I watched as Vivian looked over at the sunset, a look of concern appeared on her face.

“Crap, that came too fast,” she said

“I think it came just in time,” Drake said to her.

I felt the familiar sensation of numbness spreading, however this time it went much faster. It took over in less than ten seconds! My vision was red again and I became just a spectator once more. Vivian looked back at me in her hand then suddenly dropped me. Still holding John in her left hand she looked at her right, I could see it was bleeding. Drake tried to move but I still was able to prevent him.

“What the hell’s your problem? Do you want to die?” he asked me in my head.

“I’ll let you go if you guarantee that you’ll save John,” I responded.

“You serious!?” he looked up; Vivian’s hand was coming down in a fist towards us. “Ok, ok, whatever just let me move!”

“That’s the spirit,” I released my control over my body and he just barely dodged her fist.

I watched as he stabbed the ‘arm blade’ into her wrist and quickly ducked her responding swipe. He backed away into the shadow of a tree, and quickly sank into the ground. He reemerged on a tree limb again, above and behind her. She was looking around franticly.

“One of these days you’re going to have to tell me how you do that,” I thought to him.

“I’d bet you wouldn’t understand,” he responded.

He jumped down and sliced the back of the hand holding John; she released him and rubbed the cut before looking down at us angrily.

“Damn it, fine I won’t eat either of you,” she looked directly at me/Drake. “Since when did you care enough to save someone?”

“Believe me, it wasn’t my idea,” Drake said to her.

“Ah, I see the host still has some control, have you gotten weak?” she asked him.

“Shut up!” he yelled at her.

“Whatever,” she started slithering off. “These are going to sting for days.”

“Whoa, what’s up with you Davis?” John asked me.

“I’m not Davis,” Drake answered. “Damn it, I’m at my limit again. You need a stronger body,” he thought to me just before everything went black again.

I once again found myself in that white ‘arena’, I looked around. It wasn’t long before Drake appeared.

“Well here we are again,” I said to him.

“Yeah, and it’s still too bright,” he said sounding annoyed.

“So what’s your history with that naga?”

“I’ve met her a few times in other hosts.”

“Indecently I’m curious, what are you like when you’re not in a host?”

“I can’t explain, I can’t feel what I look like and I can’t see my reflection in the dark.”

“Ok, now explain that shadow trick.”

“Like I said, you wouldn’t understand, besides I can’t describe it in words.”

“Fine, I’m done with the questions then.”

“Then shall we get to the more interesting part?” The large sword appeared in his hand.

“I guess so,” I made mine appear; I was still content with a normal katana.

We stared at each other for a full ten seconds before simultaneously charging. I tried to be more offensive this time. Our swords impacted several times, I was actually starting to have fun. This continued for a few minutes in till I was able to push his sword to the ground and hold it there with both of my hands on mine. He looked at me, smirked, and took his left hand off of the hilt and extended it to the side. A smaller sword appeared in it.

“What!?” I managed to yell before he swung at me.