A/N: Well hello! Here's another update, I'm proud to say that I took a little DSS vacation- which RoxyPony and I seem to do frequently... but I'm back! Because I missed my little darebear. So I'll be getting more things up and written! This may be the second to last chapter under this book- but its' amazing how many reviews it's gotten. Thank you SO MUCH to anyone who reviewed or has taken apart of it in any way. SO, here we go!

Thank you to my beautiful reviewers... the number I got last time was a teeeny bit disappointing- but I know you guys can do better, so let's do it!

"There's a vulture on my shoulder, and he's telling me to give in. Always hissing right in my ear, like it's coming from my own head."- Fixed At Zero, VersaEmerge.

Kade laid in the hotel room, the soft sounds of breathing filling the silence. She smiled as she heard Ronnie's faint snores in perfect harmony with Mr. Crepsley- this used to keep her awake, but she thankfully got used to the snoring sleepers. Sitting up slowly, she propped her weight on her elbows and scanned her eyes around the room. She smirked when she saw that Ronnie found her way closer to Darren on the couch, even though they had fallen asleep at opposite corners. Knowing that she wouldn't be able to sleep, she sat up, sliding on a pair of cowboy boots and ruffling a hand through her polished straight locks and shutting the door slowly behind her.

"Hello there, Kayden." She froze at the voice, she couldn't keep the goosebumps from appearing on her skin.

"Desmond." She spat back, not turning around to face him. She heard him chuckle under his breath as he walked around slowly to be in her view.

"How are my projects doing?" He snickered, Kade grinded her teeth together.

"Your what?" she spat, her hands forming into fists at her side.

"Veronica and Darren." he said, raising his eyebrows. "I see that Ronnie is doing well- actually, not well to her standards. But perfectly well to mine."

"You sick bastard." Kade growled, Desmond only grew more amused at this and fondled with the chain of his watch.

"Well, I'm sure that Arrow had told you that there may be a time that you must- dispose of Veronica." Desmond started, and his smile grew even wider when Kade's eyes fell slightly. "Now, there's two scenarios. Depending on certain... variables. Let me show you my favorite outcome." he leaned forward and pressed two fingers against her forehead and Kade fell into the darkness.

Blood stained the floor of the cave, many warriors were strewn over the floor- moaning and grasping wounds and trying to keep the flow of blood from seeping out of them. Darren watched with his teeth gritted, watching in horror as Ronnie held a young snakeboy in her grasp.

"Ronnie! Why are you doing this!" He cried out, she just smiled sadistically and raised a manicured brow. Her normally light blue eyes were wild and dangerous.

"Oh, now you care, don't you, Darren?" she teased, running her fingers through the snake-child's hair.

"Just kill him, already!" Steve barked from behind her, she whipped her head in his direction, baring her teeth.

"Shut up, Leonard! You listen to my orders, do you understand? Your chance when you fucked up and lied to me". Steve just rolled his eyes and stepped back, muttering inaudibly to himself.

"We'll kill him, we'll kill darius!" Darren snapped, holding the small boy in his grasp. Ronnie's eyebrows lifted into her hairline, and then she shrugged,

"Do it."

"Dad! Help me!" Darius cried to Steve, who only sneered in response.

"Oh but Darren, how will you do it, maybe like, this?" She finished, using her hands to quickly snap the small snake boy's neck and let out a loud cackle.

"I've had enough of this scenario," Desmond's voice chimed through Kade's head, "let's take a look at one more."

Mr. Crepsley hung over the railing, hanging onto a large chain that was his only lifeline keeping him away from the stakes beneath him. Ronnie stood beside Steve, her blonde hair ruffled and clothes stained with blood. Many gashes and wounds had found their way into her body, but she still stood tall. Steve let out a wail as the weight of Mr. Crepsley caused the chain to tighten around his right hand and send him falling over towards the railing. Steve wailed out wildly the pair falling to their demise when Ronnie leaned forward, and caught Steve's flailing left hand. Gannen Harst came behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist to keep the girl from falling over the edge along with them.

"Let go!" Steve screamed, kicking out at Mr. Crepsley, "You'll kill us both!"

"This is what I meant to do!" Mr. Crepsley roared.

"Let go Mr. C- I mean! Let go you gingered idiot!" Ronnie growled, sweat beading from her forehead. "I can't hold on any longer!"

Mr. Crepsley started saying his goodbyes to the ones beneath him, when Steve used all of his strength to pull himself up Ronnie's arm. She let out a relieved sigh as they got Steve's top half over the railing, Mr. Crepsley held firmly onto his ankles and then let go and grasped the edge. Ronnie stepped forward and pressed the toe of her boot onto his fingers.

"Now, where do you think you're going?" She grinned, looking upon her old mentor's face.

"Veronica, what happened to you?" He said, gritting his teeth together.

"I learned." she said, thrusing her foot out to the cliff's edge, making Larten Crepsley's life soley rely on the grip of his left hand. She pressed her toe on his other set of fingers, and leaned down towards him.

"Ronnie! Don't! Please!" Darren cried. She ignored his voice and leaned forward to his ear.

"Even in death, may you be triumphant." She whispered, before kicking her foot out once again and sending Mr. Crepsley to his death.

"What a show, what a show!" Mr. Tiny clapped, smiling wildly. Tears had formed in Kade's eyes and she leaned against the wall in the hallway of the hotel, sliding down to be seating on the floor.

"H-h-ho-" she tried to stammer out, but Mr. Tiny just wagged a finger at her.

"Now you see why you may have to kill her, yes?" he chortled, Kade just buried her head in her hands. Mr. Tiny looked to his watch and clicked his tongue,

"I better be going, have a nice evening, Kayden." And with that, he vanished into the shadows. Kade let the tears fall from her eyes, something that was a very rare occurrence. The evil in her eyes, the way she cackled wildly, she was pure evil. But that wasn't Ronnie- she was like her sister, there was no way that she could become that way. She had said that she learned, that she was lied to. But what could send her to go so far off the edge, hadn't her and Cassie tried to stop her? The door clicked open, and no one other than Veronica Dexter shuffled down the hallway, leaning down to her friend and placing her hand on her shoulder.

"Kadey, what's wrong?" She asked, alarmed. Her eyebrows were threaded and her long blonde hair fell into her eyes.

"N-n-nothing. Just a really bad dream, a bad dream... please, be a bad dream."

"It's got me mixed up, trying not to give up. Tell me there's a way to get out of here. Oh, fixed at zero."