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Dream sighed. "Well, if you want to stay with us for now, I'm okay with it." He waited for the other to respond to his message, he thought it might be Holly, but he wasn't really sure.

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As Crystal watched Leila, Haucon, and Liam, she decided that she should begin her simple plan now. She sent a message to Haucon, the one who now looked the most like fighting. Haucon... I have been watching the three of you. Leila is correct, the angel is distressed, and you should not harm him. She kept herself hidden, and since the message was telepathic, her location could not possibly be judged by it.

"Perhaps." He shrugged. "The thing is, you've never seen me aggrivated before. And you don't really want to. Be happy I'm nice at the moment."

He shrugged. "Nothing really annoys me except for what you would expect from me. People who harm others for no reason, or for a stupid reason. Which is also helpful, because then if someone wants to tick me off, then I'd end up getting mad at that particular person instead of someone who doesn't deserve it." He looked at Violet and grinned.

He nodded. "Yes, I don't think it's very safe for too many to go down there. At first, I was only hoping it'd be me and you. You mainly because you know it better than any of us. Hopefully most people will chicken out before we get down there." He thought a moment. "So, why is it that you're wanted?"

Crystal looked at the angel in worry. She needed something to bring him into his senses. Crystal had been able to cope with multiple conversations at once before, it should be easy enough to keep in simultanious contact with Dream, Violet, Haucon, and this angel - Liam, was it? - and also be able to use Dream's message to transfer with the angel from before. Her mind could cope.

She sent a message to Liam; hopefully it would stop him from doing anything rash and make him focus his energy on something besides the demon girl and the fairy, which he seemed to be ignoring. Liam... I can aid you at this time. You do not know me yet, but don't worry about me for the moment. Do you wish me to purge you from darkness?

A voice in Liam's head came to him, he didn't know if he was just becoming more insane or if it was really someone messaging him telepathically. Even so, any help would suffice, and luckily he was still in control with his mind. But he couldn't answer, if he did his mind would be taken off of his actions which might break the slight control he had now. Instead he let her hear the screams that his mind sent to his body. As Leila asked him who he was, his lips quivered but no sound came out, himself and the darkness were both fighting for control of his every move. Even every sound.

Belladonna eyed the place where the creature, her prey, had disappeared. A dissatisfied snarl erupted from her lips. Whatever that was there, it wasn't supposed to be there; hadn't been there three days ago when they had hunted that arrogant little imp. A vicious grin lit her face at the memory, that had been a fun chase. Once they'd all but killed the thing, she'd waved everyone but the youngest feral off. It was the boy's first kill - an important one.

She snapped back to the present at the obvious sounds of something approaching, either it didn't know she was there or it was very stupid. The bitter taste of her failed hunt hit full force and she felt her redemption close at hand - thanks to whatever was approaching her. She stayed very still until she knew it was close enough for her to strike.

Within the blink of an eye, she spun around, loosed her whip and had it wrapped around the neck the being with a hiss. The startled yelp brought her back to reality and she finally saw what she'd captured - her own brother.

"I really wish you wouldn't do that Bella. I was being loud on purpose," he said as he unwound the whip from his neck. Belladonna was silent for several long moments as she wrestled with her killing rage before she replied.

"Sorry 'bout that Sebastian. But you should know by now that you actually need to speak to me when I'm hunting," she said lightly. If anything other than the demons in her pack had seen the quick change come over her, they would have thought she was playing a trick so abrupt was the change. With a practiced ease she wound her whip and hooked it back onto her belt. Sebastian was looking at her and the area around them expectantly.

"Don't tell me you missed the kill Bella," he said teasingly. "You haven't done that since we were pups." She responded to the jab with a low growl and light punch in the arm.

"I didn't miss it; I didn't get a chance to finish it. It disappeared through there," she said with a gesture towards the area between two scrubby bushes that appeared to be shimmering slightly.

"That's just a..." Sebastian started, but trailed off when he saw Belladonna's face.

"No, it's not. It doesn't smell the same as transport portals. It's similar but definitely not the same," she said, watching her brother inhale deeply. When a wary expression crossed his features she knew she'd been right not to follow through it.

"It wasn't here last time we came by either," she added. "We need to tell the elders about it. If a group of the pups comes by this way, they might think it's a transport portal and go through it. And then who knows where they'll end up."

Sebastian looked at her and nodded, "You're right we need to warn the others. And the other packs too." In a companionable silence the two demons loped off towards the pack's base, and more permanent camp.

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