"Syd! Aunt Jessie! Help!" Des cried from the glass bubble that held her. Thorn walked over and picked up the orb, glaring down at the prey. Syd struggled against her aunt's grip. Wordlessly, Jessie watched in awe as Thorn was about to walk away. She suddenly glanced at her niece behind her, and knew she would be found as well. Nick and Scott were behind her as well. She gave them all a look that said 'Stay put'. As Jessie walked forward, Syd and her friends complied.

Thorn watched as the young female demon approached, and through the mask, smirked. There was no way she was going to beat her. "Well, well." Thorn laughed. "I was wondering when you'd get off that island show your sorry face after your brother's death."

Jessie snarled, one of the few inhuman sounds a demon made, all animal noises being strictly involuntary. She charged forward just as Thorn disappeared, and suddenly stopped and collapsed, her face streaming with tears. She looked at Syd, who had approached once she was sure the coast was clear. Syd wrapped her arms reassuringly around her aunt's waist.

"Well, aren't you a pretty little girl…" Thorn laughed, looking at Des, who had been removed from her glass bubble and placed in a cage. She huddled far away from Thorn, and watched her, wide-eyed. "You'll make a nicer wallet, though."

"My aunt's gonna…"

"Gonna what, kid?" Thorn looked at Des.

"When she gets here, she's gonna beat you up!"

"I highly doubt that."

"Yeah she will! She's the leader of the demons! She's got ultimate powers!" Des had accidentally told a secret no one outside of the demon community should know: who the demon leader was.

"Interesting."

Jessie and Syd were stationed on the roof of the lair, which was in New York City. They were about to charge in when a blue dragon soared over to them.

"You…You're Andie Long!" Syd gasped. "Can I have your autograph?"

"This your niece, Jessie?" Andie laughed. "She's funny."

"Yeah, hilarious when she's not trying to use her demon powers to play pranks."

"Heh."

"Listen….my other niece is down there. We need to get her out of there."

"Right."

Jessie punched a hole through the roof and widened it with her claws, making it big enough for the demon and the lightning dragon to pass through.

"Dragon!" Thorn yelled, charging toward her. Jessie, from behind, put the Huntsclan leader in a headlock.

"Remember me?" She asked, and then knocked Thorn out. She took the staff that Thorn used, and aimed at Des' restraints. She fired, setting her niece free. Des quite literally flew into her aunt's arms.

After the ordeal, Jessie and the twins followed Andie, the three demons wearing hoods to cover their horned faces, and cloaks to cover their tails and scaled bodies. As soon as they entered the old electronics shop, a tall red dragon approached them. Jessie smiled warmly and greeted him. "Hello, Jake."

"Hi, Jessie. It's been a while."

"Yeah, it has." Jessie nodded in confirmation, and stole a glance at her toddler nieces, who were tossing things back and forth. "No, Syd, Des, don't do that."

"Why not, Aunt Jessie?" Syd asked.

"Just…don't."

"It's okay, Jessie." Andie explained. "They're not gonna break anything."

"I just don't want them to cause any trouble."

"They can go play upstairs, I've got a few video games in the guest room."

"Cool! Thanks, Mrs. Long!" Syd grinned as she ran upstairs, her sister chasing after.

"So," Jessie looked over at her old middle school friend. "When're the babies due?"

"In a couple of months." Dragon gestation periods were different than a normal human's, much shorter.

"That's great. You're both going to be great parents."

"Thanks." Jake smiled. "I just can't wait to be a dad…"

Suddenly, Jessie looked out the window. Thorn, flanked by other members of the Huntsclan, approached the shop. "Jessie, Andie, go." Jake whispered.

"What? Are you crazy?" Andie whispered. "I'm not leaving you. You're my husband…"

"Andie, please. Just…just go." Jake sighed. The Huntsclan was nearer now, in a matter of minutes they would be busting down the door.

Andie looked out the window apprehensively, watching the Huntsclan leave the street and enter….She had no idea that would be the last day she would see her husband alive….but she knew that when the new demon twins were thirteen, they would help her track down the Huntsclan.

It was their legacy…as demons, they were required to protect the city in absence of a dragon, and Andie would be retiring after saving Des.