yo people. not much to say today. im kinda written out. i had to rewrite this chapter sooo many times. i hope my efforts didnt go unnoticed!!!! anyway enjoy!!


Jo stood at the corner of the crosswalk, waiting for a car to go by so she could cross. She walked on the sidewalk, which had pieces of concrete missing and weeds filling the cracks. She had come into the bad part of the city today to explore. She wasn't stupid, she had come prepared. The followers liked to party in this part of town and then there was gangs that she needed to be wary of. They would shoot her if they thought she was a threat.

She had dressed accordingly, in black, wanting to blend in. Every time she moved somewhere new she liked to sketch out the rough parts of the city, just in case. She also needed to clear her head.

Her thoughts kept wandering back to last night. She couldn't believe that Stanton was now the second in command to the Atrox. If the Daughters got lucky and destroyed it then Stanton would be the new Atrox. He would be plainly evil. And how did Serena know so much about the Daughters and the Atrox, why isn't she begging Stanton to change her? He's more powerful then her. Stanton must really love her to have not made her a follower yet.

When should she talk to Stanton and tell him who she is? Should she make him figure it out himself?

She was sweating profoundly. The sun was high in the sky and was beating down on her mercilessly, but she didn't think it was the sun that was making the fine hairs on her back stand on end. She was being followed, she could feel it. She started walking faster, bypassing an ally, since she learned her lesson about them the other day, and there was no one here who would help her.

She started running and heard the footsteps start after her at the same pace. She ran past buildings that were remote, with broken windows. No one was on the streets. She ran faster. Her lungs were threatening to burst any second. She didn't glance back not wanting to waste those few precious seconds.

She ran into an overgrown playground, empty of children. Her feet pounding the sand, making her legs and thighs burn, and then suddenly she was on the ground, a body sitting on her.

"Didn't you here me calling?"

The person sitting on her stood up and rolled her onto her back and then secured her arms so she couldn't run. She looked up into the face of her brother.

"Why did you run from me? I've been looking for you forever."

"Get off of me." Jo growled at him, angry about her run. He stared at her and got off her, his hand held out as if she was going to run away from him again.

"I have news for you." He continued when she didn't respond. "It's from the Atrox."

This got her attention. What did it want from her? She wanted to find out. She went over and sat on a swing.

"What does it want" she asked him.

"The Atrox said to remember your mission. What is your mission?"

"He wants me to destroy the Daughters. The only problem is I don't know who or where they are."

Jo glanced over at Stanton and saw a flash of fear in his eyes that he quickly hid behind a mask of stone.

"How are you going to destroy them?"

"Creep into there room when they are sleeping. I don't know." She said exasperated, "I got to figure out who they are first." She looked thoughtful. Maybe she has already met them. How do you know? Stanton probley knew. Should she ask him? Would he even tell? Why wouldn't he?

"Do you know where they are?"

He didn't answer. She started swinging, going higher and higher.

"Did the Atrox say anything else? Did he give me a weapon? "

Jo turned around in the swing to look Stanton in the face. He wasn't there.


Stanton flew away in shadow. Once he had gotten the message from one of the Atrox's regulators he had gone right there. The message confused him. How did the Atrox know about the girl named Jo? Who is she? The questions gave him a headache and the run to chase Jo down hadn't helped any. When she had told him her mission his body had frozen. How could this small girl destroy the Daughters? He couldn't even destroy them. All he could think about was Serena. He loved her, wanted her more then anything else in the world.

I should have stayed, gotten more information out of her. Even offer to help her. Try to prevent this. Who is she?? He was angry. After going through all the precautions to protect Serena from the Regulators some girl will be the one to destroy her and the other Daughters.

I'll go back and get more information from her.

He turned around mid flight and hurried back to the playground. After a couple minutes he arrived. She was gone. He cursed.

I should of never of left her. She could be anywhere now.

He heard a commotion a couple blocks away and went to investigate.

There she was in the middle of a gang. They had surrounded her.


After Stanton had left her she had gotten off the swing muttering in disbelief. She started walking randomly and had ended up a couple blocks away when she heard some kids coming down the sidewalk. They were being loud and she thought they were probley drunk. She had gone to the side of the sidewalk and lowered her head. They came closer and she had quickly raised her head to glanced at them and saw that it was a gang.

Great

They had come closer and when they saw her they got louder and she thought they were going to walk right past her but she wasn't that lucky. They surrounded her.

She sighed and stopped walking and looked them in the eye. She had to show them she wasn't afraid. She also knew that they had singled her out and she wasn't getting out of this without a fight.

The one she though was the leader stood right in front of her. She was big, big and beefy, too overconfident. She knew she could beat this puny small white chick in front of her. The fat chick raised her fist and Jo felt the adrenaline start pulsing through her bloodstream. She glanced past her and saw Stanton walking towards her. There was no way Stanton could beat all nine hoods. Jo raised her fist too and before fatty could move she punched her. All the other kids went silent. The girl clutched her nose and blood started streaming down through her fingers. She looked mad. She raised her fist and Jo let her punch her. It hurt. Her face felt like it was on fire. Then there was silence. She took her hand away from her eye to see the entire gang looking past her with fear. She turned around and saw Stanton. Malice glowed in his eyes. He was dressed in black and looked absolutely intimidating. She felt herself grow scared too.

All the kids around her suddenly collapsed. She gasped, she had no idea he had that much power.

He walked forward, grasped her arm and started pulling her away. She let him. They walked for a while until they were back in town, where cars were busy honking at each other and more people streamed down the sidewalk.

He let go of her and she followed him through the crowd, weaving around people going in the opposite direction. He led her to a parked car in a crowded parking place. It was isolated from all the other cars. He told her to get in. She got in wondering what he wanted to say to her. The car smelled like him.

He didn't turn it on, just sat there staring out the windshield. He sighed, finally looking at her. She didn't meet her eyes.

"Who are you?" he demanded "Tell me right now."

Jo sighed and said, "You won't like what I will tell you."

"Tell me." He growled

She took a deep breathe and started. "Stanton, you're my brother."

She risked a look at him and saw a look of utter disbelief on his face.

"What?"

"I'm your sister, Jolina."

He was gaping at her.

"How could you be? You don't look like my sister at all. You're supposed to be dead."

"The day you were taken from the Atrox, I was taken too. Selene saved me and I trained with my mentor Moriah." She proceeded to tell him her story, how Moriah died and the Atrox's promise, everything.

He leaned back in the seat when she had finished her countless centuries of stories. Her life. He looked defeated.

"I can't believe my baby sister didn't die like she was supposed to. She now does the bidding of the Atrox also."

"So what are you going to do about the Daughters?"
"I don't know. I was hoping you would help me."

"Do you know who the Daughters are?"

"No. Don't you know?"

"Yes I know."

"So tell me, so you can be free."

"I don't want to be free. I want to stay with Serena. Anyway aren't you over Moriah. It's been centuries. She wouldn't want you to be obsessed with this. She's probley in paradise right now. Just let it be."

"Who are you trying to protect?" It suddenly came to her. "NO, Serena is a Daughter of the Moon and you are going out with her. I can't believe you. It's forbidden. The Atrox could destroy you."
"Yes it probley could, but it hasn't yet. It can't see love."

"Is Catty, Jimena, and Vanessa Daughters too?"

"Yes, and I won't let you destroy them. As long as I'm breathing you will NOT touch any of the Daughters"

"Fine then I'll have to destroy you too then." She opened the door and ran outside. He didn't try to stop her, but she could bet he was following her. She ran to the entrance of Nefandus, the home of the Atrox. There she knew she could find someone to take to the Atrox and she could tell him of Stanton's misgivings and he could be destroyed.