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Without looking down, Palian's hand raised to touch the locket. His eyes looked a little less cold, nay they looked almost emotional. As if whatever he was feeling was going to tear him up from the inside. The most amazing thing about the whole idea was that he felt anything at all. The demon knelt before the angelic girl as a tear fell down his cheek, astonishment gracing his features.

"It was a gift. Given to me by one who felt love for a creature not worthy of it," he admitted softly.


"What on earth is taking you so long?" a familiar voice echoed through the expanse of darkness. Nemo shimmered into view a second later. He looked about the area with dull interest, but that changed more avidly when he spotted Palian and the young Tsukiko.

"what are you doing here?" Palian growled in surprise. His creator simply shrugged.

"I fell asleep. Things are starting to come to a head. Kry is causing a wreck and I don't know if Tsukiko's body is safe from the fray."

"You're running out of time," he said as he drew up beside them. Seeing the demon prostrate before the small girl, Nemo looked from her to the house that loomed before them. Being connected to Palian as he was, Nemo knew right away all that had happened without needing any explanations.

"Protect her," Nemo suggested finally. "Tsukiko cannot live with both of these sides to herself. So arm the good side so that they may face one another on even ground." When Palian gazed up at him, Nemo shrugged as he put a sucker into his mouth. "I'd always put money on you in a fight, you know that. But with her, you might need more of an edge."

"You may as well try again. After all, you can only hide so far into your own head," Nemo stated sagely. Gazing down at the winged child, Nemo smiled.
"You are stronger than anyone realizes. Now go. Go save your big sister."

The little girl looked at Palian and frowned. "Don't be sad...." She reached over and wiped away the tear. "There's no reason to be sad...." The child was snapped out of it when another boy entered the space. She looked at him with a tilt of her head. Jumping back when he spoke to her she held her hands in front of herself.

The girl never looked tinier as she looked at the ground. "I'm scared though.....what....what if......I fail..." Looking up at the younger boy with tears running down her face. "Big brother said I had to hide my powers! After I scared you he said I should hide them! That's why she locked me away here."

The child didn't understand why she had to be ashamed of her powers. Still she was ashamed that she had scared him. It was something she just couldn't understand. It was something that just happened, why was it automatically wrong.

The child was distressed she just didn't understand. A child's mind was not set up for the life Tsukiko had been handed. Everything had been shattered, but in a last ditch effort Tsukiko had lock it away. Turning her back on almost all her humanity, locking it away so no one could harm it.

The younger woman jumped at the sound on the glass. Hey eyes quickly grew wide as panic filled her. The glass she was levitating fell to the ground shattered further breaking the silence and her concentration. Snapping her head to the older woman who stood shocked for a moment. A quick glance was exchanged between the two witches. One smirked as the other one was filled with more panic. The minute the inner witch lunged for the glass Tsukiko moved to tackled her. Instead of crashing into the glass they both moved through it as if it didn't exist.

Falling to the ground the two witches had each other in a death grip. They two woman were equally matched at first. Tsukiko took a glance at the little girl holding Palian's hand. She didn't trust easily....not after that.....not after everything that had happened. "You will not hurt her......I WILL NOT LET YOU HURT ANY OF THEM!" It was a cry of pure desperation, tears poured from her eyes as she pinned her inner witch to the ground. The woman only grinned up at the girl. Tsukiko's warm brown eyes slowly grew dark the warmth dissipating from her gaze. The inner witches arms feel from the younger woman's neck as she was strangled. Her smirk ever present. "I'm not going to ever let you hurt them." Her voice raised in pitch and was nothing more than high pitch screams.

The little girl with wings that stood in the air. Holding tightly to the boy's hands that stood beside of her. She watched the violence insure between her other selves. Watching Tsukiko strangle their inner witch with wide eyes. Slowly, painfully slowly the witch raised her hand. "NO!" Tearing her hand away from Palian's she flew to Tsukiko as a flame grew in the inner witch's hands. Her body collided with Tsukiko's just as the inner witch went to attack Tsukiko.

Noting the subtle change in Kry's vibrations, Tyrek stared ahead towards Ronin. It seemed like he stayed that way for a long time before finally moving. Bringing up his shield to protect him, Tyrek grabbed a small metallic ball from his pocket. Charging towards the wall on his left, he broke through it, sending splinters flying everywhere. Crashing through yet another wall, Tyrek clicked a button on the ball, then dropped it. The ball rolled several feet away from him before a loud humming noise filled the air.

Suddenly, a beam of light erupted from the ball, aimed directly at Tyrek. It started at his head, then gradually made its way down. As the laser made its slow descent down his body, one could see the man disappearing before their very eyes. They would be able to see all of his internal organs and tissue, right until the beam took the last atom of his body to god-knew-where. Then, after it had done it's job, the ball exploded.

Elsewhere, far away, Tyrek was reconstructed via the laser. He groaned, as Kry's vibrations had interfered with the transport a bit. "I see you're back in one piece." a mysterious voice said from the shadows in the room. Tyrek only stared dead ahead. "Well, come along. There's much to do for the future." The time bender didn't make a sound or gesture of acknowledgement, only following the other man's footsteps into the darkness.

Seeing her brother get away safely (as safe as he could be in this predicament), she collapsed to the ground, tears rolling down her cheeks. It was a cruel twist of fate, to finally find her family only to have them torn away before she even knew them. Sobs wracked her body as she sat there, bawling her heart out before these two guys she had never seen before. A small voice in her head pointed out that she might be charged with treason to the safety of the school, but she ignored it. All that mattered to her now was that she'd lost her life-long dream.