Chapter 5

"What do you think?" Derek asked as I continued to look around, "I had this whole room made to fit your current style."

I looked at Derek and glared at him. He just continued to smile at me. He then walked a couple steps and then he was standing right in front me. He took my chin and forced my eyes to meet his.

"What do you think?" He repeated the question.

I gulped and sighed as I shook him off and walked to the bed and sat down. Derek just watched me making sure I wouldn't run away or some kind of crap like that.

"I think it looks nice." I said trying to sound as sarcastic as possible and succeeded in doing so.

Derek looked at me with a solemn expression and sighed.

"You don't mean that do you, Princess?" He asked crossing his arms over his chest.

I looked him this time with a look of confusion.

"I don't know, do I? Ever since we met all those years ago, you've been trying to kill me, so don't be freaking surprised when I say I like something with sarcasm in it. I've been living my life as a nomad, and when I met Izuru, he made me think about just settling down somewhere for good. I've lived in this place for at least 20 years and you choose now to pop in a say 'hi I'm back to try to kill you again!' It's not gonna happen. You are not going to ruin my life because you feel like it Derek! I've dealt with your ass for years and here you are trying this shit again." I was pissed, so I decided it was time to leave this place for good.

I cut the ropes with one of my hidden knives. Hey, gotta love being in the Marine Corps they teach you a lot of shit during training. I used that training a lot in my life, being a nomad had its advantages and disadvantages. Derek looked shocked at the fact that I could do something like that. I smirked and threw the ropes down. I had completely forgotten about the nona shit on my face, that was until Derek smiled as he dodged the knife I threw at him. I grimaced as he started walking towards me. I started backing away, thinking of another way to get out of the room without being caught by Derek, which I might add was very hard to do, seeing as Derek was blocking the only way out of the room. I started running options through my mind trying to figure a way out when I noticed a sharp pain run throughout my entire body. When my brain acknowledged the pain so did the rest of my body. My eyes shot directly to where the pain was centered around. I noticed Derek smiling demonically at what he was doing.

I looked down to see what he was smiling at when I noticed that my side was bleeding. Derek had taken the opportune moment while I was thinking of a way out to stab me in the side with an ice shard. My knees got weak, my vision started to blur somewhat and my body felt heavy.

"You...son of a..." I said before I collapsed.

Derek just laughed as he slid the ice shard out of my side and laid me on the bed. Derek positioned my body to make it look like I was sleeping. I decided to get a hold of Izuru and tell him it was time for us to leave the hell hole. I slowly concentrated on Izuru's mind and allowed myself entry into it.

"Izuru." I said.

"Elizabeth?" He replied.

"It's time to leave...come and get me, please. You know what to do." I said as my mind slowly drifted off.

"I'm on my way." Izuru said lastly and disconnected the link between the two of us.

I slowly opened my eyes enough to see Derek placing the beds comforter over my body. And as he was doing so he heard the guards outside the room collapse as the door was being opened. Derek looked at me and smiled as he kissed my forehead and disappeared. Just as he was completely gone, Izuru ran over to my side and placed a hand on my cheek taking the nona thing off my face.

"Elizabeth, are you okay?" He said moving some of the hair out of my face.

It took almost all of my strength to open my eyes for the last time before I collapsed, but I did and I looked at Izuru and reached in my pocket and pulled out the pendant that had the Dark red letter J on it.

I handed it to Izuru and whispered, "Concentrate on the names Darren and Eric, and they'll come to us."

Izuru looked at me and took the pendent as he finally noticed the smell of blood and then pulled back the covers to see I was bleeding badly, due to what Derek did. He growled, but did as I told him and concentrated on Darren and Eric. After what felt like an hour of waiting the bedroom door opened. Izuru looked towards the door and in came Darren and Eric. They looked at Izuru and then at me. But when their eyes came upon my half-conscience bloody body their eyes grew wide with anger. Darren ran over to the other side of the bed and started inspecting the wound. Eric walked over to Izuru and started asking questions.

"What happened to her?" He asked.

Izuru looked at Eric and shook his head, "I don't know. We got separated a while ago, so you'd have to ask her."

Darren looked up from my side, "Eric, she's been stabbed with an ice blade. I can't stop the bleeding until the ice thaws completely."

Both Eric and Izuru looked at Darren as he tore up one of the silk sheets on the bed and began wrapping my wound up. I moved my head just a little and Darren looked at me and smiled, he then picked me up and carried me towards the door. Izuru and Eric began to follow Darren to the door.

I was surprised that Izuru wasn't carrying me. But he was walking next to Darren as Eric held the door open for him.

I lightly gripped Darren's shirt as he was walking down the hallway.

"What is it Isabelle?" He asked as Izuru stopped in front of him.

"Why did you call her Isabelle?" Izuru asked calmly.

Darren looked at Eric who just nodded. Darren then turned to look at Izuru again and sighed. He started walking again, it wasn't until we were all outside that Darren began to speak.

"It was before she met you in 1787, she was known as Princess Isabelle of the Lost Kingdom. We met her the day Derek killed her parents and the whole kingdom. He was also bent on killing her but we intervened in his attack. She changed her name about 3 years later due to the fact that she wanted to be someone else, someone who isn't being sought after so she can be killed. She's lived like this for over 200 years and we promised her when we met her that we would come to her and help with what ever she needed help with. But I must say in the past 200 years she's never gotten a hold of us until now. She hates asking people for help unless she really needs it." Darren said placing me in the car.

After I was placed in the car, Izuru got in the car as well to make sure that I wouldn't fall over while Eric drove the car. I concentrated on what little power I had around the wound so that it would heal properly. But it was last amount of power I would use until the next full moon. And no people I'm not a werewolf...I'm just one hell of an immortal princess. As my power was centered on the wound I gave into the fight over whether or not I would sleep. I fell asleep soon after the car started forward, and was still asleep when the car stopped at my apartment condo. Izuru got out of the as Darren carried me out of the car and towards the lobby of the complex.

Once we were in the elevator of the complex I opened my eyes and noticed that I was being held.

"Let me down," I whispered pushing on Darren's chest.

Darren noticed and sighed as did Eric and Izuru.

"I refuse to do so. Every time you get into trouble you never bother to ask anyone for help. No matter the injury. I told this before and I will tell you again Isabelle, me and my brother are here to watch over you and protect you when needed." Darren said smiling kindly.

I sighed and looked up at Darren's face. It showed sadness at the fact that I was injured and happiness that I was alive at the least. I smiled back at him with best I could manage, which served to make everyone in the elevator happy that I was alive and not so easy to kill. The elevator dinged and we were on the floor to my apartment that me and Izuru owned. Izuru opened the door and Darren walked in and sat me on the couch. I watched as Izuru walked into the kitchen and got everyone something to drink and I think he got a hot rag to thaw the ice on my wound. He walked over to me with the hot rag and placed it on the wound. I hissed and noticed that the ice was melting quicker than I expected. Once the ice was completely melted, Darren took to patching the wound up with the first aid kit that Eric had gotten while Izuru got the rag and drinks.

"There we go," Darren said as he finished patching the wound up and then patting me on the shoulder.

"Thank you Darren and Eric for coming to our aid," I said smiling with my full potential now.

Izuru looked at me and asked: "what about your powers?"

I just sighed and shook my head; "no need to worry about my powers. As long as we don't get attacked by the next full moon when I can restore my power. Other than that I'll be fine."

Izuru sighed and sat down in the chair across from me and Darren. Eric just chose to stand the whole time. He was never one to sit down for any reason what-so-ever. I looked out through the window of the apartment to see a crescent moon in the sky. I sighed wishing that the full moon would come so I would restore my power. Izuru noticed along with Eric and Darren. All three of them stayed quiet, before Izuru spoke.

"Liz, what's going on between you and Derek? It's like you two know each other and have been fighting each other for years," Izuru asked looking at me.

I looked at Izuru and just shook my head, "it's a long story Izuru. One that if I told you all of it now, it would leave you completely confused. So I'll let you figure it out on your own. I will be nice though and give you a basis of what happened before I met you. But I think you already know that thanks to Darren."

I looked at Darren with a calm look on my face making sure to hide my emotions well enough for him not to notice. Darren just smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.

I looked back at Izuru and continued;"I've been around a lot longer than you think. I lived on a planet known as the Rose Planet. It was called the Rose Planet because of it's abundance of roses. I was considered the Princess of the planet. The kingdom was ancient and beautiful and completely breathtaking wonderful. My mother was the Queen of the kingdom."

"Did the kingdom have a name?" Izuru asked sitting on the edge of his seat listening intently to what I was saying.

"No the kingdom didn't have a name. Our kingdom was the only one on the planet so there were no wars just peace. We had a few civil disputes but nothing severe. I was 17 years old when I was to take the crown of the kingdom and become Queen. But that all came to an end when my mother got word from one of the scouts stating that we had picked up a foreigner not from our world. Mother had meet bring in the foreigner so she could speak with him, and I obliged to do so. I went to where the foreigner was being held at in the kingdom's jail house. But when I saw him my breath was taken away. He was about the same age as me and had silver eyes with a hint of blue and shoulder-length silver hair to match. I was amazed at what I saw, but shocked at the same time. The guards had been merciless when capturing the boy. They had him bound in chains and the chains bound to wall and gag placed in his mouth so he couldn't resist them or supposedly curse them in any way possible. He was beaten badly and when I walked into the jail he didn't notice me until I had the cell unlocked so I could walk in there with him. I argued with the guards for 10 minutes before they let me in. When they unlocked the cell the boy noticed me and got scared. He tried to back up as close to the wall as possible with no luck. I knelt down to his eye level and smiled kindly. Telling him that I myself would never dream of hurting him, and that my mother the Queen wanted to see and speak with him personally, hence the reason I was there talking to him. I held out my hand and the boy cowered back, I felt sad that he didn't trust me but I also understood what he was going through. I was taught that I had to understand the feelings of everyone in the kingdom, foreign or not. The boy saw the sadness in my eyes and felt sad himself for being scared. He did his best to crawl towards me on his knees and when he finally got to me nudged my hand with his head as if to say he was sorry. I smiled and undid the gag in his mouth. Once the gag was out of his mouth he took a deep breath and looked at me trying to smile the best he could. I looked at the guards and had them undo his chains. They protested at first and then gave in to the order of the Princess. Once his chains were off, I helped him stand up and get his footing balanced and then I led him to the palace." I sighed and took a deep breath before continuing, "When we got to the palace my mother was as amazed at the boy's appearance as I was. I can't remember his name but I do remember that my mother wanted him to marry me for the kingdom's sake. They needed a king and he knew just about everything needed to be a king. But the people of the kingdom weren't to thrilled at the fact of me marrying a foreigner. But they also didn't want to see me cry, they knew I loved the boy hence why they didn't say anything to protest the marriage. But a week before the before our marriage, the kingdom was attacked by evil. I'm completely unaware of the evil that was attacking the kingdom and the planet. That's when Derek had attacked the kingdom and also when Darren and Eric showed up and saved me. It was also during the time of the attack that the boy had disappeared. I couldn't find him anywhere, after Darren and Eric left the kingdom, I went in search of the boy, and still couldn't find him. I spent 200 years trying to find him that was just about the time I met you, Izuru."

I finished my little reminiscence and looked at Izuru who was completely shocked at what I said. I smiled and laughed a little. But just the thought of that boy brought back so many memories. I sighed and got off the couch and walked out onto the balcony of the apartment. I looked up at the moon and remembered that boy and then tried to remember his name.