Aww, it feels so nice to fly again. I love falcons.

I love the feeling of the wind blowing in my face. I love dive-bombing onto random people and watching them scream and run away.

I can be a lot eviler than Izm when I want to be. Yes, tis true.

I sighed and landed on the ground, a few streets from my house. In fact, this was the street that I first met Izm.

I love memories.

I breathed in the cool winter night air, brushing the hood of my jacket over my head. The street light silently glowed ahead of me.

OMG I love everything.

I heard a click, but I thought I just stepped on something, like a rock or something.

Then I smelled something. It was pretty familiar.

And hostile.

I pinpointed my eyes and took off sprinting, human form.

Someone jumped from the bush and grabbed my hood.

"Hey! Let go!" I brought my right arm back and tried to elbow the person.

"You wanna fight, bitch?"

I kicked him backwards into the street lamp. I'd know that green headband anywhere.

"Back for more, Caleb?" I teased.

"Boys," he ordered some of his cronies (that amazingly, I HADN'T sensed yet!)

A few guys grabbed my arms and pinned them behind my back. I see why Caleb brought more than one guy; he'll need them, although he's already outmatched by... infinity.

Caleb pulled out the jackknife that was covered in my dried blood. That was the same thing that stabbed me a while ago.

"Hey Dare," he smiled evilly, "Wanna face-lift?"

"Oh no thank you! I'd rather kick your ass right now, doctor."

He walked up to me anyway. I had a sudden urge to lash out and bite his face like an animal.

I narrowed my eyes at him.

Since all of them were standing so close to me, they couldn't see what I was doing: I had pulled out my cell phone, and called Izm. He's on my speed-dial.

"Please Caleb," I pleaded sarcastically, "Don't rape me."

"SHUT UP! You think this is a crime of passion or something?"

"No, you really do hate me."

"You're NightTiger, aren't you?"

I threw my head down in 'epic fail, man'. "If I WAS, I would have killed you already!"

"You left me in those caves to die."

"I'M NOT HER, BASTARD!"

He smacked me across my face.

I paused a while.

"You did NOT just bitch-slap me!" I yelled.

"I did, Dare; I just did." He pulled the jackknife up to my face.

I twitched my head and looked around happily. "I love this street," I said randomly. If I got this right, Izm should be listening to every word I'm saying. "This is the street where I first met Izm!" I turned my head back to Caleb and smiled.

"I will rip your face apart," he replied.

"Ya know, speaking of Izm," I slid my phone closed, hanging up; "He's probably going to kill you after tonight. Or NightTiger; you should definitely be scared of her, too."

"Who said you 'boyfriend's' coming to save you?"

I tilted my head a little. "Well, ya never know." I'm just doing this to stall him now.

"You're weak," he taunted, "You're just a little girl; I'm not afraid of you."

I breathed in deeply.

"Your scent says otherwise." I grinned.

He narrowed his eyes in 'Whoa' at me.

"By the way," I started, "How the hell did you know where to find me?"

He reverted to his usual 'I h8 u' expression. "I knew Izm came around here awhile ago. Is this where Redback gets his... Inventory?"

I shook my head like in any other conversation. "Nah. I'm just a friend. And I love Redback!" I pretended to look all dreamy and swooned, "He's my favorite drug dealer!" I smiled.

He grabbed my chin and held my face in one place. He pulled out his jackknife and held it up to my cheek.

"Say goodbye to your eye," he muttered coldly.

I thought I heard an engine rolling, getting louder.

He slowly, painfully, cut the skin under my left eye.

I screamed.

The sad thing is that I'm not the kind of person who'd scream.

Do you want to know why I'm not defending myself with NightTiger? I'm waiting for the right, perfect, moment to strike.

That'd be bout now.

Izm's Kawasaki came roaring around the corner, crashing into Caleb.

"Someone call?" Izm flipped his hair at me.

I smiled, eyes perked. It's like I forgot that my face was bleeding.

Caleb got up from the ground. "Hey!" he called to his goons, "Get him!"

Big mistake.

His guys let go of me and went for Izm on his bike. He pulled out his switchblade and grinned, evilly.

I grew ears and a tail and leapt in front of Caleb's henchmen.

"I'M GONNA PULL OUT YOUR ENTRAILS!" I cackled, growing my nails two inches and slashing a few guys' faces.

The guys I scratched got up and ran.

"Hey bitch!" I called to Caleb, "You were right!"

"No," he gasped to himself.

"I AM NIGHTTIGER!"

I landed a foot on his nose, knocking him on the ground and stabbing him with my claws in the chest. Don't worry; I didn't aim for major organs.

"God help you," I whispered into his ear.

I raked my claws down his body, cutting him deeply. He growled in pure agony.

"... What are you?" he coughed up.

"I'm a changeling."

"Dare! Control yourself!" Izm yelled from behind me.

I pulled out my claws, obeying Izm, and stomped on Caleb's ribcage, cracking something.

"Now are you afraid of me?" I hissed.

Caleb didn't move. He nodded, barely.

I retracted my ears and tail. "Now be a good little boy and don't tell your friends bout this or you KNOW what will happen."

He twitched a little bit. I think he was trying to run from me.

"Izm?" I turned to innocence, "Thanks for coming here."

"No prob." His face turned from triumph to softness. "Dare, your face is bleeding."

"I'm fine," I argued, "Just take me home and Aaron will help."

"Yeah," he blinked.