"Hunter I am not going to ask again! Explain or stop the damn car before I blast you ass through the windshield!" I hissed after the last fifteen minutes of groaning, pleading, whining, and screaming proved to be fertile.

"Nora this can wait until we arrive, in the meantime I need you to call Summer, tell her to clear the house, grab the bags and to go straight to the emergency location," Hunter only paused to fish his cell put of his pocket while steering the wheel before throwing it in my direction.

After trying a few times I decided to stick with a text, looking out the window I no longer recognised my surroundings as the scenery dissolved into flashes of never ending greenery as Hunter continued driving, judging by the speed we were going I had a feeling we left the speed limit behind the last town we passed.

"You are being hunted," Hunter spoke softly, surprising me because I did not expect to have any conversation with him until we arrived to his final destination.

"By who? What is going on?" I tried to keep composed, but even I could hear the panicked edge to my voice.

"Remember how I told you the story of how your ancestors locked the ability within themselves to prevent the future generations from being hunted? The power you have been releasing over the past few weeks has been attracting unwanted guests," Hunter threw me a worried glance, "I am going to take you to sealed location, meaning no matter how much power you use, it can't be tracked.

"What? You cant do that! I have school to go to, and –"

"It's only temporary," Hunter cut me off as his hands tightened around the wheel, "its just until you get full access to your powers, once that happens no barriers can really mask what you are capable of to those who are trying to find you.

"What do you mean by gaining full access, if I am getting tracked surely it would be best to stay under the radar?," I was really confused by this stage, if memory served me right then many of my kind had died while they were getting persecuted.

"There are two ways that I know of that can unleash your full potential, one is to build up you power capacity until it shatters the part of you that is blocking it from coming through, but to answer your other question then in this case staying under the radar is not one of the better options, although you still have the choice of hiding I guess," Hunter smiled as he turned his gaze on me before continuing, "you have one of the best chances of surviving this, because lets not forget; you have angel blood running through your veins."

"So my chances are looking?" I trailed off as I hoped he got the hint to fill in the blanks

"You're chances are better than any human being I can think of Nora, your DNA has less than half of the human gene, think about it, a large part of it is angel blood, not to mention the gene of an Aurous being thrown into the mix."

"Right, as if I needed to be reminded that I am a freak," I muttered quietly, but apparently not quiet enough because the next thing I knew my head collided with the window of the car as Hunter violently swerved the car to the side of the road before coming to a screeching stop.

"For the second time today Hunter, what the hell? Did you even pass you're drivers test?" I yelled as he jumped out of the car and slamming the door shut, by the time I semi recovered from being smothered into the door Hunter was already throwing it open.

"Get out." Hunter said as he glared down at me.

"Screw off," I returned, my mood was already at it's lowest and I was not going to continue taking crap from him while my own emotions were about to go spiralling out of control.
Apparently not about to take crap from me either Hunter grabbed my wrist before hauling me off into the forest, the girl I was before this whole mess would have started panicking at the prospect of being hauled off into the forest by some guy she meet a few weeks ago, but the girl I was now was kind of hoping that causing harm was his intention so I could start causing some back.
Man, I really needed to let go from some of the tension, or at least get a therapist with some prescripted drugs to assist anger management along with it.

As Hunter continued storming off deeper into the forest while towing me behind him I was begging to wonder if my lack of panic was due to the fact that in my current state I could probably blast him into the next continent without batting an eyelash and be back in time for dinner.

I was too preoccupied with my own thoughts to notice that Hunter had came to a halt until I rammed right into him, expecting another round of trying for each others throats I was surprised to look up and find him looking at me with a soft gaze, my mind was already a jumbled mess so the only coherent thought that came to mind was the possibility of him being bipolar.

"You are not a freak," he whispered so quietly I almost missed it.

"Say what?" I flinched at how dumb I just sounded.

"Nora, you were born with so many gifts, you have no idea how fortunate you are," Hunter stepped closer until our bodies were almost touching, I was about to step back when his arms shot forwards and forcing me to a standstill.

"Hunter-" I was cut off with his finger at my lips, his hands drifted down to my waist, once he had a grip he gently spun me around so that my back was pressed to him.

"Close your eyes," I couldn't suppress the shiver that ran up my spine from his breath near my ear, even though I had no idea where this was going I decided to humour him.

"Are they closed?" he murmured against my shoulder this time.

"Yes," I blushed at my raspy tone.

"Look without seeing Nora."

"I cant-"

"What are you standing on?" he cut me off, I could feel him smiling against my skin for my expense.

"Dirt."

"Connect to that then," he paused as he nipped my skin causing a hot rush to wash over my skin, "then tie yourself to all that is connected to it."

Sighing a sigh of frustration I tried to follow his instructions, as weird as it was I had a vague idea of what he wanted me to do, having some experience in bringing a tree down on Patch earlier.
Shaking my head free of all thought I did as Hunter instructed, occasionally growing distracted when he would nip at a certain sensitive area of my skin, but sure enough I was soon expanding my inner senses to the ground, soon it felt like I became one with it, I could locate every tree, every light footstep of the forest animals and every rustle.

"Can you see?" Hunter whispered against my skin.
Being at a state where I was a loss of words I simply let out a small nod.

Suddenly I felt Hunter release his hold from me and as wrong as I knew it was I felt lost without the contact, even though my eyes were still closed I still knew he was slowly stepping backwards, his steps making a small vibration throughout the connection between me and the earth.

I heard the sound of a gentle rustle which confused me, I turned to Hunter when he called out, "don't open your eyes yet! I want you to point to my location in about ten seconds."
I smirked as I realised what he was doing, giving him a nod to proceed I started tracking his movements, pointing them out every ten seconds, sometimes even making my finger follow his path just to rub it in.

"Very good," Hunter murmured approvingly, now challenge of the day is," he paused for effect, I could just imagine the smirk that would be playing on his lips, "find me now."
Grinning I was about to point him out when I lost sense of him completely, frowning I connected myself deeper with the ground until my senses started creeping their way up trees, weaving their way through grass, only to no avail.
It was like he flew off the ground into thin air!
Wait a second..

Snapping my eyes open I tilted my neck up and sure enough I caught sight of Hunter, and even though I was expecting it the magnificence of the sight took my breath away.
He was hovering a couple of meters off the ground, taking care that his powerful white wings weren't brushing against anything. Even though I had a lot of experience with angels I had never seen the wings of one, Hunters wings were huge, at least three times longer than his arms, the tips of them having wisps of grey trailing through them, seeing my dazed expression Hunter allowed himself a cocky grin before he floated back down to the ground.
"Pretty cool huh," he smirked as he flexed them, causing a gust to run through my hair.
"Yeah, you could say that, " I mumbled, not wanting to blow his ego any further out of proportion.

We watched each other silently until he was the first to move, walking towards me with an exaggerated slowness he slowly reached out for my hand, as if giving me a chance to run away. Once he had a light grip he extended my hand towards him, jerking it lightly to make me stumble forwards slightly.
"Jerk," I muttered as I fell into his chest, he chuckled slightly, I felt a shadow fall over my face as I looked up to see his wings unfurling from behind his back, forming a cocoon around us, completely sealing us into a world of soft white feathers, giving Hunter a tentave glace I slowly reached my fingers out and ran them through, marvelling at how silky they felt between my fingers, his hold tightening around my waist as I did so.

"I thought wings were made of spiritual matter," I mumbled confused, because I was fairly certain that what I was seeing was far from merely spiritual.

"Angels that have fallen get their wings torn out," Hunter winced at the thought, "if they earn them back then they can be taken just as easily, in summary the wings that are given are a shadow of the ones that you once had."

"Why do your wings have wisps of grey through them?" I asked, leaning further back into his chest while toying with one of the larger feathers that was just within my reach.

"Because I have spent too long on earth, if I wasn't here for an approved reason they would have turned black and deteriorated long ago."

"Or ripped out," I said quietly.

Hunter stilled behind me, I turned around to face him, I couldn't quite name the emotion on his face.
"You seem to know an awful lot about my kind," Hunter retracted his wings as he spoke, breaking the spell that we had been in a few moments ago.

"Yeah well hanging around with Patch does tend to have that result," I couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt as I spoke, remembering our last encounter.
Patch! After all that had happened I had forgotten all about him, I knew it he had awoken from the draining I had put him through, and I had no doubt he would be looking for me, I could only hope that in his search he didn't cross paths with whatever I has currently running from.

"Patch is very bad news," Hunter informed me as if knowing where my mind was, "all fallen angels are, but him especially. I have been watching him after he fell, and I can tell you that he is capable of things so dark and twisted that you would not be able to think of if you tried. That guy is messed up."

"I think we should start heading back," I mumbled as I turned around towards the car, having no desire to talk about Patch to Hunter. I knew that Patch was not one to play nice, but I refused to let anyone taint my opinion of him despite the things that happened between us I also knew would never hurt me, and I also knew he was different from what he once was, the past doesn't change, nor does it erase his wrongdoings, but to whoever Patch had to answer to for that it sure as hell wasn't me.

The walk to the car was brisk, after being cocooned in the warmth of Hunters wings I had failed to notice the coolness of the air, so I was relieved at the sight of the car that was parked at the side of the road where we last left it.
I didn't need to wait for Hunter because I knew it was still unlocked, getting in I was suddenly struck with a question I couldn't believe I hadn't cleared up first thing.
Once Hunter was in I decided to clear it up once and for all.
"Who am I running from?"

"Nora, you have already absorbed so much information."

"Cut the that's-enough-for-today crap Hunter," I glared at him, "if my life is in danger as you say then I need to know and I need to know now."

Hunter sighed as the car purred to life once again, after a few minutes of driving I thought he would continue the silence until he spoke, "he is known by many names, but over the years he has settled for Kaede, he is an Aurous like you, but he no longer is merely just that."

"What do you mean?"

"Despite the divine powers that are possessed by an Aurous they are still mortal," Hunter looked at me to see I was still following, "but that was not enough for Kaede, he discovered immortality through draining the life and powers of so many people, his first victims were his parents, then his wife and so forth. At first his kills had to be made in small numbers, this would be done by targeting an individual and drawing them out, eventually he could take small groups, then larger ones, until the life force of his kills allowed him to take on whole towns at once."

"But if he is immortal already, why does he need me?"

"Story isn't finished yet," Hunter said grimly as he turned a corner, "he was well and truly immortal by the time he wanted to take Liffy, which was the a secluded city where some of the most powerful Aurous's lived. Word had reached the elders of his deeds, all those who were specialized in defence gathered in attempt to protect their city, methods of every kind were put out to deter him, the best fighters were summoned to stop him. But Kaede was no longer doing this for immortality, he was doing it for power, addicted to what every life that he took made him. Despite the efforts of those within the city walls he could not be stopped, he had reached the level of immortality after all, it was one of the most biggest massacres to be committed by an individual through the line of history, over twenty thousand lives perished."

"So he just happened to track down every other Auros down by himself?"

"Humans helped, since no Auros was safe next to him he turned to man kind for help, offering his talents you could say with the control of nature in return, after that you basically know the story, it was known he was drawn to power so it was locked away so deep within an Aurous that they couldn't reach it anymore, children that were born showing signs of it were immediately sent to have it concealed, as time progressed numbers decreased until eventually no signs of any other power welding human were left."

"Until me," I whispered, the reality of the situation beginning to set in.

"Until you."

"If all numbers were extinct then how did he find me?"

"He is drawn to the feel of power like a shark is to blood, the strength that comes from you must have attracted him from miles away." Hunter frowned as he spoke.

"So what you are telling me is that some crazed psycho that is addicted to killing, who just happens to have the life force of over twenty thousand people is hunting me down as we speak to try and drain me for all I'm worth, did I also forget to mention that he is immortal?" I could feel the hysteria rising with every word I spoke, after all that I heard about this guy I had to admit my chances of surviving the next year were very very slim.

In my panic I did not notice that we had finally pulled up to our destination until i heard Hunter open his door, following his lead I also got out of the car, we had arrived to a cosy looking stone cottage with ivy creeping up the walls and flowers blooming along the sides of the pebbled walkway, it looked like something straight out of a magazine and if I hadn't been so distressed I think I would have actually had a chance to admire it.

"Not bad for a hide out if I do say so myself," Hunter linked his hand with mine as he led me through the wooden front door, "make yourself at home and try and get lots of rest, you will need it for the training you are going to tomorrow."

"Training?"

"Exactly right babe," Hunter winked as he led me into a pale yellow colored bedroom, "because when we are done here, Kaede is not going to know what hit him."

Just great.

And the plot thickens :) Originally I wasn't going to add Hunter into the twist, but hey if it makes it any more interesting..
Earlier disappearance to those who bother reading this is due to a broken keyboard and then as time went on I forgot my whole place in the story to the extent that I was just not motivated to write, I want to start something completely new but I hate it when people drop their project so .. I am back now.

To those who are Patch supporters expect a POV from him pretty soon, sorry for how confusing this story is getting but all will be cleared up, in the meantime keep up the reviews!