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The Black Angel

Chapter 11

Time for Change

The Blood Lioness sat with the unusually emotional Darren. The man was working very hard to keep the worry and anger from his face. The anger being directed towards the few Dessert Panthers who were sitting in the bar. The worry came from the lack of knowledge of where Alex was. If any of the Panthers suspected Darren of siding with Alex, they could kill him, and thus the effort of trying to contain himself.

The Lioness had the luxury of her dark red, hood of the cape to keep her face concealed from the rest of the world.

"You two are easily readable," an older voice said as he came up to the pair. "At least you are, Darren."

Darren sneered at him. "Get out of here, you're marked."

"Don't be rude," the Lioness remarked to Darren. She turned to the much older man. "I've seen you with your men, and you're on Dana's list of people to keep under the influence of something. So you've got to be something special."

"He's Alex's uncle," Darren responded.

"So special indeed, the uncle that gave Alex her Cat?" the Lioness said casually. "What does he mean by marked?"

The older man turned around and pulled the back of his shirt up. There was a clear brand on his back. It was very simple, a panther's paw print broken into tiny pieces.

"Marked in deed," Lioness said as she gently touched the skin that for had so long been burned. "So we have a common enemy. But what do you need?"

"I need to get in contact with Alex, my nephew made sure that she would keep her distance from me, but she needs to know something," the man said simply.

"Alex doesn't need to see you," Darren snarled.

Lioness sharply jabbed her elbow into Darren's side. "While my friend is very rude, he is right. Alex bears that same mark now, if the rumors are true. Whoever her friends are, they're currently nursing her back to life. Not to mention they won't be letting her out of their sight for a while."

"They can come with, I'm not opposed to meeting my niece's friends," Alex's uncle said with a smile.

Lioness looked around the bar. The lone bandits were few among the Dessert Panthers who were starting a bar fight with some poor guy. "Not here, once I choose a place I'll let everyone know."

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Alex woke up with a smile on her face, and Cat's nose pressed to her own. "You are not who I expected waking up to."

The young women was clutching on to an Imperial jacket that was made up of Karl's scent. The entire bed was made up of Karl's scent. Alex turned to Cat. "Why'd you kick him out?"

"I kicked myself out," Karl said as he came out of his bathroom.

Alex sat up and looked Karl in the eye. "Why'd you do that?"

"Because you have a lot to figure out," Karl said as he sat down on the bed next to her. "And I'm not going to be another person you brag about to Herman and O'Connell."

"You really don't know me at all," Alex snapped before jumping up. Cat scrambled to follow Alex.

"Wait, wait, wait," Karl said grabbing her by her shoulders, "I just think we have some things to work out before we move forward."

"I needed comfort, not someone to lecture me," Alex said wrenching her shoulders from Karl's grip. "Next time I'll just go see Rob."

Alex pushed the door open and stormed down the hall. Cat jumped off of Karl's bed and turned to the man. The organoid looked at Karl before shaking its head and trotting to catch up with Alex who had already turned a corner down the hall.

"Great, now I get to deal with Herman," Schubaltz said.

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Herman and O'Connell flattened themselves against the wall as Alex and Cat charged through. Herman turned to the teal haired man. "She's so cute when she's angry."

"You always say that unless she is mad at you," O'Connell pointed out.

At that moment, Schubaltz tried to run through the hallway, Herman grabbed the man by the shoulders and stopped him in his place. "Do you want to explain why your Black Angel is so pissed right now?"

"Just a little misunderstanding," Schubaltz said simply.

"Well that little misunderstanding has got her very pissed off, and the last time she was that pissed, she went to her family," Herman replied. "I suggest you check the holding cell where they have Chaz."

Karl groaned, remembering the promise that Chaz made if the Imperial colonel was to ever hurt Alex. He walked slowly, thinking about what he would say. When he came up to the prison ward, Alex and Chaz were sitting next to each other, with the bars separating them.

"Dana's dead," Karl heard Alex say.

"So Bella is in charge now, long live the queen," Chaz responded.

"Not for long," Alex said, hugging her knees closer to her body, "something big is going to happen, I can feel it."

"Leave it behind," Chaz suggested. "You don't have to live this life. Find some guy settle down, get married, have a couple of kids, and be happy."

"I'm a Claws as much as I hate being one," Alex said with a laugh. "I have the family curse, I can't seem to find a good significant other."

"Calm yourself Little One, what about the Cat Eyes?" Chaz asked.

"Karl? No, I just blew it big time," Alex responded. "I looked needier then Evelyn and Bella combined."

"That's impossible," Chaz laughed.

"I don't know who Evelyn and Bella are," Karl said as he walked up to the siblings, "but you weren't desperate. You did need comfort. I was lecturing you."

Chaz whistled and applaud. "Cat Eyes, I truly applaud you. I never knew a man to give a woman his bed."

"You have some things to work out before we can really move forward, but when it does, it will be amazing," Karl said as he moved towards Alex. "Trust me?"

Chaz and Alex stared at Karl. Chaz gently nudged his little sister. "Little One, this is when you run up to your man and kiss him."

Alex got up on to her feet and moved towards Karl. "I'm insane. Both of my families will get in the way. I'll fly off the handle more often then not."

"I have trouble loosening up. My family can't keep its nose out of anything. I have been know to self destruct relationships," Karl responded.

Alex smiled. "I'm very good at that."

"You're perfect for each other," Chaz said, heading back to the bed in his cell, "now kiss already."

Karl grabbed Alex by her arms and kissed her. When he pulled away, Alex had a smile on her face. He smiled back. "Wow. I should have done that a long time ago."

"I know," Alex said.

Chaz groaned. "Get a room."

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Bella and Greg had evacuated the base as fast as they could. They were piloting their zoids as fast as they could. Bella was breathing heavily. "This is messed up. No one ever said that someone was going to come for her. Who would come for Alex?"

"I don't know," Greg said as the siblings entered another Panther's base. They stopped their zoids and jumped down. "Let's get to Evelyn and the twins."

"We're right here you two," Evelyn said as she, the twins, and several of their foot soldiers.

"Greg, we should go," Bella said simply.

"No, I'm the oldest so I'm in charge," Greg yelled. "You lot is going to start listening to me!"

"No," Evelyn said with a simple smile. She nodded to the twins. The three turned away as the gun shots rang out.