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Venom
"I never thought I'd ever actually have to go there" thought Raphael as he drove and looked at the tall black obelisk in the distance "But now I have no choice"
Raphael had just left the Domino Hospital and was heading to the Obsidian Inc building. The reason for this was because of what Dr. DeWinters had told him. When Raphael arrived at the hospital, the doctor took him to his office. Dr. DeWinters had been truly baffled at the fact that Mr. Anderson still remained unconscious. He finally decided that he should conduct a blood test to make sure everything was normal. When he got the results back he discovered something so shocking that he called Raphael right away.
"Mr. Girard..." said Dr. DeWinters rather hesitently since he honestly didn't know how to best explain it "I discovered a large amount of an unknown substance in Mr. Anderson's blood stream"
"What?" said Raphael as his blue eyes snapped open in disbelief at what he was hearing "An unknown substance?"
The doctor then explained that even after more analysis, the lab still wasn't able to identify it. Since there was no way to identify it then there was no way to find a way to counteract it. Dr. DeWinters had encountered one other patient though who had the exact same substance in his bloodstram. He too remained unconscious for a long period of time before mysteriously dying. Unfortunately that same patient also happened to be the one that was attacked by The Society. The moment Dr. DeWinters told him this, Raphael immediately got up and left the room. There was now no doubt about it...Mr. Anderson was a victim of The Society. The question was why? Why would they target him and attack him so brutally? Suddenly Raphael remembered about the e-mail Mr. Anderson had sent him right before the attack. The e-mail contained very important information about Obsidian Inc's CEO. Could it be possible that she had something to do with it? There was only one way to find out. After awhile Raphael finally arrived at Obsidian Inc headquarters and he made his way into the main lobby. A lone woman clad all in black was sitting at the front desk. She was an extremely beautiful woman with long black hair and brown eyes.
"Welcome to Obsidian Inc" said the woman in a cold and monotone voice as Raphael approached her "How may I direct you?"
"I want to see the CEO" said Raphael as he looked down at the woman whose nametag identified her as "Azalea" "I want to see her right now"
"Do you have an appointment?" said Azalea whose voice remained cold and almost mechanical "And may I have your name please?"
"My name is Raphael Girard" said Raphael as he noticed that this woman's eyes were just as cold and lifeless as her voice "But I don't have an appointment"
"Then you can't see the CEO" stated Azalea in her unchanging tone of voice "Now please leave before I have you escorted off the premises"
Ring Ring Ring
At that moment the phone rang so Azalea reached over and picked it up. She just listened intently to the person on the other end and never said anything. Her boss was very well aware that Raphael was in the building and there was no way she'd give up the chance to meet him. In fact she decided to send somebody down to personally escort Raphael up to her office. After a few seconds Azalea finally said "Yes Madame" before hanging up the phone.
"Please have a seat Mr. Girard" said Azalea as she looked up at the blonde man who towered above her "The CEO will see you after all"
"Mokuba..." thought Seto as he looked out the window of his office and over at the neighboring Azure Inc building "What's happening to you?"
Seto maintained his usual cold and expressionless fascade, but now he was breaking apart on the inside. Ever since the night that he came home and found that Mokuba had brought Serenity to the mansion, nothing had been the same. The sweet loving little brother that Seto once knew had become cold and extremely rebellious. Things had gotten even worse after Seto grounded Mokuba for sneaking off to Constantina's party. Seto loved Mokuba but there was no way he was going to tolerate such blatant disregard for his authority. The moment Seto did this though, it seemed that all Hell broke loose. Mokuba and Seto then got into the worst argument ever and many painful things were said. Mokuba accused Seto of not respecting his privacy and treating him like a child. Seto rebuffed by saying that the only reason he did this was to protect him. Mokuba then accused Seto of make his life Hell because he just couldn't accept the fact that he liked Serenity. Seto denied it of course but he knew that it was partially true. What followed though was something that Seto hadn't expected at all. Nothing anybody had ever said to Seto had hurt him as much as what Mokuba said to him.
"I hate you Seto!" echoed Mokuba's words in Seto's memory as clearly as when Mokuba first uttered them "I hate you and I don't want you in my life!"
"Mokuba..." said Seto softly as he then reached up and opened up the duel monster card locket he wore to reveal a picture of Mokuba "Without you I'd be just like Amelda"
It had been years since Seto had seen Amelda, but he had never forgotten him. The redhead had been so driven by the need to avenge the death of his little brother that he went to whatever lengths necessary. He was determined to get Seto's soul one way or the other and would let no one get in his way. Ironically in the end it was Amelda who his soul. Even though Seto never saw him again, he realized something about him. Deep down inside Amelda was a very sad and extremely lonely person. It was the loss of his little brother's love and companionship that had left him this way. So in a way Amelda represented what Seto's life would be like without Mokuba.
Knock Knock Knock
"What is it?" snapped Seto who was honestly not in a good mood that moment "I'm busy!"
"But I really need to talk to you" suddenly said a soft and sort of familiar female voice from the other side of the door "Please? It'll only take a moment"
"Can it be her?" thought Seto as he quickly went over to the door to make sure that he wasn't hearing things "No...what would she be doing here?"
Seto immediately opened the door and when he looked down he found Serenity standing there. She was wearing her school uniform which meant she had probably come straight from class. She looked up at him rather nervously and her cheeks begin to turn red. Seto was slightly amused by this, although he really didn't understand what she was doing there. Serenity got so nervous that she forgot what she had to say, so Seto decided to get things going.
"What are you doing here Wheeler?" said Seto as he looked down at the pretty girl "What do you want?"
"I-I came here to apologize Kaiba" said Serenity as she tried her best to remain calm in the prescence of the handsome CEO "It's my fault that you and Mokuba are fighting"
"And just what makes you think we're fighting?" said Seto as he raised an eyebrow since he couldn't believe what she'd just said "Besides that's not really any of your business is it?"
"I know it's not my business" said Serenity hesitently as she felt as if though Seto's cold blue eyes were staring right through her "But...it's just that Mokuba's hasn't been himself since you grounded him"
"That's no one's fault but his own for sneaking out to a party" said Seto as he gazed down at the pretty auburn haired girl "It has nothing to do with you"
"It is my fault...since I also went to that party" said Serenity as she momentarily lowered her gaze and stared at the ground "If I hadn't gone then maybe Mokuba wouldn't have gone and you two wouldn't be fighting"
Serenity then explained that whenever she looked over at Mokuba during health class she realized that he seemed sad. When she asked him about it he claimed that he wasn't sad, he was mad. It was then told her about the fight he had with Seto and everything he'd said to him. Serenity knew that Mokuba was trying to act like a tough guy, but deep down inside he was sad.Serenity couldn't bear the idea of the two brothers drifting apart since they only had each other. She felt she had to tell Seto the truth and hopefully that would help improve matters between the brothers.
"Wheeler the only person you should worry about is that mutt you call a brother" said Seto as he narrowed his cold blue eyes and looked straight into Serenity's eyes "Now do me a favor and leave"
"Please think about what I said Kaiba" said Serenity who was honestly surprised that Seto had even listened to her "Don't let yourselves drift apart"
Serenity then turned around, headed towards the elevator, and got inside. Now that she had spoken to Seto she realized that despite his icy exterior, he also seemed sad. Hopefully everything would work out and the brothers could sort out their differences. Seto stood in the doorway to his office staring at the elevator even after Serenity had left. He honestly couldn't believe that Serenity would be so concerned about his relationship with Mokuba. Why would she care so much about their happiness? Was she crazy? Or did she genuinely care about their well being? If she did then she was truly unlike any other person he had ever encountered. As he walked back into his office, he realized something. It was something that he never thought he'd ever think about any girl...especially the mutt's sister. Serenity not only had the face on an angel, but she had the heart of one too.
"Right this way please" said a red haired, blue eyed woman in a monotone voice as she approached Raphael "Madame is expecting you"
This woman had been sent down to retrieve Raphael, so she immediately took him to the elevator. As they headed up to the top floor, Raphael noted that the woman's nametag identified her as "Gardenia". Gardenia was also clad completely in black, had waistlength hair, and was extremely beautiful just like Azalea. Unfortunately like Azalea, she had eyes as cold and lifeless as her voice. Finally the elevator stopped and the doors opened up to reveal the top floor. There were two women dressed in black sitting at two desks right as they exited the elevator. One was a woman with long dark brown hair, grey eyes, and her nametag identified her as "Belladonna". The other woman had long black hair, pale violet eyes, and her nametag identified her as "Ivy". Gardenia led him past these two women though and took him to towards a gigantic black door at the end of the room. As they approached it Raphael noticed that it had a plaque had the words "V. Cervantes CEO" on it. There was also a desk right next to the door with another woman sitting behind it. This woman had blonde hair, cold blue eyes, and she too wore a black. This woman's nametag identified her as "Nightshade".
"Right this way Mr. Girard" said the woman in the same monotone voice as she stood up and walked towards the door "Madame's office is right through this door"
The woman immediately opened the door and the moment she did Raphael was in for yet another surprise. Raphael always felt his office was too big, but it was nothing compared to this office. The office was gigantic and it completely took up what was left of the top floor. It also had windows all around that offered a bird's eye view of the city. There was a lone desk and a giant,almost throne like, leather desk chair behind it. Raphael didn't stop walking until he was directly in front of the desk. The desk was was pretty bare since it only had a computer, a telephone, an intercom, and a figurine depicting Obsidian Inc's corporate logo. The figurine was shaped like a cobra with it's head raised up. The unusual thing was that this particular cobra happened to have a pair of wings on it's back. The wings were nice, soft, and feathery looking. Raphael always thought it was the strangest thing he'd ever seen. He would also sometimes wonder why anyone would pick such a strange logo.
"That's Quetzalcoatl" said a female voice directly behind Raphael "Also known as 'The feathered serpent'"
Raphael immediately turned around and couldn't believe what he was seeing. He knew he was face to face with Obsidian's CEO, but he couldn't believe what she looked like. For a moment he could have sworn that this woman was Constantina. They were both about the same height, had the same hairstyle, wore black clothes, and even looked alike. Upon closer inspection though, this woman had green eyes while Constantina's were brown. Still the resemblance was nearly perfect. The woman then made her way around her desk and gracefully sat down in her chair.
"So you're the new CEO of Azure Inc?" said the woman as her red lips curled into an amused smile "Hmph...you're not quite what I expected"
"I'm not here to make a social call" said Raphael as he narrowed his blue eyes and looked straight down at her "I know that you're responsible for what happened to one of my lawyers"
"What?" suddenly said the woman as she quickly stood up and glared at Raphael "What on Earth are you talking about?"
This woman definitely looked like Constantina but she was nothing like her. This woman had a glare so cold, so icy, and so malevolent that even Medusa would flinch. Even though Raphael towered over her, it was obvious that she wasn't intimidated. In fact the way she kept looking at him it was almost as if though she expected him to be intimidated. Of course he wasn't going to let himself be intimidated by her.
"You know very well what I'm talking about" said Raphael as he looked down at this woman as defiantly as possible"You hired some members of The Society to attack my lawyer after he told me your name"
"That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard!" hissed the woman who looked like she was about to try and slap Raphael "I have no reason to hide my name!"
"Then how come nobody really knows your name?" said Raphael as he folded his arms across his chest and looked down at her "You've hidden it for years"
"Only to protect my privacy!" said the woman as she walked out from behind her desk and stood directly in front of Raphael once again "I'm entitled to a private life too you know"
"Is that so Madame Cervantes?" said Raphael as he looked straight at her to see if she would flinch "If you have no reason to hide your name then would you mind telling me what it is?"
"Valeriana Cervantes" said the woman in a defiant tone of voice as she placed her hands on her hips "Are you satisfied now Mr. Girard? Or is there anything else you'd like to accuse me of?"
Raphael knew that there was something very strange about this woman. In fact there was something very strange about her entire company. Unfortunately now that this woman had willingly revealed her name, he had nothing to work with. It was true that the timing of the attack and the circumstances made Madame Cervantes the prime suspect. Then again it could all simply be a matter unfortunate timing and she truly was innocent. After all Mr. Anderson was a lawyer and he had made many enemies throughtout his entire career. Raphael then realized that he had acted out of the heat of moment when he should have thought thing through first. He then simply excused himself, headed towards the elevator, and left the building. After Raphael was gone, Madame Cervantes simply went back to her desk, sat down, and called in her secretary.
"You know...I think I should thank dear Raphael for his visit today" said Madame Cervantes as her red lips curled up into a sadistic smile as she looked at Nightshade "In fact I want to send him a lovely bouquet of flowers"
"Yes Madame" said Nightshade in her usual monotone voice as she bowed her head slightly "He'll have them by tonight"
Madame Cervantes then simply smiled, turned her chair around, and decided to just enjoy the view. This was a moment she had to truly savor...so her paperwork could wait for a few minutes.
"I can't believe Kaiba actually listened to everything I said" thought Serenity as she walked down the street as she headed back home "I was so sure he'd kick me out right away"
She had truly meant everything she said to Seto and hoped that the brothers would work things out. Serenity then sighed happily since she was feeling kind of euphoric after seeing the handsome CEO. After all those icy cold blue eyes of his just seemed to make her melt. She was so lost in thought that she completely failed to notice someone sneaking up behind her. The young man smirked and his green eyes just examined her as he got closer. Serenity was a lovely young woman and there was no mistaking this. When Serenity reached the edge of the sidewalk, she suddenly felt someone cover her eyes.
"Guess who?" said the young man with a smirk as he hoped that she recognized his voice "Or do you need a clue?"
"Duke?" asked Serenity as she quickly pulled his hands away from her eyes and spun around to look at him "Duke it is you!"
Duke Devlin looked almost exactly the same as the last time Serenity had seen him. He still had a long black ponytail, he still wore black eyeliner, and he still had a crush on her. The only thing Duke seemed to be missing was his dice earring and his fangirls. Then again he didn't really want his fangirls around when he was trying to talk to Serenity.
"Long time no see" said Duke who was alot more smooth and subtle around Serenity than lovesick Tristan "So how've you been?"
"I've been really good" said Serenity who always thought Duke, like Tristan, was a really nice guy "And you? How's your store?"
"I've been good" said Duke who couldn't believe just how much she had changed since the last time he saw her "And business is going really great"
Serenity was only fourteen years old the last time Duke saw her. Now Serenity was sixteen and she had grown up quite a bit. She was taller and she was far more beautiful that Duke ever could have imagined. Duke knew that Tristan had a huge crush on Serenity, but he figured he had the upper hand. After all Tristan was a total klutz and didn't really know how to talk to women. He was also too much like Joey and who would want to date a guy almost like their brother? At that moment a yellow motorcycle stopped next to them while waiting for the light to turn green. They were both so busy talking to notice it though. This wasn't the case with the young man on the motorcycle though since he noticed them right away.
"It's her!" thought Varon as he looked over and noticed Serenity and Duke standing on the sidewalk "And she's with that bloke I once dueled"
Varon suddenly gave thanks that Duke wasn't facing him or else he'd recognize him right away. He wasn't worried about Serenity though since he figured that she wouldn't even remember who he was. Besides it didn't matter though since Mai was in his life once again. But if this was the case then why did he feel so conflicted as he looked over at Serenity? She was definitely a very beautiful girl, but so were many others. But why did he feel so upset when he remembered the night at the party? Was it because she probably would have turned him down? After all what would she want with a poor scrub like him? The light finally turned green and he quickly sped off and decided to just go home.
"Mai's the only woman I should care about" thought Varon with a determined look on his face as he raced down the street "I know I'll be able to win her over this time"
"Well it was good to see you Duke" said Serenity as she stepped off the sidewalk and began to cross the street "I'll see you later!"
Duke just smiled as he saw Serenity walk off and he headed off in another direction. He was happy now that he had found her and definitely planned to try and see her more often. What Duke didn't know suspect was that Serenity didn't have any feelings for him or Tristan. She merely saw them as good friends who were almost like big brothers to her. In fact the only guy she really had any feelings for was Seto Kaiba. The only other guy she had ever really felt anything for was that guy she met at the pizza restaurant. She had only seen Valon once but that one time was enough for her to start having feelings for him. Unfortunately she had never really run into him again, although she secretly hoped she would...
"I can't believe Tea forgot her backpack" thought Alex as he carried Tea's backpack in his hand "She really must have been in a hurry to get away from Stan"
After fuming for awhile that Stan had left him to do all the work, Alex noticed something under the bench. He quickly knelt down and realized that it was Tea's backpack. She had taken off so quickly that she had probably forgotten all about it. She didn't really live that far away, so he decided to go and drop it off. On his way there he decided to take a shortcut through the park across the street from where Tea lived. It was a pretty nice park since it had lots of trees, benches, a pond filled with ducks, and lots of room for kids to play. In fact there were some kids nearby playing soccer with a young man with red hair. The kids laughed happily and seemed to be having the time of their lives. The young man also seemed quite happy as well. He was probably one of the kids older brother or something. Alex had never really played soccer so he decided to stop and watch them. It seemed like a pretty fun game but judging by the way the young man played, it obviously required good athletic skills. Unfortunately that was something that just didn't run in Alex's family since both his father and sister were terrible athletes. At that moment the young man kicked the ball very hard and sent it flying. Alex was pretty impressed at just how hard he had kicked it, and that's when it happened...
POW
The soccer ball struck Alex in the head and sent him straight to the ground. Unfortunately the ball happened to strike him the exact same spot Arielle had kicked him. Now he lay there completely unconscious and with an even bigger bruise on the side of his head. Amelda realized that something was wrong so he immediately ran over and knelt down next to him.
"This is Tea's little friend" said Amelda as he immediately recognized the young man lying on the ground "The guy that smiles too much"
This was also the first time that Amelda was seeing Alex up close so he was in for quite a surprise. As unusual as it seemed, Alex seemed to resemble him quite a bit. The only difference seemed to be the color and style of his hair and the fact that his eyes probably weren't grey. Other than that the resemblance was pretty amazing. In fact it was kind of creepy since Amelda had never really seen a person who resembled him so much. Actually he had seen one other person who resembled him this much. That person had been his beloved little brother Miruko, but Miruko was gone. At that moment Alex groaned a bit and slowly opened his grey eyes. The moment he did this though, Amelda nearly fell backwards in disbelief. Varon would have a field day if he ever saw us together...
"Hey what happened?" groaned Alex as he slowly sat up and rubbed his head "Did I fall down or something?"
"You got hit in the head with a soccer ball" said Amelda as he continued to stare at Alex in disbelief "Sorry about that"
"Oh yeah.." said Alex with a slight smile as he attempted to pull himself up "Now I remember"
"I really am sorry about that" said Amelda as he extended his hand to help him up "I didn't mean to hit you"
"Nah don't worry about it" laughed Alex as he took Amelda's hand and managed to get back on his feet "Besides that was a pretty good kick"
Amelda was honestly pretty surprised that Alex wasn't mad and actually laughed at the situation. Alex was definitely a cheerful person, more cheerful that most people it seemed. He had definitely had a happy childhood as well as a very loving family. Amelda lost both his childhood and his family in a very brutal way. For a few fleeting moments...he actually envied Alex. Suddenly before Amelda realized what was happening, all of the kids ran over and jumped on him. There was so many of them that before long he ended up falling over. Alex could only smile in amusement as Amelda lay there getting the daylights hugged out of him by a swarm of six to seven year olds.
"I never knew you could kick a soccer ball so hard!" said a little blonde haired boy as he clung to Amelda "That's so cool!"
"Yeah that was real cool!" squealed a little brunette girl as she squeezed Amelda's waist "Can you teach us how to kick like that?"
The kids were really fond of Amelda since he was always very kind, very patient, and always willing to play soccer with them. This thrilled them of course since he was a really good soccer player. Amelda was always willing to play with the kids since it brought back happy memories of Miruko. He remembered the way he and Miruko would play soccer together. Both he and Miruko loved the game and they would play every afternoon. Since Miruko was younger, he was always in awe at his big brother's skills. He would always beg Amelda to teach him how to be just as good a player as he was. Amelda was more than happy to teach him and he was very patient with him. These memories always made Amelda happy so they were something that he truly cherished.
"Hey mister are you alright?" asked a little pink haired girl as she looked up at Alex "You have a big bruise on your head"
"Hey that bruise is wicked!" said a black haired boy as he looked up at the bruise in question "I got one just like it when I fell off my skateboard!"
"Yeah I'm okay" smiled Alex as he suddenly looked down and remembered what he was supposed to be doing "Well I gotta go so all of you take care"
Alex then quickly picked up Tea's backpack and continued on his way to her apartment. It was pretty funny since Tea hadn't even realized that she was missing her backpack. She had decided to practice her dance routine first and write the paper afterwards. She felt pretty ridiculous though and they both just laughed about it. Alex didn't think it was funny though when she told him that Stan had followed her. Alex couldn't believe that he had stooped so low as to follow Tea all the way home. He did think it was funny though when she told him that she'd managed to get away. After this Alex left her apartment but he decided not to go through the park this time. After all he didn't want to get end up getting another soccer ball to the head.
"Where'd Amelda go now?" said Varon as he walked down the pathway from the apartment out to the sidewalk "He always runs off like-WTF?"
"I can't believe that loser ran off in order to follow Tea all the way home" thought Alex who completely failed to notice the Aussie staring at him with a look of shock on his face "I'm just glad she got away from him"
"So is this the reason Amelda always runs off?" thought Varon as he stared at Alex as he walked off and continued on his way "To make clones of himself?"
Midnight
"Who could be responsible for this?" growled Raphael in frustration as he looked at his laptop "Who?"
"Meow!" responded Eatos who was currently nestled on Raphael's lap as he typed away like he did every night
After spending several hours searching online, Raphael still had no answers. The only thing he had really found out was that Mr. Anderson was indeed quite a lawyer. In fact he was possibly one of the best lawyers in all of Domino. He had never really lost a case except for one case sixteen years before. His client was accused of murder and was eventually found guilty. After losing the trial though, Mr. Anderson decided to become a corporate lawyer instead. He immediately hired by Raphael's father to represent Azure Inc and that's where he remained all those years. Now that Raphael knew so much more about Mr. Anderson it didn't really help much. In fact it only served to confuse him even more. There was no telling who had decided to hire members of The Society to attack him. It could be absolutely anyone in the city. Suddenly all of the lights went off and the laptop shut down. He did have to work in a few hours so he decided to take this as a sign.
"I guess I should just get some sleep..." said Raphael as he picked the kitten up and slowly stood up from the couch "I'll think about everything tomorrow"
"Don't worry Raphael..." hissed a low rapsy female voice somewhere from behind Raphael "You'll be getting plenty of sleep..."
Raphael immediately spun around and found himself looking down at five women. They all appeared to be clad in skintight black outfits, black high heeled boots, and black trenchcoats. He also noticed that they were all wearing black scaly looking armored gloves with razor sharp fingertips. He couldn't really see their faces, but he knew who they were. They were assassins...assassins sent by The Society.
"You're a fool Raphael..." hissed the same woman in a raspy sounding voice as she looked straight at Raphael "And soon you'll be a dead fool"
"Why are you here?" growled Raphael as he looked down at the woman standing in front of him "Who sent you?"
"We were sent by our master" hissed the woman as she narrowed her cold grey eyes and clenched her fist as well "In order to finish you off"
"Your master?" said Raphael as he frowned since he wanted to know who was the person who had sent these women "The Viper"
"And when you anger a viper" said the woman as she motioned to the other women for some reason "Then you get bitten.."
The women then quickly spread out and began to circle Raphael. He was quite big and muscular after all, so it might take all of them to kill him. If he didn't bleed to death, then all hope wouldn't be lost though. After all the tips of their gloves were coated in a very rare and very deadly venom. A venom guaranteed to leave a person comatose and eventually dead. The use of such venoms was a trademark of The Society of Assassins. Raphael tried to stay very alert since he didn't know when these women would attack. In fact he had forgotten that he was carrying Eatos in his arm until the kitten mewed. Suddenly without any warning one of the woman lunged at him. She was aiming for his jugular artery in hopes of killing him instantly.
"Meow!" suddenly cried Eatos as she leapt straight out Raphael's arms and straight at the woman "MEOW!"
"Eatos!" cried Raphael when he saw what the cat did and feared that it would end up being killed "No!"
Suddenly there was flash of light so bright that it fully illuminated the entire apartment. Everyone momentarily reeled back since the light was blinding them due to it's intensity. Raphael squinted his eyes in an attempt to see what has causing the light. The light source was too intense though so he wasn't really able to look straight at it. He was able to finally see the assassins though as they stood there trying to shield their eyes. They were all extremely beautiful and he immediately realized that he had seen them before. Flowers...it's those women named after flowers
"You're those women" said Raphael as he tried to shield his eyes as best as he could "The same ones from Obsidia-"
Before he could even finish his sentence, a women leapt forward, kicked him in the chest, and knocked him down. In the process Raphael accidently hit the side of his head on the glass coffee table and began to lose consciousness. The woman just looked at him with her cold grey eyes and raised her arm as she prepared to tear his neck open. Suddenly something struck her from behind and sent her flying straight into a nearby wall. Raphael struggled to look up at whoever had done this to her despite that fact that his consciousness was slipping away. It was then that he realized that the person who had attacked her, and the source of the light, were one in the same.
"Eatos..."groaned Raphael as he saw Guardian Eatos standing there directly in front of him "Guardian Eatos..."
Raphael then closed his eyes and fell backwards onto the rug. Guardian Eatos looked at him with sadness in her eyes. She was sad because despite her effort to protect him, he still ended up getting hurt. She then quickly turned around to face the assassins, but they were gone. In a matter of seconds they had left as mysteriously as they had arrived. Unfortunately it was probably not the last they'd see of them.
"Huh?" suddenly exclaimed Raphael as he jumped up and realized that he must have fallen asleep "What happened?"
Raphael slowly looked around and realized that he was still sitting on the couch. The lights and his laptop was also still on and Eatos was curled up close to him. Suddenly Raphael remembered everything that had happened. How the female assassins had shown up, how they tried to attack him, and how Guardian Eatos had appeared. Raphael quickly got up and checked around his entire apartment. All of the windows were closed, the doors were locked, and there were no signs anyone had been there. Had it all been nothing but a dream? He then looked down at a nearby clock and realized that it was already one in the morning. It was definitely time for him to get some much needed sleep.
"Well as far as dreams go" said Raphael as he turned off the lights and headed into his bedroom "That has to be one of the strangest I've ever had"
Now that the room was completely dark, something appeared to be glowing under the couch. The source of the glow was from an object that had slipped it. The object in question was a single white feather...a feather that had come from the wings of Guardian Eatos.
To Be Continued...
Author's Notes: Thanks again to everyone who reviewed the last chapter! Oh on a minor note Azalea, Belladonna, Nightshade, Gardenia, and Ivy are the names of several poisonous flowers. Also Quetzalcoatl is the Aztec god of knowledge and light and his name really does mean "Feathered Serpent". Oh and sorry if there was a little bit too much Alex in this chapter. Oh and once again more OOC warnings for the next chapters. Anyways thanks once again to everyone who reviewed! Hugs and kisses people ;)