Akasa knocked rapidly on Tet's door the next morning. "Andy, wake up!"

Andy came to the door, "What's up?"

"We're losing him.. I've tried everything." Akasa's eyes were grave.

Andy took a deep breath and nodded, heading to the infirmary.

Kei was struggling to breathe, his vitals almost non existent. Ryon and Yamae were each holding a hand tightly as if they could keep the witch alive by sheer willpower.

Andy focused, "I'm going to try to buy us some time." She pushed some of her energy into him, a silver light surrounding him.

His breathing eased, his vitals rising slightly.

All three men exhaled sharply, Akasa waiting for instructions.

"Help me look through the books." She headed into the lab to look through Kei's potion book.

For the next couple hours, they searched.

"I think I've found something.. I'm going to start it. Can you see if we can get a bit of the phoenix blood if they're willing?"

Akasa nodded. "I'll go find one of them." He hurried out the door, returning a few minutes later with Akira.

The phoenix grimaced as he caught sight of Kei. "Damn, he's really in trouble." He turned to her. "Whatever you need you can have. Including my life."

"We just need a bit of blood, okay?" Andy gave him a small smile. She drew the blood and added it to the mix. She then focused her energy into it as she recited a spell. A light glowed around it before it faded away. She lifted the vial and headed out to Kei. She poured it into his throat and focused again, reciting another spell and transferring more energy into him. She then watched and waited.

Kei began to glow, getting brighter as the spells worked. After a few minutes, the glow stopped and left the witch breathing normally. His vitals were back to normal as well and the twins sobbed in relief.

Andy smiled, sitting down a moment to rest.

The door opened, Tet dragging Daiki over his shoulder. The vampire was paler than usual, black blood streaming from his nose. He was barely conscious and shaking.

Andy frowned, "What happened?"

"Wish I knew. Found him collapsed in the kitchen with an open bag of blood." Tet gently set him on a bed.

"Get the blood bag. I want to test it." She started checking Daiki over and starting to recite spells.

Tet nodded and left, returning with the bag a minute later. "We just got new supplies. The vamps were anxious because they'd run out the other day."

Andy nodded and took the blood. After twenty minutes, she came out, "Go check the other vamps. At least this blood is poisoned."

Tet cursed explosively, then left at a run. Ten minutes later, he and Kiba were bringing in Jack and Zal. Jack was similar to Daiki, Zal motionless. Kiba shook his head at her look as he lay him down.

Andy sighed and continued to work on an antidote. When she finished, she went out and injected the three with it. She watched Jack and Daiki to see how they did.

The bleeding stopped, some color returning to both faces. The shaking slowed, then stopped. Their breathing returned to normal.

Tet watched them, his eyes flickering.

She focused on Zal, light surrounding him.

He began coughing, his eyes opening halfway. "What..happened?"

"Poisoned blood."

He looked at her in shock. "Ours or all of it?"

Andy shrugged, "At least the stuff you three drank. I haven't checked the rest."

The radio came to life, Tsukasa's frantic voice filling the room. "I need help! Someone is shooting arrows at us! Ryusei and Shouma are down! I-" The transmission cut off as the dragon gave a cry that turned into a sickly sounding gurgle.

Andy looked at Tet and Kiba, "Let's go help them." She looked at Akasa, "Check the rest of the blood supply. We need to know if we have any good blood if we need to do transfusions."

He nodded and went out the door.

Tet and Kiba were growling, trying not to shift.

Andy headed to the door of the base, looking out to see if she could see anyone. She didn't so she headed outside and kept her eyes open for trouble.

Ryusei, Shouma and Tsukasa lay on the ground, multiple arrows embedded in them.

Tet and Kiba shifted, roaring and howling as they leapt over the wall. They raced toward someone in the treeline and disappeared.

Andy started taking the injured men inside before going back out to see where Kiba and Tet were.

She heard a pained howl from the forest, then a camouflaged man came out with a crossbow. He was smiling, it growing wider as he saw her.

"More money to make. I love my job." He lifted the bow.

Andy shifted into her hawk form, flying toward him as she tried to dodge arrows. She got hit with an arrow before shifting into her panther form and biting into the man. She drained his blood before running into the forest to look for Kiba and Tet.

Kiba staggered toward her, two arrows in his abdomen. Tears streaked his face as he repeated Tet's name in shock.

Andy reverted to human form, ignoring the arrow in her side. She went to Kiba and grabbed him gently, "Where is Tet?"

He looked at her dazedly, then waved behind him. His eyes rolled back as he passed out.

Andy caught him, trying not to scream when he hit the arrow sticking out of her. She clenched her jaw before teleporting him to the infirmary. She then focused on Tet and teleported to him.

He was hanging off the ground, pinned to a tree with multiple arrows. One jutted from his neck, blood covering it. His eyes were open, glazed with pain and terror as he struggled to breathe around the arrows in his chest.

Andy quickly removed the arrows in his chest as she recited healing spells. After the holes were finally closed, she finally removed the one in his neck, putting pressure on it as she said more spells.

He shook violently, his body trying to compensate for the blood loss. His eyes were desperate, his mouth moving silently.

"It's alright, everything will be okay," she assured. She teleported him to the infirmary, "Akasa! Is any of the blood good to use?"

The nurse looked grim. "We have enough left from our previous supply to transfuse. The new blood is all poisoned. You have to choose though. We can either split the few bags between everyone or use it all on one of them. Ryon has gone to try to get more at headquarters."

Andy was quiet for a moment, "Who is still alive?"

"Kiba, Tet and Shouma." His answer was a growl.

"Split it between the three." She sighed before focusing on healing them. She kept a close eye on them, still ignoring her own wound.

Akasa nodded before clucking his tongue. "Andy, you need that removed."

She nodded, "Once I'm done with them."

He sighed, heading for the fridge and getting the blood ready to transfuse. Once it was set up, he looked at Andy. "Let me heal you."

She nodded, "Why does it always have to be multiple things happening at once? First Kei, then the blood, now this?" She laid down on a bed.

"My theory is the universe hates us." The nurse answered as he began removing the arrow. Once done, he began saying spells.

She closed her eyes, taking the time to rest as the pain started easing away.

She heard Akasa move away, speaking quickly to someone. A few moments later, the sound of someone porting was heard along with repeated cursing.

Andy pushed herself up, forcing her eyes open, "What's wrong?"

Akasa gave her a forced smile. "Everything's fine. Ryon got the blood." His eyes were grim.

"Seriously, what's wrong?"

"He just ran into a little trouble, that's all. Can you handle replacing the transfusion bags?" Akasa was hurriedly packing a small first aid kit.

Andy's eyes narrowed, "What kind of trouble?" She moved to replace the bags as she waited for an answer.

"Another asshole with a bow. And friends. He contacted Yamae because he couldn't make it back. It's bad."

Andy nodded silently. She finished with the transfusion bags on the living team members before moving to the dead ones and starting to heal them up. When she was done, she focused on them, the light surrounding them. When she was sure they were alive and breathing, she took a deep breath, "I'm going to go help Ryon and Yamae."

Akasa handed her the kit. "Be careful."

She gave him a small smile before focusing on them and teleporting to their location.

Yamae was cradling Ryon, panic in his eyes as he tried to staunch bleeding from multiple injuries. Sobs made the porter shake as he gave up, his arms wrapping around his brother.

Andy went to their side and started reciting spells to close up the wounds. "It'll be alright." She whispered gently.

Yamae tried to relax, but he was so upset he started hyperventilating.

"Take deep breaths," she said softly as she rubbed his back.

After a few minutes, his breathing slowed. He squinted at her slowly before collapsing in her arms. Something warm and sticky began to spread on her hands.

She looked at him carefully, checking him over to see where it was coming from.

Blood pulsed from a deep stab wound in his side. She could feel his pulse fluttering slowly.

She started healing it, focusing her energy on him. She recited spells rapidly, closing the wound.

Kai suddenly appeared beside her. "You need some help?"

Andy looked up a moment. "Let's get them back to the infirmary."

He nodded, disappearing with Ryon.

Andy teleported Yamae to the infirmary, setting him on a bed. She looked around the infirmary, rechecking everyone.

Akasa was trying to restrain Kei as the witch saw Ryon and tried to get out of bed. Everyone else was still unconscious.

Andy went over to Kei, "Don't worry, he'll be alright. You still need rest."

He surveyed the room. "What happened? And don't you dare say nothing."

"Our vamps were hit with poisoned blood. Still haven't figured out who poisoned the blood supply. The rest were hit with arrows, at least the one mentioned money so someone is paying them to take us out," Andy sighed as she sat in the chair next to him.

"My brothers?" He watched Akasa set up transfusions for the pair, his eyes angry.

"They'll be alright. They just lost some blood. They're healed now though they might be a bit sore still when they wake," Andy informed.

He absorbed the information, then paused. His eyes narrowed. "You did something to me, didn't you? I feel different."

"Better different?"

He nodded slowly. "Yeah, but I feel like I have more power than normal."

She looked thoughtful, "That's good though, right?"

He gave her a smile. "I'm not complaining. Just wasn't really planning on waking up, you know. I felt so weak.."

"I made a potion this morning when you got worse. I'm glad it worked."

He chuckled. "I'll make you a earthwitch yet."

Andy gave him a small smile in response.

Yoshi and Rei came in, their faces stony.

Andy sighed, "What's wrong now?"

"Found out who the bastards hunting us are." Yoshi's voice was filled with anger.

"Who? And are they the ones who poisoned the blood too?"

"Bounty hunter. Yeah, that was their first try. Three guesses who's paying them to kill us and capture you. The first two don't count."

Andy sighed, "They're back to wanting me captured?"

Rei scowled. "Apparently they just don't learn the fucking lesson."

Andy looked down for a moment, trying not to think of the bad memories from Branch. She finally looked back up, stood, and went back to checking on the group.

"Have to protect.." Tet mumbled as he tossed his head restlessly. "Can't let them take.."

Andy went to him and whispered, "Everything is okay. Just relax." She kissed his forehead gently.

One hand reached for her as he calmed.

She took his hand and sat beside him. She yawned, the exhaustion getting to her.

Akasa stood above her. "You need to rest. No arguments, okay?"

She nodded and curled up in the chair.