The fire had died down as she sat in the dark, cold and alone. It was a harsh reality she always faced against her will. She somehow felt watched as she sat on the sofa beneath a blanket. The storm raged outside beyond her windows casting eerie shadows when one strange one stood out to her.

"Fancy seeing you here stranger." She smirked as the shadow grew on the wall.

Lips pressed to the side of her neck in a seductive manner. "I believe you had a visitor, come to try collect you and take you back to the Black Order to follow in your father's footsteps." The velvety voice washed over her.

"Hmm and what makes you assume I'm on your side Tyikk? You know I like my freedom." She retorted sarcastically.

"Ah always such a difficult one to do anything with." he purred taking her right arm and brushing his thumb over her painful reminder. "Such a dark beauty, all that pain bottled up inside causing such inner turmoil you'd be such an asset to any side you chose."

"Oh piss off, seriously." She growled.

"I know you found another piece of innocence Sera-chan, the Earl demands to know where it is." His grip tightened on her wrist.

"Why don't you tell the Earl he can kiss my ass." She glowered pushing the man away from her. When she looked again she was all alone yet again.

"What do I do to get myself in such shit all the time, I just want to be left alone by all those assholes, but I'm worried that if push comes to shove I'm really going to have to go to the Order for my own good. The Earl won't hesitate to kill me all I really am at the moment is a thorn in the side to both parties." She mumbled looking down at Shadow who nudged the palm of her hand.

The morning was cold and dark as she woke up from the short sleep she had managed to have. She knew that Kanda would be back with help soon to try and drag her to the Order. She pretty much hated the pretty boy's guts for constantly trying to threaten her into going to the Order with him. it had never really occurred to her that maybe she really just wasn't worth is time, but she knew all too well that he wouldn't hesitate to draw mugen on anyone if he felt it was "needed".

And well she was horribly right. At noon a knock on her door echoed through her home as she stood up and opened the door unwillingly and to her horror before her stood the insufferable Lavi, the bitch Kanda and the push over Allen.

"Well if it isn't the pretty boy and his bitches come to intrude on my private space." She sighed, her voice dripping with unimpressed sarcasm.

"We have come to fetch you Sera-chan." Allen said softly as he looked up at her.

She looked up at her father's Golem then down at Allen. Shadow was right by her buzzing energetically as always.

"I'd like to see you make me leave with you." She retorted sharply.

Out of nowhere darkness filled her vision. Lavi carried the slender, out cold form of Sera. He looked over at Kanda the Allen, then back to her sleeping form.

"I think she's going to be pretty pissed off when she wakes up, though when she's asleep you would suspect her to be such a bad ass. What exactly where the chiefs orders Kanda?" he questions absent mindedly.

"Get her in and put her in her father's room and stay there until she wakes up in case she tries to escape. Lenalee will see to it she gets put in decent uniform that's more appropriate I hope." He said in his usual scowl.

Allen walked quietly not saying a word with his hood over his head. He had noticed the horrible scars on both her arms when they had walked in. He knew that Lavi and Kana had also seen them but while carrying her he had made it a point that they bind her arms in bandages so that no one else would see as they looked like they could be rather personal.

On arrival they did exactly as ordered. Her golem stayed near her the whole time. Lenalee had come in and seen to her new uniform which looked good on her and had brushed out her silky raven hair all to make her look neater when meeting her brother when she woke up. The three exorcists decided it best if they took turns watching her with the help of Lenalee in case Sera flipped out waking up in a room with a man only present. It would call for unnecessarily awkward situations knowing her nature.

Kanda grumpily called the first shift and insisted Lenalee rest so that she could stand watch with Lavi who was bound to fall for and flirtatious gestures made by the she devil. And then Allen, he was still too naïve and he knew Sera wouldn't hesitate to have some fun and mess with the bean sprouts given half the chance, it's something she was very good at.

Sera found herself coming too slowly. Her head pounded like it would after a heavy night of drinking. The bed she was in felt different, it smelt different too. She found herself sitting up dead straight. Instantly her usual calmness ebbed away leaving her with an impending sense of panic. She looked around the unfamiliar room when a familiar figure caught her eye. Kanda glared at her but his expression slightly changed when he noticed the expression she wore. The usually dark, cocky, I don't give a shit expression was all together gone.

Red eye looked up at him as her knuckles clutched the blankets turning pallid against the dark covers.

"Where the hell am I?" she growled standing up. In silence she glanced down at her uniform. "Oh no, no this is not good, not good at all, Kanda who is at my home right now?" she half yelled at the exorcist.

He looked at her slightly confused. "What do you mean who is at your house now?" he grumbled in slight annoyance.

"You fucking idiot! I hid the innocence pieces I collected there and Tyikk is after them. If he goes there and sees I'm not there and get his hands on the pieces your gonna be six pieces less!" she fumed glaring at the exorcist.

For an instant Kanda felt his face pale. He looked over at Sera whose face had gone ashen. "Come. now woman we going to go fetch them. Try anything funny and I will kill you."

"Yeah and if those pieces aren't there I'm going to fucking kill you." She growled angrily following the dark haired exorcist out the room. Her golem buzzing over her as she ran behind him cursing over and over at how stupid the Order was. On horseback they raced till they arrived at her home, they were both wet and miserable as the downpour continued. There was an overhang that was sheltered and warm enough where they left the horses and Kanda watched as Sera sped into the house breaking down the front door.

He was soon inside with her as she walked around carefully looking around. There were no signs of entry when a familiar black butterfly entered the room. Kanda hid himself and watched, mugen drawn in case something went wrong while Sera sat in a drenched cape shivering while the man appeared.

"If I didn't know any better I'd think you have a crush on me Noah boy."Sera taunted as she looked up at the man who circled her like a predatory cat.

"You know why I'm here Sera-chan, its simple. The Earl isn't very happy with you for declining his offer, so he said for me to make it worth your while." He purred as he circled her once more.

A bitter laugh escaped Sera as she eyed Tyikk. "Oh come on big boy we all know what an asshole that master of yours is. You're going to let him exploit you just to get insignificant pieces of innocence, all for what? I know exactly what it is. And what will happen to you, well that I can't tell you but your letting that monstrous jerk dictate your future. That's not very smart." She cooed her voice dripping with sarcasm yet sounding irresistibly sexy at the same time.

"Don't speak so poorly of the Earl Sera-chan you don't know what you're missing out on." His lips ghosted over her ear as he wrapped a hand around her neck.

"You know where the door is Tyikk I suggest you use it." She smirked deviously.