A/N: I hope you all enjoy it!

Nia's Pov:

For a moment I was afraid that she was referring to how I helped that girl escape. But I realized it was more likely that she was talking about the fight.

"He kicked my ass", I stated as I rolled my shoulder back, remembering that night and how it felt like he almost dislocated my shoulder.

After hearing the girl scream that night, how could I just leave? It's not like this was a haunted house and I heard a random scream that would make me run away.

So of course I asked while taking a few steps in the direction of the scream, "Who was that?"

Alphonse stared at me for a moment then he started to lead the way, throwing the words over his shoulder, "I'll show you, come on."

Liera and Hope followed us, neither of them looking at me. I turned back to face my uncle as I asked, "If this is a kidnapping situation, I can just leave now."

Alphonse looked back at me and rolled his eyes as he spoke dryly, "It's a monster situation."

Once we made it in the basement, I was hit with a musky scent as well as the harshly bright lighting. Alphonse walked deeper into the basement before gesturing to a woman shackled by her wrist and dangling above the floor.

The young woman growled and snapped her teeth at Alphonse. Her eyes were a mix of anger and fear as she kept her eyes on him.

"Let me go!", The woman demanded, to which Alphone ignored her and grabbed a rag and a roll of tape.

Alphonse stuffed the rag in the woman's mouth then taped it over. I followed the chain with my eyes, finding the lever that would release her, and started to walk towards it.

Alphonse got in my way and asked with a raised eyebrow, "What do you think you're doing?"

I spoke the obvious as my hands curled into fists at my sides, "Letting her go, no one should be locked up like this."

Alphonse looked down at my hands before he smirked and said, "If you want to let her go you're going to have to go through me."

I looked over at the girl who was still growling through her gag, then I clenched my jaw as I forced the word out, "Fine"

I swung and he grabbed my wrist, using my momentum against me. The next thing I knew I was on one knee crying out at the pain in my shoulder. He held me down with a knee to my back and his hands lightly twisting my arm, keeping me locked in place.

"This is what we do as Hunters, Nia. We take care of monster problems, now stop", Alphonse told me once my scream died down.

He released me, I stood and I swung again at him. I ended up on the ground, over and over until Alphonse sprinkled something in my face making me pass out.

I woke up sore in my dorm room, with a sigh I pulled myself from the memory. I tilted my head towards the building, looking up at it with another sigh.

"You guys brought me home after that. Thank you", I told them, putting on a grateful smile as I turned back to face them.

"Friends help each other, right?", Hope asked as she looked at me with a bright smile, her eyes matching them.

"Right", I agreed, and with that one word, it was like we never had a fight.

We talked about school, our passions, our hobbies, neither of us mentioned hunting or monsters. It felt nice and normal, which I felt like I needed.

If I could be normal with them, seeing Cody and Alphonse in class tomorrow should be a breeze. I shook my head and decided to focus on the task at hand.

Which is editing an old short story of mine so that I can enter it in the free three thousand word contest that I found online. Normally I would be very hesitant on doing something like this but Hope and Liera gave me the push I needed.

Before I went to sleep that night, I treated myself to some caramel-filled chocolate, since I got all my work done. This had to be the cause of my dream that seemed to linger so long once I woke up.

Multicolored eyes stared into mine as he asked in an innocent tone, "I don't think she can take all of us?"

"She can, I'm sure of it. Unless you want to wait and watch us ravage our beautiful woman here", The purple-skinned Gannon spoke in a deep drawl that sent heat through my body as he took off my shirt and bra.

"Sweetness, I'm so happy to find out if my nickname for you holds true for this part of you", Auden growled the words out as he pushed my pants down and ripped my panties off, his long tongue starting to lap up my juices.

I thread my fingers in Auden's brown hair as I let out a moan. Gannon grabbed my breasts, pressing them together before sucking harshly on both my nipples.

"Gannon, Auden", I moaned out their names as I felt their teeth against my sensitive skin at the same time.

"Fuck it", Cody hissed the words out before he grabbed my hair tightly, tilting my head as he whispered in my ear, "Don't forget about me, Nia"

Cody bit hard into the flesh of my neck making me cry out his name as my body throbbed in pleasure. It was hard to get out of bed after I woke up from a dream like that.

Even so, I had to, with a sigh I walked into class and took a seat at the back. Every time the door opened, I would look to see if it was Cody.

So far it wasn't and I noticed that my right leg started to bounce. I put in my headphones to block out the sound of the door.

The song, In My Bed by Sabrina Carpenter played on repeat in my ears as I went to the notes in my phone. Typing down whatever little ideas popped in my head for my writing.

No matter how much I tried to fill my mind, I still glanced at the end of the row of seats. My right leg started to bounce harder, I pressed my hand against it, trying to focus enough to make it stop.

Looking down the aisle again gave me the view of Cody shuffling his way towards me down the narrow path. I lifted a hand in a weak wave while he smiled at me, so bright it felt blinding.

I quickly tugged out one earplug to hear Cody as he said, "How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine and you?", I asked as he sat down next to me.

He surprised me by leaning in close and whispering in my ear, "Will you grab lunch with me today?"

The feel of his breath and warmth in his words sent chills down my spine. Something inside me screamed yes to his question, yet before I could speak, the class began with the entrance of Alphonse. 

A/N: Thanks for reading. Please leave a comment. The next chapter should be up next Monday.