Disclaimer: I do not own any of TDI or TDA's characters. I only own the idea of the story.

Author's Note: Alright. I have to say something before I actually get on with the actual story. One: I know I said this in the last chapter, but, I'll say it again, thanks very much to all of my readers who read the story, and review afterwards! Second: I kinda forgot. Well, anyway…

Please enjoy!

Chapter 3

In Heaven

"Geoff!"

Duncan burst through the large, wooden doors, hollering his friend's name over and over. He ran down the rather long hallway, with his wings trailing behind his back. He had forgotten to retract them once he landed on Heaven, but right now, he could care less.

His teal eyes locked onto the form of the blonde sitting down. He began to run faster. Until, suddenly, a hand shot out from nowhere, and grabbed onto his arm. Duncan skidded to a halt with a soft 'oomph'. Duncan looked down at the large hand gripping his forearm, and stifled a groan.

Oh…God, not him! I don't have any freaking time for this! He thought, frantically trying to get his arm out of the iron grip. "Duncan!" The voice of the man holding him boomed. And just as suddenly as the hand appeared, Duncan felt its grip disappear from his arm, and was replaced by two, huge arms. The arms wrapped themselves around his upper body, and carried him up. He was then pressed against the much larger Angel's soft chest in a seemingly harmless display of friendship.

"I haven't seen ya in a while, buddy! Where've ya been hiding?" The pleasantly plump Angel asked him, as he continued to hug the life out of him.

Duncan tried to push away from him. "I…haven't been…hiding at…all…Owen…" He ground out.

"Yeah, you have! After every single mission, you'd run up to your room and lock yourself in! Is something…interesting going on that you aren't telling us about?" Owen waggled his eyebrows, suggestively, only to earn a glare from Duncan.

"No, there isn't anything need to know about." Duncan muttered under his breath, as he pried his Owen's arms off of him.

Not bothering to even give another glance at the larger Angel, Duncan brushed passed him, and stomped toward Geoff, who had been watching them all along with an amused smirk on his face. It was a smirk Duncan would be more than willing to wipe off, if it weren't for the fact that he would need Geoff's ability to speak coherent sentences for the time being.

"Yo," Geoff said, raising his hand up in greeting once Duncan sat down in the seat in front of him. "What's up?"

Duncan glared, but then managed to keep himself from yelling his response. "I need to ask you a few questions, Geoff."

The blonde angel raised an eyebrow in question, shifting into a less relaxed position. Duncan had never wanted to ask him anything before. Heck, Duncan only spoke to other Angels when it was absolutely necessary. Geoff was really curious as to what Duncan's question could be, and being as nice as he was, he wanted to make sure that he answered Duncan's questions as clearly as possible.

But then again…the opportunity to embarrass Duncan might never show up again. Geoff smirked inwardly. Yes, he would definitely take advantage of this opportunity. The fact that he's an Angel didn't mean that he was a completely nice guy.

Somewhere on Earth

Knock.

Knock..

Knock…

The knocks on the door grew fainter and fainter with each passing second. A normal human would have never even noticed it, but, of course, this manor's Lord was no ordinary human. He was a vampire.

Practically flying down the stairs, the pale, black-haired man sprinted to the door, wearing nothing but a silky, black robe. The familiar dark aura and the scent of Demon's blood had called out to him, asking—no, begging—for help.

His eyes flashing red, he grabbed the doorknob and pulled the door open. On his doorstep, was a woman. She wore a strange, black costume and had a beautiful face. But…her eyes were sad and empty, and her complexion was horrible. His eyes traveled up to her arms, which were clutched tightly to her chest. The red completely took over his eyes.

Though a normal person couldn't possibly see it, since her clothes were also black, he could both see and smell the blood on her; it was all over her. She was bleeding from both of her wrists, her chest, and her back.

It happened again. His mind roared. Why does she keep hurting herself like this?!

Before he could say anything, the woman offered him a tiny, weak smile. "Oh…did I…interrupt anything…Trent…?" She mumbled, stumbling a little. He lunged forward, and caught her in his arms before she could fall over backwards. He gently held her to his chest, keeping her on her feet. She reached up and loosely gripped the front of his robe. "If…if I am…inter-interrupting…I can…leave…" Her voice was barely above a whisper.

Trent stared at the puddle of black blood growing on his porch, and growled. "You idiot," He scolded. "Even if I was doing something right now, you will always come first." His tone softened. He just couldn't get mad at her. He just cared too much.

"…you're…so…nice…" She managed to get out, before closing her eyes, and slipping out of consciousness.

He shifted her, so that he was carrying her bridal style, and stepped inside his house, leaving the door open. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a flash of blue hair. "Gwen…" He said softly, as to not disturb the woman in his arms, even though she wouldn't have woken up even if there was a massive earthquake.

An equally pale little girl stepped out from behind a rather large vase. Her hair was short, and dyed a luminous blue color, and her eyes were a pretty shade of amber. Her hands nervously played with the skirt of her long, dark blue dress as she bowed her head in respect. "Yes, Master?" She asked softly. Trent sighed, and gestured to the mess on his porch.

"Get the maids to clean that mess up." He said gruffly, before climbing up the stairs, and going straight into his room, closing the door behind him.

A/N: Actually, I meant for this chapter to be longer, but when I actually finished the whole thing…it was a lot longer than I thought it would be. So, I actually cut this chapter in half, and will save the other half for the next chapter. Yeah, I would have uploaded both this chapter and the next chapter at the same time, but I still need to edit a few things. Okay…I should really stop rambling, and get to the point: thanks for reading, and please review!!! I'll update as soon as I can!