Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness Act VI

by A.G. Fanfics

Mankind has declared war on the monster world, Tsukune is struggling to control his vampire urges while kept in isolation, and a great evil is preparing to conquer everything. Moka and the group must now try to prevent war between the two worlds while defending against the growing darkness that approaches them all.

8. A Rough Day

"Mizore!" Moka cried out as the group watched with horror at the sight before them.

At long last the three groups of monsters had reunited, with two of the groups having staged separate and daring rescues on their part while the other managed to free themselves from HDA control and isolation inside the fortified command building.

"No!" Kurumu screamed as the group saw blood and torn flesh splattering across the ground.

They had managed to fend off armed human personal, the sudden appearance of an obsidian dragon from the dark world, and even survived a missile attack at the last possible moment. Not only did they meet new and strange companions that had come to their aid in the interest of escaping HDA oppression, but they also met two young monsters that had defied the laws of life itself by returning to the mortal world.

"What is she doing?" Yukari screamed as she grabbed her hat with fear.

To the shock of everybody there they had met the wandering souls Arial Kuyumaya and Complica Cii, the two well-known children who died long ago. Such shock in fact that Dark had actually passed out from seeing the girl that set him free standing before him again. Although the young chronofly angel was shown to be gentle and timid with the group while wishing to return to heaven above, the snow angel was an entirely different case.

"Arial STOP!" Gabriel yelled out as he ran towards Arial, the young girl attacking a severely wounded Mizore with fire in her eyes.

The snow angel had only one prominent desire and goal in her mind ever since she returned to the human world; to find the shadow demon that she was obsessed with. Although the two rescuing groups had attempted to keep the temperamental angel from meeting the demon again she had at long last found her loved one. Of course in meeting him she also found out something else, something that the two rescuing groups had wanted to prevent as they were warned, and saw firsthand, how the young snow angel could become when angered or upset. She found out that Dark was currently with another girl, Mizore.

Something that didn't sit too well with her.

"HE'S MINE!" Arial screamed as massive ice spires shot up all around the group, swiping one last time through Mizore's body before Gabriel grabbed her and yanked her away by the shoulders. Moka, Kurumu, and Yukari screamed as they ran over to Mizore, the snow girl lying on the ground with wide eyes of shock while blood was coming from her open mouth. Her body and torso was hacked and slashed apart while her blood was all over the ground around her, the girl having been viciously clawed by Arial.

"Mizore!" Moka cried out as the she dropped down next to her friend with fright. The snow maiden coughed out blood and cried out hoarsely as she shakily looked over to the vampire, unable to move or speak coherently.

"Holy shit, she tore her to pieces!" Rason cried out as the group looked at the ravaged snow maiden. Moka looked at her friend's wounds with horror and shook her head.

"Yukari! Ahakon! Heal her, quick!" she cried out looking to them.

"Heal her? Are you insane, I can't heal that!" Ahakon said shaking his head.

"Your vampire blood won't even heal that, she's torn to shreds!" Yukari cried out with tears forming.

"Oh god, Mizore!" Ruby said holding a hand over her mouth. The group looked at the mortally wounded snow woman then over to Arial, the snow angel thrashing around in Gabriel's grip as the boy was looking at Mizore with a pained expression.

"Let me GO! LIKE HELL SHE'S GOING TO TAKE MY DARK FROM ME!" Arial screamed as more jagged spires of ice shot up around the group. Kurumu looked at the snow angel with disbelief and wide eyes then growled with fury.

"You… YOU BITCH!" she roared as she ran towards the snow girl with her nails extending out. She swung towards the girl before she collided against a barrier of light.

"No Ms. Kurumu, you can't kill her!" Apoch pleaded as she watched Mizore with tears forming in her eyes, holding a hand out to keep the succubus from tearing Arial limb from limb.

"Like hell I can't, just you watch me! How dare you attack my friend like that you little bitch!" Kurumu yelled as she pounded on the barrier of light with tears forming in her eyes.

"Mizore!" Moka cried out as she shakily held her hands over the snow girl's body. Mizore coughed out more blood as she trembled, being in unbearable pain and unable to move.

"LET ME GO! I'LL KILL HER! NOBODY TAKES MY DARK FROM ME!" Arial screamed as dozens of ice spires shot up around the group. Two of them struck through the dead dragon's arm and pierced through while others struck upwards near the group who looked around with fearful expressions, except Ceal who merely watched the snow angel with a careful eye.

"Somebody stop her, she'll kill us all!" Kokoa cried out holding her hands over her head as ice flurries and shards flew about. Arial screamed loudly as the area around the girl froze over. Gabriel yelled out as he stumbled back, unable to bear the cold as he backed away from the girl with frost on his body. The group looked to her as the girl glared at Mizore with fury in her eyes, the wounded snow maiden shakily looking over and seeing the snow angel staring into her eyes.

"HE'S MINE FOREVER!" Arial screamed as she aimed her frozen claw at the snow girl.

"No!" Gabriel yelled as he looked back to Arial.

"Don't!" Moka cried out with fear.

"Stop!" Complica screamed as she started crying.

In a flash a bolt of fire flew past Arial's face, the girl halting in place and shrieking as the flame shot past her. The group watched her collapse as her claws retracted and her hair returned to normal. Everybody then looked to Razico as he lowered his hand, the warlock looking at Arial with remorse then over to Mizore. Kurumu blinked then yelled out as she tried to swing down towards the unconscious snow angel, her nails once again hitting a barrier of light and stopping.

"What the hell Apoch, how can you protect her after what she did?" Kurumu yelled out looking to Apoch. The witch shook her head with sorrow then looked to Arial.

"Please Ms. Kurumu, you mustn't hurt her, you don't understand," she said shakily.

"I don't care! Look what she did to Mizore!" Kurumu cried out looking back the wounded snow girl.

"Mizore! Hold on, we'll… we'll fix this!" Moka said shakily as she looked over the snow maiden's body.

'How in the world are we going to fix this?'

'Oh dear god, she's torn apart, what do we do?'

'She's ripped apart completely; no magic in the world is going to fix this.'

"Mizore!" Yukari cried out as she looked at the girl's body with teary eyes. Rason stared with shock at his friend's condition then grabbed Gabriel by the neck and slammed him over against the body of the dragon again.

"What the HELL IS THIS?" he yelled out. Gabriel grabbed the angel's arms and tried to free himself while looking at him with remorse.

"Please… I'm sorry. Really, I wanted to avoid this, I really did," he pleaded weakly. The rest of the group rushed over to Mizore as she was choking and coughing out blood.

"Holy crap, her body's in ruin," Render said as the group saw the snow maiden's internal organs and ribs slashed and torn apart. The girl was at a hair of her lifeforce as her body was starting to shut down from the snow angel's onslaught.

"Mizore no!" Kokoa cried out dropping to her knees next to the ravaged snow maiden.

"Oh my god, she's been eviscerated," Ahakon said with a stunned expression.

"Somebody do something! Anything!" Moka cried out shaking her head.

"Do something? Like what? Oh god we can't heal this, she's way too far gone to save," Yukari said as she trembled at the sight. Leon looked at the girl worriedly then over to Ceal.

"Ceal, hurry up and help her, please!" he called out. The group looked to Ceal who merely raised an eyebrow.

"What's he going to do, we can't heal this serious of an injury," Ahakon said shaking his head.

"Hurry Mr. Ceal, please put her back together," Apoch and Astreal pleaded quickly.

"Put her back… together?" Kurumu said as the group looked to Ceal with confusion. The boy rolled his eyes then glanced away with annoyance.

"I've already done far more than enough for you people, and yet you ask for more?" he said flatly.

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Moka asked quickly as Mizore coughed out more blood and groaned in pain.

"C'mon kid, you put Falla and the witch sisters back together no problem, hurry up and do something," Razico said urgently.

"He did what? What are you talking about?" Yukari asked looking around at the group.

"Can you help her? Can you?" Moka asked desperately. Ceal looked to her then to the snow maiden as her eyes were losing focus.

"I've already helped break your friends out of captivity and slayed a dragon for you. I've done more than enough here," Ceal said shaking his head.

"C'mon man, don't let her die like this," Render said looking to Mizore.

"What's he going to do for her, she's torn wide open," Yukari said shaking her head.

"Who cares, if you can do something then do it! Please!" Kurumu cried out.

"Ceal please, don't let one of Falla's friends die," Gabriel urged. Ceal growled then glanced to him with narrowed eyes.

"This snow maiden is not my responsibility angel, and I will not have Falla's feelings being used against me again. I've done more than enough here, I owe you all nothing," he snapped firmly. Complica ran over to him and grabbed his hand, the boy looking down to seeing the girl pulling on it repeatedly.

"Please Ceal, don't let her die! Please please please!" she begged. The boy growled quietly then looked to Mizore again.

"You can help her; we've seen you do this before. Please!" Kokoa begged.

"Do something, she's dying!" Apoch cried out as the snow maiden trembled and slowly started to fall limp. Moka looked at the girl with watery eyes then to Ceal.

"Please, I'll pay anything you want, I'll do anything you ask, just don't let her die! If you have the power to save her then I'm begging you to do so!" she cried out. Ceal glanced to her then to Mizore again with a blank expression. Sun and Fang Fang looked at the snow maiden with worry then over to Ceal. The boy glanced down to Complica as she was crying.

"Please, you're not a bad guy, you can't be," she said softly.

"Please Mr. Ceal, you saved us when you were under no obligation," Apoch pleaded.

"Don't let our friend die, we're begging you," Astreal whimpered. The catalyst mage rolled his eyes and looked away.

"Please," Complica said with tears dropping from her cheeks. The mage paused then glanced down to her. After a moment he walked over to Mizore and looked down at her. He eyed her torn body carefully then shook his head, then glanced to Complica.

"After this, you will not ask me for more, understood?" he said in a commanding tone. The girl nodded quickly then looked back to Mizore with worry. Ceal glanced around at the group then down to Mizore with a careful eye.

"Her body is in ruin on the inside, I'll require more matter to rebuild what's been lost," he said simply.

"What are you talking about?" Rason asked shaking his head. Render looked to the dragon then pointed to it with one of his swords.

"Use the dragon, that's gotta be more than enough organic matter right?" he reasoned hopefully. Moka's group looked to the dragon with confusion as Ceal shook his head.

"It would, however the dragon's natural temperature would fry the snow girl from the inside out before it could be properly cooled. I would need matter that's not so naturally hot," he said calmly.

"I don't understand, what is he talking about?" Yukari asked shaking her head.

"What do you need? Tell us!" Razico called out with urgency.

"I just told you, I need matter to heal her body," Ceal said with a shrug. He then looked to Fang Fang with narrowed eyes.

"Perhaps you would be the one to make the noble sacrifice, it would be fitting that you do something proper with your life before you die," he said coldly. Fang Fang looked at him nervously and slowly shook his head.

"What… what are you talking about?" he asked worriedly.

"It's simple yasha, I need flesh. Bone. Blood. I need organic matter to transfer over to the snow maiden and regenerate her body. But I can't pull that matter out of thin air, somebody has to surrender that for her," Ceal said as his reptilian hand glowed a black hue. Moka's group looked at him with stunned expressions as Rason slowly let go of Gabriel.

"What? What's he talking about?" Rason asked cautiously.

"Just what are you anyway?" Ahakon asked nervously.

"He's a catalyst mage; he can transfer organic matter from one being to another. He can heal and mend any injury with his magic," Ruby said looking to Mizore with concern.

"He can?" Yukari said with surprise.

"So wait… you mean… in order to help her, one of us has to…" Kurumu said looking down to Mizore.

"Die," Ceal said glancing to her. Moka's group looked to him with surprise as the others looked down at Mizore with concern. Sun and Fang Fang looked at the mage with surprise as well before down to the wounded snow girl. Complica started crying and shaking her head while Dark and Arial were still unconscious on the ground.

"Die?" Moka said under her breath. Mizore coughed out more blood and shakily looked to her with a strained expression, feeling her body weakening and going numb.

"You wanted me to save her correct? Well I can only do that if I rebuild her body, and to do that I will need organic matter to do the job. So, which one of you wants to die for her?" Ceal asked looking around at the group.

"Shit, you've got to be kidding me," Render said with frustration.

"One of us… has to die?" Yukari asked while trembling slightly.

"He can't regenerate her body without more matter to transfer to her, and he needs a lot of matter to patch her up. Whoever he takes it from will die during the process," Ruby said with remorse. Everybody looked to each other with worry. They all wanted to save the snow girl, however in order to do so somebody would have to sacrifice their own body for Ceal to heal the snow maiden's serious injury.

"Then use Arial's, she did this to her!" Kurumu yelled out looking to the snow angel.

"Great, then Mizore will live and Dark will kill you for wiping Arial from existence," Ruby said shaking her head.

"Are you kidding me? Dark's precious little angel just slaughtered Mizore in a fit of jealousy! Dark's not going to want to save her after what she did," Kurumu argued sternly.

"Arial means the world to Dark, there's no telling how he's going to react hearing what she did. But if we kill Arial's soul I'm willing to bet he would be even more furious, and at us even," Kokoa reasoned nervously.

"You can't kill Arial, please!" Complica pleaded loudly.

"I need a volunteer now, she's about out of time," Ceal said looking down to Mizore, the girl struggling to keep her eyes open as she was looking up at the boy. Kokoa looked around then grabbed Sun by the arm.

"Use her then," she said sternly as she glared at the siren. Sun looked at her with wide eyes and shook her head fearfully as she tried to pull away.

"Oh yes you, you kissed my mate, you deserve to die," Kokoa hissed.

"Kokoa stop, please, we're not killing her, she's not involved in this," Gin said urgently. Kokoa growled then glared at him.

"She kissed you!" she yelled out. Sun yanked free and backed up a bit as Kokoa glared at her with anger.

"We're running out of time, we need to make a decision now," Rason said looking back down to Mizore, the snow girl trembling as her mouth was dripping blood. Everybody fell silent as they thought about the choice of one of them sacrificing themselves to save the snow girl.

Sun looked at the snow girl worriedly then jumped a bit. She waved her hands around franticly in front of her as the group looked over to her.

"Sun? What is it?" Gin asked.

"About ready to atone for what you did?" Kokoa barked out as she gripped her giant morning star tightly. Sun looked at her with nervous eyes and shook her head then pointed towards the broken door out into the hall.

"What is she doing?" Rason asked as the siren looked to Gin then pointed franticly towards the door. Gin glanced to it then back to the siren with a puzzled expression. Sun grabbed her sketchpad and wrote something down quickly for him.

Outside there are HDA soldiers that Arial killed, can't we use them?

Gin read the pad then jumped at the realization.

"Wait, that's right!" he said looking to the door.

"What's going on?" Ran asked looking at the boy puzzled. Gin ran towards the door with haste as the group watched curiously. The boy ran out into the hall and picked up the soldier that Arial had clawed to death outside, then ran back into the chamber with the body over his shoulder. He ran up and dropped the body onto the ground next to Mizore as the group looked at it with wide eyes.

"Here, you can use this right?" Gin asked hopefully.

"That guy's dead. Real dead," Ahakon pointed out as he saw the diced skull and body of the man Arial had clawed in her rage.

"It doesn't have to be alive, just organic matter. He can use it to help her, right?" Leon said looking to Ceal. The catalyst mage looked at the body for a moment then nodded.

"That will do, yes," he said simply. He walked over and knelt down between Mizore and the dead HDA soldier, the entire group watching him with hopeful eyes as Mizore shakily looked over to him. He glanced to the dead body then over to the snow girl.

"Listen up snow girl," he ordered as he grabbed her hand with his normal one. The girl made a choking sound as more blood dripped from her mouth while her head rocked to the side. Ceal watched her with a cold stare then reached over with his reptilian hand and grabbed her by the jaw, turning her gaze towards him.

"I said listen snow girl. I'm going to transfer the flesh and bone from this human to you, however in doing so the matter will be at a normal temperature for a human, not exactly ideal for a snow girl such as yourself. You need to focus on cooling your body as I recreate it, otherwise you'll die from your body cooking you from the inside out," he said firmly. Mizore struggled to keep her eyes on him as the group watched with concern, everybody trying to ignore the boy's rather forceful and crude way of holding her. Ceal paused for a moment then shook her head a bit.

"Do you hear me?" he said again. The girl trembled slightly as she tried to breathe then slowly nodded. He then reached out and grabbed onto the dead body of the human next to him and looked at the snow girl's injury.

"Start cooling your body snow girl," he ordered as his hands glowed with a white light. The group watched as a swirl of light slowly circled the body of the dead human in wisps while another swirl of light started to circle around Mizore's body. She shook a bit as she cried out hoarsely, feeling pain shooting through her wounds along with a strange numbing sensation. The group watched as the human's body started to slowly tear and break down, the skin and bones appearing to wither and degrade as the body shifted around slowly. Ceal glanced to the snow maiden and shook his head a bit.

"Cool your body off snow girl, you're getting too warm," he cautioned.

"Focus Mizore, you have to cool your body down," Moka said kneeling down and holding the snow girl's other hand. Mizore coughed out blood and trembled as she tried to focus, her mind blurry and unable to concentrate properly. The group watched as the torn organs and broken bones inside the girl's body started to glow and slowly regenerate right before their eyes.

"Oh my god…" Rason said as he and Gabriel watched with wonder.

Slowly Mizore's internal body started to shift back into place, with bones seeming to re-grow and take form while flesh and veins formed and took shape.

"I don't believe it," Ahakon said quietly.

"He's… he's really doing it," Yukari said softly.

"I said cool your body now snow girl," Ceal ordered sternly. The group looked to him then to Mizore as she looked like she was screaming, her mouth open while her eyes were wide. She was making quiet short gasps as she clenched her hands tightly.

"Mizore, please you have to focus your power," Moka pleaded worriedly.

"Hot… so hot…" Mizore coughed out as she trembled.

"Do it now, you're getting too warm," Ceal said as he looked to the girl's injury with a cautious glance. The matter forming in the girl's body was taking shape; however it wasn't cooled to a snow woman's proper internal temperature yet.

"Hurry Ms. Mizore, cool your body down. Focus," Apoch pleaded. Mizore cried out in pain, thrashing around as Moka and Ceal held onto her hands.

"Hold her down, the process isn't finished yet," Ceal ordered looking to Razico. The warlock ran over and knelt down by the girl's head, holding her shoulders down. Rason and Gabriel held the snow girl's legs down while the others watched worriedly.

"Mizore! Please Mizore, focus on cooling your body down!" Kurumu cried out.

"It's so hot! It's hot! Oh my god, I'm on fire!" Mizore cried out as she thrashed around, feeling like her body was on literally fire (which for a snow woman is a very big deal).

"Please Mizore, you have to try to cool yourself down," Ruby called out worriedly.

"We have much more to do before your body is healed, you need to cool yourself down now or else you will die long before I finish," Ceal said firmly. The girl kicked and thrashed around while being held down, her body feeling warmer to her by far and causing just as much pain as when it was ripped apart.

"Mizore! Please, you can do it!" Moka cried out as she held onto her friend's hand. She could feel Mizore squeezing her hand tightly, the snow girl crying out as the glow inside her open wound wavered.

"You need to do so now snow girl, if I go any further you'll go into shock," Ceal said as the glows around the two bodies faded slightly.

"You can do it Mizore, just concentrate," Yukari pleaded hopefully.

"You can't let this beat you, you still have to marry Dark. Don't die on us, please!" Kurumu cried out.

"Isn't there anything we can do to help her?" Rason asked as he and Gabriel continued to try to hold the snow girl's legs down.

"She needs to cool off her body angel. The matter I've regenerated for her needs to chill and adjust to its new host, otherwise it'll be at the same temperature that it was at before," Ceal said shaking his head. Mizore thrashed around and screamed in pain, her mouth dripping blood as her open wound started bleeding again.

"She's going to die at this rate, do something!" Kokoa cried out.

"I can't do anything until she cools down her body, she needs to bear through the pain and focus," Ceal said firmly.

"God! It's… so hot! I'm melting!" Mizore cried out as she trembled while being held down. Ran looked at the girl worriedly then rushed over next to Razico, kneeling down next to the snow girl's head and holding her gently. She started to sing a soft and quiet song into the snow girl's ear, the group watching as Ran was trying to keep her voice calm and gentle while Mizore was crying out in pain.

"What's she doing?" Render asked tilting his head. Sun observed the siren curiously as did the others, everybody watching as Ran sang a gentle song. Her words seemed to make everybody feel a bit more relaxed and calm, with Mizore slowly calming down and thrashing less as well. She looked at Ran with wide eyes as she tried to stop her screaming, feeling her mind focusing a bit more with the siren's melody.

"I feel… pretty calm all of a sudden," Leon said looking around at the group.

"Yeah… me too," Astreal said curiously.

"It's her singing, she's calming us all down with it," Yukari said as she saw the siren using her magical voice to soothe the snow maiden's mind. After a moment Ran looked to Mizore with a small smile.

"Please Mizore, focus your mind now," she said gently. Mizore slowly nodded and looked to Ceal, the girl's mind tuning out the fact that she was ripped open at the moment. He nodded as he held her hand, having the same focused expression still.

"Ran, that was incredible," Ahakon said with wonder. The siren glanced to him and smiled bashfully then looked back to Mizore. The snow girl closed her eyes and focused on cooling herself, her monster energy causing the air around her to chill and the ground below her to slowly frost over. Ceal looked to the open wound as the glowing lights once again swirled around the girl's body as well as the dead human's.

"How did she do that?" Fang Fang asked.

"She's a siren; she used her voice to calm us all down. Thank you Ran," Moka said looking to the girl. Ran smiled and nodded a bit.

"I thought that might help her out. My parents used to sing that song to me whenever me or my sisters got upset," she said softly. Sun looked at the girl with wonder and tilted her head a bit, then back to Mizore as the girl's body started to once again regenerate. The group watched as her bones and internal organs began to take form again while a glowing light flashed and swirled around her open wound. Gradually her skin and flesh started to close up over the open wound as she slowly opened her eyes, the girl then leaning forward a bit and watching with amazement as her mortal injury vanished before her eyes.

"How…" she said softly.

"Don't talk snow girl, and lie back down, we're not finished here yet," Ceal said simply as he kept his eyes on the girl's body. Mizore looked to him with wonder then slowly lied back down.

"It's working, her body looks as good as new again," Kurumu said with amazement. Complica watched with wonder then smiled a bit.

Near the group Dark's hand twitched slightly and the boy shifted a bit while Arial remained motionless on the ground.

"Thank you Ceal, you saved her life," Ruby said graciously. The group looked to the boy as showed no reaction to that statement. He looked to the dead human's body which was collapsing down while crackling and shifting sounds were heard from the body breaking down from the boy's magic. After a moment he let go and brought over his reptilian hand to Mizore, resting both hands on her stomach.

"I need to finalize your circulatory system and critical organs. Don't move until I tell you to, understand?" he said glancing to her. She nodded as she watched the boy with wonder.

"Thank you…" she said softly. He glanced at her then started to slowly move his hands over her skin, his palms lighting up as he used his magic to finish reconstruction of the girl's insides. She felt a strange numbing sensation and a few cramps every now and then, but they quickly subsided and she felt no real pain.

"Mizore, you're ok," Moka said as she smiled with relief and wiped a tear away.

"That was too close, we thought we lost you," Kurumu said kneeling down next to Moka and smiling at her friend. Rason and Gabriel stood up and smiled down at the girl as she watched Ceal use his magic to heal her body. Her sweater and undershirt were torn apart in the front, with her front body being naked and exposed. She looked at her exposed body and breasts then glanced around nervously before looking to Moka, the vampire jumping a bit then looking around to seeing all the boys in the group now looking up. Render spun his blades around struck them down into the ground then took off his checkered jacket.

"Here, um… don't want you running around like that after all," he said weakly as he held the jacket out. Kurumu smiled a bit and took it from him while Mizore smiled slightly as well.

"Thank you, um… what's your name anyway?" Kurumu asked.

"Render Asaga, nice to meet you. Um, even though this isn't really the ideal way of meeting new people," Render said while still looking up, then grabbed his swords and yanked them back up again. Moka nodded and glanced around at the other new faces.

"Who… who are all of you anyway?" she asked curiously. The group then looked over as Dark started to get up, the boy holding his head and blinking a few times. He stood up and shook his head then looked around slowly.

"Dark, you ok?" Rason asked. The demon nodded a bit then glanced to him.

"Yeah... just a weird dream," he said. He then saw Complica standing there, the girl looking at him worriedly. Dark paused then slowly looked down to seeing Arial on the ground near him.

"Um… it wasn't a dream," Complica said worriedly. Dark just stared at the body of the snow girl that gave him life with wonder then looked to Gabriel. The angel showed a nervous smile and rubbed the back of his head.

"Well… it's a long… story," he said shakily. Dark looked at him carefully then over to seeing Mizore on the ground with the front of her body exposed… and with Ceal slowly moving his hands around her stomach and chest. Mizore glanced to Ceal then back to Dark with worried eyes as the mage's hands ran by her stomach just below her breasts. Dark blinked then growled as the area around him turned darker. Rason looked to Ceal then back to Dark while waving his hands around.

"Wait, it's not what it looks like man!" he pleaded as Dark glared at the catalyst mage with fury.

"What the HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Dark yelled as he marched up towards the boy while clenching his fists.

"Wait! Stop Dark! It's not what it looks like, really!" Gin shouted out. Dark grabbed Ceal by the shoulder as he geared back with a fist, the group watching him with surprise as Mizore watched with great concern. Ceal merely glanced over to him as he kept his hands down on the snow girl's bare skin.

"Don't hurt him, he saved her life!" Moka quickly pleaded. Dark stopped and looked to her quickly, then back to Ceal as the mage was still focusing on his work.

"Don't interrupt him Dark, he's saving her," Kokoa said urgently.

"Saving her? How is this saving her?" Dark yelled out with anger as he saw Ceal's hands moving just under Mizore's breasts then back down around her stomach.

"She was seriously injured, Ceal's healing her body," Gabriel explained as the shadow demon was growling at Ceal. Dark glanced to him then back to Mizore.

"It's alright, don't hurt him Dark. It's true, he saved my life," Mizore said nodding eagerly. Dark looked at her with concern as the area around him slowly returned to normal, then to Ceal with a careful eye.

"Saved you from what Mizore?" he asked cautiously. The group glanced to each other worriedly then back to him as Mizore stuttered something.

"Um… well…" she said shakily. Dark looked at her carefully then to Ceal with narrowed eyes.

"Would you mind taking your hand off of me demon, or would you rather I removed it for you?" Ceal said coldly as he glanced to him.

"You have your hands on my Mizore's body and you think you're in a position to threaten me?" Dark demanded with anger.

"Seeing as how I'm the only one here that can keep her alive for you, yes," Ceal said simply.

"Please Dark, don't interrupt him, he saved her life," Yukari said worriedly.

"Saved her from what?" Dark asked sternly as he looked to the witch. She stammered something nervously as she backed up a step.

"I said, let go of my shoulder demon, unless you want your snow girl to die," Ceal said looking to Dark with cold blue eyes. Dark looked at him with a deep glare, tightening his grip with frustration. After a moment he slowly let go of the mage's shoulder and narrowed his eyes at him. Ceal just looked at him for a moment then down to Mizore again.

"I have no desire for this snow girl at all demon, I'm only doing this at their rather persistent insistence," he said calmly. Dark growled quietly then looked to Rason.

"What is going on here? Why is Arial unconscious… or even here at all for that matter? And why is my Mizore being treated like this?" he demanded. Rason glanced to Arial then to Mizore with worry.

"Um… well…" he said shakily.

"I'm going to need more than that Rason, now talk," Dark said sternly. Rason stammered something for a moment before Dark turned his eyes to Ceal again.

"She was seriously injured, she would have died if it wasn't for Ceal here," Moka said looking at the catalyst mage.

"Injured from what? What happened to my Mizore?" Dark demanded looking to the vampire with anger. Moka rubbed the back of her head nervously as she tried to think of what to say.

'How do we explain this? How do we tell him that Arial was the one that nearly killed Mizore?'

'There's no telling if he'll even believe us, or what he might do. The girl that gave him life tried to kill the girl he loves.'

"Um… well…" Moka said slowly.

"I'm getting tired of hearing that response, now somebody tell me what happened to my Mizore!" Dark yelled out as the area around him flickered black for a moment from his aura. Everybody looked to each other then back to Dark with worry, all of them wondering what to say. Mizore glanced to Arial then back to Dark.

"I was shot," she said softly. The group looked to her as she glanced to the dead HDA soldier near her.

"Shot?" Dark asked carefully. Mizore nodded a bit and looked back to him with remorse. She knew lying to Dark was the wrong thing to do, but she just couldn't blame Arial for what happened, even though it was what really happened.

'If he hears his guardian angel did this it would crush him. Please Dark; forgive me for lying to you like this.'

"He took us by surprise. I was seriously hurt before Ceal healed my body with his magic," she said softly. Dark looked at her carefully then over to the dead human.

"How did a single soldier get the jump on everybody here?" he asked looking back to Mizore. The snow girl blinked then glanced to Moka. The vampire looked at her then to Dark with a nervous expression.

"Well… we were a bit… distracted. Yeah, distracted, because… well, they're here," she said quickly before looking to Arial then to Complica. The chronofly jumped a bit and looked at Dark nervously as the group glanced to each other. Dark looked at the young chronofly angel then to Arial with a careful eye. Kurumu looked around at the group then to Mizore with a puzzled expression.

"What are you talking about? You nearly died because of-" she started before Moka grabbed her and slapped a hand over the girl's mouth. Kurumu struggled to get free as the vampire smiled nervously.

"Because of… us letting our guard down. We were taken by surprise… to say the least. But we're ok now, we're all ok now," she said glancing to Kurumu with a stern expression. The succubus looked at her with bewilderment as the group glanced to Mizore.

"Yeah… that's right," Kokoa said softly glancing to Gin with a cautious expression. The wolf slowly nodded before looking back to Mizore again.

"Yes… we're all… ok now," Apoch said softly as she nodded a bit. The group glanced to each other then to Dark, everybody knowing that the snow girl didn't want to tell Dark the truth about Arial just yet. Dark looked at Mizore carefully as the girl nodded in agreement.

"I'm fine, really. He saved my life Dark," she said softly with a small smile. Dark smiled briefly then glanced to Ceal with a careful eye. After a moment he looked around at the group then over to Arial. The demon slowly walked over to her as Moka let go of Kurumu's mouth and gently shook her head. Kurumu looked at her with disbelief then to Dark as the demon slowly kneeled down next to Arial.

"What is she doing here?" he asked softly as he gently held out a hand and brushed her hair. She was lying on the ground unconscious while her frosted wings shimmered a bit. He blinked then looked to Gabriel.

"What did she say earlier?" he asked. Gabriel glanced to the group then back to Dark.

"Um, what do you mean? Did she say something to you?" he asked cautiously. Dark looked down to Arial and shook his head.

"I'm not sure, I think she said something… but…" he said before he looked down again. He slowly brought up a hand to his mouth as his eyes moved around a bit in thought.

"She kissed me… I remember that," he said softly. He clearly remembered seeing the angel walking up to him, with himself being stunned at seeing the snow girl that freed him long ago in person again. How she tackled him to the ground and looked at him with adoring eyes. She did say something at the time, however her words seemed to be a muffled echo in his mind as he was shocked to not only see her again but also from the girl kissing him suddenly. After that his mind tried to piece together what was happening but was overwhelmed with actually seeing the one that he dedicated his life to, and after the realization that Arial was indeed standing in front of him sank in he simply passed out.

"I remember the kiss… then…" he said shaking his head. He looked around at seeing ice and snow everywhere then back down to the snow angel.

"She was… saying something to me, but I don't remember what," he said holding a hand to his head. He remembered Arial talking to the group about something, yet her words didn't seem to register. As soon as he had laid eyes on the snow angel his mind was struggling to focus as he was stunned to say the very least.

"He doesn't remember what happened," Moka whispered into Kurumu's ear. Mizore looked at Dark with a bit of wonder then to Arial.

'He only remembers the kiss… he doesn't know what she was saying to all of us.'

Dark looked around then back down to Arial, then slowly reached down and lifted her up into his arms. As he stood up he looked down at the snow angel with wonder, the girl sleeping peacefully in his arms while her wings swayed a bit below her.

"She's really here… I don't believe it," he said softly. He was actually holding the snow girl from that one fateful night, the same girl that set into motion his freedom and new life.

"Arial…" he said softly as he gently ran his hand along her cheek.

"She, uh… really wanted to see you Dark," Gabriel said with a worried smile. Dark looked at the snow girl with wonder then over to Gabriel.

"What is she doing here? What is going on?" he asked cautiously. Ceal glanced to him then looked down to Mizore again.

"A better question that needs to be explained is why those two young angels weren't returned to heaven like they were supposed to have been," he mentioned. The group looked to Gabriel as he showed a nervous expression.

"Um, well…" he said nervously.

"Why is Falla's sister still here angel?" Ceal demanded with a stern tone.

"Why are either of them here? How did they get here from heaven?" Rason asked in disbelief.

"What did you mean they couldn't go back? What happened?" Ruby asked shaking her head. Gabriel looked around nervously as all eyes turned to him, except for Ceal's as the boy was working on healing Mizore.

"Um… I'm not sure we have time to discuss all this right now, we need to get out of here while we can," Gabriel reasoned weakly.

"We're not going anywhere right now angel," Ceal said, the group then looking to him as he was using his magic to rebuild Mizore's internal body with a careful eye.

"She can't move until I finish my work on her injury, I have to properly reconstruct all her vital organs and make sure they're in working order, so until then do enlighten us as to why you returned with both of those angels," he said as he glanced to Gabriel with narrowed eyes. Dark looked at Mizore with worry as the girl was lying on the ground with the front of her body exposed after she apparently was seriously wounded.

"How badly was she shot?" he asked with concern. Mizore glanced away worriedly as Ceal merely shrugged.

"The injury would have been fatal if I wasn't here," he said simply. He didn't really feel the need to correct Mizore's lie and quite frankly didn't care anyway. Dark looked at Mizore with worry then to Ceal.

"I see. Thank you… for helping her," he said genuinely. Ceal kept working on the snow girl's body without saying a word. Rason looked at Mizore with concern then to Gabriel.

"Ok Gabriel, what is going on here?" he asked cautiously. Everybody looked to the redheaded angel as he showed a worried expression. He glanced to Arial then to Complica then back to his comrade.

"Look, I'll explain everything to you all when we're safely out of here. A lot has happened friend, and… I'm afraid it's all bad news. I don't have time to explain everything right now," he said nervously.

"You will explain right now why Falla's sister is still here angel, otherwise when I'm done putting this girl back together I'll tear you apart," Ceal said coldly. Gabriel glanced to him then looked back to Rason with remorse.

"I'm sorry, but… they managed to sneak out of heaven," he said with a small shrug. There was a long pause as the group just stared at him in silence.

"Sneak… out… of heaven?" Rason said slowly. He shook his head and walked up to Gabriel.

"What do you mean sneak out of heaven? How… how the hell can anyone sneak out of heaven?" he shouted out. Gabriel flinched and looked down while rubbing the back of his head.

"Well…" he said slowly.

"They're dead Gabriel. Dead. How can they even leave heaven, it's not possible," Rason said in disbelief. Gabriel nodded slowly then glanced up to him.

"Well… apparently it isn't impossible," he reasoned weakly. Rason blinked then grabbed his comrade by the shoulders and started shaking him.

"What the hell is going on Gabriel?" he yelled out.

"I'm sorry; they found a way to return to the human world. But that's not the problem here, the problem is I can't take them back," Gabriel said urgently. Rason stopped shaking him and looked at him speechless.

"What do you mean you can't take them back?" Ceal asked glancing to the angel. Complica started crying a bit, the group then looking to her as she looked at Ceal with watery eyes.

"We can't go back. We can't go back home Ceal. We tried and tried and tried but… we couldn't go back!" she sobbed out before she broke down crying.

"They can't go back to heaven?" Moka said with surprise. Gabriel looked at the crying chronofly with remorse and nodded.

"I tried; I tried to take them back up while Ceal was dealing with that dragon. But… they couldn't pass through the heavenly barrier. I can't get their souls to return to heaven," he explained with regret.

"I can't go back to my parents! I'm stuck down here!" Complica cried out as she held her hands to her face.

"They're stuck down here in this world?" Gin said looking to Gabriel. The angel nodded and looked up.

"The heavenly barrier prohibits any soul from heaven to leave the heavenly realm. And… it also prohibits any soul from trying to get in from down here as well. They can't pass through," he said with remorse. Dark looked at Complica with wonder then to Arial, the snow angel still asleep in his arms.

"Oh my god, they're trapped here," Ruby said holding a hand over her mouth. Rason looked at the two young angels with disbelief then shook his head.

"This is insane, how did they even get out of heaven in the first place, it's not possible!" he cried out.

"It is possible friend, and I'll explain everything later. But right now we need to get out of here fast, they're not safe here in this world," Gabriel said urgently.

"What do you mean not safe? They're dead already, what else could happen to them?" Kurumu asked puzzled.

"They're disembodied souls Ms. Kurumu," Astreal said worriedly.

"They're not supposed to be outside of the heavenly realm ever," Apoch said shaking her head.

"I don't understand, what does that mean?" Moka asked.

"It means that they're just souls. If they die down here outside of the heavenly realm…" Gabriel said before everybody turned to him. He paused then looked to Rason with nervous eyes.

"They'll be gone forever," he finished. Moka's group looked to Complica and then to Arial, everybody then going wide eyed as that information sank in.

"Gone… forever?" Yukari said nervously.

"They'll be erased from existence entirely. They won't go back to heaven, they'll disappear forever," Ruby said worriedly.

"What?" Moka and Kurumu cried out. Rason looked at Complica with a stunned expression while Dark held Arial securely, the demon looking down at the snow angel with great concern now. Complica looked around at the group and trembled a bit.

"Please… help me," she whimpered.

"She… she'll be gone forever?" Moka said looking to Gabriel. The boy nodded and looked at the young chronofly angel.

"They can only exist and be safe in heaven, that's where their souls are supposed to remain. Outside of the realm their souls are exposed and unprotected, if they're killed in this state they'll vanish from existence forever," he explained with regret. Rason looked at the two young angels with disbelief.

"How did this happen? Who was in charge of watching over them in heaven?" he demanded. The group looked to Gabriel as he showed a nervous expression. After a moment he slowly pointed to himself.

"That… would be me," he said weakly.

"You? You were supposed to be watching over them?" Rason said with frustration. Gabriel gulped and nodded a bit. Rason looked at his comrade with disbelief as he grabbed his hair.

"How… how the hell could you let this happen Gabriel?" he yelled out.

"You let Arial come down from heaven where she could be wiped from existence? This is all your fault?" Dark demanded as he glared at the angel. Ruby looked at the angel worriedly then glanced to Ceal.

"Um, Ceal? We may need your help putting Gabriel back together again in a little bit," she said carefully. Ceal showed no reaction as he remained silent while using his magic on the snow maiden.

"What have you done Gabriel?" Rason yelled out at the angel.

"I'm sorry, but it's not easy watching over these two. One of them can warp around in the blink of an eye and the other is… well, she's like a ninja or something, she keeps sneaking into the palace every day," Gabriel pleaded nervously. Rason shook his head with frustration then marched up to his comrade.

"Two children. Two children Gabriel. You're a guardian angel, how could you let two children sneak out of heaven like this?" he yelled out.

"You think I wanted them to sneak out like this? I kept telling them over and over to stay in the heavenly city. Complica was an angel; she knew to stay in the realm like a proper soul. But Arial…" Gabriel said looking to the snow angel then to Dark.

"What about her?" Dark asked with a cold tone. Gabriel looked at the boy nervously and backed up a bit.

"She's… very stubborn. She just doesn't listen," he said shakily.

"Are you implying that Arial isn't a proper soul Gabriel?" Dark inquired with malice as the area around him darkened a bit. The group looked at him worriedly as the demon slowly walked towards the angel. Gabriel waved his hands in front of him nervously and shook his head.

"I didn't mean it like that… it's just…" he stammered.

"Choose your words wisely, I don't care if you are an angel of heaven or not, nobody speaks about Arial with such disrespect," Dark said firmly as he held the snow angel in his arms. Gabriel looked at the boy nervously then to Rason. The group glanced to Mizore who was showing a troubled expression from her fiancé's choice of words.

"Ceal? Is she about ready to go?" Leon asked cautiously as he looked out the opening in the large area.

"Getting there," Ceal said simply. Leon nodded and glanced to the others.

"Then we should probably continue this little conversation later guys. We've got company on the way," he said looking back outside. The group looked towards the large opening and saw dozens of helicopters in the distance closing in on the building.

"What is that?" Ahakon asked.

"Reinforcements," Render said gripping his two swords tightly.

"Holy shit, how many are they sending over here?" Rason said with surprise.

"I'd say everyone they've got," Dark said as he watched with frustration at the incoming armed forces. The group looked to Ceal as he was still using his magic on Mizore.

"Hurry up man, we need to go right now," Gin said urgently.

"She's not fully healed inside yet wolf, I can't rush this," Ceal said with a tone of impatience. The snow girl looked at him worriedly then down at her body while she was lying on the ground.

"How much longer do you need? And please don't say more than five seconds," Render said looking out at all the incoming vehicles.

"I told you I can't rush this, if I don't reconstruct her body properly then she could bleed out and die. I need to make sure her entire body is whole again and it's a bit complex in there in case you didn't know," Ceal said shaking his head.

"We don't have time to wait though, can she at least move?" Moka asked looking to her friend.

"If she tries to walk, let alone run, she'll regret it. She can't use her muscles yet until I finish or she might do more damage to her own body," Ceal said glancing to the vampire. Render looked to the snow girl then back outside, and then held his blades upward as a glow came from his hands. The group looked to him as he moved his hands up, the boy phasing his swords back into the ether. As the blades vanished from sight he looked back to the snow girl and ran over to her.

"Then I'll carry her, we need to go now," he said quickly.

"What the… how did you do that?" Ahakon asked looking at the battlemage with wonder.

"I'll explain it all later kid, but right now we need to go. Actually, we need to already be gone," Render said kneeling down next to Mizore. Moka and Kurumu helped slip the mage's jacket onto the snow girl while she was lying down as Ceal stood up, the glow from his hands fading as he halted his magic. Moka zipped up the jacket and Render gently lifted her up into his arms.

"Her body isn't fully restored yet hunter, drop her and she'll rupture," Ceal warned. Mizore blinked then looked to Render nervously as he held her. He smiled confidently as a bluish aura flared around him faintly, the snow girl suddenly feeling like she was perfectly safe.

"Don't worry, I won't let you fall," he said with a nod. Mizore just slowly nodded as she felt her fears melting away. She didn't know this guy at all and was in critical condition from her injury, yet she felt like she was as safe as could be with him. Apoch smiled a bit as she saw her boyfriend's aura keeping Mizore calm then looked out the opening at the incoming forces. Dark watched the battlemage closely then looked outside as well. He wasn't exactly thrilled about the idea of somebody else carrying his girl while she was in such a critical condition; however there wasn't much time to debate that.

"We need to get out of here now," Dark called out.

"How are we going to do that? Where do we go?" Ran asked looking around.

"We need to get to the parking garage and get a ride, we're not running out of this place," Razico said looking to the nearby doorway into the complex.

"C'mon, we'll show you the way," Ruby called out as she and Razico ran off. The group quickly followed after them and down the hallway, the large group of monsters running quickly down the corridors of the building. Gunfire and monstrous roars were still heard echoing out in some parts as the group made haste back towards the parking garage. As they ran down the hall Mizore glanced over to Dark and Arial, looking at the snow angel that viciously attacked her just a short while ago. She watched as Dark held the young angel securely in his arms, the demon looking ahead with a focused expression as he was holding his own guardian angel. Mizore knew how much Arial meant to him, how Dark would do anything he could to protect and take care of the wayward angel. She knew that the young girl was like a mother to him; however it was more than apparent that Arial didn't see herself that way. It was clear to everybody there but Dark that Arial wanted the demon all to herself, and was willing to do whatever it took to make that a reality. She had defied the laws of life and returned to the living world, she had rushed to the HDA command center to mount a rescue on the imprisoned demon, she used her powerful monster energy to block a missile attack at the last moment to save him.

And she had made it known that she would kill anybody that tried to take him from her.

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The sky above was turning to night as stars were faintly seen amidst the glow of the lights from the human city. All around the HDA command center armored trucks and SUVs were pulling up on the streets, the vehicles coming to a stop before soldiers and armed personal jumped out and surveyed the area. Up above the rotors of HDA attack choppers were heard as human police officers were quickly escorting and evacuating the nearby area. People were running and screaming as they tried to put as much distance as they could between themselves and the location where a monster breakout was taking place. They ran across sidewalks and in the streets, all in a panic as police officers and squad cars were guiding them out of the area. A few armored tanks moved down the streets while people quickly parted for them, the heavy HDA armaments moving towards where their command center and holding block of the city had fallen into chaos. As one of the tanks made its way towards the south end wall surrounding the building a girl in a parked car was watching with wide eyes. She watched the large manmade vehicle roll by on its treads then looked ahead with fright.

"Tanks… they're bringing in tanks now. First aircraft then tanks, how long before this place just gets nuked?" Sandra cried out. She held onto the steering wheel in her car as she shook her head wildly.

"This is insane! Monsters or not they're outgunned here!" she said before she grabbed her hair in frustration. She wanted to drive off, to get as far away from where the HDA may very well just bomb the entire area as a precaution, but she just couldn't bring herself to leave the three monster girls she brought here.

"Dammit! Arial, Sun, Complica, get out of there already!" she cried out as she looked to the large building ahead of her. She was shocked and left speechless when she witnessed a missile attack on the building somehow fail as after the large explosion, followed by her screaming for her life as the nearby street and buildings were hit by a powerful shockwave, she saw that the attack didn't seem to do anything to the building while giant shards of ice appeared to fly off from the missile's impact. She wasn't sure if Arial did that or another monster, but it was obvious that something from another world stopped the missile attack from going through. Still, even with renewed hope that her friends were still alive inside the command center, seeing all the heavy armor and weaponry surrounding the building was bringing back her doubt and fear.

"Arg! This is crazy, I can't stay here like this!" she cried out looking around at all the civilians running away from the place while HDA soldiers and vehicles were marching towards the building. The girl yelled out and shifted the car into drive then halted as she struggled against her own desire to stay for her friends. The image of herself holding onto Sun when the siren was about to be taken by a dark monster flashed before her eyes, the human remembering how she held onto her friend and helped keep her from being taken away.

"Don't worry Sun, I won't let you go!"

Sandra closed her eyes and gripped the steering wheel tightly. After a pause she looked to the building ahead with worried eyes. The girl then drove the car around and headed down the street away from the building, looking ahead with a pained expression. She growled and shook her head, then turned down a side road. She drove down through the street while people were running away in a panic then made another turn, driving slowly as people and other cars were trying to flee the area. After a while Sandra came to an intersection and stopped in it, glancing to her side at seeing the north end of the building. HDA armored trucks and SUVs were gathering near a broken gateway into the compound while police cars were setting up roadblocks to cut off the street. Sandra looked around then back towards the building.

"Sun… I'm sorry," she said looking down. The sounds of sirens and people yelling as they ran past were heard as the girl was stopped in the middle of the intersection. After a moment she slowly looked ahead with a focused expression.

"I'm sorry if this isn't enough to help you," she said before she floored the gas, the car's tires squealing as she turned and raced towards the roadblock. The policemen watched with surprise and waved wildly as she drove down the street towards them with a focused expression. The men jumped aside as the girl crashed through the roadblock signs and roared down the street. HDA soldiers and personal looked back to seeing the car driving towards them at high speed.

"What is that driver doing?" a solider called out.

"Hey! Get out of here now, this is a hot zone!" another man yelled out. Sandra raced down the street and weaved around HDA trucks and SUVs, nearly missing a few men as she raced towards the broken gate. A few soldiers took aim and fired their rifles as the girl clipped an SUV and struck off its front bumper while her headlight smashed in. The rear of the car was shot apart as the back window was shattered. The girl screamed as her windshield cracked before she raced into the HDA compound. She swerved a bit as she looked around franticly for where to go, having not really thought of much of a strategy other than 'rush the front gate'. She raced past other surprised HDA personal and vehicles before she flew down the ramp into the lower garage. Her car hit the floor and sparked a bit as she continued to drive ahead at full speed. Inside other soldiers and personal watched with surprise as the car raced through the underground garage at high speed.

"AHH! This was a fucking mistake!" Sandra cried out as she floored it through the garage. The back left tire blew out and the car swerved slightly, the girl struggling to keep in control despite the fact that she had no idea where she would be going now. The car swerved then spun around wildly, the tires screeching as the girl screamed inside the vehicle. After a few spins and multiple screams of terror from the girl the car slammed rear first into a parked SUV at the end of the parking garage, the vehicle coming to a swift halt as Sandra held onto the steering wheel for dear life. She shakily looked ahead and saw multiple HDA soldiers running towards her car, the men holding their rifles and calling out to their comrades as the engine in her car was smoking.

"Well this was a bright idea," she muttered to herself as she shook her head. She stumbled out of the car and dropped to the ground, looking ahead to seeing five soldiers running up to her and aiming their guns.

"Hands behind your head now!" one of them yelled out.

"Stay on the ground or else we will fire," another ordered sternly.

"She could be another monster in disguise, just like the last ones," another said as he aimed at the girl's head. Sandra narrowed her eyes at the humans and clenched her fists a bit.

"No sensible human would try to break in here alone in that piece of junk, she's probably a monster," another said as he armed his rifle.

"Take no chances, take her out!" a soldier yelled before they all fired. Sandra screamed and closed her eyes as she covered her head, lying on the ground trembling as gunfire echoed out inside the garage. After a moment she heard shell casings drop yet didn't feel anything hit her. She slowly opened her eyes and looked ahead to seeing a flickering wall of light before her. The soldiers lowered their weapons slightly as they stared with wide eyes at the wall of light that stopped all their bullets from going through.

"Wha…" Sandra breathed out.

"What the hell is that?" a soldier called out.

"She is a monster!" another shouted out as they took aim again. Suddenly black tentacles came from below and ensnared three of the men, the soldiers yelling as they were lifted into the air. The other two soldiers watched with surprise as the men were swung around before being ripped apart savagely by the dark limbs. Sandra watched with terror as the human men were torn to pieces by the many dark appendages while the other two soldiers watched with shock.

"What the hell?" a soldier yelled out.

"Holy shit!" a boy's voice cried out. The soldiers and Sandra looked over to seeing a very large group of figures standing near the area, with a boy who had wings staring with an open mouth. Rason pointed at the bloody remains of the soldiers as Moka's group was staring with shock at the sight.

"Oh my god, you tore them to pieces!" Kurumu cried out grabbing her head in fright. Moka's group looked to Ceal as he showed no reaction to them. The two soldiers looked with surprise then aimed their guns at the group.

"There's more of them!" one of the men yelled out. They fired their rifles at the group and watched as the bullets struck a flickering wall of light once again. Apoch shook her head as she held out her hand still, using her barrier to effortlessly block the bullets. Astreal aimed her hand a red glow swirled around her arm to her wrist, firing a shot of magical energy towards a soldier while Leon mimicked the attack. The two shots blasted through the soldiers and knocked them back into a tumble as Sandra stared with wide eyes at the group still.

"Did… did you just use Astreal's magic?" Yukari asked looking to Leon with surprise. The boy smirked and nodded as Ceal walked towards the remains of the soldiers. One of the men shakily looked up to him as he had a burning hole through his chest.

"You… goddamned… monsters…" the man choked out. Ceal's reptilian hand glowed with a black hue as dark tentacles slowly crept up around the wounded soldier.

"There are worse monsters than us human, perhaps you should have pointed your guns at them," the boy said coldly before the limbs grabbed the man by the neck and torso. The group watched as the two limbs ripped the man into pieces then tossed the remains away.

"What... what the hell is he anyway?" Kurumu said looking at Ceal with fear. The boy looked around at the slaughtered remains of the soldiers then over to Sandra, the girl trembling while on the ground still as her eyes were wide.

"Sandra!" Complica called out. Sandra looked over and saw Complica and Sun running up to them.

"Sun. Complica. You're… you're ok," Sandra said shakily. She then looked to Ceal as the boy just watched her with no reaction.

"What are you doing here Sandra? It's not safe here," Complica said worriedly. Sandra blinked then looked at the girl with disbelief.

"I know damned well it's not safe here! I was the one that was trying to tell all of you that from the start remember?" she cried out as she scrambled to her feet. She looked at Sun and showed a bit of relief, then hugged her with a small smile.

"I was scared to death waiting for you, I thought you were all killed," she said worriedly. Sun smiled at her friend as the group just looked at them curiously, except for Rason who was still staring at the bloody remains of the soldiers. Sandra looked to Complica then around quickly.

"Wait, where's Arial? Is she alright?" she asked quickly. She then looked over and saw Dark holding the snow angel in his arms. Sandra looked at the boy then slowly pointed to him.

"It's you… you're the one she was looking for," she said in wonder. Dark looked at her curiously then glanced down to the snow angel who was still asleep in his arms.

"Yeah, we found him and all the others before they were executed. And… some more of their friends too," Complica said looking to Ruby's group. Sandra looked around at all of them with wonder.

"You're… you're all monsters?" she asked softly.

"Technically we're angels if that makes a difference for you," Gabriel said with a weak smile as Rason was still staring with wide eyes at where Ceal had massacred the human soldiers with his necro magic. Sandra looked at them with wonder then to Sun, the siren smiling a bit and nodding.

"What are you doing here though Sandra? I thought you were going to wait outside for us," Complica asked. Sandra looked to her with concern and shook her head.

"I came to get you the hell out of here. The HDA is throwing everything they have at this place, they're coming for you with everything they've got," she said urgently.

"I was getting the impression we weren't wanted here, but I didn't want to jump to conclusions," Render said with a shrug as he held the snow maiden in his arms.

"You don't know the half of it; they're bringing in everything to stop you guys. Helicopters, jets, tanks, it's a freakin' mess out there!" Sandra said waving towards the exit of the garage.

"Sounds like they're desperate to stop us," Leon said looking towards the exit.

"We have to get back to the monster world, we're not safe here anymore," Ruby said shaking her head. Sandra looked to Complica with urgency.

"You and Arial need to go back to heaven Complica, this is getting out of hand down here," she said. Complica whimpered and shook her head.

"But… I can't," she said softly.

"What do you mean you can't? You have to go now before this gets any worse. You can't stay here like this, if you die down here you're gone forever," Sandra pleaded. She looked to Rason and Gabriel with great concern.

"You said you're angels right? Get her and Arial back to heaven, please," she said with urgency. Gabriel showed a worried expression and shook her head.

"I'm sorry, but… we can't do that," he said with remorse.

"What do you mean you can't do that? You're angels, they're souls from heaven! It's your job isn't it?" Sandra cried out. Rason blinked then slowly looked away from the slaughtered humans over to Gabriel.

"It was his job to keep them in heaven in the first place," he said dryly.

"I'm sorry alright? Human souls are one thing Rason, but I was never trained to watch over monsters," Gabriel said defensively.

"We can't go back Sandra, we tried but we can't go back to heaven. We can't pass through the heavenly barrier," Complica said fearfully. Sandra looked at her with disbelief then over to Arial.

"What? You mean… they're trapped down here?" she said shaking her head.

"I'm afraid so," Gabriel said with remorse. Sandra looked to Complica as she was trying not to cry, the young chronofly angel whimpering and looking at her friend with watery eyes.

"This is crazy, you need to do something!" Sandra cried out looking to Rason. He nodded with a focused expression.

"We will. First we're going to get the hell out of here, then I'm going to murder my friend here for letting these two come back at all, then we'll figure out a way to send them back home," he said assuredly.

"Give me a break here, I have other duties up in heaven to deal with other than watching them every second," Gabriel pleaded.

"I've got a bone to pick with him as well for allowing Arial to be placed in this situation," Dark mentioned coldly. Gabriel jumped a bit and looked at him nervously.

"I said I was sorry!" he cried out.

"You can kill your friend later, we need to leave this place now," Ceal said looking around at the HDA vehicles. He looked over to a nearby HDA armored truck then over to Render.

"Get the snow girl into the back of the truck, I'll finish up with her on the road," he said motioning towards the vehicle. Render ran towards the truck while carrying Mizore as Dark followed while carrying Arial.

"I'll get behind the wheel, driving is something I can at least help out with," Leon reasoned as he ran towards the truck.

"Shotgun," Astreal called out following after him. Apoch giggled then ran after her sister and boyfriend.

"We're going to need more than one ride here for everybody," Razico said looking over to another armored truck. He ran towards it while Ruby looked back to where their original vehicle was lying on its side and torn up in the front from their break-in.

"Here's hoping we don't have to do that again," she said before following after him.

"Wait for us," Yukari called out as she, Ahakon, and Ran followed after them as well. Ceal looked to Sun and narrowed his eyes.

"You're coming with me," he ordered firmly. The siren looked at him worriedly as the boy walked up to her.

"I want an answer as to why a dragon came here after you," he said as the siren backed up a bit.

"Dragon? Wait, that giant monster that was rampaging outside was after you?" Sandra asked looking to Sun with wide eyes. The siren looked at her nervously and shrugged a bit.

"It was? Why?" Complica asked with surprise.

"That's what I want to know," Ceal said coldly. Sun shook her head worriedly while shrugging again.

"I'll help you beat an answer out of her," Kokoa growled as she gripped her giant morning star tightly. Gin glanced to his girlfriend worriedly then back to Sun as the siren looked at the vampire with a nervous expression.

"Um… I think I'll ride with the others then, if that's ok," Fang Fang said uncomfortably. Ceal glanced to him and narrowed his eyes.

"You're not coming with us yasha, I have no intention on helping you survive this," he said coldly. Fang Fang looked at him worriedly then around at the others.

"C'mon, I'm not a bad person. Really," he pleaded.

"We can at least help him get away from this place, he doesn't have to come with us back to the academy," Rason reasoned. Fang Fang nodded eagerly to that.

"Yes, thank you good sir. You truly are an angel of heaven," he said graciously. Ceal growled a bit then looked back to Sun.

"Fine, he's your problem to deal with then. As for you girl, get in the truck now," he ordered sternly. Sun looked at him nervously then glanced to the truck.

"You heard him. Move," Kokoa hissed.

"Easy Kokoa, she's not a bad person either. She's just an old friend from the academy," Gin reasoned.

"She kissed you!" Kokoa cried out, her voice echoing throughout the garage. Sandra looked at her with wonder then to Gin.

"Kissed him? Are you her boyfriend or something?" she asked. Kokoa growled then swung her mace down into the ground with a fierce strike, the spiked weapon digging into the pavement as the group looked to her with a jump.

"HE'S MY BOYFRIEND!" she roared out. Sandra backed up in fright while Gin watched his temperamental girlfriend worriedly.

'In some ways, she and Arial aren't so different.'

"Ok! Sorry!" Sandra cried out. Sun looked at the vampire nervously then to Gin. Kokoa growled furiously and grabbed her weapon, then brought it up and pointed it at Sun.

"Get in that truck now, and you'd better start talking!" she yelled out.

"Don't hurt her, please," Complica said worriedly. Sun looked around at the group before Ceal snapped his fingers. From the ground dark tentacles slowly crept up around the siren, the girl looking to them with wide eyes.

"I'm not going to ask you again girl. Get in the truck," Ceal said coldly.

"What… what are those things?" Sandra asked fearfully.

"Ceal please, don't hurt her," Complica pleaded.

"Then she'd better start listening," Ceal said while keeping his eyes on the siren. Sun glanced around at the dark limbs then slowly nodded, then walked towards the truck as the limbs slowly vanished. Ceal glanced to Complica and motioned her towards the truck.

"You too Complica, I want to keep an eye on you at all times," he said somewhat gently. She slowly nodded then looked to Sandra. The human looked at her worriedly then around at the others while holding her arms across her chest. Kokoa growled then tossed her weapon up, the object poofing back into a bat. Sandra just stared with wide eyes at the sight as the bat flew down and landed on Kokoa's shoulder. The vampire started walking towards the truck before Gin grabbed her hand.

"Hold on Kokoa, we're riding with the others," he said.

"What? Why? I want to know what's going on with that bitch," Kokoa snapped as she looked back to him.

"Because it's getting crowded in there as it is, because Mizore is in serious condition and needs Ceal to heal her, because we have two young angels that could be wiped from existence if they die. That being said, the last thing we need is for you to lose your temper and start a fight in there," Gin reasoned. The vampire looked at him with frustration then over to the truck. She growled loudly then looked back to Gin.

"Just who the hell is she anyway?" she demanded with anger.

"I told you, she's just an old friend from the academy. I'll tell you everything I know about her if you like, but right now we need to go," he said firmly. Kokoa looked at him carefully then glanced back to the truck. After a pause she looked back to Gin with a firm expression.

"Fine, but she still has some groveling to do for kissing you like that," she snapped before she marched off towards the other truck. Gin sighed and nodded a bit.

"Yeah, I'm not going to get any rest any time soon," he said before he followed after her. Fang Fang looked around at the group then followed after the couple as well.

"Are you ok?" Moka asked looking to Sandra. The girl slowly nodded as she glanced around at the group.

"Oh yeah… dandy," she said weakly.

"You didn't do too badly for a human," Ceal said looking over to the damaged car. Sandra looked at him with a tired expression.

"Give me a break, I tried to help didn't I?" she asked.

"You did," Ceal said pointing to something. The group looked over to seeing a bloody smear behind the car between the vehicle and an HDA truck. Sandra looked at it then jumped a bit.

"Oh… oh god," she said holding a hand over her mouth.

"Wow, you got one," Rason said as the group looked at the bloody mess that was once an HDA soldier before he was crushed between the two vehicles. Sandra shook her head then looked down with disbelief.

"Oh great, now I'm a murderer too," she groaned with defeat.

"Don't think of it like that. Think of it as you coming to help your friends from some pretty unreasonable and downright nasty humans," Kurumu reasoned with a shrug. Sandra sighed and looked to Complica with worry. The young chronofly angel smiled a bit at her and nodded as Leon pulled the truck up near them while Razico drove his over behind it.

Inside Leon's truck Mizore was lying down on one side in the back with Dark kneeling next to her, the boy looking at his fiancée with worry while she was smiling softly at him. She then looked behind him to seeing Arial being held by Apoch, the witch watching the snow angel in her arms with concern while hoping the temperamental soul didn't wake up anytime soon. Aside from Mizore, Apoch was the only one there that Dark would entrust the snow angel too, with the witch accepting the offer with a forced smile. Render was seated next to her, using his magic to dissolve his combat form. Mizore and Dark looked at him curiously as the boy leaned back in his seat in his normal form.

"What?" he asked curiously. Dark and Mizore looked at him then to Apoch, the witch smiling softly at her boyfriend.

"What… happened to you?" Mizore asked looking back to Render. He chuckled and rubbed the back of his head with a small smile. Next to him Sun was looking at the boy curiously as well, not being sure what he was or why he changed like that.

"Tell you what, I'll add it to the extremely long list of things we need to talk about if we get out of here alive," Render offered with a shrug.

"As if that list isn't long enough already," Leon commented flatly. Astreal merely nodded in agreement while looking down with worry.

Inside Razico's truck the warlock and elder witch were at the front of the vehicle, with the man looking around the garage carefully while Ruby was looking down at her wand with a worried expression, thinking about how the others would handle the news of the world going to hell all around them. In the back Yukari and Ahakon were sitting next to each other while Ran was next to the young mage, the siren looking down nervously while the two young casters were looking down and holding hands. Across from them Gin and Kokoa were seated along with Fang Fang who was next to the wolf.

"So… rough day huh?" Fang Fang said with a weak smile.

"You'd be surprised how our days usually are," Kokoa said flatly while she was looking down, holding Gin's hand tightly while the wolf nodded in agreement.

Astreal waved to the others still standing in the garage and called out to them.

"Hey you guys, let's get going," she said motioning them to hurry up.

"C'mon Ceal, you're needed in the back," Leon called out to him.

"Thank you Sandra, for coming after us," Complica said kindly. The group looked to her as Sandra smiled a bit.

"Sure thing kid. I just wish I could have done more to help you," she said softly.

"Well actually, there is something you could do if you want," Rason said looking to her. She looked to the angel as he shrugged.

"It's getting a bit crowded in those two trucks, and we could use a driver for another ride," he said with a small smile. Sandra blinked then looked around at them.

"Just to at least get us out of here, you don't have to come with us all the way back to the monster world of course. But we could use the help driving out of here. Unfortunately driving isn't something they taught us at our school," Kurumu said with a smirk. Sandra looked to Complica then to a nearby HDA SUV.

"Well… not like I wanted to stay here anyway," she reasoned with a shrug. She ran over to it along with Kurumu, Rason, and Gabriel. Moka looked over to Ceal and smiled a bit.

"Thank you, for helping us like this," she said gently.

"C'mon Moka, let's go," Kurumu called out as she and the two angels ran over to the SUV. Sandra got in the driver's seat and started up the vehicle as Gabriel jumped into the front passenger seat. Rason and Kurumu jumped into the back seat as the human revved the engine.

"Let's go Ceal," Complica said tugging on the boy's arm. He glanced to her and nodded then looked to the truck near them. The young chronofly ran over to the truck and jumped in the back while holding her baseball bat before Ceal glanced to Moka.

"I'm not doing any of this because I care about you or your comrades vampire, do not get the wrong idea," he said simply. Moka watched him worriedly as the boy looked back to the truck.

"I'm here not by my own wishes but rather because of Falla's. It's because of her wish to have you all spared that I'm here at all," he said while looking around at damaged vehicles in the garage.

"Falla. Is she… is she ok?" Moka asked. Ceal nodded and looked back to her.

"She's waiting for you all at your academy in the monster world, she's safe," he said assuredly.

"I see. Well, thank you anyway for helping us, and for saving Mizore. Whatever your reasons are, I'm very grateful for what you've done," Moka said with a gentle smile. Ceal just looked at her for a moment then walked towards the truck without saying a word. Moka smiled a bit at him then ran over to the SUV with her other friends. She got in the backseat with Kurumu and Rason then closed the door, the vehicle then driving through the garage with the other two armored trucks following behind.

From the check-in station a guard watched as they passed by then grabbed his radio.

"They're heading for the front gate, they've stolen three vehicles and are heading your way," he called out.

Ceal knelt down next to Mizore and held his hands over her stomach, showing no real expression as the others watched him curiously. The glow once again formed as he slowly moved his hands around her body, the mage working to finish his reconstruction of her insides.

"Thank you for helping her like this," Dark said while watching the glow coming from the catalyst mage's hands. Ceal glanced to him then looked back down to the snow maiden.

"I suggest you hold her down demon," he said simply.

"Why?" Mizore asked with a bit of worry.

The three vehicles drove up the ramp to the outer compound, the HDA trucks and SUV driving through the courtyard that appeared to be empty. As they approached the destroyed front gate however they saw that they were far from alone.

"Oh my god," Moka breathed out.

"Because this ride is about to get rough," Ceal said as he glanced towards the front of the truck where Leon and Astreal were looking ahead with wide eyes. Inside Ruby and Razico's truck the casters were staring with equal disbelief at the sight before them. Moka and her group were looking around with wide eyes and open mouths as the three vehicles pulled out of the command center's outer barrier. The three vehicles screeched to a stop as they looked around with surprise. All around were the bright lights of the city, the night sky above with a few clouds floating by, debris and broken steel from the group's rough entry into the command center.

And dozens of HDA gunships, SUVs, humvees, and tanks that were called in to surround the building and kill every monster they saw.

"Holy shit," Sandra said fearfully.

"That's… a lot," Kurumu said shakily.

"What… what do we do now?" Rason asked nervously.

Leon stomped on the gas pedal and the truck's tires squealed loudly as the boy turned the vehicle sharply. Razico did the same thing and the two trucks turned away from the large army in front of them and down a street that ran alongside the HDA command center. Sandra screamed as she hit the gas and turned her SUV as well, following after the two trucks as a large amount of HDA enforcers gave chase.

The group raced down the street as gunfire started to echo out into the air. They were outgunned, outnumbered, and targeted for immediate execution. There was only one option left for them.

Run for their lives.