"Well, here we are," Talya said, gesturing to the town. Michael looks around at the bustle and hustle the residents were making as they went about their business and smiled gently. Talya stopped walking suddenly. "Dang, we can't go back there uhm, hmmm." She walks to the dock, Michael following, head tilted to the side slightly, confused. Talya looks at him, "Wait for me here ok? I'll be right back, I promise." She turns and runs away, towards her house.

Michael looks around the docks, staying where he was told, watching people buy and sell various items. Talya walks back to Michael and smiles, "Ready for a boat ride?"

"Ready."

Talya walks towards the docks quietly. Michael follows her, his eyes turning a light, faint blood-red. He looks over his shoulder quietly, and notices a man with white hair, dressed in a simple black butler's outfit, around the age of 20, walking towards us. He looks forward quickly, muttering to himself, "Shit."

Talya looks back at Michael, "What is it?" She looked over Michael at the crowds of people, seeing the man. The man was focused on Michael, walking towards them silently. Talya's eyes narrowed slightly, "Michael, get on the boat now."

"What about you?"

"I'll get on after you."

"Alright, I suggest you be careful though," he said as he walked towards the boat. Talya followed close behind him, glancing over her shoulder every few seconds. The man followed them quietly, slipping through the crowds of people easily. As Michael and Talya stepped onto the boat, the ramp pulled in behind them, not letting the man on. The man stood on the docks, glaring at Michael.

Talya turned to face Michael, hands on her hips and a look that said she wanted information. "Who is he Michael?"

Michael sighed slightly, placing his hands in his pockets, "Andrew Michaelis."

"Family?"

"My butler; he's always sent after me if I try to leave. I was actually expecting him earlier."

"He doesn't look like a butler to me, more like an assassin."

"He has been used as an assassin before."

The man pulls out a small metal looking object. Talya points towards it, "What's that?"

Michael looks back and studies the object, a look of confusion on his face, "I don't know." The man throws the object towards them. Talya's eyes widen slightly as she grabs Michael's arm, pulling him to the side as a throwing knife goes through the space of air that his head was just in. Michael straightens up, smoothing out his clothes, "Well now we know what it was."

"He just tried to kill you!"

"That won't kill me."

"He just tried!"

"Andrew knows that that wouldn't kill me."

"But it would kill me."

"Right, forgot about that detail."

Talya looks back at Andrew and then turns around and sits against the back wall, relaxing. I just ran away from home with a guy I've never met before today, she thought to herself, laughing quietly. She looked up at Michael, who was leaning against the railing, looking out at the cityscape. "So why does your dad not like you?"

"I remind him too much of my mother."

"Why would that bug him?"

"He blames himself for her death."

"How did she die? If you don't mind me asking?"

"An illness, but he blames himself for not catching it earlier and taking care of her better."

"Oh, there was nothing he could have done really."

"He just doesn't get that," Michael said nodding.

Talya sighed. "Maybe one day he will. Who knows, you might go back one day."

"I'll probably be back in a few hours."

"A few hours, really? Why so soon?"

"They'll get me in about that amount of time and drag me back."

"I won't let them, besides they don't know where we're going, so they can't get us."

"Doesn't matter, they can find me no matter what."

"Tracking device?"

"Of a sort."

"What does that mean?"

"Don't freak out on me when I tell you?" Michael said, his eyes full of trust and hope.

"I won't, I promise."

"I'm a half-demon and I'm contracted to Andrew, my butler, who happens to be a full demon, giving him the ability to find me wherever I may be.

"D-Demons!" Michael nods and looks away. "How is that possible?"

"My father is a demon, and is contracted to his butler, Sebastion, another demon and Andrew's brother. My father married my mother and had me creating a half-demon."

"Oh, but still demons….real."

"Yes, they're real, don't worry we won't hurt you though."

"Uhm, in case you forgot one already tried."

"Andrew wasn't aiming for you." He looks off towards the cityscape. "Sorry that you have to deal with this."

"I offered to help you; you didn't drag me into this. I got myself in it."

"I should've stayed; but I'm glad I didn't."

"Are you bipolar or something?"

Michael laughs and shakes his head, "No, just very well trained."

"Ever tried just not being well trained? It can be fun."

"I've tried, and each time I do, my father hurts me. Reminding me not to go against him."

"Have you ever fought back or stood up for yourself?"

"Against three demons?...I have though, I'm just not strong enough to win."

"Oh." She looks back at the bank and sees the guy from earlier. I can't tell him what I am. She closed her eyes. "So where do you want to go?"

"I'm not sure where there is to go, I've never been out of the estate long enough to find out. So anywhere I guess."

Talya nods, thinking. She stands up and walks over to the captain, talking with him for a few minutes. When she finished she walked back over to Michael. "So where are we going?"

"South away from the mountains. I'm taking you to see a tropical coast line if we can get that far south; somewhere not so dark."

"Oh? It sounds nice," Michael said, smiling. Talya smiles, laughing slightly as her eyes turned a faint orange for a second. Michael noticed, looking off at the cityscape, "It seems as though you are hiding something."

"I'm not sure what you mean," she said looking away.

"Mmhmm, you're eyes just changed to a slight orange. If you don't want to tell me, I won't force you."

"Well yes they did turn orange."

"I saw that, is there a reason why?"

"Well that would probably because of my birth parents. My birth mother was a demon and my birth father was a half demon."

"Weird, the demons in my family eyes turn red."

"It has to do with what clan you are a part of. Out of curiousity, what is your clan's name?"

"I'm not particularly sure. It might be Michaelis."

"I hope I never run into your father."

Michael looked over at her, raising an eyebrow, "Why is that? Although I don't blame you."

"Have you ever heard your father talking about the Shido clan?"

"My father doesn't talk to me very often and if he does, he's yelling at me."

"That sucks, my parents just ditched me on the side of the river."

"I'm sorry."

"It was probably for the best I guess," she said shrugging.

"So why would you not like to run into my father?"

"Even though I was abandoned, I'm still a Shido and your father's clan has always been at war with mine."

"Oh, that isn't good."

"Yeah," Talya says as she sees a shadowy figure on the dark corner by where the captain was. Michael looks over and glares, Talya stepping away as Andrew appears. Talya looks Andrew in the eyes, "You were not invited on this trip."

Andrew walked closer, "I was sent to bring Michael home. His father is rather worried about him."

Talya stepped in between the two, "He is fine, see he is still alive. He's better off away from the hatred of a father.

"Ah yes, that would be fine if I wasn't ordered to bring Michael home at all costs." Michael looked down at the mention of order, knowing that he had to go back now, or else this situation would end horribly.

"I see no reason other than the fact that his father is worried about his reputation with the rest of the demon world. If our master has any honor left in him he would leave his son be!"

Michael looked down, "He has to do this. If he was ordered, he can't disobey it."

"Fine, give up!" Talya turned and started to walk towards the other side of the boat.

Michael continues to look down as Andrew walks over to me. "I'm sorry, it would just end badly if I didn't go with him now."

"I know," she said her eyes turning orange again.

Andrew notices and glares at her slightly, gripping Michael's arm tightly, "My Lord, you have to go now."

"Sorry," he said quietly as Andrew disappeared with him. Talya sits down on the deck looking down at the water and sighs.

Back at the estate, Andrew and Michael appear in Michael's room, next to the bed. Andrew attaches a chain to Michael's wrist, so that he was chained to the wall next to the bed. Andrew makes sure it is secure and walks out of the room, locking the door behind him. After Andrew left the room, Michael walked over to the window and leans against the wall, looking down quietly.