Disclaimers and POV warning stand.

Moon has enlisted the help of Phineas so her sister can be healed. He tells her that she's been getting pushed to the side while her sister steals everything from her, and that she deserves what her sister has.

John POV

Moon was gone, Shadow was frantic, and it took all of my will and power to keep her in the infirmary. Shadow looked so ill that I wasn't sure if she'd make it past the door anyway. I had her sitting in one of the medical beds again, she looked so pale, and tears were on her cheeks.

"Shadow, please. Hellboy is out looking for your sister, and so is Liz. We've got everyone out there we can spare. I'm sure she'll be back. She was so scared about what was happening, I'm sure she just went to find help."

"What help is out side?" She asked me.

"Well, the only thing I can think of is Phineas." I replied.

I saw something in her face that confused me. She seemed somewhere between disgusted and anxious. I couldn't help but feel jealous; something about him had changed her mood. I knew I shouldn't, because of what we had shared when we had kissed that first time, and any other time we could find.

But Phineas was British, and charming. He was also a mage, a Chaos Mage, just like her. I sighed, touching her face. She smiled at me and I felt like nothing was wrong.

Phineas POV

The pendant was doing its work very well. It kept her on a short leash. She wouldn't be able to work her most powerful magicks, any time she came close to doing so, or even when she came close to learning who was truly behind it all, it would strike her down. Now, all I had to do was destroy all the bonds she had created. It shouldn't be too hard, I had already begun on the wolf child, and all that was truly left was the one called John. He already was unsure of himself. All I had to do was prove to him that her affection for him was only fleeting, something he was unworthy of.

That shouldn't be too hard. I had to however do so without upsetting the demon. Something seemed strangely familiar about him.

I could tell that Moon seemed infatuated with me, and that made it so much easier to destroy their lives.

"I suppose your doctor has already checked for the usual reasons for seizures?" I asked, setting down my first bag, keeping my side bag where they couldn't touch it.

"Yes. She hasn't hit her head; she doesn't have a fever, no bug bites or anything." John replied.

"Well, I suppose we must then check for other reasons, outside of medical."

I could feel them watching me as I made it look as if that were just what I was doing. I knew they would believe anything. Moon trusted me more than any other person here, and John, he just wanted Shadow to be healthy. He was so pathetic; I couldn't understand how he had come to such a place as this, to be given such a seat of honor in the heart of a mage. One who had hated humans for so long.

To appease them, I turned the pendant down a few notches, and color returned to her face.

"It was only the other one, the one who was trying to steal her powers." I replied.

"ONLY! Whoever this person is, is trying to kill her!" John shouted, getting into my face.

Perhaps I had been wrong to think he was a pushover. I only smiled slightly. He was only trying to assert that he was the alpha here, he had spent more time with Shadow than I realized, had taken on many of the traits she had gained while she still thought she was more wolf than human. But when Hellboy walked in, he immediately got quiet and moved to Shadow's side again.

I kept an eye on the demon, as the days wore on. Any chance I got to get between John and Shadow I used. Often when they were trying to share an intimate moment, I would come to the rescue as it were.

"What the hell? Aren't you going to let her rest?" John asked one night.

"Whoever is trying to steal her power is not resting." I said, trying to overpower his will with sarcastic words. It almost made me stagger, the strength of his mind.

"If you don't let her sleep, the chances of her being awake to fend him off at any point will be pretty slim." John replied, growling at me, much as Shadow and Moon sometimes did.

Shadow was never really happy when I pulled her from her bed. Mostly because she would fall asleep in John's arms. I could not divine from either if they had had their first kiss, so I knew I had some chance to be able to steal it from him. If I were her first kiss, there would be greater powers to steal.

In either case, it didn't matter. If I could fray his nerves, along with proving to him that I was more than enough for her, it would destroy everything. With two weeks of this, I couldn't help but enjoy it. It would soon be over. I had four more days until the moon would leave the sky.

It was my chance. With two days before I would end their world forever, I knew I had to pull my last card. I sat in their small clearing. It was an orchard, a very large one, filled with mythical fruits. I would have to allow this small place to survive, to keep those small fruits for myself.

I found Shadow in her room. I could sense John moving towards us, with Moon. He had taken to checking on Shadow on a regular basis, I had been timing him. When I heard him at the door, I decided to act.

I heard her make a noise of protest as I grabbed her by the arm and pulled her to me, and kissed her at the same moment the door opened. She had grabbed my shirt, and I attempted to make it look like she was the one that had instigated the contact, that she was the one who chose to betray her loved ones. I could practically taste her power. I could only hope that it would connect us.

I heard Moon make a noise of disgust and she was gone. I pushed Shadow away, as if I myself had been repulsed by her actions. I reveled in the pain I saw in John as I exited her room.

John's POV

I had found Moon, and had convinced her that her sister would appreciate her visit while she was in the midst of all of her training. Since Moon had come back from retrieving Phineas, she had been acting more distant towards her sister than I would have thought possible.

She had seemed slightly guilty about avoiding her sister, and I wished that I knew why she was trying to do so in the first place.

When we walked in I certainly had not expected to see her kissing Phineas. Moon sounded so hurt when she saw them, and was gone in an instant. I was frozen in place, horrified that I had been betrayed. Phineas pushed her away, and stormed out of the room. His passing me woke me from my pain.

I didn't want to be in there any more. I was so angry that she would do something like that. I had to leave the room before I got so angry that I shouted at her.

"John! Stop please!"

"Don't talk to me Shadow. After everything… I thought… I thought you cared about me. Obviously I was wrong. You're just some kid who was given your morals by a bunch of jungle animals." I said. "How could you do this to me?!"

I heard her growl at me. I felt her pain, and her fear. What I had said to her had gone too far. But at that point I didn't care. I wanted her to hurt as badly as I did. I could feel the air around me grow tense; she was loosing control of her abilities. A storm was starting inside the compound. I knew she was leaving me now, just as I had known the kind of pain I had caused her with my words.

She stopped at the doorway, tears on her face.

"I do not pretend to understand how humans work. A wolf mates for life, unlike you humans."

"You're not a wolf! You're human, and demon! I should have realized that all of this was too good to be true!" I shouted at her.

"Those jungle morals I grew up with? They are wolf. I wish I would have stayed there. I wish I never had known I was human!" She screamed at me.

There was a crash of thunder, and the next thing I knew was Hellboy was picking me off the ground.

"I'd like to know what the hell is going on!" Manning shouted.

"You're not the only one." HB said, glowering at me.

Moon's POV

I couldn't understand why my sister had changed into such a strange wolf. She had taken John to be her mate, and now she went against the wolf way and was after yet another mate. And it was MY mate! I was going to speak with Phineas, to see if he felt as I did, if he would become my mate.

I ran down the halls, I could feel myself crying. There was such a pain in my chest, it made me wonder if she had managed to do something to me with her mage power. I hated my sister more than anything now.

I ran into something that felt as solid as a tree.

"You see? I told you your sister couldn't be trusted, that she was taking what should be yours." Phineas said.

"I…I thought that she had stolen you with a kiss." I said.

"No. I wouldn't let her take me with a kiss. Not when I wished to be taken by you." He said to me.

I could feel myself turn into a limp vine; my feet could not hold me. He kissed me, and I suddenly felt something strange, a chemical being forced into my body. I struggled against him.

"It will hurt less if you don't struggle." He growled in my ear.

In the end, I fell into a black hole.

Phineas' POV

I had the pale wolf, in her human form. I would begin the ritual. Once I had removed the Celestial Wolf from this world, I would have weakened the chaos mage enough to begin the real ritual. In any case, she knew what had happened. These two had been the strongest bonded I had ever seen. They often felt what the other felt.

"What have you done human?!" Moon shouted.

"I have begun the ritual. I will have your 'sister's' power before the end of No Moon. And I will have it because you so willingly gave yourself to me. So that I may wound her."

"You…you snake!"

"Why yes, indeed I was the snake. I was known in my human lifetime as a man named Snakehead. I was defeated, and sent into limbo. But the power of my ancestors, who had learned to take human form once your sister appeared in our jungle, it helped me to free myself, and helped me gain the knowledge I sought, to take the magick of a chaos mage." I said.

"It was YOU mother spoke of! You are the one she said would test us!"

"Your command of the human language has increased dramatically my dear. I am impressed. Too bad that I have to kill you to bring my mate." I said.

"She is not your mate!" She screamed at me

"Oh, yes she is. For the first man she shares a kiss with is destined to be her mate for life, until one or the other dies."

"Then you are wrong! My sister has a mate! She kissed John-human!" She shouted at me, spitting in my face.

I growled, throwing the chalice I had in my hands. It shattered on the ground. I cursed again, slapping the wolf girl hard. She passed out.

"Fine, I can do this just as easily my way." I muttered.

With a spell, the chalice was in my hand again, whole. I poured the extra herbs and oils into it, glad I had thought to bring more. Soon, very soon, I would have control of chaos. With or without that power boost.