Attack on Sabertooth1 (Lower Sections)

Frederick, who had managed to evade most of the spears except one. Was now standing in utter silence as he saw Raven's true strength, and ruthlessness display in front of him. Making him completely forget about the gaping wound he just received by blocking one of the devil womans spear nails with his left arm, by raising it right before it could enter his chest he'd managed to deflect it so that it would rush past hist shoulder and head. Instead of having it enter and drill into his chest. He even could hear the sharp sound of the ferocious speed it had as it soared passed him. His arm however, got heavily scraped by the spear, and had created a deep enough wound to have it continuously bleed. 

A powerful black tornado had enveloped the entire center of the room, and pulled anyone in who was standing to close to it. Some tried to hold onto something desperately, but that was nothing more then a futile and desperate attempt to safe their own life. Even Frederick felt the harsh suction, and the strong gusts of wind that made his cloak flutter loudly and uncontrollable.

To his left, he took note of Raven's sudden change. The fighting spirit she had before was gone and was traded in for something else. A cold and straight face that gazed upon her own power, and the harm it was doing. Yet something seemed off, her forehead and neck showed sign of some sort of stress. As sweat was started to roll down from it. But if it was from her wound, the continuous fighting or something else Frederick didn't know. He just knew that something about her seemed off.

'Raven...?' he eventually said vaguely, unknowing of where she was with her head.

Raven stood still, her vision fading away as something inside took over. Black marks appeared over Raven’s skin, swirling and flowing into what looked like tattoos which took the shape of an ancient language. They were incomplete though and was slowly spreading from her back to the rest of her body. When she opened her eyes, the color of her eyes were flicking from bright, glowing red to its normal color. It was obvious that she was at the verge of doing something she would regret sooner or later.

Inside, the real Raven was looking up at a slideshow of her life,her parents, her important ones, her sins, their death and herself covered in their blood. She had forgotten that she left Fred by himself with her other self. At that moment, she couldn’t care about it either. All she could think of was that full moon night she lost control and the red color it turned into due to the sea of blood she spilled. Didn’t someone warn her of that day? Of course….she warned her. She also told her Raven would never find real happiness. Too bad she didn’t pay attention to it. Raven always thought she was simply a shadow. She never believed in her own shadow….

Back in reality, the black tornado was still roaring without losing its power. It had already killed off most of the monsters except for the woman who was still screaming in pain at the center of the tornado. The problem though, was the fact that it was not just the woman Raven was harming. She was also slowly starting to destroy where she and Fred was standing on. It was also way too close to the gravity control room. If someone would not wake Raven up, she will definitely destroy everything close to her.

The tornado seemed to suck out all the light out of the room, as it's power as well as it dark black color seemed to be intensifying with every passing second. Endangering not only the enemies anymore, but the very room Frederick and Raven were standing in as well. The very room in which the gravity control was stationed as well.

It also seemed that at least most of those trapped inside to vortex had already passed away, since their screams had seized. Leaving the room nothing more then with the roaring deafening sounds of tornado itself. And Frederick trying to get Raven's attention, who seemed to be the cause of all this.

'Raven!' he said loudly, almost yelling at her 'get a hold of yourself wench!' But it was without avail, the woman seemed to be entirely unfazed with him shouting at her. In fact she didn't seem to be noticing him at all. 'I refuse to fall down to my death! So snap out of it!' He continued while he grabbed her by the shoulder. Something he regretted immediately, the moment he tried to grab her forcefully and shake her. he was being met by some sort of unconscious failsafe system. A strong gust of wind, was send at him with such ferocity and speed that it cut deeply into his hand.

Letting out a loud grunt, and Frederick immediately retracted his hand as a response. It was then that he noticed something else about Raven, started to appear slowly and coming from her back, were tattoo's. No that wasn't it, this was something else. Symbols? A language? Whatever it was, Frederick didn't recognized it, even though he had studied a lot of ancient languages during his search for a cure for death.

'What to do...' he thought to himself, while looking from Raven to his now bloodied hand. A cut which caused a pain that started to throb through his entire arm. But even though he asked himself that he already knew the answer. He had to do something that the other members probably would condemn him for. 'well it's not that they liked me anyway...'

With the tornado still roaring behind him as a frenzied behemoth, Frederick started to engulf his fists into a thick dark mass. And without any further thought or let alone hesitation, he plowed his fist with all his might into Raves face. Hoping that would wake her up from what ever state she was in.

Raven didn’t see or hear anything that was going on outside. She didn’t know how to explain her state of mind either. All she wanted to do was curl up somewhere and escape everything. She was oblivious to whatever that was going around in the real world and she failed to register the trouble they were in. She did vaguely feel someone’s grip on her shoulder but whoever did that, forgot about the armor she was wearing and he was pushed away from her. Meanwhile, the tornado was only getting stronger. It had destroyed every being that got trapped in it and now it was starting to bring the whole room down.

The Raven inside herself was starting to see the pictures of that woman. She was the cause of everything even though she had no ill intentions in her heart…..that woman made her commit the crime she never wanted to do. She had played Raven like a puppet and had completely disregarded her feelings in her quest.

Her train of thoughts came to a stop and something forcibly pulled her up through some kind of black hole as the next thing Raven knew, she was lying on the ground, her head resting on a wall and a burning pain on one of her cheeks. She couldn’t immediately register what was going on. She had to sit there are stare at the black tornado for a while before she completely understood what was going on. She immediately broke her own spell and got up, rubbing her sore cheek with a sigh. She had let her guard down and this happens.

“Thank you. Though you should know better than to hit a girl,” Raven said sorely as she looked at the cloaked man in front of her. “Let’s go. We still have business to do, don’t we?” she quickly said, turning around and walking ahead of Fred. She didn’t want to stay and answer to his questions and he probably has many.

Much to Fredericks relief, the punch that he had thrown at Raven was strong enough to pull her out the enigmatic trance she had put herself in. She did however seem not to be able to grasp the situation right away, not she was confused or anything. But more as if she was pulled out of a deep dream and just couldn't comprehend where she actually was. But before long, her deeply colored eyes lid up again showing signs of consciousness.

The moment she did, Frederick noticed that the raging black tornado would seize to exist. And dropped the bodies it had carried from mid air onto the ground. Creating a thumping sound, just like a large bag of grain or rice would do as it fell on the kitchen floor. It was that moment Frederick got his first glance at the destructive latent power that resided in this girl. Something he wasn't really expecting at all, sure he had seen her fight, capable of taking an enemy out when necessary.

He was about to raise his voice, inquiry her about what happened to her just now. But Raven must have felt that coming as she dismissed any opportunity for him to ask her right away. Mostly by making some small remark about him hitting her, followed up by stating they both should head on.

'Fine' replied Frederick the moment when Raven walked passed him, but not without showing the frustration in his tone. Making it clear that he was going to find out about what happened, sooner or later.

Frederick turned around after that, and followed Raven. Giving one last glance at the enemies that were sucked up into the tornado he saw the devastation it had brought upon their bodies, broken bones, dented chests. And that all just by the sheer power of the wind that had pulled them in. And the way Raven easily neglected that fact, made Frederick assume that she was more alike then he had thought her to be.

Raven chuckled to herself, clearly catching the hint of irritation in Frederick’s tone. But, she wasn’t ready to give him a note on her back-story. After all, she was trying to forget all of it herself. Unfortunately, it just comes back to bite her in one form or another. She was in no mood to think further into it even though the sudden burst of power from her other side did surprise her. It had been dormant for so long and after all this time, it was starting to act up again?

Sighing, she dismissed the whole thought from her head and made her way to the gravity control room. Thanks to her sudden release of power, Raven had managed to kill off all of the enemies that showed up earlier without taking much time too although she had almost destroyed the guild herself. ‘Uhh I should be more careful,’ she thought, pressing her lips into a tight line, clearly pissed off at herself. What was she thinking? Wait...that's right, she wasn't thinking. If anything, she was staring at a slideshow of her own life and it wasn't fun.


The feeling of floor moving beneath her and the violent shaking of walls snapped her out of her thoughts, making her stumble and hold onto the nearest thing available to her; Fred's arm. Well, the alarm signals running wild in her head did tell her she was gonna get her ass kicked. However, she couldn't figure out what else to hold on to and just prayed to God for Fred to have mercy on her. When the shaking stopped after a couple of minutes, she slowly let go of Fred's hand, grinning nervously at him before turning and running towards the control room, hoping very much that Fred would take his anger out on their enemies instead of her. When she reached their destination, however, she found the doors to be locked and when she gave it a push, she felt something heavy on the other side. 'Had they blocked the door with something?' she thought, groaning at their stupidity. How far did they think that was going to help against mages? She thought as she kicked the door, drawing all her strength on her right foot, breaking and sending whatever that was on the other side flying to the opposite side.

Dust fell all around them as the guild once more shook to its very core, a rumbling sound as the walls trembled. Just barely able to sustain the upper floors. It indicated that the situation was indeed far more dire then Frederick and Raven had anticipated, and if they didn't really hurried along now the guild would fall apart.

Or at least that was what should have been on Fredericks mind when the quake rumbled through the guild. But instead his mind was only occupied by a rather awkward moment, a situation he didn't really knew how to handle. 
Unlike Frederick, Raven had almost lost her footing when the ground felt as if it fell apart and had grabbed onto the closest thing possible, to keep her self standing. Which unfortunately for both them, was Frederick's right arm.

'Ehm... what are you doing' he said a bit irritated, while Raven slowly but awkwardly let go of his hand, however before he could even continue he was being rendered speechless as Raven dash off towards the  control room. Which she gained access too by gathering all her force into one powerful kick that destroyed the heavy reinforced metal door that was blocking her way. Smashing instantly the few grunts that were standing idle behind it.

In that instant Frederick returned back to reality and immediately jumped into action, and before the dust event had a chance to settle from Ravens rather ferocious greeting, Frederick had already smashed into the first grunt standing in his way. By using his own version of a quickstep, he had moved almost instantly from where he was standing into the gravity control room. Leaving nothing but a black vague line behind him, which was the afterimage of his movement.



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Spells active:                                    Cooldown:
Vile Movement - Duration 12 posts      None

Enemies:
Weak 0/3 - Human Chimeras
Normal 3/14 - Half Demons
Strong 0/2 - Half Devil Female & Half Devil Male

The member 'Lord Frederik' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :

Raven grinned as she felt Frederick zoom past her towards the opponents. She followed closely behind, using her own speed to land punches and kicks on their opponents. Her right foot crashed into one of their face and using that as leverage, she hosted herself up and spun around to kick the other grunt that showed up behind the one she kicked first. She landed perfectly on the marble floor, making a thud sound when her shoes connected against it. She saw another grunt rushing towards her and she ducked beautifully as she drew her sword again.

She glided on the floor, the grunts hardly keeping up with her speed as she slashed at them with her sword. She was also starting to use the knock back function on her armor to her advantage, purposefully closing the distance between her and her enemies before stabbing them with her black sword. It was not something to be surprised about, but the number of enemies she found in the room did intimidate her slightly. They really were planning to take out the gravity control room completely, weren't they? It made her wonder how others were holding up in their side of the battle.

She didn't have much time to ponder on it, however, as she was starting to get attacked by more than one grunts. She spun with her sword in her hand, managing to hit most of them, but not doing enough damage to kill them. She was still quite weak compared to the grunts. It was a wonder how she managed to hold her own for so long. To equal things out, she finally created two raven dolls around her, that spread out and was attacking the grunts along with Raven. She didn't forget to keep an eye out for Frederick either. Hopefully, he was having a much easier time with the grunts than her.

The moment Frederick landed his punch into unfortunate bastard that was close enough for him, Raven swooped passed him as well. Who with an equally ferocious speed plunged the heel of her boot straight into the face of an opponent. Frederick who had been following that movement from the corner of his eyes, could only imagine the pain the poor bastard was going through. Especially if you'd considered that the girl that just destroyed his jaw had cracked open a steel reinforced door with ease.

Focussing back on himself Frederick, dashed straight forwards toward two other grunts that came running at him. While creating black swords as an extension of their arm doing so. Yet before they even fully could materialize their shadow-make weapons, Frederick had already intercepted them by grasping with one hand each around their faces. And pushed their head with his sheer speed crashing into the ground.

It was an instant knock out, if not worse. Either way Frederick didn't give it a single thought, he'd just moved towards the next targets that caught his eye. Which were three weird looking men, even weirder considering the half demon mages that were all around him. No these humans, or whatever they were looked more savage. As if they were part beast, or multiple beasts even.

One of them, the largest was charging straight at Frederick and raised his large fist high in the air, just before he came to a still were Frederick was standing and plunged his fist into the ground. But without avail, right were his fist was landed was nothing more then the ground he had pulverized. And the hooded Frederick he was targeting was gone. Or at least that was what the beast-man thought, until he felt the cramping tightening sensation of something wrapping around his neck.

Behind him several meters away, stood Frederick who had created a long black whip as an extension of his arm while he quick-stepped away from the monstrosity. Which he had lashed around the beastman's neck.



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Spells active:                                        Cooldown:
Vile Movement - Duration 11 posts      None

Enemies:
Weak 0/3 - Human Chimeras
Normal 7/14 - Half Demons
Strong 0/2 - Half Devil Female & Half Devil Male

"Ouch" Raven commented as she watched Fred crush two grunts' head into each other. "That must have hurt," She chuckled, watching as Fred found his next targets. She didn't really need to keep watching to know that Frederick would crush them within a few minutes. In fact, by the blink of her eyes, it was already done. How could they have hoped to stand up against that guy anyway? He wasn't called "The Dark Lord" by everyone for nothing, after all. They had given that name to him, having watched him use his magic to its full potential. And that hood just added more points on his scariness scale.

She winced and turned to her own fight when she felt one of her creations being destroyed. And sure enough, one of her dolls was completely destroyed and the other was barely holding on. Shaking her head, she darted towards the one her remaining doll was dealing with and took him out from the behind with one slash of her sword. Afterwards, she quickly grabbed the arm of her doll and pulled her forward, reaching out and ramming Raven's sword into one of the enemies that was coming at them from behind the doll. Her doll combined it with the powerful use of her claws that dug into the skin of their enemy before effortlessly throwing it off to the other side, taking another grunt that was in the way along with it.

"Nice one," she commented, realizing that things were going more smoothly than she thought it would. However, what she failed to see was that one of the monsters were inching closer to the gravity controlling machine, hoping to destroy it completely since they couldn't crack the password for accessing it. Raven was too preoccupied to notice it and by the time she did, the enemy was too close to the device for her to reach in time.

In the short moment he enemy realized what really happened he was already being swung around like a bag. By pulling the man backwards with force, and then by rotating on his own axis point, Frederick swung the large man around and into his two comrades. Who struggled to get up again after being hit with their colleague. They had to climb up from underneath the unconscious body of their ally what would probably weigh down on them as a large tree log. Yet when the first one had managed to crawl up, he saw that it was already to late to continue any fight against the dark hooded maniac

Right after Frederick had released the human chimera from the grasp of his whip, he immediately retracted the black extension on his arm. Only so that he could aim his arm at the to location were the brute was swung into, and summon several black pentacles all around them. From which he beams of black light were shot that came to an explosion the moment they hit them, or impacted the ground around them. Either way, the attack was powerful enough to take them both out at once.

He glared over at Raven for a moment, to see how she was doing, and to maybe even catch a breather from the continuous fighting. Or so he wished, the moment he took a look towards Raven he noticed one of the stronger enemy mages gathering his power to strike against the gravity generator.
Without a second of delay, or any doubt he used the power of his vile movement to instantly put himself between the generator and the enemy. While he created a large black barrier to withstand the blast of the devils attack. 
'Raven!!!' he shouted in that moment, in order to get her attention 'Take him out now!'




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Spells active:                                        Cooldown:
Vile Movement - duration 10 posts     Dark Void - 4 posts
Black whip - duration 1 post
Ultimate Defense - 3 posts

Enemies:
Weak 3/3 - Human Chimeras
Normal 7/14 - Half Demons
Strong 0/2 - Half Devil Female & Half Devil Male

A loud blast was what drew her attention to Fred and the mage Raven had failed to notice before. "What?" She wondered out loud, needing a moment to realize what was happening. And when she did, she heard Fred yelling at her to take out the enemy that was busy trying to blast Fred's shield away.

"Easier said than done dammit!" She cursed, springing into action and combining her speed with the sharpness of her blade, she managed to stab the odd looking mage right through its heart. Although, whether those things had a heart or not was a matter of debate for the silver haired girl. They were so mutated and disfigured that it even grossed her out. Wait, what was she thinking? 'Focus, Raven!' she told herself. She dragged her sword down diagonally, almost splitting the thing in two but drawing her sword back before she could actually commit the act.

Along with the body of their enemy mage, Raven also fell down, barely managing to catch herself by putting her weight on both her hands and knees. Without a doubt, she was tired from the whole predicament. Sweat rolled off her body and Raven sat up on her knees, her hands on her hips as she tried to catch her breath. Along with the battle, her temporary loss of herself had taken its toll her her body. The good news for her was probably the fact that the enemies were stupefied from Fred's and Raven's display of skill and power. They had already began to back away from them.

"Fred, let's take out the rest. It's almost over, isn't it?" she said between breathing, pushing herself up again. 'How on earth did Fred manage to stay up like that?' she shook her head, putting that thought aside for the time being.

'Yes, yes it is' replied Frederick who stepped over the lifeless corpse of the mage whose life ended with a sword plunged in his back and through his heart. It could almost be considered poetic on how precise that strike was if Raven didn't raise her sword up, while it was still stuck into the mage. Shredding him from the inside and almost cutting him into two separate halves.


Frederick was glaring at the remaining enemies, who were slowly backing away a bit after seeing the gruesome displays of the mages they had decided to mess with. Yet even though they backed away, they still didn't seemed to plan on giving up. Which wasn't so strange, after all they must have realized it as well that even though their opponents were strong, they were at their last reserves of energy from the continuous fighting. And if they all came at them at once, they had a fair shot of defeating them.

No, if Frederick wanted to win this, and make sure they both survived he had to take them all out at once. And he had just the spell for that, it would shred through any life form that was close enough, and wouldn't hurt any of the physical objects in the room. Meaning the Gravity Control would be safe. However there was one downside to it, something that Frederick wasn't particularly fond off. In order for Raven to be unaffected by his next move, she had to stand close by Frederick, very close.

Determined on his strategy, even if it put him in some awkward position Frederick walked up to Raven. Who was panting while trying to stand up again, clearly out of breath as well from the continuous fighting and running.
'Raven...' he said while he grabbed on to her and pulled her towards him. Pressing her against his chest. 'I'll finish them all at once now, but whatever you do. Don't move!'

Coming from his very core, the black aura that was often common around Frederick started to intensify once again. Raising his power level significantly and putting pressure on everyone else in the near vicinity, even mages who were a few levels above them fighting in the main hall would start to feel the faint magical presence of Frederick that was increasing with every moment. Until Frederick uttered the two small words that would send off all that power building into a boiling point around him.

'Wither away' 

Out of nowhere with a loud rumbling sound an ominously black shockwave would be send from where he and Raven were standing, all around them. It was the true power of a former Guild Master class mage.
The enemies caught by surprise from that powerful shockwave didn't had any time to react, not that it would help. Any defense they would put was to weak, or just simple didn't work. As the first wave would pass through every physical defense they could put up.



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Spells active:                                        Cooldown:
Vile Movement - duration 9 posts     Dark Void - 3 posts
Wither Away - 1 post                        Black Whip - 4 posts
                                                         Ultimate Defense - 10 posts

Enemies:
Weak 3/3 - Human Chimeras
Normal 14/14 - Half Demons
Strong 2/2 - Half Devil Female & Half Devil Male

Raven was still on ground, using her sword as a means to keep herself up. Her head rested on the sword's hilt and in her state of mind, she didn't notice Fred closing the distance between them until she was pulled up and held close. She blinked, not moving as the complete picture registered on her head. She was about to scream at Fred and punch him when she noticed that he was actually trying to cast a spell. At least the realization calmed her down. But, she wasn't expecting the sudden rise in magical power around the room. As it raised wind and the power level increased, Raven found herself with no other choice but to hold onto Fred's cloak. The power she felt amazed her and for a minute, she forgot that she was actually standing very close to the "Dark Lord". It left her eyes wide open and their enemies dead.

It took her a few moments to realize that the effect of Fred's spell had died down but she was rooted to the spot, wondering when she would be able to do something as powerful as that. One day, she could attain that level of power too. Sh wasn't sure if she should be happy or scared of it though. Her concerns came from the fact that her magic and she herself was quite unstable. It was a power higher than what Fred had displayed that resulted in her world's destruction. And, no one was to blame but herself for not being able to control that power.

Her train of thoughts came to a stop when she remembered that she was still standing far too close to Fred. Laughing nervously at their position, Raven slowly pulled away from him and walked hurriedly towards the gravity controlling machine. She had to make sure that the settings on it was right. Thankfully, it looked fine. "Now what, Frederick?" she asked, lifting her head to look at him.

The outburst of Frederick's dark magic ended with every single remaining enemy laying lifeless on the ground. Leaving the room in silence, and the awkwardness of the position Frederick and Raven were in. Something that Raven seemed to realize a few moments later, who was still clinging to him by grabbing and holding on to his cloak.

Realizing it as well, Frederick stepped backwards at the same moment Raven let go of his cloak and nervously backed away from him. Only to quickly check on the Control Device that kept the guild floating in the air. Which by looking at her relieved expression on her face, was completely fine. Maybe a scratch here and there, and it could use some maintenance. But besides that it was still good condition. At least to keep them from falling down to their imminent deaths.

'Now we go check out how things are going upstairs' he replied slowly between some heavy breaths, clearly showing that he as well was worn out after fighting one enemy after another. 'But... let's not hasten ourselves, catching a breather before we reach it doesn't sound so bad right now'

He was about to turn around and start walking away from the scene, until he remembered something that was bugging him since Raven lost control of her self. Something that he had temporarily forgotten, or at least put somewhere back in his head while he was fending off the enemies at the Control Room. And for some reason he needed to know, or at least tried to ask her for a straight answer.
So after a few steps he stopped, and partly turned his head towards Raven so that he could see her from the corner of his eyes.

'Say... what was that just now earlier?' he inquired, knowing that she'd definitely knew what he was referring too.

Raven nodded and broke away all enchantments she had on herself for the time being. She gave one last look at the gravity controlling device and pulled away from it. She was about to walk out after Frederick when he stopped her with a question. She halted and stared at the back of Fred's head. What was she supposed to say now? Should she tell him casually that she is half demon and she had destroyed her whole world once? What could she tell him? What would he think of her if he knew the whole truth? She had so many questions running around in her head. How should she word it?

"Uhm earlier..." Raven trailed off, rubbing the back of her head as her eyes suddenly found the marble floor the most fascinating thing in the room. "Uhm that was...well...how do I put it? I just had a temporary loss of control?" She stuttered, trying to find the right words. She paced around the room, making it painfully obvious that she didn't really want to talk about the whole thing at all. However, given the situation, Raven couldn't just walk out the door and hope that Fred wouldn't give her the cold shoulder later.

"Alright. So a long time ago, in a far away place, there was a kingdom just for crows. This kingdom wasn't for ordinary crows either. They were demons," she sighed heavily, organizing the words in her head before she spoke again. "I'm one of them, obviously. In fact, I was their princess. My father was the king and he had the power to control the others in our kingdom. So, now you know where exactly my "magic" comes from. What happened before was...well...a temporary lose of myself to my dark side," she slowed down at the end, making sure she was not saying everything yet nothing at the same time.

'Tch, it almost sounds like some ill bedtime story for children' said Frederick rudely, almost conceited even. 'Look I don't care for what you are, hell I am not one to judge someone based on their lineage or where they came from. All I care about is what happened back there, that darkness, that power you posses is something easily you can lose yourself into. And with it threaten the lives of everyone around you.'

Frederick paused for a few moments, before he continued. Slowly assessing the girls position, it was something he could relate to. After all he went down that same road, and the consequences of that road had cost the lives of many people. It was a terrifying time if he looked back, to be lost in your own insanity, destroying everything and anyone you came upon.

'I need to know that it won't happen again, not only because it endangers the entire guild. But also for yourself, because next time I won't be as nice as I was earlier'

It was true, if it did happen again and Frederick was in the vicinity to do anything about he would stop it no matter what. Meaning that next time there was a chance Raven wouldn't be pulled out as easily as she did when she summoned that black tornado.
She probably knew very well that there was a chance that she couldn't snap out of it, and the thought of it might even frighten her. 

'Anyway,' he continued, 'I'll drop the subject for now, after all we still have to make sure everyone upstairs is alive. Which they probably are knowing their tenacity. But so you know, if you need help to control it, I will help you....and if the moment arises when all hope is lost I will end you.'

Frederick turned his gaze back towards the door in front of him and started walking again, making it very clear that he had said what he needed to say. That there was nothing he would deal with if it endangered his new found guild, that he'd actually even started to call home. If he didn't want to admit it or not. And that all what Raven had to do was process what he said.

'Ill bedtime story for children? Seriously?! That's what he thinks?!" Raven fumed, but calmed herself down, finding the facts he had laid out for her. He was right and his words did leave an impact on her. When Fred walked out, Raven stood back, thinking harder on the whole thing. He had a point. Her dark self was not something that she could predict about. One day, it might burst out of her for the worst just like that night. But, on another note, Raven had been able to control her other self for the most part. Of course, it was still quite unstable. But, compared to many others of her own species, she was doing a great job and holding it in.

She sighed and placed a hand on her forehead. No clear thoughts went through her head. Everything was drastically mixed up for her. There were many things to consider. She and her unstable magic was a threat to the guild. She couldn't deny that fact at all. But she loved Sabertooth. It was her home now. But that fact that she destroyed her home once did frighten her. What if she does it again? What if she slips away again?

"if the moment arises when all hope is lost I will end you."

She remembered and sighed. Yes, she would leave it up to him. She didn't want to leave the place she treasured the most. If possible, she wanted to work harder and put Sabertooth at the very top. And if one day, if she ever truly loses herself, she will believe in Fred's words and happily die in his hands. If that day ever comes, she would make sure she would be dead before she can touch even a single hair of her comrades. That was her decision. Till then, she would be Raven, a Sabertooth member.