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Nathan kissed back in a weak manner, relieved that Jin knew how he seemed to feel and wasn't going to make him go too fast. Nathan sighed. "Good, okay. I'll order the food. What does everyone feel like having?"

"Asian or pizza, I don't care," Luca replied, "You know what I like," He finished, responding to the passionate kiss with a grin and guided Jin's hands to his waist.

Nathan waited a little longer before going to order in case Jin had a preference.

Erin stayed with her sleeping nature friend, but she started to hum a melody. This melody seemed to start something inside the Academy. The potted plants in the hallways all pointed Necro toward the infirmary. All their leaves would move in the direction he had to go.

Clayton thought for a moment. Truth be told, he was worried about his friends and what his parents were doing right then, but he couldn't go home until he either took a boat or was teleported there by that guy Clayton was terrified of. "Well, let me drive ya home, at least, then we can think a' something there."

"...I have seen this little girl," Caleb responded, then closed his eyes. "She is in the infirmary, with Dr. Hughes. A young boy is on his way there now. You two may find it together if you hurry." Caleb opened his eyes again, the yellow eyes boring deep into the man's soul. "I suggest, however, you keep your gun where it is. You will not like what happens if you don't."

"Mm-Ah-I'm gonna go order the food." Nathan blushed and saw himself out of the room, heading to the kitchen to use the house phone.

Luca kept kissing Jin, pressing himself closer to him. Jin was like an addiction, and Luca loved it. "You did amazing, Jin. Bringing the two of us together... Thank you."

"Of course," Luca replied, kissing Jin's nose. "I suppose I just get too carried away. I'm so happy right now! I don't think I've felt so alive before." Luca sighed, his smile never fading or faltering.

"We're here to acquire a second target. She will be leverage to get who we are really after, like the other one we caught. I assure you, Leon, these two are innocent people. They will not be harmed, not in any way." Peng looked at Leon, seriously, as if warning him not to do anything rash. "Its true Ren has to be questioned and captured for reasons and crimes he is responsible for, but this new target has no past with darkness. She merely is the interest of darkness, and keeping her safe from it is what will bring it out... Also, there are a few more targets we'll have to deliver."

Peng wasn't sure why he was the only one getting these high-priority targets. Perhaos it was to teach the boy to become a better soldier. Still, Peng found such a task to be especially trying on his body and mind. Even so, he was fond of the boy... Though he must never admit it.

Caleb was about to send the father on his way when, in the distance, he saw yet another child. Perhaps wanting to get into the Academy as well. Caleb closed his eyes. "You're free to go, excuse me..." Caleb vanished from the father's sight, only to reappear right in front of Tyler.

"You... Dare to come here." Caleb whispered, his icy, chilling voice rattling the air around them. Caleb gazed down at the young man with narrow, yellow eyes. His breathing was like a hiss. The creature in front of Tyler was from Nightmares themselves, and he was speaking to him. "What do you want?" Caleb was a little off-put... He looked sort of like Dr. Hughes, except with wings. Except this child was filled with delicious fear.

Leon narrowed his eyes slightly. He was always skeptical of the Order but he was slowly learning to trust them. At least a little. "I see. I'll try and preform to my best." He said rather coldly, but let out a little sigh. He was going to just go with their word on this one. Maybe things would work out a little better. "Am I allowed to shift openly?" He asked hopefully.

Tyler backed away from the person when he appeared. He put his arms up in a defensive manner. The chains slammed together. "I'm... I'm sorry." He mumbled. He took a deep breath and glared at the man. "Sir, I came here to join the academy." Tyler was scared, but that wasn't new. Tyler lived his nightmare already. Nothing could be much worse then seeing his own parents killed in front of him. Still, this man managed to shake him a little.

Leon grinned happily. She shifted into a wolf immediately, his tail wagging back and forth. He winced slightly, still having trouble keeping his right mind while a wolf but tried to move past it. He paced back and forth, wanting to run. The wolf's instincts were a little powerful.

Tyler took a deep breath again, and stared back at the man. "I have worked my whole life. I've suffered a lot, and felt more then my share of pain. I will do whatever it takes to be a warrior and start new. Nothing here could compare to the hell I escaped from." Tyler let the end slip out. He backed up, covering his mouth slightly. He hoped they wouldn't figured out that he had been a slave. He felt a familiar tingle go down his spine as he tried to avoid shifting and running away. His angel wings fluttered uncomfortably.

Some hours of traveling and Peng and Leon were close to their target. They stopped at a cafe, and Peng looked at Leon. "We wait here. They'll be here soon..."

"Hell, child?" The area around them grew dark, and Caleb seemed to grow even more in size. "There is no Hell I haven't seen." Caleb looked down at Tyler and smirked. "What's wrong? Do I frighten you?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... Infirmary, infirmary..." Derek looked through the journal, and without looking away from it, Derek started following a route. "Yes, follow me, there is an infirmary upstairs... Just follow me and we'll... Get there... In no time..."

Clayton closed the car door and got on his own side, starting up the engine and heading back to take Clone home. As far as Clayton was concerned, this was a pretty good date.

The minotaur looked over at Clara shyly. His tail wagged a little behind him, and he waved back.

Necro found himself at the infirmary, but no one seemed to notice his existence right away. Still, there was a man in the room that, much like Caleb, emitted a powerful emotion. This emotion, however, was happiness. He seemed like a jolly, giving, glorious man. At the same time, he didn't seem that much of a warrior.

"Is that your answer? Well let me convince you." The entire area around them became dark. There was a noise close by, but it was hard to discern. Caleb disappeared, but the cries of a woman's pain filled the dark void Tyler stood. A splatter of blood came from out of nowhere to the floor, and then he could see it; his parents dead before him. His chains came to life and pinned themselves to the floor. He was back in Merthage again, his slaver stared at him with the eyes of a murderer. He was bigger than before, stronger than before. "Slavery," Caleb's voice came from all around, "Death." Bars fell all around Tyler, keeping him prisoner. His dead parents still on the floor. "You don't think these images come back to you by themselves, do you? I know them. I know them all."

His old master disappeared and Caleb was in his place, but this was a more monstrous Caleb. His yellow eyes became lizardlike, his image more lizardlike. His grin was ear to ear... If any ears were there. "I've seen the Hell you have because I recreate it every night as you sleep. As I re-create every Nightmare any human has imagined. I know your Hell because I MAKE it. I FEED off of it. Your fear and your pain is my bread and butter. You cannot escape it, and yet instead of trying to do so, you come here, to the Academy, where I am its headmaster."

Every image that had appeared disappeared, and Tyler's chains became limp again, setting him free once more.

"Now you know who I am. I AM that Hell. I am your nightmares. Even if you run you will never escape me. That being said, do you still want to join this academy and become a warrior? Because staying here means facing your nightmares."