A/N- Well this was a faster update than last time. I hope you guys like it! I will be house/dog sitting for a friend of mine so I'll be writing more, but I'm not sure about updating. I guess we'll find out though…

MagykGurl- Should I add a girl for Tyler… Hm…well… I'm not telling you. ;P

Rainydaygirl4- I'm glad you liked it!

HopelessRomantic44- It only gets worse for her…

Niffer01- I guess you'll just have to see what happens to them.

It was only a week and a half after Dena had left the hummer and the boys the night Chase had shown up and since then she had decided to leave. She called Lucy and set up plans to live with her until she could find a permanent place to live. She quickly got everything packed up into dull grey boxes and taped them up with even duller grey duct tape. As she was taping up the last of her boxes Sarah and Kate walked by and stopped when they noticed what she was doing.

"So you really are leaving?" Kate whispered. "We thought it was only a rumor."

"Well I hate to tell you it isn't, but that rumor is true. I just can't stay here any longer," Dena replied.

"Pogue and Caleb told us what happened. I don't know how Chase got stronger because he was already pretty strong, but he did. Dena you shouldn't go! You saved them!" Sarah exclaimed.

"But I was sent to kill them. They'll never trust me… and they probably won't want me near them as well. It's too hard to stay here."

"You mean it's too hard to be around Reid," Kate said. She crossed her arms over her chest and leaned on the doorway. Dena's hand stopped for a second before she got up from the floor. She ignored Kate's comment and gathered a few loose items which she put into an open back pack.

"Aren't you taking your picture?" Sarah asked.

"No, you can have it. I've got to tog. The movers I hired are ready to go and I have to get to the airport," Dena said quietly.

"You mean you're not going to say goodbye to the guys?" Sarah asked.

"I can't. You can tell them if you want, but just make sure I'm gone by then. I don't want to see them right now. I'll send you guys an e-mail though when I get back to California." Dena slung a duffel bag and her back pack over her shoulders and then grabbed the last box. She walked outside to where the medium sized moving truck was waiting for her. Sarah and Kate watched from a window as Dena handed the box to a guy in the truck. There was an exchange of words before Dena got into a van that the airport had sent.

As Sarah and Kate slowly made their way back to their dorm they stopped in Dena's room and got the painting Dena had left behind. When they got back to their room Sarah set down the painting before she found her homework and started working. A couple hours later the four sons of Ipswich walked in. Pogue and Caleb immediately went to their girlfriends' sides as Tyler found a place to sit. Reid, though, didn't move. His eyes were locked on the painting that was carelessly leaning on Sarah's nightstand. The blue eyes of the goddess trapped him where he was. She had long silvery blonde hair that flared out behind her and the dress showed her every curve before fanning out at the waist. Behind her was a crescent moon that gave off a haunting glow.

"Is that... is that Dena's painting?" Reid asked. Sarah looked at the painting and nodded sadly. "She gave it to you?" Reid tried to hide the hurt which had engulfed his body, but wasn't sure if it worked when Sarah looked at him with sad eyes.

"Reid, Dena left. It's been about two hours," Sarah explained.

"What?" Reid choked out.

"She said she couldn't stay here; not after the lighthouse incident," Kate said.

"She said that?" Tyler asked. Reid had stumbled into a chair and his hands were buried in his hair.

"Something like that. We saw her right before she left," Kate said.

"She didn't say goodbye?" Caleb asked.

"Can you really blame her? Look at how you guys have been treating her. Ever since that night you just ignore her and if you do have to say something to her it's usually blunt and no more than five words," Sarah said, anger growing inside of her.

"Can you blame us Sarah?" Reid yelled back at her. "She was sent here to kill us!" His face had gone from horror stricken and filled with pain to cold and distant.

"She also saved you from you worst enemy!" Sarah yelled back. She had stood up and was now trying to face Reid, but Caleb had grabbed her and held her back.

"How are we supposed to look at her again? We can't trust her obviously!" Reid growled. He had also tried to advance, but Tyler and swiftly grabbed him and was keeping him back.

"So it wouldn't be the same as before that night. So what? You would have to work on a new friendship."

"She lies to us, Sarah! She lied to all of us! I wouldn't be surprised if everything she said was a lie. She lied to me too! She took my trust and heart and burned it all!" Reid yelled.

"She lied to you because she didn't tell you why she wasn't sent here? Who she really was?"

"Exactly."

"Last time I checked it took a similar situation for me to find out about who you guys really were. Kate had to wait till now. So would you consider that lying as well?" Sarah questioned.

"Sarah…" Caleb whispered.

"If so, should I have no trust in Caleb or any of you? Should I just ignore you and stop talking to you?" Sarah continued. "Last time I checked Kate and I are still talking to all of you, still continuing our relationships, and we're still supporting you."

"We weren't sent here to kill you."

"No, but what if Chase had never shown up? You wouldn't know that piece of information about Dena. You could have been kept in the dark just as long as Kate was if not longer."

Reid's fists were clenched and his face was turning an angry shade of red as he listened and fought with Sarah. Reid's eyes went black before flying to the painting. Kate gave a small squeak and clung to Pogue when Reid's eyes quickly passed over her. It was the first time Kate saw the black eyes and felt the power emanate off of them and flow into the room. The painting rose up into the air and came to the middle of the room. Everyone started yelling at Reid to stop, but he simply sent the painting to a bare wall and let it break on impact. When his eyes returned to normal he saw the two girls close to tears and his fellow brothers stunned to silence.

"Dena was right to leave. If she hadn't she would have died," Kate whispered into Pogue's shoulder. Reid heard Kate's comment and his head snapped to her direction.

"You think I would have physically harmed her or even killed her?"

"No, well not directly. She would have died from a broken heart. Her eyes were already dead when she left."

Reid scoffed at Kate's response to his question. He flung the door open, but before he left her turned back to the others. "She was probably just acting… and she fooled all of us."

oOoOoOo

"Dena!" Lucy yelled. Lucky was waiting by the baggage claim. Her hair was up in a sloppy bun and she was wearing a white tank top and blue board shorts over a purple bikini. The two girls ran to each other and gave each other hugs. The smell of salt water and sunscreen engulfed Dena's nose.

"Been surfing?" Dena asked.

"I couldn't resist. You have a bag?"

"Ya, just a duffel bag and then this back pack. My other stuff should be getting here in a couple days," Dena smiled. "You still living with your with your brother?"

"Ya, Tony is still living with me, but he also stays at a friend's house sometimes. Let's go home. Maybe we can catch a few waves before dinner." Lucy smiled. Dena just laughed and walked over to her baggage claim where she fought her way through to her bag. She grabbed her bag and followed Lucy to her old blue truck. "So are you going to go back to school or are you done?"

"I'm finished for this year. My teachers at Spencer let me take my finals before I left."

"What happened to that guy you were seeing… Reeve or something?" Dena looked at her hands as she took a few calming breaths to pull back her emotions.

"His name's Reid. I guess you can say we broke up," Dena said sadly.

"Is that why you've moved back?"

"It's one of the reasons. I'm sorry Lucy, but I don't really want to talk about what happened yet."

"That's alright. Why don't you go to sleep? It's about a two hour drive till we get home." Lucy said. Dena just nodded as she stared out the window.

Sometime during the trip Dena had indeed fallen asleep. She woke up as Lucy was pulling off the freeway and onto one of the beach roads. Dena stretched and rubbed the last of the sleep out of her eyes before sitting up. "Morning sleepy." Dena turned around to see Tony, Lucy's twin brother, sitting in the back seat.

"Hey Tony," Dena smiled. "When did you get picked up?"

"O, about twenty minutes ago. It must have been a hard and long flight if it knocked you out like that. You're usually a light sleeper."

"It was," Dena yawned. Lucy turned into the driveway of a blue, two story house that sat right on the beach. Tony helped Dena with her bays and put them into the guest room. "I still can't believe your parents got you this house." Dena said as she joined the brother and sister in their kitchen.

"It's nice of them to think of us… even if it was only once every month." Lucy said. "So what do you want for dinner? Tony was going to cook some hamburgers."

"That sounds good," Dena said.

"I'm going back out. I didn't get enough waves in today." Lucy said. She stripped her shirt off and grabbed some wax sitting on the counter.

"How many have you already surfed?"

"I don't know. I lost count earlier. I'll be back before dinner, don't worry." Lucy jumped walked out to the back deck and found a surfboard that she wanted before walking out to the beach.

"You aren't going out with her?" Tony asked as he got out hamburger from the refrigerator.

"Nah, I'm going to go set up my computer. I want to send an e-mail to some friends to tell them I made it here safely." Dena said. Everyone quickly got around to what they were supposed to be doing. Dena grabbed her computer and set it up. She went to her e-mail as soon as her internet was connected. After scanning over the unread e-mails and reporting spam she opened a blank e-mail.

S&K

I made it to Cali. The flight was long, but I'm here now. I'm staying with my friend Lucy and her brother on the beach.

-D