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Ahhh the chapters are getting longer, as the ending get's nearer.

Blood dripped from her arm she panted heavily trying to fight the fatigue that was beginning to effect her body. "Saya how serious is your injury?" Yoshiki asked. She looked up at her father's back, he stood in front of her his weapon drawn, the light from the entrance of the cave outlined his figure in black.

"I've lost some blood, it's not serious now but it's getting worse," she said as she tightened the ripped cloth she had tied around the wound. "How far are they behind us?"

"Close, very close, we can't stay here long," he said. He turned around and looked at his eldest child, she was dirty and bloody, her face was white from the loss of blood and he could see that she was using all her strength just to keep up with him. He turned back around and scanned the lush jungle tress, 'Damn you Sophia,' he thought. She had set a trap for them, as soon as they had gotten off the plane to meet their contact they had known something was wrong. The contact had not met them, instead there had been directions for them to go to their hotel and wait for someone to contact them there. Instantly Yoshiki had known that something was wrong, however he followed the directions hoping that it was only paranoia.

It wasn't until they had safely made it to their hotel and checked in that they were ambushed, narrowly they had escaped but not unscathed. Following the instructions his wife had given his they had moved north into the mountains. Saya had questioned why they were still following Sophia's orders when she had planned to have them killed. Yoshiki understood her frustration and anger but he had noticed something about their pursuers that she hadn't. They weren't purposely trying to kill them, there had been several opportunities where they could have easily killed Saya or him but they refrained. Yoshiki had also realized that their pursuers were herding them deeper into the rural jungle; there was something out there that they were supposed to find. Sophia had something she wanted them to see.

However Yoshiki did have a feeling of dread, there was a reason she had gotten rid of them, and he was torn between seeing what was here in China and heading right back to Los Angeles.

"Father?" Saya called out to him. Yoshiki turned and saw that Saya had finished bandaging her arm, however she still looked weak.

"Are you able to continue?" he asked.

"Yes," she said.

He sighed once "Saya whatever this has to do with it is probably doesn't concern you at all, this is my battle with Sophia….."

"I am not going to leave you father! Whatever she wants you to see she probably wants me to see too, otherwise she wouldn't have made me come as well."

"Saya I don't want you to get hurt because of my carelessness," he said.

"I'm already hurt."

"I don't want them to kill you, I don't know what Sophia's instructions are and I don't want to hand you over them unable to defend yourself," he said.

"FATHER! Stop this is the life of a slayer we make the hard decisions and push ourselves to seek the truth, to seek justice, and to keep the balance," Saya tied the cloth tighter and stood up. She holstered her weapon and her eyes held nothing but determination and loyalty.

Yoshiki sighed, there was no way he was going to persuade her, she was too much like him. "Alright let's go."

Blake sat on the stone steps that led to the front door, he inhaled once and then tilted his head back and looked at the stars. He remembered nights like this, peaceful, lazy days before he and the others had all grown up. Before he really realized how important they were to him.

"This is silly," said Hermione while Serena and Momiji were laying in the front yard staring up at the sky Hermione was sitting on the porch steps her book pulled tight against her chest and her eyes narrowed at her friends.

"Hermione just lay down and enjoy the view!" cried Serena she sat up on her elbows her pigtails falling freely behind her.

"I will not I'll get grass in my hair!"

"You're going to get grass in your hair anyways," said Momiji.

"Oh really how?"

"Cause I'm going to rub you in the dirt if you don't shut up!"

"Peft," Hermione however was silent after that.

Serena smiled at Hermione and then looked over at Blake, who was sitting leaning against the tree. "Hey you gonna sit over there all night or join us?"

Blake glared at her they were the reason he was stuck at home on a Saturday night, his mother had to go out on a mission and he and Sarah had been left to watch the brats. Sarah had escaped by spell studying but since he wasn't as magically inclined as the others he was forced to babysit.

"Leave him alone Sere he's all moody cause he's a teenager now," Momiji said. She was laying on her back her hands behind her head.

"Shut it squirt!" he said.

Momiji popped up instantly, she had an issue with being called short since she was the shortest out of the entire family. "Say that again!" she yelled.

"Alright…..shorty," he said a grin on his face.

Momiji got to her feet and pulled her long hair back into a pony tail. "Serena and Hermione may not be willingly to crash your face into the ground but I'll volunteer any day!"

"Will you calm down! Leave him alone let him be a grump," said Serena. She looked to Hermione for help, "We have a situation here."

Hermione didn't look up she just turned another page in her book, "I know, but you know they're going to fight sometime might as well let them do it now."

"Hermione!"

"Come on Blake I'll run your face into the ground…"

"Try is midget."

"Hermione help me please!"

"….."

"Say it once more!"

"Short…"

"Hermione!"

Momiji launched herself into the air and landed on Blake, fists and legs went flying, their battle grunts filled the night, and Momiji's cries of foul echoed across the empty fields. After about five minutes Momiji had Blake's arm pinned behind his back his face pushed down against the dirt. "I give…"

"I'm sorry I didn't hear you."

"I said…."

"Let him up Momiji!" Yelled Serena she was sporting a bruise on her forehead from her first and only attempt to separate the other two.

"Fine," Momiji let go of him and stepped back, "Don't act like an angsty brat just because you have responsibilities."

Blake turned over and leaned back on his hands, "I have responsibilities cause of you three!" Momiji looked over her shoulder to glare at him, Serena looked away in guilt, and Hermione stiffened. "If it wasn't for you three I wouldn't have to do all this crap, I could be normal, I could have a life be a normal kid. You three are the reasons I can't be normal or do anything I want to, I hate you!"

His last few words echoed around them, all four of them were silent for several moments until finally Momiji broke the silence. "Well it's about time you let that out…..do you feel better?"

Blake looked down at the ground, he didn't even though the words had been held prisoner in his heart for so long he still didn't feel any better. "No…" he muttered.

All three girls looked at each other then suddenly Hermione lifted her hand and threw the book at him. It hit him right in the head, "Hmph…..well we hate you too….jerk." Blake looked up at her and saw her smile on her face.

Serena walked over to him and sat down next to him, "Come on let's just look at the stars." She tilted back and lay down, Momiji walked over to them and laid down on his other side. Hermione didn't move however Blake did notice that she was now gazing upwards. He looked at the three of them and then gave in, he tilted backwards and let himself fall onto the grass.

Millions of tiny flecks of white littered thy sky, the moon was gone this night so the only light in the darkness were the millions of little stars. "They're…"

"Beautiful…." Serena finished for him.

"There's a legend that when you die you go up there and join your ancestors and all sins are forgiven, all wrongs forgotten, and all bad memories erased," Momiji whispered.

"So when we die we see our families?" Serena asked.

"Supposedly," Momiji said.

Blake felt Serena grab his left hand and intertwine her fingers with his. "I hope we get to be with all of our family."

"It's not true," said Hermione. All three lifted their heads to look up at her. "Stars are just burning balls of gas nitrogen, hydrogen, and fire. Most of those up there are dead anyways, they're so far away that it takes years for their light to reach us, some of those little lights up there aren't even there anymore."

"Still," said Momiji "It's good to dream about seeing those who left you." She leaned back and felt Blake grab her hand and squeeze it.

He was instantly sorry for what he had said to them, it wasn't their fault that they were with him and his mother. They hadn't chosen to be born into this life anymore than he had, he had no right to blame them. "I think Momiji's legends right," he said. "There can't be all this suffering just for nothing to happen to us afterwards."

Blake ran his hand over his face, he hadn't thought of them for a long time, he had been trying to keep himself from thinking about them. Their absence was still a painful reminder of everything that had been lost and all the bad things that had happened. As he remembered them however he could only hope that Momiji's theory was right, that in the end when their time was over that they would all be united. Where nothing else mattered other than them being together, no sins, no wrongs, no bad memories, just them as a family for eternity.

He stood up and put his hands in his pockets, he looked up once more and then turned to go inside. His hand was on the door when the powerful blast tore through the house and threw him back to the sidewalk. He saw the broken door hanging off of the hinges and the ripped curtains fluttering through the broken windows before passing out.

Blake woke up to the sound of sirens and rough hands dragging him backwards. He opened his eyes and looked around, firemen in masks were above him, and a young blonde paramedic was leaning over talking to him. "Sir…are you…..Sir?"

Blake waved him away and attempted to sit up, hands were suddenly on him pushing him back down to a laying position. "Sir….we….to ensure….."

Blake saw the flickering color of reds and oranges around him, he turned his head towards the house and his eyes widened. The entire house was ablaze, from the bottom to the top, the curtains long burned and reduced to ashes, the roof had collapsed in and the walls were starting to do the same. He began to struggle instantly, "SARAH!" he yelled. He saw that their bedroom window was still intact, "She's in there!" he yelled. "My wife's in there! She's in our bedroom, the second floor!"

"Sir we're doing….Sir stop…..we'll take care of it….Sir…" but he stopped listening to the pretty boy paramedic. "Sir…..we're going to have to sedate….."

Blake felt a needle go into his neck and a burning sensation, then he noticed the darkening of his visions. The last sight he saw before passing out was the burning house.

"Ma'am we've just received some information that will interest you," said a voice from behind her.

Alana spun away from the computer to face the young man who had just entered the room, "Yes what is it?"

"The House where you suspected that Abby and her son were staying, it was attacked twenty minutes ago, after the initial attack the house was set on fire," he told her. He handed her a copy of the report that they had intercepted.

Alana opened the file and looked, "Any survivors?"

"One, Abby's son is alive, he apparently was able to avoid the blast and was not inside the house when the fire was set," the boy said.

"What hospital have they taken him to?"

"Mercy West Hospital ma'am," he said.

"Get in contact with one of our doctors we need him to be under supervision," Alana said standing and heading for the door.

"Ma'am there's something else as well," he said stopping her, "We also received information that Mina Anica was kidnapped from the Ambrose institute as well."

"When did this happen?"

"About 20 hours ago," he said. He pulled another file from under his arm and handed her the report. "We only now received the official reports because the Ambrose only just finished their initial investigation."

Alana skimmed over the information, "Contact Zoicite and Nephrite immediately I need to speak with them, and bring the car around."

"How are his injuries?" asked Darien.

Zoicite held up the chart that they had been made, "Well the first bullet was the one that took him down, right through the chest and into the lungs, made of silver. Then the other four were most likely used to torture him, he had silver bullets lodged in both kneecaps, his shoulder and his stomach. There were also significant cuts on his abdomen, face, and neck. As well as five broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder and elbow," He put down the chart "He will live but he is facing worse than just physical pain right now."

Darien nodded and turned to Nephrite, "Have we gained any new information on Mina's disappearance?"

Nephrite shook his head, "No we completed only a small initial investigation and collected only the vital details, we won't know more until the full investigation has happened."

Lita shifted in her seat and looked at her husband "How did they even get in the facility?"

"The findings indicate that all security was down when they entered."

"So someone let them in," Serena said. She was leaning against one of the bookcases behind Darien's desk.

Hermione, who was sitting at Darien's desk, turned another page in the spell book "Or it means that they had a very powerful witch with them who was able to manipulate their system."

"That would have to be very powerful witch," said Nephrite "The system was designed to withstand an attack from supernatural beings, manipulation by outside sources, and hacking from government agencies. It's highly unlikely that they have a witch with them who is that powerful."

Hermione stilled and then continued searching through pages, "However it is not impossible, we've all seen what this Momiji look alike can do it's not a large leap to think that she may be able to manipulate something like a security system."

"It is…" Nephrite began however Jadeite interrupted him seeing how Hermione was about to start a fight.

"There is alternative option as well there may have been mole in the staff who allowed them into the building."

"That too is highly unlikely, we did through background checks on all of the staff members that Zoicite and Ami hired. Everyone checked out and none had any significant connections to the Underworld or the Hunters Syndicate," Lita said.

"Significant doesn't mean anything, any connection to either our world or the Hunters Syndicate mean that there is a relationship, anyone can be got to," said Hermione once more.

Serena glanced over at Hermione, who was still searching through the book in front of her. 'What are you looking for Herm?'

Hermione stilled then turned around the glared at Serena, "I'm looking for something that I'm looking for."

"What?"

"Just go away Serena," snapped Hermione turning back around and focusing back on the book.

Serna looked around the room to see if anyone had noticed their interaction, Darien had stiffened and straightened his posture but other than that everyone else was still carefully talking about strategy.

"That is besides the point," Nephrite said loudly. "Our security measures are the best that could be asked for, there is nothing that we have over looked Jadeite!"

"I'm not saying that they aren't the best, I'm saying that there are always ways of getting around security, and there are as Hermione said, very powerful witches out there who can manipulate systems, as well as people," Jadeite said.

"Are you taking her side now Jadeite?" Nephrite said standing.

"Nephrite I am not taking…"

Lita touched her husband's arm, "Nephrite please…."

"I will not calm down, first off that human questions my security system and now Jadeite, my so called friend is siding with her as well," Nephrite yelled.

"I wasn't questioning your system, I was simply pointing out its flaws," Hermione said not once looking up from her book.

Nephrite clenched his hands into fists and opened his mouth once more, Darien however spoke before he was able to. "That is enough, Nephrite Lita continue your investigation, Jadeite make sure that this wasn't the Hunter's Syndicate, and Zoicite keep Malachite alive." They all stood and bowed then left the office.

Darien turned around to Hermione, who was not acknowledging what had happened, "Was that necessary?"

"It wasn't necessary, but it made me feel better," Hermione said.

"Better about what?" asked Serena.

Hermione looked up at her and sighed, "Never mind." She closed the book in front of and the left the room without another word.

"What's her problem?" said Serena dropping down into the desk chair that Hermione had just occupied.

"I don't know, you're the one who is closer to her," Darien said.

"Yeah but you were the one who comforted her when she had that creepy vision and that confrontation with her sister."

Darien stilled, "She told you about that?"

"Not in so many words, I was able to see it in her thoughts a little while back." There was a silence between them for several seconds, "Thank you for that."

Darien nodded and turned around to look at her, she was now sitting in his chair sideways. Her legs dangled over one arm and her back against the other arm. Her hair was pulled back and her bangs swept to the side making her look relaxed. "You seem to be feeling better," he said.

"Yeah I've been using all my free time to try and hone my powers," she said.

"You look stronger….."

"Yeah I know," she said with a smile. There was a slight pause in her voice, "Are you worried? About Mina and Malachite?"

"I'm more worried about what's going on, how they actually were able to kidnap Mina and what their next move is…."

Suddenly the doors burst open again, Hermione stood in the doorway while Alana stood behind her. "They kidnapped Abby!"

"What!" Serena jumped to her feet.

"They attacked the house where she, Blake, and Sarah were staying and they took her," Hermione said.

"That doesn't mean they kidnapped her, it could mean that she's…" Alana didn't finish her sentence.

Hermione shook her head, "No way, they took her just like they took Mina. Momiji's planning something."

Serena and Darien looked at each other, "We need to tell my mother and father." Serena nodded, she and Darien pushed past Hermione into the main hallway. Alana followed them towards the King and Queen's sitting room.

They each pushed open a door, Valencia and Kreon were sitting with Ami, Rei, Daniel, and Louis. "Father, Abby has been taken be the rogue slayer."

"When?" Valencia put her hand on her husband's arm.

"About an hour ago your highness," Alana said from behind Serena.

"How do you know this Analia," Kreon said.

"We intercepted the initial report Sir, through the police scanners we were able to piece together the information. The house was attacked, neighbors said they heard a loud blast and then a few minutes later the entire house was ablaze. There was only on survivor found on the scène Abigail's son Blake, who was rushed to the hospital and is now in the ICU ward."

"What makes you think that Abby was taken and did not die in the fire?"asked Valencia.

"That was what I thought at first Ma'am but when my assistant told me that Mina Anica had also been kidnapped several hours ago, I grew suspicious. I still believe that Abby could have died in the fire but I think that it is highly unlikely," Alana said.

"I see," Kreon looked at his wife and then his eyes fixated on Serena. "Are you prepared to question the survivor?"

Serena nodded, "I grew up with Blake it would probably be better for me to question him."

"Alright you have our approval and our sanction, take with you another member of the Inquisition squad to ensure your safety…"

"Father I would like to accompany Serena," said Darien.

Kreon looked at his son and was silent for several moments before nodding, "Alright leave as soon as possible. Analia I would like you and Louis to return to Mina's cell and see if you can find any trace evidence that the Inquisition squad missed."

"Yes Sir," Alana nodded.

"Where is Hermione?" said Valencia her eyes scanning the group.

Alana, Serena, and Darien all looked behind them to see that she was gone. "She was with us a moment ago," said Serena.

"She probably went to rest the news of Abby's capture upset her extremely," said Alana.

"Yes, well…" Valencia stood "You have your orders, get going then."

Alana and Louis bowed deeply to those in the room and then left, Serena and Darien exchanged a glance and then bowed respectfully to the King and Queen. When they had left Ami stood and closed the door.

"Rei tell us what you have foreseen," said Kreon.

Rei glanced between her parents and then sighed, she bent her head forward her bangs covering her eyes. "The great fire showed me a prophecy, and I confirmed it with Lenobia before I came to tell you about it."

"What was the prophecy Rei?" asked her mother.

Rei swallowed and then looked up, "There is a traitor hidden in the mirror, two faces of one being. The Daughter of the West and the Child of the East will battle. A dark shadow will take control and create something distorted. And of the three that stood against us…." She swallowed once more. "One will die, yet will not leave. One will become an immortal, but she will fight against her existence. One will live to tell the tale beyond us all, she will become the record keeper." Rei stopped talking and then rubbed her hands over her eyes.

"Is that all?" asked Valencia.

"No..." she said. She covered her eyes before speaking again, "The last thing that the great fire showed me was death and blood upon the Ambrose and Roderick's Crests, the Hunters Seal, and a sword sticking out of the earth, the blade covered in blood, in dark almost green blood."

"Mamoru," Valencia whispered. She grabbed Kreon's hand and turned to him. "We have to find him, he's in danger."

"We have everyone working on it my dear."

"Get Van! Tell Van to search," she said.

Daniel leaned forward "Mother…."

"My Lady the boy can only handle so much his body cannot take this much abuse without rest," said Ami.

"Then find someone who can!" Valencia stood again, "I will not lose another child, not to those slayers."

"Mother they aren't slayers, its…."

"It's a human, a human who was trained by Abby to kill our kind, I refuse to lose another child to that woman's insanity!" her voice hurt Rei's ears. Valencia walked away from them and stood in front of a window, her back was to them but Rei knew that her mother was fighting back angry tears.

She understood that her mother was scared, she had lost another child because of Abby many years before, and over the centuries Rei's other siblings had been lost due to slayers. In reality there had not been four children born to the Royal family, but seven. Rei's other brothers had died before she was born, and her sister, who had only been a child when Rei was born, was killed at the age of thirteen by slayers.

"Your highness…"

Kreon help up his hand stopping Ami, "Leave us please."

Rei, Daniel, and Ami stood, Ami bowed and waited with Daniel at the door. Before leaving Rei went over to her mother and wrapped her arms around her middle, "Mother….Kusanagi is strong, he'll fight whatever they do to him." She smiled into her mother's shoulder, "I've never known brother to lose to anyone I don't think he'll start now either."

Valencia patted her daughters hand and nodded. Rei hugged her mother once and then pulled away, when she reached the door she turned around to see her father envelop his wife into his arms.

Momiji sat on the basement steps glaring at the vaulted doors. She could hear scratching and banging coming from inside of the cells. "They're secure you needn't worry about them," said Sophia coming down the stairs and sitting next to her daughter.

"I'm not worried about them, I just keep thinking of all the damage they're going to do when we set them free," Momiji said.

Sophia looked at Momiji, she noticed that the girls eyes were blank and cold. "Momiji forgive me?"

Momiji looked at her mother, "For what?"

"For everything, for not protecting you when you were younger, for allowing this life to take over you, for letting that woman take you from me," Sophia said. "I only ever wanted you to be happy and safe, but the world…."

"The world isn't fair, it's not a place where we are given a choice. We don't get to decide what happens, all we get to decide is how to live in a world full of darkness and despair. I don't blame you mother, I blame the monsters out there that spread this darkness," Momiji said.

"Even Kusanagi?" Sophia glanced sideways at Momiji waiting for an answer.

Momiji was silent for a few seconds, "I thought he was different but in the end he's just as bad as the rest of those monsters. He's full of darkness too."

Sophia looked at Momiji and internally smiled, "You've come to understand then that they are full of evil and that even though they deceive us into believing that they are good in reality they are just harbingers of all bad things." Sophia ran her hand through Momiji's hair, "Will you regret when he kills them?"

Momiji didn't move a millimeter, "No they deserve to die with the others."

"They are part of your past my darling."

"There is not past, all that remains is the future and the fact that I must push forward no matter what."

Sophia smiled, "Momiji there's something….."

"Mistress," Rin's voice interrupted their conversation. Sophia looked over her shoulder at Rin, "there is a man here who says that he would like to speak with you."

"About?"

"About his previous employment, apparently he wants to help us."

"What is his name?"

"Christopher my lady, he said that he was a slayer hunter for the Ambrose family."

Serena pushed open the door to the hospital room. Blake lay in the bed sleeping, there was a bandage wrapped around his head and his left arm was bandaged as well. She had told the doctor that she was his sister and they had admitted her, they also had told her that he had been asleep since they had brought him in. The doctors had said that nothing was really wrong with him other than a concussion and a few cuts, he had escaped most of the brunt of the blast and had been lucky.

Darien closed the door behind him and stood back as she neared the bed. He could tell that Serena was tense, it had been months since she had seen Blake and an interrogation wasn't exactly the best way to reunite. Serena stood at the foot of Blake's bed and stared, she reached out and gently touched his foot in an attempt to wake him.

At first Serena didn't think that it had worked but then she saw him move, slowly his eyes opened and focused on her. She gently smiled at him, "Hey."

"Ren…guess….I'm dead," he said his voice was coarse and low.

"No not dead, not even close….." she said.

It took him a few seconds to process what she had said. When he did his eyes shifted past her to Darien, who was leaning against the door his arms crossed over his chest. He instantly stiffened and attempted to sit up, as he did Serena came around the foot of the bed and pushed him back down.

"We're not here to hurt you, we just need to ask you some questions. It would be better for you if you kept those IV's in your arm," she said.

"Don't touch me!" he shrugged her off and turned his face to the wall, she heard him whisper the word, 'traitor.'

Serena stiffened for a moment her hand extended above his forehead, she touched her cool hand to his warm forehead and she saw him clench his eyes.

"Blake I need to know what happened," Serena said her voice dropping into almost a whisper. Blake didn't answer her, he just clenched his eyes tighter and attempted to ignore her. Serena sighed, "I know that you're angry and I understand, what happened, all of it wasn't fair to anyone. But I cant change the past, what I need to know is if you have any memories that may help us find Abby or Sarah."

"They're dead," he said Serena saw his body relax, he opened his eyes. "They're dead they were in the house when it exploded, couldn't have survived."

"I see…..are you sure they were in the house?"

Blake turned to her, "What are you saying?"

"Are you sure that no one entered the house while you were outside," Serena asked.

"No, I would have….." he paused and his eyes narrowed. "What do you know?"

Serena glanced over at Darien, after a few seconds he nodded. Serena looked back at Blake and sighed, "Blake Abby's body wasn't found in the rubble, we think Momiji took her as a hostage for something she's planning."

"That's…..she couldn't….why?"

"We don't know but whatever she's planning your memories may help us," said Darien.

Blake glared, "Do you really expect me to help you Ambrose?"

Darien opened his mouth, "No but I think that you want to get your mother back," interjected Serena. "I don't know how sick she is Blake but she doesn't deserve whatever Momiji is planning."

Blake looked away from her again and focused on a spot on the wall, he didn't say anything for a long time, "I was outside, Sarah had just go upstairs to the bedroom, and mother was in the basement. The seal hadn't been broken and she was secure. I needed some fresh air and so I went outside. I was probably out there for fifteen minutes when I decided to go in. Then the house exploded and I blacked out."

"You didn't see anyone approach or enter the house?" Serena asked.

"No but…..there is a back door, and the alley next to the house leads to the next street over, if they had wanted to slip past me then all they would have had to do was use that."

Serena looked up at Darien, "That's how they did it."

Darien nodded and then backed away from the bed, "Blake…thank you…" She reached out to touch his arm but he moved it away from her before she made contact. Serena looked at his face, he wouldn't look at her, she smiled slightly. "See ya around."

She turned and was at the door when he finally spoke, "Serena…." She stopped and turned back around. "Did they find Sarah's body yet?"

Serena shook her head, "I don't think so I'll have someone inform you when they do."

He said nothing more as she left and joined Darien in the hallway. "Are you alright?"

Serena was silent for several seconds as they made their way back to the car. "Yes I'll be fine, however I don't feel right about this."

"About what?"

"About what he said, Sarah's body, they haven't found it yet and he was sure that she was in the house," Serena said.

"Do you think that Momiji took Sarah captive as well?"

Serena shook her head, "I don't know at this point anything is possible, call Nephrite see what they're found."

Hermione opened her car door and looked up at the large house before her. It had been only a few short weeks ago that she had stood before this house as a stranger, now she knew it was about to become a second home to her. The door opened and light flooded the courtyard.

"Hermione I am glad that you've come," said the figure at the door.

Hermione stepped forward onto the doorstep, "I've come to talk to you."

"I know, I've been expecting you," said the woman.

Hermione nodded and stepped forward again, "Tell me about the Rite of Delphi."

Lenobia smiled and stepped aside, Hermione turned and looked around once more, then entered the house.