A/N: writers block…. Erg….. All I can think about is my other fanfic, Moon Child, which you should read if you like Sesshomaru.

Disclaimer: If I owned Trinity Blood, the series wouldn't have ended.

Stella gasped and her body jerked. She was drowning in her own bloodlust. She needed to stop this now or it would be Abel's blood she was drowning on. She called out to her friend, but couldn't hear his voice. Everything was seen through a red mist. She bit her finger in an attempt to bring herself back, but the metallic taste of blood set her senses aflame.

A girl looked at by all with revulsion…

She gritted her teeth and screamed through them holding her head. Her finger drove themselves in her head and drew blood.

"I'm sorry…"

Her fingers greedily sucked in the blood, absorbing it and adding it to its own power. Stella shut her eyes tight and writhed away from something restraining her against herself.

"I'm a monster…"

Her fangs grew sharper. She lifted her tongue slightly, and there was a deep gash left. Her Titan healing fixed her, but the string of pain remained like a scar.

"You are not a monster…"

Stella's eyes snapped open. Abel's words echoed through her head. Her fangs went back to their original size.

Strong arms embracing her…

Stella dropped her arms to her sides, limply letting them hand there. Her eyes drained of the bloodlust.

Someone's voice whispering into her hair…

Stella looked around. Tres was standing before her, emotionlessly watching her. But where…

"You are not a monster."

"You are not a monster."

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Abel felt Stella go limp. He whispered into her hair the only words that seemed to have had any affect on her. Four blue eyes met as Stella looked at him, her being devoid of any bloodlust. Before he knew what was happening, Stella threw her arms around him.

"Abel, thank you."

She grew limp once again. Abel put her down, hoping that she would be all right.

"Status report, Father Abel Nightroad."

"I think she will be all right after some rest, Tres. I remember when I had to resist my Crusnick. It was exhausting. She needs some rest."

"Acceptable."

Abel sat on the floor. "What do we do now?"

Stella moaned slightly.

"Well, I guess we could wait until Stella wakes up. Titans heal easier, I suppose."

"Acceptable."

They sat there in silence for twenty minutes. Stella groaned a few times, then her blue eyes flew open. She blinked a few times and moaned.

"Are you all right, Stella?"

Stella closed her eyes for a moment. Every now and then her fingers or legs would twitch. "No sustaining injuries, and my state of mind is all right. I'm too tired to move. I might as well be paralyzed." She raised her neck with obcious diffuculty and let her head fall on the solid cement floor. "Stupid!"

Abel smiled. "You shouldn't blame yourself you did very well."

Stella blinked then shook her head. "What do we do now?"

"We have to figure out what's going on."

"I already know."

"What?" Abel looked at her with astonishment.

"They are genetically mutating Methuselah faster than evolution intended and that is having adverse affects on the ones they test their drugs on. The human victims were nothing more than just that, human victims. I have a feeling that if we went back into those cells, half of them would be humans the other half, Methuselah. The Methuselah who escaped or allowed on the streets cannot be controlled, explaining the Methuselah victim and those two humans that were found." Stella sighed and Abel saw her eyes well over, though the tears did not spill. "That's why they have been changing and that's why Methuselah criminal acts have been multiplying over the past two years."

"Very good, for a Terran."

They all jumped as the voice echoed throughout the room. Abel stood up, pulling out his gun and ready to defend his fallen friend. He looked around wildly, but no one was in the room with them.

"Where are you?" he called out boldly.

"Father Abel Nightroad, I can detect the sounds are coming from a loud speaker point five meters above your head and three meters over." Tres said.

There was an evil chuckle. "How about this, you three come and see me in the main room and we see what we can do with you?" There was a crackle and the speaker was gone.

Stella tried to lift herself up and failed. Sighing she said, "They are going to try to eat us. They will be surprised when they find a Crusnick, Titan and an android fighting."

Abel stooped down to try to pick her up. "You can't fight." He said firmly.

Stella growled. "Father Nightroad, if I see you two getting hurt or if myself is in danger I will not be able to resist my demon."

Abel was taken aback by the sudden fierceness in her usually docile blue eyes. He bit his lip. "Stella, if we are not in danger I want you stay out of the fight."

Stella nodded, or at least tried to, considering her head was on the ground. Tres stepped around Abel and picked her up. They walked outside and down the cold corridor. When they stepped out into the hallway, Abel kept an eye on the dark, waiting figure in the grand room just before the prison.

When they had fully descended the steps, Abel heard Stella gasp from behind him. "I know him!"

A/N: Pretty obvious, don't ya think?