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Chapter 35

Katherine woke up and found herself alone in Leonardo's bed. The sky was dark which meant she had slept the entire day away. She slid from the bed, took two steps and fell to her knees. She took a deep breath. I can do this. She thought to herself as she pulled herself up off the floor. She managed to put one foot in front of the other and made her way to her room without running into anyone. She collapsed onto her bed. She didn't have much time left. A human body was not meant to channel as much power as she had channelled. She could feel it now, the loss of her life force. But exorcizing the angel and erecting the huge circle around the house, had done something to her. She looked at the corner of her room. She watched as the darkened mist solidified into an imposing figure. She smiled at the figure and held out her hand. It was so easy, she had done it so many times before. "Hello, my old friend." She whispered.

Raphael roared as he slammed his fist down on the table. "I can't take this anymore! We can't do anything, we have no idea how to protect her, and we don't even know why they all want her dead. What is she that Heaven and Hell want her dead!" Raphael yelled in frustration. Katherine was still sleeping, but Casey and April were awake and just finishing up with making dinner.

"Mommy's like us." Starlight said as she swung her legs back and forth on the chair she was sitting on. Raphael jumped. Starlight and Starbright were now sitting on the chair next to him.

"When did you...? How?" Raphael asked in shock and then shook his head. They seemed to appear and disappear at times. Probably something to do with the damn house.

Starlight looked at him in confusion as if she didn't know what he was so upset about. "We're hungry." They said in unison as Michelangelo put a bowl of cereal in front of each of them.

"What do you mean Mommy's like you?" Donatello asked.

They both looked at Donatello. "Except mommy's human." Starlight said to Starbright.

"That's true." Starbright said as she nodded.

Donatello closed his eyes. "Why do you always say things like that, as if Katherine isn't supposed to be human, what is she?" Donatello asked in frustration.

They frowned. "Well...this mommy's human." They said with a shrug.

Raphael slapped his forehead in frustration. "We know that, but you said mommy is like you, what is that supposed to mean?" Raphael ground out through pursed lips.

They shrugged. "Mommy burns with the same light." Starbright said. Starlight nodded.

Donatello clutched at his heart falling to the ground. Donatello screamed in agony.

"Donny!" Leonardo said kneeling down supporting his fallen brother.

Donatello whimpered in pain, but his attention went to the ceiling. "No." He whispered shaking his head. He managed to scramble to his feet as he ran for the door.

"Death is visiting mommy right now." Starlight said as she took a bite of her cereal and watched Donatello leave with curiosity and concern.

Raphael felt his world tilt as he followed close on Donatello's heels.

Raphael's legs carried him as fast as he could up the stairs hearding towards Leonardo's bedroom, but he stopped at Katherine's open door. "Katherine!" He yelled in fear, pushing past Donatello who was already standing in the room.

All he could see was blood.

He managed to stumble further into the room. He didn't know if there was anyone following him, all he could see was Katherine sitting in the middle of a circle of blood. She looked at him with blood stained lips pulled over tightly clenched teeth, her nose and ears bleeding.

"Run." She said to him. "I can't hold them forever, they are trying to get in and when they do they will kill us all. Run Raphael. Take everyone and run!" She yelled at him.

He numbly shook his head. "I'm not leaving you Katherine!" He said to her as he knelt in front of her.

Her hands were pressed into the blood soaked carpet. "Please Raphael." She said desperately. "Please, please, please."

The house rocked. It felt as if the house had been hit by an earthquake. Katherine screamed as blood began trickling from between clenched teeth.

"Katherine." Donatello said as he knelt beside her. He was still clutching at his heart as if he were still in pain. He reached out to touch her but he couldn't. His hands struck an invisible shield.

The house was rocked again, her eyes lost focus for a moment. Her eyes regained focus as she looked away from Donatello and back to Raphael. "There is a cemetery, right across the street. It should be hallowed ground. Take the girls there, you should be safe. They are demons and they are hungry. They will kill you and eat you if they catch you. Run. Run as fast as you can. Go to the center of the house lift the unicorn tapestry, you will end up outside of the house in the forest that surrounds the property." She pleaded to him.

Donatello looked at her in agony. "I can't leave you." He whispered.

She looked turned her attention to Donatello and gazed at him steadily. "Go." She ordered.

Donatello nodded and stood.

"Mommy?" Starlight asked from over Raphael's shoulder.

"Starbright, Starlight, take the bags on the bed sweethearts." She smiled a sad smile. "Good luck." She said to them.

She turned her attention back to him as Starlight pulled the pink backpack onto her back. Starbright pulled a purple backpack onto her back. "Go! I will follow when I can." She said to him.

He shook his head, he wasn't going to leave, he wasn't going to just abandon her. "I'm sorry Raphael." She said, and then she was gone.

April and Casey looked at them in confusion as Raphael, his brothers and Stralight and Starbright all stood in a clearing in the center of a darkened forest, lit by a blood red crescent moon.

"Katherine!" He screamed as he looked at the unicorn tapestry hanging in the middle of the air. The ground shook, cracks began forming beneath their feet. A tree fell as he dove out of the way clutching Starlight close to him as he pulled her out of harm's way.

"What's goin' on" Casey asked in confusion as he clutched at April.

"We have to get out of here!" Leonardo ordered as he ran for the tapestry. He grabbed his arm.

"We can't leave her Leo!" Raphael shouted in panic.

"We don't have a choice Raph, this whole place is coming down and she won't let us back in." Leonardo said grabbing him and Starbright and pulling them towards the tapestry. Donatello had already grabbed April and Casey and shoved them through the Tapestry and into the night beyond.

"No!" Raphael roared as Michelangelo helped Leonardo pull him, Starlight and Starbright through the tapestry and into the night. They stumbled and fell into the snow.

"Come on, what are you sitting in the snow for, you have to get moving!" Katherine yelled at them. She pulled Starlight from his arms and began leading them away from the house.

"Katherine."He said in relief, but horror and fear overwhelmed his momentary relief. Her face and hair were covered in blood as were her hands.

"As soon as we leave the circle the shield will fall and the power I placed into the circle as a decoy in the house won't fool them for long, let's go." She said as she pulled Starlight along, leading them through the forest. He felt it then, the barrier she had erected around the house, and he felt it went they crossed over it and it fell.

Raphael looked into the night sky. He couldn't see anything more than shadowy winged creatures shouting in triumph as the barrier went down.

It was then that they heard the baying of dogs. "Hellhounds." Starbright whispered.

They ran, stumbling over hidden roots and stumps. "Starbright, what do you know about Hellhounds?" Leonardo asked her.

"We...Bask is our Hellhound, and he's really sweet, but...Uncle Lucy said Hellhounds always obey their master and will never stop pursuing their prey...ever. Starbright said in fear.

"But why are they after mommy?" Starlight asked. "Uncle Lucy wouldn't like it."

"We don't know." Raphael growled as Leonardo swung Starbright up in his arms.

Starbright screamed as three black hounds the size of a ponies burst through the forest. Their eyes glowed red as one let out a piercing howl.

They heard the neighing of horses and the baying of other hounds.

"Let me guess, Hell horses." Raphael ground out as he dodged to the left avoiding the massive black shape that launched itself at him.

The forest erupted into chaos as even more black shapes burst through the densely treed forest. He kicked at the nearest to him hitting it in the head momentarily stunning the creature.

Screams rent the air as he heard the pounding of hooves behind him. "Find her!" A man's voice yelled. It was the same voice he remembered from Katherine's nightmare. "Kill the abominations. Leave the humans...for now."

Rage coursed through him. They were all unarmed, and none of them were wearing outdoor clothing or footwear of any sort. If the demons didn't get them, they were going to freeze to death.

Raphael picked up a large branch from the ground and hefted it, swinging wildly at a hound's head. The hound caught the branch in its mouth chomping it in half. "Great." He growled as he turned to run. He looked around him and realized they had been separated. He didn't know where anyone else was, but he ran in the direction they had been headed. He hoped he could find Katherine, his brothers, the girls, April and Casey. But it sounded like they weren't interested in April, Casey or the girls, which made him feel better.

He was suddenly stuck from behind as massive paws landed on his back crushing him into the snow, the air in his lungs being knocked out in a painful whoosh.

Leonardo was breathing heavily. He had slung Starbright over his back and had been dodging the Hellhound that had followed them. They burst from the forest and onto the driveway that led to Katherine's house. They were now exposed, but the run would be easier. If he could just make it to the cemetery he could leave Starbright there in safety and go back and find Katherine, Starlight, his brothers, April and Casey.

A large shape fell from the sky landing with bone jarring force in front of him. It looked at him and began clicking at him. It looked like a cross between a praying mantis and a human. Multifaceted eyes looked at him as it roared at him through a human mouth. Feelers twitched as it's mantis-like arms slashed at him. He leapt out of the way. "Daddy look out!" Starbright said as he dodged again, the demon somehow getting behind him without him even seeing it move.

He pulled Starbright into the protection of his arms. It's insect wings rubbed together making a chirping sound. Two more mantis demons landed next to the first. They stared at him as if they were confused, then they seemed to come to a decision and attacked. He leapt to the side to avoid the demon's serrated limbs.

"Daddy, you are too slow." She protested. They stopped their attack. They chittered and chirped as they studied Starbright. They crouched to pounce.

Michelangelo and Donatello ran, chased by an enormous hound. "We have to reach that cemetery." Donatello said to him as they dodged under tree branches and tripped over snow covered stumps.

"Then what? Hope we don't freeze to death while we wait until they get bored and leave?" Michelangelo asked in frustration. They had been separated and he was worried about everyone, especially Katherine, covered as she was in so much blood.

"I'm working on it Mikey." Donatello growled as his brother dodged to the left as a hound burst from the thicket. Donatello was grabbed by the shoulder with its massive jaws, razor sharp teeth biting easily through soft flesh. Donatello screamed. The hound shook him like a rag doll, tossing him to the ground.

Donatello clutched his right shoulder in agony as the hound circled him. The second hound bared it's teeth as a feral growl was issued from black lips.

Michelangelo stumbled back trying to guard his injured brother as best as he could.

He lashed out a kick at the advancing Hellhound, while the other hound circled them. The hound caught his leg in its mouth, sharp teeth digging into his leg. He screamed in agony.

Katherine crouched low. She put the little girl under a dense pile of skeletal underbrush hiding her from view. She put her fingers to her lips as she quietly moved away.

She heard a large animal moving through the trees. She could try to run, fought the urge to run, after all, he would find her anyway.

She looked at him as he emerged from the trees. He did not wear a human skin, did not pretend to be anything other than what he was, a demon. She looked into his face as he looked down at her from atop his pitch black Hell horse. The head of the Hell Horse lowered. Smoke curled slowly from its flared red nostrils, red eyes blazed in frustration of the end of the hunt.

The horse reared as the rider controlled his steed. The demon's membranous black wings stretched wide. His red skin was caught in the pale light of the moon. Blackened horns glinted in the night against the darker black of his hair. Yellow eyes bore into her. A smile lit his face as he looked at her. "Hello Kaethryn." He said to her.

April crouched with Casey. They had managed to make it to the cemetery and were now hidden behind the largest tombstone they could find. April shivered with cold and apprehension. They had been the first to make it, and April cringed at the sound of the baying hounds. None had followed them which meant they had all followed everyone else. April didn't know why none had followed and pursued them, all she knew was that she hoped everyone was okay. Casey clutched her close trying to warm her, but she couldn't stop shaking. She closed her eyes in fear as inhuman screams began to rend the night.

End of Part 1

I know, I know. I am an evil, evil author! To leave it at a cliffhanger, but I thought it was the best place to end it, and begin anew with Part Two. I hope you will enjoy the next installment because this story is going to have 3 parts. I just really hope everyone keeps with this stroy and enjoys it! Thank you so much to everyone who has been reading and enjoying this story!