Sorry about the wait guys! Honestly it took me awhile to write this chapter because I was struggling with a lot of the combat, I also decided while I was writing this that I was going to make it into two separate chapters. I think that's how a lot of the areas are going to be written, I'll try to have part 2 up soon. Don't forget to leave a comment, favorite, or follow if you like it!


The fire danced in her hand, this new ability to manipulate flames. The same type of power that Louis had. He was right. Her eyes were fixed upon the controlled blaze on her palm, she now had a portion of his powers.

After their talk, Louis had approached her with a theory. Since she was a Void Type, she was able to gain the strength from other Revenants by absorbing their vestiges or drinking a sample of their blood. Luna could remember the apprehension she had towards it. Fearing that the test would only turn her into one of the Lost, but it didn't; instead it gave her a new power to use on the battlefield. Louis had explained to her the details of his own Blood Code, Prometheus. By having access to this code, she would be able to boost her own strength in combat while also having the ability to stagger opponents with the flames she would be able to conjure.

Brushing her hair, Luna pulled a portion of her up. Grabbing the Stinger blood veil Murasame had given her, she fastened the long light gray trench coat like weapon over her body, throwing her hair back. Securing the coffin shaped pouch on the upper portion of her left arm, it was a bit heavy due to the supplies inside. Coco had been generous enough to give her some medicine and other items for their exploration. Though as she put it, she wants to keep her customers coming back or something along those lines. Kneeling down, Luna adjusted the leather bands of the sheathed knife on her upper thigh; keeping its presence hidden. "Better to be safe than sorry." she said to herself.

Luna placed the frame for her purifier mask on her chin, the black strap comfortably around her throat. Placing the mask upon her face, she could feel the weight of it resting snuggly on the frame. Reaching for the new bayonet, she twirled it around feeling the difference in weight in comparison to the one she had in the tunnels. Looking through the scope, it was clear; its range was remarkable as she could see the scuffs and scratches on the floor due to the magnification.

The glistening silver blade at the end of it, the very end of it appeared to be sharp enough to cut anything she faced down to size. Though that was only in a worst case scenario. Her job was to take down enemies at a distance, without the right type of weapon she won't be able to get into close combat. Unfortunately Murasame wouldn't have a sword ready for her for a few days. But she would make it work and use her new powers to do everything she can.

Taking a deep breath she knew that it was almost time for them to leave. Despite planning on leaving earlier, they were delayed due to other matters they needed to attend to. Walking out of her room, the light of a new day filled the base as Luna turned the corner as she could see Yakumo and Louis both geared up. The large dark brown stiff coat upon Yakumo's shoulders reminded her of the same one that Oliver wore; a few buttons keeping it sealed up. Resting upon his shoulder, the large blades that it was mainly composed of were different lengths. The sheer size of it could do a good chunk of damage to anyone unfortunate enough to be on the other end.

"Good you're ready." Yakumo greeted her, placing his purifier mask on. Taking a look at his teammates, the fire in their eyes. "This should be interesting with you joining us."

Nodding his head, "I think you'll be surprised when you see what she can do." Louis said, "listen up, the area we're heading to is swarming with Lost. Make sure not to let your guard down," turning towards Luna. "Yakumo and I are both skilled in close combat, so you don't need to worry about us. Focus on taking down those that are within your range." he instructed her.

Luna didn't like it though, the idea of keeping her distance annoyed her. She wanted to be up close, to strike down her opponents. But with this being her first expedition with them it would give her a chance to see how they work together. "Fine."

Walking towards the mistle, Luna was curious as she didn't quite understand why they didn't go any further. Seeing the inquisitive look in her eyes, "don't tell me you don't remember?" Yakumo questioned, his voice was hardly muffled by his mask. "Not only do the mistles help us heal and purify the miasma, but we can also use them as a way of transport." he explained. "All you have to do is think of the place you wanna go and viola you're there."

He made it sound so easy. Luna watched as Yakumo barely touched the mistle, as his body started to vanish leaving no trace of him. Louis could see the surprise in her eyes, "don't worry, you won't feel anything." he motioned for her to stand beside him. "Just take a deep breath, and think of the Crossroads." Louis instructed her.

"Where?" Luna didn't know what he was talking about.

Louis didn't know what to say, he assumed that she would know the area they needed to go. "The place where we killed that Lost."

Raising an eyebrow, it only took a second for it to come to her mind. "The place where we had to kill Oliver….". She knew that it needed to be done, but seeing such a tragedy befall someone as kind as him was something she couldn't shake. Nodding her head, Luna reached out towards the mistle, she pictured it in her head. Closing her eyes, she dropped down on one knee as she couldn't feel her body beginning to disperse.

The once quietness of Home Base was replaced with the sound of the wind bearing the distant cries of the Lost upon them. Slowly opening her eyes, Luna looked around. The damage to the battlefield was untouched, closeby she could see Oliver's Sledgehammer still embedded deep into the ground. A reminder and resting place of a Revenant that she barely knew.

Looking down at the ground, "hey Louis?"

"Yeah?"

Her fingers pointing down at the mistle, "I don't recall seeing this here." she pointed out the mistle. She didn't remember seeing it at all when they had fought Oliver.

"That mistle has always been there, but it's been dry for awhile. Most of the time some mistake them as rubble, but because we were in combat it's likely you didn't notice it." he explained.

"Oh…" Luna muttered, "did my blood spill onto it during the fight?"

"That's peculiar," she heard Louis speak as he walked towards Yakumo who appeared to be speaking to someone. Short dirty blonde hair pulled back, the dark yellow and beige half coat wrapped around his shoulders, two long mechanical tail-like ends on the back. Despite not having a weapon on him, the pouches along his pants may potentially carry items to be used offensively. "I didn't expect to see anyone here in a place like this." Louis spoke to the man, catching his attention.

Placing a hand upon his head, "I was just explaining to your friend here that I'm a wandering merchant." he said, nervousness rattling his voice. From the look of his demeanor, Luna didn't feel like he was going a threat. "I had heard that the group that was once here vanished, so I figured that it would be a good place to set up shop."

"I see," scanning the area behind him, Louis saw the path they needed to take. "Let's go." instructing the group, taking the lead they walked past the man.

Following behind Yakumo, Luna could feel the man tap on her shoulder. "My name is Shang by the way, if you guys need anything feel free to see me. I'll be here for awhile." he introduced himself.

"Thanks,"Luna was about to reach her hand out.

"Luna don't fall behind!" she could hear Louis call out to her.

"I'm coming!" replying back to her teammates, "sorry, but I gotta go. Stay safe, Shang!"

Running down the thin cleared path, countless fragments of debris formed a makeshift barrier, preventing many from going over them. Catching up to them, Luna saw the darkened tunnel they stood before. "This path should take us to the Old City Ruins." Yakumo spoke, his voice quietly echoing in the pit.

Apprehension consumed her nerves, Luna carefully watched as Yakumo and Louis began their descent into the unknown. Staying closeby, the weak glow of lanterns illuminated the craggy tunnel. Thorns of Judgement digging deep into the ground, piercing through the underpass, the soft golden hue illuminating the path.

Each of their steps echoing in the tunnel, "it's amazing that this is still intact." Luna softly spoke, she didn't know what could jump out at any turn. Her eyes adjusting to the lighting in the tunnel, looking ahead she could make out two separate paths ahead of them.

"Most of the tunnels around here are still pretty sturdy," Yakumo started. "No one really uses these tunnels for travel anymore."

"Why's that?"

"On the other side of this tunnel the miasma is worse, not many make it beyond that point. There's also the hoards of Lost that have taken over the area." Yakumo explained. "Also the mistles have dried up, making it harder for us to explore it."

"Geez I feel like I'm walking into a war zone." Luna sighed.

"The minute we step out of this tunnel, it will be." stopping in her tracks, she watched Yakumo and Louis get a few feet ahead of her. She couldn't imagine how many monsters they had crossed paths with in order to survive, even though they had yet to face anything they still carried themselves with confidence. Feeling her heart rapidly beating against her chest, she couldn't shake the anxiety that was creeping up on her.

"I've been thrown into a world where I need to kill to survive," catching up to them, they remained silent as they turned the corner walking up the darkened stairway of the tunnel. Despite having fought some of the Lost already did nothing to make her feel better, fighting was like a second nature to her though with every step she took made her heart beat faster and faster, "kill or be killed those are only options basically."

"There's a mistle up ahead," Louis pointed out, seeing the withered plant at the top of the stairs. Looking back he could see Luna trailing behind Yakumo. "Once we go past the mistle there's no turning back." This was their chance to finally explore the Old City Ruins after so long. Their research could finally continue, this was their chance to figure out where the source was located but nothing was without its cost.

Yakumo could see Louis' attention was on Luna, stepping to the side to give her space. Grabbing the dagger from the pouch on her shoulder, she pulled off her glove exposing her palm as she stood before the mistle. Inhaling deeply through her nose, Luna drew the blade across her palm turning it to allow her blood to drip onto the mistle.

Dark crimson liquid dropped onto the plant, its curled branches stretching out as it glowed brightly. Turning to Luna, Yakumo nodded his head in approval. He had heard of the medicine that could restore mistles from Louis before, but wouldn't expect a Revenant to have that same ability. "Expectations exceeded."

Removing their masks, they could each feel the miasma in the air starting to get thinner. "That settles it," Louis said quietly to himself. "You're absolutely vital to our operation," looking directly at Luna. "We know of other mistles and bloodsprings ahead, are you sure you're up to it?" he asked her.

Her eyes broke free from his gaze, looking down at her healed palm. Slipping the glove back on Luna placed her purifier mask back on, nodding her head. "I told you already, I'm going to help you guys."

Tapping his weapon against his shoulder, "heh. The area up ahead of us is crawling with the Lost," putting his mask back on, as he started to walk up the stairs. "Make sure you watch yourself."

Walking closely behind him, Luna started her ascent up with Louis following. He could see the anxiety around Luna like it was an aura, 'I won't let anything happen to you."

Stepping into the unknown area, the devastation was still just as awful. What was once a large bustling city was reduced to rubble. Structures of power and businesses torn to shreds by the demonic forces that shattered them to pieces. Vehicles covered by wreckage, glass windows broken into bits; all signs of life were completely washed away by chaos. "Looks like this place changed a bit since the last time we were here." Yakumo stated.

The area was much larger previously, though with the fallen fragments of concrete and metal had created a one way path. Continuing down the path, they could see that there was only a single trail they could follow. "Not really giving us any other options." Louis said. Walking up the elevated section across they surveyed the area.

Looking ahead at the narrow pathway, the screams and growls of the beasts hidden within made the hairs on her body stand up. They sounded much different from the enemies she had faced before. Grabbing onto the sides of the large broken building, she pulled herself up, trying to get a better view. "What are you doing?" Yakumo watched, as she found a study section for her to stand on.

Holding up her bayonet, her eye looking through the scope. She could see twists and turns of the path, almost every corner had one heavily armored Lost hiding amongst the rubble. Keeping a tally in her head, she counted each one she saw. "Too bad I can't shoot them down from this distance," she thought to herself. "We need to be careful, there's almost a few armored Lost ready to strike up ahead." she told them. "Not to mention the path is a maze of tight corners and blindspots, I don't think it's a coincidence that they're all placed where they are."

Both men looked upon her in agreement, "so they're basically waiting to strike down anyone foolish enough to wander in there." Yakumo said under his breath. The idea of fighting within cramped spaces wasn't ideal for him, he wouldn't be wouldn't be able to use his weapon to its full extent.

"It seems the Lost in this area have developed some sort of strategy," Louis pointed out. It had been so long since they were able to return to this area, it was no surprise that things had changed. "We need to be careful-"

The sounds of Luna's bayonet cut him off. She was fully aware that she wasn't going to hit them, but that wasn't her plan. Looking through her scope, she could see the armorned Lost looking directly at them, before raising its head up letting out a blood curdling roar. "Here they come!" She counted at least three in total had fallen for her trick.

Louis ran towards one, he dogged the swing of its rusted sword. Quickly cutting through the Lost with slight resistance from the armor that covered its body. Falling to the ground, he could see that it had yet to turn to ash. Raising his sword, he pierced its chest as it finally succumbed; its body fading around his blade.

Taking a few steps towards his opponents, Yakumo tightened the grip around his weapon. His arms carrying the weight of his two handed sword, slicing through the two Lost before him. He watched their bodies turn to ash, as he shook his head. "Next time give us a warning before you do anything like that!" he shouted at Luna as she climbed down from her perch.

Sensing something closeby, Luna looked over to her side as she could faintly hear the sound of something laughing. Cautiously taking a few steps towards the sound, her eyes could see a Lost similar to the ones she had seen in the tunnels she was forced down. It didn't seem to notice her presence, its full attention was fixation on something else. "Pathetic."

Looking down, Luna locked onto the Lost. Pulling the trigger she could feel each shot she fired take a small portion of her strength, the sounds of the shots making contact with its body. To her it wasn't even much of a fight, merely putting a beast out of its misery. She watched its body turn to ash, as she was soon transfixed onto what drew its attention to the dead end.

Laying on the ground, the vestige was even calling her. Jumping down from the ledge, Luna took a few steps towards it. Something was different about it, in her eyes it appeared smaller than the one that Oliver had left behind; like it was a fragment of a whole piece. Kneeling down to it, her hand reached out to touch it.

Her body prepared for her hand to be impaled by the large spikes that would shoot out. "What happened back there?" Luna was shocked to hear the voice in her head, she knew that voice. "Cruz…. Everyone was…." She knew that he wasn't next to her speaking, this fragment belonged to him. Grabbing the crystal, it didn't respond. It didn't attack her or anything, as Louis's voice stopped. It was like it was sleeping.

Tuning out her comrades, she didn't budge from where she stood. "Cruz?" that name, it sounded so familiar to her. Luna didn't know where she heard it, but there was something about that name that made her heart ache. Placing her hand on her chest, she took a few deep breaths to help make the pain dissipate.

"Luna!" Yakumo shouted her name, "Luna what the hell are you doing!?" he yelled. Footsteps approaching her, Luna quickly tucked the fragment in her pocket. "Are you feeling ok?" Yakumo rushed over to her, she closed her eyes tight.

"What's wrong?" Louis questioned, the tone of concern lingering in his voice. Her weapon lay in front of her, to them she appeared to be taking a breather. "The miasma might be affecting her," Louis thought to himself. The only mistle they found could only do so much to clear the air around them, as the miasma was still dense.

Grasping the end of her gun, Luna stood on her feet facing her teammates. "Sorry, there was a Lost over here I didn't see. Anyway there are still more up ahead,". Luna didn't want to tell them of her find, not yet. Walking past them, her feet carried her along the path. Luna could sense that her comrades were not at her side, "you guys coming or what?!" she shouted.

They could tell she was hiding something, both Yakumo and Louis looked at eachother. It was better that they didn't push her, they would have to wait to find the right moment to ask her. Getting her worked up would be a bad idea, as they warily made their way through the path. Sticking close to each other, they cautiously walked through the maze path.

At any moment something could jump out and ambush them, searching every corner and turn they managed to make it out.

Seeing something from the corner of his eyes, Yakumo raised his sword like it was a shield blocking the Losts attack. "Shit! There's still more of them!?" Sliding under his blade, Luna stabbed the blade of her bayonet into the Losts chest where its heart would have been, firing a shot directly into it.

"I told you guys there were a few here." Hearing the sound of metal clashing, Luna turned to see Louis holding off another Lost. Both of their blades scraping against each other, neither of them budging.

"It must have snuck up on him." she heard Yakumo speak, gathering her strength she concentrated it into her hand. Fire danced in her palm, as she aimed it at the Lost. Making contact with its body it staggered back giving Louis the chance to strike. Slashing his sword upward the Lost disintegrated to ash, but his guard was still up.

"Looks like you're getting the hang of my Blood Code," Louis praised her. Fire Storm was an ability that he was able to use, it interesting to see that she handled it pretty well.

"Save the talking for later!" holding up her bayonet, Luna fired off a few shots at the Lost that Yakumo was up against. She knew that his weapon wasn't best suited for this type of area, but his fighting spirit proved otherwise. The sound of his blade striking the scrap like walls reverberated in her ears.

Running towards him they both stopped in their tracks as two more Lost appeared from around the bends of the trail. Standing back to back, they both faced their opponents. Watching the Lost raise its sword, "now!" summoning her Blood Veil the ends of her trench coast began forming into a metal tail, she parried the Lost's attack leaving it wide open. Raising the tail of her Stinger Blood Veil, she launched it down pinning the monster to the ground.

The sounds of combat died down, but they were all still on edge. "I'd say we handled that well." Yakumo cheered.

"We're not done here yet." Louis reminded him, as they cautiously continued.

Jumping forward, Luna saw it. Turning towards the Lost, she wasn't going to give it a chance to attack. Striking the Lost with the blade of her bayonet, Luna quickly activated her Blood Veil. The metal tail circling around the Lost as the large stinger struck it directly in the chest. Feeling some of her energy return to her, the cries of more called her attention.

Lifting up her bayonet she took aim at the Lost, "not good enough!" Louis shouted. His right arm was encased with metal like armor, the elongated dagger like fingers slashing through the Lost like it was nothing, only leaving ash in its place.

The roar of another was closeby, whirling towards it, her eyes widened. Glowing red eyes glaring at her, it was too close for her to react. Luna prepared to feel the full force of its attack as she closed her eyes. The faint growling of dogs was practically in her ear as she slowly opened her eyes. Two mechanical like hound heads firmly held the Lost within its two sets of jaws, the red illumination leading back to Yakumo. "I told you to watch yourself." he said to her before ripping the Lost apart.

Taking a deep breath, "I owe you one." she thanked him.

"Looks like everyone is ok so far," from the looks of it, none of them had suffered any injuries during the fight. "We should be out of here soon." Staying close to each other, they continued along the path as they could see the narrowness of the pathway was starting to fade.

Entering into the more open area they all stopped as they looked at the structure before them. Open sections of space appeared to be overflowing with ruins of the past civilization. Numerous levels were demolished by conflict, filled with fragments of turmoil. "Is that the parking garage?" Louis questioned.

"Looks like it's seen better days," Yakumo replied.

Holding up her bayonet, Luna tried to get a better look of what hid inside. Grunting in anger she lowered her weapon, "there's too much stuff, I can't see anything." she informed them. Looking to her left she could see the sheer drop at the edge of the cliff like structure they stood on, she didn't need her scrop to see what was waiting for them on the other side. Four enemies stood at the edge of a second parking garage, from what she could see it appeared that the three smaller ones had bayonets meaning they were ranged fighters. "You wouldn't recover from a fall like that…." she thought to herself.

The only way across to the other side was a thin bridge that connected the two pieces of land. Yakumo followed Luna's gaze as he could see it, "I don't like those odds." he said. Patting Luna on the back, it was still a good distance away it would give them plenty of time to think about how they would handle it when they got closer. "I guess we'll cross that bridge when we get to it." he reassured her.

Walking into the parking garage, the abundance of abandoned vehicles gave them restricted room to move around. "Damn not this shit again," Luna murmured to herself.

"Threatened by a little boy...I must be letting my image slip." her eyes widened as she heard the sounds of Coco's voice. Moving towards the pile of boxes, both men watched her in curiosity as she hacked at the weakened materials.

Kneeling down she saw it, "no way is that-!?"

Nodding his head, "it's a vestige." Louis answered. They couldn't hear anything coming from it, as they carefully watched her pick it up. The fragment didn't respond to her touch as it lay dormant in the palm of her hand. "How strange, it doesn't seem to be active." They were both aware of how vestiges respond when someone tried to touch one, they had never seen one so calm.

"I don't think it's a full vestige, it might just be only a fragment." Luna noted, placing the fragment in her pocket next to the other one she found. "I think there's more of them around here, it might be a good idea to keep an eye out for them." she suggested. Her finger tips grazing the one fragments in her pockets.

"Not a bad idea, you would have an arsenal of abilities at your disposal." Louis agreed with her idea.

Shaking her head, "that's not why I want to find them…. These vestiges have memories that belong to their owners, they're abandoned in this world leaving any trace of who they once belonged to trapped within them. This world is already cruel enough, I don't want them to be forgotten. We already fear becoming the Lost, monsters without a single shred of humanity. I feel the least I can do is remember those who have fallen."

Taking a step towards her, "that's a huge burden for you to bear," Yakumo was impressed by her reasoning, but it would take a toll on her. "You sure you're up to it?"

Nodding her head, "I'm the only one who can do it. Speaking of burdens, turn around." holding up her bayonet they turned, two Losts slowly crept towards them both of them holding shields in front of them.

Yakumo and Louis dashed towards them, as the Lost deflected their attacks. Firing off a couple of shots, Luna managed to make one drop its shield as it raised its halberd. Just as she was about to jump into the fight, a sharp pain carved at her back. Falling to her knees, the sting of pain grabbed the nerves in her back as she could feel her blood spilling from the wound. The grunting of the Lost behind her made the hairs on her body stand up, as two more slashs followed. Crying out Luna tried to ignore the pain she held her hand out as the blast of flames left her hand making the Lost step back.

Holding up her bayonet Luna pulled on the trigger, but nothing came out. Looking at her weapon in disbelief the Lost chuckled as it dragged its sword behind it, "damn I used up to much ichor!" Luna's thoughts screamed at her, the pain soon returned as it flooded her mind. The damage to her back was growing stronger and stronger, much worse than what she had originally felt. Feeling the gaze of the Lost grow more hungry, Luna felt her body freeze, "what's wrong with me?! I need to kill this thing!"

Her mind raced as she tried to concentrate on using her Blood Veil, but it wouldn't respond. Closing her eyes, Luna waited for the Lost to strike her down but felt nothing. Slowly opening them, Louis stood in front of her; the ash dancing off his blade. "You shouldn't give in to your opponents so easily." he told her, turning towards her, offering her his hand.

Pushing herself up, Luna shook her head. "Sorry, won't happen again." the way she spoke sounded colder than she had expected.

"This isn't the time to be letting your guard down, one more attack and you would have dispersed." Yakumo spoke to her, "fix yourself up and we'll continue on."

"How? I don't think any of the things Coco gave me can help my wounds." Most of it was just for combat, to enhance her weapon or to cure any ailments the enemies could cast upon her.

Giving her a curious look, Yakumo sighed. "Man your memory loss is pretty bad, you even forgot what Revenants can do." taking a step toward her, "all Revenants have an ability to heal themselves it's called Regeneration. We can use it a certain amount of times, it doesn't really do much but when we don't have quick access to a mistle it's a pretty handy thing." he explained. "All you have to do is focus some of your energy on repairing your body."

"Interesting," Luna whispered, "if I had remembered that then I wouldn't have been a damn damsel in distress in the tunnels!" she shouted to herself. Sighing, her eyes wandered to the ground. Just how much had she forgotten? Besides her human memories, she even forgot what she could do as a Revenant.

Placing her hand on her chest, her heart beat loudly as she could feel the aches of her wound starting to fade though it didn't leave her. Yakumo made it sound so easy. Even though a portion of her wounds felt better, the lingering sting remained. "Better?" Louis questioned.

"Not really, but the pain is more manageable now." Luna didn't want to exhaust her Regeneration, not knowing what was behind the twist and turns of the area they were in. "To think I was just waiting for something to kill me…. Why didn't I move? Why didn't I attack?" she questioned herself. Something about that whole ordeal shook her with a strange familiarence.

The sound of her comrades' voices started to grow duller and duller. "Pathetic."

"What?" Luna spoke, the voice sounded so clear but it didn't come from either Louis or Yakumo.

"I said, do you think you'll be ok?" Louis repeated himself. Seeing the emptiness in her eyes for just a brief moment, like she was lost.

Turning her back, "yea." her answer was short. "You said there's a bloodspring ahead didn't you?"

Nodding his head, "it's near the park in the city center," he answered her.

"Alright." Still having no ichor, Luna opted not to use her ichor concentrates. Coco had told her that those were a hard item to find, making them something that should only be used when absolutely necessary. "Let's just hope there's a mistle closeby."

"There should-" loud stomping steps echoed as they grew closer to an abandoned minivan. Ducking down, they stayed out of view. Holding a massive hammer over its shoulder, the dark clothes that clung to its body were stretched and expanded over its large curves and folds. Large valves on both sides of its head were embedded in its head with larger ones sticking out of its back. Each step it took caused the ground they were on to shake slightly, as its exhales and grunts escaped from the mask. "That's not good." Yakumo muttered.

"What is it?" Luna questioned, it looked so similar to Oliver when he had transformed.

"It's known as a Raging Noblewoman," Louis spoke quietly. "Some Revenants who had been turned into the Lost can transform into monsters like that or worse."

"I highly doubt there's anything noble about it." Luna laughed, though now wasn't the laugh. "Wait… worse?"

"We need to be extremely careful, those things can pack quite a punch." Yakumo instructed. "Once it's turned its back we'll go in for the kill."

They all waited as the beast looked around in the direction they were hiding, as if it knew they were there. It's stomping steps would occasionally come closer to them, making them grip their weapons tightly only for it to walk away a short distance and return. As they leaned against the car, it felt like hours were passing by. Noticing the footsteps were beginning to sound distant, they rose up slightly. "It's now or never!" Yakumo shouted.

Running from their hiding spot, the beast quickly turned on its heel towards her at a surprising speed that she wouldn't have expected for something or its size. Letting out a piercing roar, it raised the hammer it held high before bringing it down. They all managed to dodge the attack as Luna rushed over to it, slashing at its sides with the blade of her bayonet.

Gearing for another attack, the noblewoman pulled the hammer back. Trying to get some space between them, Luna tried to roll out of the way only to be met with the flat side of the hammer. "I thought I-!" Feeling the wind knocked out of her, she rolled across the ground. Yakumo wasn't kidding when he said they could pack a punch. Forcing herself up she could see Louis and Yakumo holding the beast back, both of them together would be enough to exterminate it. "I'm not going to depend on them again!"

She hated the idea of not being able to do enough, so far they had done most of the work in killing the Lost. She wasn't going to hold them back. Feeling something inside of her welling up, Luna knew what she needed to do.

Vanishing into mist, Luna teleported right in front of the large monster catching it off guard. The beast paused for a brief moment, stunned to see her before it. Now was her chance. Raising her bayonet her legs boosted her up, as she slashed diagonally across her opponent. The monster's blood curdling screams consumed the small space, holding her hand close to her chest the flames she conjured started to grow stronger and stronger.

Hurling the flames at the monster she knew there was no chance of it dodging this attack. Staggering backwards its cries began to grow weak, her eyes watched the forsaken soul fall to the ground; it's body disintegrating into gray ash. Panting behind her mask, Luna could feel her energy diminishing. She knew she overdid it, placing a hand on her chest she concentrated her on healing her injuries. The stinging pain in her arms and body slowly began to fade, as she started to feel a bit better.

"That was quite impressive," Yakumo clapped. That Lost would have been no issue for all three of them, but her efficiency in the execution was more lethal than he expected. "I guess Louis was right to give you some of his blood." Luna tilted her head in confusion, shaking his head. "That move you did, I've seen Louis do that hundreds of times…. Looks like you got it down." patting her on the back, being mindful of her still fresh wounds he carefully led the way.

She didn't know what to say as she followed Yakumo down the paved downward slope of the parking garage. Staying close to her side, Louis could see that she was being very careful on her use of medicine. Back there was the first time she had used on despite their constant battles since arriving. "That move…. It takes a lot out of you when you first use it." he said to her, her purple eyes gazing up at him.

"Was it the same for you?" Luna asked him.

Nodding his head, "it takes awhile to adjust, but it appears that you've got the hang of locking onto your opponent. Just be careful when you're using it, sometimes enemies will strike you just as you appear before them; leaving you wide open for an attack." Louis advised her. He couldn't deny that he was overjoyed to see her use that move, she performed it so gracefully like it was something she had done all her life.

"I'll remember that," she said. They looked ahead to see Yakumo testing the ladder that was embedded to the side of the wall. Following his gaze, they could see what had caught his attention. Down below appeared to be a small group of Lost scattered around; the space didn't appear to be as tight as the parking garage, but it wasn't much bigger. In the center laid a broken down car, Luna already had a plan formulating in her head.

"We should try to find a different way around," Yakumo directed them towards the path on the same level.

Looking around Luna could see a withered up mistle just a few feet away, "hey look-!" stopping dead in her tracks, it hit her. The sweet metallic scent penetrated her mask, invading her nose. Wetting her appetite, eyes glowing bright red. Despite consuming a blood bead a couple of days ago, the thirst in her throat began to claw at her. The craving and need to satisfy the need for blood growing stronger with each inhale she took.

Tightening the grip on her bayonet, her mind was starting to be swallowed by madness. Her need to drink blood was getting worse by the minute, the smell was so tantalizing, tempting her to taste. Gritting her teeth, Luna tried to focus on anything else. "Fight it! Fight it!"

Rushing over to her. "Hey what's-?!" Yakumo picked up on the scent as well, "hey Louis, you smell that?" looking over at his friend, he watched him kneel down examining something on the ground.

A small puddle of crimson liquid on the floor, from the look of it alone Louis could tell it hadn't been there long. "Human blood…. Potentially from an escapee." kneeling down, he examined the spot. Grabbing a vial from his pouch, he let a single drop of the clear liquid fall onto the blood.

Fighting back his own urges, they all turned toward the sound of footsteps approaching them. Appearing from the boxes, they all tensed up a bit. Short red hair, fading to purple tips. A long red trench coat covering his body, as the purifier mask hid most of his face. Dark purple feathers adorning the sides of his boots, his head moving side to side like he was searching for something. "Now where did she run off to?" they heard him talking to himself, taking deep breaths of the area. Catching a glimpse at the trio. "Hey, just what the hell do you think you're doing here?!"

Tension immediately surrounded them, he appeared to be ready to attack them at any moment. Louis turned towards him, "none of your business."

The man rushed up to him, getting in Louis's face. "Oh really? Then explain this…" he was clearing trying to intimidate him, but Louis wasn't phased. "Why would filth like you have the sweet scent of a human on ya?! Answer me that!" he demanded.

"Take a look at the ground you idiot." Yakumo pointed out, but that didn't seem to matter to the man.

"Look here the girl belongs to us!" he shouted, despite not seeing his eyes Luna knew that they were both deadlocked onto each other without the need of their weapons. "You get in my way and I'll make sure you all turn to ash."

Raising her bayonet she couldn't stand the way he was talking to them, especially Louis. The disrespect and rudeness, Luna could see him proudly wearing it like a crown upon his head. Her mind was screaming at her to take him out right then and there. "That's my line jackass!" her finger on the trigger. "You fucking try to attack either one of them and I'll make sure you never revive." she threatened.

Hearing him chuckle only made her blood boil, "you think I'm scared of some little girl with a gun?" he mocked her. His attention now on her, "let's be honest here girly, none of you stand a chance against me."

Luna had enough. She didn't like that his attitude was getting to her so badly, but she wasn't going to just stand there and take it anymore. "Screw this, I'm gonna enjoy destroying your heart." her finger was ready to pull the trigger, she didn't care of the repercussions of her actions. He reminded her so much of her captor, the sheer arrogance and disrespect for others. She absolutely despised it. "Revenants like you make me sick."

"That's enough!" Louis commanded, glancing over at Luna. He could see her temper had gotten the better of her, "let it go."

Lowering her weapon, "you can't be serious?"

Feeling a hand on her shoulder, she turned her head up towards Yakumo, shaking his head. "Revenants like him aren't worth wasting your resources." taking the hint from Louis, Yakumo signaled for Luna to take a step back. She hesitantly put distance between her and the red haired Revenant, hearing him laugh.

"Pathetic," placing his hands on his hips. "If I ever see you three again, I'll make sure to end you all." walking towards Louis, he purposely bumped into him. Holding it together, Louis shook his head. The man jumped from the ledge, down to the ground below.

Taking a deep breath, "fresh blood is some powerful stuff," turning towards Luna. "Are you going to be ok?" he asked her. Nodding her head, the rage she felt drowned out the hunger for blood. The scent was beginning to fade, "about time that stuff sets in."

Looking down at the small pool of human blood, it was starting to grow darker and darker. "It takes time for it to neutralize the scent of blood," he said to Yakumo. Seeing the small vial of clear liquid in his hand, "there are some humans that aren't under the protection of Silva, or are held captive by Revenants but their blood draws in both Revenants and the Lost. In order to prevent us from being swarmed by them we use this." Louis explained showing Luna the vial. "A single drop breaks down blood."

"I see," Luna was surprised that there were so many things in their world that they used for expeditions. Things that she would need to get used to and learn to use, looking back at the dried mistle she pulled the glove from her hand. The cut in her palm was starting to heal slightly, pulling out a dagger she pulled it over the same wound; wincing at the stinging pain.

Dropping a few drops of her blood onto the mistle, it darkened veins turned vibrant once again as it appeared to be breathing life once again. Removing the masks from their face, Luna could feel her body slowing beginning to heal from all the fighting. Taking a deep breath, the heaviness of the miasma was beginning to clear making it easier for her and the others to breathe. "It's been so long since we've been able to go this far." Yakumo spoke up.

"I just hope you guys remember the way," feeling her body completely recovered from her injuries Luna looked towards the path that the arrogant Revenant took. "Because right now, we have a bigger problem at hand."

Nodding their heads, "I agree," Louis spoke up. "We need to find that girl before he does."