Fighting Academy by Fire of Hearts (Closed)

*After Mac, hugs and kisses Sheena on the cheek, he looks her in the eyes and smiles at her* I'll be back shortly, I just need to go talk to Liza for a bit and make sure she doesn't get in any more fights. *He gives Faith a quick nod and leaves, he moves out of the housing wing of the academy and into the wing where classes are held into the hall where Liza's class is Mara is outside the room standing guard when he walks up to her.* Mara, take the day off I got this today, I'm sure you could use a break. *Mara smiles and returns to Titan via transporter. Mac knocks on the class door before stepping in and talking to Liza's teacher (whoever it is) and explains that Liza needs to be excused.* Liza you and me need to go talk. *After leaving the class Mac looks to Liza and smiles at her* Follow me Liza. *He teleports leaving enough of a wake behind that Liza can easily follow.
 
Mara is indeed quite happy to have some time off from her job guarding Liza. As much as she is fond of the little girl, Liza is a charge who takes every ounce of energy and concentration she has, at times, to keep up with her. She is always somewhat relieved when she is given time off, or when the child's parents take over for her.


Liza is delighted to have this time to herself with her father, more so to be excused from class, and she beams as she almost skips over to him, taking him by the hand and swinging it cheerfully as she walks beside him, having to reach up rather high to do so. "Daddy you're walking fast...how come I'm not even gonna do class today? Are we playing hookah? Are we gonna go play and have fun? Are you not gonna tell Mama?"
 
*Macal is silent as he stands on a high cliff over looking a valley, he holds out his hand for Liza to take as he looks down.* Come here Liza I want you to see something. *Below them is a massive battle, seems Macal brought them to the sight of a battle from WWII, one of the most bloody battles in history.* Liza I want you to see this..This is what a real battle looks like, does it look like fun down there? Does it look like this is something these men are enjoying, I promise you Liza none of these men think this is a game. Battle and war is a horrible thing that you should always try to avoid. Look around Liza Look at this. This is what I'm trying to keep you from having to experience.
 
Mel watched with little reaction as more and more students entered the classroom. The notice about the one hour delay had come after she had gotten there but the trio had decided to stay anyway since there wasn't much they could do in an hour's time. She somewhat recognized two of the people she had seen on her first day at this Hell hole. She overheard them talking. Apparently, Little Red Riding Hood never made it back to her room last night after the fight. Probably dragged off by that wolf of a vampire.


"If it's the pyro you're worried about. She was "hanging out" with me last night. Had quite a party. Not sure where she went after she left. Probably off moping about what happened."


When Faith came in, Mel first wondered where the new assistant teacher she's been hearing about that morning. Apparently the most powerful student in the school. On what scale? There are multiple types of powerful and to even instill a ranking among students was a horrible idea itself. Just another excuse to rub your good fortune into others' faces. And just another reason for Mel to hate this place. Honestly, she found no reason to stay here other than the fact that Lilith still had her body. Even after having the fact that an angel had manipulated them thrown right in their faces, no one here would be willing to readily accept her. Like everywhere else, she was a spot that needed to be erased. After all, paint what she's done in whatever light you wish, she was still a murderer.


Faith mentioned some new changes to the school. Great. Just great. More stuff she was supposed to give a @#$% about.
 
Liza, still holding Macal's hand, peers down with continued bright-eyed curiosity where Macal is indicating, but the smile abruptly seeps away as she takes in the scene before her. Her mouth drops open, her eyes grow round, and her hand squeezes tighter and tighter as she stares, horror-stricken.


"Daddy! Those men are just human guys, they can't even do all that without getting hurt bad! They gotta stop it and get healed up! Daddy they're all hurt and bloody and being so, so mean to each other...I gotta go help them! I gotta go heal them up and make them better!"


And with that announcement she lets go of Macal's hand and teleports to the bottom of the hill, then begins to run towards the men with hands outstretched, anxious to help.


(Yeah that one backfired, lol)


Chameleon, Vash, Mel, and Riff are in the classroom, along with a few others. Great, just excellent, these weren't even the ones that Faith really NEEDS to talk to. Of course the day Raina decides to become a cold-blooded killer would happen to be the day she doesn't show up for class- how could Faith had expected any less? It wasn't like cold-blooded killers were really into getting an education. Even if the education did involve violence and battling skills.


But these were the students she had, and Faith would have to start with them. The others, well, they would just have to have a repeat lesson later.


"You've probably all noticed that this place has been getting out of control with the evil types strolling in and out whenever they damn well please," she said to the group at large, way beyond even attempting to censor her speech simply because she was the teacher and an authority figure at this point. "In case you've been missing the memos lately, there's been several student deaths and even the death of an administrator due to these types. This ends now. As of now there will be increased protective measures and security changes, to keep all of us safer and to try to keep people out who shouldn't be here. As of now, no one is allowed to leave the academy grounds unless given explicit permission, until further notice. A spell has been placed on the grounds so no one here will be able to be murdered, so we can rest easy on that one...probably, anyway," she muttered, and didn't try to disguise the fact that she was rolling her eyes. "If it is discovered that you have killed or seriously wounded another student, or an innocent civilian, there will be strong consequences. These consequences will be determined by the royals of your specific race or type. I'm head of the humans, so if you're a human, I will be the one you deal with if you break the new rules. Sheena is head of the Lycans, Nick and Deathwish are head of the vampires, and Flower is head of the key holders. If you are not a specific race or if you are a hybrid then you can come to me with any questions about who is head of you specifically and we can work something out. As of now, we have three new teachers who will be teaching some of your classes as well, but you may choose who you will be taught by unless I specifically assign you to work with one of them. Those teachers are Sheena Sadovsky, Alex Sage, and Flower. As some of the oldest and most experienced students, they are qualified to train you as well."


She paused, trying to think of what else she needed to cover, and then added, "If any of you sees anything or anyone who is suspicious, please report this to me, one of the other teachers, or to the headmaster. I am very concerned about your safety now, but I am even more concerned with helping you all learn how to be able to defend yourself and fight back against threats like we're having now. This is exactly what this school is for and exactly what I intend to do. If anyone needs help with anything at all or has any sort of problem, you can come to me with that too. But know that if I'm the one in charge of your kind, and you hurt or kill anyone in this school or outside it without damn good cause, I will make you regret it. Trust that."
 
Mel slammed her hands down onto the desk. "So you're telling me that I am not allowed to kill that @#$ing b*tch because the administrators decided to do something about this problem now?! And I can't even leave the school to kill her without some sort of freaking hall pass!" Riff grabbed Mel's arm in hopes to calm her down but she smacked his hand away. He did seem to succeed now as her voice was now much softer than before. Her posture also loosened up a bit and her face had gotten rid of any hint that she was mad as hell. "Lilith has my body. She has my powers. She has a head so big I question how it hasn't crushed her body yet. And because she's technically a student, I can't kill her and take back what is mine? Seems pretty @#$%ed up to me." She sat back down and gave a heavy sigh. "At least I've got one of the few sane heads around here. I don't have anything against those other heads but I don't necessarily feel like having to report to someone I still see as a kid. But Mrs. Cord, a simple threat of 'consequences' will never stop a killer. If murderers were afraid of consequences, we'd never have started killing in the first place. Consequences are what keeps the 'hero' from actually doing what he @#$%ing needs to do in order to win. Don't you think? I'm not saying that it's a bad thing that they're finally doing something but the way they chose to handle this is a bit . . . questionable. But that's probably just my screwed up view on the situation."


Of course, if it came to killing Lilith, Mel didn't mind any "punishment" this school would throw at her. Maybe it was her own arrogance that made her think that way but she'd be damned if she just complied to the hubris of the higher ups here that felt as if they were better than her. Sleepiness tugged at her eyelids again and it was getting increasingly difficult to fight the urge to just sleep right then and there. Normally, she'd pinch herself or something but this body felt nothing. No pain. No warmth. It was like she was already a corpse.


Vash stayed quiet for the moment which was odd since he loved any situation to run his mouth off. Changes. There were going to be new changes to the school. No killing? He supposed that would be for the better. Especially for Mel whose first instinct had always been to get rid of anything annoying. Maybe it'd change her mindset a bit. But how were they going to prevent people from killing one another? Hypnotism? Were they going to brainwash everyone into getting along? No, that wouldn't make sense. Something of that scale could never be pulled off easily. His sister had once told him that to affect someone's mind took ten times more power than to affect the body. But then how were they going to do it?


It was at that moment that he thought of the strange bolt of lightning earlier. Could that have reacted to Mel's killer intent earlier? So they basically all got shock collars? Seemed a bit inhumane. Vash raised his hand as everyone finished talking. "So who's the demon head? I'd think that the demons were the ones that needed watching the most. Not to discriminate or whatever but we are a bit . . . unstable. And with what just happened and all, Lilith is kind of the only person who can control Riff and me if we happen to go berserk." Well, if they could keep the chokers on, it should be relatively safe but what if another thing like last night happened. Those who didn't know could accidentally remove the gems from their necks.
 
Deathwish entered the room. "Us of course." He said and then looked at Riff and Vash. "We are half demon after all." He said and then looked at Mel. He looked at Faith. "I do agree faith. You of all people should know....sometimes to kill is what is needed. You are a slayer after all are you not?" He said and then looked at the vampires. "As for the vampires and demons....you will be killed, however you will not stay dead. Your powers will be taken away for a few days...meaning you will be human." He said and then crossed his arms. "My power can and will take away your strangth....even blood sucking will cause you to be turned human for about 2 days." He said and then rubs his head. "I warn you now....Blood coffin will cause so much pain in so little time you may not survive such a encounter." He looked at Faith for aprovel in their punishment choice. "Nick will be here momentarly....he was called on some important duty." He said and then stood tall. He looked at the two demons. He knew what it was like....his demon was iching to get out. In fact his shadow showed the signs of his demon as it took onthe shape of Orpheous. It's red eyes looked around and as it smiled Deathwish looked at his shadow and suddenly it became his own shadow once again. Deathwish let out a huge sigh.
 
(I'll assume Nick left? xD )





Myra and Chameleon both looked to Mel as she spoke, Myra seemed a bit freaked out that there was a talking doll - this was evident in her expression - but Chameleon looked at the talking doll as if she were just another person. Myra frowned, "Moping? Why? What happened?" But then Faith walked in, speaking about change, with a seriously determined tone, and Myra sank back into her seat as the lecture began.


Chameleon wasn't that bothered either way, and glanced to Faith when she began speaking. Keep out people who shouldn't be here? Chameleon almost challenged that statement. Who shouldn't be here? He was almost certain that 98% of this class had killed people. Ranging from one person to thousands. So who should and shouldn't be here? Should he be here? He had killed a lot, a hell of a lot of people, none of which he was proud of, none of which anyone here knew about, so should he have been kept out? He held back an eye roll at the Royals taking 'charge' of their subjects; thank God Faith didn't know he was supposed to be in charge of the Shifters.


Faye, at this moment in time, chose to walk in, just as Faith begins to talk about secruity measures. Her head is down, red hair covering her face slightly, and as the girl glances up for a place to sit, her eyes are no longer a fiery amber colour, but a faint, pale blue. Yes, blue. She spotted Myra, who smiled instantly, and moved to sit next to her and Chameleon. Chameleon spoke lightly, "Hey Faye, what happened to your eyes?" The girl simply frowned at them, avoiding looking at Riff, Vash and Mel who she knew were sitting across from them. "My eyes? What?" Myra spoke up, "Uh, they're blue Faye. Like Mum's..." Her voice wavered a bit on her Mother's name, and Faye frowned, reaching up to touch the skin under her eye as if she could see the colour like that, "Really?" She shrugged, "Hey, looks like I did inherit something from her after all, too bad she didn't know." The girl doesn't sound at all sad as she speaks of her dead Mother, why should she? They never had any love in their relationship anyway. "But why are they blue?" Faye shrugs again, "Ssh Myra, teacher's talking." She leant back in her seat, today she was surprisingly - possibly for the first time in her life - wearing a hoodie, and she wrapped her hands in it. Myra frowned at this too, "Faye? Why are you wearing a hoodie, you neve--" "I'm cold, okay?" Faye snapped lightly at her big sister, glancing to her, and Myra opened her mouth to say, 'but you never get cold' But Faye sent her such a glare that her sister got the hint and fell silent, listening to Faith again.


Faye shivered lightly, she was so damn cold. Was no-one else cold?


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Raina, watching as Faith walked past - having not seen her - shrugged it off and decided to follow after her. She wiped the blood from her mouth, following her at a slow pace. She noticed her go into the classroom - lingering back - and remembered they had class today. Oh yeah, forgot about that. Oh well, better late than never, right? Plus, Faith was likely to stake the girl either way, so why not do it infront of the whole class?


So, with a confident stride, her body ready for possible pain that was likely to come, she pushed open the classroom door - her appearance clean of blood but boy did she reek of it - just as Faith finished up her little speech with "you hurt or kill anyone in this school or outside it without damn good cause, I will make you regret it. Trust that." She smirked both inside and out; time to test that. She however, didn't stride right up to Faith and demand she prove her words nope. She instead took a seat beside Faye, who glanced to her with a frown, "Rai? You stink of blood." Raina shrugged, and Faye's blue eyes widened, "Rai...is Faith talking about this because of you?" Raina turned in her seat to face her little sister then, bitterly ignoring the voice inside her screaming to ask her little sister if she's okay, why are her eyes blue? Why is she wearing a jumper? Is she upset? What happened? Nope. Instantly, she pushes the voice back, and speaks with an eye roll, an off tone, "And so what if she is? Why does it matter to you if I killed someone?" Faye blinked at her sister, "Because you'll get in trouble Rai." "And? I don't care, you shouldn't either." This is spoken sharply, and Faye flinches back slightly from the harshness of it, her pale eyes turning a bit of a deeper crystal blue, she shudders violently from the cold and turns away without another word.


Raina ignores the sting in her chest and turns to look at Faith, her black glassy eyes challenging the teacher to come and 'tell her off'


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Jace, seen he was still banned from Faith's lessons - at least he assumed so - was heading to see if Flower was around or not. He'd heard she been 'promoted' to a Teacher, and wanted to not only congratulate her, but also maybe ask if she would tutor him, help get Sethos under control. So he strolled through the academy grounds, occasionally going through walls because it's quicker, when he passed the training hall, then stopped and stepped back. He had seen Flower through the glass window bit in the door. Flower and...who was that? Some dude? Who was hovering his fangs over her neck. He was restraining her, hand over her mouth, and when he threw her Jace lost it.


He kicked the door open, actually sending it off it's hinges as he sped over to the other guy, standing between him and Flower. He of course had absolutely no clue that this 'other guy' was infact his eldest brother. He pratically growled at the guy, chest heaving, the shadows heaved, lunging at Vince as they tried to grab his feet and arms and slam him against the wall. "Don't touch her." This came out as a low, dark voice, and oddly enough, it had a mixture of two voices, not just one. Sethos was also telling Vince to leave Flower alone.


(Yeah, thought I'd give Faye a draw-back like Flower. Flower can't use her light power in the darkness, so I was thinking Faye can't use her fire when she's uber sad. So her eyes go blue (as that's their natural colour without the fire in them) and she gets cold)


(Edit: Wait what? Raina will be turned human for 2 days?!? Damn! No-one told me 'bout that....Oh dear...I don't know she can handle...or if I can handle her being human..)
 
Mel looked at Myra with a dead stare. "If you want to know, then you can ask her yourself. I personally don't like other people airing out my secrets to the public, I can only imagine that she is the same."


When the vampire prince walked in announced himself as the head of the demons, both Riff and Vash looked away from Deathwish and gave a soft sigh of disappointment. They still hadn't forgiven the vampire twins for attacking Mel. Well, the fighting part was fairly forgiven. Though there was a bit of tension between the trio and the others who they had fought last night, both demons acknowledged the fact that the students were misguided and tricked just like everyone else they had met traveling with Mel. What made the twins' case a little less forgivable was when Nick had actually blamed the thing on Mel herself, saying that it was her fault for getting on their bad sides. Now, if memory served them right, Mel had only talked to the twins once each. And sure Mel had a sharp tongue and a horrible attitude but if saying a few mean things were enough cause to try to kill someone, then Mel would've had justification to kill just about everyone they've met.


As Deathwish explained the penalty for the murder of another student, they couldn't help but be a bit . . . underwhelmed with what apparently awaited them. "That's it? Um . . . I don't blame you for knowing this but both Riff and I were humans before we met Mel. So we're not so dependent on our powers that being human again would crush us." "And as for pain, Mel, as well as life itself, has fully prepared us to handle great pains. A Spartan training style does help to get you used to pain. But wouldn't draining someone of their blood, whether or not it is for punishment, still be considered a violation of your rules?" "Man, training was the worst during her time of the month. It's like when she's bleeding, she expects you to as well." "Yes, quite true. There is no monster scarier than a woman during that time." "Honestly, I thought we gonna go through something like number 11."


As the demons carried on their own conversation, Mel glared at Deathwish. Still, this glare came from what looked like a ten year old girl with blonde braids and a sailor suit, so it was extremely less menacing than her usual glare. "Prince or not, I will not tolerate anyone hurting my family." The students here already had the bronze to try to make Vash and Riff leave her. Now that they came back, she was going to hold onto them, and no one was going to get in the way of that.
 
Flower looked up at Jace and then looked at Vince who snickered. Vince looked at Jace. "Ahh father's new favorite." He said and then looked at the shadows. He slamed in hand into Jace forcing Jace back into a wall. "Why shouldn't I touch her? She will be my wife." He said and then looked as Flower looked up at Vince with a glare. "Since I am in fact alive Flower our wedding is back on...isn't that nice?" He said looking at her.


Vince smirked and then crossed his arms. "Since your big hero isn't around anymore....I guess you had to go and get a mass murder didn't you? Was that human boy not enough? He did 'Kill me'" He said with a laugh. He looked at Flower who seemed to be a little upset. "Oh wait....left you did he?" Suddenly Flower got mad and punched him down to the ground. She grabbed her head feeling dizy. Vince was draining the light from the room.


Deathwish looked at Mel. He sighed. "I understand that...really I do." he said and then rubbed his head. A painful memory entered his mind. He shivered and then crossed his arms. Deathwish did have a girl he loved...however his demon half suddenly took control and killed her. Deathwish never really choice another girl after that. He had killed his own love...he didn't want anyone else to be killed. "Mel...you are a strong human....stronger then I've seen. If you wish...if they get out of line...you can take their place.' He said and then looked at Faith. "If anything hurting the ones you love..." He looked at Mel. "Is much worse then being hurt." He said and then sighed.
 
Jace frowned, "Wait what? Father's n---" He was cut off as he slammed back against the wall, knocking his head. He growled now, his eyes flashed black but then back to blue again.


Not yet Sethos.


Why not? That damn hurt!


Flower's still here, and how do I know you won't hurt her too?


You don't. But we both know I'm stronger.


Shut up. I'll let you out if I feel like it.


Jace pushed himself off the wall, bending the shadows to his will, he growled again, his eyes flashing black once more, "Wife?" He was ready to use his draining power on this filthy bloodsucker, brother or not. Sethos was right on this occasion, family meant nothing. When Vince spoke about the mass murderer, well, Jace didn't really care, he was more focused on the words wife and wedding. "There's no way in hell you're marrying her." When Flower grabbed her head, stumbling a bit from dizziness Jace grabbed her wrist, gently pulling her beside him as he focused on sending the shadows away from her, causing the light in the room to be solely on her. He twisted his hand sending more shadows at Vince with the intention of making the shadows tear at his skin. If his plan worked, the shadows would cut Vince.


If Vince pissed him off anymore, he would resort to using his draining power. It could keep vampires down for ages. It just didn't work so well on other races...
 
Vince looks at Jace. "Jealous are we?" He said and the backed up as he was sliced by the shadows. He looks at Jace and then glared. He looked as Flower started to get stronger. He hissed and the looks at Jace. "She's mine..." He said and then smirks at Flower. He rushed and grabbed tried to grab flower but she lashed out at him. He stummbled back as her claws turned back into hands. She looked at Vince. "I wasn't going to marry you then and I'm not going to now!" She yelled at him and then created a huge light ball in her had. "I'm no one's prize to give away and those idoits back at my castle better get that through thei heads!" She yells and then goes to hit him but he disappeared in shadow before she could.


Flower growls in anger and hn turns around and Vince slapped her hard. She fel to the floor and hen growled loudly. "You are darn well lucky I am to tired to you to the middle of the earth!" Flower yelled at him.
 
Faith can definitely identify with Mel's feelings over the whole Lil situation. In fact, she herself rather wants to get her hands on the girl...woman...THING herself. But before she can start explaining her take of the situation, Deathwish and Nick come in, interrupting the classroom with their own explanations.


And these, Faith is not exactly satisfied with. When Deathwish and Nick proclaim themselves to be charge of the demonic as well as the vampiric, Faith raises an eyebrow, one hand to her hip.


"Uh, how does that work, exactly? Other people are in half and half too. Sheena's half human and half Lycan, that doesn't make her in charge of both. Liza's half goddess and you don't see me letting her sit in a throne next to whatever God's up there playing on his harp."


But that is the least of her concerns when Deathwish lays out his idea of "punishment" for the vampires and demons if they happen to kill. At this declaration Faith turns and outright stares at them openly, entirely disbelieving.


"Excuse me, but THAT is your punishment?! You punish them for killing someone for A FEW DAYS just by taking away their powers and hurting them with some blood coffin thing a little?! Hello, but being vampires, aren't you guys kinda accustomed to blood and coffins as it is?! You really think a few days of not having powers is a good trade off for someone not having one day left of their life?"


When Mel starts to say she will not allow Riff or Vash to be punished, Faith turns to her, giving her an almost searching look, a new respect for her almost reluctantly cropping up. Turning to Deathwish, she raises an eyebrow again. "If Mel is a human, then she's under my jurisdiction. And I have to say..." Turning back to Mel, she said to her directly, "I understand you wanting revenge on this Lil. And I have to say, I'm not opposed to it. We can talk about it after class, but I have to say I'm probably not gonna do a hell of a lot to stand in your way."


She has more to say, but it is at this moment that Raina enters the room. Immediately Faith's body goes rigid, and she pays no attention to any others. Raina is staring at her almost as though in challenge, daring her to act, and Faith will not refuse to take her up on her offer.


Going directly to her, she seizes her by the shoulders in a grip that would be enough to break many people's bones, jerking her out of her seat and spinning her around to face the others, still restraining her from behind. With Raina now facing out to the others, she almost spits her addressal of Deathwish.


"And the time to put these theories into practice and come up with a way that actually works, starts now. Right this second. Raina Sharpe murdered another a young girl today. You say you're taking away her powers for a few days and that's it? Let's keep talking, because if you ask me, that's literally letting her get away with murder. She knew what she was doing. She's had her chances. She's going to be our first example now."
 
"Fine then. If Vash and Riff ever get out of hand, I will gladly take anything you can dish out at me." Mel froze a bit when Deathwish mentioned loved ones. Did she actually love Riff and Vash? No. It wasn't like that. This was a different feeling than love. She didn't love them. She needed them. These two were the only ones who were willing to stay by her side despite all that she did and was. They were the only ones who would smile for her. They were the only ones who gave up their humanity to follow her. If she lost them, she'd be all alone again and the darkness could whisper the cruelest things when one was alone. She wasn't going to return to that.


Back to reality, Mel raised a painted eyebrow at Deathwish's comment. She pointed a finger at Faith. "You need to get your eyes checked. There's a human stronger than me right there." It was true. Mel was weak, at least in her opinion. Strength was more a state of mind than a display of physical power. She heard Faith mention a meeting after class to discuss the Lilith situation and made a mental note of it.


Then all attention turned to a black haired vampire, Little Miss Sunshine, the one who had thrown a knife at her in the garden. Apparently, she had killed an innocent girl. The doll wondered why. Everyone killed for a reason. Some did it because of a grudge. Some do it because of some sick fetish like headless blondes. Some kill out a perverted sense of justice or faith. Some did it for amusement. Some have a bigger plan that involve a murder. And then there were those like Mel, who do it because they're sick of looking at those people. As she tried to narrow down the possibilities, she couldn't help but wonder if this Raina had it in her to be a murderer.There was a difference between a killer and a murderer after all. It was all in the mentality. Of course, this is derived from the question before. Why do you kill?


She decided to just watch this all play out. There weren't enough clues to accurately estimate or even guess the story behind this one. But if Raina proved to be a murderer and not just a killer, maybe there was at least one person at this school who'd be able to understand her. Chances were that she was just a killer though. They all were. Mel had yet to meet an actual murderer. Still, this case piqued her interest.
 
Deathwish looks at Faith and then raises the coffin and the blood spilled on the floor. "This is a serious thing." He said and then opened the door. The creature inside suddenly screeched it rushed out and yelled out yet again. Deathwish pointed to the spikes. "It slowly takes away your power and then adds pain. Only a few seconds in here and it'll feel like years of torment." He said and then pulled the creature back. The coffin smelled of evil. Deathwish brought the creature back inside the coffin and closed it. Deathwish looks at Faith. "Years of torment...." he added again and then glared at her. 'My punishment is NOT light. As for the Demon thing I am afraid that is how it has been set." he said and then crossed his arms. "Besides...vampires and demons are no that far off from each other...they are very closely related." He said an then sighed deeply. (Nick isn't there by the way.)
 
*Mac knew she would try to heal everyone but he picked this place for a reason, he appears in front of her.* LIZA! You can not heal anyone here! This is the past we can only observe not get involve, things must happen here as they've been written. You taking off without thinking is exactly why I have to talk to you. Liza your fighting skills are coming along well but you need to learn how to think. A warrior doesn't always have to fight, there is nothing wrong with withdrawing from the battle. Liza I picked this battle because this is The Ardennes CounterOffensive otherwise known as The Battle of the Bulge this battle was a massive failure for the German Army, thousands of men lost their lives because a stubborn German Field Marshall refused to withdraw his men..He was a great warrior but he was a fool for not understanding that this was a battle not worth fighting. Liza one day you will lead my armies and you need to be as good of a thinker as well a good warrior in fact you can't be either without the other. Liza your recent fights have been dangerous and unnecessary. You're a Goddess of War Liza if you were to actually fight seriously you could seriously injure someone, Do you understand that you should only fight when you have no other possible options. Liza this is not a suggesstion this is a command, You will only fight while under the rules of sparring or if your life is being threaten! Otherwise Princess you will retreat...PERIOD!
 
Even with the situation with Raina at hand, her irritation and anger barely held in check, what with Raina and Deathwish to deal with at the moment, Faith can't keep from smiling when Mel coolly informs Deathwish that she, not Mel, is the strongest of the humans. Faith is still not fully informed of what, exactly, Mel is capable of, but she is fairly confident that her own abilities will surpass hers, along with all other students, at least at present. If not, then what the hell is she doing teaching if that isn't the case?


When Deathwish gives him demonstration of what he calls the blood coffin, Faith watches with a closed off expression. Earlier she had struggled to balance her anger and what she herself doesn't want to admit to be disappointment with Raina against her vague unease at having to carry out punishment towards her, for wasn't she, herself, a murderer when it came down to it? Years ago, yes...when she was a kid Raina's age...so didn't that mean Raina too could potentially be rehabilitated?


No. She couldn't have any doubts now, not when she was standing here in front of her own students, with Raina here too...Raina knew what she was doing, and she had had choices. She had had chances. Hell, her own husband, her own daughter had been ready to adopt her into the family as one of their own. Raina had no excuses, so how could she ever change if she also had no remorse?


"You just happen to carry around an instrument of torture for no particular reason?" she said to Deathwish, through gritted teeth. But it is the rest of his statement that really gets to her, and she almost loosens her hold of Raina in her haste to respond.


"Wait a minute. Who runs the school here, you two, or Steve? Last time I checked you weren't headmaster, owner, or a teacher. So who are you to stand here and tell me "that's how it's been set?" And believe me when I tell you as someone who's been to hell multiple times, someone who is a VAMPIRE SLAYER, there can be a world of difference between a vampire and a demon. Especially when you start figuring in all the combos of half vamps and half demons out there."


Her hands tighten on Raina as she continues, a fair amount of passion in her tone. "Okay, fine, so your coffin blood or whatever is painful and serious. It still lasts for like two days. Then what, you release the person? They go out and live their daily lives like it never happened? What about the families of the victim, how do you think they feel knowing they suffered for two days while their child is dead forever? How do you think the other students here are going to feel about someone who just killed their friend still going to class beside them and walking around like nothing ever happened? People will start rebelling, they'll try to kill the killers and it will be an endless cycle. What good do you think it will do the killer's soul to be tortured a little while, then released out? Ever consider the possibility it might just push them over the edge and make them more violent and paranoid and more INCLINED to keep killing?"


"and as for Raina," she gave her a hard shake for good measure, "I know her better than either of you. I know the circumstances of what's been going on with her. I'm telling you that if she killed this person, and it sure as hell looks like she did, she did it in cold blood. My daughter considers her to be her sister, and my husband considered her to be almost like his child. If anyone should be deciding what to do with her, it should be family. At the very least, we should have significant input."


**


Liza is distressed to discover that every time she reaches out to touch someone, her hand simply passes right through them, and they do not acknowledge her at all. With increasing agitation she tries to grab people, but when her fingers continue to surpass them, she turns to her father, her eyes even wider with her horror. She hears what he is saying, but she is concentrated mostly on what she is watching now, on what she is seeing as her inability to help.


"DADDY THEY ARE HURT!!!!"


**


In her bedroom, Sheena sleeps lightly, waking often and pulling her blanket more closely around herself. Eventually she sits up, an intense loneliness settling around her chest, and wonders to herself what Alex is doing, and whether she should call or contact him.


(Faith is a murderer...she murdered a man in cold blood when she was a teenager...)
 
*Mac nods at Liza* Yeah Princess I know they are but this has happened a long long time ago, I just wanted to show you that there is a cost to fighting. Liza I always tell you that we fight for the people that can't fight for themselves, we protect those that can't protect themselves. I've must have told you that since the day you've taken your first breath, so this is mostly my fault, I've encouraged you to stand up to the bullies and evil but I didn't teach you that there is a time for you to stand up and fight and a time for you to stand back, observe and understand exactly what you're fighting for. You need to think before you fight, think about how the battle can effect not just you but everyone involve, everyone you love..Liza I have to worry about every enemy I've ever faced tracking down everyone I love and trying to get payback, so I have to secretly protect everyone I love at all times that is a 24/7 365 day job. Are you prepared to do that for everyone you love, do you have the time and resources to do that? I don't think so.
 
In one ear, out the other. It is not within Liza's ability to fully comprehend what Macal is trying to tell her or why he worries so much for her, nor is it within her natural instinct to not involve herself in other people's suffering, to try to make it better. Even Liza's mother has difficulty stopping and thinking before acting at times, and Liza is nothing if not her mother's daughter. For her to be able to have the wisdom and maturity to consider her actions before she acts upon her own desires and impulses...well, even if she does agree with what her father is trying to say, the chances of her being able to carry them out in the future or to recall their conversation in the heat of the moment are hardly stellar.


For now she runs around, still trying to find someone, anyone she can help, before finally accepting, crushed, that she will not be able to do so. She sidles over to Macal, face puckering, tears in her eyes as she wraps herself around his leg and presses her face against his hip, not wanting to hear or see the others suffering any longer.


"Daddy I just wanna help people. I just want people not to hurt. This is mean. I don't wanna be here."


**


Sheena has slept perhaps an hour or two total when she finally pushes herself out of bed, a faint headache pounding itself at her temples. She is still exhausted, with very little energy even to move, and she knows she hasn't slept like Faith wants her to. Nevertheless the room seems so large and empty to her that she does not want to stay alone in it any longer, and she reaches for her SHIELD badge, punching in the code needed to contact only Alex.


where r u, she types.
 
*Mac reaches down and picks Liza up, there is no telling if this conversation did a thing for Liza but there is no more point in remaining here any longer, he blinks and as he opens his eyes they're back at the academy.* We back Liza, now I hope you understand what I'm trying to say to you because if I hear about you getting into another fight like that one the other day, I'll have no choice but to punish you, that may even include binding your powers, do you want that to happen? *He kneels down letting her go after he kisses the top of her head and wiping her tears away.* Liza..just please be careful and try to think before you fight anyone ok? Now I've excused Mara for the day so I guess you and I will go find us a couple of sandwiches and your mother, who is suppose to be off today.
 
Liza, sniffling and trying to stop crying, the images of the suffering men still burned into her brain, holds up her arms for Macal to pick her up and carry her. "That was so bad Daddy...they shouldn't oughtta be mean to each other and make each other hurt like that. I wanted to help them. I wanted to heal them up and I couldn't. Was that a bad dream? I don't like bad dreams."


His question about binding her powers registers in a delayed fashion, and she gasps, looking up at him with renewed shock at this possibility as she shakes her head vigorously. "No! No Daddy, don't! I'll be so so good, I promise. I will."


Faith, of course, has not had a day off since the day she took on a job at this place, and it looks like today won't be the first to go against this pattern. On Macal's comment about her mother, Liza mumbles, "Mama went to go teach and stuff...Daddy don't take away my powers. I can't even heal no one then."
 
*Starts walking with her down the hall in the direction he can sense Faith in* Hey that's all up to you Liza, don't give me a reason to bind them and I won't. Now how about you smile when we see your mother cause if she's been working on her day off then she may need to see your smiling face to make her feel better. *He makes the final turn to where Faith is and stops, hanging back for a second not wanting to charge straight into the ongoing situation that looks pretty tense. Holding onto Liza tightly not letting her down to run into it either, he slowly moves towards her and coughs to get her attention.* What's going on? You all seem pretty tense and I'm not crazy about a bunch of people with supernatural powers being all on edge surrounding my wife like this.


*Alex grins and types back* I'm at where I'm at. :P Where are you are? And who is this, I'm warning you I have a girlfriend and she's tough and beautiful and she's smarter then she thinks she is..But she's kind of short. *He was sitting at his desk playing guitar but after she texts him he doesn't wait for her to respond he gets up and starts walking towards the Cord's Living Quarters.*
 
Mel stayed quiet for a bit, just listening to Faith and Deathwish argue about what to do about Raina. It wasn't until Deathwish made that comment about vampires and demons being alike that a spark lit up in her eye. Again, if her eye could twitch, it would be. There were only three things that could get Mel to react with a fair amount of emotion: arrogance, caterpillars and larva like bug, and idiots. There were few things worse than someone getting their facts wrong, especially if it was a topic Mel was somewhat passionate about (which would be poisons and venoms, religion, and music). Now the prince wasn't completely wrong. His view was just a bit narrow. "Actually, 'demon' is an umbrella term used to label any creature that is considered 'dark' and does not fit into the preconceived categories, such as lycan or vampire. Though there are some creatures labeled demons that do resemble vampires such as the incubus, you cannot say that they are that much similar. Both feed on humans but while vampires feed on blood, the incubus feeds on the life force or sometimes even the soul of its victims. You must keep in mind that the race of demons span across hundreds or maybe thousands of unique creatures that may or may not resemble other 'creatures of the night', such as the kitsune or inugami who are more closely related to lycans. There are some demons are more closely related to humans and others that even take more after inanimate objects or concepts of sin such as Mammon, the physical manifestation of greed. Even Riff and Vash, you can't really say that you're like them, can you? Over one hundred years old and yet as ignorant as a child. Though I do suppose that to know this, you'd really have to look for it." (Sorry if she seems rude. That's how Mel is.) After seeming to blurt all of that out in a single breath, Mel sat back down. Vash looked at her with an almost shocked look on his face. Riff however already knew about Mel's intensive research on the subject. "What? If I can command a legion of demons, I need to know what I can control, right?"


"As for the case with Raina, I fail to see what it has to do with me. Given my . . . unique situation, I may be a little biased here." How could you ask a murderer to judge a killer? Of course, she might be a bit more open minded to the vampire's case, because she herself was sick of people judging her own kills, she might actually support Raina's little hunt. "Not to mention, that don't have all the pieces to the story, or any pieces at all really. But if she is indeed guilty, there's really nothing you can do to stop her killing spree. Like I said before, if murderers feared punishment, we'd never have killed in the first place."
 
"The case of Raina has nothing to do with you," Faith says to Mel, taking not so secretive pleasure in seeing her dress down Deathwish with her recitation of her knowledge of demons. "And there is plenty that can be done to stop her from a killing spree or whatever else she might have had in mind. Question is, will those things be done, and are they the appropriate things to do now?"


Turning to Deathwish again, she directly challenges him. "First case here, Deathwish. You say you'd take away her powers a few days? Do the coffin thing? You think that's best for her, you think that's gonna make things better when she gets out and rejoins everyone again? You think you know her enough to be able to say yes to that?"


She is looking at Faye and Myra too, including them now as she concludes, "Like I said, if you ask me in this particular case it's a family affair."


When Macal slips into the room behind her, she is hardly pleased for his presence. If anything, to her, it seems like he's undermining the authority she is still trying to maintain consistently with the students, particularly in light of the return of Steve and the making of these new rules. Turning back to him, she says tersely, "Everything is under control, Macal, or soon will be. Why don't you take Liza back to her class or go check on things at home?" Meaning Sheena, but not about to spread her personal business around in front of the others.


Liza is looking around at the others, sensing the tension as well, and as usual, announces exactly what she is observing. "Mama looks mad. Are you mad, Mama? How come? What's that black thing, isn't that what vampires sleep in? It smells bad in here...ooh Raina!"


She manages to not comprehend that Faith is attempting to restrain Raina and instead zeroes in only on the fact that Raina is present. Wiggling to be put down, she calls out to her, beaming and waving. "Hi Raina! Can I spar with you?"


**


Looking back at Alex's message to her, Sheena doesn't quite smile, but her lips twitch faintly. Short? She's barely an inch shorter than him. He definitely spends too much time with Macal. And smarter than she thinks she is...she doesn't know how he comes up with that one either.


When he comes to the door she goes to open it, standing there for a moment, then reaches for his hand. "Hi." She doesn't know what else to say.
 
Deathwish looks at Faith and suddenly he gets very mad. "I did not choose this power! I do not choose to have something so evil and something that causes pain ans suffering to follow me where ever I go! You want to jodge me for a power you know nothing about then you will make a poor teacher because you will not understand over half of the students here!" He yelled and then gripped his head. He could not let himself slip away like last time. Deathwish's mind was unstable and the reason was the blood coffin. It makes any holder go insane because it torments the holder much more then it's other victoms. Deathwish's sanity was as unstable as a rock on the edge of a cliff. Anything can set him off if they raise his emotions to high.


Deathwish rubs his head and then looks at Faith. "Raina is not under my punishment. I have been ordered that you control her." He said and then sighed. "Faith I would much like you to see that we can not do everything. You want to be suported correct? You want to know the kids are safe...I understand that but yet everything we try to do is not good enough. Anything less of brainwashing them isn't good enough. We can not control the kids and if you are unwilling to try anything that is not of your standers then it is impossible to reach. You want rules and answers but you don't give anything that could be useful in helpping us. You need to start supporting us or else nothing we do will work." He said and then started rubbing his head.


"Steve choose you for a reason...but if you do not get rid of that aditude and start thinking of ways to help us then things here in the school will only get worse." he said and then sighed deeply trying to regain control of his emotions. "They are asking for you help but you are not giving them any." he said and then rubbed his head more.
 
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