Chapter 11

Katya shoved her things in the bag then zipped it up.

"I don't care what they say anymore." She muttered to herself, as tears fell down her face, "I'm going home. I want my sister!"

She put her jacket on and shouldered the bag. Just as she reached the front door, her parents and family spotted her.

"Where do you think you're going Katya?" Her Mother cried, "You have college tomorrow at nine, and work after that. You can't be going out late at night."

"Mam she's always doing things like this." Rache said, "Not to mention muttering about two none existent people called Nasta and Tansa. None of the others that know her, know who they are."

Katya ignored them and opened the door.

"If you leave this house you can find somewhere else to sleep tonight young lady!" Her Mother yelled.

Katya smiled and faced her, and the others.

"So?" She replied, "I'm leaving. Never coming back. I'm going home to where I'm wanted. You will never see me again. And good riddance!"

Katya then walked out the door. Her family ran to the door after her. All of them, especially her Father yelling abuse to her. It shocked them all when an army truck pulled up at the kerb. They fell silent as two men got out.

"Katya, it's good to see you again." One of the men smiled, "Lieutenant!"

The second man ran forward.

"Sir!" He said, saluting.

"Take Katya's bag." The first man ordered.

Katya handed over her bag to the Lieutenant, and he took it back to the truck.

"Thanks for coming on such short notice Commander Stanton." Katya sighed, "I just need to get away as quick as I can."

"Of course." The Commander replied, "But how many times to I have to tell you. It's Carlos. First names between friends. I have the plane standing by at the airport. We'll have you airborne before the nights out."

Katya nodded and followed him to the truck. Not looking back at the shocked faces of her family. No false family. Nasta and Tansa were her family. And she was returning to them.

"Katya what the hell are you playing at!" Her fake Mother shouted, "Get back here at once!"

Carlos helped Katya into the back of the truck, then climbed up partially.

"Let's go Sergeant!" He called.

The truck started and drove off. Carlos ducked into the back of the truck. A streetlight shone on Carlos's sleeve before he got fully inside the back of the truck.

"Where is she going?" Jay asked.

"No idea." His Father answered, "But that badge on the guy's arm. He's military. And high up. Well if they want the little slut they can have her."

The others all followed him back into the house, and shut the door.

Katya stared at the mountains as she walked towards the black mist. Carlos had driven her to the airport. Then one of his men had flown her here. Another of his men had been waiting to drive her to the mountains. She'd thanked them and had watched them drive off. Now she was ready to return back to her real family. Tears fell down her face as she ran through the mist. Once through she stopped and faced the mist. She took off her bracelet.

"This is the last time." She smiled, and snapped the bracelet.

The mist vanished in seconds. The bracelet dissolved in her hands. Serena was free to return to her family. Wondering where they'd be, she turned back to the road and began running.

Serena stumbled up the driveway and stopped at the door. Hoping to surprise everyone she opened the door and ran in.

"Raven! Hotaru!" She called, dropping her bag near the door.

Evan walked out the study with Reba at his heels. Reba ran over to Serena and began licking her face, as she bent down to stroke him.

"Serena you returned." Evan smiled, "Raven was getting worried. She's at college with Hotaru at the moment."

Serena sighed.

"Why don't you go surprise them there?" Evan suggested, "Take your motorbike. I believe Raven built in a navigations system into it, along with hers and Hotaru's."

Serena stood up and grinned.

"Thanks Evan." She said, heading for the garage, "Would you mind taking my bag to my room?"

"Not at all." Evan replied, "Go see your sister and cousin."

Serena disappeared into the living room. Evan picked up the bag and headed for the stairs. Reba followed him.

Raven sighed as Relena glared at her from across the gym.

"Rave she's just jealous that she can't do the gymnastics you can." Hotaru muttered, "Besides you aren't even joining the gymnastics team."

"Too much bother." Raven admitted, "Let's hope this lesson goes by quickly."

The lads heard her and nodded. Relena was really starting to annoy them all. Although the lesson had only just begun.

"Can I help you miss?" The Receptionist asked.

Serena turned and faced her. She looked pretty and had kind eyes.

"I'm looking for Sohmara Raven." She answered, "Would you be able to tell me if she's in a lesson now?"

"One moment." The woman smiled.

She typed on her computer.

"Sohmara Raven is in a gym lesson now. Double lesson." She told her, "Do you wish to speak with her?"

"Actually I wanted to see her." Serena admitted, "Could I go and see her?"

The woman nodded.

"You want to go left at the first cross section in the corridor. Then after that you want to head straight for three more junctions and then turn right. The gym she's in is room E 46. down that corridor." She said, giving directions.

Serena stared at her, confused. The woman smiled and took out a map. On it she drew a line for Serena to follow to get to her destination.

"There that should help." She smiled, handing it over.

Serena looked over it, and put it down on the desk. She traced the line with her finger.

"Thanks." She beamed and headed off down the corridor, as a man walked out an office near the reception.

He walked over to the reception, after watching Serena disappear round the corner.

"Who was that?" He asked.

The receptionist was about to answer, when Serena ran back round the corner. She picked up the map from the desk.

"I won't get far without this." She laughed, and ran back round the corner.

"I believe she's a friend of Sohmara Raven." The receptionist answered.

"Did she sign in?" The man checked, glancing at the book.

"Oh I forgot to get her too." The woman gasped, "It slipped my mind. I'm sorry Sir."

The man waved away her apology.

"Just make sure you get any others to sign in."

The receptionist nodded, and turned back to her work. The man returned to his office.

Applause broke out as Raven completed a triple summersault with a 360 degrees twist at the end, and landed perfectly.

"Well done Sohmara." Tobias said, "That was done perfectly. You may take a break whilst the others practice. The same goes for you lads and you Sohmara. You all managed to perform the assigned task."

Tobias then walked over to where others were practicing. Duo caught sight of Relena's glare as she was told her summersault wasn't done correctly.

"Hurry on second half of the lesson." Duo muttered.

Raven smiled at him, as she stretched her arms.

"Just ignore her Duo." Hotaru said, "She just wants to appear to be perfect in all she does. Yet she knows hardly how to do anything."

The others nodded. Trowa and Quatre leaned against the walls. The others stood nearby. All of them were watching the others practice and commenting on their moves.

Serena stopped outside a door. A sign next to it said E46.

"This must be it." She sighed, "How far away did it have to be."

She folded the map and placed it safely away inside her pocket. She then took a deep breath and opened the doors. Her eyes scanned the students, trying to spot her sister.

Quatre yawned and covered his mouth to hide it.

"Only twenty minutes till the end of the first lesson." Raven told him, her back to the gym doors, "Then we only have another lesson of gym."

Duo slumped against the wall.

"Why do most of our lessons have Peacecraft in them?" He complained.

"Because she has to be everywhere Heero is." Hotaru muttered, watching a lad do a double summersault, "He's good."

Raven turned to look, as the lad performed the summersault again.

"RAVEN!" A voice screamed.

Everyone spun round to the gym doors. Raven was just in time to see a figure before she was slammed into. Luckily she managed to keep from falling down. Looking down she saw Serena hugging her. Her arms were wrapped tight round her neck.

"Serena!" Hotaru gasped, shocked.

"What's going on here?" Tobias asked, walking over.

"Sere let go of her!" Quatre warned, "She's turning blue!"

Serena leapt back from Raven and she was held steady by Heero as she filled her lungs with air.

"Sorry Rave." Serena said, fiddling with her hands, "I just missed you!"

"I think we could tell that." Hotaru laughed.

Serena turned and saw Hotaru.

"Hotaru! You're here too!" She cried, and dived at her.

Hotaru got caught in a hug too. Only Wufei managed to prevent her from being strangled like Raven had been.

"Excuse me." Tobias said, "But I'd like to know who you are and why you're disturbing my lesson."

"Sorry Tobias." Raven replied, "This is my younger sister, Serena. She's been out of town for five months and has only just got back. I believe she may have come straight here to see myself and my cousin."

"Your younger sister?" Tobias smiled, "I guess that explains why she almost strangled you."

Raven rolled her eyes, but Serena moved closer to her.

"I am sorry for disturbing your lesson." She told Tobias, "Just I missed my Sissy too much to wait for her to come home."

Tobias grinned.

"Sohmara take the rest of the lesson off. You too Sohmara." He stated, "You need time to catch up with your sister."

Raven looked at him shocked. So did Hotaru. Raven went to move and ended up going into a coughing fit.

"I think it may be best if you took the rest of the lesson off as well Yuy, Chang." Tobias added, "It seems Sohmara will need looking after. Winner. You, Barton and Maxwell are close friends with them. Practically family if I can judge Sohmara's treatment of you. Therefore I think it's only fair for you all to take the rest of the lesson off as well. Beside there isn't anything else for you to do today. You may leave."

Tobias turned away and began to walk off.

"What's his name?" Serena asked.

"Tobias Tiernan." Trowa answered.

Serena smiled and turned to his retreating back.

"Thanks Tobias!" She called, "You are one cool teacher!"

Heero helped Raven to leave the gym. Hotaru ran into the changing room to collect hers and Raven's gear. Trowa, Wufei, Quatre and Duo ran and got theirs and Heero's. Then all eight of them left the gym and headed home. Seeing as they had no lessons after the gym one.

Evan looked up surprised as Heero carried Raven into the living room from the garage.

"What happened?" He asked.

"I'll be fine." Raven told him, "Sere was just a little forceful in the way she greeted me."

Serena walked in with a guilty look on her face. The others all sat down, Sere with them.

"Well an explanation would be good." Evan prompted.

"Sere ran in the gym and nearly strangled Rave as she hugged her." Hotaru said, "That sums it up. But since Raven has shown she's a tough nut there won't be any lingering damage. Just a sore throat for a few hours."

"Sorry Rave." Serena sighed, "I didn't mean to…"

"Sere shut up." Raven cut in, "You're my sister. I expect you to strangle me to death if you haven't seen me for two months. Never mind five."

Serena looked up and a grin appeared on her face.

"Evan how is progress?" Raven questioned, "Harry said he was going to check things over today."

"He came and everything is going to plan." Evan told her, "Or should I say everything is being completed faster then planned. He said he was surprised that so much was getting done so quickly. But that everything was of top quality standards."

"That'll be because of Nancy." Raven smirked, "One of the builders has been eyeing her. She's been taking over snacks for them all. As well as drinks. I think they've been working hard because of her."

"How so?" Evan asked, "I don't get what you're hinting at."

"Nancy tells them she won't bring any snacks over till they've done some hard work, and she can see the sweat shining on their backs." Raven giggled, "Seems they take her literally."

Everyone started laughing. Reba ran in and leapt up onto the sofa Raven was sat on. He crawled over Heero's lap and laid his head on Raven's lap.

"Okay Reba is laid on someone other then Raven." Serena commented, "What have I missed since I've been away?"

Raven and Hotaru both broke into identical smiles. They both then began to tell Serena all she'd missed. Including the fact that the lads were living with them, and that they both were dating two of them. As early as they'd left college, they weren't finished telling her everything till gone half nine. Evan made a snack dinner for them and they all went to bed shortly afterwards.

Luckily the next day was a Saturday. All the same everyone was woken up early by a scream of alarm. It came from Hotaru's room. Everyone ran in, only to find Hotaru laid on her bed with her pillows over her face, as Serena bounced on her bed.

"I'm back!" Serena sang, "I'm back! I'm back!"

"Sere it's four in the morning." Raven sighed, "Don't you think it would be a good idea to get some more rest?"

"But I can't!" Sere cried, jumping down from the bed, "I'm too hyper!"

"Shut the hell up!" Hotaru groaned from the bed.

She then flung her pillow at Serena, hitting her in her side.

"I need more sleep!" She moaned, pulling the covers up over her head.

"Tell you what Sere, come in my room." Raven smiled, "I'm not so tired. Besides I think Hotaru may want some more sleep."

"You think!" Hotaru muttered, from under her covers.

Raven steered Serena out the room and to hers. The others all left Hotaru alone. They all knew it was a little dangerous to bother her early in the morning.

By the more reasonable hour of eight o'clock, everyone was fully awake and downstairs. Serena was bouncing around in the kitchen as Hotaru walked into the living room.

"Next time you do that to me, Sere I will personally see you don't get out of your room till I let you." She sighed, sitting down next to Wufei, "I couldn't get to sleep till gone one this morning."

"Why's that?" Evan asked, bringing over some drinks for everyone, seeing as they were all sat in the same room.

"No idea." Hotaru answered, looking up at him and seeing Raven with a small smile on her face, although she had her nose in a small book, "But it seems Rave may know."

All eyes turned to Raven. She didn't even notice as she turned a page in the book.

"Rave!" Sere called.

Raven glanced up from her book.

"What?" She asked, "I don't have any idea why Hotaru couldn't sleep. And I was smiling at something I had read."

"She was listening." Duo muttered.

"Raven can do both." Evan smiled, "Believe me; she's caught me out with it a few times."

"Anyway, Sere since you're back. You can choose what we do today." Raven said, "We can go out somewhere or stay in and chill."

"I reckon we should hang by the pool." Serena giggled, seeing Hotaru was edgy by what she would choose, "Don't fancy going out yet."

Hotaru sighed.

"Evan can you sort out snacks and drinks for us." She asked, "And we'll get ready."

Serena and Hotaru were the first to leave the room. Wufei, Quatre, Duo, Trowa and Heero followed. Raven paused by the door, before leaving.

"Evan we'll need to sort out the attic at a different time." She told him, "If Hotaru can hear us, the others will be able to soon enough. Her senses aren't that sharp."

Evan nodded.

"Do you think it's a good idea keeping this from them?" He checked.

"Until we have decided what to do up there, yes." Raven sighed, "Sere has yet to be told of her Hells Angels gene. And both of them will need to reach a certain level of magic before they can help us."

"You've progressed another bookcase?" Evan gasped, "You're level is growing quickly. I wonder why."

"My Great Grandfather's diary says it could be because of a few things." Raven muttered, holding up the small book she'd been reading, "But he also says, that there has only ever been one pure Hells Angels gene recorded after the 10th century. And that they alone hold the true power of the gene. The recording of this we have. He says it's been passed down for centuries. Each family has hidden it with their power."

"We'll need to find it." Evan agreed, "I can search the library for you whilst you swim. Will you leave the diary with me for now?"

Raven smiled and handed it over.

"I've already finished reading it." She told him, "Was just reading up on parts of it again."

Evan slipped the small book into his pocket and got on with making drinks. Raven

left the room and headed for her bedroom.

Three hours later, both Raven and Hotaru were getting a little worried about Serena's behaviour. She'd been disappearing off quickly to the bathroom, or her room. Only she'd be gone for ten minutes. And now she looked pale. Something was wrong.

"Hey Sere!" Duo called, "Aren't you coming back in the water?"

"No!" Hotaru answered for her, "I wanna chat to my cousin for a while."

Hotaru didn't give Serena a chance to argue, but pulled her over to a sun lounge and got her to sit down. Raven glanced over and saw them both.

'She'll find out what's going on.' She thought as she got ready to participate in the game of water volley ball.

Heero sighed as Raven drummed her fingers on the table for the tenth time.

"Rave what's bothering you?" He asked.

It was a week later and Serena had enrolled into the college. She had also been told of her Hells Angels gene. Both Raven and Hotaru had noticed she was still slightly pale. But hadn't been able to find out why. Sere had told them she was just a little tired from traveling home. Yet it didn't explain her sudden trips to the bathroom. Or why she'd lock herself in her room for an hour with music playing at random.

Now Raven was in the college library with Trowa and Heero, trying to complete an essay.

"There's just something about Serena…" Raven mused, not really paying attention to either lad, "She has to be hiding something… But what? Why won't she tell us what's wrong with her?"

Heero and Trowa looked at each other. They knew Raven had been bothered about something, but hadn't expected this.

Wufei surprised them all by running up to them.

"Got a problem" He told them, "Serena collapsed. Hotaru's with her, but refusing to allow her to be taken to the hospital."

"Where?" Raven demanded, on her feet.

"Chemistry lab." Wufei answered, "This way."

He then ran out. Raven followed him. Trowa and Heero ran after them, after collecting all their stuff together.