Author's Note: Okay so I ended up losing my memory USB drive: found it so here's the next chapter. Hope you didn't get too fed up waiting!

Amanita Virosa-Amaranthus- Yes, poor cat, and kitten... but there will hopefully be no more evil animal abuse...Thanks a lot for reviewing!

glitteredvixe06 - James and David do have a form of punishment: if its one that you want for them...well that's another can of worms. Thanks so much for reviewing!

ShadowBlade7330 - Oh! So very, very close! However, you're missing a small but very much needed bit of information for you to be 100 right. XD I will tell you that it's not really the...people the father hated...if that helps, which I doubt it does. Well thank you very much for reviewing!

Ma.anda - Well I kind of wanted to have a natural 'evil' character and a sort of 'nurture' one. James is naturally evil, but David grew up with mainly James and so turned evil himself...Yes, I think I'll have to make multiple cat shrines... heh heh thanks for the long review!

Chapter 23

It wasn't as if Kai cared that his friends weren't really his friends – and how could he care that his mother had planned all of it. He had to figure this out and if he didn't he probably would be forced to trust another police officer and with what he had been through, was not going to be pleasant.

If it was Judy that was involved then she must have somehow knew why this was all going on. However she hadn't stepped forward, demanding like most people would, to be protected from the madmen that were running around the city have their form of revenge. So she probably didn't know she could be the next victim...

He didn't think that this could be happening again, someone else out to get him. Still whatever was happening would somehow work out and become clear. There was no way in hell that those two guys would get away with this whole thing, if there were a god as such then it should make sure that the two men pay – big time.

Kai sighed as he leaned against the wall, it wasn't as if he could prance around the city while half of its population thought that he was the one that was playing the sick games. He had managed to distract himself for a few hours but being allowed to roam the city, when people watched him suspiciously wasn't something he enjoyed.

Then again it had calmed him down: he tried to think of why he had stopped going outside, it was indeed soothing to walk around and forget for a while what was happening. That was until he heard sirens or people whispering and muttering about him.

"If Judy is being targeted then why isn't Max?" Surely if the killers had it in for the blonde they would go after Max as well, not unless some other factor was involved. Everything was so confusing and Kai suddenly felt compelled to, maybe, give the inspector some slack. He hadn't been completely idiotic he knew about some things... He had a plan which the other, rather, unprofessional officers hadn't.

Maybe he should go back to the station? No doubt they were looking for him – maybe even worrying. Kai smirked and thought about how tense everyone that had been taken inside would have been. It wasn't as if he wasn't on edge but at least if they came he would have somewhere to run... Now that Kai thought about it he could always try to find the hideout he and Lilita had been taken to.

Mariah had been taken away by the Investigator: most likely because Tala had told the girl to stop her whining only to result in yet another quarter of an hour of crying not only that but Lilita ended up blaming herself for Kai's disappearance and ended up snapping constantly. Tyson and Robert stayed quiet not quite sure what they could do in this situation... What was there to do except worry? Selene sat and kept looking around the room: she could probably list a large number of things in the place with her eyes closed now.

The time went by slowly and all they could do was think about when and where they would be taken and killed. It was not a comforting atmosphere when everyone knew what the other was thinking.

The door opened and there appeared the Investigator in which everyone had yet again been waiting patiently for. Still he didn't look too pleased when he noted that there was someone still missing: namely Kai.

However he continued on what he had to say, "We all know why we're here and so I would like to stress that you do not go outside after dark -" However being told to do something so simple wasn't going to stop someone from killing him, or so thought Tala.

"What's the point? Aren't you meant to have people watching us anyway?" Tala narrowed his eyes and wondered if this was prank – surely the guy wouldn't be letting them out of the damn building if they were top priority. "Or are you scared in case they don't do their job?" Tala tilted his head slightly, silently mocking the other man, he didn't like him. He was a cop...

"Mr Valkov. I may have men watching out for you but they cannot be everywhere, there are other crimes still on going, and so putting every single officer to keep you safe is rather counter-productive." Once he explained the situation of how each of them would only have two officers and a patrol car to stop the killer – only made them more irritable.

The feeling wasn't only by the victims but by the police as well, as panic had spread throughout the city then it meant people were beginning to lose patience with one another and so petty crimes had gone up. People were assaulting one another: not knowing if they were the real murderers or not and so the entire police department were strained with false tips, the badgering of the media and more than enough paper-work.

"Where's Mariah?" Tyson sighed and stood up, not enjoying the silence that had suddenly come over the room. At least when Mariah was there they would talk, or yell – at least they communicated now everyone was silent and everything was more awkward. Maybe it was because Mariah had broken down showing them all that it wasn't just them that had suddenly felt incredibly vulnerable.

"She is taking a walk to calm herself down." He knew when he had said those words that the redhead would say something, he seemed to glare or nit-pick whatever he had said or was saying. The impression the inspector got was that this kid, whoever he was, didn't take too kindly to him.

"And you let her go outside why?" Tala wasn't that surprised, he was curious to find out why he didn't just Mariah go into another room – not unless all the rooms in the small police station were being used?

"She has two police officers with her. You needn't worry." He said trying to stop the dark atmosphere that seemed to be looming over everyone like some dark cloud. He didn't want them to be like the 'Oh I'll be fine,' types at least now they were taking the matter seriously. Yet the sheer amount of pessimisms being shown was pretty much unbearable for even him.

A snort came from the aristocrat, Robert, "You make them sound invincible." He wasn't too worried: he had money, lots of it and money could buy some protection from things like this. All he needed to do was make a few phone calls and he was fine.

"I doubt that they would attack Mariah in broad day light, whom is accompanied by two officers." It wasn't as if he was trying to get the girl killed but there was something odd in the way he had said it which Tala seemed to pick up on. Was he now panicking too?

"It's unlikely but not impossible." Selene piped up not really wanting to make the whole group start to worry about Mariah: Selene felt guilty about slapping the poor girl a few hours ago. She had been mind-numbingly annoying but she didn't deserve this, none of them did.

"You did say that they've done things that you didn't think of – so maybe this is one of them?" Lilita muttered suddenly fearing for Mariah, she did have two officers with her but that somehow didn't comfort her in the least. Not when they had planned some things so flawlessly.

"Officer!" An older man came running out of an alley, arms flailing and pointing back indicating that something was very wrong. Mariah watched the two police officers look at one another, until the male asked the man what was wrong.

"I think I seen one of the Angels down there! He's holding a weapon! He looks suspiciously like the guy on channel four!" Mariah tensed, they weren't really so close to the police station, where they? Since a few people had been attacked, the police had managed to get a rough sketch of the two out but it was vague at best...

"Stay here." With that the distressed man walked back with the police who looked quite concerned. The other officer that had stayed with Mariah turned to the worried teenager and tried their best to put up a cheerful expression, pretending that there was nothing to worry about.

"We best get back to the precinct." However as soon as the words left the police officers mouth there was suddenly a loud, distressed call of pain, Mariah ended up being told to go, "Go, run." The other officer hissed before the police officer went to search for her partner of several years. However it only took a few moments until another loud noise – this one of gunshot – ring through the air.

Mariah blinked when she noticed someone coming back out from the alleyway, maybe the officers were okay, maybe it wasn't really the angels coming for her, just some random punk trying to act big. "...I..." Mariah was about to say she was worried however once noticing who was coming out of the alleyway she fell silent.

"Good day, Lust." Mariah's eyes widened and she suddenly looked around her, no one was here. No one was on the streets seeing as most people would be working, most people would be inside because they were afraid of being hurt by the killers...

Mariah's body had frozen, she wanted to run away. She should have ran as quickly as possible – yelling and screaming but all she did was freeze in shock and was unable to even utter a syllable. It wasn't everyday that a killer would come for you...he had just killed, possibly, two police officers. What chance did she have?

James grabbed the young woman's hair and began to pull her towards the car – which resembled a taxi more than anything – and attempted to through her inside without too much hassle. However Mariah's mouth seemed to spout words of comfort, "This can't be happening. This can't be happening..." She repeated over and over again. Once she had realised that, yes, it was really happening she had no way of stopping the killer.

It didn't take long to drive a few miles when the roads were pretty clear, also James didn't need to put up with too much noise as he forced the woman into the trunk. Everything was going to plan, well so far.

However, James hadn't thought that getting the girl out of the damn car would be too much hassle seeing as she didn't put up much of a fight. Perhaps it was the car fumes going to her head that made her lash out and start screaming bloody murder. James ended up having to hit her a few times so she would simply just cry and with that he chucked her into one of the small rooms.

"Do you want to know your punishment in hell?" James loomed at the door wanting to see if this one knew about what she had done. That other girl hadn't had a clue – as if she hadn't done anything wrong.

"My punishment?" Mariah sniffed, now confused, she knew she had been targeted: she knew that these supposedly horrible killers were after her but now that she thought about it. Why had they decided to go after her?

"You – Lust – will be smothered with the destructive force of fire and brimstone!" With that the door slammed and Mariah was left in a small room: dirty, with wooden flooring and the horrible stench of blood and damp came from...somewhere...

Being trapped inside the small room didn't stop Mariah from begging to be let go: when Lilita and Kai were taken away did anyone know where they were? Did anyone even know that she was missing? There was no way she was going to die...

Downstairs the two brothers greeted one another with a slight raise of the eyebrows and raising of the head. "She cries a lot." David sighed and shook his head when he could still hear the girls sobbing. The other one hadn't been so bad – only when the metal snapped her fingers did they truly hear any screams or sobbing but she quietened down eventually until the next break.

"Hm." James sat down and crossed his legs, a frown suddenly appearing on his face. David watched his brother carefully wanting to ask what was wrong but he decided against it as he put it down to the girl casing too much noise.

Although David was wrong in his theory as his brother decided to snap at him and his mistake. "That damn woman wasn't there today. You didn't write down the correct routine for her week." James ended up rolling his eyes at his brother knowing that the action would infuriate his brother to no end.

"I did." David said, knowing that he had definitely watched and took every last detail down, he wasn't that bright but he wasn't that stupid either. However David wasn't trying to start an argument he couldn't help but want to give his brother a right good yelling-at. Then the sobbing quietened from upstairs and the two brothers began slightly less irritable.

"What does it matter – it's one day?" David muttered but as soon as he had said it he knew that he should have kept his mouth closed knowing that James always needed the last word on things.

The fact that the walls were thin meant that Mariah could hear where the two killers were, even though she couldn't hear exactly what she was saying she still could hear some bits of raised dialogue. Where the two killers arguing?

"It does matter. We had a plan!" James slammed a fist onto the table and a glaring match ensued however David shrugged and looked away, but gave a reply and decided that he might as well get all of the stress out of his system.

His wife had been getting a little too suspicious when he had to leave home. Apparently work had phoned asking if everything was okay because he'd been late a few times last week... Olivia thought it was another woman... "No – that was the plan you made: I'm not perfect, and neither are you."

"Which is why we won't get into heaven--" James could always silence his brother by bringing up God or heaven. However today it seemed that he was taking a stand of some sort as he was oddly interrupted by his younger brother.

"You won't." James snorted at the way his brother was acting, every now and again he would argue as if trying to make some point but end up letting it go... Like when they had been kids and James was doing some 'horrible'.

"And you think you will?" James narrowed his eyes as David watched him carefully, "We've been through this. We are mortals – mortals' sin – sin is punished in hell. We are going to hell." This argument wasn't something new to neither James nor David... they had slightly different beliefs, James being the more pessimistic out of the two.

"If we repent--" However James was getting slightly fed up with the way his brother kept speaking back to him, as if they were equal in everything.

"Father did that – where do you think he ended up?" He'd been taken away, but the two children didn't know why, that was until they ended up doing a little bit of research when they were slightly older: after what their father had told them that day... This was the only way to make sure no one else suffered like they did.

James was about to open his mouth and say something but James dismissed it, "shut up: where are we meant to get the key to the factory? Or any other place that has something hot to use against that damn woman." It wasn't at all easy to locate large amounts of sulphur: usually only factories which did a lot of melting had such a supply...

"We'll just have to keep her here for a while that's all." He sighed when the sobbing started again, they couldn't leave here unless they wanted the large risk of the girl escaping. That wouldn't be good if she managed to escape.

"The longer we stay the more chance we have of being caught." David nodded and wondered what exactly would happen to them if they both got caught or rather if one of them got caught...

"I know that. I just don't get why we have to kill them in order to get rid of the others," James wasn't surprised that David was feeling slightly 'remorseful' or rather feeling weak and not up to doing his job. When the whole plan had started he'd been completely against it, but had came round to the idea after spending countless hours with James and hearing his reasons.

"I told you – they've been given the damn things, if we kill them all then they can't possibly do any other harm to anyone..." James explained again, for what felt like the one-millionth time.

David nodded and decided to just leave the discussion for another day, he had to go and find somewhere were they could dispose of Lust. "Whatever you say, James." He sighed and decided that it would be best to try to get the girl to shut up.

"Good." James hissed under his breath and started to think of where exactly they could destroy Lust...

Author's Note: Well I don't know when I'll be able to update next, got so much homework from school it's getting a little hectic. Still I will keep writing, although, I will try to update at the weekends... If time allows. Well if you've got enough time please review, if not: later!