A/N: So guys, I don't know but this story will be ending soon, I think. Might do a sequel if I get asked but not sure. Anyway, there is a lot of aftermath of 'Crossed' so I'm going to upload the next chapter soon, I promise! Like today hopefully.

Anyway! R&R!

-Anna x

There was no way to describe the Temple now. The once bright and bustling community had become a barren and lifeless place. It no longer felt like home. Rai and Kim were drifting, Taylor and Clay were no longer sneaking around, Ashley and Dojo stopped laughing, Zach was alone without Twila and Omi never stopped meditating or training. Everyone walked around like no one existed. Phoenix and Ben had returned to England because they couldn't sleep knowing that someone had been murdered and then Twila mysteriously vanished. Frankie wanted to stay and help but instead he helped Rai out and took Luci on holiday to Tokyo then took her back to Brazil to take her mind off it.

The five monks were all out of it now. Kimi had lost her fire. Taylor had become blunt. Clay never spoke. Omi spoke flatly and never about himself. Rai had lost his power. The monks had never been so defeated.

Twila had not returned to the Temple for months. It was time she returned.

"Hi guys." She walked into the dining hall where everyone was sitting down.

"What do you want?" Rai said harshly.

"I just want to help." She said.

"After you killed Alexei?" Kim said, the fire in her voice had long but died. Everyone turned and looked at her. "I'm just voicing what everyone is thinking." No one spoke up for her, not even Zach or Ashley.

"Ashley? Do you actually think I ripped someone's heart out?!" Twila was close to tears but she was blinking it back.

"What am I supposed to believe? Alexei winds up dead, Anastasia disappears out of grief and no one knows where you are. Everyone had alibis, Twi; everyone except you." The venom in Ashley's voice was something that Twila had never heard used against her.

"You'll upset the baby." Jack spat.

"Zach?" Her voice cracked as she said his name.

"I'm sorry but I didn't know where you were. All I have are the facts and they aren't looking good for you. We hadn't said how Alexei had died, Twila-Cassidy." He didn't even look at her.

"Okay then. I'll go."

"Good. We don't want you here." Taylor said bitterly.

"Omi, you don't believe I did this, please."

Omi turned and looked at her. "Anastasia is gone because Alexei is dead. Alexei is dead because of you. You are no longer welcome here." He said in a monotone.

She grabbed her stuff and fled the Temple, never to return again.

Everyone sat in silence.

"Do you all have to be so harsh?" Clay said. Everyone looked at him; it was the first thing he had said since they had found the body.

"What?" Kimiko said.

"You honestly think she did it? We have no proof. We didn't even let her speak. It could have been Chase for all we know. And you honestly think some English girl that has been helping us did this? The thought of that makes me sick. This isn't a team anymore. A team sticks together and talks about it."

"Clay, this isn't Chase's style. She couldn't be accounted for when she had to be. She left us. Anastasia is allowed to run off, her father died for god's sake!" Ashley said.

"Twila runs when something gets bad." Zach said quietly.

"What?" Everyone said in unison.

"She always does this. She runs when she hurts people. She killed Alexei then ran. It's what happened." Zach's heart broke when he said it.

"Clay, you see the best in everyone but she murdered someone. You need to stop thinking about the good in her." Taylor reached for his arm but he flinched away.

"No, I know that she needs to be heard." Clay said.

"We'll talk about it tonight." Taylor said.

"No, we won't. We're done now, Taylor. I don't even listen to what you're saying anymore. It's always something bad about someone. I don't want to hear it anymore. I'm sorry." He left the room, without looking back.

Everyone just sat there, not moving.

"Please let me go, Wuya. You have the power to take over the world, I won't stop you." Anastasia didn't know how long she had been there for but it had been too long.

"Stop complaining princess." Wuya had been waiting for someone to come looking for her for months now.

"No one is going to come looking for me. I go missing all the time." Anastasia knew no one would care. No one ever did.

"Then you're going to be stuck here forever, girl." Wuya laughed wickedly, sending chills up Anastasia's spine.

Wuya left the dim room that was holding Anastasia captive. It was the first time she had left the room, knowing Anastasia was too weak to fight. Anastasia needed sun and light to be strong. There was so little light in the room, Anastasia's light was fading by the day.

"So Wuya, you said you had a gift for me?" Wuya returned to the room.

"Anastasia, say hello to Chase."

"Die."

"Feisty one you found here, Wuya. Who is she though?"

"She's the dragon of light which is why it's dark in here."

"Ah, I didn't know there was a dragon of light. How did you stay off my radar for so long?" The fire in his eyes blazed as she stayed silent. "We'll have some fun with this one, Wuya."
He kissed Wuya's cheek and walked out.

Anastasia raised her eyebrows at Wuya.

"Don't look at me like that." Wuya dismissed.

Dojo felt a light go off. The fight a few weeks previously had ruined the whole group. He knew the facts but he just reviewed them over and over again. Wherever Twila was for those few hours, it cost her everything she had in China and probably everything she had in England.

He thought about Anastasia. 'Poor kid.'

He needed to bring the team together. He could sense that there was something coming. Something bad was going to happen but no one wanted to hear it anymore.

"I have a proposition for you."

Wuya whipped round to see Twila. "How did you get in here?!"

"I have my ways." She smiled.

"What do you offer?"

"You trade me for Princess."

Wuya laughed herself into a coughing attack. Once she was composed she finally got a word out. "Now why would I do that?"

"Because without me, the team are nothing. Anastasia is just another member but I organise the team, I know how they work and train. They need me."

"And they don't need Anastasia?" Wuya was still unconvinced.

"That team need someone to organise them. A leader is great if they know how to lead but Rai doesn't know how to lead."

Wuya grinned. "You can both stay here for a few days. I need to think about this." Wuya walked out of the room, locking the door behind her.

Anastasia looked at Twila. "Great now we're both stuck here."

"I'm trying to help you."

"Well you're not doing a very good job of it! She'll keep us both here!"

"She won't. She's a woman of honour, so I heard."

"Pfft, yeah right. One or both of us will be dead within a week and you know it."

"Maybe." Twila knew she had a good point but if she began to believe it, it would become far too true.

A/N: So what is going on then? All the couples have died *cries* but will they sort themselves out?

Is our favourite Russian right? Hmm, will I reveal all in the next chapter? Probably not, no!

R&R!

-Anna x