A/N: so this chapter is my favourite, you'll find out in my end authors note. A few more loose ends and a few more tied up.

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-Anna x

Wuya still hadn't returned with a verdict. 'Will I ever be free?' Anastasia thought.

"Listen to me; when she lets you go, don't look back. Just go and do better than I could ever do, okay? Make Rai become a leader; get Clay and Taylor together; make sure Kimi keeps her fire and most importantly, make Omi happy. Seriously, I left my laptop under your bed. There is a guide on how to get them to become a team. Promise me, you will do this." Twila knew that Anastasia would do this if she asked.

"Of course." Anastasia looked at her at the pleading in Twila's eyes. "What happened whilst I've been away?"

'Well where to start?' Twila thought. She explained everything.

"But you didn't kill Pape. I must tell them."

"Don't, please. I just want you to all forget about me. When you return and Ashley has her baby, make sure her and Jack stay out of the way. Make Zach go home and then look after the team, okay?"

"Yes, I promise."

Twila knew Wuya would try and get everything she could out of her about the warriors but she would never tell her anything, no matter what.

"Do I look fat in this?" Ashley asked Dojo. She had been looking in the mirror, whilst he read Vogue, for at least an hour.

"Kitty, you're pregnant." He looked at her with that 'are you kidding' face.

"Yeah but there's like pregnant and then there's fat."

"You look beautiful, Kat, as always." Jack kissed her on the cheek. She giggled. He really was perfect to her.

"Kimiko, can we talk?" Rai knocked on her door.

"What do you want Raimundo?" She flipped through Cosmo, bored as ever.

"I miss you."

She looked up and raised her eyebrows. "You miss me? I've been in my room for the past four hours and you saw me at breakfast."

He rolled his eyes. "You know what I mean. Our 'sneaking' around and stuff was so fun." He put his arms round her waist and kissed her neck, exactly how she liked.

She began to relax into him then remembered she was trying to play hard to get, like Frankie said to. So she swatted him with her Cosmo. "Stop trying to seduce me!"

"Stop avoiding me!"

"I'm not avoiding you!" She thought for a moment. "Ever since everything went wrong here, it got me thinking."

"What did I do this time?" He sighed.

"Rai, you told your sister I was your girlfriend. We never talked about it."

"Well what was I supposed to call you? My best friend who is sleeping in my bed every night after hot make-out sessions? That wouldn't exactly go down well with my sister. I'm meant to be a good example and it wasn't even supposed to come out of my mouth!"

"Exactly, Rai, you were thinking that I was your girlfriend. You never even asked me to be your girlfriend."

He didn't say anything. He just stood still.

"Whatever, Rai. Just go, please." She brought her eyes to meet his. Her eyes began to glaze over as she willed him to walk away. He just stood there.

They just regarded each other until the glaze turned everything hazy and the tears spilled from her eyes and over her cheeks.

'What do I do? Do I comfort?' He tried to comfort her.

"I think you've done enough for today." She snorted, the tears still staining her face.

"I'm not leaving until you talk to me about this."

"What is there to say?"

"That I'm in love with you." Kimiko actually blacked out.

"Clay, please talk to me." Taylor was banging on his door. She had had enough of him avoiding her. He got up particularly early so he could avoid her. "Clay, open this door before I break it down." She heard him snort with laughter. "Ugh, I'm serious!" She rammed herself at the door, breaking through first time.

"Woo, girl, I trained you well." He leant up on his bed, looking at the panting girl in his doorway.

"We are sorting this out tonight."

"I think that's my call, Taylor? I made it pretty clear I'm angry with you."

"She killed my friend's dad, what am I supposed to think?"

"Give her the benefit of the doubt? We didn't see her do it, did we? An animal could have done it, he was pretty bruised." He shuddered, remembering the beaten and limp body that had once lay in the serene garden.

"I'm sorry. What else can I say? Twila has probably gone back to England now anyway." Taylor said.

"She never returned to England. Even if she did, Phoenix and Ben told her group what happened. Are they really gonna take her back after what you were all suspecting? Her parents kicked her out when Zach called to tell them what happened. She certainly wouldn't return here after what you said to her. You did that to her. You ruined a girl's life for no reason, Tay."

"I'm sorry, I never meant for that to happen. I didn't know that had happened. She never told us…"

"You didn't exactly let her explain." He sighed.

"Will you ever forgive me?" Her green eyes shone as his blue eyes locked with hers.

"I will always be able to forgive you." He smiled as she launched herself head over heels onto him. He held her close, running his fingers through her blonde locks. She felt like home.

Omi sat there. Something had changed in the forces. He could tell something was happening, something huge. But he left it, the Heylin haven't attacked in so many years. There was no chance that today would be the day that they did.

Wuya finally returned. "Twila, let's talk." She smiled wickedly.

"Let Anastasia go first." She kept calm.

"But of course." Wuya motioned for her to leave but she was frozen in fear.

"We'll all walk into the hall so she can walk away, knowing I'm okay." Twila willed.

"If that's what you want." Wuya smiled.

'Don't look back.' Twila's words rang through Anastasia's head.

"So tell me what you know." Wuya smiled.

"Like I'm going to actually tell you!" Twila laughed.

"Well I get to keep my little dragon princess then."

"You can't now Wuya, you made your pick. You're stuck with me now." Twila laughed.

"Why you little brat! I'm going to make you and all your little friends pay!" Wuya grabbed Twila by her hair, pulling her head back. She put her claw-like finger to Twila's neck. "Tell me now!" Wuya screamed in demand.

"Do your worst." She spat.

"Oh, I will, little girl, I will." Wuya growled.
"Go for it." Twila challenged.

Wuya drew her nail across Twila's throat with a laugh. Twila covered her neck as the blood just flowed. There was so much blood.
Anastasia hid and watched it all, horrified. Wuya dropped the girl to the floor and walked away laughing. When Anastasia was sure she'd left, she ran to Twila's dying body.

"Anastasia, you need to go." Twila sputtered. Anastasia covered the wound with her hands, trying to contain the blood.

"You'll be okay, Twila. You'll be fine." She tried to calm Twila down but she knew it was only for her benefit.

"Just look after everyone. I don't want them to know." She coughed, tasting blood. A small splutter hit Ana's cheek. "Please go, I don't want this to be your last memory of me." The colour began to drain from her lips, her face, her everywhere. "Go…" Twila's eyes began to roll back in her head as she used all her force to shut her eyes.

Anastasia fled the lair, like she promised she would, to carry out Twila's dying wish. Anastasia wept for the loss of her father, for the loss of her fallen comrade and for the loss of her innocence. Her blood stained hands pushed her faster as she ran to the last place that could feel like home; the Temple.

She had finally reached home. Her hands were still wet with blood and under her eyes were dark with fatigue and sorrow. The once bright light in her eyes had vanished.

"Anastasia?" Rai spotted the dark haired girl from the courtyard. "Where have you been?" He noticed she was crying. "Hey, don't cry. It's okay." He pulled the shaking girl into a hug. The blood on her hands smudged on his top. She struggled out of the hug. She was too scared to even talk. She ran to Omi's room to find it empty.

Rai ran after her, running into Kimiko. She went pale. "What's wrong Kimi?"

"Rai, why have you got blood on your shirt?"

He looked down. "I don't know. I ran into Anastasia, she was pretty battered." He shrugged.

"Where did she go?" Kimiko asked with urgency.

"She ran to find Omi."

The slow realisation fell into place. She didn't know that Twila murdered her father.

"We have to find her." They said in sync.

She ran to the bathroom, scrubbing the blood off her hands. "My hands will always have blood on them." She said to her reflection which stared back at her.

"You're a murderer, Ana." Her reflection frowned at her. "A cold blooded killer." It laughed menacingly, sounding like Wuya.

"Get out of my head!" She closed her eyes hard.

"Stasia? Is that you, my love?" Omi stood in the doorway, welling up.

She turned to look at him. He just ran into her embrace and refused to let go when she asked him to.

The team were reunited but are more broken than ever.

A/N: Well, I do love a good death scene as you probably guessed. I quite like this chapter. And her death was inevitable because she had to die, sorry for anyone who liked her. So next chapter, Kimiko comes face to face with her biggest fear and probably more Claylor. What happens when Wuya and Chase get their hands on the Shen Gong Wu our favourite warriors dread the most? Will Anastasia tell anyone about Twila? Will she really fulfill her promise?

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-Anna x