Raven and Shadow quietly marched through the desert terrain. Fiona still lay on the organoid's back, motionless. It had been at least a half hour since they had broken into the Guardian Force's base. Raven was still surprised how easy it had been. Maybe he should've just screwed the mission and just killed Van if he could find him.

No, that was no good. He would have preferred doing that on the battlefield. It wouldn't have been the same otherwise.

He did take pleasure in thinking about the reactions on the teams' faces when they woke up and found Fiona gone, and Moonbay possibly dead. An evil smirk appeared across his face.

They came across a small cabin on top of a cliff that oversaw another town. They were going to stay here for the night. Raven had already taken care of the original owners. They were hermits anyway, so he didn't have to worry about people looking for them.

He was also instructed to hide his Genobreaker in a canyon not too far away from here. No one was to know that the merciless killer was hiding out in this small house.

Raven opened the door and stepped in followed by Shadow. He closed it tight and Shadow let out a huge sigh.

Raven picked up the blond Zoidian and held her in his arms. He walked up to a bed to set her down. But before he did, he gave her a look over. He couldn't help but stare at her helpless figure. Her face looked pale and hurting. Raven almost felt sorry for her. Keyword being "almost." Her face, though, was almost…angelic.

Shadow snarled loudly.

"What?" Raven demanded. He laid her down on the bed and turned to his organoid. Shadow shook his head disdainfully.

"What are you staring at?" Raven demanded again.

"I think the question is, what were you staring at?" said a voice. Both Raven and Shadow nearly jumped ten feet into the air. Their heads twirled around to find a blue organoid and a woman dressed in blue.

"Reese! What the hell are you doing here?" Raven asked angrily. Reese stroked her blue organoid on the nose.

"Hiltz wanted me and Specula to wait for you here. To make sure you got the job done," she said simply.

"Well you can tell him mission accomplished. I brought the girl. You gonna take her or what?" Raven said with his usual attitude.

"No. Hiltz wants to come for this lovely girl himself. He just wants you to watch her for tonight."

 Raven folded his arms.

"Well that shouldn't take long. Dawn should be here any minute now."

"Try four hours."

Raven rolled his eyes.

"I'll be back in the morning after I relay the information that you succeeded. You take care of Fiona now. Come on, Specula." Reese ushered her blue organoid out the door and waved at Raven. He scowled.

He walked back to his organoid who was looking over their prisoner. Shadow purred.

"You think she looks like an angel? Maybe. I think I can see what Van sees in her, but I don't look for that. I have no need for that."

Shadow looked at his dark-haired friend.

"I'm going to sleep. You watch over her for the night if you like. I have a feeling she won't be getting up anytime soon."

Shadow pointed at her face. Raven looked and saw her closed eyes twitching a little. She moved slightly. But not much.

"Okay, maybe you'll have to keep a closer eye on her than I thought. Good night, Shadow."

Raven walked into another room, presumably the den, and laid on the couch and closed his eyes, letting sleep take over.

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An hour later, a body stirred in it's roost. A pair of sunset red eyes opened after what seemed like an eternity of sleeping. Fiona had finally awoken.

She shot up from her head and looked around alarmingly. Where am I?

She looked below and saw a black mass sleeping soundly. It was too dark to tell if it was a dog or something. But it was definitely a beast.

She looked more closely and noticed it resembled a giant lizard. Kind of like an organoid.

That's when it her. That's when she remembered.

Raven.

She remembered how he had attacked Moonbay and stabbed her in the gut. How he put a knife to her own throat and kidnapped her. And for what?

Her thoughts quickly dragged back to Moonbay and how she lay unconscious, sinking in her own sea of blood. How long had it been? Did anyone find her? Hopefully she was alive.

Where was that murderer? If anything happened to her, Fiona would personally kill Raven herself. Unless Irvine or Van did it first because she knew their desire for revenge would be as great as hers if not greater.

Then she remembered Van. Her anger soon turned to sadness. What was he doing? How would he react to her missing? Would she ever see him again?

Fiona was getting close to tears. She didn't even know what Raven wanted from her.

She knew she wasn't going to find out. Rather than wait around and be a damsel in distress, she decided to break for it on her own.

She quietly stepped over the black organoid and tiptoed towards the door. Her soft footsteps were barely audible, even a dog would have a hard time listening for it. There was just something about the way Fiona walked. It was so elegant and so graceful, that a certain raven-haired warrior couldn't help but watch.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Fiona froze with fear. But she hadn't seen him. Of course how could she with all the dark colors he wore and the darkness around him?

"Shadow."

Shadow instantly got up as if he hadn't been sleeping at all.

"Some watchdog you are. Couldn't even do a decent job," Raven said walking towards the blond. Shadow growled, yet it was hard to tell if it was aimed at Raven or Fiona.

Fiona knitted her brow and clenched her teeth. She made a mad dash to the door, but Raven grabbed her by the arm and stopped the pitiful attempt.

He swung her around and blocked the cabin exit.

For a while, they just stared at each other, neither of them saying a word. They didn't even blink. Fiona hadn't been this close to Raven since they first encountered each other. Roughly four years ago. Though she did wonder why she was still alive. What was going on in the big picture here?

She bit her lip.

"Raven," she finally said, "What do you want with me?"

Raven pointed to the bed.

"Go to bed," he said to her as if she were a little child.

"No," she said defiantly, "I want answers. Why…why did you kidnap me and kill Moonbay? Just what kind of game are you trying to set up? I think I deserve to know." No answer. Fiona's eyes were nearing tears again, remembering her dead friend. Maybe she wasn't dead and she survived. But it didn't seem likely.

She felt a resurgence of anger and clenched her teeth again.

"Tell me NOW, Raven! Or maybe I'll just up and leave if you're going to play the weak-minded fool," she said. She decided to act upon her words and began to push Raven aside and leave this place.

The mistake proved fatal. Raven grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed her violently against the wall. He wrapped his hands around her neck and clenched his teeth in anger. He placed his thumbs in front of her neck and threatened to press forward.

"Listen, princess," he began menacingly, "Don't you ever forget that I could destroy you in an instant. I exist only to kill. If I had it my way, you would've been dead already. So if I were you, I would watch my tongue. Remember that."

He really wanted to squeeze the life out of the wench. He stared at her with the most venomous eyes. Fiona's eyes were full of fear. She was absolutely terrified. It was like she just now realized how much of a monster he was.

It…hurt.

It hurt him. Raven saw the fear and his look became less venomous, to his surprise. He loved living off of others' fear. It's what he lived for. But this face, the look of fear on this angelic face…

His grip became less strong and he eventually let go. Fiona was still sweating bullets from anxiety. Raven cleared his throat.

"Go to bed," he said to her and slowly walked away. "Shadow keep an eye on her, got it? Don't screw up."

Shadow nodded. Raven walked back into the den and laid on the couch and closed his eyes.

If I had the answers, I would've answered your questions, he thought. And that's not a good thing.

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A/N: Hope I didn't overdo anything. Please review!