Fiery Love- Chapter 45

The next day Thrax had gotten up early to do a little more digging on what happened when Don was broken out of jail. As well as a little digging on Kai. He didn't trust that guy one bit. Especially if he was giving Aurora a bad feeling, and after what they had found out yesterday about who had taken Don and that they were going to come for her, he didn't want to take any chances.

Serena hadn't come back last night, so Thrax figured she would probably pop up sometime today. Most likely wherever Aurora was since she was the one they were after. Plus she never popped up around him. The only ghost to pop up around him when he was by himself was her dad when he went to teach Rico a lesson.

He walked up the steps and into the building and headed for the elevator. He pushed the button to the third floor and played with his chain while he waited for the elevator to reach it. A few seconds later it stopped and the door opened. He walked out and headed down the hall in a calm stride. When he reached the end he turned the corner and walked past three rooms before going into one of them.

He took a few steps in, then stopped and stared at the person at the computer desk, which was one of his men. He cleared his throat and he looked up.

"Oh, boss." He quickly stood up. "I didn't expect you here so soon."

Thrax got right to the point. "What have you found out about the guy that I told you to look up?"

He sat back down. "The guy named Kai?" He sat back down and started typing. "Quite a bit actually. He seems pretty normal though."

Thrax walked around the desk and stood behind him. "Did you find out if he's part of any group called Nature's Court?"

"Not so far." He replied. "I also looked to see if I could find anything about a group called that and I haven't found anything." That didn't surprise Thrax. He had a feeling they made sure to stay secret. "But I have found a lot of other stuff."

Thrax put his hands on the desk as he leaned on it and read what popped up on the computer screen. It showed when and where Kai had been born, medical records, school records, where he worked, list of friends and family members, and several other things. But there was nothing that showed he was part of any group. He frowned and let out an exasperated sigh.

He wished that Serena had come back last night and told them everything else. It definitely would help if she came back as soon as possible. He wanted to get rid of these guys as soon as possible. He didn't want them getting anywhere near Aurora.

"Keep searching." Thrax ordered, straightening up as he did. "Let me know if you find anything new."

He nodded. "Right, boss." He went back to typing.

Thrax headed for the door and left the room. He proceeded to go back the way he came. He reached the elevator and pushed the ground floor button. He soon reached the ground floor and headed for the exit. He was getting pretty annoyed that they weren't able to find anything about a group called Nature's Court, and that they didn't find anything connecting Kai to them. He hoped that they would have found something. Anything. He didn't trust him one bit. He seemed too nice and too eager to get to know Aurora.

He walked down the steps and headed for his car. He got in, started it, and headed to his next destination to do a little more digging. He hoped Aurora was having better luck.

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"Alright class, we only have a few minutes left. Go ahead and gather your things." Aurora said. She was finishing up with her last class of the day, and since Christmas was just a few days away, this was her last class until the new year. She liked to give her students plenty of quality time with their families during this time of year. "I wish you all a merry Christmas, and a happy new year."

Her students gathered their things and put their shoes on, but didn't leave. They stood in a little bunch and smiled at her. She looked at them a little confused at first, then Tom walked up to her with something behind his back. Once he was right in front of her he moved his hands from behind his back to reveal a box wrapped in Christmas paper with a bow on the top.

Taken by surprise, Aurora smiled and accepted the present. "W... What's this for?"

"For being such a great teacher." Tom replied with a big smile on his face. "Go ahead. Open it."

Aurora looked at them and they all smiled and nodded for her to. She unwrapped the box and let the paper fall to the floor as she opened it. She pulled out a pair of Tessens. She took them out of the box and set it down, then opened them to see the design of a dragon on each of them.

"We all pitched in and got you a couple of Tessens." Tom said proudly.

"Try them out." One of her other students, Lisa, urged her.

Aurora took a few steps back, so as not to hit any of them. She waved the tessens around a little until she got the feel of them, then she began doing techniques with them. First she started with the opening basics, then the basic cuts, then moved on to the inside 180 turn. She proceeded to do the inside horizontal flip, double inside horizontal flip, and then the inside vertical flip. Next she did the inward 180 to inside horizontal flip and then the inward 180 to outer vertical inside flip.

She smiled and moved on to some more advanced sequences, forgetting that her students were watching. She did the 360 double fan block matrix and inside vertical flip. She did some war fan drills, outside rollover, slicing exercise, back hand flip, under kick outside vertical flip, and then crouching dragon fans wings. When she finished she folded them back up and put them back in the box for safe keeping.

She looked at her students and gave them all a big smile. "Thank you for these. All of you. I'm so lucky to have such wonderful students as you."

They all walked up to Aurora and gave her a group hug. She happily hugged them all back, then waved goodbye to them afterwards as they left.

After they all left she went to her office and closed the door. Then she untied her black belt and changed out of her karategi, folded it, and put it in her duffle back with the belt. She went and put her shoes on and went around the building to make sure all of the doors were locked. Afterwards, she grabbed her duffle bag, the box with the tessens in it, and headed out the front door, and locked it behind her.

She walked over to her car and put the duffle bag and the box in the back, then got in. She started her car and headed home. The entire way there it was pretty quiet and peaceful, which surprised her. She had expected Serena to come by sometime today since she hadn't returned last night, but there hadn't been any sign of her.

About an hour later she reached her house and parked in the driveway. She turned off her car and reached in the back for the duffle bag and box. After she grabbed them she got out and headed for her door. She unlocked it and headed inside, closing it behind her as she did. She set the box down on the coffee table, went to her room, and took everything out of her duffle bag and put it away, then put it in her closet.

She went back into the living room and picked up the box, and headed for the room that she kept her martial arts weapons in. She opened the cabinet, then the box, and took the tessens out, putting them in the cabinet. Then she closed and locked it.

Suddenly there was a cold, ghostly chill in the room. Aurora looked around, expecting to see Serena, but didn't see anyone yet. She walked to her room as it got colder and sat on her bed as she waited for her to appear. Kicking her shoes off, she got underneath the blanket to try and fight the cold. Then Serena appeared with another ghost, who she figured was Yvaine.

"Hello, Aurora." Serena said.

"Hey, Serena." Aurora looked at the other ghost. "You must be Yvaine."

Her hair was light brown, she had blue-green eyes and was wearing a long sky blue dress. She smiled softly and nodded. "Yes I am." Her voice was so gentle as she spoke. "I'm pleased to meet you, Aurora. Though I do wish that it was under better circumstances."

"So do I." Aurora shivered a little from their presence, but ignored it. "Can you tell me what we're dealing with? What did the ancestors of Nature's Court do in the past that was so bad?"

"Yes I can." Yvaine frowned. "They weren't always like this. At first, they were our friends. At least we thought they were." She looked at Aurora solemnly. "Until it changed, and we found out the truth of what they desired."

"What happened that changed?" Aurora asked.

Yvaine walked over to Aurora. "It would be best if I start from the beginning when we first met them. But not here. Even walls can have ears." She looked around the room.

Aurora looked around with Yvaine and tuned her ears. She knew her room was safe and that no one was listening, but understood why she didn't want to. She didn't hear anything, so stopped listening and looked at her curiously. "If not in here, then where do you want to talk to me about what happened?"

Yvaine sat down next to Aurora. "In your mind, if you please."

Aurora nodded. "Sure." She smiled. "It won't be the first time a ghost has spoken to me in my head. My parents did it quite a few times." She recalled all the times her parents had spoken to her in her head when they were trying to talk to her at first.

Yvaine smiled, happy that Aurora was fine with it. "Alright then. You're going to need to go to sleep for this."

"Alright." Aurora figured she'd need to. "Considering how tired I am from teaching my classes right now, it shouldn't take long." She laid her head down on her pillow and closed her eyes as they giggled. She let out a little yawn as she let herself relax and fall asleep.

When she opened her eyes she found herself in a beautiful meadow. It was full of flowers and felt so calm and peaceful and there wasn't any sound but the wind. She looked around and saw Yvaine and Serena a few feet away from her and walked over to them.

"Are you ready for me to show you?" Yvaine asked. Aurora nodded. "Very well, then." The scenery changed as she spoke and they now stood in what appeared to be a throne room. "It all started when the leader from their village came to our kingdom. As you've already discovered, they were not human. They each were able to turn into some sort of animal, but only one each. But as I was saying, he came to our kingdom and sought an audience with me. When we let him he asked for help for his village. He told me how it was withering away and that his people were getting sick and dying. He begged for our help, saying he would give us anything."

"I took pity on him and told him we would gladly help and that he did not need to repay us." She continued. "I went with him to his village and found that what he had said was true. It was in a terrible state." The scenery changed from the throne room to the withering village. "I immediately went to work and used my powers to restore it. I revived their withering crops, restored their crumbling homes, healed their sick, and purified their contaminated water. The village looked so beautiful after I was done. The people of the village were very grateful. They even held a feast in my honor in return for restoring their home."

"Afterwards I left and went back home." Yvaine paused. "Then several months later their leader came again, but he was wearing a strange robe, like that of a monk almost, but with a very unique design. Around his neck he wore a medallion that had two symbols on it. On one side was a leaf, representing nature. On the other side was the symbol for the animal that he could change into."

Aurora looked at the memory of him as they stood in the throne room again. "So they became like some type of order?"

Yvaine nodded. "Yes. That is was they had become. Nature's Court was a society that they had created after seeing what I was capable of. They did it as a way of pledging their loyalty to me, our kingdom, and our future descendants. Which had taken me and the others quite by surprise. He asked if they could make it official and become a part of our kingdom. At the time there didn't seem to be a reason to say no, so I discussed it with our council and we agreed to let them become a part of our kingdom."

"For a while everything seemed fine." She continued. "They obeyed our rules, were very loyal, and everything was very peaceful. Occasionally they would come to us and ask something of us, but it was always something simple and harmless." She frowned. "But then after a while it seemed to change. At one point they asked for weapons so that they could train and help protect the kingdom."

Aurora looked at Yvaine. "Did you give them weapons?" She had a feeling she already knew the answer.

Yvaine nodded and sighed as she frowned. "Yes. I allowed them to have weapons for self defense. They didn't have any actual way to defend themselves other than their ability to change into animals, so we saw no reason why not. I sent someone to oversee it and even went a few times myself, and it seemed to go smoothly. But then I would see some of them whispering among themselves, which was very strange."

She paused. "Then one day their village leader asked to speak with me in private. We were alone in the courtyard as we spoke. At first it was just idle chit chat. I asked how the village was doing and he asked how the kingdom was. Then he told me that they were at war with someone that had done them wrong in the past and asked me to help. When I asked him who it was that they were fighting he told me it was the humans. Then he told me the second reason they had formed Nature's Court."

"What was the second reason?" Aurora had a bad feeling that she wasn't going to like it.

Yvaine gave her a serious look. "They had formed it to both serve me and our kingdom, but to also take revenge on the humans that had cast them out and left them to die. They wanted retribution. But not just on them. They were planning on putting judgement on the entire human race. That is why they called themselves Nature's Court."

Aurora gasped. "That's awful!" What they planned to do was horrible.

Yvaine nodded. "Yes it was. What was worse was that he asked for our help in destroying them. They wanted to get back at them for casting them out. That was mostly why their village had been in such a terrible state. I told them that we would have no part in the bloodshed that they sought and wanted nothing to do with them if they continued."

She sighed. "He said he understood and then left. We didn't hear anymore about it from them until months after that when they tried to capture me and force me to help them in their blind desire for revenge. They held me captive and threatened to kill me if I didn't help them, but I still refused. Then they tried to force me to help them. Unfortunately for them they were no match for me. After I escaped we removed them from being a part of our kingdom."

"I have a feeling it still didn't stop after that." Aurora was horrified with what she was hearing.

"Unfortunately no." Yvaine replied. "They continued to try for several generations to take those that were like you, Serena, and me and force them to help them get revenge. It was terrible. Fortunately they never did succeed."

"And when we hid our kingdom and made ourselves disappear," Serena joined in. "Nature's Court slowly began to disappear. We thought that perhaps their society had just died off." She frowned and her voice became shaky. "But apparently they didn't."

Yvaine turned to Aurora and gave her a serious look. "Aurora, please listen. You must be careful. Serena told me what has happened so far. I can't tell you not to help, all I can do is give you advise. This is too dangerous for them to get their hands on you, but also too dangerous for you to stay out of it. They will stop at nothing until they have succeeded. Promise me that you will be careful."

Aurora nodded. "I'll be as careful as I can." Which was going to be kind of hard since they had no idea who was with Nature's Court, but she was going to do the best she could.

Yvaine gave Aurora a sad smile. "Thank you. I know you will." She frowned. "I just hope that you won't have to suffer through what I had to. To see what I saw." Her voice became shaky. "They killed so many innocent people. Men. Women. Children. They spared none in the villages that they attacked. I and your ancestors were able to fight them off and keep them at bay, but unfortunately not before so many innocent lives were lost."

Aurora could see guilt in Yvaine's eyes as they welled up with tears. The scenery changed back to the meadow, but it had a melancholy atmosphere and look from how she felt. "I won't show you what I had to endure. You don't need to see that part."

Aurora tilted her head as she studied her. "You blame yourself for what happened, don't you?"

"Yes." Yvaine choked on the word as she fought back tears. "I can't help but feel as if it was all my fault. I helped restore their village. I let them become a part of our kingdom. I allowed them to have some of the weapons we used to defend ourselves so that they could defend themselves.... and they used them to kill the innocent." The sky became dark with clouds. "I hate to say that I regret restoring their village... but I do. If I hadn't.... then maybe none of it would have happened. Maybe you wouldn't have to deal with them coming after you."

"It's not your fault." Aurora said softly. "You may have restored their village and given them some weapons, but what they did isn't your fault. What they did was their own choice. What they did was wrong and petty, but it wasn't your fault." She put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "I have a feeling that even if you didn't do anything they would have gone to someone else and still try to do what they did."

Yvaine gave Aurora a sad smile and put her hand on hers. "What you say is true. They are very determined. It wouldn't have mattered. They still would have tried." Slowly the melancholy atmosphere disappeared and it felt peaceful again. "Now, Serena told me that there were some others that needed to know this as well. She told me about a couple, but I was wondering if there was anyone else that you knew of that she didn't that need to know."

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Thrax got out of his car and sighed. Once again he hadn't had much luck with finding anything else out. Though he didn't really expect he would. Nature's Court had stayed well hidden for a long time. No one had even heard about it. At this point it seemed like the only way they were going to find anything else out is if Serena comes back with Yvaine, and if Nature's Court tries something soon.

He leaned against his car for a few minutes as he watched the sun set. The sky was turning a beautiful orange and the clouds had a tint of pink to them. While he hadn't had much luck finding anything else out from his second destination, it hadn't been a total loss. He finally took care of Lawrence for kidnapping and threatening Aurora, since he had nothing else he could tell him about what he saw when Don was broken out of jail.

It had been very satisfying, being able to finally take care of him for what he did. Now if Thrax could just get his hands on Don and Nature's Court he could take care of them too. He stopped looking at the sunset and decided to head inside.

As he walked up the steps and to the door he felt a cold chill, and had a feeling he knew why. He walked inside and still felt it. He closed the door behind him and smiled. "So they finally showed up." That was a relief since it meant they'd find out more about Nature's Court. He looked around the living room but didn't see Aurora. "Aurora? Where are you?"

Thrax thought heard movement down the hall and in Aurora's room. He headed down the hall and poked his head into her room and blinked in surprise. He saw her in bed, apparently asleep. He walked over to her bed, feeling a little confused as to why she would be asleep if Serena and Yvaine were somewhere in the house. "Aurora?"

Aurora didn't respond. She didn't even move at all. Thrax gave her a concerned look and put his hands on her shoulders and gently shook her to try and wake her up. "Aurora. Come on, baby, wake up."

Aurora groaned a little before she opened her eyes, finally waking up. She rubbed her eyes and had a sad look on her face before she realized Thrax was there. "Thrax?"

Thrax gave Aurora a worried look. "Baby, are you alright?"

Aurora nodded. "Serena came back with Yvaine. She was showing me in my head what had happened. How Nature's Court came to be..." She frowned. "... And what they did."

That explained why she was asleep. Thrax still felt a cold chill in the room, so he looked around so see if he could spot them. He turned his head towards the door and saw Serena and another ghost, obviously Yvaine, standing there.

"You must be Thrax." Yvaine said as she stared at him. "Aurora was telling me about you as we discussed who in all needed to know about what I have told her about Nature's Court."

Thrax raised his brow. "Why did you talk to her in her head?" It didn't seem necessary to him.

Serena looked at Thrax. "It was a precaution in case anyone was listening. We didn't want to take any chances."

Aurora shook from the cold chill of their presence. Thrax grabbed the blanket and wrapped it around her to help keep her warm. She looked up at him and smiled. "Thanks."

"You're welcome, baby." Thrax held Aurora close and looked back at Serena and Yvaine. "So what in all did you tell her?"

"Everything that we know and that you need to know." Yvaine walked over to the bed. "Would you like me to stay and tell you?"

He shook his head. "Not if you're going to do it the same way you did with Aurora." He wasn't to fond of the idea of a ghost hanging around in his head.

"That reminds me," Aurora pulled her phone out of her pocket and started texting. "we need to tell Damien and Ozzy this." She finished texting and sent it. A few seconds later her phone vibrated and she looked at it. "They're on their way."

"Would you like me to stay and tell them?" Yvaine asked.

Aurora shook her head. "No, it's alright. I can tell them what you told me."

"Very well. I will take my leave, then. I hope what I have told you helps, and that you can put an end to Nature's Court." With that, Yvaine disappeared.

"I should leave as well. Until next time, Aurora." Serena then Disappeared too, and the ghostly chill in the room left with her.

Aurora looked at Thrax. "How did it go with trying to find out more information?"

"They couldn't find a thing." Thrax replied. "It looks like you had better luck than I did, though."

Aurora nodded. "Yeah. It doesn't really surprise me that we can't find anything on them." Thrax nodded in agreement. "I wonder if there are some books or historical documents about them in my ancestors' kingdom."

Thrax grinned and chuckled. "I guess we'll find out when we go there." There most likely was. There's no way Aurora's ancestors wouldn't have something about them there.

She smiled and thought for a minute. "Do you want me to go ahead and tell you what she told me, or do you want to wait until Damien and Ozzy are here?"

Thrax kissed Aurora's forehead. "I can wait." He didn't mind waiting a little longer before finding out what Yvaine told her. "In the meantime, why don't we get something to eat?" He was hungry and had a feeling she probably was, too.

Aurora nodded. "Alright."

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Aurora sat next to Thrax on the couch in the living room, his arm around her as she leaned against him. They had just finished eating dinner and were now waiting for Damien and Ozzy to arrive. As they waited she thought about what Yvaine had showed her and how she was going to explain it to them exactly.

As she thought about it she frowned and let out a sad sigh. Basically what Nature's Court was planning on doing was genocide to the human race. She kind of hoped that maybe they were trying to find her to make amends for the wrong that their ancestors did to hers. That maybe they didn't want to continue with the bloodshed that their ancestors did. But as much as she wanted that to be the case, deep down she knew it wasn't. Not by a long shot.

Thrax looked at Aurora. "Are you alright, baby?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Aurora looked up at him. "I was just thinking about what Yvaine told me about what Nature's Court is planning on doing."

"Don't worry." Thrax gently kissed her. "I'm not gonna let any of them get anywhere near you. I promise I'll keep you safe."

Aurora smiled. She knew he would. "I always feel safe with you." She then kissed him back. As she did he wrapped his arm around her waist and snaked the other to the back of her head and pulled her close. As they continued she heard a car drive up to her house and knew it was Ozzy and Damien, so she pulled back. "They're here."

Thrax frowned slightly. "I kind of wish they would have waited a minute or two more."

Aurora giggled and shook her head. "This is too important to wait much longer. Besides," She smiled. "we can always continue kissing afterwards."

Grinning, Thrax put his claw underneath her chin, holding it in place and purred. "And we will."

They looked to the door as Damien and Ozzy walked in, a serious look on their faces. Then Damien spoke up. "Hey guys. We came as soon as we could."

"Thanks." Aurora said. "You guys might want to sit down. This is going to take a while." She paused. "And it's quite a bit to take in."

Damien and Ozzy nodded, then went and sat down in a couple of the chairs and waited for Aurora to tell them what she knew. She started from the beginning, telling them how Yvaine had helped restore their village when their leader pleaded for help. Then she told them how they came to her months later after forming Nature's Court to serve her and asked to become a part of the kingdom.

She proceeded to tell them how Yvaine spoke with the council and decided to let them and that for a while things seemed fine. Then she told them about the simple little requests and them wanting to have weapons to train and defend the kingdom.

"Did she give them weapons?" Ozzy interrupted.

Aurora nodded. "Yes. With how thing's had been she didn't see a reason why not to." She frowned. "Unfortunately things slowly started to get strange and a little suspicious." She told them how Yvaine would see them whispering among themselves. Then how later the leader of the village wanted to speak to her in private, and revealed their true intentions. Revenge. As well as the total destruction of the human race.

"WHAT?!" Damien and Ozzy yelled as they quickly stood up, complete shock on their faces.

"That's what the second reason for forming Nature's Court was." Aurora looked at Thrax and saw that he was equally surprised, but not as shocked. She then looked back at Damien and Ozzy. "Please calm down. There's still more." They slowly sat back down and stayed quiet so that she could finish.

She proceeded to tell them what happened next. How when he asked for Yvaine's help and she refused he said he understood and left, but then came back months later to kidnap and force her to help them. How she escaped and removed them from the kingdom and kept them at bay, but not before several innocent lives were lost. And how they kept on trying through the generations.

"Then Serena told me how they slowly disappeared during her generation after they made the kingdom disappear. That's why they thought they were gone." Aurora frowned. "Now they're back to continue with their revenge." She looked at Damien and Ozzy and saw that they were utterly speechless. Their eyes wide and jaws dropped, and a look of horror on their faces.

For several minutes no one said anything. There was nothing but dead silence. Then Damien cleared his throat. "So you're telling us... That they're going to try and destroy the ENTIRE human race because a few humans did them wrong in the past? And that they're going to try and somehow force you to use your powers to help them with that?" Aurora quietly nodded.

"What kind of sick, twisted person tries to commit genocide on an entire race?!" Ozzy shouted. "Not to mention forcing someone by most likely threatening or torturing them into helping them do it?!"

Damien put his hand on Ozzy's shoulder. "Ozzy, calm down. That's not helping."

Ozzy didn't calm down as he shook Damien's hand off of him. "How are you calm about this Damien?! They're gonna try to kill off the ENTIRE HUMAN RACE!!! And they're going to try to make Aurora help them! Who knows what they'll do to her?!" Aurora shivered at the thought of what they might try to do if they got their hands on her.

Thrax saw the look on Aurora's face and stood up and gave Ozzy a serious and angry look. "Jones. Calm. Down. Before I make you calm down."

Ozzy looked at him. "How can I calm down after-?!"

"Ozzy." Aurora calmly interjected, though she felt really worried now. "Please calm down."

Ozzy looked at Aurora and saw the look on her face and calmed down. "I'm... I'm sorry Aurora. I didn't mean to scare you make you worry about what they might do to you. It's just that this... this is just really bad."

"It's alright, Ozzy. I know you didn't mean to." Aurora assured him. Though the thought did scare her a little, she would rather die than help Nature's Court. She then sighed. "But you're right. This is bad. We're just going to have to be really careful and do everything we can to stop them."

"And keep you as far away from them as possible." Damien added.

Aurora nodded. "Right. But I can't stay out of this. Not entirely. They won't stop until they find me, whether I help you guys with the case or not. And I have a feeling that if they can't find me they'll still try to go through with their plan."

"Then what do we do?" Ozzy asked. "We can't let them get their hands on you, but we're going to need all the help we can get to stop them. So what do we do?"

Aurora thought for a moment. "Damien, did you bring the list of everyone involved with taking down the Strikers gang?"

Damien nodded as he pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket. "Yeah, I've got it right here." He walked over to Aurora and handed it to her.

As Aurora stood up from the couch she took the piece of paper. "What I'm going to do is make copies of this so that I can have one and you guys can have one. What I think we should do is keep an eye on everyone who is on this list and take note of anything new that happens, no matter how ordinary it looks. These guys have stayed hidden for a long time, so I doubt anything they do will look suspicious at first glance."

"What are you going to do in the meantime?" Damien asked.

"In the meantime," Aurora sighed. "I can't get too close with this because it might risk them finding me, but I can't sit by and do nothing either. So I'm still going to help with this like I usually do. Secretly." She looked at Ozzy and Damien. "So that means only you guys will know I'm helping."

"And the Chief." Ozzy added in. "I mean, he doesn't know it's you, but he'll know."

Aurora nodded. "Right. We're going to have to be careful with this and make sure not to let them know we're onto them. Tell who you need to about this at the police station, but be careful and make sure they know not to talk about it outside of there or with anyone else." Damien and Ozzy nodded, understanding the importance of it. "You guys should head home now and get some sleep. It's late and you look tired."

"Alright." Damien headed for the door and Ozzy followed. "See you later, Aurora."

"See you later." Aurora headed to the door and watched them get into their police car and drive off. She closed the door and sighed. This wasn't going to be easy. They were going to have to be more careful than ever if they were going to stop Nature's Court.