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Alana's eyes opened slowly, and she started coughing, blood pouring out of her mouth as she pulled herself up and coughed the thick red liquid onto the gournd, groaning. "Ow..." She murmered, and collapsed again, weak and desperatly in need of blood. Her eyes were red and her fangs lowered, but she looked at Zatch with a soft expression. "You okay?" She asked softly, coughing up a bit more blood and taking his hand gently in her own. "That bullet came pretty close to you..." She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, a long sigh following. "I need to eat something..." She murmered, yawning. "And I think the sun will be out soon... where's Tyasha..." She was starting to fall asleep already, her fangs still lowered and her eyes still red.

Alana and Raye leave and stare at Rena. "You can continue the transormation, Camaris. The human left." she said. She takes off her trenchcoat and drops it on the ground. Her eyes begin to turn red. "I know the change isn't complete. The balvorines did much to you." she said. "I wont allow it." I said. I take off my trenchcoat and drop it. "Why? Is it because you love the human?" she said. She removes her guns and drops them on the ground. "My emotions are none of your concern." I tell her. I remove my guns and drop them. A sharp pain erupts from my back, I supress it, but it shows on my face none the less. Rena smiles. "Admit it. You have feelings for a human." she said. "Fine, I have feelings her. What does it matter anyways?" I ask, the back pain becoming stronger. "It makes it that much sweeter when I kill her." she said. I draw the black sword and cut my arm. "I'll not allow you that chance." I said. I charge at her. She kicks out and hits me in the stomach. The blow has no effect. I move to the right and slam the hilt of my sword in the side of her face. Bones crack under the strength of the blow. She opens her mouth and the bone pops back in place. I grab a knife from my pocket and jam it between two of her ribs. "Damn those animals." she screamed. I keep jumping around her, barely giving her the chance to see me let alone attack me. I grab a few more knives and throw them every feww jumps. All of them hit home. "Stop jumping around." she screams. I stop inches from her face. "Whats the fun in that?" I ask. I take my sword and impale her stomach. I jump back into a tree and draw the other one. She rips the sword from her body and throws it at me. I sidestep to the right and the sword slams into the tree trunk. I look down at it and squat on the branch. I look at her. "Either the years have greatly dwindled your combat skills, or your toying with me and I'm pretty sure your just toying with me." I said. My back starts hurting again. She looks up at me. "Your not taking this fight very serously either." she said. I scratch my chin. "I suppose I could take it up a notch." I said. "What are you talking about?" she demanded. I smile. "You mean to tell me that even after telling the balvorines to expiriment on me and telling me to complete the transformation, you couldn't tell that I really hadn't allowed it to complete." I said. The look on her face changes to one of utter shock and dissbelief. "Do you mean to tell me..." she started. "That they did a better job than you thought." I finished. I stand up and allow the transformation to finally finish. My back begins to sting. I tighten my fists and my nails cut into my flesh. Blood begins to trickle from my fist. The skin on my back begins to split in two places. Two bloody, black wings tear through the skin and unfold. "I still can't stand the pain that causes me." I said. Her faces changes to the look of anger. "I'm going to kill those animals." she said. I laugh. "For what? Doing exactly what you wanted them to." I laugh again. "Besides, I've already killed them." I said. I reach down and grab the hilt of the black sword. I rip it out of the tree along with alot of wood. I see Rena's hand move to her hip and I quickly jump down from the branch and land beind her. I spin around and dislocate her shoulder before she even gets her hand into her pocket. "Take me seriously, Rena. I'm not the innocent boy you turned anymore." I told her.

Alana smiled softly and put her arm around Raye, holding the girl gently. "A little bullet couldn't kill me, Raye, just hurt me a little." She squeezed the girl a little tighter, getting a whiff of the pulsing flesh of her neck and freezing, pulling away quickly and backing far away. "I need blood." She told Zatch. "Keep Raye away from me."

"Innocence does not exist in this world." Rena said. I fold my wings up quickly as Rena brings her elbow back. She hits me in the gut and I fly back into a tree. Even with my wings folded against my body, the pain caused by the impact was still very great. I stadn up only to be shot in the chest. I put my swords away and run behind Rena. Still slightly disoriented I grab my guns and look up. Rena kicks me in the face. I slam the barrel of the gun into her stomach and empty the clip. She screams and takes off. "Hell no." I said. I turn around and grab my trenchcoat. I run to the bike and turn it on. "She's probably out of the forest already." I said. I put away my guns and drive. When I break the tree line I almost run into Alana, Raye, and I think Zatch. "s**t." I mutter. I veer to the left and let off the clutch. I jump off the bike and slam into Rena. We fall to the ground and the gravel cuts into my skin in numurous places. I quickly stand up and draw the black katana. I drag it across my arm and swing, cutting into Rena's side. She pulls out a knife and jams it in my leg. I rip it out and drop it on the ground. We both jump away from each other and stand there, waiting for the other to make the wrong move. I unfold my wings and shake the blood off them, then I fold them back up. I tear off the tattered remains of my shirt and drop them. I draw teh second sword, my eyes not leaving Rena once. I smile. Her eyes are black. I've pissed her off. She moves her left arm faintly and I reach into my pocket and whip five knives at her. Three of them hit her arm. Before she can recover I run up to her and raise my knee into her stomach. When she bends over I twist the hilts of my swords in my hands and impale both of her sides. She falls over, screaming in pain as she pulls both swords out. I grab a knife and one gun and stand there. She drops both swords and looks up at me. We are both out of breath so I open a mental link. ~You underestamated me.~ I told her. ~It wont happen again.~ she said. She flits off without another word. I start to cancel the change. My wings begin to slowly receed back into my body, a process that looks and feels painfull. My fangs return to normal along with the length and color of my finger nails. My eyes slowly begin to return to their normal blue hue. I drop the knife and the gun. I look at my compainions and smile. Yet another fight with Rena, this one the worst of them. I look down at my body. I'm covered in blood, most of it from multiple tiny cuts from the gravel. My breathing has returned to normal. I look back to Raye, Alana, and I'm pretty sure it's zatch. "I guess we've all had a very frustrating night." I said. I slowly make my way towards them and collapse on the ground. "I'm sorry Raye. I didn't want you to see me like that." I siad.

I open my eyes as Raye flings her arms on me. I feel her tears fall on my chest. "Carefull, your going to get blood all over you." I tell her. Then she apologizes, bit for what I'm not certain. "You needent apologize. You haven't done anything wrong." I said. I place my hand on her back, attempting to comfort her.

I hear footsteps and instinctivly reach for my gun. I grab hold of it when I notice Tyasha, the real one. I keep hold of the gun. I'm not sure what his motives are, but untill he shows he isn't the enemy I will stay on guard.

Alana watched all this nuetrally. She had strong faith in Camaris's abilities as a warrior, she knew he would walk away victorious from this private battle that seemed to follow him everywhere he went. Still, despite her attemtps to be nuetral about the strengthening relationship between Raye adn Camaris, it was impossible. Seeing the girl fall into him weeping... Alana had to bite her tongue hard to keep from pulling the couple apart. The scene was as heartwarming as it was disturbing. No matter what happened, both Raye and Camaris would be hurt. It would have been best if they had never met, but what's past was past. She coudln't bring herself to seperate them now, and it really was none of her concern. Her eyes moved to Taysha as he entered the scene, and moved closer to Zatch protectivly, grabbing his hand and squeezing it. She had heard Tyasha's earlier invitation, but there had been no time to even consider it. Whether or not she had the feelings for her sire that she had for his immitator, Tyasha was still her sire. She wanted to get t know him, to help him, if possible. Her goals had always been to kill her sire until she had met Zatch... was that still waht she wanted? She couldn't tell. All she knew for sure was that she couldn't just sit there.

Alana stood up, her hand sliding away from Zatch's as she walked toward her sire. "Tyasha Sarusan..." She addressed him formally. "582 years ago you changed me and ran, leaving me to awake alone." Now her voice was cold and condemming, the feelings of hatred she had for this vampire now returning. Her crimson eyes locked with his and her fangs lowered further. "Why?"

Raye rubbed her face furiously, condemning the thoughts running through her head to the farthest possible corners of her mind. "Damn..." She whispered to herself. 'Alana just got ******** shot in the neck, and you're over here cryin'. All over Camaris too! You haven't ever let anyone see ya cry; stop bein' a sissy.'