Hey guys! I just wanted to say thanks to all of you for reading. I wanted to give a special thanks to people who added me on their alerts and who reviewed. Once I saw that it put me in gear to type out this chapter.

I know it may seem a little dragged out now, but I'm working my way into the story so it will get better.

Once again I do not own any of the characters from Strange Angels.

Now on with the story.

Chapter 2

Charles dismissed us pretty quickly after that.

I wanted to see Ash before we headed to our rooms, but the thought of making Graves face him again made me keep my mouth shut.

"Take us to where they're holding the Broken." Graves told the djamphir guiding us

I looked up at him thoughtfully. It's like he could read my mind sometimes.

"First ones free" he said smiling down at me.

I let out a short laugh and wrapped my arm around him in a kind of side hug. Gosh, he's warm, too warm to let go. So I didn't. Realizing I wasn't moving any time soon Graves threw his arm over my shoulder to balance us out. This felt right, like home. With Graves I didn't get the same panicky feeling I did with Christophe.

We continued to follow our guide to Ash. He led us down dark narrow stairs to what looked like a basement. At the bottom stood two djamphir playing guard. We walked quickly past the guards and through double doors, which looked to be made of steel. On the other side stood a large cage with a pacing Ash trapped inside. On the floor sat a very bored looking Shanks.

"It's about time you showed," Shanks whined climbing to his feet. "I've been watching him pace for hours now."

"Get over it. We're here now" replied Graves never taking his eyes off Ash

"How's he doing?" I asked making my way closer to the cage.

Behind me I could hear Graves growling quietly.

"He's all healed up now" answered Shanks who came to stand next to me as if he would grab me if I got too close to the cage.

Ash had stopped pacing and now just stood there staring at me.

"We have to find a way to help him" I almost pleaded looking back toward Graves

For the first time since we had been down here he tore his stare away from Ash and gave me a sad smile "We will." He said then turned around and went to go talk to one of the djamphir.

Dibs came up to stand on the other side of me. "What if he leads You Know Who here?" He questioned

Ash growled as if in response.

"I guess we should take that as a no." chuckled Shanks.

"Come on guys it's getting late and we haven't had a good night's sleep for days" called Graves already walking out the doors.

I ran to catch up with him, the guys close behind me. We met our guide back at the stairs and he led us to our rooms.

Dibs' room was next to Graves and mine with Shanks' across the hall from us.

Charles had told us before that they had no adjoining rooms so they put us in one of the apartments instead.

The inside had a common room with two bedrooms on either side and a bathroom to share. I chose the bedroom on the right throwing my bag down on the bed. The set up and colors were just like the one at the other Schola.

"You think they use the same interior designer at all the Scholas?" I called to Graves making my way back to the common area and throwing myself on the couch.

"I was just thinking that." Graves responded while picking up my legs, only to put them down on his lap after he made himself comfortable on the couch. "I barred every door and window except for the ones in your room. We're going to have to do that before we go to sleep."

"Kay" I replied simply.

For I while we sat in a comfortable silence, that is until I broke it.

"I'm sorry" I pretty much whispered.

Graves' head shot up towards me. "What for?" He asked looking confused.

"Asking you to help Ash even after what he did to you. You must think I'm being really selfish." I answered never looking up from my lap.

"Dru I could never think that about you. As for the big bad wolf, I'll get over it. I'm curious about what's going on with him too. So stop worrying about me.

I looked up at him now with tears in my eyes. "But it's my fault you were bitten in the first place. " I near sobbed.

"Are you crazy Dru? Before I met you I was a guy living alone in the mall. Now I have you and the guys. Plus, it's like you always say, I get to turn into superman whenever I want. To me, Dru, meeting you was the best thing that has ever happened to me."

His words made me smile, but I couldn't seem to stop crying.

"Aw. Dru come here." He ordered opening his arms for me.

I quickly crawled over to him resting my head on his chest, listening to the now familiar sound of his heartbeat.

I must have fallen asleep because next thing I knew I was in my bed with Christophe sitting next to me.

"Morning little bird."

So I'm leaving for Rhode Island on Saturday for a couple days where I will have no internet. I'm hoping to have one more chapter done before I leave. If not then will be posting two next time.

Next chapter will go in blooming a little bit.