Mikhial was making a final leap at Nix when he heard the words to the chant that Nix was trying to complete. His ears pricked forward and he stopped dead in his tracks as Nix collapsed in front of him. He could feel his body start to slowly change back into his human form. The moon was fading from the night sky and so was the effects of the lunar from Mikhial's body as well. Yet besides that the spell had done its part. That is most of what it was supposed to do. Put him at a weakened state of form and then immobilize him. The last part did not work. But it needed not to, for Mikhial was to weak to carry on anyway.

"What have I done...." Mikhial said in a shallow whisper as his human body collapsed to the ground. "...my friend.... what shall I do... now.... gone." Mikhial finished as his eye lids finally came to a close.

Sakura jumped as he cried out and quickly followed him. "What's-" Then she saw him, her eyes grew wide and she gasped. "ACHERON!!" She cried and kneeled at his side. "No...no...damit! Be careful for what you wish for idiot!!" She fussed at him. She listened to Darious, feeling just as helpless....until he mentioned healing. Her face lit up. "THAT"S IT!!" She cried and moved over, crossing her hands over the bite marks. She began to glow again as she worked on healing him. "Back in the caves... I discovered a new power...I guess because I want to help people so much...."

Darious blinked at her. "now that's something, a healer!" he smiled at her. "i've never heard of such a thing in all my life...and death, that's amazing"
sitting back he relaxed a little. "he'll need a blood transfusion, but he'll live at least."
looking over in the direction where he could hear voices he shook his head.
"the last time this happened she ended up killing nearly every human in the castle, but i don't remember how Acheron stopped her... he used some weird words like a spell."
he frowned looking down at Ach, if only i could do that mind reading thing they can do, that would make this alot easier." he sat deep in thought i sure it was a spell but how would Acheron know it?

Sakura nodded nervously. "O-Okay...." She finished listening to everything before deciding to speak. "How are we supposed to give him a blood transfusion? Obviously we can't do it, because blood doesn't run through us any more. Then, once he's well, he could stop Lady Vexous, if not simply tell us the spell and we can try and see if it works..."

The screaming had stopped echoing in Araceli's head. She slowly dropped her hands from her head and glanced around, her eyesight a bit fuzzy as it readjusted to the night and from the pain that was ebbing away slowly. She placed her hands on the damp earth then shifted her weight onto her shoulders. "Damn it!" She hissed as she whipped her right hand onto her shoulder once again applying pressure. "Well at least the little mind trick had distracted me from my shoulder for a bit." Carefully getting up off of the ground she brushed herself absently then rubbed the back of her neck. "What a bloody night..." She muttered to herself, tears still making their way out slowly at the corners of her eyes as she tilted her head back to the sky and closed her eyes.

"Darious seems like he was the only good thing out of this..." Her eyes snapped open at the thought of the spirit. "Darious!" She cried out as both hands snapped up to her neck. His amulet that he had given her was gone. "No! No, no, no!" She yelled louder, her rage taking her over finally. "I will NOT leave that behind! I PROMISED!" She shrieked at herself, not caring that she looked like a complete lunatic at the moment, it was just her breaking point. She had failed the Order, she wasn't going to fail the only 'friend' she seemed to have made after all of these years living with the elderly.

Forgetting about the pain that ailed her in her shoulder, Araceli turned and ran back to the cathedral's secret entrance and through it. There was a stairway she could take that would allow her to avoid the beasts in the main hall. From there she would collect the amulet which must have fallen off of her as she slept, redress herself in her usual combat wear and collect a few more weapons that would provide useful against the Were.

"hmmm i may know someone that can help" darious stood, "you can tag along if you want, but i'm going into the village, she knows i'm a ghost so she would be fine around you."
looking down at Acheron's limp body. "i wish there was a way we could make him more comfortably, but i guess were just not that lucky."

Sakura shook her head. "No, I'll stay here and finish healing him. I find it takes me a while...plus if Lady Vexous goes on a rampage like you said, I have to be here to help those." She closed her eyes and focused on Acheron's wound. "Please hurry Darious..." she encouraged, with a worried tone.

"Much better." She said to herself as she finished strapping on her boots and pulled latched her cloak around her. Rearmed, clothed, and with Darious' amulet around her neck safe and secure under her top against her skin, she was good to go.

There was no need to be subtle as she descended the stairway once more expecting to find the two beats raging against one another yet. Instead she found the both of them still intact and appearing comatose on the ground. Carefully treading over to them, Araceli inspected them quickly and saw that they had no wounds that led to them to bleed out.

Looking back to the inner sanctum where the two some odd bodies of dead Order members lay, Araceli looked back down at the two with a look of pure hatred and a mind to burn the whole place down with these two still inside.

Draious nodded and ran as fast as he could out the castle and through the forest.
before entering the village he changed his form and keep moving, coming up closer to the chapel he could hear some sound of fighting or rather the sounds of people trying to get away.
His eyes widened in fear. "No!" he said aloud, drifting right through the front doors he gasped as he saw the scene inside. Bodies lied every where, not all in one piece ether.
searching through the people he could see her. "Araceli please dont be dead"

Snapping her vision away from the two on the ground and to a very familiar face, her face contorted in pain and anger. "Darious?" She questioned as she slowly came out of her pain enraged state. "What are you doing here? I'm fine, but the Order-" She faltered in her words as tears fell down her cheeks and onto the ground, coming faster as the seconds ticked by.

Tania's scream had become a low whimper as the wolf stopped chomping down on her arm, 'It's a Wolf, this isn't a wolf, this can't be a Wolf, Wolves don't talk.' she started mumbling to herself, trying to ignore the pain in her arm.
"You're nothing but a pup!" he growled angrily, half-turning away. "But you'd remember me as a grown vampire, wouldn't you, you'd hunt down the Shade Dancer Clan until we were annihilated." He held his claws above her head, prepared to end her life when he was interrupted by an object, hurtling towards him. Draug was attacking him as a hawk, scratching at his eyes until the Beta roared and ran off, limping. "We need to get you to lady Vexous, or Lady Sakura!" "I'm fine," she mumbled, standing up hesitantly, "I just need some rest." She walked like a zombie through the halls until she reached her old room, where she stayed awake long enough to make a ruff patch over her arm before passing out on her bed.

"Oh Araceli, thank god your okay." relief poured over him as he saw her.
as her tear began to fall he could help but feel sorry for her. "what happened here"
he placed his arms around her and pulled her close to him in a tight hug. "It's okay, i think the worst of it is over." looking around him he spotted the were and the Vampire Nix. anger boiled inside him, That Bastard! how could he do such a heart less thing, i would kill him with my own hands if i could.

((he has no idea that he can/is touching her lolz)

She couldn't help but cry harder as he hugged her close, she buried her face in his chest. This was comfort she needed at the moment. It was a good some odd minutes before she began calming herself and she told him all that she knew. "I came back and nothing was like this when I went to my chamber and went to sleep. I don't know why but I woke up and came down here and found the members slaughtered by that... THAT THING!!" She yelled and pointed at the body of the Were now transformed to a man. "I tried attacking but that Vampire pushed me aside so I left through the secret exit near the altar, but this horrible shriek went through my head. I don't understand why!" She paused as she let out another sob before continuing on. "Then I noticed I left your amulet back in my chamber and came back for it, and to finish them." She let her cried finally dwindle before looking him fully in the face.

As she wiped away her tears her expression changed to confusion then joy. "Darious! You're... You're touching me!"

Darious couldn't stop staring at the were. "You Bastard Mikihal, what in the world were you thinking" shaking his head. "i'm glad you did wake up before they got to you"
he placed his head gently on top of hers (i'm only guessing that he's taller lolz) "this day just keeps getting weirder and we rider, first the cow, then Ach now this.... OH Crap i cant believe i did it again......wait what?" he'd just heard he say that he was touching her. totally shock crossed his face, looking down at where his hands were he could feel the material underneath them. "h..how is this..possible." shaking his head. "this isn't the time or the place." he said looking around once again. "we need to get your people buried or at least covered for now."

Alex couldn't help but shudder as the lady vampire grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the staircase. She continued to think in terror to herself at how stupid she had been. But then the most unusual thought crossed her mind. Maybe this is a good thing...maybe.... Alex was suddenly at peace with the situation. And calmly stared back into the vampire's wirey eyes. The lady's words weren't even comprehending in Alex's mind as she let herself go for a moment. Then she felt something around her neck and quickly snapped from her daze to find that the vampire was even closer than ever. Alex's gut reaction was to scream but didn't for fear of the lady's reaction. She tensed up her body trying to get rid of the uneasy feeling inside of her.

Rasul shook his head as Tania's screams echoed through his head, piercing the haze of his fury. "Tania!" he called, whirling around. Trapped between anger at the lycan and fear for his underling, Rasul stood stiff, the breeze from the bats' wings ruffling his hair. The werewolves were everywhere. And yet here he could see none. He growled to himself as he came back to his senses. He had left Tania alone to get revenge and now he could smell her blood. The bats dispersed as though a large gust had pushed them away from him. He followed her scent to her room where he saw her lying on her bed. He stood, framed in the doorway. "I have been useless tonight." He tilted his head. That outburst...was uncalled for. I walked away and let her get attacked. Her own creator left her alone. I won't let this go, though. I'll kill every last lycan if I have to. They've killed my pets and injured the child. Shaking his head, he rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Perhaps Vexous was right to have wanted to perform the turning." But he couldn't stay in the castle. He could sense that more bloodshed was to come and his stomach ached for food.

Mikhial's body had already begun to heal but he still felt stiff from every thing that he had put it through earlier. "...earlier? What had happened... earlier?" Mikhial pondered to himself as he still lie motionless on the ground. He could hear voice talking in the distance and all though he could not yet understand them fully, he was familiar with the tones in their voices. It was of hurt and pain; rage and excitement.

He then noticed that some of the things that they were saying were being directed at him. "A bastard... huh?" Mikhial grumbled quietly as he started to slowly lift himself from the ground. His human arms shaking until he let off from them and sat back on his butt, pulling his legs around in front of himself. "What have.... I... done?" Mikhial questioned out loud, more to himself then to any one eals. The last he could remember was being down in garden for the changing and then blacking out and waking up outside. Then he was talking to Nix. "... Nix!" Mikhial suddenly howled as his eyes darted about widly in search of Nix.

He could smell all of the human blood in the air and knew it must of been his doings considering how close the smell was. He couldn't smell vampire blood in the mix. Hopefully Nix wasn't caught up in what ever he had done. First seeing the human and the ghost then seeing Nix's still body. His heart began to sink even deeper into his chest. "What if I killed... the only... one that.... I have... left?" Mikhial panicked in his own thoughts as he attempted to stand to walk over to Nix, but with out any luck. He stumbled after a couple of steps and then fell back to the ground on his face.

Vexous felt the Alex's heart beat increase and her body stiffened, which only made her more excited. "oh i love it when they struggle, it makes it so much fun." she bent her head down and ran her tough along an artery that was pulsing at her. "hmmmmmm you taste good, i wonder what your blood tastes like." looking at Josephine she smiled. "you should try it sometime" licking her lips she smiled. "but we need to change you!" looking at Alex, "you'd look so much better in one of my dresses."

Darious growled deep in his throat as he heard the were. summoning his powers he pinned the wolf against the wall with wind. "DAM RIGHT YOUR A BASTARD, YOU"VE MURDERER INNOCENT PEOPLE!!!!!!!" rushing up to, leaving Araceli behind, he was face to face with the wolf. "you had no right, if i didn't have any feelings i'd slaughter you on the spot, and believe i can!" grapping the wolfs head in his hands. (yes he grabbed you) he pushed his head hard against the wall, if i ever see you again, i'll set Vexous on your ass, and believe me she's a heck of alot bader then me."

(remember Mikhial is in his human form right now, idk if you realized that or not)

Mikhial was surprised by the ghost's sudden action against him. With out knowing Nix's condition, Mikhial was at no will to live. He let his head drop down and his eyes lower to the ghost. Not even carring that he was being beaten against the wall.

At hearing Darious threat of killing him Mikhial's head shot up. He looked Darious square in the eyes not letting his gaze linger away. "Then... Then DO IT!! Do it now!!! If you can, then do it!!" Mikhial yelled hoarsely, his green eyes filled with sorrow and his facial expressions other wise placid. "Do it if you still really do have the guts to!! Don't bother with meaningless threats... You know that Vexous wouldn't do... anything to me..." Mikhial continued. "My life... my death... if you really can like a believe you to be able to... is in your hands!" Mikhial said in a low growl as if threatening the ghost to do it.

Nix could feel the headache subside, although his tiered mind couldn't figure out what had caused it. Nix seemed to be stuck in a sort of middle ground not unconciouse but not able to pull himself awake. He was swimming in dangerouse ground how manny people had he lost to Ecl (nothingness, but it is beyond that, it is the absence even of emptieness. It is what's befor existance and after annihilation). "How did the old chant go..oh yes..Of eternity, of silance, of coldness, of stillness.Of Ecl. He who dwells with Ecl knows of void. He who dwells with Ecl knows of death. But he who dances with Ecl, he is lost, for he who dances with Ecl brings to life the world of death. So Dance.." Nix thought aloud not dead but not alive. Not asleep but not awake. It's so quiet here. No more pain no more worriesNix was begining to let the Ecl take him.

(i left short definition of Ecl on ooc for everyone)

Araceli had nodded in response to Darious before the Were had gotten up and began to move towards the unconcious Vampire. Her moment of momentarily comfort gone from her now. Her head turned angrily in his direction as he questioned what he had done and if it were him. Her blood beginning to boil inside of her again as she was preparing herself to yell at the now completely man Were that seemed to stumble, when Darious beat her to him.

She was surprised at the force he willed as she watched him pin the man to the wall, the stone around seeming to crack off in small pieces as she watched them exchange threats. "No Darious." She hesitated and walked over to them. Resting a hand on his shoulder she looked the Were man directly in the eyes and finished, "This one needs to live. He needs to learn and accept what he did and carry that burden with him. Death will only be a true favor for him." Glancing over to the Vampire then back to his eyes she added, "Your friend is fine, I don't know how fine and how long that'll be though."

She dropped her hand from Darious' shoulder and moved over to the Vampire and knelt by him. Placing a hand on his arm, she wasn't quite sure what to do for him and if she could do anything at all. He did save her, though bashed her shoulder pretty good he had saved her from that Were.

Shaking her head, she tucked a few stray strands of hair behind her ear before asking, "Do Vampires always feel so cool? I mean... He feels... Empty almost. Alive, but empty." She looked up at Darious in question since he would be more informed on this matter.

Darious glared at the wolf. "if she wasn't here i would." calming down slightly at her touch he released the wolf and allowed him to fall to the ground. he had seen sorrow his the wolfs eyes, could that be...... it wasn't entirely his fault.
"i guess we don’t know the whole story here" he said aloud.
"Vampires technically don’t have a blood flow yes yeah there mainly cold, unless they’ve feed recently, that the only time they can be warm.

Alex clenched her teeth and instinctively tried to pull away as the vampire leaned in closer to her. She was determined that she wasn't going to be taken like this but her mind was too clouded by desperation to think straight. Then she spoke under her breath, "I...I won't let you do this..." A tear slowly ran down her cheek and she turned her head trying to hide it, not realizing that her neck was even more vulnerable. Alex slowly turned her head back and looked the lady in the eyes and shuddered at the terrifying image. But she held her gaze and tried to push the lady vampire off balance so that Alex could make a run for it.

Mikhial watched as the human trudge over to the ghost's side. "Surely she would... want to take a... stab at me... as well... Then I suppose that... I would be in... deserving of it..." Mikhial was thinking to himself as he waited for what ever was to come. He looked a bit surprised at her response. She had not wanted him to be killed but rather found more suffering in his living. Mikhial supposed that this would be true, if Nix was really gone. However, if Nix was still well then it would mean nothing to him. He grew up killing and as such it was his nature. Regardless the target it was to be destroyed. It was shameful that he lost control and killed many but at least he hadn't accidentally 'turned' anyone. Surely that was the worse sort of suffering a human could endure before death.

After she spoke Mikhial looked back to the ghost. Just because she wished to spare his life didn't mean that the ghost would feel the same. Not entirle to his astonishment the ghost had released him. "Even though he's... dead... he still lives... with silly human emotions ruling him...?" Mikhial thought silently to himself as he listened the ghost. "And like a dog, you would find me... begging for it." Mikhial retorted hoarsly.

Then he could hear the girl speaking again. This time it was about Nix and at the mention of his still being alive, Mikhials heart skipped a couple of beats. "Is it luck... Mistress?" Mikhial thought to himself as he looked to the fading full moon.

"I don't understand what you mean? He's cold?" Mikhial questioned after she asked about Nix's well being. "Off course he should be cold or cold ish at least..." He pondered as he cautiously started to crawl closer to where Nix was lieing.

((Hey guys, I wont be able to post for about a week. they're closing the school due to Flu and I get minimal internet at home.))