CHAPTER 17

The lightning flashed again in the darkness of the arena as the New Breed surrounded their prey, the young witch stood motionless as the haunting music played and the mist rolled onto the matt, covering the ring floor in a thick blanket. Blue lights appeared out of now where as the massive shadow stood behind Thorne, towering the vampire considerably.

Cor Von, Striker, and Burke leaped out of the ring, they recognized the aura of Death too near for comfort. Thorne at his fellow undead confused, he believed it was a trick of the witch's to scare them away. The vampire grew angry as he gazed at the witch, Kayla was grinning ear to ear with her hands casually resting on her hips.

"Your little parlor trick did not fool me, witch!" Thorne grinned.

Kay chuckled, "It's no trick, Thorne. I think you should look behind you!"

The Vampire let out his own chuckle as he turned around, but once he saw the grimace on the Undertaker's face, there was no more smile on those cold lips.

The Deadman grabbed Thorne by his neck and easily choked slammed the vampire on the matt, the force was so great that it applied too much pressure on the air bags and caused the hi-pressure bags to bust and crashing the ring down to the ground. Thorne laid motionless in an indent of his body in the ring matt.

Kay had lost her balance and fell to her knees as the ring came down, as she tried to stand back up, she felt Mark gently but firmly pull her by her arm and up on her feet. She looked at him and tried to give him a loving and thankful look, but she was greeted with a stare of concern and anger from the Deadman.

The lights turned off once more, they had reappeared in the middle of the living room of Dave's house. Dave was sitting on the couch watching a Hockey game and leaped back in shock at their sudden appearance. He spilled the bowl of butter popcorn all over himself and the light green carpet, his can of soda went flying across the room ad landed in the large plant pot in the corner of the room.

"Holy fuck Kay!" Dave shouted as he tried to brush the popcorn off his track pants, "Ever heard of a fucking door?"

"I brought her here." Mark answered, he didn't take his angered eyes away from her concerned face, "Did you know that your sister was chasing vampires in ECW?"

"I thought you were going to tell him?" Dave asked his sister.

Kayla broke her hand free from Mark's loose grasp, "I didn't want him to know because he would get all worried…"

Mark glared at Dave in anger, "You knew she was chasing vampires and you didn't try to stop her?"

"I did." Dave replied.

"No you didn't." Kay spoke up, "You even called me Buffy!"

"Enough!" Mark growled as he looked at his love, yes he was pissed but he still love her, "The fact remains that you were fucking with something that is very dangerous and you didn't tell me!"

"I'm sorry," Kay tried to as guilty as she felt, "I just didn't want you to worry, I mean it wasn't like I was hanging out with Thorne, I was friends with his girlfriend, Ariel…"

"Ariel?" Dave perked up, "Thank vamp chick of ECW?"

Mark gave her brother a scornful look, "David, trust me when I say that Vampires are forces that are dealt with swiftly, they are very dangerous undead." He looked back at his love's guilt ridden face, "And you! Kay, you should know better than to hang out with a Vampire! They can't be trusted! They are nothing but blood thirsty killer intent on taking over this world!"

Kay's face changed from guilt to annoyance, "Oh yeah? Funny you should say that Mark, it wasn't too long ago that Dave was giving me a hard time being with you, being the Lord of Darkness and all."

"Just for the record, I am still not over that." Dave threw in.

"This is different, Kay! I'm not trying to kill you and suck out your blood!" Mark growled his comeback.

"Ariel was never threatening to me at any time! I do consider her a good friend, and I think she might be in trouble…" Kay shot back.

"Oh no!" Mark stood back in alarm, "Not again Kay, please tell me you are not thinking of getting between Thorne and his Thrall…"

Dave moved between the lovers, "Now now…let's not be hasty. Let's hear what Kay has to say…"

Mark looked at Dave with a bizarre look on his face, "You're supposed to be against your sister getting into trouble."

"But this is Kay's friend," Dave replied, "come on, what trouble could she get into with her big bad reaper protecting her…"

Kay gave her brother a strange stare, "What the fuck are you talking about?"

Mark gave his own wide eye stare at the Champion, "We are supposed to discouraging her from getting into danger, not encouraging her…"

"I'm just saying that maybe Kay knows something that we don't, let her at least explain." Dave grinned.

Mark crossed his arms, still unnerved a little, "Fine." He turned to Kay, "What do you believe is going on?"

Kay began to grin that beautiful smile Mark loved to look at, "I think that Ariel was a witch before she was turned, it would explain her tarot talent and her third eye. Thorne didn't like me being around her, he said something about forgotten memories coming back to Ariel…maybe there's something in her past that he doesn't want her to remember…"

"What could Thorne have to hide?" Dave asked.

Mark ran his hand through his hair in frustration, "I hate it went you get into shit like this, you just couldn't leave it alone!"

Kay slowly took her reaper love's hands into hers and looked at him with love and concern, "Mark, I'm really sorry, but I fell the need to free Ariel from Thorne's leash. I'm positive that she was a witch and as a fellow witch I have to help her."

"Where did you get this idea that she was in trouble?" He asked her softly, knowing he was beat in this.

"When Thorne attacked me, but I still don't know what he's hiding. Whatever it is, it hast to do with a witch from her past."

"Kay…" Mark gave her his own look of undying love, "…it tears me up inside when you get into danger, I wish you would think more before running off like that, and without telling me…honey, with this avatar shit still going on…"

Kay turned away from her love, "Why do you have to keep bring that up?"

"Because you can't keep on putting it on hold, it doesn't work like that…" Mark replied.

"What Avatar shit?" Dave questioned as a soft knock was heard at the front door, "Hold that thought…"

As Dave ran to answer the door, Mark wrapped his arms around his little troubled witch.

"Hey…" He whispered in her ear, "I know the Avatar scares the shit right out of you, but I promise I'll never let it hurt you, I'll be right beside you in all this. You know I love you…"

The young witch turned and face her lover in his strong arms, "I'm sorry, Mark. I know you love me, I don't doubt that, I just didn't want you to worry about me, you're been going through your own problems and…"

Now Mark felt guilty, he didn't realize that his inner turmoil was showing, "Baby, listen to me, there is nothing more important to me than you are. I may live forever but not when you can scare me to death."

Kay chuckled, "That's funny, Mr. Grimm Reaper." She looked around the living room, "Where did Dave go?"

To be continued.