Savannah.sat back in her office making arrangements for the arrival of her people.  Her heart heavy and empty after yet another tide of deaths within the cities all around. Luckily enough.she.survived this time as she fought with the ever growing hunters out there.

Looking over at the pictures upon her solid oak finished desk. She reached out and grabbed the one of her parenta, Raven and Mikhail. She saw them happy as they held her in their arms.

i don't know what I am doing papa, how do you deal with the.loss of  a loved one"  she spoke to him as she  lowered her head as she began to cry.  

The twins came in running followed by Rhage and Phury,  holding  tiny flowers in their hands.

Mommy, don't cry daddy will be back. Raven said as she climbed up onto her mothers lap and hugged her.

Savannah wrapped her arms.around her daughter and kisses the top of her head

i know my angel, just that mommy misses him so.much right now, just as you guys do.

Holding out.her hands to the.twins, Savannah took them to.their bedroom and as they play with the toys.

She walked into the bathroom and leans down  to  turn on the tap, slowly filling the  bath a little. Watching the water, her eyes turned golden cat like slits and reached out to play with the water in fascination.

Rhage came running in and grabbed her hand "my queen with the fuck are you doing. Don't you know you could be burned "

Savannah blinked and looked up in confusion 

"What do you mean ? What the hell is going on with me Rhage?"

Savannah sat on the chair in the twins room as Rhage sat knelt down in front of her, frowning .

"My queen, I know you miss him but do you think he would want you hurting yourself like this."  She shook her head. Her pupils of her eyes narrowed to the of slits, which Rhage growled lowly  as he shook her slightly. Before standing up  and walking over  to Phury, leaning in 

"I don't like the look of the way her eyes keep changing brother. Go fetch Z and Vishnous maybe they can find out. Then tell my wife to come up and help me with these lil monsters " he laughed nervously.

Phury ran down the stairs  to find the other brothers. Savannah looked up and snarled  at Rhage

Beth  came Into the bedroom and went over to the twins, looking over at Savannah. She picked up Raven and placed her on her hip as Rhage held out his hand to Noel, worried about his queen. 

"I don't know Beth, the queen is acting strangely ever since the king died."

Savannah growled as she heard them and walked out onto the balcony, looking into  the night air. Her body  feeling strange as she began to snarl.

Jumping over the rails and landed gently upon the grass, she ran down towards the forest. Her eyes changing color as she dropped to her knees. In pain, she arched her back as her clothes began to tear and her bones began to crack.

The beast was rising.and she couldn't stop it, digging her fingers into the soft dirt as they changed into claws. Her skin.becoming black sleek fur of that a.panther.

Savannah roared into the night as she bounded towards the tow. Close by.

Back at the manor, Rhage growled with anger as he sends out a call to the others, while his wife puts the twins to their beds.

Meeting in the office and sat at the desk waiting for wraith "Guys, I don't know what to do I've looked everywhere for the queen. She is in pain, and this unknown beast has taken over her. " he sighs as the office doors fly open, wraith and his seeing dog walks in 

"Rhage, what the fuck is going on here. where is the queen?" 

Rhage shook his head and looked down, sighing "I don't know boss. I found her in the twins bathroom acting strangely. I had to grab her hand from under the boiling hot water.."

He looked down at the diary in front of him  and taps a name."uhmm wonder if he can help"

Picking up the phone and dialed a number  for  ♥Anakin_Skywalker

Anakin received a call he hadn't truly been expecting. Well, not in the way he had been expecting. The last time he had dealings with a unique woman he had met in his travels, he'd promised to help her with her situation as best as he could. He told her to send him a call by using a powerful emotion so that he could sense it through the force, figuring there would be no way to send a message to him through conventional methods, should the worst happen. He was apparently wrong. The woman was not alone if the call he had received was anything to go off of. This was something that reassured Anakin, the woman shouldn't be alone dealing with such a thing in the first place. 

Luckily Anakin wasn't too busy when he received the call. He was battling his own thoughts as usual these days, and eager to be given any excuse to not just sit around trying not to think about things, that would only bring about negative feelings. Once he heard exactly what was going on, or at least the brief details that he was given, he rushed out of the place he was staying, and bee lined to the place he was given directions to. It seemed to be the place where Lady Savannah resided. He was greeted by someone at the front and so he tried to keep his composure, as he was sure these people had no idea who he was. If he acted unsettled toward them, then he might give them the wrong idea, or a reason to get defensive. 

"Hello there. I was summoned to see Lady Savannah. I was called by a man named Rhage." Anakin informed the man who he presumed to be a guard.

The man didn't speak, he just continued to stare at him for a moment, like he was sizing him up. He then eventually gave Anakin a grunt and decided to turn and walk away. The only indication that he gave for Anakin to follow him was a look over his shoulder, after he had taken a few steps away. Anakin followed the man to a door that looked like it was slightly open. The man knocked on it. Anakin stood back with the man and waited to hear the people inside shout out simple "Enter." 

The guard opened the door and held it open for Anakin to enter through. Anakin stepped through and looked at the people in the room. The man who was seated behind the desk seemed to radiate the most authority of all the people in the room. Through the force Anakin could sense things like confusion, fear, worry. He wasted no time getting to the reason why he was here. 

"I'm Anakin Skywalker, here to help Lady Savannah." Anakin introduced giving the people in the room a bow out of respect. 

"What's the situation? Where is lady Savannah?" He asked, only letting a tinge of worry out in his voice, keeping the rest hidden under very well trained control.  

Wraith sat behind the desk wearing dark shades , with his dog beside him as he held out his hand to the man. "I'm Wraith, the queen's head bodyguard .  I don't know how much she has told you of her life,  we are loyal to her and her family for many centuries."

Rhage grunted as he paced back and forth by the window  arms crossing his thick muscled chest. "Boss, we need to find her,  and find her now. I'm not standing around  here  and letting any harm come.to her. I'm outta here and search for her in the city" 

He grabbed his black duster jacket and walked out of the room , Phury followed him  shaking his head "he feels guilty for not watching her boss"

Anakin could feel the tension in the air, even without searching through the force. It wasn't hard to tell things were tense. Hell, even he was torn between following the man out the door himself. Anakin was a man of action himself so he could relate to the man wanting to get out there and take care of things, or do the best he could to get a handle on the situation. His master had taught him the importance of information and he would rely on his training of patience, and information gathering to help him in this. Savannah's safety was the most important thing here, even if he had to do some sitting still for the moment in order to go out later and do what he could.

He shook off his thoughts and decided to focus on what was in front of him. The man who was behind the desk who's name was Wraith, he believed he was called. The one who just left out of here was the one who called him in the first place. He decided to begin to try and put the pieces together. He took the man's hand who stuck it out to shake it.

"A man named Rhage was the one who contacted me and asked me to come. I take it that was him that just went out the door to find Savannah." Anakin deduced out loud.

He then thought about how much he could divulge to these people. He assumed they knew more than he did about all that was going on. He was only here just to try and talk with Savannah and to help her out as best as he could, but from what it seemed, these people who knew more about her than he did were not able to help her out. He resolved himself to take the next step.

"I have to see her. Where is she? Is she no longer here?" Anakin asked.

Wraith nodded "That was Rhage, he told  me earlier that Savannah had been acting strange earlier" placing his hand upon his chin.

"We can't find her in the house  or on the manor grounds. We however did finds  paw prints  outside the twins nursery. There was also traces of blood and what looked like flesh."

He began to frown "tell me sir, if you know something we don't please tell us. She is in a fragile way right now and we are all scared for her."

Anakin took in the words that were said and contemplated things very carefully. She had already been around her children it would seem. They were also unable to find her. Anakin thought back to the things she told him, he had to remember everything so he could help put their heads together and try to come up with a solution. That would be the best way for them to go forward.

"She told me a few things. She told me about her history and where she comes from and how she feels it's her duty to protect the twins. She lost her mate, and it brought about feelings of great sadness. She also feels like there's something dark inside of her that has been trying to come out and possibly take over, but she's not able to control it or keep it suppressed." Anakin explained.

He was trying to keep his current worry and concern under control, so he could focus on what he needed to remember to share it with the people in front of him. Once he had their full attention he continued.

"She said, when I asked her what was it that felt like it was coming through, it felt like it was something catlike. Her eyes took on slits like a cat. She'll like transform and we'll hear bones crack. If we find her we need to take her to a dark place and we'll need silver chains. She's also given me someone to contact should things get too out of hand, but hopefully we can find her and help her before things even begin to get anywhere near that far and we can avoid that whole thing entirely." Anakin said.

He then thought carefully about the next part he wanted to say. He needed to be careful around here. These were people with powers of their own, so he didn't exactly want to fully tip the deck and show his whole hand if it wasn't necessary at the moment.

"I have certain powers that I think will be of use. I also think that thanks to getting to know Savannah, maybe I can reach her and calm her down while you guys do the other things that you would have to do to help her, and bring her back as well. This beast is something that terrified Lady Savannah, but I think it's something that can be contained if we can will Savannah to stay in control and to concentrate, and to remind her that beyond the pain she seems to be in, there's other things that she still has here. She needs a reason to not lose control or concentration, and to keep this beast in check. Let's go remind her and show her that she still has people who care for her and reasons she needs to care for herself as well." Anakin reasoned.

He hoped these people believed in what he said. He'd seen people struggle with their own inner demons before. Although, when it happened it wasn't quite as literal as it was in this scenario, the theory was still the same. Give people a reason to over come them and keep them suppressed and they usually could manage them. Anakin hoped the same was the case here. He tried to see if he could sense her through the force but at the moment he was unable. He was hoping that one of her people would know where she might wander off to in a situation like this.

"Do any of you have any ideas where she would go, in the event that she did lost control over herself?" Anakin asked hopefully.

Wraith listened and began to think on where Savannah would go to "what I don't understand is why she wouldn't come to me...uhmm silver chains that would weaken what ever this beast is within her"

One of the brothers stood up "boss, I had been picking  up something the past few days but pushed it aside. I sensed a cat a big one at that and the scent of blood. If I was her I would go to a place where the evil would go and stalk. In the city, our queen hated evil so I think this cat would hunt there."

He went over to the window and looked out as if concentrating, on Savannah. "She is close about five.miles out in an alleyway."

Anakin also wondered why Savannah didn't go to some of her most trusted people and tell them about the condition and thing that worried her the most. Maybe she was worried how they would react? In that case Anakin understood, but these people seemed like they wouldn't hesitate to do all they could for the woman in question. Even still she must have had her reasons, and the only way to find them were to find her, and bring her back. When one of the other men in the room stood and began to speak about what he had felt, Anakin was intrigued. He was hearing about what exactly they would be going to find. Anakin felt a bit of fear and excitement. It had been awhile since he saw action and he was interested to see what exactly was going on, though at the same time, he was very concerned for his new friend.

It would seem they would be heading into the city. That brought about the revelation that this could be very problematic if not handled quickly. If there was one thing Anakin had observed about the people on this planet, it was that the people here tended to fear and hate things that were not like them. If they saw a woman that was like a cat or a catlike woman, eating and hunting humans, or whatever it was that she was hunting, it would not be good for Savannah in the future. Not only that, but innocent people could possibly get in the way and get harmed. Anakin was torn between caring and not caring. Years of training and his natural self still wanted to protect people, while the newer, darker version of himself didn't care. Either way his friend was in trouble here and that took priority.

He quickly turned to the man behind the desk who was now by the window. If Anakin had heard right, it would seem the man had a location of where to find Savannah. Anakin stepped forward a step, just to put the attention back on him.

"If you know where she is, then what are we waiting for? Let's go find her and bring her back to her senses." Anakin all but demanded.

He waited to see what response they would give. If they opted not to come he was now more than fine to go and look by himself, but he knew the more help he had the better the situation would go.

The brothers got up from their seats and grabbed their dusters, and their guns "V and Butch grab the cars , the rest of you go find Rhage and Phury. Let them know what they are looking for" said wraith as he got uo

Vishious grunts "alright boss on my way. Let's find our queen and bring her to safety before the hunters find her"

The.others went out the front of the manor and vanished in all directions of the city.

"Come, Savannah needs all our help for the.sake of her babies.  Let's get this beast from within her."

It was as Anakin thought. There were people who would be after her and she would be in danger exposing herself like this. He watched as most people left out to go and do what they had to do. At this point Anakin just had to trust that everyone knew where they were going and knew what it was they had to do. His part in this whole thing after all was minimal. Just trying to keep her calm long enough to help out. It would take a group effort on everyone's part to help out in this situation.

He stood behind the man who stayed back with him, and resolved himself to face whatever it was that Savannah had become. His heartbeat picked up a bit at the excitement of the situation. He felt like he was about to see something he'd never seen before, but hopefully he'd be able to handle it as well. Either way he knew he would give it his all. With that thought in mind he was now ready to face whatever it was they would come up against. He pulled the hood on his robes up over his head as he stepped up next to the man who was waiting for him.

"Let's go bring Lady Savannah back home. Lead the way." He said.

Wraith led the way to the car with the help of his dog, stopping for a moment and spoke with the butler 

"Get the room ready for when we get back, with the chains of silver " the man only.nodded at went do as he was ordered.

"Come Anakin, if you can calm our.queen. please we need to get this thing out of her right now." Walking outside and gets into the waiting car.

Somewhere in town, Savannah laid in wait for her prey watching with her sleek black ear pinned back to her head and her belly to the cold ground. 

A man came walking out of the club, staggering from too much drink. Savannah could smell the fresh blood pumping through his veins, a roar escaped her muzzle as she krept closer and pounced upon  him. Sinking her fangs deep into the neck as the blood spattered  against her fur , dragging him him deeper into the alleyway. Tearing at the skin with her claws.

Anakin entered into the back seat of the waiting car. He was lost in thoughts, as the car made it's way toward the city. He had felt a great amount of fear and confusion through the force, but it wasn't Savannah. This was somebody else, somebody being attacked. This was the disturbance that he needed to pinpoint her, but he was afraid it would be too late. They weren't quite close enough to the disturbance at the time he felt it, which could only mean Savannah had found some food in some unfortunate soul.  The man named Wraith must've felt it too as he tensed in the front seat, so maybe he could sense it too, or at the very least, he could feel then tense atmosphere. These people truly were special.

In almost no time the car pulled to a stop across the street from a night club. So Savannah had come here to find her target. Anakin's senses felt death wasn't too far from here, but luckily the feeling wasn't coming from inside the club. That would've been catastrophic. She must've have just taken one person who came from outside the club. No use in sitting there internally debating.

"I sense death. It's coming from that alley right next to the club." Anakin announced as he quickly got out of the car.

He didn't wait for the men to also get out. His patience had already been stretched to the limit. There was already a casualty when there didn't need to be. He should've been here to stop this. To stop her, that was what he promised after. He didn't know how she would feel at the fact that she had taken a life. That she had, eaten somebody, and lost her control to the beast that she was fighting. Anakin shook those thoughts off, he needed to focus on what he had in front of him. He could think about that stuff later.

When he made it into the alley, he slowed his approach. There was tension, thick tension in the air. She could sense him, he knew it. She could sense him awhile ago, and probably let him approach. She could've either fled or attacked awhile ago. He could hear the footsteps coming up behind him, from the man who drove them here, along with Wraith. He stopped, and held up his hand signaling them to stop as well. They did once the caught up to him. They could feel the tension as well and became on high alert.

Anakin's hand instinctively went to his side, reaching for the comfort of his lightsaber, only he thought better of it for the moment, not wanting to use it and hurt her, even if she wasn't in full control. No, he'd have to use his other techniques. He began to approach slowly. one step at a time, very careful not to set off the cat like woman who's predatory gaze never left him. He could see the light gleam off her eyes and he fought down his own sense of fear. He felt like he was the prey but he wouldn't back down.

He continued to approach slowly, the closer he got, the more he could hear her growl. He held out his hand so she could see it. His gloved right hand was the hand he kept near his hip at the ready in case she got violent. He kept his left hand, his real hand extended to her. He knew it was a risk, but he was hoping to reason with the beast before he used other tactics. He showed a bit of trust toward it, hoping that it would respond in kind, like most other things he'd come up against. Besides, Savannah was still in there somewhere and he hoped that she would stop the beast if it thought about trying to harm him.

"Easy easy, I'm not here to hurt you." He said soothingly trying to get it to calm down.

Anakin could smell blood heavily. He ignored the mangled corpse that had become the beast's snack in the meantime. He couldn't look at it, he needed to keep his feelings calm and under control. He needed to remained focused, only on her. One false step could set her off. He was glad the others had stayed back. He could feel Wraith's worry and the other man's fear. He hoped she couldn't feel it. He needed her to focus only on him and him only on her. He took another wary step closer. She continued to eye him.

"That's it. I'm not gonna hurt you, I know you're in there Savannah. I know you're strong enough to control this even though you don't believe you can. You have to focus and control it, don't let it control you. You have to remember what you're living for, who you're living for, who you're trying to protect. You won't be able to do that if you don't get back and control yourself right now." Anakin reasoned.

He gave a pause as he continued to stare directly into her eyes and see how she was going to respond before he continued.

Lifting her head as blood dripped from her lips,  eyes glowing a gold colour. Savannah growled at the men, she could hear every word Anakin had said as she sniffed the air.

Smelling fear and worry coming from these men, padding forward slightly keeping low to the ground. Her ears flat against her head as she chaffed.

"Your scared of me as I will not let this woman go" 

Rhage shifted slightly and spoke to Wraith. "I can feel her deep inside this beast , she is still fighting to control the beast  but is weak " 

The panther looked around for an escape route, stepping forward again with a soft clicking of  her claw. Sniffing the hand of the one before her.

Anakin allowed his hand to be sniffed. He had no fear in him and he buried his own uncertainty. He was however taken aback when the beast itself spoke. He didn't think she would be able to speak while she was not in control. This was intriguing, so it wasn't just a mindless beast, it was instead sentient. Anakin thought to pet it, or rest it's hand on it to let it know that he was friendly. It was another risk to be sure, but since he could just communicate there would be no need. Anakin saw the beast, look around like it was poised to run. This wouldn't be good for them at all. He didn't want for someone else to lose their life in order to track it down again.

Anakin sacrificed his ready position to take a less guarded one, hoping to put the beast more at ease. He crouched down so that he was on the same level as the panther. He would still be able to jump up or jump back at a moments notice. Still he remained focused on the panther trying to watch for any sudden movement, he couldn't let it get away.

"Whoa easy there." Anakin reassured it. "You don't need to worry, they're afraid because they're worried about the woman who you have overtaken. She's a dear friend to myself and these people behind me and we're very worried about her. We didn't know you could or would be able to communicate with us, or rather I didn't know, but since you can that makes things easier."

Anakin finished giving the beast a neutral look. He continued not to pay any attention to anything else other than the beast in front of him. He hoped they could come to some kind of resolution without violence.

"So since you can speak, why don't you tell us? What is it exactly you're looking for or hoping to achieve? Why continue to try and bother this woman, and overtake her existence?" Anakin asked.

The panther tilted her head as she sniffed the ha d of the.man in front of her. Tail.swishing.back and forth gently .

"Yes, I can hear you, and understand every word you speak male. As for my over taking this woman friend of yours. I've always.been here since the day.she was born..* 

Lifting her head and looked at the one they called Rhage " him, I.know cares for.this woman and her little ones. The day she died it was in his arms as he took her home. She has been in pain and still is with her loss. Scared to move on in case she losses another .

Rhage looked down as he nods his head "this beast was close that night. I felt it and the truth.is speaks. I blame.myself for the.death.of the.queen. "

Anakin was impressed with the composure of this beast. It didn't really feel so right to call it a beast if it was able to talk, think, and understand what they were saying. The panther seemed to be a bit more calm now or at least it wasn't actively seeking to escape now like it was before. It was even conversing with them even though it was a bit weird in it's own way. He was thankful for having the chance to talk with the thing that caused Savannah great fear, but it seemed like it was connected with her own pain, if what the cat was saying is anything to go by. He still needed more to go on. The cat inside of Savannah had been there all along, watching and taking in things that had been going on around Savannah this whole time.

The way she was talking she was getting to the people who were standing behind Anakin. Talking about things of the past had made them shake off some of their fear and instead cause them to begin to reflect on their pasts and things that happened. Anakin couldn't allow them to lose focus on the current situation that face them all now, so he decided to continue the conversation, instead of allowing the somber tone ton continue to hang in the air.

"So you've been inside of her since the beginning of her life. Then why wait until now to show yourself?" Anakin asked.

He was curious. Savannah apparently had lived for hundreds of years, if that's the case, Anakin was very curious as to why it hasn't shown itself until now. Or has it?

"You also didn't answer the question of what exactly is it that you're here to do?" Anakin asked curiously. "Has lady Savannah let you loose because of the pain that she feels?"