Sorry guys. I was getting wrapped up in my other stories. Okay. I have some changes I want to make. I would have deleted the first and second chapter and write them over but some people seem to like them. So my change is this. They are wearing whatever rebelliousness and punkedness would be considered back then.. Instead of this being modern day I want to make it back into the late 1800's. But waaay after Selene was changed. Instead of a spike necklace the necklace will have some sort of crimson pendant on it. It is still going to be Juvey but I don't know what they call schools like that back then. So we are just going to say that it is a school where juvenile delinquents are sent. Anything that is modern day is not supposed to be. Use your imagination! People who didn't read this are out of luck. Okay. On with the story!

Kill Me

Selene quickly reloaded her pistol with a special type of bullet. Kahn had just made them for Selene to test out. She slammed the magnet back in her (early version of) Beretta's. But when she looked back up Ravyn and Lucian were nowhere to be seen. Selene saw some plaster fall in front of her face. By now the entire student body and faculty were not so subtly watching from the safe distance of their classrooms. Great. She thought. Why don't we just expose the whole Underworld to these people! She heard most of them gasp. Selene looked up just in time to dodge Ravyn hurling herself at Selene. Hmm, maybe they are useful after all.

Ravyn got up and shook her lycan form. Selene did not see Lucian. He probably ran when he saw the people coming out of there rooms. He was not willing to be exposed. But Selene knew he was alive. Kraven will pay with his life! He told us Lucian was dead! Ravyn took a swipe at Selene's head. She ducked and shot five bullets at Ravyn. Ravyn took them all in the chest. All the witnesses cowered back into their respective classrooms.

" NOOO!!!" Ebony screamed. Ravyn gasped for a few seconds. She looked around sadly and then staggered and then fell backwards. Ebony ran to Ravyn's side. " What did you do!"

" It's a tranquilizer, a powerful one at that. Your friend's will is strong. Just one of those bullets was enough to take down an elephant instantly. Now come. I must go and she is coming with me. She will be fine, and safe." At Selene's words Ravyn took her human form. Her black blouse was ripped and blood covered, but enough of it was there to cover her upper body, as well as her pants.

" I'm coming with you!" Ebony yelled.

Selene looked around worriedly as the people were starting to come out of their rooms, whispers starting. Selene picked Ravyn up. " Fine but hurry!"

Ebony ran after the leather-clad woman. They went back through the shattered glass and the room through which Selene had entered. They ended up in the boiler room. Selene lead Ebony through a number of compartments that eventually led to a system of dark, dank tunnels.

" What is this place?" Ebony asked in amazement.

" It's the sewer system."

" Why are we here?"

" I cannot walk outside."

" Why?"

Selene sighed. This girl had too many questions. " Because I cannot come in contact with the sun."

Ebony was silent for a moment. Finally she spoke. " Are you a vampire?"

Selene glanced over her shoulder. Her eyes had returned to their normal hazel color. " Yes."

"And that man, he was a lycan?"

" Yes"

" Why was he attacking you? Why did he want Ravyn?" Ebony's curiosity was keeping her from seeing the exhausted look in this woman's eyes.

" Look. Before I explain I just want to make sure you understand something. You have seen too much. Whether you like it or not you can never return to the mortal world. Do you understand?" Selene faced the young girl now.

Ebony seemed unaffected by the news. She just shrugged. " I never really belonged to it anyway. Neither did Ravyn. But what about everyone else?"

" Some Death Dealers will come back and give them a new time of memory dust we have created. They will not remember any of it by tomorrow."

" Why do you not use it on me?"

" Because if what I have seen so far is true, your bond with this girl is much to strong to be annihilated by a little bit of dust." Selene turned around and walked again.

" So why was that man, Lucian, attacking you?"

" To this day there is a war going on, a blood feud between vampires and lycans." Selene went on to explain the whole story, what she knew anyway. Ebony took it all in like it was not anything new to her. Selene could sense something special in both of the girl's auras. Ravyn so far had not woken up or struggled from her position slung over Selene's shoulder. As much as she hated it, this girl, the lycan's friend, would need to be turned. Selene would try and make it better than her transformation though. She would let this girl choose the age of which she would want to get turned. She looked to be 15. And the lycan looked to be 16. She wondered what it was about these two girls that made Selene unable to turn them away. Indeed their bond was strong. But just how strong?

Years passed. When Selene had got them home, Kraven had no trouble excepting them, which was quite odd. In Selene's exhaustion she forgot completely forgot about Lucian. She also forgot to mention to Kraven that Ravyn was a lycan. When she explained the situation to everyone else they all seemed as interested as she. Why was it that this girl, which besides her aura, seemed to have nothing special about her, was able to maintain the lycan form? The gene that lycan females had carried to sustain their transformation got disabled, though the cause is still a mystery. Most if not, almost all of the female lycans were not able to transform. Yet this girl could. Ebony had chose to be turned into a vampire on her eighteenth birthday. Though Ravyn was now immortal she seemed to be able to be able to make herself turn older. But it dissipated when she was nineteen. Selene wondered if it was Ravyn's doing or the bond between her and Ebony.

Ebony and Ravyn considered themselves sisters now. And no matter how many times Selene objected, they considered Selene their mother. Ebony and Ravyn were both enrolled to be Death Dealers despite their age and despite Ravyn's lycan trait. Most of the Death Dealers accepted Ravyn and Kahn considered a powerful asset. Selene was never sure if the lycan she saw was actually Lucian or an imposter. If she was wrong it could damage her reputation so she managed to put it in the back of her mind, and then eventually forgot completely.

" Good! Now relax. If you tense up to much you can't move fast enough!" Selene called over to Ebony.

" Relax? Relax! Lets see you relax when fighting this beast!" Ebony called back over to Selene. Ebony was sparring with Ravyn who was in her lycan form.

Ravyn swiped at Ebony's shoulder, but Ebony dropped to the ground before Ravyn could hit her.

" Risky move! Don't be so sure that will always work Ebony!" Selene called again. Ebony scowled at her. " Hey, I won't always be there to help when we go patrolling!"

Ravyn looked up. Though she lived and laughed and depended on the vampires, she could not help feel some loyalty to the lycans. Whenever the Death Dealers got back from patrols, defeated, she could not help but feel some pride. True she did see Selene as her mother, she saw Lucian as her father. Sharing his memories and often his thoughts gave her a bond with him. Sometimes she talked with him in her head. She had a relationship with him that only close fathers and daughters had with each other. Though Ravyn dared not tell this to Selene. She did not want Selene to question Ravyn's loyalty, though at the moment, if it came down to Selene and Lucian…which side would she choose? True, she had fought on Lucian's side before…if it came to this…would she again?

Ebony kicking Ravyn in the gut brought her out of her trance. Ravyn let out a growl. She jumped over Ebony's head and using her paw, knocked Ebony's legs out from under her. Ebony fell to the ground and let out a moan. They had been sparring for hours so Ravyn wasn't surprised when Ebony hit the mat three times to signal her surrender.

Ravyn let her lycan form rest as she morphed back into her human skin. Just then Kahn came up to Selene who was watching with a somewhat amused look on her face from the sidelines. He mumbled something into her ear then walked away. A grim yet somewhat longing expression came to Selene's face as she walked over to Ravyn who was tending to her numerous cuts and bruises, and Ebony who was just getting up.

" Apparently I am going on a lycan patrol with Rigel and Nathaniel. You guys go get cleaned up and I'll be back later okay?" Selene said. She walked over to the gunroom at the corner of the dojo and picked up her pistols, which were getting loaded with some new bullets. Ravyn and Ebony nodded and walked off, Ebony leaning on Ravyn for support, for she had badly hurt her leg when she fell.

It was about three hours later. The sun had been down for a while. Ebony and Ravyn had both took showers and were down in the dojo, each in fresh new clothes. Ebony's dark brown hair contrasted with her ivory skin and stopped at her shoulder blades. She was wearing a black Ramones t-shirt and dark blue jeans with black army boots that stopped at her ankles. Her eyes were a deep emerald green that seemed to pick up ever detail. Ravyn had shorter black hair that stopped at her chin. She was wearing a Black Sabbath long sleeve shirt and baggy black pants, with her well-worn Chuck Taylor black and white Converse high tops. She had got them about a decade ago and it was time she scuffed up some new ones.

Both of the girls headed over to wear Kahn was sitting in his gunroom. Their steps were in perfect unison. Kahn looked up and gave a teasing sigh.

" Well if it isn't black bird and the dark shade. Dare I ask what mischief you are plotting now?" Kahn asked, examining a riflescope.

" What would make you think we're up to something?" Ravyn asked putting on an innocent face.

" C'mon black bird, that face didn't work on me when you put lobsters in my bed and it won't work now." Kahn said with an amused look in his eyes.

" Okay Kahn. We actually do have a question for you." Ebony said.

" And pray, what would that be dark shade?"

" We want to know if Ebony is going to be accepted a an official Death Dealer soon." Ravyn said, motioning to her friend.

" Now c'mon guys, you know for a fact I'm not allowed to tell you that. Selene will commend you as a Death Dealer when she believe you are ready." Kahn paused for a moment and looked away from his rifle to Ravyn. " And why aren't you asking about yourself black bird?"

Ravyn shrugged but the expression on her face told that something was bugging her. " I wouldn't be surprised if I never became a Death Dealer…"

" Oh c'mon now. Why not?"

" Because Kahn, if you hadn't noticed I'm a lycan. How safe do you think the elders and everyone else thinks with a lycan with the power of a Death Dealer? They all probably expect me to go running back them first chance I get."

" Now that's a load of shit. The entire coven knows where your loyalties lie. They made the decision long ago that you would stay in the coven. Selene had helped you control your lycan power and even I had a hand in it. You are the most powerful lycan any of us has ever seen. You know most of the raving beasts out there still rely on the moon. You are indeed a powerful match. I'd never want to be on the side opposite you. I'd get ripped to pieces for sure." Kahn smiled.

" Yeah?" Ravyn asked, a hint of hesitation still in her face.

" Of course black bird. Would I lie to you?"

Ravyn smiled and shook her head. " Nah"

A smile crossed Kahn's face again and he leaned closer to the girls, hovering over his desk. " I can tell you guys one things though…" his voice was hushed. " According to my schedule, both of your assessments are soon."

Ravyn and Ebony smiled big as Kahn leaned back into his chair, picking up his rifle again. He held up his finger. " Don't say anything though. Now go on, I can hear Selene's heavy, agitated footsteps from here. See you around, black bird and dark shade."

The girls walked out of the gunroom. Ebony could hold her excitement in anymore.

" Ravyn can you believe it! We're finally going to be assessed! We are finally going to become Death Dealers!"

" I know Ebsta! This'll be kick ass!" Ravyn stopped for a moment. " Could you ever had imagined we'd be here?"

" Not in my wildest dreams," Ebony's eyes fell to the floor. " I wonder what my mom would think…" A single tear dripped down Ebony's face.

" Hey c'mon dark shade! Don't get all emotional on me now. We should be jumping up and down with excitement. And besides…at least you had a mom, like an actual motherly mom."

Both the girls fell silent. Ravyn remembered the long nights at her house before she was turned. She'd always be there alone, cooking dinner or doing something else. Then her parents decided to send her off to the place where all the kids with "bad behavior" go. That's where they broke her. She actually found it in her heart to be nice to people before she went there, even the ones who walked all over her. Then she got sent to that place and she had to change. She got beat up real badly all the time at that place so she was forced to adapt. She remembered that she had found a way to work out so she had strong muscles. She became cold and bitter. When they finally released her she had changed almost completely. That's how she came to what she was. During her time at the horrid place she had a cutting problem. Her dad eventually got a drinking problem and beat Ravyn.

Eventually Selene asked if Ravyn had been traumatized. Though Ravyn never admitted it, she thought she might have been. But that didn't matter. Her mortal past was irrelevant now. That was the past.

By now Selene had already entered Kahn's gunroom and from the sounds of it she was arguing with Kraven. Ravyn looked to Ebony and saw that her friend was still staring distantly…probably remembering something from her past as well.

Ravyn reached out to her friend's shoulder. " C'mon Ebs…Selene is our mom now. And she is damn proud of us."

Ebony smiled and looked at Ravyn hopefully. Ravyn returned the smile and the cocked her head to where Selene and Kraven and his security was standing. They started walking over there.

" Kraven's right Selene. There's not been a den at that magnitude for centuries…not since the days of Lucian." Kahn reasoned, obviously trying to stop a civil war from breaking out.

" I know that Kahn. But I'd rather have you prove me wrong by checking it out."

Selene started walking towards them but then she stopped as Kraven said something.

" Very well. I'll have Soren assemble a search team and-" Kraven was interrupted.

" No I want to lead the team myself!"

" Absolutely not! Soren will handle it!" Kraven turned to Kahn. " Hundreds, really."

Selene glared at him. " Viktor would believe me." She turned and walked away, passing Ravyn and Ebony with an irritated glance.

Both girls followed Selene wordlessly. They ended up down in the crypt. Ravyn and Ebony glanced at each other before taking a seat on the concrete bench. Though Ebony may not have understood, Ravyn knew perfectly the feeling Selene had, longing to see her dark father. Ravyn had experienced it herself on many occasions. Though it seemed like hours it was only a few minutes until a blonde vampire entered the crypt.

Ravyn was somewhat amused by the fact that she was a lycan and yet had a higher standard in the coven than this servant. This woman had only been a vampire for little over 20 years. Ravyn knew her name to be Erika.

" It's a waste of time you know." She ventured to say at a still brooding Selene.

" What is?" Selene answered distantly.

" Well I seriously doubt Viktor would want you freezing to death down here staring at his tomb for hours on end." Erika tried to reason.

" No. He'd want the Death Dealers out there right now scouring every inch of the city. Kraven. I'll never understand why Viktor left him in charge. He's a bureaucrat not a warrior."

Erika stared into the crypt as if considering this for a moment but then looked back to Selene. " C'mon we need to get you ready."

" For what?" Selene asked, still staring longingly into the crypt.

" The party. Amelia's envoy will be here any minute." Erika said. She waited a moment until she realized Selene wasn't coming this instant. She walked away.

It was another couple of minutes until Selene sighed and then cast a hesitant glance at Ravyn and Ebony. They shared her hesitance but then all three of them left the comforting cold of the crypt.