Caged Wings

Chapter Twenty Six: Xaven's Rage

Raven gasps at what Dimus had asked her. Raven began to shake a little, "D-Dimus! I.....I honestly don't know. I mean.....everything's happening too fast."

Dimus smiles up at her, "Honey.....I want to spend eternity with you. I want you to rule by my side. Together.....we can make a difference in this world."

Raven then thinks of her previous objective. She wanted to claim this world back, to restore it. She thinks hard. Dimus stares at her, "Raven? Will you marry me? Or not?"

Raven then thinks of Evan. Her eyes widened as she let a big gasp. She felt put on the spot. She wasn't ready for marriage, and yet here he was, asking her to have such a big commitment. Raven sighs, "Dimus.....listen.....I.....I don't know. I love you.....but.......I....I just don't know. I have a bad feeling. I don't think I'm ready for that sort of life."

Dimus' eyes went saddened. He felt a great deal of anxiety. He then says to her, "Raven. We don't even have to get married right away. It's just a ring that says that one day we will. I love you with all of the remains of my heart. Please? I need you. I want to spend the rest of my vampiric life with you. No one else!"

Raven's eyes widened at his words. She still had a really bad feeling about the situation. She then takes a deep breath and nods, "If it's just a ring...........okay."

Dimus' eyes lit up, "Truely?!"

Raven smiles and nods. Dimus then places the ring on Raven's wedding finger. He stands up and smiles, "You won't regret this, my love. That I'll make sure of."

Raven smiles a little, "I hope so. I hope so...."

Deep down, Raven felt a great feeling of guilt. She felt like something was wrong......dead wrong!

Raven then walks home, holding her sword. She feels a great feeling of despair take her under. She felt as if her heart was aching. Why? She should be happy.....shouldn't she? She then opens the door. Serenity comes to her, "Why did you ditch us at the club?!"

Raven then says, "I didn't do it on purpose! Dimus was the one who dragged me out of there!"

Serenity nods, "I see. Remind me to kick him next time I see him."

Raven chuckles, "I will."

As Raven went to walk to her room, Evan comes walking towards her. He stops in front of her, "What was up with Dimus taking you away from us like that?"

Raven sighs, "Uhh......he wanted to ask me something in private....."

Evan raises an eyebrow, "Like what?"

Raven then says, "Uhh....umm......"

Evan stepped a little closer to Raven. As he did so, he began to have pains in his chest. His eyes widened, "Gah!"

He then falls to his knees. Raven's eyes widened, "Evan!!"

As she went to help him up, the pain got worse. He screams out in pain. Evan began to breathe heavily, "D-do you......do you have silver......near you?"

Raven's eyes widened. She then looks down at the ring Dimus had got her. She then realized that her ring was made from genuine silver. She then backs away from him. Evan started to feel a little better as Raven stepped away from him. Raven began to shake, "I'm......I'm sorry........"

Evan looks up and sees the ring on Raven's hand. He then stands himself up. Raven shudders, "I'm sorry, Evan. Dimus....he.......he proposed to me. And.....he gave me this."

She then holds up her left hand. She began to shed tears, "I'm sorry Evan.......I never wanted to hurt anyone!"

With that, she runs passed Evan and goes into her room. She then slams the door.

Evan's pain finally goes away once Raven was gone. He couldn't believe what was just told to him. He then stands in front of Raven's door. He could still smell her scent. He then places his hands on opposite sides of her door. He growls, feeling hurt and overwhelmed with hate. He began to shake with anger. He of all people knew what it was like to be hurt like this. He felt something almost take him over, but he supressed it.

He then thinks of what vampires always do. They always persuade people into things. He then began to breathe heavily, feeling more and more anger. He then says to Raven, from the closed door, "Raven.......it's not your fault. You do what you think is right."

Raven was sitting right behind the door, crying. She then said from behind the door, "You don't mean that! And it is my fault! I don't know what I'm doing! I'm confused!!"

Evan still stands behind the door. His eyes flicker a different colour, but only for a moment. He then began to shed tears as well. He then slams his hand on the side of the door. Deep down, he knew that he didn't mean half of the things he just said seconds ago. He then says, "Raven? I know it's a little late for this.....but I--"

He was cut off by Pheonix coming in the hallway, "Uhh.....guys? The Mayor just called. We have another mission."

Evan wipes his tears before looking at Pheonix. He then says, "O-okay. We'll be out in a minute."

Pheonix then raises an eyebrow, "Did something happen?"

Evan shakes his head, "Don't worry about it."

Pheonix then says, "Uh....alright then. Me and the gang will be in the car."

With that, Pheonix walks away. Evan then knocks on Raven's door, "Raven. We have a mission."

Raven sits behind the door, unsure whether or not she should come out. She then looks at her new ring on her finger. She then closes her eyes and takes it off. She then stands up and places it on the dresser. She then opens the door and looks at Evan. He looks back at her, "You alright now?"

Raven shakes her head, "No...."

Evan didn't feel any pains. He looks to see Raven wasn't wearing the ring Dimus had given her. Evan's eyes widened, "You took the ring off? Why?"

Raven then puts a hand on the side of Evan's face, "Because.....I don't want you to go through pain because of me."

Evan's eyes widened. With that, Raven walks away. Evan lets out a deep sigh and looks at her as she walks away. He then follows along.

Pheonix then drives his jeep with everyone in it, except for Coslotus of course. Pheonix then parks right in front of a very green forest. Pheonix turns the car off, "Emerald Forest. That's what the Mayor said."

Raven then asks, "What did the Mayor say it was that hunted in these areas?"

Pheonix shrugs, "He said he didn't know. He just said for us to check it out."

Raven sighs, "Let's go."

Everyone then gets out of the car. Raven then says, "We should split up."

Serenity then says, "But....we don't know what we're looking for. It could be dangerous."

Raven smirks, "Alright......you guys go in pairs.....I'll go alone."

As Raven went to walk away, Serenity shouts, "Raven!"

Before anyone could do anything, Raven was already gone into the shadows of the forest. Pheonix sighs, "Just leave her be. She is a vampire. So she can manage."

Pheonix then goes into his trunk. He opens it and hands everyone flashlights, "Since it's night time, you'll need these."

Evan then says, "I can do just fine without one."

Pheonix shrugs, "Suit yourself."

Pheonix then hands some to the others. Hova takes one and then loaded up his guns. Serenity then says, "I won't need one. I'll provide light of my own."

Hikari takes a flashlight, "I'll take one!!!"

Sith sighs, "Fine, I'll take one."

Pheonix then takes one for himself, "So.....who's going with who?"

Sith then says, "Zero, you come with me. Serenity goes with Coslotus. Hova can go with Evan."

He then turns to Pheonix, "And Hikari can go with you."

Pheonix then says, "Uhh....okay. That was easy. Any disagreements?"

Hikari shrugs, "I don't care."

Serenity then says, "No."

Hova finishes loading his guns, "I'm good."

Zero then says, "I'm fine with it."

Pheonix then says, "Alright, let's go."

They all go into their pairings into different parts of the forest.

Serenity then lights a ball of fire in her palm. She then looks around. Coslotus then says, "Make sure you don't cause a forest fire."

Serenity sighs, "Oh shut up."

Serenity then stops and looks around. She then says, "It'd be nice to actually know what we're looking for."

Coslotus looks around as well, "Agreed. Always good to know who your enemy is."

They then heard fast movements behind them. They both turn as Serenity says, "What was that?"

More movement was heard around them. Then echoes of growling was heard. Serenity then backed into Coslotus, "Okay......I'm starting to get freaked out!"

Coslotus then gets his claws at the ready as he lets out a low growl.

Sith uses the flashlight to light his and Zero's way. Sythe follows behind them, sniffing the ground. Sith then lowers himself to the ground and grabs a pinch of soil. He smells it. Zero goes beside him, "What is it?"

Sith then says, "From the smell of the soil.....I'd say we're hunting something that's feline. Or at least feline-like."

Zero then says, "Are you sure you're not smelling Sythe?"

Sith looks at Zero, "I'm sure."

He then stands, "Let's keep moving."

As Zero and Sith went to walk further, they hear growling run passed them. Zero's eyes widened, "Shit!"

He then gets out his Naginata. Sith then gets out his weapon as well. Sythe then growls at something in front of them. It was a shadow of something that was standing in front of them. Sythe growls even more. He then runs at the thing in front of them. Sith shouts, "Sythe!!"

The thing began to run as Sythe began to chase it. Sith shouts, "Sythe!! Come back!!"

Sythe disappeared into the shadows. Sith grunts, "Fuck!!"

Zero sighs, "He'll be back."

Just then, growling and snarling was heard. A giant roar was heard. Another growl was heard, only this time.....it sounded as if the creature was in pain. Sith knew at once that it was Sythe. Sith shouts, "SYTHE!!!!"

Sith and Zero then run into the direction where the ruckus was coming from. As soon as they were at the scene, Sythe shot lightning at the thing it was fighting. The thing goes flying backwards and hits a tree. Sythe staggers to his feet. He growls in pain. Sith runs to him, "Sythe!! Are you alright, buddy?"

Sith shines the flashlight on Sythe. He had gigantic slash marks on his left side. Sith gasps, "Oh God!"

Zero looks, "Holy shit!! What the hell happened?!!"

Sith feels a great feeling of panic. He then looks to Zero, "Know any healing spells?"

Zero shakes his head, "Sorry. I wish I did."

Sith growls, "Fuck!! We're gonna need Raven.....or Hikari. Either way!! Sythe's wounds need to be treated!!"

Zero then walks over to the thing Sythe just killed. Zero's eyes widened, "Uhh.....Sith? I think you should shine your light over here."

Sith walks over to Zero, "What is it?"

He then shines the flashlight on the dead corpse. Sith's eyes widened as soon as he saw what the creature was, "Jesus Christ!!"

Evan and Hova walk into the depths of the woodland area. Hova turns on his flashlight and puts one of his guns at the ready. He then says, "So......what's the deal with you and Raven? You seem pretty tight."

Evan's eyes widened at the sudden question. Evan sighs and says, "Just.....really, really close friends is all."

Hova nods, "Oh, I see. You like her, huh?"

Evan's eyes widened more, "I....I didn't say that!!"

Hova laughs, "Oh, come on, dude! It's pretty obvious."

Evan looks to the ground, "Can we not talk about this?"

Hova laughs, "Alright, alright. I was only messing with you anyways."

Evan then sees fast movement in the darkness. Evan points, "There!"

Hova points the flashlight and his gun in the direction Evan pointed. Nothing was there. Evan looks around, being able to see in the dark. He then says, "Whatever this thing is, it's fast!"

Hova then hears something behind him. He then turns quickly and shoots his gun. Nothing was there when he saw he had shot a tree. Hova and Evan then hear growls echoe all around them. Hova looks around, "Shit! It's trying to close in on us!"

Evan smells the air. He growls, "Smells cat-like! I can't quite figure out what it is."

Hova sighs and says sarcastically, "Well.....that's just great."

The growling gets louder. Evan and Hova look around, bracing themselves. Evan smells the air again, "It's closer now."

A loud roar was heard from behind them. Hova turns and sees something dive at them. Hova then points his gun in the nick of time and pulls the trigger. He hits the creature dead on in the head.

Hikari and Pheonix stop as soon as they hear the sound of a gun shooting off. Hikair smiles, "Yay! Sounds like Evan and Hova found something!"

Pheonix nods, "Yeah. Wonder what Hova shot at."

Hikari looks around as she shines her flashlight ahead. Pheonix then shines his flashlight in another direction. Growling was then heard. Hikari jumps and laughs, "Ooh! What's that?!"

Pheonix then goes on ahead, "Let's go find out."

Hikari smiles, "Okay!"

Pheonix and Hikari walk even further. The growling got louder. Hikari then says, "Sounds like a giant kitty!"

Pheonix's eyes widened, "Yes it does. But what kind is the question. Could it be a Mngwa?"

Hikari raises an eyebrow, "What's that?"

Pheonix then replies, "Oh. It's a mythical cat creature feared by the Africans. It's also known as the strange one. It is said that it's stronger than a lion and more deadlier than a leopard."

Hikari smiles, "That sounds cool! I want one as a pet now!!"

Growling and snarling was heard ahead of them. Pheonix then says, "No.....it's not a Mngwa. If it was.....we wouldn't hear any noise. Mngwa likes to sneak up on their prey.....so definately not that."

Hikari then places a finger on her mouth, "Shh......we might be able to know it's location if we keep quiet."

Hikari and Pheonix then kept themselves quiet. They hear rapid running. Hikari's eyes widened as she then turns off her flashlight. Pheonix did the same. No noise was heard. They then heard footsteps come towards them. Hikari then shouts, "Now!"

Pheonix and Hikari then shine their flashlights at the thing in front of them. Both of their eyes widened at the sight. Pheonix then makes fire in his hands and was ready to shoot it at the creature.

Hikari gasps, "Oh.....my.....God!!"

The thing stood at least 4,0 foot in height, not including the tail. It had glowing red eyes, four of them. It had two faces. One in the usual place and the other on it's chest. The first head was that of a goat, while the bottom head was that of a lion. It's front claws were like an eagle and his hind legs were like a goat's. It also had a muscular build. It had two gigantic horns on it's head, with a small third one on it's forehead. It had little bits of hair like a mane and some on it's hind legs. The short fur, that made it almost look bald, was a yellowish tan colour. It then swings it's tail and growls. It's tail was something else. It was all scaly and blue with bright yellow designs. It's tail opened up it's mouth, as it's grey eyes glew, and hissed. It's tail was a snake. It was ready to pounce on Hikari and Pheonix.

Sith goes over to the corpse and looks it over. Zero looks at it too, "What the hell is that?"

Sith looks over the dead body again, "It's a Chimera."

Zero's eyes widened, "What's that?"

Sith kneels down to the corpse to get a better look at it. It was burnt and electracuted to death. He then says, "A Chimera is a creature that's part lion, part goat, and part snake. It's movement and actions are mostly lion-like. Very vicious."

Zero's eyes widened even more, "Holy shit."

Sythe growls once again. Sith stands up and turns, shining his flashlight in the direction Sythe was growling at. Zero turns as well, gripping his Naginata. Fast movement was seen. Sith sighs, "This......is gonna take a while."

Zero looks to Sith, "Why's that?"

Sith looks at Zero, "Chimeras are powerful creatures. Especially if they travel in packs. If Chimeras are flooding this area, that means their den is near by. I just hope we don't find it anytime soon."

Zero looks ahead, "Why? Isn't finding their den a good thing?"

Sith then says, "Not if we're not together. If it's just two of us.....we don't stand a chance against a whole pack! As soon as we set foot in their den......we're fucked!"

Zero's eyes widened, "Oh geez. Raven's the only one who went solo! What if she ends up finding it?"

Sith replies, "All we can do is hope that she doesn't. Even as a vampire......she still could be killed taking on the pack by herself."

More snarling was heard. Sith and Zero look around. Sith growls, "Come on, you son of a bitch!"

Sith then holds his weapon at the ready. It then starts to glow red.

A Chimera was hiding in one of the trees. It sees the glowing Sythe. It growls and whips it's tail back and forth. It then crawls down the tree, glancing at it's target. It then roars and dives at Sith.

Sith growls and swings his Sythe with one arm. One of the beast's head went flying and hit against a tree. The body stands for a few more seconds before falling. Sith swings his Sythe in a circle and smirks.

Zero then hears another growl. He turns and swings his Naginata. He slashs another one. He then stabs in the head. It cries out in pain as it fell to it's death. Zero pulls his Naginata out, "Shit! These things are unpleasant."

Serenity throws fire at whatever came at her. She burns one alive as it tried to chase her. She screams and starts to run as two more began to chase her. She shouts, "What are these things?!"

Coslotus fights more off with his bare hands. He shouts, "Who cares? Just kill them!"

Coslotus then stabs two with his razor sharp wings. He then punches another in the face. He growls, "Fucking things! Annoying!"

Serenity turns to see a Chimera run at her. She then sticks her hands out and screams. Massive fire then came from her hands. It burnt two Chimeras in its path. Serenity's eyes widened. She began to breathe heavily, "Oh my God."

Coslotus then kills the rest of the Chimeras he was fighting. He then cracks his neck, "I say we regroup."

Serenity nods, "Yeah."

They both walk on ahead, looking for the others.

Hova looks at the thing he shot. His eyes widened, "Dude! It's a fucking Chimera!"

Evan looks as well, "Shit! It is!"

Evan then looks around, "That's why I couldn't make out the scent properly. It's scent has more than one scent."

Hova then looks to Evan, "We gotta be careful. If that was here.....then it's den must be nearby."

Evan nods, "Yeah."

Evan then traces the scent, to find out what direction it came from. Evan then points to his right, "It came from that way."

Hova then says, "Alright. Let's go find the others. We're gonna need the whole group for this one."

Evan then realizes something, "Shit!"

Hova looks, "What?"

Evan then says, "Raven's out there by herself!"

Hova shrugs, "I'm sure she's fine."

Evan then says, "I'm gonna go find her. I'll meet up with you guys later, alright?"

Hova sighs, "Okay, dude. Whatever."

Evan then runs into the darkness, trying to track Raven's scent. His eyes widened. From what he could smell, Raven's scent was in the direction the Chimera came from.

Hova shakes his head and keeps moving. He then hears snarling come from behind him. He turns and shines his flashlight. Nothing. He then looks around, being careful with his own movements. He then gets his gun at the ready.

More growling was heard, only closer. Just as Hova turned around, a Chimera dived on him. His gun and flashlight go flying from his hands. His eyes widened, "Fuck!"

The Chimera was snarling and drooling. Wanting to bite down on his prey. Hova then uses his arm to block it from doing so. It's tail then whips up and almost hits his face. He turns his head at the last second. It's claws then dig into his side. Hova screams in pain as the Chimera's claws began to pierce his flesh. His then reaches on his belt and grabs another gun. He then points it at it's head and pulls the trigger. Dead in an instant.

Hova gets up, barely. He then grabs his gun and flashlight from the ground. He holds his side tight. He shines his flashlight on his side. He saw large claw marks in it. The slashes covered his whole side. He grunts, "Fuck me!"

He then takes off his scarf and wraps it around his side tight. He then sighs, knowing the scarf was only temporary. He then starts to walk, hoping to find the others.

A Chimera dives at Hikari. Pheonix then shoots fire at it. He burns it and finally kills it. Pheonix stretches his arm out, "That was easy."

Just then, a Chimera dives out from the shadows and bites down on Pheonix's arm. He screams and in pain. Hikari's eyes widened, "Pheonix!"

Hikari then says, "Stop giving my friend slashes and instead turn to ashes!!"

An orange aura shoots from Hikari's hand and hits the Chimera. It then turns to ashes in an instant. Pheonix holds his arm and looks from the ashes to Hikari. He nods, "Thanks."

Hikari smiles, "You're welcome!"

Pheonix grunts, "Fucking Chimeras! Man their bites hurt!"

Hikari shrugs, "What do you expect? It's three animals in one."

Pheonix chuckles, "Yeah."

Hikari then rips her dress. She then wraps it around Pheonix's arm, "Here. This should hold you till we get home. I'll make up a potion to heal you."

Pheonix looks at his wrapped arm, "Uhh.....thanks."

Hikari smiles, "Come on! Let's find the others!"

Raven walks slowly in the very center of the forest. She looks around, making sure nothing was in sight. She then gets her sword out at the ready. She then hears massive water dead ahead. She walks towards the sound.

She looks to see a massive waterfall overlooking a small pond-like pool. Raven then sees something behind the waterfall. She then lowers her sword and hops on one rock and then another. She then hops towards the end of the waterfall. Once she reached it, she sees a cave on the other side. Her eyes deepen with curiousity.

She then goes around the waterfall and into the cave. She smells something odd inside. She goes in further and looks around. She then hears growling all around the cavern. She looks around once more. She stops dead in her tracks.

Ahead, a whole pack of Chimeras come out and stare down Raven. They all growl at the sight of her. More began to surround Raven.

She looks around at them all, analyzing them. She then raises her sword at the ready.

Sith and Zero start to walk exhausted. Sith feels his shoulder, as it had huge bite marks in it. Sith grunts in anger, "Can't believe one of those fuckers managed to sink their teeth into me!!"

Zero laughs, "Now there's something you can sink your teeth into."

Sith punches him in the shoulder. Zero holds his shoulder, "Ow! That hurt."

Sith then says, "If it hurts, then shut the fuck up!"

Sith hated giving in to weakness. He rarely got hit by an enemy. Sythe then catches a scent. He then limps in the direction left of them. Sith looks to Zero, "Sythe's found someone!"

They then follow Sythe. Sith looks to see it was Hova. Sith's eyes widened, "Hova!"

Hova walks to them, "Hey. I was coming to find you guys. But I guess one of you found me first."

Sith sees his wound, "Dude, what happened?"

Hova holds his wound, "Chimera. Don't worry about it."

Hova then sees Sith's shoulder, "Holy shit. Looks like they got you good too."

Sith holds his shouder, "Yeah. But I made sure its death was torture."

Zero then says, "Wait a minute. Wasn't Evan with you?"

Hova says, "Yeah. But once he found out what we were dealing with, he ran off to find Raven."

Sith nods, "That's good. She shouldn't be alone with a forest full of Chimeras anyways."

Raven flips herself in the air as a Chimera went to pounce on her. She then kicks one in the face and slices it with her sword. She finally lands on her feet and began to slice up anything that came at her.

Raven's eyes widened. No matter how many she killed, more and more seemed to come at her. She then slices more and more. One jumped on her from behind and bit her on the shoulder. She screams out in pain as blood splattered everywhere. She then grabs the Chimera by its head and throws it against the other Chimeras, causing a big wave to go flying.

She then slices more and more as her shoulder began to heal at a slow rate. She looks around, with her eyes narrowed. She growls as her eyes went bright red and her fangs grew. More and more then jump at her.

Serenity then starts to light the way with her fire. She looks around. Coslotus looks around too. Serenity hears growling ahead. Serenity backs up, "Oh geez.....another one."

Coslotus then gets his claws at the ready, "I got this one."

He then walks up to it as Serenity goes behind him. Her eyes widened, "Oh God. It's Sythe!"

She saw that he was wounded. Her eyes widened even more, "Oh God. You poor thing! What happened?"

Sith then comes behind Sythe, "Hey. I see Sythe found you guys."

Zero and Hova then come behind Sith. Serenity then says, "Oh. Hey you guys!"

Coslotus glares at Hova and sees that he was wounded. He then nods, "Hova."

Hova nods, "Coslotus."

More growling was then heard. They all look around, getting ready for anything that comes at them.

Evan runs fast in the forest. He thinks to himself, "Please don't do anything reckless, Raven. Please!"

He then got a bad feeling in his gut. He then says to himself, "This isn't good...."

Raven then stabs more and more Chimera. There was too many of them to handle by herself. She then gets attacked by dozens of them at the same time. She got clawed on her side and then bitten on her leg and both on her arms. One began to bite onto her throat. She screams in pain once more as blood began to flow from her mouth.

She then closes her eyes tight. She then summons all of her remaining energy. She then began to glow purple. Her eyes then glow from red to purple as well. She screams out, "SOUL SURGE!!!"

A big gigantic wave of purple aura swept through the whole cave like a plague. All the Chimeras were hit in its path. All of their souls came out from their bodies and were sliced up by the giant attack that Raven managed to produce. Every one of the creatures were dead. Raven walked with wounds all over her. She then drops her sword as she staggers forward. She began to breathe heavily, not having fed this night.

She felt really weak. She began to bleed everywhere. As soon as she hits the foot of the exit, she falls forward onto her stomach. She then lays there, lifeless almost. She then closes her eyes, nearly inches away from blacking out.

Hikari and Pheonix were running from more Chimeras. As they were running, they bump into the rest of the group. Hikari smiles, "YAY! We found you!"

Sith then sees the Chimeras. He smirks, "I got this."

He then swings his Sythe at all of them. He kills them all with once slice. He then smirks, "There. Now let's go find Evan and Raven."

After a few moments, the rest of the group began to clear out the forests. Once done, they all go back to Pheonix's car. They all wait there. Hova then says, "Geez. I wonder what's taking Evan and Raven so long."

Sith then says, "Yeah. I wonder."

Evan runs and sees the waterfall. He looks around, "Raven?"

He then smells her scent was in the waterfall. He then runs to it and sees a cave. As soon as he goes to the entrance, he sees Raven laying lifeless on the ground. His eyes widened, "Oh no."

He then falls to his knees beside her, "R-Raven!"

He then lifts her up in his arms. He takes a good look at her wounds, "Oh God! Raven!!!"

He then looks around the cave and sees all the dead Chimera. He then turns his attiention back to Raven. He then thought of only one way to heal her. He then bites on his wrist as hard as he could. No blood came out. Evan growls, "Come on!!"

He then bites down harder and could taste blood. He lets go of his wrist and sees it finally bleeding. He then places his wrist on Raven's mouth. Nothing was happening. Evan shouts, "Raven!! Please wake up!!"

Evan began to shed tears as nothing was happening. Raven's sight was blurry as she began to taste blood on her lips. She then places a hand on Evan's wrist as she began to bite down and drink his blood.

Evan's eyes widened as soon as he felt Raven bite down. Evan feels a great strain of relief come over him. He then rests his head on top of Raven's. He then kisses her head as Raven drank more. Her wounds began to heal. Evan then hugs onto her tightly, never wanting to let her go. Raven then closes her eyes as she allowed Evan's blood to flow into her. This was the best taste she ever encountered. It was sweet and refreshing. Raven's wounds heal finally.

She then sits up and licks her lips. She then turns to Evan, who was staring at her. Raven then leans in and gives him a small kiss on his lips and hugs him. Evan closes his eyes and sighs in relief as he hugs her back. Raven says faintly, "Evan....."

Evan hugs her tighter, "I'm right here."

Raven leans back and looks at Evan, not knowing what to say. Evan then places a hand on the side of her face, "Are you alright?"

Raven nods, "Thanks to you."

Evan smiles, "You scared me for a bit there. Thought I lost you."

Raven smiles, "Well.....you didn't."

Evan's smile widens, happy to see that Raven was indeed alright. Evan then says, "Come on. Let's get back to the others."

Raven nods, "Okay."

They both stand. Raven staggers forward a bit. Evan catches her, "Careful."

Raven looks at Evan, "Sorry."

Evan smiles, "Why are you sorry? You're the one who's hurt."

Evan then lifts her up in his arms, "Here we go. I'll just carry you."

Evan then picks up Raven's sword as well. Raven then wraps her arms around Evan and looks at him. Evan looks back at her. They both smile at one another. Evan then breaks the silence, "Let's go."

With that, he ran with Raven in his arms.

Once everyone got back to the house, Hikari demanded people to go with her to the basement for treatment. Hova, Pheonix, Sith, and Sythe go to the basement with Hikari.

Evan then carries Raven to her bed. Raven looks at Evan, "There's no need."

Evan then says, "After a fight like that, you need rest."

Raven then says, "I'm alright."

Evan then rests his forehead on hers. Raven's eyes widened a little. Evan smiles, "I know.....but.....I'm just worried about you. I just want to be sure."

Raven then nods, "Alright."

Raven then pulls Evan towards her and hugs him. She then says, "Thank you......for saving me."

Evan hugs her back, "Hey......it's something I do."

Raven leans back and smiles at him, "I know."

Evan then smiles at her as well. Evan then smells something odd. Raven looks at him, "What is it?"

Evan then says, "It's nothing. Just rest, okay?"

Raven then nods. Evan then leaves the room and closes the door. He then walks outside and catches the scent of Dimus. He growls, "What the hell is he doing here?!"

He then chases after the scent, feeling more and more rage burn up within him.

After a while, he comes across Dimus' castle. He then sees the gate was locked. He then looks around for a way in. He then jumps high and lands in an open window. He then thinks, "Let's just see what this asshole is up to!!"

Evan then sneaks into the castle, unseen. He then follows Dimus' scent. The scent leads Evan to a room, from what it looked like, was a throne room. He sees Dimus and Den Maco talking. His eyes widened and he hides behind the nearest wall.

Dimus then sits on the throne chair. He sighs, "Den Maco.....I'm not sure how my plans are going to work with that.....that.....that werewolf in the way!!"

Den Maco then says, "Have you given her the silver ring yet?"

Dimus nods, "Yes I have. But it's still not working!"

Den Maco's eyes widened, "Not working? How?!"

Dimus growls, "Raven took it off......just so her vermin of a friend doesn't get hurt from it!"

Den Maco then says, "How could she take it off? You gave it to her as a symbol of your love to her. It was meant to not only show that.....but to also keep Evan more distant from her!"

Evan's eyes widened as he thinks, "So.....Dimus gave her a silver ring purposely?! Just to get at me?!!"

Dimus smirks, "Well.....it was fun while it lasted. Torturing that little runt was so amusing!"

Evan growls in anger. He then clenches his fists as he began to shake.

Den Maco then says, "What's next on the list?"

Dimus smirks, "The next step in me and Raven's relationship! Not only will it bring us closer.....but it'll also bring Evan more pain."

Den Maco smirks, "You mean......sleep with her?"

Dimus smirks devilishly, not needing to say another word.

Evan's eyes widened even more. He thinks, "He's using Raven too??!!!"

Evan growls even more, feeling something inside him begin to take over. He then runs out of hiding, "I'LL KILL YOU!!!"

Dimus looks to Evan and smirks, "Well, well......what do we have here?"

Vampiric guards came and grabbed Evan, holding him down. Dimus walks to him, "Aww.....a spy. How nice."

Evan growls, "You're only using Raven for your own personal needs?!!! That's not right!!!! Why?!!"

Dimus laughs, "I'm not. I just want someone to love.......and I've found her."

Evan growls even more, "You won't get away with this!!!"

Dimus smirks, "Oh? Won't I? We'll see. Who's Raven gonna believe? A jealous animal who's worthless? Or her fiancee'?"

Evan began to get more and more angered. His eyes turn red, "You're.......dead!!!"

He then punches one of the guards in the face and makes him go flying. He then snaps the other's neck like it was nothing. He began to laugh insanely. Den Maco analyzes every move, "Hmm....."

Dimus smirks, "Oh? Looks like Evan does have a little strength after all."

Evan turns and laughs evily, "No.....not Evan! Only Xaven is here now!!!!"