Rie walked in her head hung low her form seemed to glow as she walked down the street and hurryed to the gallery. She needed to find Val ..... Lil .... ANYONE.

In panic and tears she hamered on the door to the Glary crying out. "Val please! Answer the door!" Something had happend to her something that wasent ment to happen.....something that had caused Rie to go missing soon after the wedding....but shed explain it all in due time.

"VAL!!!" she cryed out in painic. Tears fell down her face as she looked down at her belly...she was pregneat and it was clear to see that. Though she had had no sexual contact with anyone but Belle......and thats why she needed Val...to find Belle to tell her what had happend...

"Val." she whimperd and jerked back a bit as the baby kicked angrly within her. She swalowed hard....she hadent fed on blood nore had she had any human food in over almost a week....but how else would she pay to get back here from that damned planet....it costed her alot but it would be worth it once she found Belle.

She blinked looking at the girl as she held onto the door fram relizing how silly she must look.

"Thank you, now you say your mother is here?" inhaling deeply she sighed smiling Lil and nodded setping in her body shivering a bit as her hunger pounded down on her

Shocked into action by the sight of the mother she had yet to formally meet, Lyric obeyed, as any good girl would. She found herself astonished by this once she was half way through her task, blood warming for Rie.

Carrying the glass out to this friend of her Mother's, Lyric found that if she were honest with herself, she had been longing for instruction and boundaries from her mother. She yearned to be told what to do, how to do it, and when. Had she lost her marbles?

This inner conflict of teenage rebellion and longing for a Mother raged within her, keeping her occupied and quiet as she seated herself closely beside her estranged mother.

Eager to be away from the Mother that was drawing her in like a moth to a flame, Lyric nearly shouted in her eagerness, "I'll get it!"

Running from the room, buckles of her boots jingling, heart racing, she poured another of the foul smelling stuff and warmed it, wondering as she watched it if Val drank this stuff. She found herself obsessing over blood now, and found she had this desire to get to know Valentine as well as her mother.

Returning to the sitting room, she handed the woman the glass and watched in awe as she drank, feeling a bit of envy at her obvious beauty and maturity. Would Lyric EVER get to grow up and have adventures of her own?

Kalis appeared before both Rie and Lilith in a flash of dark green flame, he looked at them both, his eyes burned with green fire, and he spoke to them, his voice dark and cold.

"Rie, Belle, i trust you will help me, Xander is in danger, i need to find her, it is urgent, the child she carries is in danger as well, please tell me where she is at."

Of course Kalis was trying to decieve them, he wanted to find Xander, in order to kill her and her unborn child, they both were a threat to his rule. With Yaxlir gone, the son of Yaxlir would carry all of the powers of a Dragon of Athas, and the powers Xander possessed. The child had to die, as would the mother. Kalis would stop at nothing to send both mother and child to the black.

Rie looked at Kalis then stood shaking her head "No i dont know were shr is but i have to go .... things have to be fixed"

She stood wobbly and leand over the couch and stroked Lyrics hair giggling sofly. "Oh Lil tsker good care of her she will grow to be a good child."

She walked to Kalis and hugged hom saddly a tear falling down her face. "I missed you as well."

Gave a hug to Rie, but there was no real emotion to it, only the coldness he now bore, he was dark now, once again the monster he used to be. He looked to her and to Val, and to the unconscious Lyric.

"Very well i will seek Xander out for myself, and yes i must say i was at fault for the girl fainting, my enterance seems to have made her faint from fear. I bid you ladies a good day."

his voice was dark too, cold, and cruel, he was not the Kalis that they knew, he had returned to the Darkness, there was no kindness in him left. He was a Dragon of Athas and Champion of Rajaat, slaughterer and bringer of Desolation. He was Kails-Nar, Lord of Sorrows.

He left as he came in a great green flame, cold and cruel in its light, no warmth, only cold. And then he was gone.

Moaning incoherently at first, Lyric rolled onto her side, and then sat bolt upright, a scream caught in her throat.

Eyes wide, about to yell for Val, or for her mother, she caught sight of the hottest guy she had ever seen. Blushing, smoothing her skirt and spiking out her hair, she gave him a winning smile. "Um, hey."

She wondered where this God of Punk had come from, but found she didn't care. So, she flirted and preened herself, hoping to make a good impression on him when she remembered that green ball of fire and jumped from the bed, "Oh my Goddess! Mom!"

Grabbing Jial by the hand, she ran down the hall, leading him to the living room where her mother sat with Val, hugging each other. "What happened? What was that? Are you guys okay?"

Looking from one face to the next, she then scooted a bit closer to Jial, trying to decide whether to play the damsel in distress, or the strong, cool type. He was hot, and whoever he was, she wanted him!

With a flash of grey and black ash and black flame, Yaxlir appeared, he too was different, no longer the young and naive boy. He was somewhat distant and cold, hard edged and very wise to the way things really are, he looked at the group gathered, some he knew, others he did not, he spoke with a strong and rather dark voice to Belle, Rie and Val

"Rie, Belle, Miss Valentine, i am here to find my father, i sense his lingering presence, the worm, the coward hides from me, i need to find him, Xander and my son must be protected from him. He seeks their death, as he sees them as a threat. Did he say anything to any of you as to where he was hiding?"

A bit surprised at all this "popping" in and out of her home, she grumbled something to herself about putting some magical locks on the damn place or something.

But, beings Yaxlir was only trying to protect his own, she replied,"Um..no, he didn't. I sent him on his way. He is not welcome in my home. I hope you are able to protect your wife and child. Lilith, Lyric, Jial, and I will be leaving here soon. He will not be able to get anything out of us."

Glancing at the obvious love-stricken Lyric, she sighed, shook her head and walked over to the girl. "Lyric, no. He is far too old for you, and...he is mine." Kissing the girl on the head, she immediately realized what a mistake that was. Not only did she forbid her to lust after Jial, she had treated her like a child, something no teenager wants. Great. What a fine mess THIS was going to be!

Val watched the girl stomp off to the guest room Val had given her earlier that day, and winced as the door slammed so hard, it liked to have flown off it's hinges.

A weak smile and a shrug, Val looked from Lilith to Yaxlir, and then took a seat.

"Yaxlir, I don't know where he is hiding, but I have heard there is an assassin looking for him, Inanna Sorgatani. I believe she worked for Kalis at one point, and she may be able to help you."

Oh dont you dare even thin about it young man." Jial said his hand on the sholder of Jaden.

With a swift movemet he had Jaden agains the wal creating a larg slamming sound. "What the hell do you think your doing?"he growled lowly.

"I wouldent syugest you be looking at girls by sneeking into there house, one day one will kick your a$$." he said pinning the boy against the wall gritting his teeth.