If I survive long enough for us to meet again, I would apologize for ruining your life and your world by pulling you into my catastrophic mess of an existence.

I sit in the kitchen of Ikuto's apartment. As always, he's just sitting there, staring out the window. He has more courage than me…or maybe he's just locked away all the feeling he had left. I could see the gray color of the world outside, and the billowing of black smoke from here, I would never want to be any closer. Television is nothing anyone wants to see either, sacrifices, murders, vampires…

It's been six months, since the end of the world as we knew it.

That day was so normal, so peaceful, just sitting inside my apartment, listening to the two of them bickering as usual. There had been a strange string of murders nearby, which was strange for this area. Kukai was next to me, laughing at as I spilled water all over myself.

"Utau, the cup can only hold so much!" he laughed. Such a happy look on his face, on that day such a face was so normal, I took it for granted. Clouds hung over the city, they had been there for days, but no rain came. No thunder either, just an eerie, dark silence. Ikuto and Amu left for his place, we would be meeting them there for dinner.

The TV started beeping again, the news anchor stating it was another urgent message. A missing person. I already knew who it was. Tadase had escaped from his cell days ago, and after that the murders started. I didn't want to connect the two. So I stayed happy in my ignorance and went on with my everyday life. It didn't last, though.

It feels like the second they broke into the house was only minutes ago - that horrible screeching noise, their huge pointed teeth and beady black eyes staring at me. Huge, burley monsters, with the wings of bats, and in front of them stood Tadase. But he wasn't the Tadase I knew, his face was inhumanly pale, his eyes black as night with frightening white slits in them, and his mouth curled into a malicious, berserk smile. He told the two of us then, to take our friends and go to Ikuto's apartment, where we would be under close watch. We had no choice but to listen.

When we got there, Ikuto was distraught. Tadase had sent the monsters for Amu, who went without a fight to save us. He watched as they flew away, and as she tore them apart a few buildings away. She turned and looked at him from a rooftop four buildings down, waved goodbye with tears in her eyes…

Six months.

The city went to Hell. The old executive building of Easter was turned into the headquarters. People were dragged from their homes to that building, they never came out. We were promised safety as long as we stayed in the apartment and made no attempt at finding Amu.

This Hell is our home now. All we can do is hope that she's still alive, but sometimes we're too busy trying to survive ourselves.

TADASE

I had been locked away, in that cold white room. She had come, as she said. Her long purple hair, blank face…she was a vampire. A race which I had hated my whole life. However, I made a deal with the devil, and now I could never be happier.

The power surging through my veins is so thick it intoxicating. She made me what I had always wanted to be, someone in control, someone powerful enough to destroy the one I hated. Amu Hinamori.

I am not a vampire, nor a human. A monster, well that's what most would call me. Fused with the blood of the Bats, the vampires'servants. I can control them as I please, and I posses their strength and ability to fly. She asks me to take her humans, and since we are in control of this entire world, that's not a problem. She takes their blood, and I gain strength from their souls.

She's never told me her name, but I don't care. She gave me everything I've ever wanted, she saved me. She made me realize what I wanted was never Ikuto, it was power, and to kill those who get in my way.

OK, super, super short chapter. I'm literally working on the next (and most likely last) chapter at this moment (no year waiting this time folks.) I just wanted to get this one out there so you all know its back. I'm thinking of making the next one just one HUGE ass final chapter…packed with goodies. Go read my profile for a lil update on me if ya want.

A bit of a twist there though, huh? Hope it wasn't too much for ya cuz there's much more to come! *Wink, Wink*

REX