Damn!!! Sorry about the cliffie, I like those, much more tense atmosphere after a cliffie, don't you think? Had to go out... XP Not fair!!! Back now, no worries. : )

STORY:

"Dove!" Raven shouted.

"I told you." Dove choked. One of the many arms twined its way around Dove's neck.

"Don't worry, we'll get you." BB reassured.

"Evacuate the ward, we need to be able to get to her." Raven ordered.

Several nurses entered the ward at that moment and helped move all the other casualties out of the ward in about twenty minutes. By this time only Doves head was visible through the shadows. Raven ran over to her.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to loose you, not this time." Raven said plunging her arms into the shadows.

After a while she got a hold on both Doves hands and pulled. Her arms and Doves hands slid out of the shadows. Dove's head disappeared into the black mass. Raven had a bright idea.

"Turn on the lights!" She ordered.

BB nodded and ran over to the light switch. He flicked them all and light flooded the room. The shadows screamed and receded into a black spot, which popped as it disappeared, sending a shock wave through the hospital ward, knocking everything over. Dove fell onto the bed and looked worriedly at Raven.

"They're not coming back." Raven reassured her.

"Good, they've done that before."

"When?"

"Ever since you left home, they came once a month to try and snatch me away. Good thing Talon was in the same room as me."

"What happened to Talon?"

Dove looked away.

"Dove?"

"She's...They're all...gone."

"What! NO!" Raven gasped.

"Dad destroyed the whole of Azarath when he was sucked back into hell. One spell, ended everything."

"How did you..."

"Survive? Mum knew something bad would happen so she loaded me into a pod and...I saw the whole thing. There one minute and then a flash of red light and then nothing."