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"Where are they anyway?" she asked in an uncomfortable voice. The jacket was getting tighter as Richter pulled on it more.

"I just sensed them in a forest not too far from here, it shouldn't be long before they get here, or we get there. They're in our turf now. It's time to give them a nice little welcome." His face was smug, he was obviously planning something.

"It would be a lot easier for us to appear as a threat if i wasnt tied up you know," she said struggling a little, "it is a little hard to move in this."

"Do you promise not to run away?" Richter asked half-heartedly.

"As long as you don't do this again, yeah I promise." She let out a soft sigh as the straps on the jacket were loosened. "Finally," she said gratefully, "it was starting to hurt."

The two continued on thier path through the various buildings that surrounded them. "Human settlements no doubt. Those pathetic weaklings don't deserve to live on this world."

Leah could do nothing but agree with Richter, in fact, this was the only thing she agreed with him on. This was the reason they became partners in the first place. The two didn't want to fight thier own kind, instead they wanted to focus thier powers against the humans. Only time would tell if they would succeed. They were only a few yards away from the forest now, and Leah could tell that the chance she had been waiting for would soon arrive.

"We're really close now." Jet smiled wickedly. "You feel them, don't you?"
Lagging behind by a couple steps, Lunamarie scoffed. "Of course I can feel them." She glared down at her ragged slippers. The bramble of the foest had shredded them to bits.
Jet noticed the child-like pout. "Why the hell did you decide to come in slippers?"
"Why the hell do you think you can talk to me like that?" She retorted.
"Wait, stop." Jet jumped in front of Lunamarie, as if blocking her from somebody's sight.
"What is it?" The moon shrouded trees cast ominous shadows across the thick forest floor and the sound of crickets filled the brisk air.
Footsteps could be heard now. Footsteps of another pair.

"The two pairs are about to meet," said leah lightly. "I'm sure they can sense us here."

"That doesn't matter, we'll let those two settle matters before we come into the picture." Richter was in deep thought, probably planning what he was going to do to the pairs once they'd had at each other.

"I could always use my powers to cloud our presence," Leah offered, "it will probably stop them from mistaking us for the other."

"We're already in thier radar, there really is no need to do that."

"Well maybe we should move back a bit and then I'll hide our signatures, then it'll just look like we fled."

"Not a bad idea," said Richter, glad that his shadow was thinking on her feet. "Let's do that then."

The pair began to retreat a few yards back and out of the range of the other pairs senses.

"What?! Oh, the nerve!" Flustered and insulted, Lunamarie clenched her fists at her sides, trembling with outrage. "Respect, huh? I'll show them respect!"
"Luna, why does that insult you?" Jet hissed over his shoulder. He dare not show his back to the enemy.
But his Host was already deep in the throes of her chant.

Jet fell to his knees as Lunamarie tapped on his power. Groaning filled the air and the leaves on the trees trembled. The Shadow had to leap aside as a tree came crashing down over him. Lunamarie definitly had a natural talent for fighting, and her demonstration proved it. Every tree within 20 feet had toppled over away from the battlefield, revealing the second pair.
Grinning wickedly, Lunamarie waved at them. "Hi there."
Like a good Shadow, Jet resumed his place in front of Lunamarie, blocking them from the other pair's sight. "What do you want here?" The crackling electricity in his voice was not subtle

"Oh Jet, let's let them stay." Lunamarie hugged herself and swayed back and forth, pure bliss written on her face.
Again, Jet hissed violently over his shoulder, "Are you insane? How am I supposed to protect you when you invite our enemies in?!"
"Maybe I don't always need to be protected!" She seemed unconcerned with the fact that the other pair was listening in.
Peeking around Jet, Lunamarie tried to catch the eyes of the other host. "What happened to you? Did you lose your home?"
Jet didn't interject, probably because that was what he was just going to ask.

Jet scoffed, "We don't harbor runaway pairs."
"No, wait Jet." Lunamarie walked around her Shadow and came closer to the pair. "I would ask the same of you if I were kicked out of my territory. What would you say if I asked you?"
"Lunamarie, please." He placed a hand on her shoulder to try to hold her back. Like a true celebrity, Lunamarie simply shrugged him off.
"You can do it too, can't you? Say things that make terrible things happen."
"Of course she can, that's why I'm telling them to lea-"
"Shut up, Jet, let her talk."
Her words stabbed him like a dagger to the heart. His Host had never been confronted with another pair before, and because of her Shadow's doting she was completly naive to the danger.
Even as they talked, the nervous Shadow shot wary glance to the side, where the other pair was lingering.