Chapter 19

Tyler held back from the others as they went to Raven. Her shield was just going down. He was shocked to see the little girl under Raven's shield. Rafe Downing picked the little girl up cradling her in his arms checking her over. He saw the man give a sigh of relief. Rowan was looking over Raven. She was covered in blood and bruises covered her pretty face. Rayne knelt beside Raven healing her head and the hole in her leg where she had been pierced by the stake.

"Get back to the house now. Roman is probably already there." He told the other Masters of Ipswich who hurried away.

Tyler looked to find his brothers standing around Chase glaring at him. Tyler walked over to them knowing he wasn't going to get anywhere near Raven with her brothers all around her. He hit Chase across the face making him come too. His brothers were startled at what he had done. They hadn't expected that from him.

"Why isn't she coming to?" They heard Ryder Downing cry.

"The power of the spell took too much out of her. She needs to rest!" Rowan Downing said.

Chase groaned He looked up to see the son's of Ipswich in front of him. He saw the pissed off looks he was receiving from them, and he laughed despite the pain. He grinned at Tyler.

"Hello baby boy. Come back for more of me?" He laughed.

Tyler glared at Chase shaking off the fear that was coming on him. His thoughts flew back to that day in the shower stall, and he shivered remembering Chase touching him. He couldn't back away though, not in front of Caleb, Pogue, and Reid. Tyler threw a ball of power at him. Chase screamed in pain throwing one back at Tyler who flew threw the air, and would have hit the wall hard if a shield hadn't of gone up around him.

Rade turned when he heard Chase scream. Tyler was flung backward by a ball of light and he threw a shield around Tyler before he hit the wall. Chase's screams rang through the deep room, as Caleb, Pogue, and Reid all threw balls at him one after the other till he succumbed to the pain. Tyler finished him off by throwing another at him. Caleb used his power to pull the stake out of Chase, and Chase fell lifelessly to the floor.

Reid felt for a pulse. He shook his head confirming there was none. Tyler felt the air go out of him; he had never killed anyone before. What would Raven say? Had he lost her now?

Jade Downing was screaming for her baby running through the house frantically looking for her. Corinne was also looking. Her hand went to her stomach as if guarding the child growing inside her. She had only just told Rowan last night.

"JADE!" Rory's voice was heard throughout the house.

"Rory!" Jade cried running to her husband. "Riley is gone!"

Rory felt fear. "She has to be here somewhere."

"She's not." Corinne said walking into the room, and seeing the Knight boys with Rory.

"Rory?" Storm said.

"Get him in the sanctuary now! Corinne take Jade there now please." Rory said.

"Why what is going on?" Corinne asked.

"Raven was taken by Roman. He'll be here soon to finish what he started five years ago.

"But he's dead!" Jade said through her tears.

Raven's words rushed threw the Master's of Ipswich heads. Rory paled when Raven told him she had Riley and would protect her till death. His eyes met Storms.

"Hurry go!" Rory cried.

"Trey get the women in there now!" Storm told his brother. He turned to Rory as his brothers took Corinne and Jade to their room of shelter. "This is my fight Rory get in there with your wife."

"This just isn't your fight now! He took my little girl! He's almost killed my sister how many times now. The day you killed him you became a true master if Ipswich Storm. My brothers and I knew how he was, but we couldn't bring ourselves to stop him. We tried to protect the younger ones from him, but we weren't always here. He's ascended now Storm, you can't do it alone!"

"Hello Rory!" Roman said appearing before them with Shane and Adam. "Storm."

Balls of power lit up the house then as the warlocks dueled. Trey and Chandler joined them.

"This is hardly fair now! Four against three?" He hit Chandler with a ball of fire and Chandler fell. "Now that's better!"

"NO!" Storm cried. He went back to fighting Roman with a vengeance.

Soon they were joined by the rest of the Archer boys and the Wainwrights. Shane went down right way as he was hit by three power balls. All from his own brothers. They knew he was dead before he hit the floor. Vincent went after Adam. Adam disappeared into thin air. All that was left now was Roman who was fighting both Storm and Rory.

"Did you miss your little girl?" Roman asked.

"Damn you!" Rory hissed, and he missed blocking a power ball. He fell to the floor unconscious but still alive.

The battle raged on between Storm and Roman. Trey went to Chandler's side. He wasn't breathing but he still had a pulse. His put his hands on Chandler's chest and they were joined by Marcus's and Vincent's. Chandler gasped for breath coming too. Trey breathed a sigh of relief, if he'd been any longer…he'd of never lived with himself.

Rowan, Rafe, and Ryder entered the house. They had left Rayne and Rade with Raven and Riley in the pickup. Rayne wasn't happy, but he held his little niece to him tightly. He put up a shield around the truck just in case. The three Downings entered the house to find it almost destroyed. Rowan cursed flinging a ball of power at Roman knocking him off of his feet. Two more hit him and he screamed in pain. Four balls hit him then killing him. Rafe stepped forward incanting something no one could hardly hear. They all watched in wonder as Roman's soul was caught in an orb. Then it exploded. Rafe finished his incantation sending his brother onto the after life. Let their father deal with him now he thought!

'You can come in now!' Ryder projected to his brothers.

Rory opened his eyes coming to. "Hey big brother. I've got someone here for you!" Rory looked up to see Rayne holding his little girl in his arms.

"Daddy!" She cried launching herself at him. He grunted in pain as she hit him full force. Rayne put his hand on his brother's shoulder healing him, and taking his pain.

"Where's Raven?" Rory asked looking around.

"Rowan took her to her room. Rade's with them." Rayne said looking in the direction of Raven's room.

"Is she all right?" Rory asked.

"I don't think so." Rayne said looking down.

"What happened?" Rory asked holding his daughter to him.

"She was raped." Rayne whispered. "She had a stake thrown through her leg. Made to use power that she wasn't ready to use yet."

Rory paled.

"Where's mommy?" The little girl asked bringing both brothers back to the present.

"I'd better go let Jade out and let her have Riley before she kills me. Thanks for bringing her back to me."

"Don't' thank me. Thank Raven!" Rayne said.

Rory hurried to the room of Sanctuary and took off the wards opening the door. Jade looked up from where she was sitting by Corinne and cried out seeing her husband and daughter enter the room. She rushed to them holding them both.

"Mommy!" The little girl squealed.

Rowan looked down at his sister. He had healed her as best as he could. The only thing he couldn't heal was her mind. That only she could heal, and only if she wanted to.

Tyler sat in the backseat of his hummer staring at nothing. Reid who was driving and the other two keep glancing at him with looks of concern. They had disposed of Chase, and were heading back to the dorms. He'd killed Chase. He'd do it again if he had to, but that didn't make it any easier. Chase had been evil. That should excuse killing him, but it still didn't sit easy with Tyler. If it had been one of his brothers to kill Chase it wouldn't have bothered him. Nor would it probably of bothered one of them. Tyler sighed wishing he could hold Raven in his arms. He had the feeling he never would again.

"Tyler?" Caleb said.

Tyler looked up at his brothers with tears in his eyes.

"You didn't do anything wrong little brother!" Reid said pulling over to the edge of the road.

"Then why does it feel like it's the end of the world?" Tyler asked.

"Raven's not going to hate you Tyler. She loves you! She hated Chase, she'll be glad to hear he's dead!" Pogue said.

Pogue reached over and pulled Tyler in his arms holding him tight as he cried.