... I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAACK! Hello everybody and welcome back to RWBY: A Demon's Life! Before I start I just wanted to say thank you all for being patient while I got over this depression. All I can say is that my depression isn't completely gone yet, but I have some anti-depressants so if it tries to take me over again, I am prepared to go to war! Also I noticed something a little while ago. I didn't title chapter 21. I'm dumb. But whatever! No new reviews, I only own Shade and Lilian, Kannon belongs to kannonballdude, so straight to the chapter!

Chapter 22: Attack on Beacon?

In an unknown area

"We've found him." Said a grunt talking to the leader.

"Are you sure it was him?" asked the leader, in a deep voice.

"Of course." Said the grunt.

"I see." Said the leader.

"What shall we do?" asked the grunt.

"Nothing. Not yet. We must be patient. Keep a scout on him. Wait for an opportunity." Said the leader.

"Understood." Said the grunt, leaving.

"Hmph. You thought you could hide from us?" asked the leader, shaking his head.

Back in Vale

"Where could they be?!" asked Shade, confused. "I had them when I left…right? Ruby didn't take them… right?" asked Shade.

"Take what?" asked a voice behind Shade.

"Huh? Oh, hey Yang." Said Shade, before continuing his search.

"What did Ruby take?" asked Yang.

"I don't know if she took anything. Not yet at least. When did you get here anyways?" asked Shade.

"Not long after you. I saw you leave beacon so I followed you." Said Yang.

"Did you happen to see anything that looked like files fall out of my backpack?" asked Shade, hoping she had.

"Files? No, why?" asked Yang, curious.

"I had some files in my backpack, but when I got here they were gone. I figure that I either dropped them, or Ruby took them when I wasn't looking." Said Shade.

"If you want me to, I can go back to the dorm and see if Ruby has them." Said Yang.

"Please do. If she does, please tell her not to read them. Just to bring them right back to me ASAP ok?" asked Shade.

"Alright sure." Said Yang, not understanding why they were so important.

"Thanks Yang. It's really important. I can't tell you why yet, but I need you to trust me, Ok?" asked Shade.

"Of course." Said Yang.

"Thanks a million Yang." Said Shade.

After Yang had left, Shade continued his search around town, and saw someone he didn't recognize, but when he looked back, he assumed it was just a trick of the light.

When Yang arrived back at beacon she went straight to her dorm, to see Ruby on her bed staring at the ceiling as if thinking deeply about something.

"Hey sis!" said Yang.

"Hm. Oh, hey Yang." Said Ruby quickly before turning back to the ceiling.

"You didn't happen to take any files out of Shade's backpack did you?" asked Yang.

"What? No, why would I do that?" asked Ruby.

"1, because I know you would be curious about them if you saw them. 2, Shade said you specifically when he said someone who would take them. 3, I saw you take them before Shade left." Said Yang.

"Alright, I took them." Said Ruby.

"Did you read any of them?" asked Yang.

"Yeah. I read everything." Admitted Ruby.

"You need to forget everything you read, and give those back to Shade as soon as he gets back." Said Yang.

"But Yang-" but Ruby was cut off by Neo, Kami, and Risa entering the room, looking for Shade.

"Hey guys. What's up?" asked Yang.

"We're looking for Shade. Have you seen him?" asked Risa.

"Yeah. He went into town to work on a contract for Matt. At least that's what Weiss said. I also saw him. It seemed like he had just finished one. His look was one of shock." Said Yang.

"He told me that too." Said Ruby.

"Yeah, but we called Matt, and he said Shade never came there today." Said Risa.

Yang and Ruby were both concerned. If Shade didn't go into town to do a job for Matt, why did he?

"Do either of you know what reason he could have to leave without telling anyone why, cause I can't." asked Neo.

"Well, it might have something to do with these." Said Ruby taking out the files.

"What are those?" asked Kami, eyeing the folder.

"They're files from a mental asylum. I don't know whose they are about, but Shade was reading them in the library before he left. He hid them when he saw me there though. Then he left for town." Said Ruby.

"Strange. What do they say?" asked Kami.

"Wait. When I saw Shade in town he said that he didn't want anyone to read these." Said Yang.

"He told me that when I got them for him too." Said an angry voice from the doorway.

Everyone looked to the doorway to see a very angry Weiss standing there. Before anyone could react Weiss had the folder.

"If he hid them from us, don't you think he had a reason?" asked Weiss.

"Well, yeah, but why?" asked Ruby.

"I know why, but I promised him I wouldn't say anything." Said Weiss.

"Alright." Said Yang before a male voice came from behind Weiss.

"I knew I could trust you Weiss." Said the voice.

Everyone looked behind Weiss, to see Shade standing there looking at everyone but Weiss with a look of barely supressed anger.

"Oh, you're here. Here you go Shade." said Weiss, handing him the folder. Shade quickly stored it in his backpack.

"Thanks Weiss." Said Shade, before turning back to everyone else. "Did anyone read anything?" asked Shade.

"NO!" yelled Ruby, just making herself more suspicious.

"Oh really? Why would you take them if not to read them?" asked Shade.

"Well…um…because…" Ruby struggled to answer.

"Now, let me ask again. Did anyone read anything?" asked Shade, looking at Ruby.

"Yes. I read them all. But no one else did." Said Ruby.

"I see. You couldn't wait until I finished reading them could you." Said Shade.

"No. I just wanted to know why you were hiding them, and to be fair, I still don't know why. I just know what was in the files." Said Ruby.

"I see. Well, I'm going to head to the library and continue. Ruby, you need to forget everything in those files. You have no reason to know anything that was in those files." Said Shade sternly.

"How can I? Telling me to forget it just makes it harder to forget." Said Ruby.

"I see. Just don't disturb me while I'm reading then, Ok?" asked Shade.

"Of course." Said Ruby.

"Goodbye." Said Shade.

With that Shade left, and even though he seemed fine with it, everyone could tell he was still mad at Ruby.

"You shouldn't have read those files Ruby. He had a reason not to tell any of us about those." Said Weiss laving as well.

"Yeah. You shouldn't have even taken them." Said Yang.

"But how did Weiss know about them?" asked Ruby. "She would've had to have taken them at some point too!" said Ruby.

"I only know about them because I got them for him." Said Weiss.

"Oh." Said Ruby.

"Why did you read them Ruby?" asked Neo.

"Yeah. It was clear he didn't want anyone else to see them." Said Weiss.

"I just wanted to know. When I saw him after he had read them he had an indescribable look on his face. Almost as if he found out his whole life had been a lie." Said Ruby, trying to explain it.

"Hm. I wonder…" said Yang before trailing off.

"What?" asked Risa.

"I was just thinking, maybe Ozpin would know something." Said Yang.

"Why would the headmaster know something?" asked Kami.

"Two reasons. First, he had called Shade to his office before Shade got those files. Second, he knows some things about Shade's past that Shade didn't even know. Maybe he knows about this." Said Yang.

"A reasonable assumption Yang, but Shade is already mad. He may have tried to hide it, but he is really mad." Said Weiss.

"Exactly, which is why we ask now. He can't be any angrier at us, so we do this now before he forgives us." Said Yang.

"Not a good idea Yang. If there is one thing I know about Shade, it is that his anger has no limit. This may push him over the edge, and we all saw what happened last time. Well, other than Kami and Risa, and I would like to keep them from witnessing that sight." Said Neo.

"Alright. Then we won't ask Ozpin yet." Said Yang, defeated.

After Shade had gotten back to the library, he sat at the same desk and pulled out the folder, and continued.

"Let's see. Doctor's notes." Said Shade, taking out the notes.

"Doctor's note 1. July 1st 19XX. Patient 11047.

The patient was dropped off early today. He seemed to be in perfect metal condition, but after observing his behavior around so many doctors, it seems his mental state is quite questionable. He tried to attack every doctor he saw, so he needed to be restrained. It would appear that he has an issue with doctors. After he was placed in his room, his demeanor changed quickly. His face calmed, but after a doctor came to see him, he attacked again. The doctor needed to be pulled out of the room to prevent the boy from killing him, which it seems he was intent on doing. It would seem we should not attempt to converse with him in person. We will conduct more tests tomorrow. I don't like the way I see this ending.

Dr. A. Politian."

"Alright. First day and already an attempted murder. What the hell did they do to me? To make me hate doctors this much." Said Shade.

"Doctor's note 2. July 2 19XX. Patient 11047.

Warning! Brutal murder described here! You have been warned!

Early this morning, a doctor was found mutilated in the boy's room. His entire body was covered with claw marks, gashes as well as countless stab marks. It would seem the boy finished him off by ripping out his throat. The man had a large hole in his chest, and his heart was on the floor next to the boy. The boy had blood caked all over his body. There was blood and dead skin under his nails. His teeth were also covered in blood. He held a bloody knife in his hand. After looking into his eyes, they showed absolutely no remorse for what he had done. However, they were not emotionless, although I almost wish they were. They only showed joy. Happiness. Glee. Almost sickening giddiness. He didn't regret what he did. In fact, he was happy with it. After glancing at the rest of us, he calmed down. Then he smiled. His only words were 'I tried to warn him. But he wouldn't listen. I told him all I would do is kill, but he wouldn't listen. I needed to prove it to him. I'm happy I was able to prove him wrong. But he deserved it. He wears the same coat as that monster. It was his fault I am like this.' After hearing this, I sent in a man in a lab coat. After the doctor was pulled out, he went back in, in normal clothes, and the boy didn't advance at all. It seemed he didn't have a problem with doctors, so much as a problem with men in lab coats. Tomorrow, I will attempt to converse with him.

Dr. A. Politian."

OK, no more gruesome.

"Well, that was gruesome. I just killed him? With no reason…well, no real reason." Said Shade, shocked.

As Shade read on and on, he learned that the conversations had gone over well when she was not in a lab coat. In fact, he seemed to be in a good mood whenever he saw her, so long as she wasn't wearing a lab coat. The notes went on to describe that the doctor had pushed against a full memory wipe, but she was overruled, and tasked with teaching the boy, Shade, everything he would've forgotten. It explained why he couldn't remember anything before age seven, but not why he had such a problem with doctors.

"Alright, anything else?" asked Shade. As he looked back in the folder on the desk, he found a cassette tape. It was labelled, "When you find this, listen."

"Strange title. Whatever." Said Shade.

He put everything back in the folder and put it in his backpack. He walked back to his room and took out the cassette tape. He put the tape in the cassette player in his room. He then rewound it and hit play. At first it seemed to be mindless babbling. Shade listened to it over and over again, but still couldn't understand anything. He wasn't sure what he was supposed to do with it.

"Hm. I wonder." Said Shade as he took out the tape. Transferred the sound from the tape to his laptop and played it backwards.

As he hit play, he could understand everything perfectly. The tape was not from the mental asylum, it was from before then. He heard a voice he didn't recognize, but for some odd reason, it sparked a whole new level of anger in him. The voice made his blood run cold.

"Patient Testing. Number 3729." Said the voice.

"That's me." Said Shade.

"Full name, BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Hill." Said the voice after the static cut out.

"It cut out my first name. Dammit." Said Shade.

"Attempted Genetics. Beowolf, Deathstalker, and Ursa. Expected results. Speed of Beowolf, strength of Ursa, venom of Deathstalker. Subject has survived initial treatment, and is expected to survive. Only took the Beowolf genetics so far." Said the voice as the tape ended.

"Just Beowolf huh?" said Shade.

So, he was apparently part Beowolf. As expected, the tape had left him with more questions than answers. Who was that man, why did he hate that voice, when and where was this recorded, how could he find the answers he was looking for? These questions circled around in his head for a few minutes until a knock was heard at the door. He went and opened the door, to see Ruby standing there.

"Hey Ruby. Sorry I got so mad. You were just curious, but if you wanted to know, you only would've had to have waited until now. Get the rest of your team, as well as Velvet. Not my team, JNPR, CRDL, SSLM, or the rest of Velvet's team." Said Shade.

"Already got them all, Weiss' idea." Said Ruby, everyone else showing up behind her.

"Alright. Come on in." said Shade.

Everyone entered and sat across from Shade.

"Alright. I should let you know first, I found out form Ozpin that I am part grim. It seems that you already know that, I just want to confirm that for you. Apparently, I was meant to be part Beowolf, Deathstalker, and Ursa, but I only know for sure that the Beowolf genetics stayed. The others, I don't know." Said Shade. He then explained how those were his files, as well as what he had read about in them, but only the important part.

"So there you go. That's all I know. I don't know where I'm going to go from here, but when I find out, I'll let you five know." Said Shade.

"What about everyone else?" asked Velvet.

"Believe me, I wish I could tell them, but I just don't feel I can trust them enough. Not even my own team. One thing I know, sometimes trusting people is hard, but it isn't impossible." Said Shade.

"Hmpf." Said a voice from outside the door. Shade got up and looked outside, but didn't see anyone.

"Who was it?" asked Velvet.

"Not sure. No one is out here." Said Shade.

"Weird." Said Velvet.

"Yeah. Anyways, what are you going to do now?" asked Ruby.

"Not sure. I think I'm going to go for a walk around town. Just some alone time to clear my head." Said Shade.

"Alright. Lead the way." Said Ruby, not realizing that he said "alone time".

"Um Ruby? He said 'Alone time.' As in just him." Said Velvet.

"Oh, alright. See you soon then." Said Weiss.

"Bye Shade. Stay safe." Said Velvet, trying to be threatening, but she ended up just being adorable.

"Alright Velvet. I'll see you tomorrow." Said Shade, kissing her on the forehead.

Velvet blushed a deep crimson.

"See you." Said Shade, leaving the room, and heading for the airships.

"Wow. I can't even imagine what he is feeling right now." Said Blake.

"I know what you mean. He has to be freaking out inside. Imagine finding out you're part grim. I mean, we kill grim for a living." Said Yang.

"I know." Said Velvet.

Once Shade arrived in town, he decided to pay a visit to Matt's store. On the way there, he stopped by a weapon store and was about to buy some ammo until he found something interesting. It was a dagger. Normally, he wouldn't even consider buying it, but he decided to get it in case he ever lost his swords. Even though it was unlikely for him to leave them anywhere, he could still lose them in a fight. He could use the dagger to fight his way back to them. Looking over the dagger, it had a black handle with a strange insignis carved on it. The blade itself was made of silver. There was also a ruby placed into the end of the dagger. Shade bought the dagger and slid it into his inner coat pocket. He then started to walk towards Matt's store. When he arrived he saw that it was closed. It was only then he realized how late it had gotten. He began walking back to beacon, when he got the feeling he was being followed. He shrugged it off, but the second he turned around, he was restrained and a cloth was held over his mouth. The sudden shock caused him to gasp, taking in a huge breath. He immediately started feeling faint, before he passed out.

"Good. Get rid of his swords and that pack. Make sure they know we have him, and make sure they find this pack." Said a man.

"Already taken care of. There is a note outside their door." Said another man as he walked up to the other two.

"Good. Now pick him up and let's go." Said the first man.

The others picked up Shade and carried him off.

"We've got you now. You didn't help us, but you will. Whether you want to or not." Said the leader.

The next day, Kami, Risa and Neo woke up and noticed Shade was gone.

"Where is he this time?" asked Neo. She then picked up her scroll and called Weiss.

"Hey Neo. What's up?" asked Weiss.

"It's Shade. He isn't back yet." Said Neo.

"What?" asked Weiss.

"Hang on. We found a note outside our room." Said Neo.

"What does it say?" asked Weiss.

"Hang on. It says 'We have your friend. If you want to hear from him, wait until noon. We will call you, and you will see then true nature of this creature'. That's it." Said Neo.

"He's been…kidnapped." Said Weiss.

"WHAT?!" yelled Weiss' team.

"Meet us in the cafeteria. Get everyone and meet us there." Said Neo.

"Got it." Said Weiss, hanging up.

Meanwhile, in an unknown location.

"Ugh, my head." Said Shade, waking up. He tried to move his hands, but found himself to be tied to the chair he was in.

"Ah, you're awake. Good." Said a man.

"Who are you? Where am I? What do you want?" asked Shade, still trying to wriggle free of his bonds.

"Enough with all the questions. Simply put though, the answer to your question is we want your help. We know what you are, and we want you to help us get revenge on those who have wronged us. The hunters and huntresses at beacon academy." Said the man.

"What? NO! Why would I help you kill my friends?" asked Shade, appalled.

"You honestly think they are your friends? HA, pathetic. You can't trust them. You can't trust anyone." Said the man.

"What are you talking about? Nevermind. I'm not going to help you." Said Shade.

"We thought you might say that. Oh well though. Here, drink this." Said the man.

It was at this point Shade became aware of the dryness in his throat.

"Thanks, I guess." Said Shade, opening his mouth.

He drank the liquid, until he started feeling funny.

"What was that?" asked Shade.

"We expected you to not accept our offer, so we decided to make an insurance policy. This is a mind control potion. You will fall under our control within 2 minutes. See you soon." Said the man.

5 minutes later. The man returned. By then Shade had realized that they must have screwed up the potion, because he still didn't want to attack beacon. But, if he wanted to be set free, he would have to fake it.

"So then. Will you help us?" asked the man.

"Of course. All those traitors at beacon must die." Said Shade.

"Very well. Follow me." Said the man, untying Shade's binds.

"Of course." said Shade, glad that he was free.

In the main room.

"Hello. I see Shade had finally seen the truth. Welcome to The Blood Brothers." Said the man.

"I assume you are the boss here." Said Shade.

"Of course. Now, we have a call to make." Said the leader.

Back at beacon, Neo and the others were waiting altogether for the call. Just as the clock struck twelve, Neo's scroll buzzed. She quickly answered it.

"Hello. I am the leader of The Blood Brothers. I'm sure you are curious as to why The Blood Brothers exist, but we do. It is not important why. We have Shade, and he has finally seen you for the traitors you are. Just see for yourself." Said the leader turning the video to show Shade with an emotionless expression.

"Shade! Are you Ok?" asked Velvet, yelling into the screen.

"Now I am. I know the truth about you monsters. You don't care about me, and now that I know that, I can finally cut all ties with you and bring all of you to the death you deserve." Said Shade, before winking. No one but Velvet caught it, but she kept quiet, knowing he was planning this.

"What are you talking about Shade?! We care! We all do." Said Yang.

"STOP LYING TO ME!" yelled Shade, looking frustrated.

Everyone was silent after hearing Shade's outburst.

"I'm sorry, but it appears we need to let you go. Can't risk the other one coming out. Goodbye. See you soon. If you want to find us, go into town. You will find your 'friend's' items there. You will also find another note. Find us… before we find you." Said the leader before hanging up.

"What did he mean by that?" asked Neo.

"They're planning to attack beacon." Said Coco.

"They can't be. We have hunters and huntresses with us here. They can't win. It would be suicide." Said Kami.

"No. They have Shade with them, and if I'm not mistaken, they also have others like Shade. If they really are The Blood Brothers, we are all in danger. We need to tell Ozpin. He needs to know." Said Ruby.

"Yeah. But we have a question. What the hell are you talking about? How is Shade so dangerous? Who are The Blood Brothers? What is going on?" asked Risa, speaking for Kami as well.

"You see, we should let Ozpin explain it, we don't know enough about it yet." Said Weiss.

"Then let's go see Ozpin. NOW!" yelled Risa, pulling Kami.

"Here we go." Said Weiss.

When they arrived at Ozpin's office, Ozpin also had Port, Oobleck, and Glynda with him.

"Are you sure headmaster?" asked Port.

"Yes. The conversation was recorded. I am sure of it." Said Ozpin.

"What shall we do Headmaster?" asked Oobleck.

"We must prepare. Ready our weapons, and keep an eye on the path leading here for them." Said Ozpin.

"What should we do?" asked Yang.

"Go into town. Find the next note. Find their hideout and tell us where it is." Said Ozpin.

"Yes Ozpin. Let's go guys." Said Yang.

"Not all of you. We need some here in case of an attack." Said Ozpin.

"Then who?" asked Yang.

"Ruby, Velvet, Fox, Pyrrha, and Cardin. You will team with a new student. He doesn't trust many others, but he is very skilled. Come on in Kannon." Said Ozpin.

A boy walked in. He looked to be around seventeen years old. He was a snake-like faunus. His hair was long and in a ponytail, brown with dark-green lowlights. He also had a goatee. His eyes were bright green with slit pupils, and he had no eyelids. He had a large scar across his right eye, almost like Shade's scar, and his right arm looked like it was synthetic. He was built very athletically and had large legs and hands. He looked to be around seven feet, eight inches tall. He was wearing armor. It had holders for dust canisters and storage for extra ammo. The helmet he was wearing seemed to have a tracker of some sort on it and only his left eye was showing. No one could spot a weapon anywhere on him.

"Everyone, meet Kannon Ambrosuis Lawson." Said Ozpin, introducing the boy.

"Hello Kannon. I'm Yang. Nice to meet you." Said Yang.

Kannon however, didn't respond. He just looked over the others and it was clear he couldn't trust any of them.

"Do you not trust us?" asked Velvet.

Kannon simply scoffed at this remark. "To trust another is to lay your life in their hands and say, do as you will." After this, he fell silent.

"That's an… interesting perspective." Said Weiss.

"There we are. You will travel with Kannon to find their hideout and then report back to us. You are dismissed." Said Ozpin.

"Whatever. Let's get this over with." Said Kannon.

"So, what's your weapon?" asked Ruby.

Kannon looked at Ruby, and it seemed like he could trust her slightly. Kannon looked at her suspiciously. As he looked into her eyes, he felt like she could be someone that he could actually tolerate, and maybe eventually, trust.

"If you really want to know, my weapon is a chainsword, or a chainsaw sword, which can be transformed into a Gatling gun." Said Kannon.

"Alright, what did you name it?" Asked Ruby.

"I named it Brightroar." Said Kannon.

"That's an awesome name. So do you think you are ready to help us save our friend?" asked Ruby.

"Ready as I'll ever be." Said Kannon.

"Alright. I guess we need to go into town now. Let's find Shade." said Pyrrha.

"Yeah, I need to get my boyfriend back." Said Velvet.

'Oh really? Boyfriend?' thought Kannon.

"Then let's go." Said Cardin.

Ruby then led the group out of beacon and they started toward the airships. When they arrived at the airships they boarded the first on that was going to town. When it landed they instantly saw Shade's backpack along with his swords.

"This his stuff?" asked Kannon.

"Yeah. These are his swords. It looks like the next note should be around here somewhere." Said Ruby.

"I found it." Said Velvet.

Velvet picked up the note and opened it up.

"Alright, here we go. 'Well done. If you go to the dock, you will find a ware house. You may recognize it as the one where you attacked The White Fang and you were ambushed by Roman Torchwick, Cinder Fall and Adam Taurus. That is where we are. But you will need to find a secret switch on the back wall. It will open a secret hallway. If you follow it to the end, you will find our base. Happy Hunting.' That's what it says." Said Velvet.

"Alright, let's go get Ozpin and the others." Said Ruby, walking back with everyone else. However, Velvet had a different idea.

After the others left Velvet left for the warehouse. Kannon looked over to her and saw that she wasn't following the group.

"What's up?" asked Kannon.

"I… I need to-" Velvet was cut off.

"I know, but you can't do it alone can you?" asked Kannon.

"I can try." Said Velvet.

"Yes you can try, but you will fail. Do you really think you can't wait for a few hours?" asked Kannon.

"No I can't. I need my boyfriend back. He's the only person that ever cared about me. You don't know the story, but to sum it up, a few guys were bullying me, and Shade was the first person to step in to defend me. He saved me, so now I want to save him." Said Velvet.

"I see. Well then, I suppose you'll need some help with that." Said Kannon.

"No, I can't ask you to do that for someone you've never met." Said Velvet.

"You know, I normally wouldn't do this. But for some reason, I feel like I need to save this Shade person. Not sure why, but I feel like I should help save him. Lead me to the warehouse and I'll help you." Said Kannon.

"Really? Thank you Kannon. I promise I'll pay you back for this." Said Velvet.

"No need. I am doing this of my own volition. Let's go save Shade." Said Kannon.

"Thank you." Said Velvet.

Velvet then led Kannon to the warehouse where her and her friends were ambushed. The two walked into the warehouse and searched for the switch on the back wall. After a few minutes of searching, Velvet found it and flipped it. Suddenly, a secret passage opened up beside it.

"I'd wager my life that this passage will lead us to your boyfriend. Are you ready for a fight? We may need to fight our way through the others to get to him." Said Kannon.

"I'm always ready for a fight. That's why I'm training to be a huntress." Said Velvet.

"Then let's go." Said Kannon.

"Hey Kannon? Just in case we don't make it out, Thank you. For helping me." Said Velvet.

"You're welcome. But don't talk like that. We'll make it out." Said Kannon.

"You're right. We are here to save Shade!" said Velvet, full of determination.

They both ran in with their weapons at the ready and attacked everyone they encountered. As they ran through the hallway, only a few members avoided their attacks, but they didn't kill anyone, just immobilized them. After a few minutes they reached a large room. It looked like the room they got the call from. After walking in, someone attacked them from behind and tackled them to the ground.

"Hmph!" yelled Velvet after being tackled.

"Shh! It's me." Said Shade covering her mouth.

"Shade. What's up?" asked Velvet.

"Look. I'm only here to gather information. I need to find out about myself. But now I need to tie you two up if I want to earn their trust." Said Shade.

"What? There is no way your tying me up." Said Kannon.

"Kannon. This is my boyfriend. I promise you he'll never hurt us. You can trust him completely." Said Velvet.

"Do you swear?' asked Kannon.

"Yes. I do." Said Velvet.

"Fine then. Velvet, you have earned my trust, so I will trust Shade as well." Said Kannon, following Shade and Velvet into another room where there was only two chairs and a large cage.

"So, you're going to tie us to these chairs?" asked Kannon.

"Yeah. Don't want to but I have to." Said Shade.

Velvet and Kannon sat down and let Shade tie them up. When he finished he was tacked from behind,, chained up and put in the cage.

"What the deal? Weren't we on the same team?" asked Shade

"We know you're lying about being on our side, but it was a good opportunity to get the most powerful Blood Brother here so we could finish you off. Then, we can't be stopped." Said the leader.

Shade realized that while he thought he was playing them, he was in reality playing himself.

"We'll be back soon, but first, we'll weaken your friends." Said the leader taking a knife out. He walked over to Velvet and stabbed her in the arm, causing her to cry out in pain. He then approached Kannon and did the same, but when Kannon didn't cry out, he looked at his arm. When he did, he noticed that the arm was synthetic.

"A fake arm huh? Whatever, won't help you now." Said the leader, leaving.

"They played me. Played me like a fiddle. I'm sorry Velvet. You too… I think I heard your name was Kannon." Said Shade.

"You heard right." Said Kannon.

"Hey Velvet. I need to say this now, in case we don't make it. I love you." Said Shade.

Shade's sudden and unexpected outburst shocked everyone in the room.

"Really?" asked Velvet, tearing up.

"Yes. I wish I could do something else, but I don't want to do it if we're just going to die anyways." Sad Shade.

"We won't die. Everyone is coming and they will save us. Just do or say whatever you were going to do or say." Said Kannon.

"But are you sure? I mean, you don't know what I'm going to do, but now that I'm thinking about it, even though I do want it, I can't do it so soon. If we make it out. I'll do it when we get back to beacon." Said Shade.

Normally we wouldn't be able to get out, but luckily I think I can wriggle out these bonds. Then I can break us out." Said Kannon.

"Nice try, but that will just kill you quicker. If those bonds are broken, it will activate the mines under the floor and blow us all to oblivion." Said the guard.

"Dammit." Said Shade, growling.

In fact, how do you like this." Said the guard, punching Velvet.

"Leave her alone!" yelled Shade, menacingly.

"What are you going to do to stop me? We've got the demon caged." Said the guard, punching her again.

"Oh really? You think you have the demon caged, but you don't. You have Shade Hill caged. If the demon was out, you would be dead at this moment. If you lay another finger on her, that is EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN!" said Shade, with his eyes twitching.

"Prove it." Said the guard, punching Velvet again.

"You asked for it!" yelled Shade, releasing the demon. As the demon was released, his fingernails grew into claws, his teeth grew into fangs, and his voice became ragged.

"What the hell?" asked the guard.

"I tried to warn you, but you wouldn't listen." Said Shade, ripping his cage door off, picking up two of the steel pipes and ripping the ropes off Kannon.

"NO! THE MINES!" yelled Kannon.

"I didn't untie it. I ripped it off. Get a pipe and start swinging." said Shade, smashing the guard's face the bar. After the guard was long dead, he helped Velvet up, and ripped off her ropes.

"My hero." Said Velvet, kissing Shade, even though he was still in demon form, and couldn't kiss back.

"No time. Grab something and help me." Said Shade.

"Got it. Let's go." Said Kannon.

"Alright. Time to unleash the demon." Said Shade.

Shade closed his eyes, and allowed the demon to take full control. His eyes turned black.

"What the hell? His eyes do that too?" asked Kannon.

"What? Too?" asked Velvet.

Hello once again. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. This wasn't as long in the works as I thought it would be. Well, rather I thought the depression would take longer to get over, but thanks to the therapist, my doctor, and my friends, in real life and online. Thanks to them I got over this depression earlier than anticipated, and thanks to you guys. My viewers, it is thanks to you that I was able to get this chapter out so soon. You guys motivated me to write this chapter. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope you will leave a review. And, as always, I hope to see you in the next chapter. Goodbye.