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With the spell pushing his body to its limits, Shun was able to avoid most of the retaliation coming from the mystery man, but not all. Even so, his own strikes did not slow as he felt something hit him a couple times without any pain. He would have continued on, but Neko had pulled him back and away. Something had also jumped past them all, but he didn't pay it any attention.

Feeling that he wasn't finished yet, the assassin glared at the feline but froze as pain suddenly shot through his entire body. He couldn't keep up the magic. His strength drained away almost all at once, leaving him to crash to the floor, breathing heavily. Though he tried to move, his body just wouldn't allow it now. The taste of blood appeared as well and the dark red fluid trickled from his lips.

Shuddering and trying to bear with the pain, he stared over towards Mitsu and feebly tried to crawl over to no avail.

Slowly, Blade was able to get his limbs to move once more, easing the panic that had started to creep to him. Gritting his teeth, he forced himself to his feet while looking towards the area where he had heard a great deal of noise and commotion. The others... were they alright? Twitching still from being electrocuted, he tried to make his way to the room but moving was still rather difficult.

Mitsu's eyes grew wide when Shun hit the floor, "Shu-eh" Her voice squeaked out again as she tried to speak but failed. Doing her best to move she crawled over to the assassin trembling hands trying to assess the damage that had been done. Again her lips began to move but no sound came out, her throat having taken a bit of strain from being squeezed so tightly.

Her face was the picture of distressed as she looked over the wounds Shun had managed to sustain, hands trying to be gentle and not touch anything that might be painful. Looking up Mitsu saw her pack that Desmond had brought in for her and quickly left Shun's side to grab it. Thank god the medical kit was on top, Mitsu wouldn't have been able to handle neatly searching for it. She would have no doubt just dumped the bag's entire contents on the floor.

Grabbing the kit Mitsu rushed back to Shun's side her fingers desperately trying to work the latch on the kit to open it. The more she struggled with it the more distressed she looked until the tears started to gather in her eyes. She was at her breaking point, the situation finally catching up with her. Riyo...had almost been raped...right there in the same room and she had almost been killed..again.

The latch finally popped open but Mitsu wasn't able to open the lid, her hand raising so that the back of it was rubbing at her teary eyes. There was still another question too, what had happened to Desmond? Where was he? She was almost afraid to find out.

Klyde was still laid out precariously on the steps of the bus, his body beginning to shift in discomfort. "Nnn..." He mumbled in pain his already closed eyes clenching together. His body wouldn't let him just rest away from the pain, oh no. But...no that wasn't it. There was another reason he needed to come around. He needed to find Riyo. He needed to know that she was okay.

Pained eyes opening slowly Klyde resisted the urge to cry out the overwhelming feeling of being sick and in pain pressing in around him. His body was even covered in a cold sweat, something he had never really done before. "Ri....yo."

Neko was on his way down the hall, his body leaning against the wall for support. He was still bleeding where the grappling hook had dug into his stomach but it would heal soon enough. Brightly glowing icy blue eyes were focused forward, only looking at Blade momentarily as he continued on dragging with him a struggling black cocoon. It seemed like there were short bursts of light within but the inky black magic swarmed all the more tightening in around its victim.

"Check on Riyo...in her room." Neko said shortly not pausing to really explain. At least he had a feeling she was in the room she had picked out.

Slowly but surely, Desmond begain regaining consciousness, the sand that covered his face being the least of his worries. His insides... Were literally burning. How long had he been out? Moreover... Where was he? It took him a moment to realize the situation... and how dire it was. "Mitsu!" he practically screamed, immediately recoiling in pain. No. No more of this. He HAD to stand and get the hell in there. "Nngh!" Sluggishly, the vampire forced his pain-ridden body up, his front covered in blood and sand. Each step was worse than the first... But there were worse things.

Riyo's blaring red eyes stared at Blade as he invaded her space, eyes displaying an unwelcoming glare. "Leave me alone." She said barely above a whisper.

Aside from the fresh cuts, his body had been bruised pretty badly, but those didn't look as recent. Nor did they make sense with what had happened to him so they had come from earlier that day. Now and then he shuddered from the pain felt all around his mouth but he was relatively silent.

Wincing, he tried to get up, but could barely even lift his head.

When Mitsu got up to go, he opened his mouth to start to say 'wait' but he was too late. She was gone. And if there was still any danger around or if Neko at least hadn't finished dealing with their attacker, there was nothing Shun could do about it at this point.

Blade was taken back a bit by that glare Riyo had given him. Something had happened to her obviously, but being unconscious and immobile at the time, he didn't have too much of a clue.

"Riyo, I'm here to help you," he said quietly, "Besides.. you're my friend.. I can't just leave you alone when something just happened."

Klyde seemed more determined than ever, though he had no idea his determination had come a little too late. The vampire had managed to drag his way up to the front door of the house and make his way inside stumbling and falling in the hall not even two feet passed the doorway. "R...Riyo.."

Mitsu's body was trembling when Desmond's arms found their way around her, silent tears running down her face. The light bruising across her throat would be enough of an indication on why she said nothing further if it was noticed. After a moment of trying to calm her nerves the wolf girl started to look Desmond over in a worried fashion to figure out what was wrong. There was blood everywhere what had happened? A..and now that she thought about it..the blood that was touching her skin. It left a tingling sensation, almost burning where it touched. It confused her as she quickly tried to wipe away what little had touched her, her skin red and irritated underneath like she had touched boiling water.

Questioning eyes turned up toward Desmond not even noticing Neko coming out of the house. As he continued to move the cocoon had slowed in its movements and looked to be....shrinking? It also seemed the feline was gaining a bit of energy back, his stance not as hunched, his face not as pained. It didn't take him long to disappear around the house with his victim in tow.

Desmond's guilt deepened when he noticed the bruises on Mitsu's neck. Who the hell had done all this? Moreover, were they still alive? They wouldn't be for long if Desmond found them...

Though... It appeared his curiosity was somewhat ended when Neko walked out of the house dragging something... Large... Behind him. Human size. What... Was he doing with it?

As Mitsu started to move, the vampire's attention was drawn back to his girlfriend. Eyes widening when Desmond realized he was covered in tainted blood, he weakly moved himself away from the girl to try and remove his shirt, struggling to take it off. There were burns where the blood had been sitting for the time he'd been out, and it was obvious that he wouldn't be able to get it off by himself. "********!" He yelled hoarsely, falling back in the sand as he struggled.

The silence that followed her words let Riyo know what kind of damage she'd just done, since Blade almost always had some kind of heartfelt comeback when she snapped at him.

Maybe... It would be better that way. The man had been after her and Mitsu. If she shoved these innocent people away and out of the line of fire... Maybe they wouldn't get hurt so much.

Then she wouldn't have an excuse to be upset when nobody came to her rescue.

Hearing a thud, Shun stared towards the door anxiously. What was going on out there? He tried to sit up, but still couldn't even get his head up. The effort only resulted in another painful coughing spasm.

Glancing up, Blade saw Klyde approaching. The guy looked.. horrible to say the least. He could pick up on the scent of blood on the guy, which had him wondering what the hell had happened to him.

"She's inside.. under the bed. I don't think she's hurt but.." his voice trailed off a bit there before he shook his head to himself, "Just go in."

Maybe Klyde could help her with whatever was going on. He didn't seem to be quiet as useless or unwanted as himself. Unwanted..

A sort of realization dawned on him, stinging himself even further.

The panic was clear in Mitsu's eyes as she pushed her way up, blood starting to trickle from her nose from her point of impact. Looking over to Kohaku when she touched her shoulder the wolf girl tried to speak again, her voice only squeaking here and there. She didn't want to wait too long though, she need to get back to Desmond and she needed to check on Shun again. Desperately she gestured back down the hall hoping Kohaku would check in on Shun in the meantime.

Mitsu didn't want to waste a lot of time trying to get her to understand so she quickly stood and ran the rest of the way to the sink rummaging through cabinets full of.....what were those?? No matter, she finally found a mug after a bit of searching and filled it with water grabbing some paper towels before she headed back outside to the vampire. The fact that she looked even more the mess with blood running down her face didn't register, she was too panicked over everything to think about it as she nearly stumbled to a halt in front of Desmond trying to wet the paper towel so that she could clean off the blood.

Klyde was struggling to stay on his feet. Riyo was...under the bed? Why was she under the bed? From how Blade sounded Klyde was certain something was wrong, horribly wrong, though he had no idea the thief had been hurt and not in a physical sense. With a nod the vampire moved passed the thief nearly stumbling back to the floor in the process. As he came to the wall by Blade he braced himself against it.

"T..thanks for watching her." He mumbled before he pressed on, his feet dragging as he came into the room. "R..Riyo?" His eyes immediately went to the bed and the black pool that was seeping out from under it. "Riyo say something." Klyde legs had started to give out, but at this point it was okay. He really couldn't see Riyo from his position so he just let himself sink to his knees. It was pointless to ask if she was okay....she obviously wasn't.

Outside along the back of the house the sudden sound of cracking bone could be heard. The only people that could probably hear it were Desmond and Mitsu but it rose the question....what was it?