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Racheal was totally dumbfounded, enjoying the kiss actually. She stood there for a minute before turning and looking at Red. She smirked and walked down and into the city where there was a lot of comotion in the neighboring city. The forest god had found a water source and had grown over a thousand feet in height and a thousand feet in length. She put her helmet on and threw her leg over her black sazuki sports bike, using her ear device to call Red, Liz, and Abe. "Guys. We got a huge problem out here, we need to get to New York. Now." She said before releasing the brake and speeding off towards all the commotion. Racheal thought about the kiss and it just made her head hurt worse. She couldn't help it. She had never been kissed before and she just didn't know how she was supposed to feel about that.

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Red recieved the message before loading up into the beareu's company truck thing, waiting for Liz and Abe. He rubbed his head, he actually kind of liked Racheal. She was quiet and solitary, just like him.

Red took one look at the forest god and shook his head, "I'mma get me big baby." He said just before going up to his portable gunsafe thing and grabbing this huge gun out. Grabbing a bunch of bullets to go with it. He smiled and turned the bullet sideways, it had a bottle on the side, and on the brass part of it, it said 'Suck on this'. Red smiled and loaded his gun, running up and opening fire on it's body. Which didn't work at all. He then got up on a car, the forest god slaming one end down and propellig Red hundreds of feet in the air. He landed on a billboard, pointing at the eyes as his comrades below him were screaming for him to shoot it in the head.

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Racheal shook her head and got a cold chill. She looked up, seeing Prince Nuada. She sat back on her bike and just stared up at him. If this was his plea for attention, this was so horrible.

Princess Nuala grabbed her cheek, it stung as he hit her. She looked up at her brother, fear written deep in her eyes. She cowered away from him, moving up against the wall. When he told her that he'd be the one to retrieve it she let a few tears slip. "Abe." She said and wiped her eyes. Standing up she rushed down to where Abe was, only to get caught in most of the emotion. "Abraham!" She exclaimed, rushing towards him in a beautiful 'sun' dress. It was a little cream color near the waiste but a beautiful blue falling the rest of the way down. "Abraham, my brother, he's planning something. Please, whatever you do, don't give him the crown piece." She pleaded, wanting him to understand what she said because now she was on a time crunch kind of, she stood beside him, watching Red battle the forest god. She knew how to kill it but she was to sweet and gentle to do anything like that, and plus, that thing would kill her if she got close enough. She sighed, wishing she could help some way. She smiled and yelled to Red, "The head, shoot it in the head!" She said, pointing to her head and then at the forest god, hoping he understood what she meant.

Finally getting the message, Red lifted his arm and pulled the trigger. 8 bullets jetting out at once and striking the thing in the 'brain'. Down it fell, turning a pale green color as all life on it died. Red jumped down and landed on a car, looking at everyone as they all stood in awe. Not because he had saved their lives, but because he was so different. 6"5, red, horns, and a tail! Red looked at the car next to him, a woman was trying to get her child out but couldn't. Red stepped in, yanking the door off and reaching inside to get the crying infant. "Here ya go ma'am." He said, handing the woman her baby. The woman snatched from him, "Freak." She grumbled loud enough for him to hear her. "You brought that thing here didn't you!?" She exclaimed, all worked up. Red looked at her calmly, just letting her talk. Just then Racheal stormed up, angry with this woman for not appreciating all that he just done for her.

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Racheal put on a mean face, meaner than the one she was already wearing. "Now you listen here you ungreatful ignoramous! He didn't have to go up there and kill that thing to save your tail! And he surely didn't have to get that child of the car for you! Now, your gonna sit there, shut up, and be greatful we even came here to help you!" She screamed in the woman's face, seeing her expression change. The woman nodded scared, running off. Red put a hand on Racheal's shoulder, knowing that she might snap on him for touching her. "Let's go." He said, turning back and leaving the city. Racheal was right at his side, sitting down and just being quiet again. She didn't enjoy being mean to that woman but she surely wasn't going to let Red get yelled at for helping.

Racheal nodded slightly, "Your welcome." She said, her voice low and hushed. Racheal thought of when she snapped on that woman and how much she had actually spoken. Leaning against the walls of the truck she pushed her long legs out a bit farther, folding her arms and shutting her eyes. Her head hung, hair covering the sides of her face. She was going to take a quick power nap before she'd have to walk all that way from the front door all the way up to the 6th floor. Dreaming she had actually started opening up to people and being friendly, she winced in her sleep. Making expressions without knowing it. That wasn't a dream, it was a nightmare. She knew that she had burned a deep impression on everyone and she couldn't possibly change now, since everyone was getting used to her. Racheal breath in and out so quietly it was almost like she wasn't breathing at all, slow yet shallow. Meanwhile, Princess Nuala was heading back to where her brother probably wouldn't look to find her. In a very old library, sitting down amongst tons of books on every shelf. She chose a couple of them about paranormal creatures and unsolved misteries. She smiled, making a quick joke about seeing all those creatures through the pages, "I'm surprised my brother isn't in here." She whispered, reading more and more about these 'monsters'.

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Red nodded, putting his arm aroud Liz. He was just as tired and he too took a quick nap. Taking deep breaths to make sure his air ways were clear before he drifted off into a deeper sleep. Red dreamed about having his own family, it was wonderful. Little did he know, his dream was actually cuddled up next to him.

Racheal opened her eyes slowly, looking at the sapien. She took a deep breath, knowing they were curious. "I don't open up to people but if you must know," She began, repositioning herself on the bench. Just then Red awoke, keying in on what she was saying.
"When I was a baby, my parents died from some illness that was spreading around. Shortly after, I was sent to live with my aunt. Growing up with her, I wasn't always so quiet, in fact I was a loud mouth." She said with a grin. "Hard to believe I know. Well then I started growing my first set of wings, you know how that goes, molting and itching and ugh." She said. "I spent some of my teen life in a prison, they had put me there for starting a fight with King Balor. They were actually supposed to kill me but he took pitty for some reason." She paused. "I was beaten so bad and treated poorly in that 'jail'. People would walk by with sharp sticks and jab them at me, they'd throw stuff at me, and a lot of other things. But see, things were way more uncivilized back when I was young. Once in a while a nice villager would slip me an apple or two while the guards weren't looking. But one day I just got really tired of all the abuse and such and when the next person came at me with a stick I grabbed them through the bars and actually killed him." She shook her head. "Everyone deamed me dangerous and had a chain tied around my neck and shackles on my wrists so I couldn't run off. Then came the starvation. I went days without eating anything and when I finally did, it was either moldy or tasteless." She took a deep breath. "I'd get water but only if I earned it. My aunt actually stopped by once but only to offer the guards she remove my wings and banish me to the above world." Racheal took another deep breath, her voice slow and smooth. "They took a sharp sword, driving it deep into my wings, where they attached to me anyway. They twisted and twisted and cut through the bone, ripping it off without a second thought. I've got the scars between my shoulder blades." She said, no sympathy for herself. "It stopped bleeding a day or two after. When they finally set me free, which was a few months later, I was bone thin. Every rib in my chest was showing and the chain had cut deep into my neck, nearly killing me." She said. "I survived though, staggering out onto the above world. I swore then and there that I'd try and at least stop the underground city from taking over." Racheal said and looked over at everyone. She didn't care about what had happened to her.

Racheal looked at her when she heard the sniffle and the way she was talking. "Are those tears in your eyes?" She said with a smirk. She shook her head and her voice got stronger and more agressive. "No. Don't you dare feel sorry for me. I'm alive." She said and stood up, opening the truck door and jumping out. It was parking anyway. She walked to the tall building, walking inside and to an elevator. She rode it alone, going up to her room. She opened the door and slammed it shut, flicking the lights on and taking a deep breath. She felt that cold chill again. She knew exactly who it was. Even though she didn't know his name, she knew what he looked like and that feeling she got every time he was there. "Show yourself." She said sternly. When she got no response she balled her fists. "Show yourself now!" She demanded.