"Morrigan wait. .They'll hear us…" she moaned.

"Mmm… they'll hear you," Morrigan smirked as she lifted Lilith's shirt up and over the girl's head. That grin got slightly bigger as caught sight of the pink strapless bra Lilith had on.

Lilith tried to push away, but since she was trapped between a wall and Morrigan, it didn't work so well, "Nhh…Morrigan."

"You don't look like a pink kinda girl… What happened to that… deep blue one… that I bought you…?" she leaned into the push and between each pause she licked Lilith's collarbone, drawing quick gasps from the girl.

"Please. Get…get off… Not now." Lilith closed her eyes and titled her head back as Morrigan's mouth traveled up her neck. She continued to fight but was losing to her touch.

"But… It's more fun when you.. struggle like this." The woman took hold of Lilith's wrist and placed her leg between the girl's thighs, pinning her to the wall. She lifted Lilith's arms up until she was able to hold the girl's wrists with one hand. With her right free, she unclipped Lilith's bra, letting it fall to the floor.

o.o; Um. Grah! You know… I would have made this part of the story. But that Lilith.. She keeps getting in her own way. You could have told be a couple months back, before I started writing this fic, that when you type up a story and get into character, you really get into character. I would have said, "Pshh.. Yeah right you silly goose." But now… Now! Gah.. The way I set Lilith up she's sorta like uber uke and whatnot. Crazy, man. Sigh. Hopefully, though, I'll find some way to get her out of that, "No means Yes" phase and that, all-I-want-to-do-is-cry-when-I'm-confused psyche. Chea, -.-; please bear with meh… Anywayz, Chapter 8?

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Chapter 8

"Wow, this sure is a pretty house!" the petite girl exclaimed. She took her time, exploring every crevice, almost any spot she could look over, before reaching the living room. "Is it only the two of you that live here? It's… so big for just the two of you."

Lilith smiled sweetly at the girl, trailing in front of her. "Yes, it's usually just the two of… us." She slowed her pace and thought back to the semi-conversation she and Morrigan just had. All of this time… alone together and both of them had been obviously been holding back; Lilith, because she was just confused by feeling this much attraction towards Morrigan. And Morrigan, because… Well because, she probably liked the chase. That's just like her to enjoy something like that.

"It means you're powers, abilities, whatever you want to call them, are rising."

And what about that? Powers? Morrigan had mentioned it and was, or seemed to be happy because of these "powers". But… But she didn't have to be so cryptic about it, Lilith thought as she pouted.

"Wah! This place is really big! Just look at the living room, Harry!" Bulleta cried out.

Woof-woof! Harry barked.

Lilith blinked and hurried to catch up with the Bulleta. As she reached the wide doorway, she spotted the small girl busying about; looking over all the figurines, multiple busts, and other priceless knickknacks Morrigan had collected over the years.

"Oooh Harry look at this one…" she said as she sat close to the ground, fixing her skirt so that she didn't flash anyone.

Lilith held out her hand and opened her mouth to tell her not to touch, but stopped mid action as she saw that the girl, and dog, had kept their distances. Harry sat there wagging his tail and Bulleta slowly got to her feet, moving to the next interesting piece of art.

"Where'd she get all of these?" the little girl asked, clasping her hands together behind her back, her eyes never leaving the ancient toy before her. "…they're really, really old."

The fact that Bulleta knew that these were Morrigan's own seemed to have slipped Lilith's mind, "I… don't know where she got them from," she explained. "I had asked her once before but…" Lilith's cheeks colored to a light pink. It was during the first couple of weeks of adjusting to this place, when everything looked so new to her. She had asked Morrigan how she received all of these items, but only got, "They were handed to me," which sounded kind of odd. Yet, that was all Lilith got before she was covered in Morrigan's plethora of kisses.

"But…?" Bulleta urged on, bring back Lilith to here and now.

She blinked and fought the rest of the memory off, "Oh, but, um… She wouldn't tell me. I'd guess they were handed down to her."

"Oh?"

"Yeah…" Lilith blush was already fading, but she still felt a bit embarrassed for drifting off twice like that. "Sorry…"

"Hmm? Oh it's okay," Bulleta smiled. She knelt down and motioned something to the dog, so that when she stood up and walked towards the side table, Harry sat still in his place, mindlessly letting his tail sway. Bulleta beamed sweetly, pointing at the phone, "May I…?"

Lilith nodded and smiled back as she walked deeper into the room and sat down on one of the couches, "Of course. That's why you came in here, right?" It was something about Bulleta that made Lilith smile so easily. What was it…? Maybe it was the girlish glow. She's so cute.

Bulleta giggled and cupped her cheeks in her hands and shook her head side to side slowly, "Silly me. I was just so caught up with… this place!" And she giggled again.

The girl's giggle made Lilith smile again, "It's okay. I was like that the first time I got here too."

"Really? Wow. You sure are lucky."

"Heh, thank you."

"But that lady… She doesn't seem too nice. How do you live with her?" Bulleta asked.

"Morrigan? She's really… nice, after you get to know her. That's all. Plus she's the one who brought me here, so she must be a kind person," Lilith bowed her head and stared at her knees, thinking. It was the same question she conintued to ask herself. Why? No. Not now.

Bulleta quirked a brow at Lilith, while her head was down. The confused look on her face slowly turned to a grin as she saw Harry moving about the room, sniffing here and there. The little girl blinked and put on her happy face again as Lilith suddenly lifted her head and gave a small smile at Bulleta.

"Sorry. I'm kind of out of it tonight," Lilith said as she ruffled her hair and sighed.

"Don't worry about it. Harry and I have our days too…" She patted her thighs, calling the dog near, "Isn't that right Harry?" She petted the dog on his head and smiled.

Lilith's smile grew as she saw the two of them like that, "You two don't go anywhere without each other, huh?"

"Yep-yep. Isn't that right Harry" she said in a baby coddling voice. "Okay then…" she stood up again and lifted the phone off the receiver and placed it to her ear, hearing the call tone drone. Bulleta smiled and punched in numbers she knew by heart.

The phone rang once then, "Hello?"

"GRANDMOMMY!" the petite girl cried. Bulleta skipped around and plopped down on the couch, giggling softly.

"…the fuck? Who is this?" It was a male voice and he was the one who had answered the phone.

"It's me! Your baby Bonnie" Bulleta said. The smile she had on her face seemed to fade away, giving her that solemn look, "I'm sorry I didn't come or call home sooner, Grandma. I was chased so far away." The smile came back. "But I'm okay now!"

"Wha… Oh! Should I tell Him that you've gotten there already?" The man asked. "…Even though you took your own sweet time…"

"Yup-yup! I'm fine. I found this really nice house." Bulleta said as she glanced over to Lilith. "Uh-huh… This nice lady let me use her phone."

The lackey laughed from listening to Bulleta's little act and the voice she was putting on. "Ha… Yo-you can't be serious… Whoo. So. Um.. Yea. I'll tell him. But I still can't believe that hired some girl like you. I bet you couldn't even find your way… That's why it took so long for you to get there." He snickered.

"……" the little girl paused. She glanced down at Harry and he took a couple of steps back, making sure that there was almost a ruler's length between his side and her foot. Lilith didn't notice the little movement. Bulleta spoke keeping her eyes on the dog and her voice still girlishly happy. "Are you gonna be the one to pick me up… Grandmommy?"

"Huh?" he still had that edge of laughter in his voice, "Yea. They told me to, after you were done doing whatever it is that you do." He was "trying" to fight back a couple of laughs but was failing. "Try not to hurt yourself though."

Bulleta was speechless for a moment then cackled sending Harry cowering, whimpering in his spot. Lilith frowned slowly and rubbed her arms as if she was cold. The guy on the other side had stopped laughing and just sat there.

The little girl blinked and put on that happy-go-smiley face, "You're so funny Grandma. Hee hee. I guess I'll see you when you get here then." Bulleta bowed her head and played with the edge of her skirt, "Mm-hmm. Okay Grandmommy." Then she whispered quickly into the phone, her voice tight with maliciousness, "Just remember when this contract is through, you won't be able to hide behind your boss anymore. Plus, I don't think he'd care if he lost some useless, wisecracking, foot soldier like you. So you'll be… Free. Game." She sat up and laughed sweetly this time, ending it in her now famous giggle, "No silly… It's on Sage Avenue. Don't worry, Grandmom, I'll be waiting outside."

The man must have been in shock, because he didn't say anything through all of that, and still didn't say anything when Bulleta ended the call, "Bye! I love you!" and hung up the phone. After hanging up Bulleta smiled, all teeth, at Lilith. It made some of the tension there ease away. Some.

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"Dammit," Rikuo cursed under his breath. "Where the hell did I see that girl from?" He made a wordless sound of frustration. At the same time Felicia hopped up to the passenger seat. "Why does that 'bounty hunter' bit seem to bother me so much?"

"Probably 'cause that's what she is…"

He looked up from the steering wheel, his amber eyes filled with so much confusion, "How can you say that so nonchalantly, when that chick just walked inside of Morrigan's house?"

"I dunno," Felicia shrugged.

"What do you mean, 'I dunno'?"

With that hopeless look on his face, Felicia laughed softly. This was one of those rare times when Rikuo sounded funny when he's flustered.

He sighed, "How could you laugh at a time like this? That girl," he said as he pointed towards the house, "just went in there. And if she is this so-called bounty hunter, then she was probably sent there to kill someone…"

The smile softened as she listened to his reasoning. She blinked and thought about it for a second, "Oh, come on. Who'd be dumb enough to send someone against Morrigan? That's like an automatic death sentence for the hunter and the person who sent them."

He placed his forehead back on the steering wheel, "…but what if they're not after Morrigan?"

"Huh? Then who'd they be after? That short-haired toy of Morrigan's that lives there?" Felicia looked completely puzzled.

"Ugh… You really haven't been paying attention, have you?" he said, rubbing his temples.

"Wha—"

At that moment one of those European imported cars pulled in next to Rikuo's causing a bright grin to grow on Felicia's face. The passenger side tinted window slid down and revealed a not so happy Jon and Jedah. Though that never stopped Felicia from crawling over Rikuo's lap to roll down the driver side window and call out, "Jedah!" Rikuo sided and rolled his eyes, poking at Felicia's side.

Jedah managed to pull off a grin just for her, "So, what have you two been up to?" He was really good at covering up his inner emotions, for any situation. Or maybe he was just happy to see Felicia.

"Oh nothing really," she answered for them, ignoring Rikuo. "We've just been watching out here… Waiting for you."

Jon raised an eyebrow, "You mean us right…?"

"Yea. Sure, if that makes you happy…" Felicia said as she pulled back and opened the passenger door. She closed it and walked around, in front of both cars and ended up on Jedah's side of the car.

Jon rolled his eyes and looked annoyed from the cat girl. Jedah watched her and smiled a bit shaking his head. Both Jon and Jedah knew what she was going to do because Jon got out of the car after Jedah unlocked the doors.

Felicia blinked slowly as she saw Jon's head peek over the top of the car. He gave her a glance then went to Rikuo's car, unlocking the door and sliding into the back seats. She opened Jedah's door and he unbuckled himself and opened his arms for her as she crawled in and straddled his lap. She smiled and enclosed him in her arms as she buried her face in the dip of his neck, purring softly.

He wrapped an arm around her waist and used his left hand to brush her hair behind her ear. He placed a kiss on her forehead and whispered into her ear, "Perch… fare tu amore lo?"

She blushed and shrugged her shoulders some. Jedah laughed and kissed her forehead again as his fingernails traveled slowly down her back giving her goosebumps. His smile slowly twisted into a smirk at her body's reaction.

Meanwhile, Jon slouches in the back groans a bit, "Anyway, what were you saying about some girl…?"

"Oh yes. What was that about, Rikuo…?" Jedah asked as he petted Felicia. He grinned again and ran the tips of his fingers down the side of her face, gently stroking her cheek. From touching her he was able to suppress most of the anger he was feeling right then.

"While we were sitting here…" He glanced over to where Felicia was sitting then locked his eyes on the dashboard. Them together like that always was… awkward for him, "…some little girl stopped at Morrigan's house. At first when Morrigan had opened the door," he carried on, "she slammed it in the girl's face. But when… Lilith. When Lilith opened the door the girl was able to get inside."

"And what's the problem with that?" He asked as his fingers lifted Felicia's chin, exposing the line of her neck.

"He thinks it might be B.B. Hood," Jon replied for him.

"She hasn't been around for some time now…" he lowered his voice, still loud enough to cover the gap of the two cars. "Naturally, she must've gotten taller, or at least older since the last meeting that we had." He was close enough to Felicia that his lips tickled her skin as he talked. He ran both of his hands up her back, underneath the shirt she was wearing, then brought the tips of his nails down, grazing her skin slightly. She mewed slowly and arched back even more as Jedah kissed her neck, her collarbone, her—

BANG! An explosion hit.

"What was that?" Rikuo jumped and got out of the car. Part of Morrigan's house was billowing smoke. And he knew she never had a chimney before. Jon followed suit and got out, so did Jedah and his cat. All four of them were staring at the house, waiting for other noises.

And just as if on cue, the sounds of automatic guns filled the night. Glass breaking here and there, muffled voices, then one Final scream.

Jedah's team all shot glances at each other. "Morrigan," one word Jedah said before the whole area was pitch black. The entire place was out. Street lights, house lights, even the silent humming of the cars they had on was off.

Jon was growling, a low and continuous as Felicia got to all fours and hissed. Rikuo stayed calm, as that was he way of dealing with any enemy that crossed their path. They were ready to attack. All they needed was his word and it would be done.

Jedah held up his hand, out of habit. Their eyes were good enough to see in dark, but they needed some kind of light even a little. And without the moon they had none. He kept his hand raised slightly and spoke to them calmly, trying to soothe their beasts, "Wait. Do not attack yet." It was times like these that the leader in Jedah peeked out.

"What Do You Mean…?" Jon's voice had turned into a deep growl, a sound that would turn anyone away. He had smelt blood. Which meant that it had to be a lot spilt for him to pick it up from here.

"It means that I would rather you wait… Than to become fodder for either of them," Jedah kept his voice the same comforting tone to calm all of them. "I love Morrigan, but I cannot lose any of you to her."

"How… How do you know that Morrigan is fighting now?" This was from Felicia.

"Perhaps if you and Jon were to calm down you'd hear what is flying over our heads."

It took a second for them understand what he meant for them to do. Both cat and wolf eased down enough for all three of them to hear the fluttering of wings. Not feathered ones, but ones made from the skin of those creatures.

"Bats," Rikuo stated.

They flew overhead and towards the house. Jedah, and his animals were able to tell where the bats were off to, from the glowing hue of ice blue light that fell from the first floor windows.

"What are they doing?" Felicia said softly, partly in awe.

"Gathering energy for her…" Jon's voice wasn't completely "normal" but it wasn't that growlish tone he had either.

"How do you know that?" she questioned.

It was Jedah who answered, he placed his arms around Felicia and hugged her from behind, burying his face in her neck, "She used it on us before. It was prior to you joining us."

"But… You guys are still here. It… mustn't have been that bad."

"That's because… she only used five percent of what she could have done to us…" Rikuo said. From the small glow of the light his head was bowed and Jon's gaze was still locked onto the home.

"Yet it was still able to knock them out for a couple of days," Jedah said. "What she's doing now could probably kill this child and then some."

"Morrigan. Would she be able to do that…?" she asked again her eyes now fixed on the blue light.

"If she had reason to…"

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Yea. Chapter's done. I'm sorry I ended it like that.. I just wanted to keep the other scene together, y'know. Cause if I had put it in this chapter, it would have come out hefty long and weird and whatnot. Hee hee. Yea, sorry about my bad Italian, too.. I took Spanish and French.. And Japanese.. Tis a shame that I forgot to add Italian up there. Anywayz, I remember from somewhere that Jedah's attacks were Italian phrases and whatnot.. So I said, "Hey!" And made him 'speak' some. Oy.

Anywho, the next chapter shouldn't take this long to come out and it should be longer… I think. Hmm… Maybe I shouldn't say should.. That always seems to get me in trouble. u.u Sigh. .oO( This one really was short.. Oy, again. )