Chapter 6: Panic Attack
Screaming, Shi and Abi fell back on the floor, waking Jake in a near by room. Madende growled as the Reaper stepped toward them, but Eclipse jumped in front of them and glared at the Reaper. Grabbing his shoulders, the Reaper tossed Eclipse back into Madende, knocking both them to the ground. Eclipse managed to flip himself and land on his arms, looking like he was doing pushups over Madende and looked down at him.
"You ok?" he asked.
"Yea. Get off of me." Madende said, looking back up at Eclipse.
Eclipse nodded and pushed himself back off of Madende, and stood up. Madende got to his feet, and winced slightly grabbing his side. Jeric noticed this, but was distracted as a man walked through the door, smirking. A young girl was to his side, and a very familiar guy was on his other. Shi gasped and covered her mouth at the sight of the second man.
"Blake?" she whispered.
"You know him?" Abi asked, looking at Shi.
"He…" Shi said, loosing the words to speak.
"He ran out on my sister, and I'll rip his fucking head off for it." Madende growled, glaring at Blake.
"Madende, calm down." Jeric said, going over to Madende.
"Madende? Could it be?" Blake asked, smirking.
"Fuck you." Madende growled.
"What happened to that Erica chick you were with?" Blake asked.
"I dumped her for someone better." Madende spat.
"Madende, calm your self. You can't fight with your side the way it is." Jeric said, putting his hands on Madende's chest, although he couldn't help the blush forming on his cheeks.
"Aww, lookie, you made your boyfriend blush." Blake taunted making Madende growl deeply.
"You will get what's coming to you, because I'm going to be bringing it." he growled, his voice extremely deep.
Suddenly Shadow, Shade, and Jake slid around the corner, stopping just short of Blake and the other two.
"Please, before the fight begins, let me introduce myself." the other man said.
"Who gives a fuck who you are?" Madende growled.
"Well now, a fiery little fucker aren't we?" the man asked, looking at Madende and raising an eyebrow.
"Fuck off! What do you want with us?" Madende snapped.
"We got what we came here for." the man said, smiling.
"Don't give them your name! They'll hunt you down!" the girl snapped.
"Vicky, Vicky, Vicky. Maybe I want them to come after us." the man said, looking back at Madende. "With an attitude like that, he could be useful." he added smiling.
"I'd die before I worked for you." Madende growled, making Jeric look up at him.
"That can be arranged." the man said.
"Let me take care of him, Gerard." Blake said, smiling.
"You touch my brother, and I'll rip your throat out." Shadow said from behind him, making him look back at her.
"Ah, Shadow. Good to see you again." Blake said, smiling at her.
Shadow stepped forward, laying her hands on both his shoulders and looked up at him with sad eyes.
"Why did you leave me?" she asked quietly.
Shade watched them closely, barely able to contain his smirk. Blake looked down at her, slightly stunned by the question and raised an eyebrow. Shadow looked into his icy eyes, as if she were searching out an answer.
"Why?" she demanded.
"I don't know…you were happy with Coja." Blake said, shaking his head.
"Same answer Drac gave…" Shadow muttered.
Suddenly, she lifted her knee, hitting her target hard, right between his legs. Blake yelped and doubled over, holding himself.
"That was for leaving me." Shadow growled, then pulled her fist back, and punched him square in the jaw. "And that…was just because I'm a bitch and I've been dying to do that." she muttered, shaking her hand.
Blake fell back on the ground, holding his groin and his jaw, groaning.
"Damn, I think we could use you too." the one called Gerard said, smiling at Shadow.
"Go to hell." Shadow snarled glaring at him. "And get out of my house!" she snapped.
"You must be the vicious one." Gerard said, walking up to Shadow. "You must be Shadow." he said, circling her.
"No shit!" Shadow snapped, turning to face him. "Don't fucking touch me!" she growled, slapping his hand away as Gerard reached out to touch her.
"Well now." Gerard said.
The one called Vicky, however, was glaring at both Shadow and Gerard, pure jealousy written all over her face. Suddenly, another Reaper formed behind Madende, making him turn around and face it. Getting to his to his feet, Blake ran and speared Madende from behind, dragging him to the ground. Madende landed hard on his stomach, making him yell out and grip his side. Before Jeric could help Madende, one of the Reapers glided up to him and swiped a bony hand at him, catching him in his left side. Jeric doubled over holding his side, backing away from the Reaper.
Blake rolled Madende over, and punched him in the face, drawing blood to his lip. Stunned only for a second, Madende shook his head, smirking up at Blake. Pulling his fist back, Madende landed a hard punch on Blake's face, making him fall back on the ground. Jumping up, Madende pounced on Blake, trying to ignore the pain in his side. He quickly punched Blake twice in the face, before Blake pulled his fist back and punched him in the side as hard as he could. Madende cried out and grabbed his side, falling back on the ground, bracing himself with one arm. Tears formed in his eyes as the pain started to become overwhelming. Blake got to his feet and kicked Madende in his side, making Madende fall over on the ground, unconscious from the pain.
"Madende!" Shi screamed, tears in her eyes, trying to go to him.
A Reaper stopped her, however, appearing in front of her, cornering her and Abi. Jake was busy with another Reaper that had formed, as was Shade. Shadow was busy fighting with Vicky, while Gerard stood back and smiled around. Jeric looked at Madende, and tried to fight the Reaper, but a sudden sharp pain in his back, made him stop and drop to his knees, unconscious.
"No!" Shi and Abi screamed, looking at Jeric.
Gerard threw two more green darts, hitting both Shi and Abi in the arms, and both collapsed instantly, and Jake looked at them. Rage filling him, he shredded the Reaper he was fighting and started towards Gerard.
"Hang on there now, my friend." Gerard said, turning and hitting him with a dart as well.
Jake froze and dropped to his knees, as the effects of the Knock Out Dart instantly took over. Eclipse ran and attacked Blake, knocking him to the ground and growling deeply.
"Get the fuck off of me!" Blake snapped, punching Eclipse in his jaw.
"Like hell! You have no business here!" Eclipse growled, hitting Blake in the face as hard as he could.
Blake yelled out and covered his face, blood streaming from his nose down the sides of his face. Gerard looked over and threw another dart, catching Eclipse in his side. Growling, Eclipse ripped the dart out, but the effects were already kicking in, and he fell sideways off of Blake onto his stomach. Next to fall were Shadow and Shade, followed by Adam. Soon they were all out, except for the three who stood looking down at them.
"What shall we do with them?" Vicky asked.
"We take most of them with us." Gerard said, smirking.
"Why do you want them to come after us? Have you lost your fucking mind?!" Blake snapped, getting to his feet and wiping the blood off his face. "Do you have any idea what he will do when he comes around, in pain or not?" he asked, pointing at Madende.
"Are you scared, Blake?" Vicky asked, smirking.
"Only for my life!" Blake snapped at her. "Madende is not one to toy with, and we are fucking around with his family, which is the closest things to him in his life!" he yelled.
"Calm yourself, Blake. You'll be fine." Gerard said calmly.
"Easy for you to say…you haven't lived with him and seen what he does to hunters alone, when they fuck with his family." Blake growled.
"Shut up already!" Gerard snapped. "Grab a few of them and take them to the house! Go!" he yelled.
Blake sighed and looked at all the unconscious demons around them. Wiping the blood from his nose again, he shook his head.
"Alright, but it's your funeral." he grumbled, walking over and picking up Jeric.
"You say one more thing about this, and I'll personally kick your ass, and you won't have to worry about Madende coming after you!" Gerard yelled.
Blake grumbled something incoherent and picked up Abi as well, tossing her over his shoulder with Jeric. He quickly jumped out the window, grumbling about Gerard, and headed for Gerard's mansion. Gerard looked at Vicky and smiled.
"Who would you like to take?" he asked.
"Hmm…" Vicky hummed, looking over all the unconscious demons before her.
Kneeling down beside Adam, she lifted his face and looked at him.
"I think I'll take this little cutie here." she said, smiling.
Looking over, she spotted Shade on the floor beside Shadow. Raising and eyebrow and smirking she pointed to him.
"And him too." she said, and Gerard walked over picking Shade up.
"Alright. Anyone else?" Gerard asked, walking over and picking Adam up, throwing him over his shoulder with Shade.
"Nope, they'll do just fine." Vicky said shaking her head.
"Alright, lets get out of here, before he comes back around." Gerard said, nodding to Madende.
"It's a shame we couldn't take him too." Vicky said, looking over at him.
"We have the one he loves, he'll come looking for us." Gerard said smirking.
"Why do you want him to hunt us?" Vicky asked.
"No good reason. Just to have a challenging fight to look forward to." Gerard said, smiling.
"That cockiness is going to be the death of you one of these days." Vicky said, walking past him and jumping out the window.
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A few hours later, Madende awoke, laying on the couch in the living room of his home. He slowly opened his eyes and looked up to see Shi with her head leaned against her fist, sleeping lightly. He soon realized, by the crick in his neck, that he had his head in her lap, and sat up very gently, rubbing the back of his neck. A sharp bolt of pain shot up his side, making him cry out, scaring Shi awake.
"Madende! Oh my God, are you alright?!" she cried, jumping to her feet, only to drop to her knees on the floor in front of her brother.
"Fine…it's just my side…" Madende said, gripping his side. "Where's Jeric?" he asked, looking at her.
"I saw it earlier. It looks awful! You have to be extremely careful. You'll be lucky if Blake didn't re-break those ribs when he kicked you." Shi said, putting her hands on his arms.
"Where's Jeric?" Madende asked again, looking his sister in the eye.
Shi looked at him sadly and dropped her gaze.
"Shi…" Madende said, his voice rising slightly. "Where is Jeric?" he asked.
"Gone…" Shi said, standing up and turning her back to him. "Along with Adam, Abi, Mom, and Jareth." she said, tears rolling down her face.
"Gone where?" Madende asked.
"I don't know. Those three fuckers must have kidnapped them." Shi said, her voice starting to shake.
Madende growled and got to his feet, only to drop to his knees, tears in his eyes and holding his side tightly. Shi turned and looked at him, dropping down in front of him.
"Madende, you shouldn't move." she said. "You need to rest!" she said, as he tried to get up again.
"I'll rest when the others are home and safe again." Madende said, managing to get to his feet.
"Madende…" Shi said, standing as well. "You know you can't fight like this! You can barely walk." she said, following him as he made his way to the kitchen.
"I'll manage…" Madende said, grabbing some blood from the fridge. "I can't rest fully, knowing that Jeric and them are out there, in major danger." he said, biting the packet open.
"Madende…" Shi muttered, watching him down the packet. "When do you plan on leaving?" she asked quietly.
"As soon as I can pick up on a scent trail." Madende said, heading for the door.
"Please wait till the others come around, I don't want you out there alone." Shi begged, going over to him.
"I can't…I have to find Jeric." Madende said, going out the door.
"Madende!" Shi called then stopped as she heard the front door open.
"I'm back!" a familiar male voice called.
"Keegen!" Shi called, running into the front room.
"Shi, where is everyone?" Keegen asked, closing the front door and looking around. "I should have been plowed over by Adam by now." he added quietly.
"Adam…is gone…" Shi said, trying not to break down.
"What? Where did he go?" Keegen asked, looking down at her with his neon blue eyes.
"Last night, three demon's showed up with a bunch of Reaper things and kidnapped my mother, Jeric, Adam, Abi, Shade, and Jareth. I haven't seen Kale since yesterday and so I don't know about him." Shi said, tears forming in her eyes.
"Ok calm down, we'll get them back. Where's your brother?" Keegen asked, putting his hands on her shoulders.
"He went out the back to try tracking a scent. But Keegen, he's not in the best shape to do it!" Shi said, shaking her head, the tears rolling down her face.
"What happened to him?" Keegen asked calmly.
"A guy Shadow and I know showed up with the other two and picked a fight with him and punched him in the side then kicked him as hard as he could on his bad side. He can hardly walk as it is! And I can't get him to stay put." Shi replied.
"Ok, calm yourself, you're going to need to be calm when your sister and Jake come around. I'll keep up with Madende." Keegen said.
Shi nodded and wiped her face as Keegen let her go and headed for the back door. Shadow stirred beside her and sat up rubbing her head.
"What the hell happened?…" she muttered, looking around.
"We got attacked…" Shi replied, looking down.
"Attacked?…" Shadow asked then her eyes widened and she looked around quickly. "Where's Shade? And the others?" she asked.
"Gone." Shi replied sadly.
"Gone? Gone where?" Shadow asked, looking back up at her sister.
"I don't know. They were gone when I woke up. Madende is trying to track a scent." Shi replied.
"He doesn't need to be moving around!" Shadow cried, jumping up.
"I know but he won't listen! He's so worried about Jeric and the others. Keegen went to go keep up with him and make sure he's ok." Shi said watching her sister.
"Where was he last night?" Shadow asked.
"I don't know, he didn't say. And I didn't ask." Shi replied shaking her head.
Eclipse groan and sat up shaking his head.
"God my head is pounding." he muttered.
"Eclipse!" Shi cried, racing over to him. "Are you ok?" she asked.
"Yea fine, how bout you?" he asked, putting a hand on her face.
"Worried and scared." Shi replied.
"It'll be ok. Where are the others?" he asked, looking around.
"Half of them got kidnapped." Shadow said looking at him.
"What?" Eclipse asked, looking up at her.
"I said, half of them got kidnapped." Shadow snapped.
"Well sorry!" Eclipse snapped back.
"Hey! We can't afford to fight among ourselves!" Shi snapped at both of them. "We have to worry about getting the others back!" she said, looking between both of them.
Both dropped their heads and looked away from each other, Shadow crossing her arms and sighing. Shi sighed and stood up.
"We have to stay focused on the others and push our problems aside. They're the biggest concern right now." she said, more calmly.
"And how do we go about doing that?" Shadow asked coldly.
"Don't start snapping at me!" Shi growled. "We wait and see what Madende finds. I know he's not in the best of conditions to be tracking but we have no choice. So sit down, and shut up!" she said.
Shadow glared at her sister for a minute then walked over and dropped down in the couch crossing her arms and huffing again. Shi shook her head and walked into the kitchen, leaning against the counter in front of the sink and looking down. Eclipse got up and walked into the kitchen, putting his hands on her upper arms and laying his chin on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry." he whispered, rubbing her arms.
"We're all on edge. We just need to calm down and focus on the others. We can't be doing this now." Shi said, shaking her head.
"I know. It'll be ok though. Madende will pick up a trail and we'll get them back." Eclipse said calmly.
Shi sighed and dropped her head closing her eyes. Eclipse wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly. Shi lifted her head and opened her eyes, tears on the brim of her eyelid and rubbed his arm.
"You ok?" he asked quietly.
"Yea." Shi replied nodding and wiping her eyes. "I'll be fine. I just don't want to see us fighting right now. We have to stay focused for the others sakes." she said, sniffling.
"I know." Eclipse said nodding.
"Um guys!" Shadow called from the front room.
Shi and Eclipse turned and headed to the living room where Shadow stood next to Jake.
"What's wrong?" Eclipse asked, stopping next to her.
"I think he's coming around." Shadow said slightly nervously.
"Uh oh…" Shi said, looking at both of them.
"What?" Eclipse asked.
"He is going to flip when he finds out Abi isn't here!" Shi hissed, looking around.
"Well what do we tell him?" Eclipse asked.
"What else can we tell him? It'd be worse to lie to him, we'll just have to keep him as calm as possible." Shi replied, looking back at Jake.
"Eh heh…this is going to be fun…" Eclipse said sighing.
Jake's eyes slowly opened and he groaned tiredly. Shi and Shadow looked down at him, looking slightly worried.
"Jake? Are you ok?" Shi asked, kneeling down beside him.
"My head hurts but fine. Where's Abi?" Jake asked, sitting up.
"Um…" Shi said, standing up and looking back at him.
Jake looked up at her raising an eyebrow.
"Where is she?" he asked, standing up.
"She's not here." Shadow said quietly.
Jake raised an eyebrow at her, looking over all three of them.
"Jake, she was taken along with Jeric, Mom, Jareth, Shade, and Adam. I haven't seen Kale either so I don't know about him." Shi explained.
Freezing in his place, Jake stared at her with a blank look, shaking his head slightly and holding up a hand.
"What?" he asked, his voice husky.
"She's gone. Kidnapped with Jeric, Adam, Jareth, Shade and Dalila." Eclipse replied.
Shi stepped back as Jake's expressions suddenly changed from blank to very angry look, his eyes changing over from their normal, calm green look, to a mix between fear, pain, and anger. Cold and heartless. Walking passed them, Jake headed for the door, not speaking another word.
"Jake, no! You can't act rash. We don't even know where they've gone." Eclipse said, blocking the door.
"I'll find them. Move." Jake growled, glaring at Eclipse.
"No. Stay here." Eclipse said, shaking his head. "Madende is tracking a trail down as we speak and as soon as he finds one, we'll follow it. Until then, stay here and stay calm. For Abi's sake." he said, looking up at him.
"Do you think I'm not thinking of her?!" Jake snapped, starting to push Eclipse out of the way.
"You have to stay here. If you rush in there, there's no telling what they'll do to them." Eclipse said, grabbing Jake's shoulders and holding him.
"Let me go! Damn it! I have to find Abi!" Jake growled, trying to pull free of Eclipse's grip.
"No! We'll all find them together, please, stay here." Eclipse said, calmly and quietly, trying to calm him.
Jake stood for a minute, glaring at Eclipse, then turned and left, Eclipse lowering his arms to his sides, and watching Jake. He went and sat by himself as far away from the others as he could get, and sat fidgeting with anything he could find. Shi and Shadow walked over to Eclipse, Shi leaning her head against his shoulder. Eclipse wrapped his arms around her shoulders and sighed, laying his head against her head and closed his eyes.
"We'll find them, I promise." Eclipse said quietly.
Shi nodded and closed her eyes and Shadow sighed turning and going towards the back door.
"Where are you going?" Shi asked, looking up at her.
"To see if Madende has anything yet." Shadow replied, still walking.
She vanished out the door with out another word, leaving Shi and Eclipse with Jake and silence…
A/n: Sorry it's been so long getting this chappy up but here it is. so enjoy and review for me!! LaterZ!
SHOUTOUT
To Abi :)