[[D'awww, Eddie be such a cyootie vampy~]]

I smiled at Eddie as he slipped his hand out of mine, before draping his jacket over my shoulders. After that, he started walking again, a few feet away from me, and I couldn't help but wonder if it was because he was upset with me.
Even as I thought this, though, something strange happened. A glowing red mist seemed to be forming upon the ground near Eddie's feet as he walked, and I looked on with morbid fascination for a moment before speaking.
''Eddie...?'' I whispered, unsure of what the mist was. For some reason, something seemed... something seemed terribly wrong about it.

~~~

Baba Yaga began muttering silently under her breath, pleased with the way the quick-mist was working. With a flourish of her wrist in an upward movement, the mist that had previously been flowing smoothly over the vampire's feet solidified, creating a glass-like substance that trapped the man's feet in place up to about his knees.
He could do what he liked now, as far as the witch was concerned. There was no way any vampire, no matter how strong, could break the quick-mist. With that thought in mind, she draped a cloak of shadows over her shoulders, walking out onto the dark road without so much as a whisper of noise.
Beneath her cloak, she was invisible to the world; perhaps only a faint shimmering in the shadows could be seen, at the very most.

[[Lawls, 'tis fine. xD]]

''Huh? Eddie, what's- what's going on?'' I heard my voice break halfway through my sentence, but ignored that and ran over to him, holding onto his arm. There was some kind of red glass, or something, surrounding Eddie's feet, and I didn't want to think about what it was.
Or, more importantly, why Eddie hadn't broken out of it already.
He seemed to be looking for something, his eyes trained on the shadows, and I turned around to see if I could see anything. I was about to give up, when I saw something... move. Shaking my head, I decided it was just my imagination, and turned back to Eddie.
''Eddie? Are you okay?'' I didn't get the chance to hear his reply, though, because a harsh voice called out from seemingly no where.

~~~~

Baba Yaga, sure now that the vampire couldn't break free and that the girl would be no threat, removed the silence spell, but kept the shadow cloak over herself. Stepping right up to the strange couple, so she was mere feet away from them, she grinned a crooked, cruel smirk before clearing her throat and speaking.
''Oh, he's fine for now. Not that he will be for long...'' Her voice was ancient and hoarse, like the sound of leaves being crushed underfoot. Happy that she would have instilled enough panic into the pair to make things easy, she muttered another spell under her breath and laughed as the girl fell to the floor, unconcious.
If things went well, the vampire- who appeared to care for the human, for whatever reasons- would be so panicked and disorientated about her currently unconcious state, that he wouldn't be able to put up much of a fight.

Things had never gone wrong before, and Baba Yaga did not think they would now.

[[LOLIT'SOK.

He wouldn't feel cold because of it, but he would feel the pain because they be liek. Pointy. xD]]

''Oh, really? I'm afraid that day shall never come.'' Baba Yaga replied, her lips curled up in a horrific grin that revealed yellow, jagged teeth. She was quite confident, mostly because she believed her weakness to be one none knew and that none would guess.
She did, however, have to be exceptionally careful because of this 'weakness' of her's. It was perhaps because so many things these days are made out of a substance that she hoped would be replaced, but sadly it was not. You see, Baba Yaga's only problem in life was that she was allergic to iron. No, she did not 'break out in hives' if she touched it. In fact, if it touched her skin, it did nearly nothing.
If iron happened to reach her bloodstream, howeer, be it from a knife or injected directly in, Baba Yaga's pale skin would become grey, her pupils would cloud over until they became snow white, and perhaps the most gruesome effect of all would be that, when the iron reached her heart, it would quite literally tear it in two within her chest.
Yes, iron could be a deadly substance to her, if anyone were even able to get close enough to use it, or if anyone even knew about this disadvantage of her's.
''You see, I've been rather hungry as of late, and we all know vampire flesh is particularly nourishing. Must be all that human blood you consume.'' With that, the ancient crone muttured under her breath again, and cast a spell that would have rather intrigueing effects.
She grinned as hundreds of spheres of blue flames, each about the size of her fist, sprung out of thin air all around her, and closed her eyes for the briefest of moments before sending the balls of fire in the direction of the vampire.

[[Ty thinks. That torturing Eddie is far more fun than should be healthy. o _ o]]

''Oh, can't I? Look at you. You're pathetic, worthless. Why would I give her to you, when I could devour her instead? Don't worry, you'll soon follow. You can tell her how much you failed her in the afterlife.'' The witch laughed again, muttering another spell under her breath and about to send the girl the vampire held dear up in flames, before she had a better idea.
Perhaps outright accusations would fill him with more anguish than her simply dying.
With that thought in mind, Baba Yaga changed the words of her spell into an awakening one instead, casting it upon the girl before grinning a viscious smile at Eddie again.
''Hehe... Although, perhaps you'd rather tell her how much you've failed her right now?'' She cursed the ground around the vampire's feet, sending vines with thorns that resembled razors up from the ground to twist and wrap around his legs, tightening and piercing into his flesh.
At that moment, the shadow placed Song onto the floor and stood behind her as she opened her eyes and sat up.

~~~~~

When I saw my love, scorched and with wounds and blood all over him, my face contorted into one of anguish and despair. Someone had done that to him, tortured him like that, and I wasn't able to do anything to stop it.
Scrambling to my feet, I was about to run to him when the something gripped my arm, holding me in place. I glanced back, and my eyes widened as I saw what looked like nothing more than a demonic shadow.
''Eddie...?'' I whispered, unsure of what was happening, and just wanting to hear his voice.

''Go on, vampire. Tell her how you've failed her.''

[[Asdsddg -kicks computer-]]

[[Mai apologies for that. Computer spazzed and deleted everything. - _-
Butanyway. Well, that's the power of the Ty, y'see~ xD Also. How can you Lol when Eddie's gonna be KILLED?! Looks liek Ty's gonna have to be the mature one for once. >:c
-laughs- Lol is such a funny word, though. The way it sounds. Llll-ooooooo-lll. xD]]

I listened to what Eddie had to say, my heart aching. His voice was cracked and strangled, as if she'd been torturing him... Something told me she had, and that made my blood boil.
At first, I hadn't understood what his explanations were for. When he apologised, said he was sorry, though, I knew instantly. He was apologising for something that the old hag had done, apologising for not being able to be the superhero he'd been for so long.
And when I heard those words, it was clear to even me that he'd given up. One thought ran through my mind, and one thought only. That thought was how much of an idiot Eddie was if he really thought he had to apologise for anything. True, I wouldn't be in this position if I'd never known him, but even if I'd survived the attack that first night... I'd never truly have lived.
I'd never lived at all, not really. Not until I'd met my Eddie.
I'd never expected to die like that, and I doubted Eddie had either. I don't know how I had expected to die, but it wasn't by being killed by some witch. More importantly, the one way I didn't want to die was with the knowledge that my love was going to die shortly after.
''Don't apologise, Eddie. There's no reason to. You didn't give up, and that's enough.'' To be honest, I wouldn't have cared if I died right there, if it wasn't for the fact that Eddie would be hurt. Before I did die, though, I had to make sure he knew how I felt.
''I love you too, Eddie. Don't ever think that not being strong enough for something will ever change that.'' I smiled, although I don't know why. Maybe it was just in the hopes that I could convince my love to be happy, if I smiled, even if it was a longshot.

~~~~~

Baba Yaga, disgusted at how Eddie and Song were expressing their love for each other, decided her games had gone long enough. Reaching to her hip, she pulled a dagger out of it's hilt, walking towards Song and intending to kill her slowly before the vampire's eyes.
''Tch. Let me tell you, vampire, by the time I'm done with her, she won't be able to feel love for her own mother, let alone you.''
The shadow creature held Song's arms behind her back and stopped her from running, and despite looking at Baba Yaga with a look of defiance in her eyes, she couldn't help but lean back slightly as the dagger was raised.
Perhaps the only downside Baba Yaga had then, though, was that her back was to the vampire.