It had been a week or so after the funeral. Nothing has come up since then thankfully. Elizabeth has been having a tough time in school, whether it's from her being scared to go back, to people calling her names, and other things. I did my best to watch over her, and support her through this time. People can be cruel, but if they go to far, I can be crueler.

During this time I also watched over Elizabeth's house and the school itself, looking out to see if any more attacks were going to happen. Luckily it didn't look like that would be the case. It's been a week now and nothing, maybe since both of those creatures were killed they will be careful.

Even though it was quiet, we weren't out of the mud yet, Karver, I still need to get a hold of him. That man, he knows these people, he knows where I can get info on them, and that is what, I'm going to do.

I informed Elizabeth what I was doing. As much as I expected her to deny it, she was completely on board, I guess she still holds a grudge, and no reason she shouldn't.

Bruce and I were going to use the same set up, fake bombs, all that jazz. Thankfully we were able to retrieve the fake bombs and headed out of there in no time flat.

We waited a few more days, did school, ate, and prepared for this day. The last time we had our chance, we were sidetracked, understandably. We drove to the same spot we did that night, he set up on the roof, and I set up the fake bombs.

I joined back up with him, snacks in hand, and we waited. It was around midnight when I started to hear cars come our way.

-Bruce, get down,- I said.

"Okay!" He did as was told and laid down on the roof.

The cars pulled up to the building, and people started getting out to have their meeting. I noticed Karver and his crew again. They all went inside, while two people locked the door and stood guard.

-Alright remember, no shooting unless completely necessary,- I said to Bruce.

"Got it man, no worries," He whispered.

I walked down the roof, and jumped off, landing quietly. I noticed the two at the gate. I thought of the best course of action for this. I got to the roof of the building they were guarding, and looked down over them.

To take out the first one I took the simplest approach. The guard to my left I jumped down onto him, knocking him to the ground hard. Of course the second guard noticed and tried to fire, but I used my speed to knock the gun out of his hands before he had a chance to fire the gun.

After losing his gun, he quickly pulled out a switch blade, and tried to slash me. I dodged his two slashes then quickly grabbed the arm with the hand holding his knife. I then put my paw on the joint of his arm, and used my ability to send force, causing the arm to dislocate. Before he could scream, I followed up with a knee to the face, knocking him out. I heard the other guy shuffle, trying to grab his gun, but I quickly ran over, and soccer kicked him to knock him out.

After that I walked over to the lock on the door, making sure I had the fake detonator on me.

"Ok, here we go," I psyched myself up.

My hood was up, my sword and shotgun were ready. Here we go.

I formed a blue staff from my energy, but instead of it's normal blue, it was now like a darkish, purple, wonder why?

Anyways, I hit the pad lock and let it break. Then as for dramatic flare, put my paw against the door, and let rip another shot of force, causing it to burst open. As soon as it opened, all eyes in the building were on me.

Some of the men pulled their gun, but the man I identified as Karver, seemed confused, not scared or anything.

I decided to speak first, -Well, hello there, sorry to drop by, but I have something to discuss with Karver,- I used my telepathy to send to everyone in the room.

Karver walked forward, "You, how did you get in here, and how do you know m-" He looked behind me and saw two of his guards knocked out.

-Yeah them, see they would have made a ruckus, no fret though, I only knocked them out,- I informed.

"So.. you have something to discuss with me eh? Do tell, first off why should I even? You just knocked out two of my men," He said.

-Well, I have something important to discuss, and I can only get info on this from you,- I explained.

"Oh? And what info would that be?" Karver said, seemingly interested.

I smirked, -The drug you sold to Monty Landers, and who you got it from.-

As those words left my mind his expressions went from curious, to shocked, then to sour. His face went to one of intense hatred.

"How do you… know that name?" He said slowly.

-See Karver, I have my business, you have yours, now if you would comply with my request, then maybe we can come to terms on how I know,- I explained in a calm, but serious manner.

"And what is keeping me from having my men blow you away?" Karver questioned.

-Hehehe… well, maybe this,- I quickly pulled out the detonator, and pointed at the roof. Everyone saw the 'bombs' on the roof, and started to get scared, except for Karver.

-Let me just say I am closest to the door, I doubt you guys will be able to get out before I can, and if you do shoot me, well I will have plenty of time to ignite them,- I explained.

"Oh? You don't say?" Karver said with a smirk.

Oh no.

"Well that would work, if they were real," He said.

I growled, -What sort of game do you think I'm playing?-

"Honestly, next time remember not to keep the so called bombs here when you leave," He explained. His men started to get more confident.

Shit.

-Ah I see, guess that was a fatal error, a life or death situation can cause that sort of miss hap you know?- I said.

"Now as I said, you know too much, so you will not leave here with your life," He explained, "Men, n-"

-I'm the one who killed Monty,- I sent to him.

"W-what?" He said confused, now he looked scared, "So… wait you…"

-Not only that,- I took my hood off for everyone to see, his men were shocked, and Karver himself even more so.

-I'm the one, he used that drug on,- I sent to him.

His men backed off slowly, not understanding what they were looking at.

-Now then Karver, you wish to comply now? Cause let me tell you, even with all your men and your guns, with this much space to mover freely, you will all die,- I said with a menacing growl, then to further prove my point I let some of this dark, purple aura start lifting off me.

He seemed to weigh his options, then spoke, "That drug… did that?"

I looked down, -Yeah, it did, I used to be a human, as you should already know.-

"Yeah, I figured," He said, "Lower your weapons!"

His men did as they were ordered, and waited on standby.

Karver looked at me with a scowl, "Alright you wanted answers, so start asking questions."

-What, was the drug?- I asked.

"I don't know, everything about it was left vague to me," He said.

-So you know Monty?- I asked.

"Not long, all I know his he was used to this line of work, and was extremely skilled, so if you took him down, I must assume you are as well," He explained.

-Who did you get the drug from?- I asked.

"This group, they call themselves, 'The Reapers,' they are usually very stealthy, and you wont find any of them on normal terms, but, I might be able to give you a lead," He explained.

-Oh? And what would it be?- I questioned.

"Basically, I've got a supplier, he tells me everything I need, and gives me all he stuff and drugs I need when I'm supposed to sell them, and you killed the guy I had supplied with their drugs," Karver answered.

-Where is he?- I asked.

"And why should I tell you that? I think I've spoke enough," He said.

I pulled out my shotgun and pointed it at him, -Cause I'll kill you.-

"You really don't like compromising do you?" He asked.

-Well no, at the moment I am very unreasonable, my parents are dead, my brother is dead, and I'm f***ing pissed off, so yeah, I'm not,- I said angry.

"I see… an old bookstore in town, Lion's Dome, that's where they are, it's the man that owns that store, that's where you will find him," He explained.

-Is that all you know?- I asked.

"I don't work with them, I have my own things I do."

-Yeah, I guess so, well then, I guess we're done here, and oh, don't follow me, or I really will kill you,- I threatened.

"I figured…" He finished.

I then took my time to leave, not realizing what was going on in there.

Karver POV:

"Get after them, if we can kill him before that trap, then it will be over, and we wont have to deal with those consequences. You four, go now," I said to my four best men.

Xeta POV:

I had got up to the roof of the building nearby and told Bruce we had to go, and that I got what we needed. We climbed down and started heading back to the truck, when I started hearing footsteps behind us.

-Oh no,- I said.

"They followed us?" Bruce asked me.

-Yeah, they must want me dead, get some cover, I'll take em' from above,- I said.

"G-got it!" He ran back to hide behind a tree and I jumped up to wait.

I counted four people, and used my aura sight to see if there were anymore, no just four…

I would have to stop them here, they cant get to the truck. I pulled out my sword and shotgun to prepare. I jumped down, but them hearing the trees, backed off, too bad for him I threw my sword, it cutting him in the process. I then swung my arm with the shotgun and shot the guy behind me.

I then quickly jumped knowing bullets would be flying, which they started. A bullet grazed me, and I used my speed to get cover, and pumping the shotgun. They didn't let up on the tree I was using as cover though. But I heard a rifle shot go off, and one of them falling to the ground in pain.

The other man who was shooting returned fire. I used this as my opportunity to jump from cover, and hit him with a shot. I wasn't close enough for major damage. I ran up and used my spikes to slash him before he could fire again. I then ripped them out, causing him to fall in pain. The guy Bruce shot was starting to get his bearing, and almost fired at me, but he received another bullet from Bruce, which I then took my opportunity to hit him with a staff I formed.

He was down, but I didn't know if he was out. But the guy I had thrown my sword at, was now using it. Before he could hit I made my tail turn to steel, then push him back. I tried to use my shotgun, but he knocked it from my paws with my sword.

To counter him I started using my claws and tail to block the strikes.

We clashed once, and as soon as we did, he pulled out a pistol. I quickly jumped back to avoid the bullet. He tried to follow-up and stab me while I was on the ground, which I rolled away from. I quickly used my speed to get behind a tree to hide.

I heard rifle shots and pistol shots getting hit back and forth at each other. The rifle shots stopped, and the other guy had stopped shooting. I took my opportunity to run out and start fighting again, knocking my sword from him, and taking it back for myself, holding it backhanded. Then with my opportunity, I used the handle of the sword to knock his gun away, took hold of his arm, spun around him, and stabbed him in the back.

I then kicked him down, took his gun, and pulled my sword out.

I took a breath, thinking everything was over. But before I knew it I heard a gun being lifted, I spun around, and saw the guy that I thought was out back up, his gun aimed right at me, but then I saw, and heard another thing.

Before I knew it, with the sound of a revving engine, a truck hit the guy who aimed at me, and he flew past me. I ducked for cover, then looked at the truck… it was Bruce!

He kicked open his door, "GET IN!"

I quickly got up, sheathed my sword, grabbed my shotgun and an auto rifle. I opened the door, threw my stuff in, and Bruce took off. On the way I kept looking behind us to make sure we weren't followed. After ten minutes, I assumed we were okay.

Bruce had been driving slow, and both of us were breathing heavily.

"Okay, either you have really dumb luck, or are just really fast… Cause you came out of that without a scratch, both of us did," Bruce said exhausted.

-I would say speed, I will say it wears me out, but in that kind of situation, I don't think being tired… matters…- I explained.

"How are you… even able to do that… anyway?" He asked taking breaths.

-I don't know, if I told you, but basically, at that speed, it's like, everything slows down for me… it's strange…- I explained.

"I guess that makes sense, but like, it must feel weird, right?" He asked.

-Of course it does, it like everything's in slow mo,- I explained

"Gotcha, so where do we go from here?" he asked.

-Take me back to my cave, I got these for you,- I said

"Oh? An assault rifle… and a pistol?" Bruce looks surprised.

-I think it will do better in a fight, but might have a bad kick, you know?- I said.

"Yeah well, I guess it works," He said.

He took me back to my place and I started to clean and pack the weapons.

"So, do you think the ones that attacked us are… alive?"

-Honestly, no…- I answered, -Maybe one or two, but I know they suffered serious injuries, so honestly hard to say.-

"I see… how are you just, okay with it?" Bruce asked me.

I took a breath, -I'm… I'm honestly not, but I keep looking back on this, and keep thinking to myself, Not only did they kill my family, but how many innocent people did they kill or make them suffer? No one deserves to die, but also, they can't be allowed to do this anymore... Bruce, you helped me realize that I needed to start taking action, but after what happened to Elizabeth & Sunny, now it's personal. They have to be stopped so we can live our daily lives including my friends that are connected to me...

Bruce looked down, "Then, I guess I have no choice either," He gave me a smile, "If they are going for people connected to you, guess I got no choice either, so, I'm with you, life or death!"

I smiled back at him, -I guess I can't stop you can I?-

"You should know me by now!"

I laughed, -Guess you're right. Anyways, I'll see you at school yeah?-

"Will do, Ciao," He got in his truck and drove off.

After I got back to my cave, I pulled out my phone.

"Alright then," I started, "Lion's Dome bookstore."