A/N from A.C.: Whee! I love this fic. So much fun. :D

Saix's golden eyes went wide and he let out a breathless gasp. He watched as Axel turned - it almost seemed like it was in slow motion - and stared this new creature in the eyes.

The blunette would imagine it to be what a mermaid looked like... aside from the almost rotted looking flesh and the fin that came from its back. She, Saix noticed that it quite obviously had breasts and he blushed deeply at that fact, opened her mouth and bared sharp, pointed teeth. Without thinking, Saix darted forward, leaping over rocks to reach Axel. He dived forward, knocking the redhead to the ground on the opposite shore of the swamp just in time as the creature had gone in for the kill but got a mouthful of rocks and swamp water instead.

She pulled herself up onto the large log that was in the middle of the swamp and turned to hiss at the humans, her large fish tail flicking behind her. Saix's golden eyes were wide and he backed up, being sure he was in front the other man, staring at the creature before him. The creature roared, her long pointed teeth gleaming in the faint light, and moved forward, stalking closer to the two human boys. A flash of light blinded the blunette for a brief moment and a shriek of pain met his ears. When Saix could see clearly again, he let out a silent gasp at the sight of the creature enveloped in a burst of fire, curling and shrieking in pain.

Igni calmly stepped onto the first rock in the swamp, stepping over the withering creature on the rocks. His tail swayed slowly and he set foot on the shore, one hand on his hip, standing beside the two humans. "Come now," He said, voice calm and even, "Let's keep moving."

Axel's bright emerald eyes looked up at the demon and snapped, "What the fuck is that?"

"Nothing important," Igni responded nonchalantly.

"Nothing important?" The redhead shouted, "That... That thing almost killed us!"

Saix whirled around, sitting on his knees, and wrapped his arms around the elder man's torso. He let out a few gurgled purrs and nuzzled against Axel's chest, trying to calm him down. Axel sighed and ran his hand through the blunette's hair, holding him close.

"You needn't worry about that. We need to hurry. Zane could be on our trail."

The redhead gave a small nod and got to his feet, pulling Saix up as well. "Fine. I expect to learn more about it once we're safe."

Saix gave a firm nod toward the demon, holding onto Axel's hand. Igni sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, "Fine. Fine."

"Damn right." Axel huffed, "Let's go." He began walking forward, pulling a gleeful Saix behind him. "I can't believe a piece of fucking bread got me into all this."

. . . . . . . .

Zane crept up to Igni's house and peeked into it through the window. He growled low in his throat when he saw that no one was home. He frowned and walked into the small cave. In his anger, the Incubus kicked a stone chair and cursed as pain spread through his body.

"Zane." A rough voice called out and the demon whipped around, nearly tripping over a crude stone footrest.

"What the Hell, dude!" He snapped out, frowning at the being before him. "Fuck. Why are you here?"

"Followed scent."

"Wen, I thought you were waiting for food back in your forest."

Wendigo frowned - though it was more of a downward twitch of his deer ears than anything he did with his mouth, "Meal stolen. Names mentioned."

"Jil got them? That's why I told you to just go after them when you had the chance. You lost a meal."

"Hungry..." Wedigo crooned, "Zane, where humans?"

"Does it look like they're here, stupid?" He smacked the demon in the back of the head causing him to let out a low growl, "Don't you growl at me. I'm hooking you up with food."

"No food here." The beast growled and stood straight, standing his full seven feet. He looked down at the Incubus and narrowed his eyes, "Why Zane lie?"

"I didn't lie. Iggy must've known I was gonna come here. Let's go, Wen. I'm sure you can pick up the smell of human if we go the same way they did."

"Wendigo not dog, worthless demon." The big creature lumbered out of the cave and looked over his shoulder, "Zane. Come."

Sighing, the Incubus walked after the demon, "Yeah, yeah, coming."

The large demon in the lead sighed, a heated exhale of air through his snout. His hooves left deep imprints in the mud that made him easy to follow in Zane's opinion. Wendigo suddenly stopped, lifting his great head upward, sniffing at the air. His long ears twitched and he looked around the area before lowering his head.

"Did you catch the scent?" Zane questioned excitedly.

"Wendigo might not feed." He said solemnly before beginning to trudge forward once more.

"What're you talking about, you freaky moose?" The Incubus was getting short tempered, his eyes narrowing at the beast's back as he walked behind him.

"Zane know where we are?" Wendigo huffed, ignoring the rude name calling.

"Hell?"

"Worthless." He growled, "This Siren land."

"Fuckin' serious?" The Incubus yelped, "Is Iggy a moron?" He marched ahead of the large demon and threw his arms up in the air angrily, "He's so dumb!"

Wendigo followed the other and mumbled, "Zane need new words."

"Oh, just shut up."

He chuckled deep in his throat, "Hurry, Zane. Must hurry or Siren will kill."