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Ben turned, and nodded grimly to Terr and Elia. "Theres nothing we can do at the moment, its to safe for me to go down there with all of you." He said, a tear falling from his face. He looked down at Zoe again. "She's tough, she'll be fine." He muttered to himself.

Zoe tried lifting her broken arm, and yelped in pain. She bit her lip hard, and moved her arm closer to her face so she could examine it. The bone from her forearm stuck out of the skin, blood everywhere. She bit her lip hard, blood trickling out of it. She bit harder, and used her good arm to snap it back into place. She screamed in pain as it moved, but kept moving it. She snapped it into place, and lifted her arm. She ripped off her coat, and wrapped it around it. She held it tight, to stop the blood flow. She tried sitting up, and bent over her legs. He right foot was twisted wrong, and she knew after putting it in place, she still wouldn't be able to move fast. She took a sharp breath as she twisted it into place, and yelped in pain. She tried standing, and fell over the second she did. She glanced up at the man, and she saw his eyes on her. She sighed. She wasn't going down that easy.

Sosuke evaded her attacks easily. "I owe him my life!" He snapped at her. "Unlike you, Nightshade, I was created. I was not born human. The only reason I'm here is because he created me!" He pulled another arrow onto his bow and shot at her. "What would you understand?! Of how it is to be born in this form, no memories, no training, nothing. And only him knowing of our existance, taking us in, teaching us!" He snarled and disappeared from her view, reappearing behind her and hooking her head in a lock with his bow. "Unlike you, our alligiance does not waver." He flicked a spot behind her neck and scooped her up as she fell unconcious. "We are worlds apart, Nightshade..." He muttered and transported back to base.

Kenji crouched in his position, glancing down at Zoe. She could....See him?? His eyes narrowed in surprised. "Zero..." He murmured, pointing to her. "Got it." Zero hopped off his perch and landed next to Zoe. "Get up." He gripped her good arm roughly and hauled her up, ignoring her yelps. "Do you want me to do this the easy way or the painful way??" He asked apathetically, but voice laced with hidden mailce.

"Looks like the rest of the little birds are ours...." Kaname smirked and Kenji parted the illusion, revealing them. "Eight against two is a bit unfair for them, don't you think??" Kenji murmured, loud enough for the rest to hear. "You!" Rogue yelped. "Nice to see you again too, Roux...." Kaname mock-saluted her.

Sosuke looked down and brushed the tear from her cheek gently. He might've been a killer under Aun, but it didn't stop him from feeling human emotions.....He didn't want to hurt her, but he didn't really have a choice. None of them did. He would join them if he had the chance, but right now, he had a current mission to accomplish.

((So where is Sosuke taking me? Aun's castle thingy?))

As Ben landed, Terrion and Elia rolled off of him. They found themselves right in front of Rogue, covered in some sort of mist.

"Aw sh-" Elia started. Terrion glared at Elia.

"No swearing, please. It only makes my temper worse." She scolded him. "Now, where the heck are we?"

"I thought you said no swearing?"

"I didn't. But I-" She stopped mid-sentence as something hissed and thunked right next to her foot. "Well that was close." Terrion said casually and slightly concerned. Elia arched an eyebrow.

"Yeah? Well why don't you keep quiet and maybe we won't get stuck by paralyzing arrows?" He said just as another arrow hissed by his ear.

"Good idea." She squinted her eyes in the mist and then tensed. She leaped to her left and crashed into Elia as two more arrows landed in the ground with dull thuds where they had been a moment earlier.

Elia spit out a leaf. "Yeah, thanks for the warning, Terr." He said, his voice coated with sarcasm. Terrion smiled broadly.

"My pleasure!" She paused. "Hey, Rogue? Where are you guys? Wait! Nevermind." She grabbed hold of Elia's hand and felt her way to the right, dodging a few more arrows before ending up face-to-face with her friend. "Hi!"

Zero grunted and managed to slide out of her grasp, twisting her arms behind her back. "We Hunters are not like you Nightshades, trash. Aun created us, he is our father. Our alligiance is stronger than you can imagine. But then again, you can't understand such things...." He locked her arms in ice and touched a spot on the side of her neck, paralyzing her. "I have no time for games. Master Aun has limited time...." He clicked his tongue against his teeth softly and the bird sreeched, heading towards Aun's castle.

"Terr! Ben! Elia!" Rogue grasped their hands blindly. "Watch out....!" She yelped as they ducked yet another arrow. "We can't let anyone else get lost. Stick together!"

"Thanks Terr!" Ben said, flying up and out of the mist-like substance. Once out of it, he looked around for Zoe. "Zoe?" He shouted. "ZOE!?" He screamed louder, his dark eyes looking around desperately. His eyes locked onto Zoe, frozen in her spot. He gasped sharply, then flew back down to Terrion, Elia, and Rogue. "You guys, Ive got to go get Zoe! He's got her!" HE shouted, tears falling down his face.

Zoe was frozen in her spot. Her eyes darted around, looking for something. Think Zoe think! Whats a very warm animal to the touch? She thought to herself, trying to think. Phoenix? The one that catches flame? Zoe, can you do that?She thought, concentrating on that bird, her eyes closed tightly. She felt herself changing, slowly. She opened her eyes, only to see it wast working. She looked around, and if she could smirk, she would. A low whistle escaped her frozen lips. She waited, until a low, deep roar sounded. It shook the trees. Zoe whistled again, and a dark shadow flew up. The only thing on the shadow that wasn't changing shape was its red eyes. The shadow flew towards her, but stopped. It spread it self, making a wall in front of them. The red eyes in the middle watching them. "Hand her over!" A deep voice sounded. Zoe wanted to smile, until the voice came again. "Your job is finished, she is mine now." It said. Zoe's eyes narrowed. She knew that voice. It was Aun. She let out a hiss, trying to move.

Zoe screamed as the shadows arm extended, and grabbed Zoe. Zoe watched him fly away. "NO YOUR NOT!" She screamed after him, anger boiling in her. Her body was still frozen, but her anger made her lips move. Aun smiled. "Its alright now Zo, Ive got you." Aun's voice whispered, as the shadow consumed her. The voice was cold. "If I ever unfreeze, I'm going to wring your cold, wrinkled neck." She hissed. "Of course you will granddaughter, of course you will." Aun said, and they began moving to Aun's castle. Zo shivered at being called 'Granddaughter.'. "I am not your granddaughter twit." She shouted.