Chapter 18

"What the hell is going on here?" Rowan Downing's voice boomed through the room.

"Could you keep it down?" Rade sputtered holding his head sitting up.

"No Shit!" Reid muttered.

"Chase, Shane, and Adam took us by surprise." Pogue said letting Kate help him up.

"RAVEN!" Rade cried frantically looking for her.

"They took her." Tyler sobbed.

"This is all your fault Sims!" Rade said getting up and advancing on Tyler, but was blocked by Caleb and Pogue.

Reid was kneeling by Tyler with his arm around him. Rowan looked at his brothers, Rafe and Rory. This wasn't good!

"Trey, Chandler take Storm to the sanctuary now!" Rowan ordered. "Rade concentrate on your power to find her now, before it's too late!"

Rade pushed Caleb and Pogue away from him, and closed his eyes concentrating on his sister. Nothing. He ran his hand through his hair frustrated. His eyes fell on Tyler. He went to him and pushed Reid away, kneeling down beside Tyler.

"Give me your hands and help me find her!"

Tyler joined hands with Rade. "Now close your eyes and concentrate on her!"

Tyler shut his eyes thinking of Raven. A power jolted through both of them. They saw her in their minds with Shane above her touching her. Anger surged through them. Rade got what he wanted knowing where they were, and broke the connection.

"The old Downing house!" Tyler and Rade said at the same time.

Raven felt someone on top of her touching her, and she moaned out loud.

"Tyler!" She moaned.

Laughter woke her the rest of the way up. She cried out seeing her ex on top of her.

"Get off of me Shane!"

"No." He said forcing her to kiss him.

She tried to use her power to get him off of her, but her power was gone.

"Do you think we'd be stupid enough not to bind your power?" He laughed sliding his hand up her shirt and fondling her breast.

She fought against him, but he moaned in pleasure grinning. She realized it only added to his pleasure so she stopped and closed her eyes blocking him out. She felt him unzipping her jeans and then pulling them and her panties down. She felt the tears coming and couldn't stop them. She cried out in pain as he took her. Tyler would never want her again she thought as sobs ripped through her.

Rade sat in the back of his brothers four door pickup feeling Raven's pain, and he paled. He felt sick. How could they of let this happen?

"He raped her." He said helplessly.

Rowan and Rafe who were sitting in the front seat turned to look at him, as did Ryder and Rayne on each side of him. Rory had been sent back to the house to help protect Storm and their wives.

"Who?" Rafe asked.

"Shane." Rade said letting a few tears fall.

"He's one of us though!" Rafe said.

"That didn't stop him from being one of those who killed Ridge!" Ryder spat.

Rowan looked in the rear view mirror seeing the four vehicles full of the rest of the master's of Ipswich and the four sons of Ipswich following them. "Rade I want you to stay in the pickup. Don't come in the house till I send for you!"

"NO!" He yelled at his eldest brother. "I want to help!"

"You haven't ascended yet. Roman will pick you off first if you go in there!"

"Roman?" Rade looked at Rafe shocked. "What makes you think he's there?"

"Why do you think the place is haunted little brother?" Rafe said rolling his eyes. "Roman had to have some place to go."

"Wait you knew he was there?"

"Yes." Rowan answered.

"And you knew he'd come to Raven for his life back, and you never even warned her?" Rade asked angrily.

He saw Rowan and Rafe exchange looks.

"She knew." Rowan said.

"Now it's my turn!" Chase Collin said walking up to where Shane was finishing with the girl. "Her power's still bound?"

"Yes." Shane answered getting up off of the sobbing girl.

"Good, last time she almost got me, when I tried." Chase said grinning as he unzipped his pants.

He held out his hand and Raven screamed in pain at the power that ran through her.

Rade cried out in pain arching his head back against the seat.

"Rade!" Ryder cried trying to hold Rade down.

"Their using the power on her!" He screamed in pain.

Raven was ready to pass out from the pain when Shane hit Chase stopping him from hurting her more. "That's enough! Roman will kill you if you kill her. He needs her to bring him back!"

Rade slumped back unconscious.

Raven felt herself flowing back and forth from darkness to lightness. Her nerves were raw from the power that had flown through her from Chase. She hadn't been able to block it with her power bound. She closed her eyes and willed her subconscious to take over as she felt Chase take her.

"You want a turn also Adam when I'm finished." Chase asked.

"Hell no!" He said looking at the girl, who made him sick just looking at her. "It's her boyfriend I want!"

"I want a piece of him also!" Chase said.

Raven heard no more as her subconscious did take over knocking her out.

Raven screamed coming too as the power hit her again, though it was her power flowing back through her. She felt the power healing her pain as it flowed through her. She tried to get up, but was held down still by Chase. He kissed her roughly before she made him fly through the air and slam against the side of the basement wall.

She reached down and grabbed her jeans and pulling them up, stumbling as she got to her feet. She felt his presence and turned to him, as she finished dressing herself.

"I won't do it!" She hissed at him.

"You have no choice dear sister!" Roman said. Adam appeared at Roman's side holding a sleeping Riley.

Raven felt the fear slam into her when she saw Riley in his arms. "This wasn't part of the plan. I thought we were going to use Tyler against her!" Shane said.

"SAY IT!" Roman bellowed.

Raven knew she had no choice. She said the incantation and felt the power pour from her into Roman. He screamed as he gained flesh and bone once again. She said some more and watched as his power ascended back into him. He threw his hand at Raven and she flew into the wall behind her knocking the breath from her. He moved his hand and she slammed into another. She felt the blood pouring from a wound on her head. He waved his other hand holding her against the wall, and a spike went through her leg penning her to the wall. She screamed in pain.

"I do believe it's your turn now Chase." Roman said waving his arm and letting Raven go. She screamed when the spike held her in place against the wall.

"Say it to me!" Chase said as he ran his hand down her cheek. "I…will…you…"

"NOTHING!" She screamed sending the spike out of her leg into Chase slamming him backwards into the other wall twenty feet away. She fell to the ground and almost passed out from the pain.

"Raven!" She heard someone cry from far away. She held her arm out and willed Riley to her. She heard Adam cry out as Riley flew out of his arms and into her arms. She put up a shield around her and Riley.

She looked down at the little girl realizing she was in a deep sleep. She felt a fire ball hit the shield. She looked at Roman knowing she had foiled his plans for revenge against his brothers by using the little girl.

'Hurry! I can't hold up the shield for too long! I won't let them have your little girl to get to you Rory! Never! I'll die first. I'm sorry Storm, he's coming! He's coming!' She looked to find Chase still pinned against the other wall unconscious and the other three disappearing to finish their plans. She heard footsteps and looked to see her brothers and friends running toward her, and she let the darkness take over.