The Secret:

Ravens eyes were wide with fear as they stared upward at the man hovering above her.

"Hello birdie…long time no see…you know, that little stunt you pulled in the bathroom is gonna cost you!" he snarled as he grabbed Raven by her damp hair and yanked her to her feet.

Raven hissed loudly at the feeling of her hair being yanked from her skull.

"What do you want!" she growled as she struggled against his hold on her hair.

The man caught her arm before she could take a swing at him and he pinned it behind her back at a painful angle.

"You know exactly what I want, wild power!" he retorted, his eyes boring into the back of her head with utter hatred.

Raven flinched. How could they know already? Why did they think she was the wild power? Where was Kean?

"Let her go you bastard!" Came Kean's angry voice from below where they were standing.

Raven's heart leapt.

"Kean!" she cried.

"Shut up!" the man yelled, throwing Raven to the side. Ravens eyes widened in horror as she landed on the edge of the garage roof, half of her body sliding from the rooftop. The only thing keeping her from falling was a good grip on the siding.

"Don't even think about it!" the man snarled as Kean made a move to go to Raven's aide. The man stood over Raven, a stake in his hand.

Raven gasped, her heart dropping as she saw the stake. She may be new at the whole vampire thing, but she knew that a crazy man positioning a stake at her heart was a very very bad thing. She grit her teeth together as she struggled to hang on to the edge of the building.

Kean stopped dead in is tracks as he saw the stake pointed at his soul mate. He hardly even noticed Tynes cold hands wrapped around his arm. He only noticed her when her nails bit into his skin, drawing his attention away from the scene folding out in front of him.

"What!" he hissed at the witch, his teeth clenched.

"I have a plan!" she growled back, releasing her grip on Kean's arm finally, her eyes darting back to Raven and the crazy man on the roof.

Kean watched Tyne carefully as her eyes slipped closed and she sunk into one of her trance like states. What could she possibly be doing?

Suddenly her eyes flew open and she narrowed them on the man.

"He's a shifter…a hawk…his name is Taka Kyogikai"

Kean blinked, looking back at the man on the roof, his eyes wide with surprise.

"How did you do that?" he whispered, not taking his eyes off the man.

Tyne shook her head, punching Kean in the arm slightly.

"Never mind that now idiot…you have his stats…now deal with him." She hissed, glaring at her cousin and rolling her eyes.

Kean nodded, taking a small step forward.

"Release her Kyogikai!" He yelled, his fangs sliding easily down over his lower lip, his eyes flaring silver.

Taka's eyes widened in utter shock, his attention taken away from Raven for the moment.

"What! How did you…" Raven cut him off as she seized the opportunity to yank herself up onto the roof and shove him hard from behind; he fell with a solid thud to the roof, the stake skittering out of his reach and falling to the ground below. Raven then leaped to her feet and backed away from Taka, her eyes narrowed on him dangerously. She wasn't truly afraid of falling from the roof, she probably would have survived, her powers new to her and all, but she wasn't completely naïve, Kean had explained to her some of the benefits of being a vampire. But Raven would rather not injure herself further, that would make it much more difficult for their escape. She wasn't too sure where all these thoughts were coming from, her instincts maybe?

In a flash Kean was at her side, having leaped the distance from the ground to the roof in mere seconds. He positioned himself directly between Raven and Taka, his arm stretched out in front of her protectively, tearing her away from her muses.

"Leave Taka…. and I will spare your life." He stated coldly

Taka scrambled to his feet, his eyes glaring daggers into Kean, but he made no attempt to get to Raven again. He simply looked at her, his evil smirk returning to his features.

"You better ask your boyfriend here some questions about his past my dear…. you may find out more about him than you are bargaining for"

Kean's features grew hard, his jaw tightening visibly.

"Shut up Taka…" he hissed.

Raven glanced back and forth between the two slowly, but before she was able to ask what Taka meant his arms were raised in the air and he was transforming, and in a flash he was airborne, the cry of a hawk drifting downwards to her ears.

"Kean? What did he mean?" her voice was soft, curious and oddly frightened. What could Kean possibly have kept from her that would be so important?