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Lilly frowned. "I'm sorry about your loss. I wish it would've never happened. You deserve the best, you know?" she scooted back to her cushion on the couch. Lilly's eyes widened at Suki's strange reaction. Does she not understand I was trying to comfort him? I'm much too young for him any way! Lilly only considered him a friend after all. Wait. How old was he? Oops. Just a year older. But still. No intimate feelings were intended to be shown.

Leigthon smiled lightly at Lilly's comment, then felt a shirt thrown at him. He threw it to the couch as he rose and followed Suki. Leighton was enraged easily. His black eyes were already turning to a pale red. "What is wrong with you?" he said just above a whisper.

Lilly wanted to follow them, but felt it was best not to. She pushed her knees against her chest and wrapped her arms around her legs. Resting her head on her knees, she closed her eyes and repeated the vision of the figure. All she got out of it was shaggy brown hair. He looked young.

Scarrlet smiled, wiping away the trails left by her earlier tears. "Of course." Standing slowly after Alex disappeared into the lightening horizon, Scarrlet jumped down and landed softly in the shadows. She ran to her apartment building nearby, walking in just as the clock on the wall struck eight. "Well that was a late night." Scarrlet said as she lay down on her couch. Sleep came easily.

Suki stayed curled in her tight ball on the counter as Leighton followed, but the tears stopped.

Suki glanced at Leighton over her knees. "Can I show you instead of saying it? It's kind of complicated and difficult to explain..." Suki reached her hand out to the sink, touching the knives that lay in the bucket of bleach inside. Suki stood and dumped to bleach down the drain and laid her tools onto the counter, but held her favorite. It was small, but sharp. The tip of the blade curved slightly. It was unique, it made it special.

Suki showed him everything. How she couldn't see the past, how she killed and stole her victims memories, and how she felt about Leighton. "It's a lot to put into words...." Suki whispered. Seeing Leighton's look at the weapon, she gripped the blade accidentally, causing a torrent of blood to seep out of her grip the concealed the knife that she used to steal the memories. Suki screamed and dropped the knife, screaming again when it landed on the tip of the blade.

The black figure chuckled, his voice echoing through the forest, making it impossible to pin-point his exact location. "You can't stand in our way." then he disappeared completely.

Leighton opened his eyes after seeing every thing. He was speechless, and he was never good at talking any way. Then he heard Lilly scream in the next room. He sprinted to her, finding Lilly in the corner of the room, holding her knees against her chest. Her face was stained with running eyeliner and tears. "Lilly! What's wrong?"
She stared at him. "I saw a demon. He.." her voice trailed off for a moment in shock. "He's in a forest. And the figure! It was with him. It shot him. In..in his wing." she coughed from loss of breath.
Leighton frowned. "It's okay." he picked her up in his arms and carefully placed her on the couch. "Just rest." he sighed.

Lilly turned onto her back as Leighton gently handed her the book. She scrolled through the pages of strangers, looking for a familiar face.
Leighton sighed and walked over to Suki with a rag found on the table. He took her hand and wrapped the rag around it, then tied it in a knot, making sure it was tight enough to have pressure to stop the blood from flowing. Then Leighton sat with Lilly, watching her search for the figure.
Lilly stopped turning pages, and pressed her finger on the name and image of a young, handsome man. He had deep brown eyes and brown shaggy hair. His face was flawless, no scars, nothing. "Riku Sekemoto." Lilly slowly looked up at Leighton. "Isn't your last name Sekemoto?" she asked lightly.

Leighton felt the urge to vomit. He was breathing hard and beginning to sweat. "No. It can't be him. No. No!" he stood and blinked hard. His vision was going in and out of focus. "It can't be him."
Lilly's face grew concerned. "But, Leighton," she began, "It's him. I know it is."
"No!" Leighton's voice raised, making Lilly wince.

Lilly gulped hard and looked at Leighton. Her hands were trembling badly. "He's..your brother." she said. "The one who died in The Gates of Fire." Suddenly a movie played in her head, showing he Gates of Fire, Riku, and how he died in a bombing attack by the angels. She even got to see Leighton's wife die. The gruesome scene left tears in Lilly's eyes.

Leighton fell to the couch and buried his head in his hands and began sobbing. He gasped for air as he cried. He nodded, still hiding his face. Leighton.. the voice said in a melancholy tone. He didn't know how to respond. His brother. He was controlling him, making him kill random people, bringing out his true demon self. That's not like Riku.


(Riku's appearance: [x])

Leighton coughed from crying so hard. He had put his life into protecting Riku until his death. Since then, he's stayed alive for him. Though he still has that edge of depression from letting his little brother down. It really is me, brother. Leighton could tell he was crying as well. I'm sorry..so sorry. Leighton's eyes narrowed in betrayal. Why didn't you tell me? How could you do this? he screamed at Riku in his head. Riku didn't say anything. The response was a sigh, and footsteps walking away, slowly fading.

Lilly gulped back vomit and blinked back tears. She was a mess. All of the discoveries and drama of just one night had overwhelmed her; she felt she was about to break and go mad. Her whole body was shaking. Lilly was only an average city girl, she was always so shy and quiet. Nothing like this was ever expected to happen. Curiosity killed the cat.