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A/N: Complications is finally FINISHED! This is the last part. I know that I've left a couple of loose ends (like Nicole's apparent nervous breakdown and Devon getting a life) but I promise that they will be cleared up soon. I just hate to have the story drag on any longer.

So, without further ado, the story:

~*~

Vitaliy came home from school to find Gabriel sitting on the front steps. "What's up Gabe?" He asked.

For one, Gabriel had no reply for the nickname. "Do you have any big plans for this evening?"

Vitaliy shrugged. "Nothing really, I think that Alexia and Nicole wanted to go out tonight. Then again, if Alexia hasn't talked to you about it yet, maybe they've changed their minds."

"Don't get too excited yet, she asked me and I said yes. But I meant before that."

"Oh. Nadda bro, whatcha need?"

"I was hoping that you might go over and hang out with Devon for a while. He's having a rough time adjusting. I thought that it might do him some good to hang out with normal kids for a while."

Vitaliy sat on the steps next to his brother. "You know, that's probably a great idea. But. I'm not exactly what you would call normal and I'm not exactly a kid anymore," he shot Gabriel a lopsided grin as he spoke.

"True," Gabriel conceded. "You are a whole lot closer to normal than he is though."

"I guess so. Maybe I'll bring the girls along so that they can abuse him too," Vitaliy grinned almost maniacally. "After all, he needs some excitement in his life."

"I don't know if he's ready for that much excitement," Gabriel said, his smile mirroring Vitaliy's.

~*~

Nicole came home to an empty house. She was actually looking forward to relaxing alone for a little while, so the quiet would be nice. Also, Mary and Angie couldn't terrorize her room while she was trying to clean. Reflexively, she grabbed a can of coke from the refrigerator on her way upstairs. It wasn't until she had gotten to her room, opened the can, and taken a sip before she laughed at herself. "You're still acting human Nikki," she scolded herself.

"There's nothing wrong with that," someone behind her said, making Nicole almost jump out of her skin.

"Vitaliy! I thought I told you not to do that!" She exclaimed. Vitaliy laughed and enveloped her into a hug. "Wait a minute, how can you sneak up on me like that anyway? Aren't I supposed to be able to sense you or something like that?"

"Yes and no. You'll never be able to read me as well as anyone else because you have my blood. I, on the other hand, can read you perfectly for the same reason. Also, you're still very young and that is an ability that becomes stronger with time," he answered.

"Somehow that isn't very fair," Nicole pouted.

"Nothing is ever fair baby," Vitaliy said almost sadly. "But, on a happier note, what are you doing this afternoon?"

"I was going to clean and then go out with you guys. Why? Something come up?"

"Not exactly," Vitaliy drew her down to the bed with him. "Gabe asked me to go over and hang out with Devon for a little while this afternoon. Apparently he's having a lot of trouble adapting to life outside of Midnight. I was hoping you'd like to come with me."

"Oh, I think I can handle that," she replied around his kisses.

That's good, but can you handle me first? Vitaliy's voice was playful and mischievous as it danced through her mind, much like the sensations dancing across her body. Nicole gave in to his touch and lost herself for a time.

~*~

Fritz came home to the last sound that he had expected to hear--laughter. He followed the sound to Devon's room and was surprised to see that it was nearly complete except for some painting that needed to be finished and a complete lack of curtains and bed linens. He'd have to take Devon shopping to pick something out. Even more surprising was that not only was Devon in there, but Nicole, Vitaliy, and Alexia were all sprawled about the room. Devon had taken over the futon under the bed, Nicole and V were wedged in the far corner of the bed, and Alexia had made herself quite comfortable on the floor after stealing a cushion from the couch in the other room. They were all laughing about something. "Am I interrupting?" He asked, knocking lightly on the doorjamb.

"Not at all," Devon replied, laugher still evident in his voice. "Come on in."

Fritz entered the room, but didn't sit down. He didn't want to intrude on his brother's fun. Then again, he was curious about the almost sudden change. "What's going on?"

"V and the girls stopped by for a while to hang out. Oh! Can I go to Black Ice with them tonight?" Devon asked.

"Black Ice?"

"It's a new club in the city. Mixed, but mostly human. He'd be safe," Vitaliy answered.

Fritz knew that when he said "mixed" he meant humans, shape shifters, vampires, and witches. That was a virulent combination no matter how calm the participants were. But that mix in a nightclub? "I don't know.... Who all is going?"

"Me and Gabriel, V and Nicole, Devon, Kiree, maybe Kaeli, and you're welcome to come too," Alexia piped up.

If Kiree was going to let Alexia go, then it couldn't be all that bad. Fritz thought for a few more moments. "Thanks for the invitation, but I'll let you guys go and have fun. Just check in with me before you leave, okay Devon?"

"Okay!" Devon looked like he was going to burst with excitement at the prospect. Fritz knew that he'd made the right choice in letting him go with his new friends. After all, there really was no point in keeping him cooped up in the house when he needed to be out making friends.

"Where are you guys meeting up before hand?" Fritz asked before leaving the room.

"I think the plan is to meet at Alexia's and then go from there," Devon replied.

"All right, you kids have fun tonight," Fritz said, leaving them to their own devices.

India had followed Alexia to a house in a fairly nice neighborhood on the outskirts of town. She didn't recognize the house, but the vampiric aura was strong enough around it that she didn't need any of her powers to sense it; her skin crawled of it's own volition. She didn't know who the house belonged to, but evidently the owner was connected to Vitaliy and his friends somehow. Currently, she was crouched low in the bushes outside a window. She could hear talking and laughing inside the room. Vitaliy, Nicole, and Alexia were in there with another boy that she didn't recognize. Yet another human who feels the need to associate with leeches, she thought angrily. It infuriated her even more that they were happy. They didn't deserve to be happy, not when killing people kept them alive. She was about to find a way to sneak into the house to begin her revenge, but she heard someone approaching. She ducked as low as she could behind a large bush. It wouldn't hold up to a leech's inspection, if he were looking closely. To her luck, the newcomer wasn't looking for people lurking around. India assumed he was the one who owned this house. His red hair and slight build didn't register in her mind as someone she had dealt with before, so he must've been new to the area.

The new leech joined the conversation. India couldn't believe her luck! Every one of the leeches that she wanted to kill in one spot, except this new one. She could take care of them and then come back to kill the red head later. She had never come across a kill this good before. It had always been Sarah that had all the luck before. Her mother could never disown her after this. She let a predatorial grin slide across her face and slinked back to her car. She would have a few hours to waste before the kill. She'd make sure that it was time well spent snooping around Alexia's house so that nothing would be able to distract her.

~*~

"Please tell me that you're going to change before we go out tonight," Kaeli pleaded with her twin.

Kiree looked down at what she was wearing. "What's wrong with it?"

"I've seen that pair of jeans way too many times, and that T-shirt is so faded! Come on, you're going to the hottest night spot in the city and you're going like that? No way," Kaeli grabbed Kiree by the hand and pulled her off of the couch. "You're getting complacent in your old age," she scolded.

"Old age?" Kiree laughed. "If I'm old, then so are you. You're actually older than I am!"

"Only by a few minutes," Kaeli reminded her as she pushed Kiree onto the bed and began rummaging through the closet.

"What are you doing?"

"Finding you something else to wear. When was the last time you went shopping?"

"Shopping?" Kiree asked sweetly.

Kaeli made an exasperated noise and glared at her sister. "If I don't find something in here, we're either raiding Alexia's closet or going shopping," she threatened.

"Will this do?" Kiree asked, picking a bag up off the floor and pulling out a new pair of flared blue jeans and a mandarin-inspired pink tube top dress. There was also a box with a pair of low black heels.

"You are impossible," Kaeli said, but she smiled anyway. "When do I get to borrow that?"

"Oh? Now you want to borrow my clothes? A few minutes ago you hated them."

Kaeli rolled her eyes and was saved from replying by Alexia who basically bounded into the room and flopped onto the bed beside Kiree. "Ooh, way cute. Can I borrow that some time?"

Kiree could only laugh in response. "What's so funny?" Alexia asked.

Kaeli was laughing too, but she managed to spit out a reply. "I just said the same thing."

"Oh. Anyway! Okay, so we convinced Devon that he should come with us and everyone is supposed to be here at ten to go. But, I think that they're all going to get here kind of early. Not sure why though, but that's okay. I'm supposed to go pick Devon up after I've showered and gotten ready. Hm. Kaeli? Can you come and help me pick out something to wear?" Alexia was speaking so fast that Kaeli had some trouble following her.

"Why don't you wear the outfit I got you for your birthday, that looks great on you and it would be cool enough when you were dancing so that you wouldn't get too hot."

"Okay!" Alexia basically bounded off the bed. "Now I'm hungry and I'm going to go make some dinner. I'd offer you some, but I have a feeling that you two are going to go hunt before we go. I know that's what Gabriel and V are doing right now."

Kaeli watched in amazement as Nicole skipped into the kitchen. "I didn't know that she ever had that much energy," she observed.

"Sometimes," Kiree said.

There was a loud crash as a pile of pots and pans hit the floor. "Sorry!"

~*~

India watched from the woods as Alexia's car pulled out of the driveway. "Shit," she hissed. She hoped that the girl would return soon. She knew that her mother would not like it if Alexia died with the vampires, but India wanted her there so that she could see what happened to leeches. Maybe the girl would have the sense to disassociate herself from them, but India doubted that. Once a person became addicted to vampires, the would be for the rest of their life. And that could be quite a long time if Alexia managed to get herself blood-bonded.

As India was cursing her luck, a large truck pulled into the spot that Alexia had vacated. Gabriel, Vitaliy, and Nicole got out and disappeared into the house. India knew that Kiree was already in there. She waited a few minutes in case they came back out, but they didn't. They must have been waiting on Alexia to get back from wherever she had gone. That posed a problem. Did she wait for the whore to get back, or go in now and kill them. If Alexia knew that it was India that had killed all of her friends, then she would probably do something in retaliation. But what? Then again, if she could take care of them before Alexia got back, it wouldn't be a problem.

She decided that sneaking in before Alexia came back would be the best course of action. She crept from her hiding place to a spot she had picked out earlier when the house had been empty. There was a storm cellar that lead into the house, and none of the doors were locked. There wasn't even a spot to latch the outside. Everyone knew that leeches were too cocky for their own good, this only proved that point further. From the basement, she could hear the conversation above. She stood listening at the door for a few minutes, but couldn't make out the words. The only thing that she learned from listening was that Alexia was back and had brought someone with her. India assumed that it was the strange boy from earlier. "Well, it's now or never," she whispered to herself.

As India was pulling a knife from its sheath on her forearm when the door opened. She found herself face-to-face with Gabriel. "So, we meet again. Why don't you come out of there and quit hiding behind closed doors? It isn't polite to go sneaking around someone's house."

"And it's any more polite to kill people?" India retorted.

"I don't kill. Can't your little witchy powers sense that?"

India was about to say that she didn't have her powers, but bit back the comment. Let them think that she had at least some measure of power against them. "I think her powers have been bound," someone behind Gabriel piped up.

Gabriel turned to face the speaker. "You know Kiree, I think you're right. The little witch is just a puny human now."

The woman behind him stood, and India turned her attention to her. India recognized her as the woman who paraded around as Alexia's "aunt". "What the hell are you doing in my house?" Kiree demanded.

"Killing you and your little friends."

"Ha! Go ahead and try. I promise you won't live."

India flung herself at Kiree in a rage. Before she could even get there, she was flung against the wall. Her head rebounded off a doorjamb and her foot put a hole in the drywall. "Care to try again?" Kiree's voice mocked her. The vampire had to have known that she was seeing stars.

Even so, India drew herself to her feet and ran at Kiree again, but turned her knife on Gabriel in the last second. He hissed from the pain as the magick blade burned into his skin. Gabriel grabbed India's arm and broke it. The sickening snap almost echoed in the quiet room. "Gabriel!" Alexia shrieked. India couldn't stand any longer, she collapsed onto the floor.

Nicole knelt beside India's prone form. "Why?"

"Because," India explained, her voice faint from the pain. "I am going to be disowned. I thought that if I could kill you all, then my mother couldn't do that to me. It was the only way."

"Take her to SingleEarth and get her out of my house," Kiree said in a low voice. "I don't care what happens to her, but I will kill her if she isn't gone soon."

India passed into oblivion, not knowing whether or not she was safe or dead.

~*~

The smoke filled anarchy of Black Ice, though sometimes irritating, was one of the best hunting grounds in New York City. While heavy bass reverberated throughout the warehouse-like club, multicolored lights competed with strobes for dominance, hundreds of drinks were bought and consumed, and humans basically flaunted themselves like cattle before the auctioneer. Kiree had claimed one of many booths that lined the walls of the club and was now sitting with her back against the wall with her slender legs outstretched across the black vinyl seat, idly tapping the glass in her hand. She glanced toward the balcony that comprised the second floor, but didn't watch long. Two girls were dancing in the cages that occupied the corners there. Both were wearing miniskirts and it was quite obvious that they didn't have anything on underneath. Kiree dropped her ebony gaze to the hundreds of people crowded onto the dance floor. A fast-paced song was playing and the dancers had plenty of energy since it was early yet. Upon further inspection, she saw that the line for the bar was four and five people deep in places. It was promising to be a wild night. She wasn't sure that she was ready for the night to get any wilder.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw someone strutting down the stairs from the upper level. Kiree recognized her as one that had been dancing in the cage. It took a moment to realize that the scantily clad young woman was Kaeli. Kiree waved for her sister to come over to join her. Kaeli slid into the opposite seat and adopted a pose similar to Kiree's. "Hey Kir, how's the hunting?"

Kiree looked sideways at her sister. "I think I just saw more of you than I ever cared to."

Kaeli laughed. "You'll get over it."

"You weren't wearing that at the house," Kiree pointed out before taking a sip from her glass. The viscous red liquid left a faint trail down the side of the glass when she set it back down. Bloodwyne was one of the few things that she would drink at the club. There was something amusing about blood that had been fermented for a few hundred years. It didn't satisfy her bloodlust though, and if she didn't feed soon she was likely to eat the first person in sight.

"Nah, but I had spilled bloodwyne all over my clothes a little while ago, so I went home real quick and borrowed some things from Alexia," Kaeli leaned against the wall in a pose similar to Kiree's.

Kiree was taken aback. "Alexia owns clothes like that?"

"Yeah, she is eighteen and has the body to pull it off. Then again, I'm sure you've never seen them in this combination before. She tends to pair one skimpy thing with something that covers everything else. I was hoping to get some attention tonight."

"Well, I think you've managed that quite nicely," Kiree said, pointing to the vampire that was approaching. She looked at her sister, "You go have some fun. I guess tonight is my night to baby-sit."

Kaeli laughed. "Oh no it's not. All the 'kiddies' can take care of themselves and you know it. Why don't we see if our new friend has one for you. Maybe even a twin brother?"

Kiree quirked an eyebrow at her sister, but allowed herself to be dragged out of the booth and towards the unfamiliar vampire. "Hello ladies," his teeth flashed in his wide smile as he spoke. It was obvious that Kaeli thought that his dark spiked hair, dark complexion, and well toned body made him one of the sexiest men she'd ever seen. Stop drooling, she teased.

Oh but why? Kaeli retorted. "I'm Kaeli, and this is my twin sister Kiree," she introduced them.

"'Tis a pleasure to meet you ladies," he said, bowing and kissing each on the back of their hand. "My name is Rye. Allow me to introduce Jarius, a dear friend of mine. We were raised together as boys," he said, indicating the man next to him.

Jarius shared the same dark skin and toned body, but he wore his hair in a more normal haircut. Kiree thought it made him much more attractive than his friend. Now it's your turn to stop drooling, Kaeli looked at her sister with a flash in her eye that Kiree knew all too well. It meant that Kaeli was ready to start some trouble. Kiree was more than happy to help the trouble get started.

~*~

"Oh my God! Look at my aunts!" Alexia exclaimed, pointing to where the two women danced provocatively on the dance floor with two men whose bright silk shirts and good looks made them look like gypsy kings.

Devon was too busy watching the girl that stood behind them. She wore a black skirt that allowed hints of multicolored panels to shine when she danced. The small peasant-style shirt she wore only accented her lithe body. She smiled shyly at one of the men as he acknowledged her, but didn't say anything. Vitaliy nudged him from behind. "Why don't you go introduce yourself?"

"Oh, I couldn't..." Devon blushed. "I wouldn't know what to say."

"You'd be surprised. I'm sure you'll do fine. Go," Vitaliy prompted.

"Okay, I'll try," Devon took a deep breath to steady himself before threading his way though the crowd to the stairs. Once on the main floor, it took him a few minutes to find her. "Hello, I'm Devon," he said loud enough for her to hear over the music. "Would you like to dance?"

The girl looked to the man that Kiree was dancing with. He nodded to her and she smiled. "I'd love to," she replied. "My name is Maia."

"Very nice to meet you," Devon grinned as her body moved closer to his. He didn't ever want to stop dancing with the beautiful girl in front of him. It was a perfect way to spend the night.

~*~

India woke in a hospital bed, surrounded by faces she knew. Mostly because she had been forced to endure the company of these healers all her life. Caryn Smoke was the most prominent face in the crowd. "You're going to be okay India, but I have to ask if you'd like us to contact your family," Caryn said quietly.

"No," India said as forcefully as she could. Apparently she had done more damage to herself during the brief fight than she'd thought; it hurt to even talk. "Call Jack."

She knew that she'd never be able to return home, but maybe she and Jack could go away together. It would be nice to start a new life somewhere else without all the distractions. She would be able to have a normal life and never have to worry about leeches again. She smiled at that and drifted into unconsciousness.

~*~

End Part VI. Complications is COMPLETE.

Like I promised, everything will fix itself. I hope you all liked it and even if you didn't, please tell me! I need the input before I can figure out where I'm going with this. Please review! Don't make me give you puppy dog eyes. Please?