Clouds of Hatred

   Jarno walked into the small room, about 8 men sat down at a table that took up nearly the entire space. "Shark, Cliff, Gabriel. You three are the only ones here besides me who remember exactly what he Flyheight did." He watched as they all nodded. "So this is personal for the four of us." Jarno turned his attention to the other five men. "You five however, have no clue exactly what this means for us."

   Rud smiled. "I know what happened. You guys got wiped by Van, what else could I add to that."

   Shark laughed. "Only half of it."

   "It was only three years ago moron, I know what happened." Rud killed his smile as he turned back to Jarno.

   "Shark's right kid." Gabriel, a bald man, huge in size and incomparable in strength said going to Shark's defense. "We had to biggest crime syndicate this planet had ever seen. The Republic and Empire never dared to lay a finger on us, always blaming someone else for are crimes. Then Van Flyheight, some 16-year-old punk comes in and humiliates us. Since then they've been arresting all of us, slowly but they have been. This is very personal." He stood up and put a heavy windbreaker jacket on, turning his attention to Jarno. "How are we going to get him over here?"

   "That girl he's always with is in the ruins over in the east. We take her, get Flyheight running over here." He gave off a slight smirk. "Then we give him what he deserves." Jarno pointed to Shark and Gabriel. "You bring her here. Rud, Bino cover them and make sure they have to Republic or Imperial Zoids around."

   Both Bino and Rud got up and walked out.

   "Toni." He said, looking at a short man with black hair. "Get a comm. ready for New Helic."

   Toni stood up and walked out. Nodding his head to Jarno as he did.

   Jarno looked at the two youngest men. Andy, a 16 year-old average sized blond man with spiked up hair stood up. "Andy, get your Gun Sniper and set it up on the plateau behind the ruins."

   Andy stood up and just walked out, not speaking or making any gesture what so ever.

   Tommy, the last boy was only 13 years old. A runaway who was probably the best pilot besides Jarno, Cliff, and Gabriel. "Tommy, I want you to take on Van."

   "Are you serious!" Cliff shouted, jumping up from his chair.

   "Very, we'll be covering you but I want to see if he has the guts to kill you, let alone match your skill."

   "Sure." Tommy said smiling. He got up and walked out.

   The room was now empty except for Cliff and Jarno.

   "Van will kill him in less then a minute, you know that." Cliff said frustrated that Jarno would even bring it up.

   "Next to you, me, and Gabriel he's the best we have. And that gap isn't far apart."

   "I know that but he's 13 years old. And Van beat the crap out of us when we fought him."

   "Cliff will you relax. Van is gonna die, simple as that."

   "Willing to bet your life on that. Might not be so lucky this time."

   "You know that WarShark we found. Shark will be waiting for Van, and if Tommy starts to lose he'll finish him off."

   "Shark is a terrible pilot, you know that."

   "I know, but trust me. Remember Tyko?"

   Cliff nodded. "Sure, why."

   "Told me a few months ago the best weapon to use against the Blade Liger is a Class 2 Gauss Rifle."

   Cliff smiled. "Were you going to get those, even the Republic and Empire haven't been able to produce one of that caliber."

   "We have Tyco's Silver Kong."

   Cliff dropped his jaw slightly. "We do?"

   "Sure, that's the Zoid Tommy will pilot. Shark will be waiting under the sand with a few MRM missiles. Andy will have his sights set on him with the Gun Sniper. You'll be flying above with your Storm Sworder. And Gabriel will be on top of the ruins with the .120 Blast Rifle. He won't escape this time."

   Cliff smiled. "Alright, what do you need me to do now."

   "Show Tommy the controls of the Silver Kong." Jarno walked out, not waiting for him to reply.

   Gabriel jumped in his Command Wolf and woke it up, opening the hanger. "Ready Sharkey."

   "I hate it when you call me that!" Shark shouted furiously.

   Gabriel smiled, watching the Dibision rush out of the hanger.

   Bino watched as Rud took off in his Lighting Saiex. "Slow down Rud, all we have to do is cover."

   Rud bit his lip and nodded. "Damn I need some action."

   "Relax, we have the money coming in. That's all I'm worried about." Bino replied.

   "Well I'm not you." Rud slowed down his Saiex turned away from the Dibision and Command Wolf and running along side Bino's Guysack.

   "Hang on a second Shark." Gabriel said, stopping his Command Wolf.

   "What's up?" Shark asked, looking around.

   Gabriel looked around. "Hellcats."

   Shark turned on his Zoids infrared sensor, viewing a list of information that came up along with it. "Six of um."

   Gabriel switched his comm. frequency to match Rud's. "Rud, you see those Hellcats?"

   Rud looked around. "No, where are they."

   "Turn on your infrared scanner moron." Shark replied scolding him.

   Rud shook his head and looked at the six light red images appearing on his screen. "Ok, now what."

   "Idiot." Gabriel mumbled to himself. "Take them out." He switched his comm. to the Guysack. "Bino, pick up the pieces of Rud when they get through with him."

   "Sure." Bino said, watching the Lighting Saiex burst down the hill.

   Rud opened fire, targeting the Lighting Saiex with his cannon, taking one of them down.

   Jack heard the fire and looked up at the Lighting Saiex attacking them. "What the Hell are they doing?" He said to himself, looking around. "Everyone get underground now!" He shouted, dropping the book he was holding.

   "Look at um scatter Gabriel." Shark said.

   Gabriel nodded. "Lets move in slowly."

   "Right."

   Bino watched as the Lighting Saiex fell to the ground from the intense fire from the Hellcats small cannons. "Moron." He said quickly taking his Guysack down, shooting at each of the Hellcats.

   Shark jumped out of his Dibision and took out a rifle. "So what do we do?"

   Gabriel took out two pistols and smiled. "Kill them all, just make sure the girl is taken back alive."

   Shark nodded climbed down the ladder, Gabriel quickly following.

   "What's going on?" Fiona asked watching a few men take out rifles and handguns.

   "Someone's attacking us." Jack took her to a room and had her sit down. "Hang out here until we take care of this."

   Fiona nodded and watched as Jack closed the door.

   "Guys need me to come down there?" Bino asked, shooting down the last Hellcat.

   Gabriel smiled. "Naw, we can handle this."

   Shark kicked open the door and watched as flashes of bright lights appeared in front of him.

   Gabriel dove out of the way, watching as bullets continued to drive through Shark's stomach and chest and his blood splattering all over. "Damn!" He yelled, pulling out a grenade. "Enjoy." He bit off the pin and threw the ball into the hole and waited for the explosion to go off. It did and he ran in, shooting through the smoke. He listened as the fire continued and he dove behind a crate. Gabriel pulled out another grenade and bit off the pin, throwing it over his head and the crate, covering his face as it went off. Again he stood up and shot, feeling a bullet rip through his left thigh. He dove behind the crate again and grabbed the wound.

   Bino moved his Guysack into position to fire at the men. "Get out of there Gab, Ill take care of um."

   Gabriel got on his knees and crawled out quickly, listening to the cannon fire from the gray Guysack. He waited for Bino to fire off a few shots and waved his hands. "Enough." He looked over at Shark's dead body and almost gagged. "Bino, clear it out. Take Rud with you."

   Bino nodded and jumped out, handing Rud a handgun. "Lets go."

   Rud nodded and jumped down, feeling the hard impact of the ground.

   "Why the Hell do you think they invented ladders." Gabriel said smiling, gritting his teeth from the pain.

   "You alright?" Bino asked, staying away from the entrance.

   "Yea." Gab ripped off a sleeve and tied it tightly around his thigh. "Got Shark though."

   Bino nodded. "Rud what the Hell are you doing!" He yelled, watching the man walk in front of the entrance. A bullet ripped through his chest.

    "Idiot!" Gad screamed. He looked back up at Bino. "Damn these guys mean business." Picking up his gun, he ducked and turned around the corner, firing his weapon. He heard a man scream in pain shortly after he fired the first shot. "Go now!"

   Bino ran into the opening, firing his rifle at anything that moved, it didn't take long though. Only two more men were still there. "Looks like a damn war-zone in here." Bino said reloading his weapon. He stared at the dead bodies, about a dozen of them covered the floor. "Damn what the Hell do they have so many men for?"

   Jack listened, but the fire had stopped. Only two men remained, himself and his assistant Palo. "Do we have another way out of here?"

   Palo, an averaged sized man with black hair smiled as he pulled out a few sticks of dynamite. "Will in a few minutes."

   Jack smiled and nodded.

   Bino sprinted through the tunnel, running into a tall man wearing a full-rimmed hat. He dove to the ground and crawled back behind the corner. Reloading his weapon he quickly turned and fired off two shots and turned back. He heard the man scream and smiled. He stood up and ran around but saw the man standing up unharmed.

   Jack fired his weapon at the mans head, killing him instantly.

   Jarno lowered his head. "Andy, Toni, Cliff. Get that girl now!" He yelled.

   "Palo lets go, I got the last one!" He yelled hearing the man running over. Jack opened the door Fiona was in. "Lets go, we got the last one."

   Fiona nodded, startled by the amount of gunfire she had heard.

   Gabriel took one of the men's shotguns and crawled behind a corner, hearing a few footsteps running over.

   Jack led the group, Fiona behind him and Palo following her.

   Gab watched the three run around, firing at Palo's back creating 7 red on his body.

   Jack stopped forcing Fiona to crash into him. Quickly he got up and made an attempt to raise his gun.

   Gab gave the shotgun a pump and shot Jack in his chest and watched him fall straight to the ground.

   Fiona looked around in horror at all the death that was occurring, all of the violence and useless slaughtering.

   Gab raised his gun at Fiona, but didn't fire. "Caused some trouble for us little girl." He said able to stand up.

   Toni ran up behind them and wrapped his forearm around Fiona's neck.

   Gab stood up and pulled out a needle and tube. "Won't hurt much." He smiled as he drove it into her bicep, pushing down and injecting the fluid into her body.

   Fiona tried to scream but Toni had his hand tightly over her mouth and neck. As the poison quickly took effect, it forced her to fall into a deep sleep.

   Gab looked down, watching as one of the men were still alive. "Bastard." He mumbled pumping his weapon and shooting the downed man. "Lets go!" He yelled with rage.

   Jarno had his hands over his eyes. "Three dead, one wounded."

   Cliff shook his head. "Going to have to change your plan a bit."

   "Just wait till I get my hands around his neck." Jarno said slamming a fist into the wooden table, breaking it into two.

   "Tommy's ready, should give Van a run for his life."

   "Hopefully he'll take his life."

   Raven quickly opened his eyes and a clash of thunder filled the night sky. He took a deep breath and looked up at the ceiling. Alice was asleep next to him, his arm around her shoulder and chest. Raven smiled and got up, looking at Shadow who was asleep as well in the corner of the room. He walked over to the window and looked out. The hard rain clattered loudly on the roof and sandy ground below the room they were staying in. Raven pulled up a chair and looked out. The stars and moons hidden behind the stormy clouds, and only a few streetlights brightened the extremely dark town.

   Jason smiled as he stared up at Raven, the rain beating on his body as well as Phantom's. The gray Organoid took a step forward. "Phantom wait." He smiled. "I want Raven to feel this lose. Let them get attached, then we'll kill her." Jason looked out into the desert night, it was a black abyss shaded by the pouring rain. "But lets torture him a bit anyways." Jason closed his eyes, focusing his thoughts on bringing back the souls of the dead, ones Raven would find entertaining.

   Raven stared out. "Darkness." He said softly, not wanting to wake Alice up. "All there seems to be anymore." Again his voice was soft. He closed his eyes, thinking about his old life long before Prozen. A clash of thunder once again halted his train of thought. He looked out, two shady figures were standing just outside the light. Shortly though, his eyes focused on the dark spot and the shady figures began to mold into people he had seen before, and it didn't take long for him to realize who they were. "Mom." He said pausing a moment to rub his eyes. "Mom, dad!" He shouted this time, slamming the door open and running out into the heavy storm. Raven ran towards the ghostly figures, smiling and laughing from joy. It was the first time he had done that since the night his parents died. Bur Raven stopped in his tracks, watching the two figures slowly vanish into the pitch-black night. "No." Raven said softly, his tears mixing with the heavy rain falling on his face. "Nooo!" Raven screamed, his voice choppy and filled with sorrow.

   Jason looked down at the crying Raven. "Nå De forstår til slutt hva De behandler, og til slutt lærer Deres sted blant min pawns!" He shouted towards the sky, the ancient language of Zoid Eve filling the night with a haunting tone. "Come Phantom, we will let him be." He said with a soft whisper this time.

   Raven heard the words and they sent a dark chill down his spine. The dark shadow of a man and an Organoid stared down at him and slowly walked away. Raven knew who it was.

   "Raven!" Alice shouted running over to him. He was on the ground. Crying and sobbing as if he had just lost someone he loved. She put her arms under his arms and picked him up out of the mud. "What's wrong, why did you run out here?"

   Raven looked at her, his eyes burning with anger, rage, and hatred. "Get out of here now!" He shouted.

   Alice looked at him, puzzled that he would say that. "What. Why?"

   "He'll kill you, like he kills anyone I start to love. He's a cold hearted beast." Raven took her off of his shoulder and threw it to the side. "Get away from me!"

   Alice stared at him but didn't budge. "Who's going to kill me?"

   Raven looked at her furiously. "Will you listen to me! He will kill you, and he will do it to torment me like he always does." Raven looked up at the room they had been staying in. "Shadow!" He yelled, watching his Organoid come running towards him.

   "You're not leaving without me Raven."

   "I'm tired of watching people die because of him. I hate him and I wish he would just die!" Raven closed his eyes, calming down the rage that had built in him. "He's been doing this for my entire life." His voice now had a sobbing tone to it. "Tormenting me, molding me into whatever he wants. He kills anyone I start to love, or makes sure they can never love me back. It's disgusting, but there isn't a thing anyone can do to stop it."

   Alice walked up to him and put her arms around his back, holding him tightly against her. The rain continued to pour down, and the flash of lighting filled the dark and evil night. Raven's hair matted down to his scalp, Shadow keeping close to his master.

   Raven looked down at the ground, his chin resting on Alice's shoulder. He wasn't sure if he was crying, the rain had soaked his face and clothes. The thunder continued to rumble the sky and heavens, each crash sending a frightful thought through his mind. "Your not going to listen to me are you?" His voice soft and silent, almost like a whisper. A far cry from the shouting he had put upon Alice.

   Alice closed her eyes. "No." Her voice was equally as soft. She held on to Raven, afraid to let him go.

   "Your not afraid to die?" He finally lifted his head and began to kiss her neck softly.

   "We all die." Alice felt Raven's arms slide down her waist, and his lips gently pressing against her neck. "When we do is the only thing that frightens us."

   Raven looked at her cool-blue eyes, her face soaked just like his as the rain kept pouring over them. The town was empty and they were the only ones out. "It will hurt me though." Raven looked away. "It always does." The rain began to light up slightly, and the thunder seemed to be shaking the ground at a much longer interval. "Damn him." He mumbled to himself.

   "You should get indoors, don't want you to get sick." Alice said taking his hand and forcing him to follow her.

   "Come Shadow." Raven said, watching his Organoid slowly follow them both.

   Van sat there drinking the coffee he had made, it tasted terrible.

   "You need to relax Flyheight." Valen said sitting besides him. "Not good for your looks to keep stressing yourself like this."

   Van smiled. "Yea, but I just can't help but worry."

   Valen laughed as he took a sip of Van's coffee, spitting it back out. "Goddamn who made this?"

   Van laughed at the sight. "I did."

   Valen rubbed his mouth, spitting on the floor again. "Haven't you ever made coffee before?" He took the cup and dumped it in a plant pot.

   Van shook his head. "No."

   "Need to keep it that way to." Valen stood up. "You gonna be alright?"

   "Yea sure." Van said, looking up at him. "Wish something would happen though, take my mind off Fiona for a while."

   "Naw you don't want that." Valen said patting his shoulder. "Besides you're probably killing yourself with your cooking. So yea you need her quick."

   Van shook his head and smiled.

   Both men walked over to the command center, looking down at what had been rebuilt of New Helic.

   "Four months ago this was all destroyed." Hermann said looking out at the city. "Now you can hardly tell." He smiled looking at Van and Jake. "How you two holding up."

   Jake smiled. "Ever taste Van's food?"

   Hermann shook his head. "With the way you said that, don't think I want to."

   "Smart man." Valen looked over at O'Connell who was sitting down, reading some information and seemed to have a slightly worried face. "Something wrong O'Connell?"

   Van turned his head facing O'Connell.

   "Transmission." O'Connell said briefly.

   "Well put it up." Hermann ordered.

   "Yes sir." O'Connell punched a few buttons and an image flashed onto the main screen. A man with gray hair and a light brown beard appeared.

   Van looked at it and felt a chill running through his body and mind. "Jarno!" He shouted, recognizing the man. The image of his Blade Liger slicing through the Whale King played back in his mind. "How. But." Van couldn't find the words to speak.

   Jarno looked down at Van. "Damn you Flyheight." He said slowly. "Damn you for everything."

   Hermann recognized the man as well. "Your dead!"

   Jarno turned his attention to Hermann. "No colonel, far from it. Now Van, I simply want you to do one thing."

   Van made a fist, staring at the man he had to fight 3 years ago. A man who was a lot like Prozen in thoughts and dreams.  "What is it?"

   "I want you to come here. I want you to fight me. Then I want you to burn in Hell." Jarno gave off a smirk.

   Van smiled. "Yea right, are you crazy."

   Jarno shook his head, his smirk gone and his face flushed with anger. "You think I'm stupid Flyheight." He shook his head. "I know you, I know your soft spots. You'll be running here, heart over your head and it will kill you. Exactly what I want."

   "Who the Hell is this guy?" Valen said looking up at him.

   "Jarno, damn good pilot and a nasty way of proving it." Van said staring at the man on the screen.

   "Ah." Valen said. "Have a death wish or something Jarno." Jake walked up to the screen.

   "Doubt you'll be saying that on the battlefield." Jarno looked back towards Van. "I have something you want. Three of my men are dead, one is wounded. Yet 13 of yours are dead, none wounded."

   "What the Hell is he talking about." Hermann said only loud enough for Van to hear.

   "Don't know." Van said, again only loud enough for Hermann to hear.

   "You'll be running Van, and you'll die."

   "What makes you think Ill fight you anyways?"

   Jarno smiled stepping aside. "That's why Van." He held out his arm, pointing it towards Cliff who held Fiona.

   "Fiona!" Van shouted, now he was nothing but angry and filled with rage. "You killed her!"

   "Damnit." Valen said looking up at them.

   "No Van, she's alive. We injected poison in her, put her to sleep. If you want her, you know exactly where to come."

   "Ill kill you Jarno, I swear Ill kill you!" Van shouted.

   "I'm waiting Van." Jarno moved his hand down and ended the transmission.

   Van stormed out of the room. "Zeke lets go!"

   "Hang on Van." Hermann ordered. "If you go there alone you know they'll kill you."

   Van ignored him and continued to rush out, walking down to the hanger.

   "Valen, go with him." Hermann said walking over to O'Connell.

   "Yes sir." Valen saluted and walked out.

   Van jumped in the Blade Liger and closed the cockpit. "Ready Zeke?" The Organoid gave a growl and merged with the Liger, bringing it to life.

   Valen smiled as he got in his cockpit.

   "You don't need to come." Van said waiting impatiently for the hanger doors to open.

   "Sure I do, otherwise you'll do exactly what Jarno wants you to. Put your heart over your head and simply get wiped."

   "Hasn't happened yet." Van said, finally moving his Blade Liger.

   Valen shook his head. "Hard-headed, stubborn, and plain out stupid. How the Hell did he become the best pilot on the damn planet." He took off following him.

   "Id give him a few hours." Jarno said looking at Toni.

   Toni smiled. "Mad as you got him, probably a few minutes."

   "Why don't you worry about beating him first." Cliff said, holding Fiona by her hair. "How do you think he beat us the first time."

   "I know that!" Jarno shouted. "But I changed my plan, we'll get him don't worry."

   "And what's your new plan." Gabriel asked, he had an ice pack and heavy bandage over the bullet wound in his thigh.

   "Take the fish out of the water."

   "Mind translating that." Toni said looking over at the girl.

   "Simple. Flyheight is easily the best pilot on Zi. So we force him to fight with his fists and a gun." Jarno smiled at Gabriel. "Can you handle that?"

   Gab smiled. "Sure thing."

   "Payback will come soon, then we'll simply pick off where we left off. Money and power will be ours once again."

   Gabriel laughed. "Gonna fell good to have that again." 

   "Is Tommy ready yet?" Jarno said looking over at Cliff.

   "Ready as he will ever be. Just waiting for them to arrive."

   Jarno nodded a few times. "Good, then we will simply do the same." Jarno leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, listening to the silence held within the room.

   John sat down in his chair and opened the book, putting on his small glasses as he slowly turned the pages and scanned the sentences. Over and over he read the book, it wasn't big but the words were small and hard to read.

   "What are you looking at?" Ryss said leaning back against the wall, her left and holding her right elbow.

   "A book I found in the cemetery over." He said looking up at the young, blue haired girl. "Feeling any better."

   Ryss nodded and walked over to her father's chair, looking down at the book. "Looks like a diary."

   "What it is." John said.

   "Who did it belong to?" Ryss asked.

   John looked through it. "No name."

   "There's a picture." Ryss pointed to a small photograph.

   John pulled it out and looked down at it. It showed a man, woman, and a young boy. "Humph, looks like a happy family."

   Ryss looked down and gasped in horror, stepping away.

   "Something wrong Ryss?" John asked watching her face turn pale and her body start to shake.

   "I know who they are." Ryss said, her voice choppy. "That boy is Raven."

   John looked at her then took a look at the picture. "Dear God." He said softly. John began to turn the pages, looking at it. "Look at this entry. Written about 16 years ago."

   "That strange man came by again today, telling my husband he had to finish that Organoid or he would kill him. I tried to tell him to break away from him but he wouldn't listen to me, says it's too important. I guess he thinks its more important then are son to. He seems to be ignoring him though I know he loves him. I suppose when this is finished he'll come back to his senses. It's all very strange though, the man has an Organoid, a dark gray one and he calls it Phantom. And he also speaks another language to it; one Iv never heard of before. But the thing about him that frightens me the most is how he seems to be tormenting Nick, I don't know how but it just seems. He's back again, why wont he just leave us alone."

   "So Raven's name is Nick." John smiled and looked back at Ryss. "What's wrong?"

   Ryss pointed over to a statue of an angel, tears of blood slowly coming out of her stone eyes.

   John stood up and took out a cross he had under his shirt. "Mother and God, protect us now, keep thy devil away, keep thy maker at bay." John mumbled the prayer, staring at the statue.

   Ryss looked around, the air seemed to thin and began to freeze her body to the bone. "Specula." She said looking around for her Organoid. Ryss ran up the stairs and into the room she had been staying in. "Specula!" She screamed in terror, the Organoid lying there on the ground, not moving, not budging, and not responding.

   "Ton craindre le démon pour il tue ceux-là qui sait à beaucoup." Jason said slowly walking up besides her.

   Ryss turned and looked at him. "Jason." She was able to mumble.

   Jason smiled as he pulled out a dagger and rubbed it against her throat. "You are finding out far to much Ryss, now Ill have to kill you."

   John took the cross and drove it into Jason's back, but he neither screamed nor panicked. "How did you?"

   Jason smiled and drove a fist into the John's gut.

   John felt his breath escape his body and looked up at Ryss. "Get out of here Ryss. Get Specula."

   Jason shook his head, watching Ryss pick up the Organoid and run as fast as she could. "Ill get her eventually." Jason turned his head down towards John and pulled the cross out that had been driven in his back, snapping it with his fingers. "God is dead, I killed him with my bare hands."

   John looked up at him. "Who are you?" He said still trying to find his breath again.

   "Devil, Satan, Reaper, whatever you would like me to be." Jason put his dagger against the mans neck, rubbing it gently, creating a small cut. "Though I can also be considered a savior or an Archangel."

   "Devil and Satan seem to represent you a lot more." John stood up, ignoring the cut on his neck. He knew he had to buy Ryss more time.

   "If I wanted Ryss dead I would have killed her already." Jason smiled. "She knows far to much now, and Ill have to deal with that. Killing her though, not my plan."

   John stared at him. "What does she know about you?"

   "You'll have to live in Hell and wonder why for an eternity." Jason raised the dagger and drove it through his skull. "Yes God is dead, and I have killed him." Jason took the body and threw it through the closed window. The glass shattering piercing John's dead body, causing the lifeless blood to flow out of his body. Jason heard the impact and smiled. "Le fantôme, Ryss de découverte et l'apporte me." Jason turned and walked down the stairs, grabbing the book. "Thought I destroyed this thing already." He shook his head and watched the book burst into flames. "Life will die." He smiled. "Life will have to die." Jason felt the intense heat against his hand, but just let the pain flow. It wouldn't hurt him, nothing did. He would deal with Raven and Alice later, but for now he would take care of Ryss and what she knew. It could ruin his plan, and any chance of hurting Raven's heart and soul far beyond anything he had ever felt before.

Authors Notes: Holy shit I gave Raven a name, now I'm gonna die. Least I picked a name that suits him, looks like a Nick to me. Other then that, a lot of really weird stuff happened and I don't even know what the Hell is going on so if you feel lost your not alone. Hoped you enjoyed the longest chap yet.