"Andy, have you seen my brothers or Kai lately?" Kei looked worried, his hands fidgeting.

She shook her head, "No I haven't sorry. What's up?"

"They went to meet Ryusei earlier, but I'd have thought they'd be back by now. And they aren't answering their phones."

Andy frowned, "Alright, why don't we go find them?"

The witch nodded. "They were heading for the clothing shop. Ryon said Ryusei was looking for something to get Tet back for the leisure suit."

Andy chuckled, "Well, let's go there first then." She grabbed his shoulder before teleporting them there.

Kei went inside, coming out a minute later with a frustrated look. "They left about an hour ago according to the clerk." He looked around, near desperate.

"Why don't we just teleport to their location?" Andy suggested.

"You feel them? I can't.."

"I don't always need to feel them to teleport. I just focus on their faces and show up there," Andy grabbed his shoulder again, doing as she mentioned and teleporting. She looked around quickly.

A warehouse, four figures chained to the walls. Shouting as a group of men ran toward her and Kei.

Andy turned toward the men and started muttering spells.

Some of them dropped, but more began to swarm them.

Kei started glowing as vines tore out of the ground, wrapping and squeezing more as he poured his power into the ground.

Andy shifted into panther form, avoiding the vines and ripping into the men with her claws.

Kei swayed as the men dropped dead around him. He was pale and barely conscious.

"Andy?" Kai's voice was confused.

Andy reverted once the men were dead, "Yeah?"

"Why are we chained?"

"That's a good question," Andy answered as she noticed Kei. She went to him and wrapped an arm around him. "We came to check on you and found you guys here." She unlocked the chains with a spell. "Are you guys good to teleport?"

"I'll get them back." Kai focused and the group disappeared.

"Hope you plan to pay me for that merchandise." A voice spoke behind them.

Kei snarled, pushing away from her as he began to glow again. "My brothers are NOT merchandise!"

The floor cracked open between the two of them and the man, vines racing upward. They encased the man and left only his head free. There was the sound of something liquid flowing upward.

Andy gasped as a column of magma rose into the air, heading the man's way. It had almost reached him when Kei went stiff and toppled to the ground. Both the magma stream and the vines vanished, dropping the man to the floor.

Andy knelt for a moment to check Kei before standing and facing the man. She said a spell quickly taking him down. She then teleported Kei back to the infirmary. She checked him over again worriedly.

He was extremely pale, his breathing rapid and shallow. As he shook, she could see the vine almost racing up his neck. His hands alternated between glowing and pale.

Akasa looked over from where he was treating the four porters. "Need help?"

She shook her head, "Take care of them." She went and got the potion to try to help against the vine. She poured some down his throat and waited.

The vine didn't stop, instead splitting into two. One curled around his throat, the other proceeded to wrap itself around his temples. Both began shrinking, squeezing tighter and tighter. He began to convulse, his face turning blue.

She focused on him, using her revival power to try to help him. Silver light appeared around him as she pushed the energy into him.

Slowly, the vine receded, his skin turning pale pink as air returned to his body. He went still, the small rise and fall of his chest the only indication he still lived.

Akasa made his way over somberly. "I think Ryon and Yamae were targeted. They were both injured worse than the other two and I had to counteract a deep sleep spell."

Andy frowned, "How are they now? Do you need help healing them?"

Akasa grimaced. "Ryon will be sore when he wakes. Yamae, he's pretty beaten up. I think I need a lot of help."

Andy nodded. She spent the next couple hours working on the twins, getting them healed up. She then sat down beside them to rest for a moment.

Akasa crouched beside her. "You okay?" His eyes scanned up and down worriedly.

"Yeah, I'll be fine," she gave him a small smile.

He looked at Kei. "What the hell happened?"

"He freaked out at the people, using a lot of power. He passed out because of using too much."

"How bad is he? The twins will lose their shit if he's in trouble."

"He should be alright after some more rest. I poured quite a bit of energy into him."

Akasa nodded, then rubbed his eyes. "I need a nap. Wake me if the apocalypse happens." He chuckled and left the infirmary.

Andy continued to watch the sleeping men, occasionally getting up and checking their vitals.

Ryon woke first, his eyes blinking slowly. "We're free?" He began to push himself up.

"Yeah, we came to rescue you," Andy said softly.

"I was sure we were going to wake up as slaves or test subjects." He winced as he finally sat up. Then he saw his brothers and paled. "Please tell me they're alive.."

"They'll be alright," Andy assured.

He didn't seem to hear her, his eyes fixed on Yamae's sleeping form. "He wouldn't shut up even though they kept hitting him. They told us he was going to be a great dissection specimen. I attacked them and they hit me with a sleep spell."

"They put a sleep spell on him too I think." Andy watched him a moment, "They're going to be fine."

Ryon gave a shudder. "At least with Branch, you know what's coming." He sighed and looked at Kei. "He overdid it again right?"

Andy nodded, "He was really upset you guys were taken."

"Was the word merchandise used? Bad memories for him if so."

"Yeah.."

Ryon grimaced. "He opened up to us after drinking one night. Seems Branch tried to sell him a few times before they dumped him at the hospital we found him at. At least once, he was actually delivered but he wouldn't discuss it except to say the person decided he was too much trouble and returned him."

"That's rough." Andy looked at Kei sadly.

"Yeah.. he's not as well adjusted as he acts." Ryon shakily stood and made his way over to the witch. He took one hand and squeezed gently. "Don't you leave me, you hear?"

Andy watched him quietly.

The porter sighed, then swayed. He stumbled back to the bed, attempting to climb in unsuccessfully.

Andy lifted him and set him in bed before wrapping the blankets around him.

He gave her a small smile before his eyes closed.

The door burst open, Kiba entering with a limp Tet over his shoulder. "Andy! Something's -" He dropped bonelessly to the floor, Tet lying next to him. Neither was breathing.

Andy put them into beds before checking them over for any clues.

No injuries were revealed. In fact, they looked perfectly healthy.

She heard laughter in her head. "You can't escape us.. We will retrieve the merchandise."

Tsukasa ran in, looking shocked. "Andy, what is going on? Everyone's dropping like they were hit with a kill spell.."

"The porters were taken. Apparently the people who took them are mad we rescued them.." she focused on Tet and Kiba for a moment, gold light shining on them. When she was done and sure they were breathing she looked at Tsukasa, "Get everyone who's dead in here if you can."

He nodded, running back out. He returned with the phoenix twins helping him to carry in Etsuko, Yoshi, Rei and Kenji.

Daiki was behind them, aiding Jack and Zal who were barely alive, burns covering them. As she watched, he stiffened and burst into flames.

Andy stared in shock for a moment, said a spell to stop the flames, then got to work helping everyone into beds. She worked on healing the burns before focusing on all the bodies and reviving them. She swayed a little but continued to focus. When she was done, she leaned against the edge of a bed trying to think of a plan to keep the porters safe.

"Return the merchandise and the attacks stop. We want the witch as well." The voice spoke in her head again.

Andy growled and focused on the voice, using it to teleport to their location. She looked around quickly, preparing to attack.

Several men surrounded her, as one approached. "Do you really think you can keep them from us?"

Andy glared at them before quickly shifting into panther form. She charged at them, clawing and biting into a few. She almost got hit so she changed into a snake to slither out of the way. She then jumped up and became a hawk, flying at a few more and attacking with her talons. She then reverted, staring at the last couple men. She started muttering a kill spell as she stared at them with angry eyes.

The one who had spoken laughed as his companions went down. "Your tricks don't work on me. Now be a good girl and bring my merchandise back and no one else gets hurt."

Andy charged at him, attempting to bite into him.

His eyes darkened as he slapped her aside. "You don't learn. Fine. You will."

He was suddenly jerked back, a hand over his face. A bright flash of light and he was falling, his eyes burned out of his skull along with everything else.

Jun trembled, his eyes glowing. "Lesson over."

Andy pushed herself up slowly, "Thanks."

"No problem." Jun fell to one knee, his breathing heavy. "He had it coming."

Andy nodded and put her hand on his shoulder, teleporting them back to the infirmary. She looked at Tsukasa, "Anyone else die?"

"We're looking. What happened to him?" The dragon watched Jun sit down shakily.

Andy shook her head, "He helped me take out the bad guy." She crouched in front of Jun, "Are you alright?"

"Ask me later." He gave her a small smile as he tried to calm his breathing.

Andy nodded and moved into a chair, waiting to see if she had more patients to care for.

Tsukasa raised his radio to his ear, then sighed in relief. "There doesn't appear to be any more casualties."

Jun's eyes rolled back and he slid to the floor.

"Spoke too soon." Tsukasa crouched, placing a hand on the necromancer's shoulder. He jerked back as if burned. "He's on fire!"

Andy checked him over, saying a few spells to try to help him before moving him into a bed.

"Looks like you have your hands full. Anything you need?"

Andy shook her head before continuing to check on Jun. After a few minutes she sat down again, keeping an eye on everyone.

Tsukasa left quietly.

Kei began to thrash, screaming "I WON'T HURT ANYONE!" His heart rate shot up, the monitor on the bed beginning to beep.

Andy stood and went to him, speaking gently, "It's alright Kei. Wake up. You're safe."

His eyes flew open, wild and unfocused. "I WON'T BE YOUR PUPPET! I'LL DIE FIRST!"

"Kei! You're safe. Please calm down."

His eyes very slowly focused, his breaths rapid as he tried to relax. "My brothers..safe?"

"Yeah, they're fine."

He closed his eyes briefly before quickly sitting up. "Those men.. They aren't alone. We have to stop them." He swung his legs over the bed before clutching his chest and gasping. "Oww."

"We've already been attacked again. If there's even more men, we'll take them out too. Just lay down and rest."

"Won't let any of you go through that.. I swore no one else.." The witch took a deep breath.

"It's okay," she said softly. "Everyone is safe for now, so just rest."

He shook his head. "Not until.." His eyes rolled up and he fell back as his body gave out.

Andy repositioned him and covered him in a blanket, shaking her head before sitting down once more.

Akasa entered, his eyes wide. "Thought you said you'd wake me if the apocalypse happened."

"I've got it under control," she said tiredly.

"That's why you look like you haven't slept in a week, right?" He remarked sarcastically.

"Well, I had to revive a few of the team on top of healing. And fighting some people.." she trailed off.

He rolled his eyes. "Go take a nap. I'll watch over the zoo."

Andy nodded, "Alright.." she pushed herself up and headed out of the infirmary.

When she returned, she checked everyone who was still in the infirmary. Jun's temperature was high again so she said some more spells. She then headed to search through the books for spells or potions to help him.

Eventually she came across a potion recipe that looked helpful, so she started gathering ingredients. She struggled to get it right but eventually left the lab with an orange potion. She poured it down Jun's throat and watched to see if it worked.

His breathing eased, becoming more stable. His temperature returned to normal. He lay as if deeply asleep.

Andy sat down to watch him, hoping he would be alright.

Kei groaned, sitting up slowly and looking over at them. "You look worried."

"Just kind of worried about Jun. The potion I made him seemed to help though."

Kei gave a weak nod. "Need any help?"

She shook her head, "Just waiting for now. Get some more rest."

"I'm fine." The witch ran a hand through his hair, but stayed on the bed.

Tet began to stir, coughing softly.

Andy went over to him and watched him for a moment.

The coughing eased, his eyes meeting hers. "What's wrong?"

She shook her head, "How are you feeling?"

"Like I was used for sparring demonstration. What happened? One minute I was talking to Kiba, the next I felt like my heart was in a noose. Then everything went black."

"Kill spell. Some people took the porters and were upset we rescued them. Everyone is alive though."

He gave a growl. "Point me toward the bastards."

"We took them out already."

He made a disgruntled noise. "Why the porters?"

"They wanted to sell them."

His eyes flashed as he tried to control his anger. "Bastards!" He looked over at Kei and Jun. "That why they both look half dead?" He chuckled softly. "Kei's sleeping sitting up."

Andy rolled her eyes, "Yeah. And I told him to get more rest." She went and gently laid the witch back down.

Tet rose slowly, then reached for her.

She wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his chest.

He gave a quiet relaxed purr and began running his hand through her hair. "Glad you're alright."

"I'm glad you're alright too."

"You think we can go a while without psychos targeting us? Let us target them instead?"

"I wish," she chuckled softly.

He sighed. "I hate seeing you like this."

"Like what?"

"Exhausted and worried. Seems almost standard now."

"I'm sorry," she sighed quietly.

"It's not your fault. Just wish the bad guys would leave us alone so we could de stress."

She nodded, "Unfortunately, we can't just wish our problems away."

"You'd think I'd be used to it." Tet held her close, inhaling the scent of her hair.

She leaned into him, "I don't think it's possible to get used to."

"I've been fighting someone or something my whole life. It should be standard to be stressed."

Andy gave a small chuckle, "Maybe I should start mixing anti anxiety meds into the food. Lighten everyone up."

He fought laughter. "I thought that was the regular state of affairs for Boss' food. He hasn't gone nuclear in a while."

"I think he's still just happy Daiki is back to normal."

Tet grinned. "Possibly." He looked at her softly. "I love you."

"I love you too," she smiled.

Kiba's voice was heard. "Am I invited to this lovefest?"

"Come here," Andy motioned him over.

He carefully slid off his bed and moved to them. "I was afraid I wouldn't wake up."

She put an arm around him, "I'm glad you did."

He nuzzled her neck as he wrapped an arm around Tet. "So am I."

Tsukasa cleared his throat. "What's the situation?"

Andy pulled away from the two and looked at him, "Everyone's alive. Kei's still pretty weak. We're keeping an eye on Jun, but everyone else should be fine once they wake."

He nodded, moving to Daiki's bed and sitting down.

"Leave him alone! Don't touch him!" Yamae began swinging his fists, his voice defiant.

Andy went to him, "Yamae, it's okay. Everyone is safe."

The porter opened his eyes slowly, giving her an apologetic smile. "Sorry."

"It's alright," Andy gave him a small smile. "How are you feeling?"

"Thankful to be in one piece." He looked around. "What the hell happened here?"

"Just the assholes who took you guys trying to get you back. Everyone's fine though, don't worry."

"They wanted us back that bad? Why?" His gaze lingered on his brothers for a moment, then moved to Ryusei.

"Apparently they wanted to sell you guys," Andy scowled.

"They mentioned something like that.. I told them to fuck off. Then they said I had a date with dissection." He gave a shudder. "Why would we be so damn important?"

Andy shrugged, "Not sure exactly, but I'm glad you're safe now."

A few minutes later, Ryusei and Ryon were awake, as well as the vampires.

"I wish I could kick the asshole who tried to fry me." Daiki's voice was hard.

Andy nodded, moving back to sit by Jun.

He hadn't moved, his breathing slow. His vitals were steady, but he showed no sign of regaining consciousness.

Andy went to the medicine cabinet and got a vial out. She injected him with a bit and watched.

His eyes blinked open, but they were hazy and unfocused.

"Jun?" She said softly.

He looked at her, trying to speak.

"It's okay, you just woke up. Take your time," she sat down next to him. "Everything is alright."

After a few minutes, he managed a weak "Sorry."

"You have nothing to be sorry about," she smiled softly.

"I.." He stopped, frowning. "I knew that spell was dangerous. It could have hurt you.."

"It's alright. I trust you."

He watched her in concern. "You trust an untrained necromancer not to kill you? You need your head checked more than me." He winced and rubbed his temple slowly.

"At one point I was an untrained necromancer and the people around me still trusted me. I know how hard it can be to get used to your powers, but I believe you can do it."

"Before or after it kills me?" He asked dryly.

"Well, if you do die, I'm here to help, but I doubt it will come to that."

"Feels like it right now.." He grimaced as blue light crackled around his hands. "This can't be good.."

"Do you think maybe you have too much energy stored up and you need to let some of it out?"

"Can I do that safely? I don't want to hurt anyone. Plus, I don't have any clue how.."

"I'll talk you through it. Close your eyes and focus on yourself, do you feel the energy in you?"

He closed his eyes and nodded after a moment. "There's so much..I'm scared."

"Don't worry. Everything is alright," she said gently. She took his hand, "Now focus on me, can you feel my energy?"

His eyes remained closed, but his eyebrows rose and he nodded.

"There's two different things I've learned how to do. When someone is dead, you won't sense their energy, so you just have to focus on them and push the energy into them until their energy picks back up and they start breathing. The other thing is healing using energy transfer. You sense the other person's energy and push some of your energy into theirs. Just imagine moving some of it over, like two pools of water and you move from one pool to the other." She explained. "I trust you, okay? Try it now, transferring a bit of energy over to me."

He hesitated for a moment, then slowly concentrated. Gradually, his hands returned to normal.

"How did that feel?"

"Good. Like when you run to relax. Thank you." Jun opened his eyes and smiled at her.

"You're welcome," she smiled in return. She looked over at Kei who was still sleeping. She stood up and checked him over before adding, "Not sure why, but when I revive it's gold and when I heal it's silver." She pushed the energy she'd received into Kei, silver light surrounding him for a few moments. When it faded she smiled, "That should help him get better faster."

Jun was quiet a moment. "Do you ever worry about dying while bringing someone back?"

"With how much energy we have, we can revive multiple people. When you revive a lot of people, it can make you exhausted or even pass out. I guess I never really worry though because as long as my friends are safe, I'll be happy."

He nodded, making his way out of the infirmary.