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((I've yet to establish powers and stuff for the four and the like, which is why famine seems unaffected, but seraphi saved some of the people at the shelter, and he killed off the five demon folks.))

Famine was not phased, the sword moved away from her with a small burst of wind. As the holy energy decimated her wind creatures, she stood among the camp, untouched, with a quiet foreboding smile on her lips.

She moved to the last untouched tent, and pulled out a screaming child, who had been hiding beneath the flap. She picked him up by back of his neck and tossed him at Seraphi. "You may have this one." She glanced at the mass of bodies, all the survivors, if any, had fled or hidden. "I have my quota for the day."

Famine stopped in her tracks, and glanced back at Seraphi. "Then ask."

Famine chuckled quietly. "I serve my hunger, and my hunger is everlasting, all encompassing, and spans the universe. The pain and suffering of the weaker feed that hunger, their death screams calm the groan of emptiness for a moment. Now ask you, why I would turn down a feast of death, for only a small meal such as yourself?"

She smiled again. "It is not just my hunger that I serve though, and with my sisters I serve a world that is our own, one that is dying, and one that would eat yours to survive."

Famine shook her head. "There is no chain, you fool. Power comes to those who take it, and we will take your world to feed our own. If we are buzzards, it doesn't change that we will be fed, and you and your kin will be dead." Famine turned her back on him, and within moments was disappearing into the wind, disintegrating into pieces if she was nothing more than sand herself.

Half an hour or so later two scouts arrived at the shelter, taking in the damage. One phoned in on his commanding officer, while the other started looking for any survivors.

When the screaming stopped, A.C. held still for a long time. One could say she was listening, holding still so she could sense... whatever was going on. In her own mind, however, all was still. When she finally came back herself, the boy was hugging her closely and Unhae was looking up at her with concern. A.C.'s cheeks were wet, and she didn't remember crying. She started singing softly.

"I walk a lonely road,
the only one that I have ever known.
Don't know where it goes,
but it's only me,
and I walk alone.

I walk this empty street
on the boulevard of broken dreams
when the city sleeps
and I'm the only one
and I walk alone."

She rocked a little, looking between the two kids and kissing them each on the head, and she stared changing the words.

"My shadow's
the only one who's walked beside me.
My shadow heart's
the only thing that's been beating.
Sometimes I've wished
someone up there would find me.
But til now I've walked along...

{humming}

I'm walking down the line
that divides me somewhere in my mind.
On the borderline
of the edge and where
I walk alone.

Read between the lines
{humming as she forgets the line}
Check my vital signs
I know I'm still alive
Do I walk alone?

I've walked along,
do I walk alone?

I've walked along,
do I walk a--

My shadow's
left me for deserted byways.
My shadow heart's
decided I'm not worth it.
No longer can I wish
for the impossible...
So would you walk with me?"

A.C. hummed some more, and the song changed again.

"I see life
and its passin'
right before my eyes.
And the best is the best
don't regret it
tryin' to realize!
I need to walk on the wire
just to catch my breath.
I don't know
how or where
but I'm goin'--
It's all that I have left!

It don't matter where it takes me
'long as I can keep this feelin'
runnin' through my so-oul!

Never took this road before,
destination unknown.
Oh-ah-oo-whoa,
destination unknown.
Won't be comin' back this way,
gone it too long alone.
Oh-ah-oo-whoa,
destination unknown.

See a chance,
gotta take it
Wanna lead my fate
'cause the last thing I ever wanted
was to find out it's too late!
There was no way out
from the in it
deeper than the night.
There was a light at the end of the tunnel
I could see it burning bright!

It don't matter where it takes us
'long as we can keep together
til it's all alri-ight!

Though we've never gone this road before
destination unknown
we'll not be alone
destination untold.
Won't be comin' back alone
gonna stick to this hold.
Oh-ah-oo-whoa...
destination unknown..."

Twenty minutes later, they were at the Shelter, and she walked up to Seraphi with American Idiot stuck in her head right next to the Top Gun Anthem. They clashed horribly.

"Miran," she addressed him, kneeling next to him. "I would ask how you ended up with wings--I've wondered--but you seem to have one of my charges sleeping on you. So wake up and hand over."

A.C. sighed deeply, cradling the infant. The sword... felt odd in her hands, in a way she couldn't even begin to describe. "He's a fool," she murmured over to the children. "I can't stay. Even if I could!" She snorted a laugh. "Like I know how to use a blade. Not likely." She held it up for a moment as if it was a piece of trash she had picked up and wrinkled her nose distainfully. Half a moment later she nearly dropped it, startled into a yell as it stung her hand. "What the--!?"

But rather than drop it, she found herself gripping it tighter, much as she would hold her bat if she were left-handed instead of right. A.C. got the rare opportunity to stare at her own hand as if it was not her own.

"This... might not be good."