I'm putting a bunch of chapters. Cheer for me considering my proficiency in procrastinating has reached wonderful heights. That and I'm also up late at night to get this accomplished while admiring the appearance of Julian Sands in Rose Red. Mmm British accents.

Arianna is currently working some Whovian fiction for those of you wondering what we have been up to! She is also doing hardcore work on stories that she hopes everyone else will be writing fanfiction to in the future!!! She also thought to start a Torchwood fanfic. Which is proving to be interesting.

Calypso is doing severe edits of a Gundam fanfic, as well as a Ronin Warriors story. Currently on the burners as well are an Avatar the Last Airbender fic, as well as a sort of AU Full Metal Alchemist story.

Aludianna is working on He-Man, Sky High, and Mighty Ducks. Fun. There's also a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that is just as Schizo as I am.

Shinigami herself is working on the fics that fall into the criminal drama sect, like CSI and so on. She also has her Mummy fics polishing.

I'm glad there's so many of us, otherwise NOTHING would ever get done!

Here we continue where we left off, Shadow and the BPRD crew are going to investigate an apparent attack. She moves to help, and blacks out. POV is going to shift more as the story ends, so be prepared for it, they are still marked for you

John's POV

Somehow Shadow had managed to get ahead of us. I saw the lightning strike, and then suddenly the wind picked up. I was running to catch up with her, when the tornado struck, killing the creatures attacking the newcomer. And Shadow fell to the ground.

"Shadow!" I shouted, ignoring everything else.

Liz and Manning rushed past me as I stumbled to Shadow, and fell to my knees. Moon was nuzzling her; her skin was cold and clammy. I was scared that something was wrong that couldn't be undone.

"Shadow, come on, open your eyes." I whispered, holding her close.

"Come on John. We have to get back to the bureau. There are doctors there. And we have another Chaos Mage." Liz said.

I felt something was wrong. I could have sworn she was the only one, that Shadow was the last of her kind in the Mage world. I picked her up, a strange feeling in my stomach, one I recognized as foreboding. And I knew it wasn't going to end well.

I sat next to her in the medical wing. She was pale, and thin, the vines on her jungle outfit were turning brown. The days since her little show were adding up.

"The power within her is going out."

"How is that possible?" I turned around, and was surprised to see the newcomer.

"Her power is fading. That's not really possible for a Mage."

"Then why is it happening now?"

"It could be anything. Most likely, someone is trying to steal her powers."

"What will happen to her?" I asked; my voice catching.

"She will die."

I felt like time had stopped. I looked back at her. She was so peaceful. She couldn't be dying. I grabbed her hand, and prayed that I could help her.

"I didn't thank her for saving me. I don't know who her teacher is, but she did a great job." He said.

"She hasn't had a teacher. One volunteered, but hasn't begun her lessons yet." I said quietly.

"Then she has a great power, only one who has been trained can perform such feats. Those with the power but not the training are dangerous. She is better off as she is now if she has yet to be trained."

"Don't you DARE say that about her!" I spat out, grabbing him by the shirt.

"It is a compliment. She is stronger than any I have heard of. Dead or alive. Perhaps the world is trying to make up for the ones that have died."

"I don't care. She will wake up, and she will learn how to control her powers. And she will get revenge on the one who killed her kind." I growled, pushing him away as I let go of his shirt.

"Just remember, the chaos she caused here." He said. "Oh, by the way, my name is Phineas, Phineas Mahina."

His accent was vaguely British, but his name sounded like it came from elsewhere. I turned, and ignored his hand. After a moment, he walked away. I kneeled on the chair next to Shadow's bed, running my fingers through her hair, staring at her pale face as she slipped away from me.

? POV

As soon as I exited the hospital room, I couldn't help but smile, but I had to quickly wipe it off my face as I ran into the other one, the one they called Moon. She was a pale wolf, rather beautiful, for a wolf.

Suddenly the world seemed to bend around her, and a pale skinned woman stood in front of me, with platinum blonde hair. They had been practicing. Even while her sister was unconscious, and her power was drained, although she was not dying, this one had the ability to take on another form, complete with clothing.

"Help sister?" She asked, in a soft voice.

"I beg your pardon?" Her English wasn't very great, something I found detracting from her human appearance.

"Help pack mate, Sister hurt."

"Ah, you mean Shadow." She nodded.

I reached for her hand, but she pulled away.

"Human, not John. No good." She growled at me.

"I'm sorry if I offended you, but I'm not bad." I replied.

She seemed to be sniffing me, I wasn't sure if her olfactory senses were the same as they would be were she a wolf, but I wasn't going to take the chance that she smelled something strange about me.

"I have to get going. You might want to go see your sister. While you have the chance." I replied.

I knew what effect it would have on her.

"No! Stay! Can help?"

"I might."

"Please!"

"I will do what I can."

I knew that she would do her best to keep me around, so I made sure that I could work my way into her life, before her sister regained consciousness, and they became suspicious of me. I knew I had two weeks at the most to gain her trust; the kind of unbridled energy she had unleashed would keep her asleep for a long time. And John would be at her side constantly; the poor sap was in love with her and believed me. Some man he was, he couldn't tell the difference in his love between healing and dying.

"Your name is Moon right?"

"Yes. You know?"

"Yes, I heard it in my mind. She and I are alike. We have the same power."

"No. No have pack mate."

"I don't, my wolf brother was killed, trying to keep me safe."

I knew I had hit home with that. She had known many others that had been killed. The sacrifice of those wolves had finally meant something. She would soon be eating out of my palm.

"Pack brother died?" She asked softly.

"Yes. I hope that whatever happens, neither of you will have to face that." I replied.

"Help her?"

She obviously didn't understand much. She had a one track mind, and it would be hard to convince her that her sister didn't have her best interests in mind.

"I'll try."

John's POV

I watched as she romped through the little park in the Bureau. Romped being one of the strangest words to come to my mind when I was watching someone as lithe and graceful as Shadow. She ran up to me, and grabbed my hands, staring into them.

"I don't love you. You're nothing more than a human, a destroyer of the world you live in."

I felt like my world was collapsing.

"You already knew that. John. John?"

I shook my head, looking up. Liz was there with the baby.

"Are you okay?

I looked around me, noticing Shadow still on the hospital bed. She hadn't woken up, hadn't told me she didn't love me. I looked back at Liz and tried to nod.

"You know, from what I was told, your supposed to be having really…er…exciting dreams since you kissed her." Liz said.

"What gave you the idea about that?" I asked, feeling my face heat up.

"You look like she just ripped your heart out. I don't know about you, but I don't find ripping someone's heart out all that erotic or anything." She replied.

I knew I was blushing badly now. I guess I misunderstood.

"Yeah…um. Those." I coughed out.

"Ah, so you HAVE been having them." She said, smiling evilly. "What are they like? From what I understand, you can't even do it in the dreams."

"Do what?" I asked. I looked at her, as she tried to not laugh. "Oh. I just had a dream where she told me she didn't love me."

Liz didn't say anything for a minute, and then pulled up a chair. The baby was sleeping, so we talked in soft voices.

"Something's not right. You two were meant to be. She was your first kiss. Maybe you're a bit paranoid. I mean, you've never felt this way about someone, right?"

I nodded. Liz was right, I had a crush on her, but this was something else.

"Maybe things just weren't meant to be. I mean, she's not like the rest of the mages we've met, including you." I said.

"No. I think someone's messing with you. Don't let them. Love her even more."

I nodded and watched her leave. Then Phineas walked in. For some reason, I felt like a cloud moved in front of the sun, something dirty was in the room. I glared at him; something told me he wasn't what he pretended to be.

"Moon asked me to help. I'm the only other Chaos Mage around, so I think I'm the only one that can help."

"A Chaos Mage always has a Celestial Wolf bonded to them." I said, standing in his way of Shadow.

"His pack brother die." Moon said, bounding in behind him.

I was shocked. She never spoke to anyone but Shadow, and rarely ever spoke to me. The fact that she was speaking about Phineas, a man who had only been here a week or two. I sighed, if she trusted him, I supposed I could.

"I'll trust you for now, but don't think this is going to get you far with me." I said.

"Trust is something that must be earned. All Chaos Mages understand this." He said.

I moved, and he leaned down, putting something on Shadow. He stepped back, and it flashed, a strange shape on a pendant around her neck.

"You must make sure that she continues to wear that. It will ensure that she will not be put back under the influence of whoever is stealing her powers."

"How long? I know she won't keep it on for too long, if at all." I said, crossing my arms.

"About 46 days."

"What gives you that number?"

"It's Hallowe'en. Well… give or take a few days. October is the month of the Blood Moon. There is the New Moon on the 28th." He said.

"Don't quote me on this, but isn't the New Moon a bad time for anything?"

"It is a time to end spells, cut ties. By then, whoever is stealing her power, will be unable to do so. After that, she will have had a teacher to show her the way to avoid that in the future." Phineas said.

It almost made sense, but something in my mind told me that something else wasn't right.