Eli: Hi. DaxisSteele, thank you for knowing the answer. Mystra, who I know is five blocks away from where I am and is reading this, work on your spelling girl;) The story is about to become serious now. So be prepared. Insomnia is only good for writing stories at 4:05 in the morning.



-That night-

Irons waited for Ian in the library. He was getting impatient. Finally, Ian arrived.

"You wished to speak with me, sir?"

"Where were you today at 5:45 P.M.?"

"Watching the wielder, sir." Irons walked over to Ian and back fisted him across the face.

"Liar! The wielder was here at that exact time and you were no where around! Now, where were you?" Ian remained silent.

"You don't have to answer, I all ready know. I was wondering why my experts could not find my nephew. Now, I know why. You 're protecting him! I should have known it from the beggining!" Irons turned his back to Ian and walked toward the fireplace.

"You disgrace me, Ian! Like your brother Christoph did so many years ago!"

"Christoph never shamed anyone! It was you who disgraced him!" Ian was no longer in the posture of a servant. His hazel eyes met with Irons' blue ones. "As you have disgraced your grandson. I am no longer you're servant! You no longer rule over my life. I am leaving!" Ian turned his back to Irons and headed toward the door. Irons called after him.

"Ian, you are still very much a child. I thought you might leave me to protect your nephew; knew that you would love him like you did Christoph. I may have lost control over your life, but I still influence it."

"You mean nothing to me, Irons."

"My whole family takes pride in calling me that."

"You are not my family."

"I am not done yet, Ian. Since you no longer willingly take orders, I must force you to oblidge me. I have placed a hit on yourself, along with the ones you love."

"The trackers would never find Blake, Eli, or myself."

"Not just them. Sara, as well. They should be arriving at Sara's apartment in an hour."

"What?"

"Yes. I have extended it to even your beloved Sara. I have a proposal: Deliver me my grandson, and only my grandson; I want nothing to do with his girlfriend, and I will call the hits off. Refuse, and they will eventually find you and you will not only lose your own life, but the lives of the only people that mean something to you." Irons gave Ian a purely evil smirk.

"It's your turn to play God, Ian. Which will you choose? Putting their lives in danger and destroying any chance of having a normal life or submit to my demands? Your choice, Ian. You may go now, your Sara needs your help if she is going to live to see the morning."

"Bastard."

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."

Ian slammed the doors behind him.

-Sara's apartment-

Sara woke to the feeling of someone shaking her.

"Ian? What the hell....." Ian put his hand over her mouth.

"We have no time. Put on some clothes and then we have to go." Sara saw the look of utter seriousness in his face and simply nodded. She quickly dressed and then followed Ian out of her apartment. He led her to a black car. "Get in."

They didn't speak till they were a good distance away from her apartment.

"Ian, what the hell is going on?"

"Irons found out about Blake and Eli. He wants Blake back. He wants to corrupt him. I could not let him do that. Blake has given me a reason to leave Irons, and I have taken it."

"You having freedom is good, the tone of your voice isn't."

"The price of freedom is high. He gave me two options: Hand over Blake, or put our lives in danger for the rest of time."

"What do you mean?"

"He has placed hits on us."

"Bastard!"

"My thoughts are the same as yours."

"What are you going to do?"

"For once, I don't know. Right now, I'm keeping you safe." She heard Ian let out a groan frustration. "I failed them, Sara. It was through my mistake that Irons knew they were still here. I failed the only two people that I can consider family." Sara put a hand on his shoulder.

"Ian, you couldn't hide them forever. No matter what happened, he would have eventually found out."

"I know you're right, Sara. But I refuse to believe that I am completely innocent. No matter how you look at it, it is still my fault they were found. Now, you too, are in danger. I've ruined everything."

"Stop! You haven't ruined everything! You can't blame yourself for all of this. It's because of you that Eli and Blake are even alive now! If you are to blame anyone, blame Irons, not yourself. All right?"

"All right."

-At the Apartment-

The vision started as any other Eli had had. Artemis was, of course, there to greet her.

"Hello, my child."

"Hello, my goddess." Eli looked around. "Blake's not here."

"This is for you to see."

"Oh."

"I fear your troubles have been added to."

"What do you mean?" Artemis reached out to her.

"Take my hand, Eliza. You must see this with your own eyes." Eli took hold of Artemis's hand and the whole vision changed.

She was surronded by black. She could see Blake and Irons. Blake was in battle with him. She saw him snap his neck.

"Don't!" She felt Artemis hold her back.

"You are but a viewer, Eliza. You have no effect on what you see."

The vision continued to show Blake taking even more lives. His whole body was tainted with blood. What was worst was that Blake was taking pleasure in what he did. He had a smile on his face as he preformed one gruesome act after another. Eli could barely stand the sight of it. It ended with Blake being cut in half. She felt his blood splatter across her face. She tore her hand from Artemis's grip.

"Artemis, why do you show me such things?"

"It is an example of what is to come."

"No, it couldn't! That boy was not Blake! He wasn't him!"

"You are correct, that was not the Blake that you know. It is who Blake could become if the right actions do not happen."

"What?"

"I'm sorry, Eliza. You must make the right decision the first time around, because you have no gods to give you a second chance."

"What must I do?"

"You will know when the time comes. What you need to worry about is wheather or not you are strong enough to stand up to your beloved."

"I'll do whatever it takes to keep that from becoming reality."

"I know, Eliza. I have faith in you to do the right thing."

"Artemis?"

"Yes?"

"Did you wield the witchblade?"

"Yes."

"Is Orion Ian in this lifetime?"

"Yes."

"Are you Sara in this lifetime?"

"Yes."

"Then me and Blake are doing the right thing, getting them together?"

Artemis smiled. "Yes."

"I thought so. Artemis, do you know about Edward?"

"Yes. I saw him through your eyes."

"Is he in heaven?"

"No. I'm sorry, Eliza, but he took his own life."

"But it wasn't his fault! It was their fault!"

"But he still committed the actions."

"Will he be there for eternity?"

"No. One day he will be reborn. As Arrodite was reborned in you."

"And Rion through Blake. None of the other wielders were like us."

"Yes, every other pair of wieders were chosen by chance, but you two were destined for it. With the power, you will not hide like the others. You both will accomplish great things. No matter if they be committed as angels or demons, they will be great."

"So much."

"And only you can complete such a destiny. It will not be easy."

"Do we have the power to destroy the world?" Artemis lowered her eyes.

"Yes."

"Why did you give us so much power?"

"I made the amulets in hate. Hate corrupted me, and I wanted the world to join in my hate."

"Then you met Orion."

"Yes. He showed me the way to end my hate. It was too late to destroy what I created, but at least now I had the chance to fix it."

"Like how Arrodite and Rion fixed the land after they almost destroyed it."

"Exactly." Artemis smiled at Eli. "You are very bright."

"Learned from the best. Artemis, if I tell you something, promise not to freak out?"

"I do not freak out, but I promise anyway."

"I wish that you were my mother." Her own statement embarassed her. Artemis pulled Eli into her for an embrace.

"I know, Eliza. I also know how hard it was for you to grow up. The people you were born to were not true parents. I would give up everything to be your mother, even if it was just to protect you from them. But it is ultimately better that you learn the horrors that you've suffered and are yet to suffer because of them. You will be able to connect to people in the same situation. Those who can not escape their demons. If you keep on the right track, you will lead a life as good as your childhood was bad." Artemis let go of her.

"It's time to face destiny again, Eliza. My child, remember that I am always with you. You are strong and you can beat dragons, just know how to judge one before you slay it."

"Okay. Good-bye, My goddess."

"Good-bye, My child."

And Eli woke up. She immediately could feel worry. She put a hand to her amulet to find out whose emotion she was picking up. Ian. Sara. She shook Blake's form next to her.

"What?"

"Something is wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know. But it's bad enough to make Ian and Sara rush over here."

"We might have to move again. Let's get ready just in case."

"Yeah."

Eli: Will continue soon. Want to add more, but only if I see reviews .Getting a bit discouraged:( Help me out, will ya?