A Birthday Poem

To: Eli, my big broski

Eli, stars shine in your eyes and you don't seem to realise what it means to be your friend,
you fight for what you love, and know what is wrong,
you love what you love, and accept what you don't,
you acknowledge the difference, and continue onward,
you stand strong for yourself,
but for others alike.

Eli, even when the winds of change come, and you tremble, you continue walking,
you fear what's ahead, but know you must face it,
you know that change always happens, and embrace it,
you let the things flow, and don't get hung up,
you remember to enjoy all you have,
but remember who gave you your joy.

Eli, whether sun or rain, your smile is bright enough to warm anyone's heart,
you bring an aura with you that give smiles,
you are the sunshine of peoples' lives,
you are the friend they can trust to go to when they are down,
you are the person they consider family,
even when their own is around.

Eli, I hope you know I love you with all my heart, cause you're like a bro,
you are one of my favorite people to talk to,
you listen when I need it and give advice then too,
you make every conversation worth having,
you can make me laugh at anytime,
even when I'm blue.

Eli, this poem is coming to end, but do not start skipping lines,
you will be amazing at anything you want,
you can achieve all you dream,
you make things happen because you're you,
you are a star in many peoples' eyes,
I see you as one.

Eli, I'm so happy that I got to meet you, because you're one of the best friends I've been blessed to meet, and I don't say that often. I know you can do great things and believe in you with all my heart. Thank you for being such a cool, big, sibling to me since I've gotten to know you. Happy birthday, love you, and have a wonderful life. This isn't goodbye by any means, but only a farewell of this poem for it should always end in peace.

From: Zeta

The Boy With Two Bags

     It was on a day like any other when the Winchester brothers and their angel escort arrived into town. The town's name you may ask? Pay that no heed. It only impedes on the story I'm trying to tell. They had just arrived into town after the thing. What thing you say? A creature my friend, now please don't butt in. They were half way, going from place to place, as if it were a race, when Dean saw something. A boy with two bags, how funny he thought. He never really thought that too into it though, or else the race from place to place would have been a waste.
     It was the next day when Dean was alone, and texting on his phone, that they met. Running into the boy with two bags, a splosh of a drink now on him. "So sorry," Dean said, then noticing how the boy was in rags. He helped him the boy up, quickly, letting go oh his hands and said, "Here have mine." He addressed his own drink, coffee.
     The boy with two bags, whose spoiled rags looked rather dirty, declined. "It's not you, but me. I only drink Tea." Dean's eyes looked harsh, "Well then, how about a trip to Starbucks with me?" The boy frowned, and looked down at his soiled jack and pants. He glanced back up though, "Sure I guess." With the blink of an eye they were at the cafe, tea in hand.
     Dean's eyes softened as he looked at the boy with two bags. His rags were thin material, jeans ripped. His old jacket worn, shoes, battered converse, that have obviously been tripped on some. Dean couldn't help but ask, "Do you have anyone you are staying with?" The boy's gaze darkened as he stared down at his tea. "No," the coldest response Dean had ever heard. "Well then, I have no choice do I?" Dean sat up as he spoke, "Get your jacket and tea, you're going shopping with me."
     The boy with two bags looked up in shock, a little in fear. Than saw Dean's eyes, soft and caring, his own about in tears. A sigh of relief, and to Dean's disbelief, he got up slowly. They soon were in Dean's car, driving to the closest town mall. "What do you want of me?" The boy asked, Dean was blank as the boy sipped his tea. "Nothing to be honest, you seem like you need new clothes is all, you see?" The boy smiled, for what felt like forever. As the pulled in his excitement grew.
     The mall was busy as always, and a quick look at the directory, and they were off for his shoes. They first went to Journeys. He spotted a pair of knee high green converse. A glance at Dean, then back at them he walked to them. "Could I..?" Dean's smile grew, and that's when he knew. This boy was opening up to him. So this is the you I wasn't seeing, but I wonder what has made your look so beaten. As they moved on to the next store, Hot Topic, for jeans. Purple, black, and grey, all skinnies. A new jacket too, of a green dog with ears, softer than the softest thing to you. Now to Spencer's for shirts, four in all, sayings that would get some people butt hurt.
      Dean now took the boy with five bags to the food court, buying him a meal. As they ate, Dean noticed something. He tried to debate in his head, but the decision was made instead when he said, "We're getting you one last thing to wear out there." Dean pointed at a leather store, and the boy couldn't help but smile. Dean picked one similar to his, but with a hood, and it fit just perfectly. One last stock at Abercrombie for socks and underwear. The boy smiled at Dean, and he back at the boy. "Thank you so much, but how can I repay you?" The boy asked shyly. Dean chuckled, "Maybe you can get me a piece of pie. I'm kidding, just stay in contact with me."
     The boy nodded as they got into the Impala. "I'll take you where ever you want to be, but then it's bye you see?" Dean handed him his cellphone number, "Anything happens and you call this and ask for me." Finally Dean remembered to ask for the boy's name. "Dvergr," the boy smiled, "But call me Dv." Dean smiled, but thought of where he heard that name before. Oh well, he's not gonna ask for him to tell him more. "Dean Winchester."
    Dvergr instructed him to a park, yet he couldn't think of anything else except how lucky he was his uncle wasn't with Dean. He knew Castiel was with the Winchesters, who had quite a name by now. With that it was good bye. A quick kiss on Dean's cheek as thank you, Dvergr walked into the park with his bags back to two.
     Dean saw him the last day he was in the town, wearing a leather jacket, a green jacket underneath. Purple skinny jeans and green converse up to his knees. Two bags on him, as he crossed the street. A large gasp broke Dean's thoughts, as Castiel shouted out, "Dvergr!" The only response was the boy's look of shock.

Shadow (I'll probably edit this later)

I close my eyes in the dim-lit room,
Not certain what to do, I could like you.
Shadows grace my face, little hints,
as I take a step in the direction of the voices.

Not knowing my future, I will walk forward,
Keeping focus on who's here,
I can see an outline of someone,
are they my friend,
or something else?

The shadow's smile so kind in this dark place,
I don't notice how the light disappears.

As I move closer to this impostor, I trip,
A false step and I fall, darkness is surrounding me.

Not knowing my future, I will walk forward,
Keeping focus on who's here,
I can see an outline of someone,
are they my friend, 

or something else?

A bright light blinds my grey eyes,
I flutter them open, to see his silhouette.
Piercing eyes stand out from his casting shadow,
something is different with this shadowed figure.

Not knowing my future, I will walk forward,
Keeping focus on who's here,
I can see an outline of someone,
are they my friend,
or something else?

Not knowing my future, I will walk forward,
Keeping focus on who's here,
I can see an outline of someone,
are they my friend,
or something else?

I step into your arms as I walk to you,
You aren't darkness in the least.
But a foreshadow of my future,
of a boy with a place in my heart.

Not knowing my future, I will walk forward,
Keeping focus on who's here,
I can see an outline of someone,
are they my friend,
or something else?

Padauk and Willows Investigation: Shadowed Man (Updated 18/2/2013)

Day: 01

The Briefing

     It's been the first day of Noah and I's investigation. We were hired by the town of Chao to look into the missing children. Six kidnappings in the last three months. They town blamed the local legend, but officials just swiped it under the rug. My team was commissioned to investigate the local legend, and to search for the missing children. The town is on the outskirts of a forested mountain. Mount Zenforth was neither big or small, but it's fame came to the rare species which live on it's threshold. Three animals and four plants that are unique only to this mountain. I glanced out the window of our land cruiser, admiring the mountain top. It's peak was basted in the rural colours of autumn. The sky seemed to share this beautiful scheme and looked as if reflecting the leaves. 

     I spotted a black dot contrasting against the goldenrod leaves. A large oak blocked the view for a second and we bent around a turn. As we turned back around the winding mountain road, I gave myself a quick glance to the area that spot was. Nothing but the beautiful scenery in sight. What could that have been? I know I've been sleep deprived, but... My thoughts trailed off as I was interrupted by my tech specialist. 

      "Yo, Kent man, mind telling me why you brought us to a city in the middle of Ohio?" Will asked curiously. I smiled and turned back to face the rest of my crew. Amy was snoozing still, her brunette pigtails askew from the angle of her head. Laura nudged her side. Amy slowly swooned to consciousness, she rubbed her eyes and looked at the dark haired woman. Laura's violet eyes gleamed maroon in the yellow lighting, dark features contrasting with her pale skin. Will's dirty blonde hair was styled in the usual faux hawk he wore with pride. "Well?" He added, peeved I ignored his first attempt. 

     Noah smiled as he gave the answer, "We're here to see if the legend is true of course!" I grimaced. I take back what I said earlier. Mount Zenforth was famous for two things. The rare species of animals and plants that thrived only on it, an a much more gruesome tale. The mountain has a mythology  that has been carried with it since the beginning of man kind. The Shadowed Man, a creature known for stealing children. Raping it's victims, no care for sex or age. Then it's massacres  them, shredding them to pieces. Any trace of them is unlikely, and when there is one, a shoe or finger is the biggest they have ever found.

     I looked back to my crew. This could be one of the most dangerous cases we've ever been on. That is of course if the legend was true, and most of the time, they never were. I laughed a bit, nervously, at Noah's answer to Will and looked the whole crew in the eyes. 

     "Listen guys, we'll be in the town of Chao in about half a hour. We're to investigate the local legend of the Shadowed Man, a creature known for kidnapping children, rapping people, and killing them. At noon tomorrow we will be heading into the forest for a five day investigation. At that time, we will head back to the town, resupply and rest for a day, and return for another five days. We must be careful. People have said to see children running in the forest, but when they turn around, they will appear horribly maimed," I gulped and quickly glanced at all expressions before continuing, "Beyond those paranormal attributes, we have the Shadowed Man." At this Noah swerved sharply and nearly drove off the thousand seven hundred foot drop. He braked and we came to a halt. 

     I switched my attention to the front of the car as we swerved and looked in horror as we nearly hit the side rails. After feeling safe to move, I looked back at my friends. Will look like he about had a heart attack, Amy was glued onto Laura's left arm, and Laura herself look stuck between levels of anger and shock. "What the hell was that for!" She managed to sputter out, the confusion in emotion evident in her words. I looked at Noah, who's appearance faded from the nice usually tan self to a snow white colour. "I-I saw something jump out in the road." Noah stuttered.

     Noah stuttered when ever nervous, scared, or in shock. I smiled and offered to take the wheel for a while. He didn't complain at all, nearly jumping out of the drivers seat. We headed down the road as I continued to tell the others of our investigation.

     "As I was saying, most of our attention will be on the Shadowed Man. He is said to been in all black, but what he wears has changes throughout the generations. He has pale skin that is, dare I say, vampire white," The others snickered as I continued on, "He has no real face they say, but appears to have skin over where it should be. His height ranges from around two to three meters. He is very skinny, giving him a malnourished look. Due to his appearance, he has also been named the Dark Angel, Slenderman, and even Satan himself. One last detail that I still can't wrap my head around is this; the Shadowed Man is said to have tentacle like appendages that are black as well. Some records say he uses them as arms and such, but older legends say otherwise. Those say he uses them to wrap around his victims, or use them as a net as dark as the night." 

     I coughed some, moistening my throat, waiting for any input. I returned to my speal, "They say these appendages are actually used to trap his victims and pull them closer to him. When victims get close to the Shadowed Man, he will shoot these appendages around them, forming a cage that gets smaller and smaller. Forcing his victims to submit defeat or  be pushed closer to him till he can literally grab you. One thing they never really explained is how he hides these appendages. They say he has control whether he uses these or not, you can't just make tentacle arms disappear right?" I laughed some.

The Town of Chao

     I stepped out of our Land Cruiser, and surveyed the town. We were in front of Town Hall, next to the one and only school. It had four, large for this town, buildings. I guess they separated grades by threes still. This town's only economy comes from federal funds for the mountain. A shame really, it was a quaint looking town. It had an old, rustic, mountain village feel. Maybe ten roads in this mountain side town.
     We left our vehicle an entered Town Hall. I guess it was also a town museum, it had a visitor's center with a ticket booth near one entrance. Noah and I kept note of that and went to the front desk.
     "Hi," A blonde behind the desk said, smiling, "How can I help you today?" Noah smiled as he explained how we had an appointment with the Mayor. The blonde got up and showed us where to wait for the Mayor. Her cheery exterior made me hope that all the town's folk were like that, eager to help and polite to strangers. Three men left the office, grumbling.
     "What are we supposed to do now, boys?" One with scruffy scarlet sideburns said to his companions, "With the school closed, how are we gonna fend for our families, our kids!"  The other two men had dark hair and sideburns as well. One with a blue and white trucker's hat responded to his friend with a grave tone. "Won't be any families left if we don't do anything about Him." His friends nodded in agreement. They left the office without another thought, or so it seemed.
     The Mayor looked at and smiled at us. "You must be Padauk and Willows Investigation." His grin quickly faded as he ushered us into the office. "Welcome to Chao," He said grimly, "The town plagued by a demon." We all looked at each other with questioning eyes. The Mayor sighed and sat in his chair. "I am sorry I asked you to investigate this," The Mayor trailed off before continuing, "We were recommend to you for this case, but even now I wonder if it will be too much."
     "We can handle anything!" I looked to my side to see Amy whose face showed pride, "We've dealt with cases like this before." She smiled and the Mayor looked at us perplexed, but also relieved. The Mayor smiled again, this time it seemed much more real. "Well, you will have a room at the lodge right at the edge of the city while you investigate the mountain." He handed us directions to the inn, as well as a map of the city with all the stores laid out on it.
     We got to the lodge right as dusk broke the Sunday sunset. We got our room and brought all our gear inside. No way were we leaving that in the cruiser. Sure, it had reinforced glass and steel frames, but this equipment cost a lot, from Noah and I's pockets. The gas guzzler is what we slept in while we weren't investigating. Even then, can't blame us for being paranoid. We left the inn to get some grub, ending us up at a small grill-n-bar. As we tucked in for the night, I thought about the case we've agreed to do. Where will this lead us? I drifted into a restless sleep, filled with imagery of a tall, slender, man who was chasing the team. Hunting us down, one by one.

Day: 02

A Symb⊗l

     I awoke to hear one of the girls screaming. I jumped up and looked around. Will was in his bed, looking around in shock, Laura was looking at Amy, who was screaming. Noah managed to still be sleeping, but he could be stabbed ten times and wouldn’t wake up. Amy finally calmed down when Laura and Will started to sooth her. I got out of my sleeping bag and walked over to here. “What in god’s name was that for?” She had tears still running down her petite face, I felt bad. “Oh, Amy, come on. I’m certain whatever it was, was a nightmare.” She just shook her head and pointed to the wall nearest to Noah.
     We all looked over to see a giant ⊗. I ran over to the wall, overseeing the mysterious symbol. It seemed to be written of some kind of paint. “Did any of you do this?” I looked at my crew. They had no idea what this was, I made sure. I wanted to see if it would happen. I didn’t expect to see one so soon though, the others shook their heads. We all looked at Noah, dozing still. Will went to the bathroom as I mumbled to myself. He came out with a cup of water, and dropped it on Noah. He woke up in a start, he hated the cold.
     "Noah, I need you to be honest, since you're the only other one who knows what that is," I pointed at the wall next to him, "Did you have the nerve to put this there?" He looked over, and became very pale."What is it?" Laura squeaked. I looked the others right in the eye, "Something Noah and I have been investigating for a long time. Didn't you ever wonder why the rest of the old team left?" Will and Laura nodded, Amy just stayed blank. She was the only member still with us, after the breaking point in our investigation two years ago.
     I sighed, sitting on the edge of Noah's bed. "Two years ago, Noah, Amy, and I were part of another investigation group. We were working on a case, very close to here." I looked at my crew, dismay in my eyes, "The investigation ended with two of our members missing, and never found. One member was killed, and the body autopsy showed he had been raped. He had been strangled by something rather large, like a giant thick rope..." Will was staring wide eyed, "What does that have to do with that symbol!?" Noah answered this time, "The creature we had been following, left that symbol everywhere. We... well, Kent and I even saw it..." Amy looked down, "There was notes and messages everywhere. We saw spirits of people telling us to run because He was getting near. We didn't realize it till later, that our team member was one of the spirits putting the notes and telling us to run away while we could."
     Laura and Will were staring wide eyed, shock written all over their faces. Laura was the first to speak though, "You knew we would be going after this thing, and still decided to come here?" I looked at Noah, he himself looking at me. "Well, sorta. Amy, Noah, and I didn't exactly know what the creature that attacked us was. It was not what we were looking for when we went to investigate. We were there to look into the spirits telling people to run away..." I trailed off as Noah spoke up, "The only thing we knew is that if we saw that symbol, we'd be in trouble." Amy looked at the others, "It's why I started screaming to be honest, because it meant He- it, came in here."
     Will stood up, "Well, I think it is just challenging us to take it on. It knows we're here, and what we're here for. I know we'll be fine. Know, not to be off subject, but I'm starving." Amy and Noah nodded in agreement. "That diner we were at last night did sell breakfast, we could stop there before we head prepare to head out," Laura noted. We all agreed, wanting to end the subject of the ⊗ and move on. We all got went to our beds and got dressed. We really didn't care if we got changed in front of one another, we were so used to seeing each other. We didn't have feelings for one another.

Departure

     Breakfast had gone by quite well, everyone in high spirits considering the literal rude awakening. We went back to the hotel room and got our stuff ready to leave. A process we had mastered long ago. Withing twenty minutes, we were completely ready to leave. "Laura, will you drive this time?" I looked at her, and she nodded. Noah got in the passenger side. Will and Amy still wanted window seats so I was stuck in the middle.
     It would take us about two hours to get to our investigation site, so I decided to close my eyes. Nightmares of past memories never give you great sleep. Amy asked for some music, and Noah fussed with the stereo, probably messing with his phone so it'd play music on the speakers. Some after Halestorm was playing through the speakers, lulling me into a deep sleep.
     I feel someone nudge me. I half open my eyes to see Will face above mine,, he looks a bit flustered, but over all a bit peeved? No, he was just staring blankly. That's when it hit me, Will face was above mine, along with his shoulders. I fell in my sleep. I shot up quickly, "Sorry man." I rubbed the back of my head, apologetically. "Its fine man, just don't go falling on me again." He smirked a bit, but was still a bit red in the face.
     "And way, we're here Kent. You fell on me probably ten minutes ago, but Amy said not to wake you." I looked at him awkwardly, man, why did these kind of things only happen to me- I was cut off by what Will said next, "Besides, Amy said it looked kind of cute, you sleeping with your head on my lap." I glared at him, jokingly, but Amy will get pay back for that.

The First Night

     I looked over at Kent, I tried not to show it much, but I really liked when we'd share those awkward moments. Those moments with the involuntary contact. Like in Brazil when he completely tripped, and fell on me. I fell too though, and we landed, him on top of me into a bush. Amy whistled to that one! Or when in the asylum, something tried to push me down the stairs, and he caught me... With a giant bear hug, my face in his chest. Amy was the only one who knows I like him, she herself likes Noah.
     After that story, I kind of don't want to be here, but I got to be brave. We can't let down all these people. They expect us to find something. To explain why bad things are happening. I got partnered with Kent to go set up the cameras. No one is allowed alone, so that means a team of three, and a team of two at all times.
     As we were walking to where the last camera would be placed, we heard something from a little ways down the trail we were on. It sounded like a woman screaming for help. I look over to Kent, but he's not where I last saw him. I began to worry when I felt something grab my right arm and pull me down. It was Kent, phew. We hid behind a bush, as the thing making the noise got closer. I felt our legs touch as he wiggled a bit to get comfortable. Then it came into sight, a woman. She had auburn hair, and pale skin. She was in jeans and a plaid shirt, running in our direction. "Please! I heard a voice, is anyone here!? Please help me! He's almost her-"
     Suddenly, the moon's light went out, the stars vanished from the sky. We couldn't see anything in front of us, and when we could, she was gone. Replaced by a figure. A new person was in her place, a tall man. He wore a black suit, and the back of his head was pale and bald. His hands looked bony and frail. I almost squeaked, and reached to grab Kent's hand in fear. I found it and held on, him tightening his grip around mine. He looked at me and mouthed, "Do not move." I looked back at the figure.
     He was just standing there, when he finally spoke. "I know you're near." His voice seemed to echo and trail off, and sounded like a hollow soul. I held onto Kent's hand more, when the figure turned around, looking in the direction we were. His face had no mouth, eyes, or even a nose. Where his eyes should have been, the skin sank in some. "Somewhere very close. I'll get you this time boy, I won't make another mistake this time. I've learned~" He seemed to playfully say the last words, as if he knew we were in the bush. With that he grunted, "I'll play with you later though, I have other guests to attend to."
     I've never seen Kent so worked up during an investigation. He put the camera right on the trail, and went straight to our base camp. When Amy saw us, still holding hands, running at them, she knew something went wrong. Noah was the first to speak up though, "What happened?" Kent finally let go of my hand, gasping for air. "I-It's definitely him," was all he could manage to say before leaning on me for support. The rest of the night was calm. No spirits, no Shadowed Man, not even a spooky sound. We told Noah, Amy, and Laura what had happened, and they said we were lucky to get out alive.

Day: 03

Disappearance

     When we woke up it was early noon, around eleven. I looked around, Will was sleeping rather close to me, Amy doing the same. Laura was next to Amy. Where was Noah? I nudged Will awake as I got up. "Hey, want to get Amy back for earlier yesterday?" He smirked a bit, nodding. "Okay, I'm gonna wake up Laura, then we're all gonna start screaming that he's outside the car, got it?" Will nodded again, and I slowly reached my arm over Amy to nudge Laura. She woke up slowly, yawning. I whispered the plan and she smirked. I looked back at Will, and winked. We all started shouting, "Oh god! Here's here! Get the keys come on, quickly!" Laura was screaming bloody murder that he's about to reach the car as Will shouted he can't find Noah and the keys were gone. Amy woke up screaming, freaking out. Then looked outside and saw nothing.
     Amy went blank for a second, before slapping me right across the face, and threatening to do the same to Will. We all started laughing, when it hit me what Will had said. "Hey, where is Noah, or the keys?" They all looked around and we got out of the land cruiser. "Where did he go...?" Amy quietly questioned herself, as Will looked with her the west side of our camp. Laura and I checked around the  east side, but jumped when we heard a loud thump. We ran back to the camp, Amy and Will arriving at the same time.
     A giant ⊗ was scratched into the land cruiser, and a note next to it. The words "No eyes" repeatedly written all over it. "Okay then, someone is keeping watch as we sleep from now on." I looked down, I didn't think he'd attack us so soon. "Also, Will, you and I are team one, Laura and Amy, team two. We aren't allowed to separate from each other's view at all, even bathroom breaks guys. We'll find Noah, don't worry. I promise." "Just because we may find him, doesn't mean we'll find him alive!" Amy screamed. She was obviously worked up already. "Look, I bet we'll find him by tomorrow, he can hold his own." They all nodded. "We should spend the rest of the day investigating, and no investigating at night time." Will stuttered some as he spoke.
     The girls didn't want to go out of the campsite, so that left Will and I to search. We were heading down the trail from before. As we walked, I couldn't help but ask, "Hey Will. Last night, you grabbed my hand, were you that scared? Cause I was thinking, if this is too much to ask all of you, we can find Noah and leave."  Will glanced at me as we continued walking. "Well, yeah, for the most part. He just appeared out of no where, and was... so creepy. I can see why Amy never talked about it..." I smirked a bit, "You guys are so close, aren't you? You don't, you know." I glance over at him, but Will stopped dead. "What? I didn't mean to offend you..." He turned red some, and just ran ahead of me. "H-Hey! Will, wait up, we can't get separated remember?" 
     Will didn't stop running though, and I ran after him. He stopped as he got to the end of the trail, it now turned, and started down a hill with a snaking motion. I finally caught up to him, grabbing his shoulder to turn him around. His cheeks were a bit damp, like he had been crying. "Will... I didn't mean to upset yo-" I was cut off. I didn't realize how close we were to the edge of the path, and the soil gave way under our weight. I didn't let go of Will, and I moved some so he'd land on me instead of hitting the ground. I was hanging on for dear life, as was he. Falling felt like an eternity, yet a second all at once. 
     Suddenly the time lapse ended, hard. I yelled, the air knocked out of me as I did so. I could feel the hard soil under me. I looked at Will, his eyes were still clamped tight, hands holding onto my chest. He looked up at me, but quickly got up. "Are you okay!? You shouldn't have done that!" Will tried to help me up, but his attempt was cut short because of the bad pain in my ribs. "Ow! I think I fractured a rib..." He slowly helped me up, supporting me by the waste.

Separated

     I looked up at the trail, it was a good couple hundred feet above our heads, having not made it to the bottom. The incline was about eighty degrees, not way were we climbing it. Even more so because of the pain in Kent's ribs. "Well, we're not climbing that obviously... I'm sorry I got us into this mess Kent." All he did was smile at me, "Not your fault man, I'm the one who upset you in the first place. Lets just use the walkie to contact Laura and Amy." I nodded a bit, taking out my walkie, but the screen was completely cracked and no light was on. "How about yours then?" Kent chuckled some, but his walkie had fared worse them mine, the whole front was broke in, and the antenna was in two. 

     I sighed, looking at Kent desperately. "It'll be alright Will, the girls can take care of themselves, and so can we."  It was going to get dark very soon, and we would be out here for a while by the looks of it. "Who knew things could go so badly so early..." I mumbled to myself. Kent looked downhearted the instant I said that, "Maybe we should just set up a little camp for ourselves..." Crap, now I made him feel bad. I do as told though, and we find a nice little area hidden in the bushes. I slowly help Kent down, but don't drop my hand from his waist.

     "Looks like we'll be here till sunrise," I whisper. Kent nods at me, "I'm really tired..." Must be because of the ribs. He leaned his head on my shoulder and closed his eyes. "Um, I'll just keep watch then." Kent nodded, and slowly I could feel him relax. I looked at where we were sitting. Our backs were against a tree, everything around us was surrounded in bushes. We were sitting in one of the larger bushes. I glanced over when I heard a rustling in the bushes next to us. "Holy shit!" He was right there, staring at us. Kent looked up in fright, and I spoke in a low whisper, hoping I didn't give our place away. 
     "Noah, how did you find us here?" Noah frowned a bit, "I was running from... well you know. I thought I should hide here, and you were here." Noah whispered to us faintly as we heard more rustling. The air got cold, and the forest quieted down. The barely visible moon now disappeared from all eyes.  "Come out, come out, where ever you are. I know your near, Noah... Why can't we just be friends?" I felt Kent grab my hand, and my side. I gulped, and Noah was breathing quietly, but extra fast. "I guess I'll just attend to my other guests... I'll be back Noah, for you and your two friends..." We all froze solid. He knew, he had to know. The wind came back, and the faint rays of moonlight returned to us. I let out a breathe I didn't even know I was holding. 

Screams in the Early Night

     

Sewing Projects

Valentine Edition of Domo-bot. 

Plushie for my friend Seth.

Plushie for my French class, monster project.

He doesn't know.

     His beauty was unknown to most, for he himself did not believe in it. Either way, his eyes are shades of the sea, blues, greens, and greys. His hair, the colour of hot cocoa. He means more than most people to me. I know he doesn't see it in the least. He sees himself very differently than I do. I want to show him that he is wrong, to hold him in my arms tightly. Tell him he will be okay no matter what. Joke that the people in the world are just stupid. No, I don't think he knows. Knows exactly how much he means to me. He means more than the sky to a day dreamer, the starts to a hopeful wisher, more than words to the Babylonians. He has been on my mind ever since I met him. So yeah, its been almost three years since I met him, but my feelings are unchanged. I love him, I think I always have. When I see you for the first time, I will kiss you. With more passion then ever before. Just like I promised you. Didn't I?

Je t'aime, Mon Cher.

-Gibran

Cause I'm A Fan, That's Why. >:|

So, I've gotten into... Supernatural. God, I'm regretting that decision, but what ever.

So, I've created some new characters. If any of you go on Skyline To Happiness (My other writing blog- For 'other' writings) you have met Dvergr, the demi-angel/demon.

1. Dvergr (Dev - er - ger) : His father is the demon Azazel, or yellow eyes, and his mother is an angel named Valice. During a war, Azazel trapped her. One form of torture was raping her, thus how Dvergr came to be.  Dvergr was locked up in heaven for a very long time with little exposure to others. Demons wish to kill him because of his power, and the Angel's find him a disgrace. God has mercy and let him live though. Castiel is the only other angel who interacted wit him, and developed a relationship with him. He was hurt for this, and the memories were erased just from Castiel's mind. Dvergr has many abilities. He is an angel of music, an a demon of lust. He can use both these abilities together, or separate. To keep his powers from getting to strong, Zachariah put seals on his grace/soul. Five seals, each limiting one large portion of his abilities. Being a 'Mutt' as they call him, he is extremely strong. He can form devil's traps and spell circles in his hands, as well as having spells, incantations, and spell circles being part of his 'true' form as they call it. If he was not infected with demon genetics. Dvergr's mother is the angel of hope, she looks into souls and gives them that voice which tells them everything will be okay, will listen when no one else would. She taught her son these abilities as well. When Dvergr went down from heaven and entered Matthew Westcott's body, the seals appeared as tattoos on the young man's body. The seals are as follows: A  purple butterfly on his upper trapezius, when this seal is broken his vessel's eyes change from grey to a glowing purple, with angelic texts in the pigments that are darker then the rest of the neon purple pigment. Two large butterfly wings made of energy or grace as some would say, even pure light by other, appear behind his body. The wings have angelic text in them as well. This seal blocks Dvergr's ability to use complex and advanced spells and hexes. With it broken, he can form spell circles and devil's traps in his hands. He can 'brand' demons with these trapping them in their human vessel. Another he can form, if a demon touches it in any way, will be instantly exorcised from the vessel's body. If the demon was branded and the demon leaves, the devil's trap disappears. Dvergr can form many more, even cleansing a demon soul, and allowing it to go to heaven. His next seal is an intricate design of two dragons. One is black with white eyes spewing ice and the other is white with black eyes spewing fire. They wrap around each other to form a yin yang. When this seal is broken, his eyes become bright, glowing, blue. His wings become that of a regular angel, black, but are visible. This seal limits his natural angelic abilities. With it broken he can fly or 'teleport' anywhere he pleases. He can bend time to an extent. Remove/replace organs. You know the whole deal. He can also look over the souls of any creature, whether on earth, in hell, or see the grace of any angel in heaven. Dvergr's next seal is (well my personal favorite) the symbol of Zeta Isaacs, in a circle. This seal when broken gives him those uncanny yellow eyes his father had. His wings are like his last seals, but without the feathers and meat. They are just bones, bones from a giant bird it almost looks like. The seal limits his persuasive abilities, other wise known as his lust abilities. When broken he can seduce even an angel, which is impressive. Dvergr can get what he wants, when he wants it. Money, a car, sex. You name it. His second to last seal is that of the Sentagramal Arcs in a circle. When broken his eyes become the common pure black. His wings become pure darkness, and appear like a visible version of most angel's wings. With this broken he can reach the true potential of his demonic abilities.  His last seal is the seal over his heart, it is a lower case Greek letter. The letter zeta. When broken his eye return to the natural grey of his, but he has serious changes. His wings return to the form of his black ones, but white. Bands of energy are around his wrists, ankles, thighs, and two making a X shape over his chest. These are made of pure light, and have angelic writing in them. In this form he can access all of his abilities. He becomes so powerful that he can even fight off an arch angel for a very long time before tiring in the slightest. He wouldn't beat it, but he'd get close. Dvergr can control music without any seal being broken because Zachariah didn't find that to be a threat. He can create sound, sing in any voice or voices. He can do any accent, lower and heighten his voice at will. He can sing louder than any opera singer on earth and heaven back. When a creature sees Dvergr in his true form, he does not appear as light like most angels do. He appears as pure darkness, not smoke, but pure darkness. When seen, the person goes blind in a different way. Their eyes are not burned out, but rather they will never see the true realm again. Instead they see a nightmare realm filled with every fear they have. The downside of being part demon. He does not like his powers in the least, and is looking to get rid of them. He has no true grace to rip out because he is not a true angel. Due to must angels and demons alike out casting him and wanting him dead he hates his abilities. The only species that doesn't treat him like a disease is the human race, so he wants to become human. He'd do just about anything. When he came down to earth he chose Matthew Westcott because of his selection in music. The nineteen year old listened to music similar to his tastes, and wanted to be able to listen to his Ipod when he couldn't create beats and sing out loud. Even though he doesn't have to ask for consent into a human body, he always asks. Though, for Matthew Westcott's sake, the kid was dead from overdosing when Dvergr showed up.
2. Matthew Westcott (West - cot): Was a nineteen ear old Caucasian. He has a tongue piercing, two eyebrow piercings in his right eyebrow, and twelve in his ears, six on each side. He has a small gauged earlobe. Then a second lobe piercing. He has the other as four cartilage piercings going up his ears which are eternal loops. Each side is symmetrical. Surprisingly, it was Dvergr who got all but the original first lobe piercing. He is five foot nine inches tall, with short black hair, and naturally brown eyes. When Dvergr took over his body though, they became piercing grey. Matthew Westcott worked at a cafe in Downtown Manhattan, where he stayed with three friends sharing an apartment. He took his own life overdosing on Benzodiazepines, or antidepressants. What good they did him. Matthew Westcott did not attend school, and was kicked out of his house the day he turned eighteen. His parents were not accepting of his dreams to become a musician or the fact he was a homosexual. His dream was to go to music school to become a singer. He could play the piano, guitar, bass, violin, and drums. He had been going to therapy for genetic and chronic depression since age fourteen when his parents put him in a psychiatric ward for threatening to kill a bully of one his friends and himself by slowly peeling his skin off and making him eat his own tongue and eyeballs. Surprisingly, he took his life in peace and not sadness, during the one month he was actually happy. He was met by Dvergr himself, leading him to Valice so she could escort him to a better place. During which, Dvergr left his mother's sight and entered his body. Thus is the end of the story of Matthew Westcott, and the beginning to Dvergr's story. 
3. Valice (Veil - ehss) : Valice's job is talk to the souls of humans, demons, and the grace of angels alike. She is the voice of hope. She will listen to your soul or grace, and hear it's problems. She'll whisper back advice if she is allowed and is a friend to every soul. During a war between angels and demons, she was taken from heaven, and tortured for information. Azazel, leading the interrogation at the time, would rape her repeatedly. This is how Dvergr was born. Valice was rescued by her brother Castiel and brought back to heaven where she gave birth to Dvergr. Castiel and Valice are the only two who took care of Dvergr and treated him right. Valice taught Dvergr that every soul is worth saving and talking to. She taught him how to speak to them with his music, and calm them with it. When Dvergr 'ran' away, she asked Castiel to look for him, which was the real reason he went down to earth. While down their he was assigned the mission to retrieve Dean from hell.
4. Zadkiel (Zad - key - el) : An archangel of the lord. Known as the angel of mercy. He has a human vessel, whom he shares with a demon named Menick. He has promised Menick salvation from hell as long as he protects his vessel while he is away. Zadkiel does mean to follow through with this wish, and will provide him salvation from hell when his vessel dies.
5. Menick (Men - ik): The demon of Jamie Macpherson. He died in 1700. Menick was released from hell when the hell's gate was opened by Jake. Fearing he would be killed by the Winchesters, he prayed. Soon after that he was approached by a young man, around around sixteen or seventeen. He was the 'meat suit' of the angel Zadkiel, and Zadkiel offered him a deal. If he would join in possession of his vessel, protected it while he was away, but still let the young man live his life, he would be granted salvation from hell. You can tell what he responded, yes of course.
6. Demetre Lament: The human vessel of both Zadkiel and Menick. He is seventeen years old and Russian. He was kidnapped at age five by human traffickers. He was sold to a wealthy American politician.  He was used as a sex slave until the age of eleven when he escaped and lived on the streets. Knowing the man could not ask for his return without explaining how he knew the boy. He the gave his self the name Demetre, remembering his Russian past. When he turn fourteen he gave himself his last name, Lament, which were his feelings about his past. To never forget that he has had worse then living on the streets for three years. At fifteen is when Zadkiel began speaking to him. Zadkiel promised him that if he accepted his offer, he would be protected. Demetre accepted, and he at that moment was possessed by Zadkiel. Zadkiel took no time in meeting Menick, offering him the deal for his salvation and Demetre's protection. Zadkiel actually had no need to have a vessel at the time, but he felt so bad for Demetre that he knew even having two souls taking over him at different times, would give him more opportunity at least. Shortly after, Demetre met the Winchesters, and was able to get a life started.
7. Erick and Lenna Holos (Len - a) (Ha - lows): These siblings are fraternal twins, Lenna being the eldest. These two have a rare ability, to be able to form devil's traps and spell circles in their hands and use spells, but are not witches. They were born with the ability. They have no father, and their mother is in a mental hospital. They live in an adopted family, and have since they were seven. Their mother said she was touched by an angel, literally. She says their father was an angel, but cannot remember his name. Their real father is an angel in fact, named Sariel, but he is unaware of their existence until he is sent to kill them. The Winchesters and Castiel stop this, explaining what happened, and Sariel brings his children to heaven with him. Zachariah was unpleased with this though, and asked God to smite Sariel's bastard children, in which God replied, "No." I mean, really, Zachariah can't order God around, who the hell does he think he is?

Tokokyohi: The Altiar's Ambush

Tokokyohi

The Altair’s Ambush

By: Zeta Draco Isaacs

||Tokokyohi||

We were running; sprinting away from the Altair, an enemy gang. Alice took lead and headed for the sewers. Right before I went inside I armed myself with a baton and a flash light. “Alice,” I said, “I think they’re following us.” “Agreed,” She said in a whisper, “Turn all light off.” I did as told. Now it was completely pitch black. We heard footsteps coming closer, then halt. “Alice, Zeta?” The shadowed figure spoke, “It’s me, Rani.” We turned our flash lights back on to see Rani in front of us. “I-I thought you were one of the Altair,” I stammered. I was still shaken by the last couple days. I looked at her, her dark brown hair was pulled up and her pale skin contrasted with the darkening surroundings. I looked at Alice, she was smiling, but behind it I could tell she was worried about my health. I had been inside the Altair’s base for only a couple of days, but I will be dreaming about it for months. If it wasn’t for the fact I lived alone, my parents may have sent out an amber alert. The faint echo of footsteps could be heard behind us and I spun the baton in my hands. “Homo infirmus est sed fortis est populus.” Alice and Rani nodded as we prepared for what will most likely be a fight.

||Days Earlier||

||School: Gibran||

I was sitting at the lunch tables when I was hugged from behind. “Hey Lissa, how are you?” “Hey bro,” She spoke in a happy tune. “Why so happy?” Lissa released me from her grip and sat next to me. “Cause I can come over this weekend, silly. Don’t you remember inviting me?” “Oh, must have slipped my mind,” I said jokingly. “Don’t sound so excited,” She said sarcastically. “Got it, but really, it’ll be fun,” I chuckled. Tomorrow is Friday, my second to favorite day. Little did I know was that tomorrow would be the day I meet the man who flips all of my worlds upside down.

||Tokokyohi: Zeta||

I was sitting in front of my desk, feet on the table, when I heard a crash from the kitchen. I grabbed my collapsible baton and ran towards the resonating sound. I stopped dead at the door. Two males were standing at one end; a metal pan next to one’s foot.  Through the whole scene I was calm; I didn’t budge or make eye contact to challenge them. “How did you enter this base?” I stated. “We followed you,” One grunted, he was tall and bulky. I turned my gaze to the other; he was short and didn’t seem too big a threat. “I meant as in, how exactly did you enter into this base?”  Their masks had birds on it, the signature of the Altair. The smaller one’s mask seemed to have a hawk on it, “Why should we tell you? We may need it for a future date.” His voice was kind of, nice sounding. Suddenly the bigger of the two lunged at me with a fist raised. I leapt backwards and readied myself for the next assault.

I grunted when I saw the many broken tiles under him, “Strong one, aren’t ya?” He got up and lunged at me, I side stepped, spun my baton and hit him behind the knee. He leaned forward some from the impact and I elbowed him right in the back. With that, the hulk of a male tried to stand by grabbing more pans before cumpling to the floor. I glanced over when I saw movement in my peripherals. The other boy took out a small, yellow, box-like gun and pointed it at me. “Well then,” I coughed awkwardly at this stand still. The smaller male took no time in pulling its trigger. I lost control of all body control. I collapsed, quivering, and saw the two looking over me.

“That wasn’t as hard as the boss said it would be,” the smaller boy stated in his melodic voice. The bulky male looked at the other, “What now?” “Now, we make him swallow Rose’s little pill,” the petite male said, was he smiling under his mask? I stuttered, but got my words out, “Ubicumque sum ego redeo semper patriae.” They looked at me strangely as if I had spoken gibberish, then the bulkier pinned my head down and opened my mouth. The smaller male straddled my chest and said, “Bon appétit.” He took something from a vest pocket and dropped it in my mouth. The larger male snapped my mouth closed as I struggled to release myself. I could feel the pill dissolving in my mouth and refused to swallow. But soon, I felt my instincts kick in, and I swallowed as to not suffocate myself. I looked at the two in horror through my mask. As they kept me pinned down, I could feel myself slowly losing my grasp on the world, fading into nothingness, mere dreamless sleep. Drugged sleep.

 ||School: Gibran||

Lissa and I were dragging ourselves to home room when I noticed a kid in the school yard talking to one of the aids. He was kind of cute, and looked new from the way the aid pointed out the buildings. “Hey Lissa, who’s that?” I stared at the boy, he was short in stature, light brown short hair, and was wearing a green, vintage style, T shirt. He smiled at the aid and turned my direction. What a sight I must have been, standing still, mid motion, gawking at him. I quickly turned my head away and began to catch up to Lissa, who upon deciding that I was a helpless flirt, left me. When we got to room 105 we slipped inside and sat at our desks, chatting about the usual stuff. Soon enough though, our happy chatter ended when the mysterious boy entered the room. He didn’t seem to notice me, or ignored my existence if he did. Walking right up to the teacher, he must be explaining the usual new student lingo. Mr. Ellis laughed whole heartedly, “You can take a seat next to Gibran. Mr. Revnik, please raise your hand here for young Mr. Atrum.” I looked at Mr. Ellis with dismay, but none the less raised my hand. The boy looked perplexed, as if deciding if sitting next to me was a good idea. He must have decided either it wasn’t that bad, or that it would be strange to ask if he could sit elsewhere.

It felt awkward, more so than usual. I was used to getting partnered with Jordan. But now we have an even class, and she has been partnered with Chris. I looked at him awkwardly. He was giving us some time to look over yesterday’s homework, but I already looked over it with Lissa when we did it together. Maybe this would be a good time to get to know him? “Erm, I’m Gibran. Gibran Revnik.” I gave a half smile with this and reached my hand out to shake his. He shook mine back an introduced himself, “Spence.” He let go of my hand and we shared the silent moment again. I was about to start the conversation again when he asked me, “Why were you staring at me earlier? That was you, right?” I looked down and rubbed the back of my head. “Well, kinda, I mean,” I trailed off awkwardly, trying to straighten my thoughts, “I kinda just noticed you. I didn’t recognize you, is all. Guess I was trying to figure you out, sorta.” He chuckled and we started to converse. By the end of class it felt like we were old friends, the only problem was that this ‘old friend’ of mine was really attractive.

“So what are your other classes, man?” I looked at him as he read his schedule. He handed it to me as we walked out of class. “Next is Adv. English 2, then you have Geometry, and finally French 2 for seventh period,” I trailed off before looking at his A day classes, “Aerobics, History, Art, and French 2 again. Looks like you’ll be stuck with me every class except art, man.” I laughed some as he took back his schedule, “Well then, I’m glad we got on a good start together.” He smiled as Lissa caught up to us. “So what’s my little bro harassing you about right now?” She said jokingly. I introduced them before she went to her A.P. Calculus class. She may not act like it in person, but Lissa was one of the smarted people I knew. I showed Spence around the school some during break before taking him to our English class and introducing him to our teacher, Mrs. Watson. He was very impressed by her last name, which the whole class joked about. Soon the bell rang and he sat in his seat across the room.

“Now everyone, we’re going to read our examples of this piece, starting with Mr. Revnik.” I glanced around, a fleeting hope she’d pick someone else gone. I stood up and looked at the class, note book in my hands, open in front of me. “And so the night sky fell dark as he continued traveling from his forsaken home. All was lost for him, his life forever changed by these sudden events. Will he ever be able to regain his lost honor, and return to the castle he called home? Nay, I think not. He must forget the luxurious past of his, and look towards the harsh future that lays ahead, a path many would never even grasp in attempting to walk. This man was not scared or afraid. He was aware of the hardships, ready to defeat any challenge which heads his way, and last of all, regain the lost family which can never be forgotten in his eyes. This man is one of honor and disgrace, for he was a man of light, dropped into the abyss this life has to offer him. The shadows will not yet consume his soul, for when that day comes, he may lay down his sword an arms. He may rest for eternity, as the shadows consume the body that once held such a noble soul.” I looked around at my fellow classmates, some gawking. I glanced at Spence as I sat down. His look was of pure astonishment, awe. I smirked a bit at him while he tried to regain his posture. I think my luck may have gone up a bit in the world. Very first day a new cute guy comes to school, and we’re friends already.

||Tokokyohi: Alice||

“What happened here,” I quarried, “Where is Zeta? Titan, get Rani and Shadow here for me.” The taller masked boy did as told and went to get his higher ups. I had come to Base One to check up on my second in command. To my surprise, he was gone. I had suspected he’d gone home, but when I went to go make myself some popcorn, I found the kitchen a wreck. Shattered tiles, pans off the hooks they hanged on from the roof and cupboards, and a baton on the ground.

“Sir, you called for us?” Shadow walked over to me, his commanding officer, he was holding a briefcase in his left hand. Rani was trailing behind him, “What’cha need boss?” I looked at Shadow, asking if he’d look over the area; give it a clean sweep as I conversed with Rani.

“Look, this is sudden, and I’m not certain, but it seems like something bad happened here. We may have been breached. Take your team and go around the sewers looking for another entrance into this base. See if any of the older entrances and even the current ones have been unsealed,” I sighed, hoping that Zeta just had a temper tantrum, but that wasn’t like him, “Last thing, check the records on the entrance log to see if they came through one of those first. Might make us waste less time.”

Rani left the room and walked over to her crew’s sector. “Guys, we got a mission. Ali, take Titan with you, and go look over the old entrances. Rua, be a darling and look over the entrance video logs. I’ll be taking Welsh and overseeing the nearby area in the tunnels and above ground to see if someone gained entrance that way.” Her team nodded and sprang into action while she and Welsh left to explore the tunnels some.

I glanced over my shoulder as Rani left with her squad. Shadowed continued to search the area for evidence, as for an Investigation Officer, he was the best. It’s why he’s located in Base One. Out of all five bases so far, and the sixth being built, we kept our best in Base One. Or we tried to at least. “I think I’ve found something, Boss,” Shadow picked up what looked to be a small piece of yellow plastic, “This is a blast door for a model X26 Citizen  taser. Looks like you were right about something bein’ fishy here. Seems like we got ourselves a breach an attack.”

“Look for the other one then, take your pictures as usual, and look for more evidence. Make sure you take that to the lab,” I turned around and headed to my office for a quick call I needed to make. As I walked through the maze of tunnels, rooms, and hallways that make Base One I thought about when Zeta and I had begun this group. It felt so long ago, because it was. Mere dreaming of seventh graders, and here we are now, sophomores. I pasted the metal working room and waved at Sooki, making more of her throwing knives. I finally reached my office and entered. The room was pitch black, the faint smell of incense still lingered from last night. I walked over to where my desk lamp was and turn it on. I messed with the mouse a bit, and my computer’s screen came to life. With a quick rundown of information, I dialed the number.

It rang six times before he answered. “Yeah, who’s this?” “Terra Firma,” my monochromatic voice was darker than usual, bidding bad news, “What! That’s impossible, Zeta made that inaccessible to those not of Base One!” My emotionless face slowly faded into one of anger and grief, “Zeta’s missing. Meet me tomorrow. We’re having a senate meeting.” “Yes Sir,” the voice on the other side of the phone said, his voice strained. Was he panicking? I knew I was. No one has ever broken into Base One before, it was considered impossible. No matter how Zeta stated it improbable, no one listened till now. The only worry was, he was the one to witness the truth in his words.

||School: Gibran||

            I was sitting over by the drama room with Lissa when Kira came running up to us. “Hey Kira, what’s up?” Lissa asked her, she was mowing down on a ham sandwich. Kira was jumping up and down with joy when I told her, “Well, spit it out. We haven’t got all lunch you know.” She calmed down some so she could talk, “You know that guy I like? Well, we switched seats in chemistry today, and now he sits next to me!” I saw some colour behind Kira, and glanced around her. It was Spence, looking a bit awkward. The girl nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard him from behind her.

            “Uh… Hey,” Spence seemed a bit nervous as he spoke, “Can, I sit with you guys?” I smiled and said sure. He sat down as Kira continued without hesitation, “He’s so dreamy guys. I really hope he likes me back; maybe we can get to know each other better now too!” Lissa and I chuckled as she continued about this boy. “So what’s his name?” Lissa asked finally. Kira blushed some as she tried to sputter his name out, “Raimundo…” I nearly spit out my food, “Raimundo Vasquez!?” She nodded blushing. How could she actually like him, that dude is such a prick. I sighed and let her continue. Lissa got talking with Spence some before we headed off to class. I introduced him to Ms. Hudson, our geometry teacher as the bell rang. I sat in my usual seat as our teacher went to find Spence a seat.

            Class went by in a flash, and French was starting. Mr. Bailey is my favorite teacher. He’s sarcastic, clever, and funny over all. We don’t have assigned seating, so I spent the time introducing Spence to the others, and helped him with figuring out what our class was teaching. He got the hang of it pretty fast and we spent the rest of that class practicing.

||Tokokyohi: Zeta||

            I awoke in a daze. I tried to get up, but my arms were cuffed to the ground. I was stuck in this kneeling position. As I started to regain consciousness, I remembered what had happened. Base One, the short lasting fight, the pill they made me swallow. I slowly opened my eyes to sounds muddled by drugs. I finally managed to open the lead gates to vision and saw only blurry figures. This energy did not last though, and soon I fell back to my state of unconsciousness.

            When I finally awoke coherent, I had no idea how long it had been. Hours or days? I looked around my little cell; there was a small light with a cage cover over it. A metal table was located to one side of the room; it seemed to have some type of tools on it. A steel door was the only entrance into this hell hole. The cuffs keeping me grounded were uncomfortable against the pink flesh. I still move in my sleep it seems. My bones ached to move, but it’d be pointless in trying. I was so deep in thought that I guess I didn't hear the door creak open and clunk closed.

            “Welcome Zeta Draco Isaacs, to my home,” a young man with a large bird on his mask spoke to me, mockingly, “I am Sokol, leader of the Altair.” I glared at him through my mask, “Why have you brought me here?” He just chuckled, “Isn't it obvious? You have information that is very important to me. Bases, members, account numbers,” He trailed off. I spat at him, “Never.” I bet he was smirking behind his mask because it sure sounded like it, “Oh, we have our ways of making you talk; even if it ends with overdosing or bleeding to death.” My face grew pale as he left and the smaller boy from earlier walked inside with a woman.

            “Well. Well. Well, look who we have here,” the boy said, “I just wanted to tell you, that later this week, I’ll be removing your mask to see who you really are. We were polite enough to keep it on you, earlier. Oh, and for more generosity, you can call me Taka Windsurfer, Zeta Draco Isaacs.” He moved away from me as the young woman strutted forward. Her mask had a swallow flying around a rose on it. “This is Rose, our Torturess,” Taka said, “She’ll be interrogating you while you stay here at Le Château des Oiseaux.” I could barely hold my laughter, “The Castle of Birds? That’s the best you could come up with. Wow.” Rose moved over to the small table, grabbing a small knife from it. I gulped a bit, readying myself for the worst, “Ego praemordeo mea lingua coram semper loqui verbum.” “Is that so? You’d bite off your own tongue before you ever tell us anything? I can do that for you.”

Rose walked forward with the small knife in hand, she knelt down next to me and put the blade on my thigh, “All I want to know right now is whether you are expanding your territory or not. If so, I’d like to know where and why. Maybe the locations of the other bases you have. Intel told us you have four others, and are building a new one,” Rose started to apply pressure on the knife some as it ran up and down my thigh. I tried squirming away from the blade’s edge, but she quickly added pressure, cutting my leg. I flinched, but keep my tongue closed. “You’re going to make this fun for me, aren’t you?” Rose was enjoying my unwillingness to talk, “You’ve made my week, I finally get to actually torture someone effectively.” She laughed at that, raising the hand with the knife, slamming it back down into my leg. I almost screamed from the pain. Taka watched the agony continue for the next hour, but I refused to speak a word. Finally Rose left the room, ending our session for now.

Taka walked over to me, a small bag in hand that he took from the table. He opened the bag and started to work on fixing my wounds. “What are you doing?” I asked him, questioning his motives. “If you go into shock, or get an infection and die, you’ll be useless to us. Not to mention I want you in good shape when I reveal your true identity to the boss and my generals. “Your generals? You a head of house, or…” I trailed off some as I observed him. He looked up at me, his short brown hair stuck to his head from being in such a humid room. His mask design was actually quite beautiful, a hawk dancing in the wind. As if understanding my thoughts, he answered, “Yes, I’m the second in command of the Altair, moving from city to city.” After he stitched up the cuts and gashes, he got up and left. I heard the faint murmur of voices outside before dozing off again. Did he drug me again, or was I really just this tired? I feel asleep, dreaming of Taka, him removing my mask. Over and over again.

||School: Lissa||

I walked up to the front door of his apartment, and knocked. Gibran opened the door and smiled, letting me inside. By the time he closed the door, I had already taken off my shoes, dropped my bag on his couch, and was raiding the fridge. He laughed, “Same ole’ Lissa.” I took out a small red box that said ‘Pocky’ on the side from the fridge then plopped down on his couch, “Ready for our Doctor Who marathon?” “Inferno quod sic!” He sat next to me and took some Pocky. I turned on the television and went to Netflix. About three hours later we were laughing, watching Rose and the Doctor fight off aliens. A bowl of popcorn on the coffee table, a box of pizza next to it, and two mugs of pumpkin spice tea. We stayed up all night watching Doctor Who when I finally passed out on the couch around four a.m.

When I woke up it was the afternoon and Gibran was up making crepes for us, tea already finished, cooling. After we served ourselves our tea and food, we went back to watching Doctor Who. Luckily for us, Martin Luther King Day was this Monday, so a two night sleep over was in order. I loved this weekend; it was cooler that we got to walk to school together as well. I love Gibran, like family, he’s the best ‘little bro’ a girl could have. I never knew Gibran made himself tea every morning to enjoy before walking to school. We chatted the whole way to school when we parted ways so he could show Spence their other classes. It’s like Gibran is not even trying to hide the fact he has feelings for that boy, it’s so obvious. I sighed. “Young love,” I mused. I met up with Kira for our A.P. Euro History class.

||School: Gibran||

I was helping Spence get a locker and P.E. clothes when the bell rang. He was assigned locker 134 D, a empty locker down my locker isle, about three lockers down. This was bad. I was going to see Spence undress twice every other morning for the rest of the year. I was becoming flustered slightly from the idea. I quickly got changed, not daring to even glance his way. I was waiting for him, outside the locker room, when Fury walked by. “Yo, Gibran, what’s up?” I smiled at her, “Nothin’ much. Just waiting for the new kid to get out so I can show him the works.” “Oh?” She seemed intrigued, cocking an eyebrow, “He cute? And if so, is he in my class?” I blushed a bit, “I guess Spence is okay looking, and yeah, he’s in our class.”

“I’m just okay looking?” It looked like I had just about touched the eight foot hallway roof when I heard those words. I turned around slowly, seeing it was in fact Spence behind me, looking a bit disappointed. “Uh… Yeah. Just okay looking, sorry.” I rubbed the back of my head awkwardly. Fury was laughing her ass off, causing more people to stare at us. Just then Raimundo walked out of the locker room. “Hm, looks like Gaybrin’s got a new boy toy,” he mused. “Shut up Raimundo, do not. I don’t even like Spence that way.” He cocked an eyebrow at me, “Oh really, so I’m guessing you wouldn’t mind if I just took the guy from ya, would you?” “Oh, shut up Raimundo. You don’t have to be an ass to Gib all the time,” Fury was standing next to him, hands on her hips. She looked very disgruntled, “Why not go pick on someone of your intelligence. Rocks usually don’t care if you insult them.” He grunted, but left us alone.

“Who was that, Gibran?” Spence asked me, a touch of concern in his voice. “Oh… He’s just the school jock, kinda. He just likes to insult me because I’m,” I bit my lip hoping he wouldn’t turn out to be like Raimundo, “Bisexual.” I looked down after saying this, but I guess Spence misinterpreted this as being shy. “That’s okay, man,” He smiled some, patting my shoulder, “Nothin’ to be ashamed of. To be honest,” He cupped his hands around my ear so only I, or well, Fury cause she was listening in, could hear, “I’m a bit bi-curious.” I backed up a bit, slightly flustered, but calm. “Oh, I see. Well, um, how about Fury and I show you around, huh?” Spence nodded and we walked around the halls, showing him the different gym rooms, then outside to see the football field, track, and tennis courts. By the time class started, I had nearly forgotten the whole earlier event. Almost.

Fury introduced him to our teacher, and he got seated in roll call. We spent the rest of P.E. doing our own things. When it came time to change I glanced once at him. I hadn’t meant to, and I really wish I hadn’t. He wore tight briefs. They were blue-grey, and really showed off is butt. My eyes started moving forward when I realized what I was doing and looked away. I showed him the other half of our campus when we headed for our next class. Sure, it was break, but it’s better to show him now, then him get lost trying to find a certain place. We walked into our U.S. History class, which was a popular place to eat and hangout. Mr. Wilson was talking to a couple students whom I knew when I introduced him to Spence. “Oh, and those two are Kelly an Aaron. They have this class next too.” I smiled at them and we all started chatting what little time we had left away. When the bell rang I went to my seat and took out my notes from yesterday. Today has been a good day so far, I thought to myself.

Lunch ended pretty quickly, I had already showed him to his art class and was off to Drafting II. I told him to wait outside the class when the bell rang, and I’d meet him so we could walk to French together, it was on the way from where my class was, so it wouldn’t be a burden.

Drafting was the same as it always is music, lines, numbers, computers, and laughter. Mr. Katron was a funny teacher, and also the cross country coach. The bell rang and I nearly jumped out of my seat to make Spence wait the least amount of time. I was around the hall, up the stairs, and inside Building 2 by the time someone could say ‘Rose destroyed the Daleks’. He was surprised to see me waiting outside for him instead. I had shown him where my drafting class was, so he knew the distance. “Uh, hey,” he said, a smile growing on his face. “Hey.” I smiled back, and we walked over to Building 1 for French.

That Tuesday had ended the same as any other. Not too bad, and with me hopping a fence to go down into the sewer tunnels as a faster way home. Except for one detail, Spence was walking and hopping with me. We planned to hangout this afternoon at my place.

||Tokokyohi: Zeta||

Taka came in with the, bulky, young man I remember from the attack. “Iguru, keep a hold of his hands.” Iguru held me by my wrists as Taka unlocked my shackles. Quickly, just in case I was faking my weak state, he slapped on some handcuffs. “Get up,” I heard Iguru say from behind me. I groggily tried to stand, but fell in the attempt. Taka seemed to rush to my aide, “Not so rough, Iguru. He is still healing from Rose’s interrogations. We didn’t let him have a single session today cause he needed to stand and be coherent.

Taka got under my arms with one of his and helped me stand up. My legs were shaking, but I could slowly walk forward. I could feel tears well up in my eyes from the pain in my legs. Rose purposely targets my thighs. The pain while walking was unimaginable.  We slowly headed to a small room, where Sokol, Rose, and some others waited for us. They sat me down on a chair in the middle of the dreary room. “Today, Zeta Draco Isaacs, second in command of the Tokokyohi,” Sokol was speaking in a booming voice, “will be unmasked, his identity shown to the members whom are in this room. As we all know, this honor goes to my second in command, as well as good friend of mine, Taka Windsurfer.”

Taka stepped forward as Sokol moved away from behind me. He stepped closer to me and leaned down, putting his hands behind my head, feeling for the latch that held the hard plastic barrier. Just as he found it, and clicked it to undo, the power switched off in the room. I took my only chance as I kicked Taka will all the force I had. Even in my weakened state, I was still strong. A good ‘Ooof’ sounded in the room as I heard my mask clatter to the ground. The echo of the door slamming open and the sound of something bouncing on the cement floor is what hit my ears next. Then a whistling sound of something being sprayed into the air. The smell was retched, tearing my eyes again. The sound of people entering and exiting the room was loud.

||School: Spence||

I had so much fun hanging out with Gibran. We played some video games for a while, and then watched some TV. He had pizza from the weekend left over, so we just had that. I didn’t mind though. I had no idea Gibran lived alone in his own apartment. That was crazy, I’m so jealous. I wonder how he did though, wasn’t it illegal to rent an apartment unless you’re eighteen? I’ll ask him about it later.

My mom let me stay over for the night instead. We spent the rest of the night watching a cheesy horror film. Gibran fell asleep near the end and was snoozing on my shoulder. I didn’t really mind though. His peaceful face illuminated by the TV’s glow. ‘Wow,’ I thought to myself, ‘He looks pretty… cute when he sleeps.’ His short dark hair ruffled a bit by the days movements, and his pale skin tinted a light green from the TV screen. His usually piercing grey eyes blocked my his long eye lashed eye lids. God, when he said he was bi, my heart fluttered. Everything about him seemed like it was meant to make him as attractive as possible.

I awoke to the faint blaring of a alarm in another room. There was weight on my lap, and I slowly opened my eyes to realize it was Gibran. He had fallen in his sleep, and was resting his head on my lap instead. I looked at the time, six a.m. I nudged Gib awake so I could get up. When he realized where he was he shot up, face red as a tomato. I chuckled as we got ready for school. He lent me some of his clothes, luckily we wear the same size. Gibran handed me a mug of tea before we left his house to go to school.

It was already Geometry; the day had already gone by so fast. I was sitting in my seat a row apart from Gibran’s. Ms. Hudson was passing out graded texts when I saw her gasp at the kid behind him. He was wearing a gay pride shirt and had dyed the tips of his blonde hair rainbow. “I’ll have to ask you to go to the office and change your shirt Mr. Clark.” The boy by the last name Clark looked at her bewildered, “May I ask why?” Ms. Hudson sneered at him, “Because, Mr. Clark, I find your shirt very offensive. Now, please, go to the office and change your shirt. Otherwise I will have to write you up for defiance.”

The boy glared at her, “I’d rather be written up and go to the office than be the one who got bullied by a teacher to change my shirt.” Ms. Hudson was fuming; I was about to get up to say something when she went to her desk, took out a pad of paper and started scribbling wildly. She ripped it off and walked back over to the blonde boy, handing it to him. He got up and went to leave, when Gibran stood up and walked over to him. The kid looked perplexed when this happened, but before anyone could even say anything, he took the paper right out of the kid’s hands and started reading it aloud. “Student defied authority of teacher and spoke disrespectfully to authority figure. What kind of shit is that? He was telling you he wouldn’t stand down to your disrespect for orientations. He proved that closed minded, arrogant people like you will even bully kids like us when you’re the ones we’re supposed to go to if someone does this to us. You make me sick.”

Ms. Hudson look like a vein just burst in her head. “Get. Out. Of. My. Class. Now!” She shrieked. Everyone, myself including, were gawking at not only her reaction, but still processing exactly how true Gibran’s words were. He just shrugged, but an arm around the blonde kid’s shoulders and they walked out together chatting as if nothing happened. Ms. Hudson instantly swooped over to her desk and called the office, informing them two of her students would be arriving there to receive punishment.

||School: Gibran||

Who knew Ms. Hudson would turn out to be such a bigot? I left the class smirking and amending Jack for standing up for himself. Halfway to the office we parted ways. “Erm, where are you going, Gibran?” I smiled at him, “I’m gonna go home. If the office asks where I am, just tell them a giant rainbow took me to a world where every human is treated equal.” He smiled at me and kissed my cheek, “Thanks for standing up with me, dude. It really meant a lot to me.” I blushed a bit, not expecting the sweet gesture. “No problem, man.” With that I went over to the back gate and literally, walked right out of school.

I took the sewer tunnel shortcut to my apartment again, but I thought I’d make a pit stop before I got home. I walked down the fairly empty streets of my hometown, in a trance almost. I will remove the hate in the world one day, and if it takes a little violence, then let it be that way. Batman Complex, yes, I would call it that. I passed the pizza shop and comic book story and made a left. A little ways down and the entrance to the tunnels were in front of me. I swiftly climbed over the fence and made my way down the tunnels. What a day it had been.

 ||Tokokyohi: Alice||

I looked over at Apollo. His nervousness shined through his mocha eyes. A bead of sweat beat down his face as we continued with our meeting. Rani was pleasantly very enthusiastic that we find Zeta as soon as possible, “This was obviously a planned attack. Why else would they have ambushed him when he was alone?” The others on the hologram nodded. I smirked a bit, when you have the funds, endless advanced technology was in your grasp.

Mad Hatter, Savage, and Victor were all on the table sized holographic screen, three of the five Generals of House, the other two standing beside me. We’ll be looking for a sixth as soon as the sixth base is built. We have been considering Ali C. Gun. My thoughts snapped back to more important matter when I heard Savage say, “I think I can help you. A while back Zeta and I did a covert mission that involved stalking members of the Altair, and locating their bases,” he paused a moment before continuing, “My thoughts are he’s probably in the base closest to where you’re all located as of right now.” The others and I nodded, “Send me the location of the nearest found bases. With that, this meeting is adjourned.” The hologram flicked off.

I looked to Rani, “Have your men located how they gained entrance?” Rani nodded, “Yes Sir, they used one of the old entrances from a year ago. My bet is that they followed a member like Zeta and Savage did at that time, and figured it was still operational.” I nodded again, deep in thought, “I’ll be checking on Shadow. Apollo, Rani, select three of you finest Tactical Specialists for the rescue of Zeta Draco Isaacs, our second in command. We leave at O’ Twenty Hundred this evening.”

I left two of my most trusted generals discussing plans and whom they should select for this mission. I walked down a ways when I reached the Evidence Lab. I entered, knocking as I did do. “Oh, who is it?” Shadow was deep in research. “Someone you better have some information for,” I said in a half joking tone. He looked up and saw me, “Ah, yes, of course I do.”

Shadow led me to a table with photographs of the kitchen. It was already remodeled and in use again. “I found a sauce pan on the ground near the middle of the kitchen. My hypothesis says that was probably the cause of alerting Zeta. I can say that when he entered the kitchen, he was faced with two adversaries. One caused the damage in the floor,” Shadow took a breathe before continuing, “The tiles were broken by an impact of extreme force, I’m guessing one of his foes lunged at him, but missed, hitting the tile. At this point the struggle with one another caused some of the other pans to fall near the kitchen entrance.”

I cocked an eyebrow at Shadow, “You said there were two assailants. What of the other one?” He pointed me to the blast doors to the taser he found, “My guess is that this is what beat him. He must not have been wearing his protective vest. His other foe must have pulled this on him and shot him. Due to where the blast doors were found and how the evidence of battle was only found near the entrance, it proves there had to be two assailants.”

I left, thanking Shadow on his hard work. Those damn bastards, pulling a taser was dirty. Not like we fought fairly, but still. And an impact that would shatter tile from one blow? We were up for some trouble when we find Zeta.

||Tokokyohi: Alice||

It was seven fifty. We had a team ready. Rani got Sooki, Ali, and Welsh prepared as Apollo picked out Aqua, Pyron, and Malice. I was about to take my soldiers out to battle. No prep talk, no your mother would be proud, and no you’ll carry a legacy. Savage sent us the map of found bases, one was right near Chaotic High School. We made our way down to it, we each looked pretty casual, but still. We each had a back pack on, full of weapons and gear we’d need. As we got to nearer to the enemy base though, we quieted down, becoming less and less noticeable till finally we disappeared in the scenery.

I was crouching next to Aqua, and Welsh. We were on the east side of the entrance of the base. Hidden behind an old car, this field was a perfect base camp. Hidden from street view, but still close enough to be accessible. An aerial view would show nothing, for the entrance was part of the abandoned bunker. I was directly in front of the entrance, Rani’s squad to the south side, Ali’s squad right behind mine, and Apollo’s squad to the north side of the entrance. Rani’s squad would be our second wave, coming in exactly two minutes after my squad. Ali’s squad would follow her in, and look for the power source, at that time, Apollo’s squad would set up detonations on the entrance for direct post evac.

Two guards stood watch at the bunker’s entrance. Two males, birds on their masks, one holding a short sword, the other seemed to be unarmed. I signaled Aqua to get ready. I had my brass knuckle knives ready to go, a smoker ready to be launched at them. She pulled out a strange thing from her pack. A black cylinder on one side, a crescent of sharp metal on the other, what kind of weapon was this? She flicked it on one side and the metal crescent flung out, as the cylinder started expanding out the other end. “A scythe?” I looked at her inquisitively. She smirked as I saw Welsh ready himself with his ko-katana.

I set the ticking smoke bomb I had, gave the final signal, and chucked it at the two guards. They seemed utterly surprised that a canister was being thrown at them, but prepared when it started dispersing a smoke screen the instant it clunked at their feet. I swooped out from behind the old car, racing towards the cloud of smoke. Aqua was trailing behind me while Welsh took the other side. I went straight for where the door was, slamming it open while Aqua spun her scythe around herself, gashing the sword wielding male in the stomach. Welsh had already taken out the unarmed male, slitting his throat.

I was cautiously fast walking down the halls, when I heard voices from around the corner. I stopped, my arm out in front of Aqua and Welsh. I flattened myself against the wall, trying to peer over the corner. I saw three masked males. Two of them had obvious birds on them; the other though, was that? They were taking Zeta into room two doors down from the bend. I heard faint footsteps from behind me, I looked back to see Rani and her squad. I signaled to them where we were heading and they nodded.

Right before we sprung into action though, the power switched off. I smirked, “Ali.” The six of us went to action, around the corner, and busting the room open. I set another smoke bomb and threw it inside. Coughing and sputtering could be heard, as four of us went inside the room. I heard a commotion, Zeta was fighting back. He was barely visible in the smoky room. Welsh grabbed him as Rani, Sooki, and I fought against some of the members in the room. I noticed Zeta's mask on the ground right before I evaced the room. I grabbed it and ran. Aqua and Pyron were the last to flee from the scene. As we ran out, we ran into Ali’s team near the entrance. Mere seconds after we left the bunker, Apollo’s detonation went off.

As we were running, I noticed Altair were coming out from near by brush and above the bunker, crap. A multi-entrance bunker, this was the perfect base of operations if they guarded it correctly. Welsh and I took off with Zeta as Rani and the others got held up with the enemy. We were already in the nearest tunnels by the time we gave Zeta a rest.

||Tokokyohi: Zeta||

            My chair had fallen backwards from the impact of my kick, me along with it. I wrestled to find my mask, but the smoke blurred my vision. I saw a blurry Taka get and come running at me, but stop suddenly. He just stared at me, a still in the motion of chaos. He pulled off the bottom half of his mask and smiled at me. I looked at him strangely. He walked right up to me, grabbed my face, and kissed me. Suddenly he was pulled from me, as a man tackled him. I was so shocked by the mere second long kiss that I hadn’t even realized I had been picked up and was being carried out of the room.

            I snapped back to reality though, “Hey! Let go of me!” The man set me down as I looked at his mask. It had a cup of tea with the symbol of Rani on it. “Welsh?” He nodded, “This is a rescue mission Sir, now we must hurry.” I tried running my fastest, but it was more like Welsh was dragging me by my waist. I saw Alice behind us holding something in her hand. She stuffed the object in her pack when I saw all the others. Ali, Aqua, Alice, Rani, Sooki, Welsh, Malice and Pyron. We were in what seemed to be a bunker, but we were soon on the ground. A giant explosion knocked most of us off our feet, stumbling around.

            We got up; sprinting away from the Altair. Alice took lead and headed for the sewers, as the others fought off the flooding amount of Altair members. Right before we entered Alice handed me my mask and baton. I put on my mask, knowing that know it was too late. “Alice, I think they’re following us,” I muttered. “Agreed,” She said in a whisper, “Turn all light off.” I did as told. Now it was completely pitch black, I could feel Welsh next to me in the dark, his arm still beside my side if we needed to run. We heard footsteps coming closer, than halt. “Alice, Zeta?” The shadowed figure spoke, “It’s me, Rani.” We turned our flash lights back on to see Rani in front of us. “I-I thought you were one of the Altair,” I stammered. She just hugged me. We went a little further when we heard more footsteps. I prepared for the worst, yet again.

            A young woman with a tidal wave and the symbol of Apollo on her mask came walking up to us, with a young man being semi-supported by her. “He jumped on his own men, and helped me escape,” Aqua panted out, “I couldn’t just leave him there to die.” Alice nodded, understanding. The boy had a gash in his side, he groggily looked up, half of his mask was missing. It didn’t take long for me to recognize that mask though, it was Taka. “Did the others take the planned routes?” Welsh asked Aqua. She nodded, she was obviously weak so he offered to take Taka from her. “I’ve got him, you shouldn’t push yourself so much Aqua.” Alice looked questionably at my own condition, but let it slide. 

            Once we got inside Base One we all but collapsed. I faded away into a world of horrific dreams, replaying all the past events, namely the sessions with Rose. I awoke in the infirmary, Taka, still masked, in the bed next to mine. I tried pushing myself up, sleepily rising from my cot. Alice, Rani, and Ali were asleep, leaning on each other on the visitor’s chairs. I smiled under my mask. I heard a groan come from next to me, and I shifted my gaze to Taka again. He was waking up, obviously in pain.

            “You’ll need to take some more of your pain meds,” I said to him as I pointed at the bottle next to him. He stared at me, than nodded. I remembered the kiss, and wanted to ask him about it. I also wanted to know why he helped Aqua and the others out, but he was just waking, so I’ll give him some peace as he regained consciousness. “I know you may not be in the mood for chatting, but I just wanted to let you know, Angel won’t let us go till we are most of the way healed. A couple days and we’ll be fine.” He grimaced, “My family will worry.”

            I looked down, understanding. “I’ll get to the point; I want to know two things from you. Before the others wake up.”  He looked at me as he grabbed the glass of water next to his medication and took one of the tablets, “And what is that?” I looked straight at him, “Why did you kiss me, and why did you help out my friends?” He chuckled slightly, “Really wanna know?” I nodded, as Taka slipped his hands behind his head, unlatching his mask, letting it slide down his face. I starred right into his eyes, shock and confusion flooding into mine. I was looking right at Spence. “I didn’t think that you’d turn out to be Zeta Draco Isaacs though, Gibran. Just doesn’t seem like you.” I flustered some, and stuttered back, “Yeah, well, you don’t seem to be the type who’d let people get tortured for information.”

            Spence looked down, frowning, “I’m sorry for what Rose did. We were just following orders,” he trailed off. “Were you following orders when you fought your own men?” He looked at me astonished, “O-O-f course not!” He stammered. “Then why’d you do it? If Aqua had left you there, you would have been killed.” Spence just looked down again, muttering something. “What was that?” I moved from my bed to his, sitting in front of him. Spence looked me straight in the eye, his hands going behind my head, undoing my mask. “I did it because I wanted you to be safe.” Right as he said that, he kissed me, on the lips. It was so sudden, my instincts made me back away. He glanced down again, “I guess you don’t feel that way for me though.” He trailed off. Without a real thought, or maybe I did think about it, and at that moment and said, ‘Eh, what the hell.’ I grabbed his lapels, and pulled him into me, kissing him.

||School: Gibran||

            It had been two weeks since Alice and the others rescued me. Spence and I are dating now, I couldn’t believe it! Raimundo finally came out as being gay, he’s nice to me know. He’s dating Jack Clark, but most people know him as the Welsh Hornet. Spence joined the Tokokyohi, it’s not like he could go back to the Altair. He still goes by Taka Windsurfer, but he has a new mask. Spence was happy to meet everyone in the Tokokyohi. He has a very special position, my personal body guard. Trust me, he is, dare I say, very enthusiastic with his job. The sixth base has been completed finally. Ali accepted the position as General of House for it. She has two other members with her till she gets a hang on everything. Aqua and Sooki were glad to help her, so it’s no burden to anyone. Taka was able to identify other members of the Altair for us even, making them sitting ducks. The school didn’t fuss too much about me being gone for that week an a half; I only had to have my guardian to sign some slips saying I was sick. Luckily for me, Mr. Revnik is a very good sponsor of the Tokokyohi.  The whole ordeal ended miserably happy. I am upping security for all the bases, with the help of Zen, one of my best men, a genius . Lissa was relieved to find out that the stab wounds had missed the dangerous spots. Rose was very precised with her work, causing as much pain, with little real harm to the victim. Kira, Lissa, Raimundo, Jack, and I all eat lunch near the drama room still. Even though the experience was traumatizing, I believe it has turned out better than anyone could have hoped. My mission to cease hate in the world is becoming more and more in my grasp. One day, I hope that the Tokokyohi will lead us to true peace once everything is equal.