Tet slowly walked into the infirmary, a large gold book in his hands. "Andy?"

She turned to look at him, her eyes narrowing at the book.

"You might want to sit down."

"Why..?" she said slowly, approaching him. She put her hand on the book, flinching away as she recognized the magic protections on it. "Where did you find this?"

"In the last base he was using when you killed him. There's something you need to see." He opened the book's cover to reveal a photograph.

Andy looked it over, gasping as she recognized the men in the picture.

"We identified Seltain and Jun, but we have no clue who the third man is. Do you?"

She nodded slowly, taking a step backward. "I don't understand.."

Tet frowned. "Darlin? Is he a threat we need to know about?"

"Not at all," Andy answered, voice still filled with confusion.

Tet put the book down and gently pushed her into a chair. "Are you alright?"

"I don't know.." She closed her eyes before deciding to try to talk to her father. She focused on him, hoping to bring him to her.

Tet watched warily as a flickering form took shape.

"Daka?" The figure coalesced into a man.

"I don't understand... Who was he to you?"

The figure froze. "You know…"

"He tried to kill me!" Andy cried. "What the hell?!"

"He was my father." The man said simply.

Andy shook her head, "Why did you never tell me?"

"For the same reason we didn't train you. We were afraid of what he would do. I broke contact when you twins were born. I was afraid he would try to use you. I tried to protect you both, especially after Arie's accident. I even tried to stop him. I'm sorry."

Andy shook her head, "I can't.. You hid what I was. You hid my twin.. You hid this.."

The figure gazed at her sadly, then shimmered and disappeared.

Tet quickly leaned down and hugged her.

Tears started streaming down her face, small sobs escaping.

Tet held her close, his mind racing. After a minute, he looked at her in realization. "Does that mean Jun knows?"

"If he does and hid it from me..."

"You can't hurt him, darlin. You'll just feel worse."

"I need to get some air.." She moved to stand.

The tiger released her. "Don't do anything stupid. Please."

She nodded slowly, "I'll try." She then disappeared out of the infirmary and left the base, heading into the forest. She shifted and flew up into a tree, looking out at the sky.

Tet sighed, then left the infirmary. He had a mission briefing and couldn't afford to be worried about her.

Andy stayed outside for hours, not even caring when the sky started to turn dark.

"ANDY!? Are you out here?" Kei's voice rang through the trees.

"Go away. I don't want to talk right now."

"I would if you wouldn't kill me later. Tet's been captured."

Andy flew down in front of him before shifting back into her human form. "Where is he?"

"Darvestan."

Andy nodded, "I'll go find him."

"You need backup?"

Andy took a deep breath, "Probably.. I'm not in the best mood, so keep me on mission."

"Jun was going to leave without waiting for you, but I convinced him to wait."

"Keep me from killing him." She started off toward the base.

"Andy? What do you mean? Did he do something?" Kei ran to keep up.

"I don't know yet, but I'm going to find out."

"That doesn't sound good. You should calm down." Kei advised.

"How can I calm down?! Every time I turn around something else is happening or I'm finding out more things were hidden from me!"

"I don't understand, but I know Boss will bench you if you can't stay calm." Kei got in front of her and grabbed her shoulders.

She pulled away from him, "I'm calm."

"Could have fooled me." He looked up as Jun approached.

"Are you coming?" The necromancer asked quietly.

"Answer me something before we go," Andy looked at Jun.

"Alright?" He said slowly, his face confused.

"Do you remember having a brother?"

"Yes...though I never saw him after I turned fifteen.. Why?"

She took a deep breath and shook her head, "Let's go get Tet."

He stared at her for a minute, then realization dawned. "Oh my god.. You're Stephen's daughter, aren't you?"

Andy looked away, "We have a mission to get to."

Jun shook his head. "I'll stay here."

"Fine." She answered before saying the teleportation spell to get to Tet.

He was alone, bound to a hook in a prison cell. He bore the marks of severe and repeated beatings, bruises and cuts adorning his shirtless torso. He was unconscious, his face bruised and bleeding.

Andy got him down quickly, teleporting him to the infirmary. She got him into a bed and started reciting healing spells.

Kei entered, his eyes locked on her. "Is he alive?"

"Yeah, he's still alive," she nodded before reciting more spells.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

"Unh huh. Sure you are." His tone was unimpressed, but he let the matter drop. "Jun is missing."

Andy sighed, "I'm sure he's probably fine."

"He left this in his room." Kei produced an envelope. "It's addressed to you."

The earth witch laid it on an empty bed and walked out.

Andy sighed again and finished up with Tet before opening the envelope.

Inside was a note.

Andy

I'm sorry. I know this must be an unbelievable shock. I honestly didn't know who you were, but in retrospect, I should have recognized him in you. You have all of his great qualities and none of his negatives. I'm not worthy to be related to such an amazing person. I hope you always stay that way. Don't let this world change you. I've been honored to fight by your side and even happier I saved you that day on the cliff. Take care of everyone, especially those two idiots in love with you. Don't forget to take care of yourself too. I hope someday you can forgive me, but I won't make you. I'm going somewhere I can't hurt anyone. Be safe and know you're the best niece I could have ever wanted.

Goodbye. Jun.

She threw the letter before heading out of the infirmary. She was trying to fight the tears that were threatening to spill. Her father hid more secrets from her than she could count, her grandfather tried to kill her more than once, and now her friend and uncle disappeared the second he found out they were related. She disappeared into the forest again, this time sitting on the cliff edge and staring out. Finally, the tears streaked her face as she sobbed.

The wind brought the sound of a voice performing a spell somewhere in the forest. It kept breaking and she realized the caster was crying. The voice stopped for a moment, then restarted slower, the words being carefully enunciated.

She tried to ignore it for a few moments before finally getting up and following the sound of the voice.

A cracking sound reached her ears at the same time she reached the person. As she watched, the man prepared to leap into the chasm that had opened in front of him.

"What are you doing?" She asked quietly.

"Going somewhere I can't hurt anybody." Jun's voice was anguished. "You should leave."

"Why do you think you're going to hurt anyone?"

"I hurt you right? My head is so scrambled I couldn't even recognize my own family. And you shouldn't care anyway. You don't want to be anywhere near me." He lost his composure again, his voice dissolving into sobs.

"The only thing you are doing that's hurting me, is trying to leave. As my friend, that hurts enough, but the fact that you're leaving the moment you realize we're related? It seems like you don't want to be anywhere near me."

"You don't need reminders of him. You rejected me the moment you found out. What is there to stay for?"

"You think I rejected you? And I can't get away from him. He's in my nightmares. He's even in my blood. Even if you weren't here, I'd have reminders."

"You told Kei you were going to kill me.. Sounds like rejection to me. All I'm doing is beating you to it." He began to walk toward the hole.

"I was upset because I thought you might have known and were hiding things from me. I don't want people hiding things from me, I've had enough of that from my dad. Hell, even Seltain didn't tell me we were related." She sighed, "I don't want you to go.."

He stopped and turned. His eyes were puffy and he was shaking. "You don't hate me?"

"Not at all."

He dropped to his knees, sobs shaking his frame. He covered his face with his hands. "I'm sorry.."

She moved to him and hugged him, "I need you. I can't handle everything on my own."

He nodded as he tried to regain control. "You're all I have left."

"We have Arie too," she reminded. "But you get my problems a lot more than she does.."

He gave a little chuckle. "She has no clue. You think she'll accept me?"

"I'm sure she's going to be a bit confused, but yeah, she'll accept you."

"Even knowing about Seltain?" His eyes were worried.

"I've mentioned him before, but she really has no idea how terrible he was... I try to keep the majority of my traumas from her. She deserves to stay as innocent and carefree as possible.. But I know she won't judge you based on what someone else did."

He gave a slow nod, then muttered something under his breath.

The chasm closed up, disappearing as if it had never existed.

"Is Kei angry?"

"He seemed worried that you disappeared."

"That's a relief. I kind of hit him before I left.."

"Seriously?!" Andy answered before shaking her head. "Let's get back to base, I need to check on Tet again."

"You found him? Is he alright?" Jun shakily stood. He waited a minute before starting to walk.

"He was pretty beat up, but he should be fine now that I've healed him up."

"That's good." He stumbled wearily, barely managing to stay upright. "I wish spells came with warning labels. I feel like I could sleep for a month."

She wrapped her arm around him, "You can go to sleep once we get you back." She took a deep breath, "The whole reason we found out about Seltain is a picture and his book of shadows. If you want it."

"You should burn the book. It's dangerous. I'd like to see the picture." Jun looked at her with concern. "Promise me you won't use any of his spells."

Andy shrugged, "He's the only person who ever taught me, other than what I learned from my parents books. Most of the spells I learned are ones of his."

Jun stopped walking. "No doubt he taught you the simple ones. The majority of his spells take life force to work. He used innocents as sacrifices."

Andy sighed and nodded, "I think I'll read through his book before I destroy it. Just in case there is something useful in there." She shivered as memories of her time with him appeared in her mind.

"He's dead and gone. He can't hurt you anymore." Jun touched her arm gently.

She nodded slowly. "Was he always so evil?"

"I don't think so. I vaguely remember my grandmother saying some incident had twisted him, made him desire power more and more. Something involving vampires." He shrugged. "She never elaborated."

"Do you think I'll ever be like him? Pushed too far and twisted into a monster?" She looked down.

"Everyone has their breaking point.." He answered slowly. "But no, I don't believe you could ever be like him."

Tet suddenly appeared in front of them. He looked at Jun in confusion. "Are you alright?"

Andy gave Tet a nod, "You okay?"

He gave her a smile. "Yeah. Feel like an idiot for getting caught. And was really surprised to wake up in the infirmary."

"I went and saved you," she said quietly.

"My white knight." He wrapped an arm around Jun as he began to sag. "You sure he's okay?"

"He needs rest," Andy answered.

"Let's get him to his room then." Tet started toward the looming buildings. He navigated the corridor and nudged the necromancer's door open, laying him on the bed. He looked at Andy. "He'll be fine here right? Or should he be in the infirmary?"

"He should be alright. I'll come check on him again later," Andy answered.

"Okay. I should probably report to Boss." He gave her a quick kiss, then headed toward the office.

Kei approached slowly. "You found the stupid ass, I see." He gently touched his lip.

"Yeah.. Sorry he hit you."

"I shouldn't have cornered him. I could see he was freaking out. Lucky he didn't zap me." He looked at her face. "He tried something stupid and wore himself out, didn't he?"

Andy nodded, "It's kind of my fault.."

"I doubt that. He's just a natural idiot." Kei grinned at her. "By the way, Arie is in your office."

Andy sighed, "Alright.."

He kissed her cheek, then turned and disappeared down the hall.

Andy headed back toward the infirmary, figuring out how she was going to explain everything to her twin.