!' Relics groaned to himself as it seemed Melina was hell-bent on making this relationship work no matter how he tried to wriggle out.

"If you want though, we can slow it a bit. Course, I'm not gonna let you hold out for too long though." She said and gave his hand a squeeze.

'Curse me and my amazing libido!' Relics thought hating himself even more.

"Thanks. It's not you or anything, it's just I need to get my head straight. Lana-"

"You don't have to explain to me. I understand, you're not the first person she's hurt." Melina said with a noticeable irk in her voice. Relics was about to ask her about what she meant when she finally pulled away from him. "Well, I have to get back to school. I'll see you later, Boo."

"See ya." Relics said when the robin hugged him again, this time much softer and affectionately than her monstrous organ crusher hugs from before.

He watched her walk away towards the school exit, her tail feathers ruffling together in the wind behind her. She was taller than Lana, had a bigger bust than Lana, and Melina had not used his heart as a litter box like Lana had, but it did not stop him from replacing the avian with the minx in his mind's eye.

'Even after all she's done I still love her… how pathetic am I? I should just kill them all, it's not like anyone really cares. They're just using me to their own ends.' Relics brooded in his slowly darkening mind. 'Chloe and Jason are just using me as a proxy until they make a kid of their own, then guess where I'm gonna end up? Right back in that cold and empty house with a print of their front door on my ass. And the pack, they're just sucking up to me while brandishing me around like a trophy just for their own popularity. Hell, even Fox… god damn it.'

His common sense caught up to him in his maddening little world. Fox had been his friend since the day they met; he was always there if he needed him. The vulpine even took his side over Lana who had been his friend long before he even knew humans existed. If there was anyone he could trust it was his friend Fox; he'd never abandon him.

~X~X~X~X~X~X~

A lone auburn vixen walked down the deserted and wet streets of Corneria. She was not bothering anyone, just minding her own business when suddenly she felt herself slam right into an unexplainable wall. There wasn't anything in her way but she still hit something and went down hard. She let out a small whine as she cringed up and tried to suppress the pain. The vixen opened her eyes and looked around to see what hit her, but couldn't find the cause for her sudden slam into the ground.

After a moment she got back up and tried to put it behind her. As she walked off the wall suddenly appeared behind her and watched her go. The wall turned out to be tall person fully clad in armor. Yet as quickly as he appeared he once more disappeared and continued on his way down the street, like a ghost haunting the streets, unseen but sometimes felt by the unlucky soul.

"Captain Sharp… home base… please report your… location." A female voice spoke to him through their radio link in two and three second bursts of chatter and radio silence so to throw off anyone trying to track them.

"Home base… Sharp… roving for news." The man replied back as he looked around the surprisingly beautiful regal but future designs of their buildings. What really surprised him were the parked cars that were nearly identical to age old human car designs with only a few minor different details.

"I'll be back soon… Sharp out." He said not wanting to be disturbed anymore. It was a month before the next phase of the mission would start, and he wanted to at least stretch his legs. Being cooped up in a dusty old Cornerian building with hardly anything to do but wait around and watch god awful Cornerian programming. Every day there was something on half the channels about the human exchange student or humanity in general.

He and the two other agents never paid much attention, but apparently almost two weeks ago something major happened that got all of Corneria in a frenzy of drama.

'With all the fur flying around him and that cat thing, you'd almost think they were fucking.' Sharp thought to himself.

The man kept thinking as he walked down the streets, avoiding puddles so he wouldn't give himself away to any random passerby.

'I can't wait until this planet is nothing but ash. Anything would be better than this. While that little bastard walks around enjoying himself like an over privileged, teenaged celebrity, I'm surrounded by the enemy and bored out of my mind!' Sharp scowled in his head. 'As much fun as it is knocking these animals on their asses, it gets old.'

The man sighed as he came to a rather populated area and he decided it would be best if he went back. He'd been out for about hour now and the cloaking system was about to be fully drained and in need of recharging.

He'd just turned around when he heard everyone start gasping and talking. For a second he thought his cloaking field had failed and everyone could see him. He turned around and reached for the gun at his hip but saw that nobody was looking at him and instead were focused on the large television screens mounted to the surrounding skyscrapers.

"The peace talks with the humans have failed, their negotiators have withdrawn and we no longer have any kind of contact with them." A tom cat reported on every one of the screens making Sharp stiffen. "They've shut themselves away entirely leaving us all to wonder what will happen next."

The invisible man hadn't even made it a step before his compatriots were trying to contact him.

"Sharp you need to get back now, the mission's been changed."

"I'm on my way Miranda; I'll be there in ten minutes." Sharp said without care to keep the radio line as brief as possible before taking off running back towards their base in the city.

~X~X~X~X~X~X~

"Thanks Fox, how about tomorrow?" Relics asked as he walked up to the front door of Chloe's and Jason's home.

"Yeah sure, just get some sleep buddy. We'll hang out tomorrow." Fox replied with honest sincerity of understanding despite being blown off again this week. The week before he only managed to get Relics to hang out twice, and that didn't turn out so well since Lana's betrayal had only just sunk in fully. "See ya at school."

"See ya, bro." Relics replied and the two hung up.

The human walked through the front door of his supposed home and closed the door behind him just as Jason pulled out of the driveway so fast the tires of the SUV squealed obnoxiously loud. Relics looked around to see if Chloe was waiting for him and he was thankful she wasn't today. He didn't see Lana all day, and in truth it was a rather easy and uneventful day but it still wore him out. His body and mind had switched into auto pilot through the rest of the day, smiling, waving, being a good model of humanity while keeping his inner feelings hidden away.

'I'm not going to give them the pleasure of seeing me break down. I'm stronger than them!' Relics thought as he started heading upstairs when he heard a loud scream.

Without any hesitation Relics started running up the stairs two at a time until he reached the top and when he did he ran to Chloe and Jason's room fearing the worst. He barged through the door and looked around, ready to murder any home invaders without a moment's regret but he was caught off guard by the violet and blue blur that rushed him.

"RELICS!" Chloe squealed at the top of her lungs while hugging him around the waist and hoisting him up into the air despite him being bigger than her.

'Why must all the women in my life be freakishly strong and want to kill me with love and affection?' Relics wondered as he fought to pry Chloe's iron grip loose so he could breathe.

"Mom… please!" Relics wheezed as his vision started to go blurry. Luckily she released him before he passed out but then she started jumping around while holding on to him bringing him along with her. "Mom! What's wrong?"

"Oh baby, nothing! Nothing's wrong! EVERYTHING IS FUCKIN' AMAZING!" She cried out before laughing from the bottom of her stomach. Before Relics could ask why she looked at him dead in the eye with the largest smile he'd ever seen her wear and she said. "I'm pregnant!"

At first Relics felt a massive sense of excitement bubble up inside him for her, yet it only re-confirmed his assumption that she was just going to kick him to the curb now that she had a child of her very own now. Chloe claimed him, told him that he was her son, but how long would that last now that she had a Cornerian baby, not just a teenaged human?

"That's great, mom!" Relics said putting on the best fake smile he had and hugged her tightly. "I'm so happy for you!"

"Thank you sweetie, thank you! Just think, you're going to have a baby brother or sister soon!" Chloe said as she hugged him back and rocked back and forth.

'Oh I'm sure.'

"Does Jason know yet?" Relics asked to which Chloe shook her head.

"Not yet, but… his birthday is next month and I think it would be so great to surprise him then." Chloe thought aloud.

'Oh yeah, all guys want to know that their girl's pregnant on their birthday.' Relics thought but couldn't help but agree with her regardless. Jason wanted a kid just as much as Chloe, if not even more so.

"But what are you going to do until then?" Relics asked.

"Well, I guess I'm going to pretend I'm not and stay the course. Hopefully he won't break me before then. Sorry dear." Chloe added with a giggle as Relics cringed at the thought of Jason parking his mother.

"What about a name? Do you have any ideas yet?" Relics asked losing interest in the conversation by the second.

'I wonder if I could get her by some stairs?'

"Not yet, I'll think about it but I want Jason to help choose." Chloe purred and started bouncing around happily like a kitten. "I'm so happy right now! Now I'll have two wonderful kits!"

"Yeah I'm sure." Relics said under his breath which made the panther stop mid jump. She turned around and looked at her supposedly happy kit. She was rather good at reading people, even if they were human.

"Relics, honey is there something wrong?" She asked tilting her head at him questioningly.

"No mom, I really am happy for you." Relics lied again and it showed with tiny twitches in his eyes and lips. It only got worse for him when she squinted at him.

"Don't lie to me, Relics." Chloe said with a small feline growl in her throat. "You know I hate liars."

"I'm not lying!" Relics argued raising his tone of voice at Chloe. "Why wouldn't I be happy you're having a kid? It's not like you're going to replace me or anything!"

The feline's purple eyes blinked. "Replace you? Relics! I love you! You're my damn son and if you think you're getting replaced than you're grounded!"

"Oh, I'm really your son?" Relics asked skeptically. "Do you honestly think I believe you when you say you love me!?"

The whole room suddenly froze and Chloe's muzzle fell. The hurtful things he had said surprised her but not as much as it surprised himself. He really liked Chloe, and before his life started crashing down all around him, he genuinely thought of her as his mother. Yet all the cuts and pains inside of him made him lash out for no real reason on someone who loved him. Before he could even begin to apologize, salt was added to the wounds from the tears coursing down the panther's face.

"Mom… I'm sorry." Relics whispered and tried to hug her but she stepped away.

"I think you should go." Chloe said with a shaky voice.

"Mom-" Relics repeated before Chloe lashed back.

"GO! GET AWAY FROM ME YOU UNGRATEFUL CHILD!" She screamed at the top of her lungs as more and more tears fell.

Relics moved quickly to obey her and ran out of the room and didn't stop until he was out of the house and on the sidewalk staring back at the closest thing to a family he had since his was taken away. As much as he'd have liked to blame Chloe for perhaps overreacting, he knew it was his fault. He ruined an incredible moment for her, and spit in her face when she said she would still love him even after having another kid.

'Why the fuck did I do that?' Relics thought as he started to shiver. He wanted to go back inside but he dared not show his face to Chloe after what he did. Instead he started walking to keep himself warm and distance himself from yet another mistake he'd made.

'She didn't deserve that! Mom even told you that she would still love you, yet you had to open your god damn mouth and question her! After all that she's done for you, after all the SHIT problems you flung at her and she stood by your side the entire time! You fucking, ungrateful, piece of shit!' Relics yelled at himself, wishing he could literally beat himself up.

About a half an hour passed before he realized he was still walking. He had walked deeper into the suburbs, away from the richer sector and more towards the more middle to lower class area. The human looked around and figured he was somewhere close by to Miyu or even Fox's house but didn't really want to engage in any more social interaction, especially since he was liable to hurt more people in his life.

Figuring he should give Chloe even more time so that she wouldn't kill him when he got back, Relics kept moving but decided to back track so he wouldn't get lost. As he walked back he noticed that hardly anyone was outside, probably because he was the only one stupid enough to get himself kicked out into below freezing temperatures. He wasn't entirely alone as far as he could tell because he could hear footsteps behind him, prompting him to turn around and see who it was. Strangely though, he must have been hearing things because when he did no one was there.

Shrugging to himself, Relics kept walking. Before he could lash himself even more, he heard the sound of footsteps again. This time he quickly whipped but the second verse was the same as the first; nothing.

'Something's following me…' Relics thought to himself, taking a break from comparing himself to some of the worst people in history and humanity. He pretended to shrug it off and he continued on his way, but he was tense and alert now. The human strained his hearing, timing the steps and calculating the distance away from him.

'It's getting closer, just ten feet… six feet… NOW!'

The human put all his weight on his left leg and kicked behind him with his right hitting nothing but air, but that didn't stop him. He quickly swung his leg around putting them both back down on the ground before he lashed out again with a wide sweeping kick, trying desperately to hit his invisible stalker so he could grasp his or her location and then close in. Still he didn't hit anything and he realized that whatever was coming after him was out of his reach so he put up his guard.

He stood completely still, listening for the smallest sound to give away his enemy's position. Seconds ticked by and turned to minutes which would have convinced anyone that they were just imagining things and overreacting to their imagination, but Relics was not convinced. It didn't matter to him that he looked like an idiot, bent at the knees and both fists guarding his face.

"Where are you?" Relics whispered as the tension kept eating away at him.

Another five minutes passed before Relics sighed, loosened up and wiped the sweat off his forehead. Just as he did he heard a click behind him and something press up against his head. Relics closed his eyes and let out another sigh, this one full of agitation.

"You were so close to hitting me; I think you nicked my hip in that last kick." A girlish voice giggled making Relics feel even worse as he realized who it was.

"Miranda. How are you? Is Sharp around?" He asked through his clenched teeth.

"I've been great actually, been sitting around bored out of my mind for the past month." Miranda said much less humorously than before.

"My month hasn't been that great either." He admitted despite the fact he knew she wouldn't care.

"Cool story. Anyways, I'm just here to tell you that the next phase begins tomorrow at five." Miranda said and removed the gun from his head.

"Tomorrow?!" Relics gasped and spun around but saw nothing but more cold and deserted streets. "Why tomorrow? I thought I had another month before-"

"Things change cutie. Hope you've had enough fun playing with your little animal friends, because after tomorrow there won't be many of them left." She said with a sickeningly childish giggle.

Relics' face darkened. "Trust me; I've had more than enough of this place to last me a lifetime. The sooner I'm back home, the better."

"Good to hear. See you tomorrow handsome." Miranda said and gave the human a small smack across the face that Relics had no chance of defending against.

The painful sting lingered while he thought about what she said, not him being handsome, but about how there weren't going to be many Cornerians after tomorrow. War was simply inevitable as billions of his own people were demanding retribution for the lives lost on Mar Sara. Someone had to take the fall, someone had to be blamed and pay for it. The excuse that seemed to have worked but wound up back firing was that it was a small sect of Cornerians that were rebelling against the majority, simply wasn't enough. The casualty list grew larger every day as even after a whole year, rotting corpses and skeletons were being dragged out of the ruins of a once independently thriving colony, and that was what angered the most people. So much death and destruction for no reason, and the perpetrators got away with it.

'Would we really go so far to destroy completely destroy Corneria?' Relics wondered slowly becoming more and more afraid of what was to come tomorrow.