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<blockquote data-quote="warlord" data-source="post: 2441544" data-attributes="member: 23487">Chapter 2 revisedFoeranyone who cares(Hopefully Frukathka) I'm posting my revised version of chapter 2Crusader1.2 Burning Love&quot;So you did manage to eliminate the Sharr'ak demon?&quot; asked Nord&quot;Yeah, he's as dead as disco.&quot; said Damien&quot;Hey!&quot; accused Landen &quot;dico is still as long as I have platform shoes and bellbottems.&quot;&quot;Are you sure its nessicery he be here?&quot; asked an annoyed Nord.&quot;Yes, he's part of the team now.&quot; &quot;Oh go me I'm finally made a real team.&quot;&quot;Back to the important issues&quot; said Nord &quot;now tell me about this Uriel you encountered.&quot;&quot;Dude in a trenchcoat with a sword who can throw down.&quot; said Damien&quot;That's pretty much it&quot; concluded Cain&quot;And he was hot!&quot; added Jett&quot;I don't think that last point reallly matters&quot; scolded Nord&quot;It mattered to me.&quot; said Jett Then the bell rang signaling the start of the school day. A group consisting of Cain, Damien, Landen and Dallas quickly rushed out to get to their classes.&quot;I thought you dropped out of school.&quot; Said Damien&quot;I did&quot; said Cain &quot;I'm just here cause theres only so much to do in a 18$ a day fleabag motel.&quot; &quot;You know you can come live live with me and Dad.&quot;&quot;NO!&quot; yelled Cain &quot;I'm not living with him.&quot; &quot;If he didn't want the bastard son then he sure as hell doesn't want him now.&quot; &quot;Anyway I'm fine where I am and I gotta get Geometry so time soon.&quot; &quot;Ok but if you change your mind I got an extra key&quot; said Damien as he walked away. While walking Dam,ien began to think about his brother's problems with their dad. &quot;Why does he hate him so much&quot; he thought &quot;I guess its because Dad abandoned him once he found out Cain's mom was carrying him.&quot; &quot;And Cain's mom was a crack addict so I doubt she was much of a mom.&quot; &quot;But why does he blame Dad for everything his mom put him through?&quot; He wondered &quot;Its like Dad could've stopped it.&quot; Cain did evenually get to Geometry about halfway through the period. When he showed up he was greeted by Mr. Hawkins the Geometry teacher. &quot;And why would you be late sir? &quot;&quot;I don't have a watch so I didn't know it was time for class to start.&quot; said Cain sarcasticly&nbsp;&quot;I see, now grab a book from the back and take a seat.&quot; Not bothering to grab a book Cain went to back of the room and sat down in the only open seat next to a girl with long light brown hair.&quot;Sir&quot; said Mr. Hawkins &quot;please grab a book&quot;&quot;No&quot; said Cain defiently&quot;I said grab a book&quot; commanded Mr. Hawkins&quot;I'll just share with..&quot; grabbing the girl's book next to him and checking inside for a name &quot;Amber.&quot; &quot;Please grab your own book&quot; &quot;Its okay Mr. Hawkins&quot; said Amber &quot;I don't mind if he shares my book.&quot;&quot;Fine, share with Amber just pay attention.&quot;Cain did pay attention except he paid attention to Amber instead of the lesson. When class was over Cain followed Amber out and the began to talk.&quot;So are you new here?&quot; asked Amber&quot;Yeah, just moved here a few day ago&quot; &quot;If you need aomeone to show you around&quot; said Amber as she handed Cain a piece of paper &quot;here's my number.&quot; &quot;She wants me.&quot; said Cain as he watched Amber walk away.&quot;Who wants you&quot; asked Landen as he walked up beside Cain&quot;That girl walking away.&quot; said Cain pointing at Amber&quot;That girl is my girlfriend!&quot; exclaimed Landen&quot;Yet she wants ME&quot; gloated Cain &quot;life's funny that way.&quot; &quot;You think you can just waltz in here with your leather jacket, dark glasses and check me out I'm Harry Potter meets Fonzie look and get whatever girl you want.&quot;&quot;Basically, except I don't look like Harry Potter.&quot;&quot;You can't do that!&quot; whined Landen &quot;It's not fair&quot;&quot;You don't get it, I'm a badass.&quot; &quot; I do whatever I want and ladies love me for it.&quot; &quot;So I'm not gonna have someone like you tell me who's offlimits.&quot;&quot;Stay away from her&quot; ordered Landen &quot;she's MY girlfriend.&quot; &quot;Commitment is overrated anyway.&quot; said Cain as he walked awayWhen the group finally met up agin at lunch Landen was still mad. &quot;I don't get why he thinks he can do whatever he wants?&quot; &quot;Because he's Cain.&quot; said Damien&quot;What's that's supossed to mean?&quot; asked Jett&quot;Well&quot; said Damien &quot;Cain has been doing whatever he want since he was 10.&quot; &quot;He raised himself after his mom died.&quot; &quot;So all those rules we politicly correct folk have don't apply to him.&quot; &quot;So he had a hard childhood that doesn't mean he can take my girlfriend.&quot; &quot;You still don't get it Lan&quot; said Damien &quot;by now your girl is already taken.&quot; Spotting Tami across the lunchroom Damien gets up and runs towards her.&quot;Hey&quot; said Damien&quot;Do I know you?&quot; asked Tami&quot;Kind of, my brother gave you that&quot; pointing at Tami's black eye.&quot;Oh so you're the psycho's brother and you hang with the Freak Squad.&quot;&quot;Freak Squad?&quot;&quot;Landen and Dallas they're taotal freaks.&quot;&quot;They're not that bad.&quot;&quot;So now you're defending them.&quot; &quot;And you expect me to talk to you, well your wrong so leave&quot;&quot;Alright I'll go.&quot; said Damien as he got up and went back to the groups table.&quot;How went your encounter with her royal Bitchness?&quot; asked Landen &quot;She totally blew me off 'cause I hang with you.&quot; &quot;Well well does Damien want the Bitch Queen?&quot; said Cain sarcasticlly&quot;At least I'm not trying to get with Landen's leftovers&quot; &quot;Virgin boy?&quot; &quot;He can't even make leftovers.&quot;&quot;Virgin boy!&quot; exclaimed Landen &quot;For all you know I've slept with hundreds of women.&quot;&quot;Or none&quot; said Damien &quot;He can smell it with his werewolf nose.&quot;&quot;You can smell THAT&quot; said Jett &quot;Ewww.&quot;&quot;Yeah, Cain that's kinda personal&quot; said Dallas&quot;Hey, did I ask to be to givin my amazing smelling ablities?&quot;&quot;Shut up&quot; said Landen &quot;Amber's coming&quot; &quot;Hey Landen.&quot; said Amber as she sat down &quot;So do you who that guy I was telling about is?&quot;&quot;Yes, in fact your knight in cheap leather is right over there.&quot; said Landen as he pointed at Cain.&quot;You never told me your name.&quot; Said Amber &quot;and if your gonna have my number I should atleast know your name.&quot;&quot;It's Cain&quot;&quot;He has your number!&quot; yelled an angry Landen &quot;It took me two monthes to get your number and he gets it in 45 minutes.&quot;&quot;It was really more like 20.&quot; said Cain&quot;Well he's new and I thought I'd be nice and show him around.&quot; &quot;You can let Dallas show him around.&quot; &quot;She'd love to do that.&quot;&quot;I was just trying to be nice I didn't know that made you so mad.&quot; &quot;It's not that Cain's just different from other guys.&quot;&quot;Oh I get it I don't care that he's gay.&quot;&quot;I ain't gay&quot; said Cain &quot;plus would a gay man do this&quot; getting up he grabs Amber by the arm pulls her up and starts to make out with her on top of the table.&quot;Get off my girlfriend!&quot; yelled Landen. &quot;I love this town.&quot; said Damien &quot;Its been awhile since I've since human on human fight.&quot;&quot;They're not gonna fight.&quot; said Dallas &quot;Oh yes we are.&quot; said Landen &quot;he can't get away with this.&quot; &quot;He alreay did&quot; said Damien as he pulled Cain off Amber. &quot;And you keep your hormones to yourself.&quot;&quot;I was just proving a point.&quot;&quot;Prove this&quot; said Landen as he punched Cain in the face.With a growl Cain lashed out with his right hand and grabbed Landen by the neck. &quot;Apoligize to me Lan.&quot; &quot;I'd hate to kick your ass in front of your girl.&quot;&quot;No.&quot; stated Landen difiently &quot;you deserved that.&quot;&quot;No I didn't.&quot;&quot;You can't go around making out with other people's girlfriends.&quot;&quot;I can and I do&quot;&quot;That doen't make it right.&quot;&quot;Your acting like she hated it.&quot;&quot;She did.&quot;&quot;Lets ask her then.&quot; &quot;Amber did making out with me just totally suck?&quot;&quot;Yes.&quot;&quot;See!&quot; yelled a now extremlt happy Landen &quot;I win she hated it.&quot;&quot;I.. I gotta go&quot; said Cain as he dropped Landen and ran off.&quot;Whats with him?&quot; asked Jett &quot;She just totally ripped out his heart!&quot; said Dallas &quot;which is good 'cause now I can go comfort him.&quot; &quot;Losing to Landen&quot; said Damien &quot;He'll hear about this one for years.&quot;As the group went their separate ways Dallas went of to find Cain. Even though she was looking for him it was Jett who found himwhen she accidentily went into the boy's locker room. Looking around she saw claw marks all over the lockers and the walls. &quot;You don't handle rejection well do you?&quot; &quot;No I really don't&quot; said Cain as he stepped out from behind locker wearing only the ripped remnents of his jeans it was proof he had trashed the room in wolfman form.&quot;You'll get over it.&quot; said Jett &quot;now lets get out of here.&quot; &quot;You don't it&quot; said Cain &quot;She was lying I know she liked it.&quot; &quot;Everything doesn't always go your way&quot; said Jett &quot;So the girl you like has is already taken you'll find someone else.&quot;&quot;I should've known she'd play me like that.&quot; said Cain&quot;What do you mean?&quot; asked Jett&quot;She played me with the whole here's my number call me thing&quot; &quot;She could've of just meant what she said.&quot; &quot;That she wanted to show you around.&quot; &quot;Right&quot; said Cain sarcasticly &quot;she wants to show me around&quot;&quot;She wants something from me I just don't know what it is.&quot;&quot;Not everybody who tries to get know you wants something.&quot;&quot;Yes they do everybody wants something.&quot;&quot;Whatever, put your clothes back on and we'll go kill some vamps.&quot;&quot;Alright said Cain as he put the rest of his clothes on lets go.&quot;Cain and Jett were about ready to go find some vamps when they noticed it was still late out. &quot;So how are we gonna kill vamps if the sun is still up?&quot; asked Cain&quot;We'll kill them once it sets so just go to class.&quot;&quot;I think I'll just go home&quot; said Cain as he walked away. Once Cain got back to his room at the Downtown Motel he settled in for rathere uneventful night until there was a knock on his door around 5pm. Opening the door he noticed it was Amber. &quot;Can I come in?&quot; she asked &quot;Sure&quot; said Cain as he held open the door. &quot;I just gotta know how'd you find me.&quot;&quot;I asked Damien&quot;&quot;How'd you know he knew where I'd be.&quot; &quot;Well they way he was talking about it seemed you two were related.&quot;&quot;Really what'd he say?&quot; &quot;Not much, just that you're a walking hormone bomb waiting to go off.&quot;&quot;Well ain't that nice.&quot; said Cain &quot;C'mon I'll walk you home.&quot;&quot;I live 10 miles away&quot; said Amber&quot;You walked all the way here didn't you?&quot;&quot;Ok then I guess we'll walk.&quot;As soon as the two of them left Cain's room Aber began to bombard him with questions. &quot;So where are you from?&quot; she asked&quot;Minnesota&quot;&quot;Ok, then how'd you end up here?&quot;&quot;When I met Damien we decided to work together so we're here on business.&quot;&quot;Business?&quot;&quot;Uh..&quot; he replied clumsily &quot;business as in selling stuff.&quot; &quot;Me and Da are traveling salesmen mostly vacuums.&quot; Looking at Amber there was an obvious look of dread in his eyes as he waited to see if Amber bought his weak excuse.&quot;Ok then&quot; said Amber &quot;you're from Minnesota and are a traveling salesman anything else I need to know?&quot;&quot;Nope&quot; said Cain &quot;That's it.&quot; &quot;Except&quot; he thought &quot;I have to tell you I'm a werewolf and a demon hunter and the reason I'm here is because I have no one to go back to in Minnesota&quot; &quot;Well&quot; Cain said after a long pause &quot;enough about me lets talk about you.&quot;&quot;Ok, well I live with my Mom and Dad and have been in Los Diablos all my life.&quot; &quot;Oh, and I'm dating Landen which you already know.&quot; &quot;Besides that my life just isn't that interesting.&quot; After that the two of them seemed to run out of things to talk about so they walked in silence until they reached the edge of the bad side of town.&nbsp;Once they got there the two were immidiently swarmed by a group of street thugs. The lead thug a big man with a scar across his left arm spoke first &quot;Give us your money.&quot; He commanded. &quot;Ok&quot; said Amber &quot;just don't hurt us.&quot; Reaching into her pockets Amber produced several 20 doller bills. &quot;Amber don't&quot; said Cain &quot;these punks ain't getting' your money.&quot;&quot;Cain&quot; pleaded Amber &quot;I don't want to start a fight.&quot; &quot;Well we have to fight.&quot; said Cain as he took off his jacket. Turning towards the thugs he began to change until his from resembled that of a wolfman. With a growl he leaped at the lead thug. The thug was fumbling for his gun when Cain reached him. With one swipe of his claws Cain left him on the ground bleeding. He then adavanced towards the rest of the group. Seeing him coming one thug broke off and rushed towards Amber as he produced a swichblade. Seeing him move away from the group Cain prepared to folow only to see him burst into flames as he reached Amber who was now screaming in terror. The rest of thugs having witnessed the burning of their friend turned and ran.Turning towards Amber, Cain resumed his human form. &quot;What are you?&quot; asked Amber as she backed away in fear managing to stumble into a trashcan in her retreat she fell too the ground &quot;Werewolf&quot; said Cain &quot;I'll explain later.&quot; &quot;No!&quot; screamed Amber you'll explain now.&quot; &quot;Fine&quot; said Cain &quot;When I was ten I was just walking through Minneapolis on my way back from the mall and I got attacked by this huge dog.&quot; &quot;Next thing I know I'm wakin' up at home lying in a pool of blood next to Mom's corpse.&quot; &quot;Mom's corpse?&quot; asked Amber weakly as she slowly backed away while still on the ground.&quot;YES!&quot; yelled angry Cain &quot;MOM'S <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />ING CORPSE!&quot; &quot;There its out&quot; he said more calmly &quot;You know I killed my Mom, now you can run away like everyone else.&quot; &quot;'Cause it doesn't matter I had no contol over what I was doing just the fact that it happened is enough to make you hink I'm a monster.&quot;&quot;Cain&quot; said Amber as she got up &quot;I'm sorry I didn't know.&quot;&quot;What&quot; he said &quot;you ain't gonna run?&quot;In her head Amber was asking herself the same thing. Why shouldn't she run? After all this guy is techniclly a murderer. &quot;No&quot; she said &quot;I'm not gonna run because you need help.&quot;&quot;Help&quot; said Cain sarcasticly &quot;I don't need help.&quot; &quot;I've gone six years without help so why do I need it now?&quot;&quot;Because you need to learn to trust people.&quot;&quot;Why should I trust people if they can't trust me.&quot;&quot;I trust you.&quot;&quot;You barly know me.&quot;&quot;But I still tust you.&quot;&quot;I'm done talking about this&quot; said Cain as he turns around in the direction of his place &quot;I'm going home.&quot;&quot;Wait&quot; said Amber &quot;you have to finish walking me home.&quot;&quot;Alright&quot; said Cain slightly annoyed &quot;I'll finish walking you home&quot;&nbsp; When they finally got to Amber's house they stop at her doorway. &quot;Ok&quot; said Cain &quot;you're home so I'm gonna go.&quot;&quot;Cain, why don't you just stay here.&quot;&quot;Because I have my own place.&quot;&quot;You're staying&quot; she ordered&quot;No, I'm goin' home&quot; &quot;But&quot; she said innocently &quot;I'm all alone and I need a big, strong werewolf to protect me.&quot;Realizing he can't win Cain utters &quot;Fine&quot; and waits for Amber to go inside.As Amber goes inside she notices Cain still standing in the doorway &quot;Why aren't you coming in?&quot;&quot;You have to invite me&quot;&quot;Ok, Cain I invite you in.&quot;&quot;Thanks&quot; said Cain as he walked into the house then he thought to himself &quot;God I can't believe people still buy that I'm a lycanthrope not a vampire.&quot;&quot;You can sleep on the couch&quot; said Amber&quot;How am I gonna protect you if I'm in here and you're in your room.&quot;&quot;Alright then you can sleep on the floor in my room.&quot;&quot;Ok then&quot;As the two of them walk upstairs to Amber's room Cain looks around noticing all the pictures of Amber and her parents looking happy together he starts to feel very alone. &quot;We're here&quot; said Amber as she stopped infront of a door in the middle of the upstairs hallway. &quot;You can sleep over there&quot; motioning at a spot on the fllor in the corner of the room.As both of them get ready for bed Cain without noticing it says &quot;Amber&quot;&quot;What?&quot; she asks &quot;Huh&quot;&quot;You said my name&quot;&quot;Oh, I was just wondering back there during the fight that whole flame thing was it your first time.&quot;&quot;First time?&quot;&quot;Manifesting your powers.&quot;&quot;Yeah, does this mean I'm a monster?&quot;&quot;No, you're normal I'm a monster you're not like me.&quot;&quot;Yeah I am we're both freaks.&quot;&quot;No, I'm a lycanthrope and you're a pyrokinetic we're not freaks we're just different.&quot;&quot;But everyone else what will they think about us being monsters.&quot;&quot;You're not monster&quot; said Cain starting to get angry &quot;I'M a monster you don't..&quot;&quot;Don't what?&quot;&quot;Kill people, Killers are monsters.&quot; &quot;You're not a killer so you're not a monster.&quot;&quot;But you don't..&quot;&quot;Yes I do.&quot; &quot;If people get between me and the things I care about they die.&quot; &quot;That makes a killer.&quot;&quot;Protecting the things you love doesn't make you a killer.&quot;&quot;Whatever&quot;&quot;Cain, you're not the man-eating monster you make you're self out to be.&quot;&quot;You're like you said, just different in a I can turn into a big wolf monster way.&quot; &quot;You know Amber you're the first person in a long time who actually seems to understand me.&quot; &quot;Now go to sleep, I'll protect you.&quot;Cain didn't actually sleep that night he sat awake the whole night watching Amber sleep so he could protect her.when they got to school Damien was the first to notice Cain was wearing the exact same thing he wore yesterday. &quot;You didn't?&quot;&quot;Didn't do what?&quot; asked Cain as he walked towards Damien.&quot;You know what I mean&quot; said Damien angrily &quot;Just because you make your own rules doesn't mean you can <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> up everyone else's lives to satisfy your hormones.&quot;&quot;Chill Da I slept in her room.&quot;&quot;In her room sounds alot like you two did what I think you did.&quot;&quot;In her on the floor all we did was talk.&quot;&quot;Alright then but keeping in mind I'm watching you.&quot;&quot;Where's Nord&quot; asked Cain&quot;Talk to Jett&quot; said Damien &quot;and why do you neeed to see him?&quot;&quot;Its Amber she's a pyro.&quot; &quot;I don't think that's a history teacher's area of expertise.&quot;&quot;Pyrokinetic not pyromaniac.&quot;&quot;You mean like the chick from Firestarter right?&quot; &quot;Yeah like that&quot; said Cain &quot;Now where's Jett?&quot;&quot;Right over there.&quot; said Damien pointing to Jett who was busy talking to Amber.Walking over to them Cain interupts their conversation with a casual &quot;Hey&quot;. Turning towards him Amber starts to explain how she was telling Jett about what happened last night. &quot;So Jett already knows I can do the whole fire thing and said we should talk to Nord.&quot;&quot;We?&quot; asked Cain&quot;Well&quot; said Amber nervously &quot;if you don't want to I'll just..&quot;&quot;Its cool&quot; said Cain &quot; lets go.&quot;When they got to Nord's room he was busy talking with a student. Noticing the student but apparently not caring Cain walked in grabbed him and with a simple &quot;<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> off&quot; pushed him towards the door. &quot;You know I have certain responsibilities&quot; said Nord&quot;This is importent&quot; said Cain &quot;Amber's a pyrokinetic and we need info on it.&quot;&quot;Well is this Amber here?&quot; &quot;Yeah&quot; said Cain motioning for Amber to come inside room. As Amber walked in and sat down next to Cain. &quot;So Mr. Nord, Jett said you could tell me whats the deal with my ability.&quot; &quot;Yes, from what I know about pyrokenisis it is the ability to start fires with one's mind.&quot; said Nord &quot;But I must ask under what circumstances did the power first manifest itself?&quot; &quot;Last night&quot; said Amber &quot;Cain was walking me home and we got jumped by abunch of thugs.&quot; &quot;One attacked me and then he was on fire and screaming before he could hurt me.&quot; &quot;Is he..&quot; asked Nord&quot;Dead&quot; finished Cain &quot;from what I could see the fire wasn't gonna stop anytime soon so he's either dead or extra crispy.&quot;&quot;We'll assume that he's dead therefore we know that your power is very dangerous and you must learn to master it.&quot; said Nord&quot;Can you teach me?&quot; asked Amber&quot;I cannot I have no experience in dealing with such matters.&quot; said Nord &quot;But, Cain if he is willing seems to be fitting choice as the one who can teach you to control your pyrokenisis.&quot; &quot;Me?&quot; asked a stunned Cain&quot;Yes&quot; said Nord &quot;from what I've heard from Jett you have managed the gain a good degree over your Lycanthropy.&quot; &quot;So much so that you are even able to stop the transformation before its complete.&quot; &quot;So I can control my curse.&quot; said Cain &quot;What's that got to do with Amber?&quot;&quot;To control your Lycanthropy takes a great deal of mental discipline.&quot; &quot;If you could teach Amber some of the techniques you used to gain control of the beast inside you.&quot; &quot;She may be able to use that knowledge to gain full control over her pyrokenisis.&quot; &quot;And if your up to it some rudimentry combat lessons would be a wise move.&quot;&quot;Well Nord&quot; said Cain &quot;spending all my time locked in room with Amber teaching her how to fight and control the fire thing I just don't know if I'm up to it.&quot;&quot;I understand&quot; said Nord &quot;we can always find another method to help her gain control.&quot;&quot;I'll start tomarrow&quot; said Cain &quot;Amber meet me up here after school's over and we'll start your training.&quot;&quot;Thank you.&quot; said Amber giving Cain a quick hug before starting to leave. &quot;Just don't tell Landen.&quot;&quot;Got it.&quot; said Cain&quot;Oh and Cain&quot; &quot;Yeah&quot;&quot;I enjoyed that kiss.&quot;END</blockquote>

[QUOTE="warlord, post: 2441544, member: 23487"] [b]Chapter 2 revised[/b] Foeranyone who cares(Hopefully Frukathka) I'm posting my revised version of chapter 2 Crusader 1.2 Burning Love "So you did manage to eliminate the Sharr'ak demon?" asked Nord "Yeah, he's as dead as disco." said Damien "Hey!" accused Landen "dico is still as long as I have platform shoes and bellbottems." "Are you sure its nessicery he be here?" asked an annoyed Nord. "Yes, he's part of the team now." "Oh go me I'm finally made a real team." "Back to the important issues" said Nord "now tell me about this Uriel you encountered." "Dude in a trenchcoat with a sword who can throw down." said Damien "That's pretty much it" concluded Cain "And he was hot!" added Jett "I don't think that last point reallly matters" scolded Nord "It mattered to me." said Jett Then the bell rang signaling the start of the school day. A group consisting of Cain, Damien, Landen and Dallas quickly rushed out to get to their classes. "I thought you dropped out of school." Said Damien "I did" said Cain "I'm just here cause theres only so much to do in a 18$ a day fleabag motel." "You know you can come live live with me and Dad." "NO!" yelled Cain "I'm not living with him." "If he didn't want the bastard son then he sure as hell doesn't want him now." "Anyway I'm fine where I am and I gotta get Geometry so time soon." "Ok but if you change your mind I got an extra key" said Damien as he walked away. While walking Dam,ien began to think about his brother's problems with their dad. "Why does he hate him so much" he thought "I guess its because Dad abandoned him once he found out Cain's mom was carrying him." "And Cain's mom was a crack addict so I doubt she was much of a mom." "But why does he blame Dad for everything his mom put him through?" He wondered "Its like Dad could've stopped it." Cain did evenually get to Geometry about halfway through the period. When he showed up he was greeted by Mr. Hawkins the Geometry teacher. "And why would you be late sir? " "I don't have a watch so I didn't know it was time for class to start." said Cain sarcasticly "I see, now grab a book from the back and take a seat." Not bothering to grab a book Cain went to back of the room and sat down in the only open seat next to a girl with long light brown hair. "Sir" said Mr. Hawkins "please grab a book" "No" said Cain defiently "I said grab a book" commanded Mr. Hawkins "I'll just share with.." grabbing the girl's book next to him and checking inside for a name "Amber." "Please grab your own book" "Its okay Mr. Hawkins" said Amber "I don't mind if he shares my book." "Fine, share with Amber just pay attention." Cain did pay attention except he paid attention to Amber instead of the lesson. When class was over Cain followed Amber out and the began to talk. "So are you new here?" asked Amber "Yeah, just moved here a few day ago" "If you need aomeone to show you around" said Amber as she handed Cain a piece of paper "here's my number." "She wants me." said Cain as he watched Amber walk away. "Who wants you" asked Landen as he walked up beside Cain "That girl walking away." said Cain pointing at Amber "That girl is my girlfriend!" exclaimed Landen "Yet she wants ME" gloated Cain "life's funny that way." "You think you can just waltz in here with your leather jacket, dark glasses and check me out I'm Harry Potter meets Fonzie look and get whatever girl you want." "Basically, except I don't look like Harry Potter." "You can't do that!" whined Landen "It's not fair" "You don't get it, I'm a badass." " I do whatever I want and ladies love me for it." "So I'm not gonna have someone like you tell me who's offlimits." "Stay away from her" ordered Landen "she's MY girlfriend." "Commitment is overrated anyway." said Cain as he walked away When the group finally met up agin at lunch Landen was still mad. "I don't get why he thinks he can do whatever he wants?" "Because he's Cain." said Damien "What's that's supossed to mean?" asked Jett "Well" said Damien "Cain has been doing whatever he want since he was 10." "He raised himself after his mom died." "So all those rules we politicly correct folk have don't apply to him." "So he had a hard childhood that doesn't mean he can take my girlfriend." "You still don't get it Lan" said Damien "by now your girl is already taken." Spotting Tami across the lunchroom Damien gets up and runs towards her. "Hey" said Damien "Do I know you?" asked Tami "Kind of, my brother gave you that" pointing at Tami's black eye. "Oh so you're the psycho's brother and you hang with the Freak Squad." "Freak Squad?" "Landen and Dallas they're taotal freaks." "They're not that bad." "So now you're defending them." "And you expect me to talk to you, well your wrong so leave" "Alright I'll go." said Damien as he got up and went back to the groups table. "How went your encounter with her royal Bitchness?" asked Landen "She totally blew me off 'cause I hang with you." "Well well does Damien want the Bitch Queen?" said Cain sarcasticlly "At least I'm not trying to get with Landen's leftovers" "Virgin boy?" "He can't even make leftovers." "Virgin boy!" exclaimed Landen "For all you know I've slept with hundreds of women." "Or none" said Damien "He can smell it with his werewolf nose." "You can smell THAT" said Jett "Ewww." "Yeah, Cain that's kinda personal" said Dallas "Hey, did I ask to be to givin my amazing smelling ablities?" "Shut up" said Landen "Amber's coming" "Hey Landen." said Amber as she sat down "So do you who that guy I was telling about is?" "Yes, in fact your knight in cheap leather is right over there." said Landen as he pointed at Cain. "You never told me your name." Said Amber "and if your gonna have my number I should atleast know your name." "It's Cain" "He has your number!" yelled an angry Landen "It took me two monthes to get your number and he gets it in 45 minutes." "It was really more like 20." said Cain "Well he's new and I thought I'd be nice and show him around." "You can let Dallas show him around." "She'd love to do that." "I was just trying to be nice I didn't know that made you so mad." "It's not that Cain's just different from other guys." "Oh I get it I don't care that he's gay." "I ain't gay" said Cain "plus would a gay man do this" getting up he grabs Amber by the arm pulls her up and starts to make out with her on top of the table. "Get off my girlfriend!" yelled Landen. "I love this town." said Damien "Its been awhile since I've since human on human fight." "They're not gonna fight." said Dallas "Oh yes we are." said Landen "he can't get away with this." "He alreay did" said Damien as he pulled Cain off Amber. "And you keep your hormones to yourself." "I was just proving a point." "Prove this" said Landen as he punched Cain in the face. With a growl Cain lashed out with his right hand and grabbed Landen by the neck. "Apoligize to me Lan." "I'd hate to kick your ass in front of your girl." "No." stated Landen difiently "you deserved that." "No I didn't." "You can't go around making out with other people's girlfriends." "I can and I do" "That doen't make it right." "Your acting like she hated it." "She did." "Lets ask her then." "Amber did making out with me just totally suck?" "Yes." "See!" yelled a now extremlt happy Landen "I win she hated it." "I.. I gotta go" said Cain as he dropped Landen and ran off. "Whats with him?" asked Jett "She just totally ripped out his heart!" said Dallas "which is good 'cause now I can go comfort him." "Losing to Landen" said Damien "He'll hear about this one for years." As the group went their separate ways Dallas went of to find Cain. Even though she was looking for him it was Jett who found himwhen she accidentily went into the boy's locker room. Looking around she saw claw marks all over the lockers and the walls. "You don't handle rejection well do you?" "No I really don't" said Cain as he stepped out from behind locker wearing only the ripped remnents of his jeans it was proof he had trashed the room in wolfman form. "You'll get over it." said Jett "now lets get out of here." "You don't it" said Cain "She was lying I know she liked it." "Everything doesn't always go your way" said Jett "So the girl you like has is already taken you'll find someone else." "I should've known she'd play me like that." said Cain "What do you mean?" asked Jett "She played me with the whole here's my number call me thing" "She could've of just meant what she said." "That she wanted to show you around." "Right" said Cain sarcasticly "she wants to show me around" "She wants something from me I just don't know what it is." "Not everybody who tries to get know you wants something." "Yes they do everybody wants something." "Whatever, put your clothes back on and we'll go kill some vamps." "Alright said Cain as he put the rest of his clothes on lets go." Cain and Jett were about ready to go find some vamps when they noticed it was still late out. "So how are we gonna kill vamps if the sun is still up?" asked Cain "We'll kill them once it sets so just go to class." "I think I'll just go home" said Cain as he walked away. Once Cain got back to his room at the Downtown Motel he settled in for rathere uneventful night until there was a knock on his door around 5pm. Opening the door he noticed it was Amber. "Can I come in?" she asked "Sure" said Cain as he held open the door. "I just gotta know how'd you find me." "I asked Damien" "How'd you know he knew where I'd be." "Well they way he was talking about it seemed you two were related." "Really what'd he say?" "Not much, just that you're a walking hormone bomb waiting to go off." "Well ain't that nice." said Cain "C'mon I'll walk you home." "I live 10 miles away" said Amber "You walked all the way here didn't you?" "Ok then I guess we'll walk." As soon as the two of them left Cain's room Aber began to bombard him with questions. "So where are you from?" she asked "Minnesota" "Ok, then how'd you end up here?" "When I met Damien we decided to work together so we're here on business." "Business?" "Uh.." he replied clumsily "business as in selling stuff." "Me and Da are traveling salesmen mostly vacuums." Looking at Amber there was an obvious look of dread in his eyes as he waited to see if Amber bought his weak excuse. "Ok then" said Amber "you're from Minnesota and are a traveling salesman anything else I need to know?" "Nope" said Cain "That's it." "Except" he thought "I have to tell you I'm a werewolf and a demon hunter and the reason I'm here is because I have no one to go back to in Minnesota" "Well" Cain said after a long pause "enough about me lets talk about you." "Ok, well I live with my Mom and Dad and have been in Los Diablos all my life." "Oh, and I'm dating Landen which you already know." "Besides that my life just isn't that interesting." After that the two of them seemed to run out of things to talk about so they walked in silence until they reached the edge of the bad side of town. Once they got there the two were immidiently swarmed by a group of street thugs. The lead thug a big man with a scar across his left arm spoke first "Give us your money." He commanded. "Ok" said Amber "just don't hurt us." Reaching into her pockets Amber produced several 20 doller bills. "Amber don't" said Cain "these punks ain't getting' your money." "Cain" pleaded Amber "I don't want to start a fight." "Well we have to fight." said Cain as he took off his jacket. Turning towards the thugs he began to change until his from resembled that of a wolfman. With a growl he leaped at the lead thug. The thug was fumbling for his gun when Cain reached him. With one swipe of his claws Cain left him on the ground bleeding. He then adavanced towards the rest of the group. Seeing him coming one thug broke off and rushed towards Amber as he produced a swichblade. Seeing him move away from the group Cain prepared to folow only to see him burst into flames as he reached Amber who was now screaming in terror. The rest of thugs having witnessed the burning of their friend turned and ran. Turning towards Amber, Cain resumed his human form. "What are you?" asked Amber as she backed away in fear managing to stumble into a trashcan in her retreat she fell too the ground "Werewolf" said Cain "I'll explain later." "No!" screamed Amber you'll explain now." "Fine" said Cain "When I was ten I was just walking through Minneapolis on my way back from the mall and I got attacked by this huge dog." "Next thing I know I'm wakin' up at home lying in a pool of blood next to Mom's corpse." "Mom's corpse?" asked Amber weakly as she slowly backed away while still on the ground. "YES!" yelled angry Cain "MOM'S :):):):)ING CORPSE!" "There its out" he said more calmly "You know I killed my Mom, now you can run away like everyone else." "'Cause it doesn't matter I had no contol over what I was doing just the fact that it happened is enough to make you hink I'm a monster." "Cain" said Amber as she got up "I'm sorry I didn't know." "What" he said "you ain't gonna run?" In her head Amber was asking herself the same thing. Why shouldn't she run? After all this guy is techniclly a murderer. "No" she said "I'm not gonna run because you need help." "Help" said Cain sarcasticly "I don't need help." "I've gone six years without help so why do I need it now?" "Because you need to learn to trust people." "Why should I trust people if they can't trust me." "I trust you." "You barly know me." "But I still tust you." "I'm done talking about this" said Cain as he turns around in the direction of his place "I'm going home." "Wait" said Amber "you have to finish walking me home." "Alright" said Cain slightly annoyed "I'll finish walking you home" When they finally got to Amber's house they stop at her doorway. "Ok" said Cain "you're home so I'm gonna go." "Cain, why don't you just stay here." "Because I have my own place." "You're staying" she ordered "No, I'm goin' home" "But" she said innocently "I'm all alone and I need a big, strong werewolf to protect me." Realizing he can't win Cain utters "Fine" and waits for Amber to go inside. As Amber goes inside she notices Cain still standing in the doorway "Why aren't you coming in?" "You have to invite me" "Ok, Cain I invite you in." "Thanks" said Cain as he walked into the house then he thought to himself "God I can't believe people still buy that I'm a lycanthrope not a vampire." "You can sleep on the couch" said Amber "How am I gonna protect you if I'm in here and you're in your room." "Alright then you can sleep on the floor in my room." "Ok then" As the two of them walk upstairs to Amber's room Cain looks around noticing all the pictures of Amber and her parents looking happy together he starts to feel very alone. "We're here" said Amber as she stopped infront of a door in the middle of the upstairs hallway. "You can sleep over there" motioning at a spot on the fllor in the corner of the room. As both of them get ready for bed Cain without noticing it says "Amber" "What?" she asks "Huh" "You said my name" "Oh, I was just wondering back there during the fight that whole flame thing was it your first time." "First time?" "Manifesting your powers." "Yeah, does this mean I'm a monster?" "No, you're normal I'm a monster you're not like me." "Yeah I am we're both freaks." "No, I'm a lycanthrope and you're a pyrokinetic we're not freaks we're just different." "But everyone else what will they think about us being monsters." "You're not monster" said Cain starting to get angry "I'M a monster you don't.." "Don't what?" "Kill people, Killers are monsters." "You're not a killer so you're not a monster." "But you don't.." "Yes I do." "If people get between me and the things I care about they die." "That makes a killer." "Protecting the things you love doesn't make you a killer." "Whatever" "Cain, you're not the man-eating monster you make you're self out to be." "You're like you said, just different in a I can turn into a big wolf monster way." "You know Amber you're the first person in a long time who actually seems to understand me." "Now go to sleep, I'll protect you." Cain didn't actually sleep that night he sat awake the whole night watching Amber sleep so he could protect her. when they got to school Damien was the first to notice Cain was wearing the exact same thing he wore yesterday. "You didn't?" "Didn't do what?" asked Cain as he walked towards Damien. "You know what I mean" said Damien angrily "Just because you make your own rules doesn't mean you can :):):):) up everyone else's lives to satisfy your hormones." "Chill Da I slept in her room." "In her room sounds alot like you two did what I think you did." "In her on the floor all we did was talk." "Alright then but keeping in mind I'm watching you." "Where's Nord" asked Cain "Talk to Jett" said Damien "and why do you neeed to see him?" "Its Amber she's a pyro." "I don't think that's a history teacher's area of expertise." "Pyrokinetic not pyromaniac." "You mean like the chick from Firestarter right?" "Yeah like that" said Cain "Now where's Jett?" "Right over there." said Damien pointing to Jett who was busy talking to Amber. Walking over to them Cain interupts their conversation with a casual "Hey". Turning towards him Amber starts to explain how she was telling Jett about what happened last night. "So Jett already knows I can do the whole fire thing and said we should talk to Nord." "We?" asked Cain "Well" said Amber nervously "if you don't want to I'll just.." "Its cool" said Cain " lets go." When they got to Nord's room he was busy talking with a student. Noticing the student but apparently not caring Cain walked in grabbed him and with a simple ":):):):) off" pushed him towards the door. "You know I have certain responsibilities" said Nord "This is importent" said Cain "Amber's a pyrokinetic and we need info on it." "Well is this Amber here?" "Yeah" said Cain motioning for Amber to come inside room. As Amber walked in and sat down next to Cain. "So Mr. Nord, Jett said you could tell me whats the deal with my ability." "Yes, from what I know about pyrokenisis it is the ability to start fires with one's mind." said Nord "But I must ask under what circumstances did the power first manifest itself?" "Last night" said Amber "Cain was walking me home and we got jumped by abunch of thugs." "One attacked me and then he was on fire and screaming before he could hurt me." "Is he.." asked Nord "Dead" finished Cain "from what I could see the fire wasn't gonna stop anytime soon so he's either dead or extra crispy." "We'll assume that he's dead therefore we know that your power is very dangerous and you must learn to master it." said Nord "Can you teach me?" asked Amber "I cannot I have no experience in dealing with such matters." said Nord "But, Cain if he is willing seems to be fitting choice as the one who can teach you to control your pyrokenisis." "Me?" asked a stunned Cain "Yes" said Nord "from what I've heard from Jett you have managed the gain a good degree over your Lycanthropy." "So much so that you are even able to stop the transformation before its complete." "So I can control my curse." said Cain "What's that got to do with Amber?" "To control your Lycanthropy takes a great deal of mental discipline." "If you could teach Amber some of the techniques you used to gain control of the beast inside you." "She may be able to use that knowledge to gain full control over her pyrokenisis." "And if your up to it some rudimentry combat lessons would be a wise move." "Well Nord" said Cain "spending all my time locked in room with Amber teaching her how to fight and control the fire thing I just don't know if I'm up to it." "I understand" said Nord "we can always find another method to help her gain control." "I'll start tomarrow" said Cain "Amber meet me up here after school's over and we'll start your training." "Thank you." said Amber giving Cain a quick hug before starting to leave. "Just don't tell Landen." "Got it." said Cain "Oh and Cain" "Yeah" "I enjoyed that kiss." END [/QUOTE]

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