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Wynter eventually woke. She looked on the floor near her and saw that she was lying in her own blood. She ignored it and sat up, flecks of blood streaked across her face from her hair. She looked at Necro who was standing near by, looking shocked as hell. "Where's Umbra? I really need you guys to....." Wynter trailed off when she saw Necro's expression. She stood up, still ignoring the fact that half her clothes and hair were soaked with her own blood. "Necro, where did Umbra go?" She nearly demanded. Necro shrugged "I dunno, he said he had to go for a walk or something. He didn't look to good though..." Wynter grabbed Necro roughly by the front of his top and pulled him right up to her face. "Did you bother to ask how he was? Or try to find me? We need to find him now in case there's something wrong!" Necro looked shocked. "But..You...You've lost alot of blood.." He stammered out. Wynter dropped her hold on his shirt and grabbed him by his wrist, cutting in with her nails. "Never mind, we need to go... NOW!" And dragged him out the shop by his wrist. Wynter continued to drag Necro around, ignoring the stares from people and the comments about her being soaked with blood. Eventually, they came across a pile in the road, and when they got close, saw the remains of an old woman. "We really need to find him now." Wynter turned to Necro, now getting worried. Necro just nodded and looked pale at the sight of the bits of old woman sitting in the street.

Wynter was now getting worried. They'd been walking for a while and she was sick of dragging Necro along. So she stopped and pulled out a long length of bandage from her bag and tied it over Necros wrists and held onto the loose end. She looked at him, "This is not because i think you'll attack me, it's because i think you'll run away at any sign of danger." And gave a small smile. They walked for a bit longer when Necro stopped. Wynter turned around and looked at him, a bit frustrated. "What is it?" She asked in a mono-tone. Necro looked around, "Doesn't it seem a bit... Empty?" Necro said in a slightly nervous tone. Wynter looked around and noticed the market streets were nearly devoid of people. Then she saw a small stall with what looks eerily like blood on it. She tugged on Necros "leash" and dragged him over. There they saw the remains of what could have been a teen boy or girl, but the face was beaten to a pulp. They stood there in shock, and Necro gagged a little. Just when they were about to move Necro pointed at something on the body. "Look...." He trembled out. Wynter didn't get why he wanted her to look at a dead body, but then understood why. Umbra's clothes were lying on the body, and it looked like some had been stolen. "This can't be good...." Wynter said in a tone that showed she was obviously scared. Her and Necro set off again but stopped when they heard the sound of a gun shot. Wynter nearly fell down, it felt like her heart had leapt into her throat. She turned to Necro, and she could see her was as scared as her. "Didn't Umbra have a gun....." He whispered. This time Wynter didn't need to drag Necro along because they both set out at a sprint to the direction of the shot. They finally stopped in front of the still warm body of a little girl, shot straight between the eyes. Wynter fell to her knees and cried. No-one in their right mind would shoot such a young girl. Necro pulled Wynter up but nearly dropped her when he saw someone walking just out of sight, the only person left in the market. Wynter stood up and ran after the person, not caring if it was the heartless person killing all these people or Umbra, either way she knew she had to catch up to them. She could hear Necro running behind her yelling something at her, but Wynter didn't care. She had to know that if this stranger was Umbra, was he the one behind the slaughters?

Wynter nearly fell over when she saw the figure was Umbra. She stopped a couple of meters away, she could feel something wasn't right. As Wynter stood there, she could feel the tears she has shed while running still falling. "U-Umbra?" She managed to get out, her voice raspy from running. She caught her breath and stood up, drawing the sweat and tears off her face and holding them in a ball of moving water in her hand. After standing there for a few moments, she noticed that something about Umbra that looked different, there was a different aura around him. The aura made her feel different inside, and an urge built up inside her to bite someone. Wynter shook her head and took a few steps forward. "You look like Umbra, but you're not, are you?" Wynter asked in a low mono-tone voice with her fangs bared, a scowl across her face. "What are you?" She asked in the same voice, this time only a foot away from him. She could hear Necro coming but she didn't care. From her spot much closer, Wynter could see that Umbra, if that who he was anymore, had some kind of energy that seemed to swirl behind his eyes. After looking at the "energy" she felt that same urge to bite and taste blood. The water ball still in her hand began to move faster and seemed to grow. Wynter broke eye contact and stepped back. "WHO ARE YOU?" She screamed, causing Necro, who was nearly behind her now to stop in his tracks

Wynter laid on the spot on the ground where she had fallen. This definitely wasn't Umbra. She sat up on her elbows and watched the person walk away. Wynter could feel herself shaking and tears spilled out of her eyes. She didn't know if they were from rage or fright, but she couldn't stop them. She knew Necro was talking to her, but she couldn't hear a word he said, all she could hear were the words that came from who she thought was her friend Umbra. Necro touched Wynter's arm to try and get her attention, but Wynter took a swipe at his face and screamed "Don't touch me!" Necro retreated a few steps and mumbled "Hey, i was just trying to see how you are....." Wynter turned back to glare at the figure now walking away from them. Without realising what she was possibly getting herself into, Wynter got up, and picked up a large rock next to her and threw it at the figure walking away. "You dare hurt Umbra and I personally make sure you suffer for what you do! You may be stronger, but you're weak because you feel you have to kill people to feel strong! You're a coward!" Wynter screamed at him. Pushing past Necro, Wynter ran all the way back to the weapons store and locked herself in. She leant against the door and slid down it until she was sitting. Wynter then started throwing hunting knives and daggers at the wall opposite. While she threw the weapons, Wynter could feel tears of rage fall. After exhausting her supply of knives, she began to hydromance, making it rain inside the store, completely soaking everything. Necro started banging on the door and calling out, but Wynter ignored him. She didn't know whether she could trust anyone any more because, Wynter thought, everyone eventually turned on her so why bother? So ignoring the banging at the door and the shouts, she just turned her face towards the water falling from nowhere and let it mingle on her face with the tears

Wynter by now was pacing the shop, her hydromancy causing the rain to fall from the roof was now a heavy downpour. She ignored the flooding water slowly starting to n** at her toes and picked up some more daggers and threw them around the store. Wynter threw one near the door and stopped to look at it. Then she realised that Necros banging had stopped. She knew who was out there but didn't care. Wynter stood in the middle of the store, completely soaked and just stared at the door, waiting for the inevitable. She knew deep down inside that Necro was probably dead by now and that Umbra had been taken over by an evil spirit. Many things in Wynters mind were going on, but she knew that she had to do something. With a burst of new energy fuelled by rage, Wynter stormed over to the door, yanked it open and walked right up to the possessed Umbra and stopped, her nose mere centimetres from his. Wynter tried not to look at Necro lying on the ground in pain. "I'm sorry this happened to you Necro. Thankyou for everything." She thought, hoping he was still alive enough to get the telepathic message. Wynter stared right into the possessed Umbras eyes and said in a tone filled with deep loathing, "Go ahead, kill me if you must, it won't change anything. I've been alone for 2 centuries and another one alive won't change a thing. No vampire will accept me and neither will any human. I'm a half-cast with no point in this world. So if you feel you must kill me..." And Wynter grabbed his arm holding the gun, and stepped back until it was stretched out and the gun barrel was on her forehead. She gave a twisted smile and said, "If you do decide to kill me, i'll die happy knowing that i made the choice for you to kill me instead of you pointlessly slaughtering me. But if you feel you have a use for me....Well, you're the one with the gun" Giving a wink, Wynter closed her eyes and waited, running her tongue over her fangs, the cold metal barrel of the gun digging into her forehead. The water that dripped off her spiralled around her in droplets, reflecting the light making it look like tiny crystals were dancing around her. Wynter knew that this was probably the last time she'll use her hydromancy again....

Wynter fell to her knees, she'd never felt so lucky in her life. She managed to crawl over to Necro, who was barely alive. Wynter looked over at Umbra and couldn't speak. She didn't know what to say. Necro groaned and Wynter found her voice again. "Umbra.... If that is you now...." She said in a quavering voice, "What should we do.... We can't let him die...." She looked down at Necro, who was a deathly shade of pale. Wynter was shaking a little, she had come close to near death, Umbra seemed to be back to normal and now her companion was slowly dying. Wynter turned her gaze back to Necro and picked up his hand, it was so cold she nearly let go, but spoke to Umbra in a soft voice, "I don't know what just happened to you, but I'd like to know and if possible, help. I was scared. I thought i was going to die......" and she trailed off. Without another word, Wynter hooked Necros arm over the back of her neck, slid her arm underneath the top of his back and lifted him up. Necro let out another groan and Wynter nearly buckled under his weight but she still didn't say anything, her head turned down, hoping Umbra would get the idea that they needed to do something for Necro.

Wynter nodded and ran inside the store to get her bag. She found it after a few moments, it was in the back room/kitchen area. She picked it up and headed back to the door, but as she rushed, she stumbled a little and an arrowhead that was on display cut her right along the side of her face. "Aahh!! ********!" She shouted, and wiped away some of the blood that was flowing out. Wynter sped outside and handed Umbra her bag over his shoulder. "All the stuff you should need will be in there." She said, her voice quivering from the stinging of the gash on her face. Looking at Necro, Wynter desperately hoped that Umbra could keep him alive. Wynter swayed a little and put her hand on Umbra's shoulder as he stemmed the flow of blood from Necro's chest. She kept a tight grip and bent over a little. "Umbra..." She nearly whispered, "Please help him, I know you can...." Her grip tightened on his shoulder and some drops of blood from her face fell onto it, the red standing out against the pale while of her hands. Wynter swallowed and whispered so quietly, it was barely audible, "I forgive you for what happened Umbra..."

Wynter watched in awe of how well Umbra dealt with the situation. She stool outside for a little bit, looking at Necros spilled blood. She decided to do some spring cleaning and made sure no one was around before using her hydromancy to clean up. Wynter walked back inside and went into the back room to use the sink to wash her face and clean her wound. After she did and walked out, she went to find Umbra. Wynter found him lying Necro down on a makeshift bed from whatever he found in the store. She waited until he had finished before asking something. "Umbra, i need you to see something. If you heard me scream earlier, this is why." She said walking toward the back room, hoping Umbra was following. Wynter wasn't too keen to go back to that room, but she needed Umbra to see. She walked up the stairs, still not checking to see if Umbra was following and opened the first door on the left, turning her head the opposite way and closing her eyes. "I found out why this store seemed abandoned...." She said in a low mono-tone