Ok now guys, time for a new chapter. And there's a few changes in chapter 11, so I think you should re-read that before you read this… it's not much, but it explains things :)

Chapter 13

It was late in the night, and Angel lay in his bed, tossing and turning as a feverish sweat ran down his fore-head. Muscles changed inside him, grew stronger, and his senses got sharper, feeling the smell of humans all around the house. Every heart-beat pounded in his ears, he could even sense how blood endlessly flowed through veins. Callings from other vampires sounded in his ears, millions of creatures calling out for their master – their Sire.

It was driving him crazy, and he desperately fought it back, keeping the image of his mother laying dead as a warning what would happen if he stopped fighting.

He couldn't stop the feeling he had inside, no matter how badly he wanted, he knew that there was no way in hell that he could last this much longer.

Distraction was what he needed, and he rose from his bed, still shaky, and walked out, so quietly that Bonnie wouldn't awake, searching for something to keep his body and mind busy.

What he didn't see was that Bonnie's eyes already were open, looking worriedly towards the window.

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Nyx was out on a late night walk, and hummed lowly on a tune she had heard on the radio earlier the day.

The funeral hadn't really concerned her, she was the type of person that had seen too much death and destruction in her life that she didn't care anymore.

Her mission in life grew closer and closer for every day now, she felt that her time soon had come, when the battle would seize. One of them would die, that was inevitably, question was only who. Yet had she never placed her eyes upon her mortal enemy, though she had a feeling of that the moment would come really soon.

Something made her think of Angel, and she smiled to herself, pushing astray her earlier thoughts. He was a fresh whif of air to the family, exactly what they all needed. She liked him, a lot, as a matter of fact, they had spent the entire day just talking about various things, and she had to admit that she was attracted to him.

A panical thought went through her mind, as they were related to one another, it was incest, but when she thought about it, the gap was pretty big, and none would look unkindly if they had something going on together.

Just as those thoughts were uttered in her head, she caught the sight of a half-unconscious Angel who lay by a tree. She ran to his side and fell down on her knees.

"Hey there. What's wrong?"

His eyes opened as she spoke and viewed that his eyes had taken a slightly dark red tone. She couldn't stop the jerk backwards, but soon tried to calm down.

"Nothing."

Something deep inside of her started screaming out signals, though she didn't understand them.

There was a small twitch in his left eye, so fast that she almost didn't notice it, and then his eyes turned darker and darker, regaining the black in them. More than ever was she confused, and when he seemed to be all ok again he sat up, looking at her.

"There's a certain sparkle around you," he commented slowly. "Like an aura of light."

"There is?" she asked, uncertain what to say. Something was wrong about him, something she couldn't tell, and it was starting to scare her.

"Yes," he said and touched her cheek with his fingertips, feeling how an electrical pulse went between them.

This made her back off quickly, she was already on her feet and ran towards the house when he softly called her name, and she stopped dead in her tracks, driven back to him. There was an urge that called for her, and everything she had earlier thought, the fear and anger, was all gone. All she knew of was him, and that he wanted her there. Having a seat on her earlier spot, she looked up at him, all vulnerable and unable to lift a hand against him, even if he wanted her to.

He stroke away a strand of hair from her face, carefully cupping a hand around her cheek as he released his spell on her. He knew he didn't need it anyhow, she was already bound to him, as he was to her.

It was she who begun the kiss, though none of them later could retell what really had happened that night.

Angel felt as if he was filled up by a great light, and Nyx felt the opposit, though they didn't find it uncomfortable, not the slightest. The kiss deepened into a more passionate one, which took the breath out of the both of them.

Images from her memory flashed through his mind, from when she was a child to the very day she had lost her father. So much pain, like a knife that was stuck in a wound and only caused greater pain the more you tried to get it out.

Then suddenly it was all gone, and he backed away from her, trying to catch his breath.

"What was that?" she asked, both frightened and exited.

Though she now understood, though couldn't – no, didn't want to understand, she wanted him to be just Angel, the man that she felt so connected to.

"I'm not quite sure, but I have a hunch…"

Letting his right hand sweep over her forehead, he closed his eyes and focused for a few moments. When he opened his eyes again, he knew, and quickly rose and backed away from her.

"You almost got me there for a moment, but now I know your secret," he said with extreme chill in his voice.

'It's time…' a whispering voice called inside her. 'Time.'

"As well as I now know yours," she replied as she rose from her spot and slowly circled around him. "I've known it since the day I was born, that the two of us would meet. We are both people with secrets, though what drives us together will inevitable lead to that one of us dies."

Someone suddenly stood behind her, placing a gentle hand upon her shoulder, just to support her.

Angel noticed details that he should have seen from the very moment he had first placed his eyes upon her, things that even a mortal eye could see. This was no ordinary human, this was a warrior. And the person behind her was obviously her mentor.

"This explains a lot," Angel said with a sardonic bitterness.

"It does?" The person behind Nyx said with amusement tainting the voice.

"Indeed. Though I thought that you said something about that I had to come freely?"

"I've never said anything such. We haven't even met until now, Angelo, remember? I've only been a shadow in your mind, causing your doubts and despair. And now, let's cut to the business and fight."

"Do you want me to fight you?" Angel said, not believing what he had just heard.

"No. Nyx."

Throwing a glance at the woman he saw that she had placed her hair into a ponytail, to make sure that she didn't get any hair in her face. He then looked back at the person.

"Too afraid of fighting me yourself?"

The other person just laughed.

"Not the slightest. But Nyx have been trained since the day she learned to walk, for this solemn purpose."

Angel shook his head and turned around to walk away.

"I'm not interested. Find someone else to kill."

The reason why he walked away was obvious, the battle would destroy her, and his mortal self would be obliterated, as she without any doubts would start bleeding. Once she bled, he'd be unable to control himself, and would grasp the darkness inside of him.

"I guess I have to do it myself then," the other muttered, and Angel heard the metallic sound of when a knife was drawn from it's sheath. Before he could react, blood had been spilled.

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AN: I have planned a sex-scene somewhere in this story, and for a change, I'll let you to decide whether you want it detailed or not detailed. When I say detailed I mean DETAILED… I'm not saying between which two it'll be, that's also a part of the surprise…