"I don't understand, how do dead people get stuck in limbo?" Manny asked confused.

"Limbo is another term for the land of the dead." T.J explained. "When beings die with unfinished business their souls linger in the land of the dead, only allowed to roam the earth on the day of the dead and they will not move on until their business is done."

"Like what?"

"Love."

"Love?"

"Manny if there's one thing I've learned from being alive for eighteen years is that love is always complicated."

"Oh really? And I'm you're the love expert? Mr. I change lovers once a week."

"Okay first of all that is not love that is pure lust which is a very sinful thing but alas I cannot resist the beauty of a young woman."

"Yeah I noticed."

"Hey I maybe lecherous I know what love is."

"Is that so?"

"I know it because I saw it. It was a long time ago during a time when I would not dare think of dishonoring a woman like that."

"When was that? When you were prepubescent?"

"Well yes but that's not the point. I was just a child no older than five, it was back in Peru. My mother had become ill and my father went out of his way to save her. He tried every treatment he could think of but there was no hope. I remember waking one night unable to sleep and I saw my father at my mother's side pleading for her not to leave him and praying to God not to let her die. He prayed that he would do anything save her even sacrifice his own life if only if it meant she could live."

"That's so sweet." Frida said.

"No. I'll never forget her last words: Tulio thank you for loving me, for marrying me, and allowing me to birth our beautiful son. You have made me the happiest woman on earth when I die my soul will not linger because I shall die happy with no regrets and I shall the spend the rest of my existence in heaven waiting for the day you and our son will join me. At those words she gave my father one last kiss then died in his arms, my father cried out in agony and in anger he cursed at God for letting her die but he quickly regretted it and begged for forgiveness."

"Deep." Manny said.

"Father was killed three years later my only comfort in his death is knowing that he is with my mother again. So I have never loved a woman like my father did my mother in fact he was lecher as well but i can assure you if I do give my heart to a woman I will treasure her."

"Uh-huh. Good luck with that."

"Yeah with your lecherous ways it's pretty much impossible." Andrea added.

"Hey my father got lucky." He said. "Speaking of which any of you ladies interested?"

"Keep dreaming." Frida said.

"Not on your life." Andrea said.

Suddenly the ground began to shake.

"Earthquake!" Manny shouted.

"Everyone down! Cover yourselves!" T.J said.

Then the ground began to crack and split apart, next thing they new the earth opened up sending the four of them falling down.

"May day! May day! Going down! Going down!" T.J said.

"Assume crash position!" Andrea said.

They falling toward several underground caverns that would separate them. Andrea fell through one while T.J fell through another. Thinking fast Manny reached for Frida's hand and once he had her he transformed, pulled her close, then dug his claws into the side of the hard earth to slow down their fall. It hurt like the fires of hell burning his skin but he didn't stop until finally they began to slowly slide down into a third cavern and land safely.

"You alright?" He asked her.

"Yes."

"Okay that's good and by the way OWWWWWW! My hand! My hand..."

"Manny? Frida? You guys okay?" T.J called.

"Yeah we're fine except Manny's hand might be out of work for awhile." Frida called back. "You guys get down here okay?"

"Yes but we don't know where we are!" Andrea called.

"Stay where you all are!" Manny said. "I'll track you two down and then we can find a way out."

"Okay!" They agreed.

Manny sniffed the air but for some strange reason he couldn't catch any of their scents. He figured they needed to move around a bit and maybe get closer to them.

"What is this place?" Frida asked.

"No idea but it smells funny."

"Like what?"

"Brimstone."

"Weird. Hey Manny quick question."

"What?"

"Don't you find it kind of...funny that your grandma and my grandma were best friends?"

"Yeah weird and creepy."

"It's odd how connected our two families are."

"What are you getting it?"

"Well do you think maybe...We were meant to meet in a weird way?"

"Uh no."

"Why?"

"I don't know honestly I think it's stupid."

"Stupid?"

"Yeah that my demon uncle fell for an angel aunt and then considered becoming a spirit."

"I think it's sweet."

"If you ask me giving up a chance to an all powerful being for a girl is pretty pathetic and dumb."

"Hmmph! I bet if you fell in love with a girl you'd give up everything for her."

"First of all no I wouldn't and second of all I would never fall in love with any girl especially a human one."

"So you're into guys?" She joked.

"What?! Eww! No!"

"I'm just kidding." She giggled. "I know why but why especially a human one?"

"It's a long story."

"Come on tell me, please."

"No."

"Please."

"No."

"Please."

"No."

"Please, please, please."

"No! And nothing will change my mind!"

One hour of listening to Frida say please over and over again later...

"Alright! Geez you really know how to wear someone down!"

"It's a gift." She said proudly. "So spill it cat boy."

"Fine...For as long as I can remember humans have always hated me because of who I was. Adults ignored and avoided me while children teased and tormented me. They called me things like devil child, spawn of Satan, offspring of evil, stuff like that. If something ever went wrong in town they always blamed me, most of them held rallies that would stand out the church demanding that I be sent away."

"I'm sorry."

"So now I've decided never to fall in love or care for anyone because what's the point of caring for somebody and risking your life for them if they won't do it for me."

"Now you can't say that, I bet there are more people who love you more than you think. Though it's not fair that you were treated that way."

"Well hey life lesson number one Angel eyes, life is never fair.

"Will you stop calling me that? Why do you even call me that?"

"I don't know I found it rather fitting."

"What do you mean?"

"When I was little the nuns told me stories about a little girl who had these big blue eyes and people said that she was so good and innocent that if you looked into her eyes you could see the star of heaven twinkling in them so everyone called her angel eyes. And well believe or not you were the very first person I met with blue eyes."

"Really?"

"There aren't a lot of blue eyed people where I used to live, so anyway I saw blue eyes and then Angel eyes popped into my head not that you're remotely close to being anything like an angel."

"Yeah I get it." She rolled her eyes. "You know sometimes I wish you would-"

"Shh! I hear something."

They both stood perfectly still while Manny listened for something. Then out of no where large thorny vines rose from the ground and began to bind themselves around Manny's wrists and ankles, pinning him to the hard glacier.

"What the-"

"Manny you alright?" She asked.

"I can't break through these vines! I'm stuck! I can't move!"

"Of course you can't." A voice said.

Flocks of crows entered the caverns taking the form of a tall woman with colorless skin, black lips, and purple eyes that held no white or pupils.

"Who the hell are you?" Manny shouted.

"You'll find out soon enough." She pulled something from her sleeve as she approached him, it looked like two shards of glass. The woman continued toward him and raised one shard to his eye and the other shard to his chest.

"Get that away from me!"

"Worry not Manny these shards will not do you any harm, in fact it will grant your greatest wish. This first one will destroy your human half and this second one will turn your spiritual blood demonic."

"I don't want that! Back off lady!"

"Don't struggle, believe me it will be everything you wanted."

Stay away from him!" Frida cried shooting an arrow at her.

"Ahh!" She screeched. "You shall not meddle in my plans again!"

"Leave her alone!" Manny demanded.

"Quiet you!" She threw a blade from her sleeve and it was head straight for him. Manny tried to get away but he couldn't move, he closed his eyes and waited for the pain of being impaled but it didn't come. Wanting to know why, he opened his eyes and to his horror Frida stood in front of him with the blade in her back. He could smell the blood dripping down from her wound.

"FRIDA!" He shouted in horror.

"Ah..." She gasped. "He-hey, you...Okay?"

"Wha...Wha...Why did you do that?"

"I...I couldn't let her...Kill you." She said breathlessly. "Besides...My life isn't worth much anyway right?"

"Yes it is! How could you do that?! Are you insane?!"

"Maybe...You know people always do crazy things..." Her eyes closed weakly and her final words before collapsing were spoken in a voice so quiet that only he could hear her. "When they're in love."

Manny felt his heart race and his blood pump out of control. He struggled like a wild animal to get loose as he watched Frida fall to the cold cavern ground.

"Frida! Frida! FRIDA!"

"Oh what a pity." The woman chuckled. "The worst it would've done was injure you but to a human well..."

"She crazy bitch! If she dies I'll kill you!"

"Oh now that's not a nice thing to say but don't worry I won't let her die so soon. I would very much like to see her suffer first, care to join me? It could be fun."

"You go to hell!"

"Now is that anyway to talk to your first love?"

"First love what are you-...No...Oh no...No,nononono!...Zoe?"

"Surprised?"

"Oh my God! What happened to you?"

"You'll learn soon enough."

She then grabbed Frida's unconscious body.

"No! Put her down! Please don't hurt her Zoe!"

"It really does hurt me that you care more about her than me." She then disappeared in the flock of crows taking Frida with her. Once they were gone the vines disappeared. In rage Manny grabbed one of the crows before they left, killed it. then plucked one of it's feathers. He sniffed it.

"It smells like Zoe so I should be able to track her...But it also smells like...Sniff! Sniff!...Uncle! That bastard! I should've known this was his dirty work! So help me Tito if you dare hurt Frida I'll make you wish you had stayed in that hell prison!"