Getting lost in your thoughts is never a good idea, very little good will ever come out of it, and for me especially, it usually just focuses on the past in a dark way. As a banshee, my flashbacks tend to be more intense usually, and this one was no exception, I was reliving the day my family died over and over again, which would explain why there were tears slowly running down my cheeks.

Just as my brother's screams were about to echo in my ears, again, my consciousness was sucked into a dark room, 'A death omen.' I thought to myself, 'Wait, that's odd. Why isn't the window showing anything? This has never happened before.' I started inching my way to the window to check it out, but a bright white light shot through it and nearly blinded me.

I covered my eyes and squinted as a voice rang out, "Hello Janis, Hydra's sin of Deception, it's good to finally be able to speak with you." It sounded as though many people were talking in unison; yet, it also sounded like one female, how confusing

"Who are you?" I asked harshly, I was not getting a good feeling about this.

"We are the Goddess clan, we have existed for millennia, just as your people have, though right now, we are confined to our realm."

"Okay, so you're the Goddesses who instigated the Great War between the races; what could you possibly want with me?" I asked.

"You are the last Banshee who follows the path of light, and you are the one chosen to help bring back the balance to the world of death, you hold more power than you could possibly know."

"Yeah, sure. that still doesn't explain much.

"Patience, young one. We have need of your assistance. There is a threat to all people that would destroy the balance that you have so tentatively maintained; it could also bring back the demon race, which would be the end for all people."

I leaned forward a bit, despite the blinding light; no matter how I felt about this, what they were talking about was important.

"We ask you because you are one of the few we can contact, and the most likely to succeed in what we will ask you to do. Will you accept this task?"

"I'm not saying yes to anything without knowing what. Some might accept just because you say that you are the Goddesses, but I'm afraid that life has taught me that trusting blindly is a bad idea."

"We see you are a cautious soul, that is fine for now, we will humor you this once. The threat is one that has existed for centuries, it is a half demon that has pretended to be an ally for long enough. His name is Meliodas, the Dragon's sin of wrath and the Captain of the Eight Deadly Sins." They paused and my jaw dropped, these people saw Meliodas as a major threat, what the heck?

"We see your confusion, but please know that we ask you this because it is necessary, if you want to save the ones you love, both the living and the dead, you will agree to help us and kill Meliodas."

My brain kicked back in and I snapped, "Okay, so you want me to kill one of the only people who has accepted me in the last century, did I get that right? Well, let me think... No. I will not do it, no matter what you say Goddesses, I really don't care about your supposed authority and if this world needs saving from some big threat, then I will do it with him by my side."

"You have no idea what you are speaking of, child; you do not know of the things Meliodas has done, and what he can do. He is a threat that you will eliminate if you wish those you care about to remain safe."

"First of all; Meliodas is one of those people I care about, so killing him would be counterproductive. Second; if you want to kill someone for because their past is dark, or they have dangerous potential, then kill me! I have killed many in cold blood, and I have more ability to hurt other because of my training and magic than any other banshee out there; honestly, I am just as much of a threat as Meliodas if you judge by those standards. And finally, it is not my place to kill Meliodas, it never has been, and I refuse to take that burden upon myself, so you can just buzz off."

I turned away, trying to end the conversation after my rant, but they weren't done with me. "We see that you are not going to help us willingly. Very well then, we did not want to do this Janis, but you leave us no choice."

I turned around cautiously, and standing in front of me, with his usual cocky grin, was my brother. "Jonas! What are you doing here?" I asked; I wanted to run to him and engulf him in a hug, but I had a feeling that that wouldn't be the best idea.

"We brought him, Janis; he is a backup, a plan B as you would say."

"He can speak for himself, thank you very much." I snapped irritated, and Jonas chuckled.

"You will always be my feisty little sister, huh Little Bitch?" I stepped towards him and swatted his arm.

"Oh, hush you, now I would love to catch up, but I feel like the Goddesses sent you here for a different reason." I said quietly, a totally different tone than I had used when talking to the Goddesses; he sighed and the smirk he usually wore faded to a serious grimace.

"You see sis, we have been feeling the effects of demon power in the world of death, it has really been causing an issue. I hate to say it, but the Goddesses might be right with this whole thing about Meliodas, it started not long ago when Meliodas' demon side took over for a short time. There is major instability throughout the Necropolis, as well as in other places, and several souls have disappeared. I do think you may need to get over your little crush with Meliodas and get rid of him."

I shook my head, "Since when have you listened to authority, Jonas? You always did prefer to be the one to make the rules, so why are you bowing to others now?" I asked and shook my head, "I'm sorry Jonas, but I'm not about to kill a friend on so little evidence, most of which is circumstantial. I can look into the cause of this, but there is no solid proof that Meliodas has done anything wrong, and off the top of my head I can name at least two other people who could be responsible for this. It isn't like you to ignore details like that, brother."

He scowled, "Would you see the entire world of death collapse for the sake of one friend, I thought you were better than that Janis; I suppose I miscalculated."

I glared at him, "Well, obviously you suck at math because I am definitely not the ridiculous one here; you and those Goddesses are." I turned to the window that was baring light, "Did you hear that, Goddesses? I find your reasoning for the need to kill Meliodas to be pathetic and a desperate ploy at best. You really should stick to things that are more on your level, because you really suck at the scheming end of things."

"You will not concede?" They asked and I shook my head; to my surprise, Jonas' face turned into one of fear, "Very well, you leave us no choice." Jonas started screaming suddenly and I ran to him.

"What are you doing?" I yelled and there was a chime of laughter from the window.

"Oh you poor, simple child, this is your punishment for disobeying us, you get to watch as your brother's soul is torn apart slowly. This wouldn't have happened if you had obeyed us.

Jonas continued screaming and then collapsed on the floor and began writhing around. I dropped to my knees and cradled his head, trying to think of a way to stop this.

As if they read my mind, the Goddesses said, "His torment will all stop if you agree to kill Meliodas."

I ignored them and focused on my brother, "I'm so sorry, Jonas; this is the second time you've had to suffer for my sake. Thank you for your sacrifice, but I cannot agree to kill him; There is too much that this world needs him for, and if he were to die now, millions would die because of that." Tears were pouring down my cheeks as I leaned forward to lie my forehead against his; sadly, his screaming got worse, and I noticed that his hands were starting to turn gold and dissolve.

"You have one last chance to save your brother, will you not take it?" The Goddesses offered and I just kept sweeping my brother's bangs from his face and answered viciously.

"I've given you my answer, all you have accomplished is making me your enemy." I scoffed, "And you call yourself Goddesses; to me, you are no better than the demons you abhor."

More of Jonas was disappearing and he continued to writhe in pain, but I felt what remained of his hand on my cheek, "Little Bitch, you need to remember me. I may be a jerk sometimes, but I truly did love you, you need to remember that, and tell Mom and Dad the same please." His voice was strained and slow, but he kept going, "I actually don't blame you for your decision, I probably would have made the same one. Oh, what am I talking about? Of course, I would have made the same one." He coughed and I smiled weakly.

"I'm not sure you would have made it that far, Jonas. I feel like the Goddesses would have killed you pretty quickly because you would keep trying to get them into bed with you." My grin faded as a Jonas' chuckle morphed into a moan.

"Damn right I would have. I wonder what going to bed with a Goddess would be like? Something to remember, I'm sure." I laughed then that turned into a sob as Jonas' hand lost all tension in it and dropped to lay limply beside him.

"No Jonas, you can't go, please! I just got you back, even if it was only a little. Please!" My sobs grew in volume until I was practically choking on them. "Those would be your last words."

"Hey, take care, okay... Little Bi-?" The words were so quiet, that I almost didn't hear them, but I knew they came from Jonas." I hugged him closely until his body had completely disappeared then stood slowly and turned to face the light."

"Return me." My voice was filled with all the malice flooding through my body, and I knew that even the Goddesses were taken aback.

"If you won't accept our proposition, then we will find someone else who will, just know that." They said.

"DO I CARE?!" I shouted, "You tortured my family in front of me and killed them, make no mistake Goddesses, I will kill you for that. You miscalculated, because now; I could care less about the demons returning; you are my main target. I'm sure you'll find that none of my targets have survived, and you won't be an exception."

I unleashed my powers and I could feel them swell to a size that I didn't expect, and I wasn't even using a fraction of my power. The tension in the air was palpable. "I remember hearing that you had lost a great majority of your power, shall we see how weak you are now?"

A grin formed on my face that was vicious and I knew that I was treading in dangerous territory, there was a reason that I was the only good banshee left, and that was because I hadn't given in to the madness. It existed in all of us, and since we were technically creatures of the night, it called to us strongly. I had resisted because I had others I cared about, and that kept me sane, but all that was fading away now.

"Surely you wouldn't be stupid enough to challenge us? We are the Goddesses, a race older than time itself and we have a power that you couldn't dream of even in this state."

"Perhaps I can't kill you, but I know that I could at least set your return back another couple of centuries, I would be a thorn in your side, and honestly, I'm feeling strong enough that I'm certain I could take at least one of you with me to the realm of death. How about it? Shall we start?"

I released the rest of my powers, and it felt like a bomb had gone off, the power was so thick it was hard to breathe and still I continued to change, the madness had almost completely taken over. I could feel my physical features changing into the hag we became when we succumbed, but I didn't care.

"Stop, don't do this!" They cried out, but I just started walking forward.

"Too late." I said and raided my skeletal hand, but before I could do anything, I was frozen by two little words.

"He's alive!" My heart rate sped up and I gasped.

"What?" My voice hitched slightly as my powers dimmed.

"We didn't really destroy Jonas' soul, we simply sent it back to the Necropolis, he is still there." My form began shifting back and the magic energy in the room died down to a manageable level.

I dropped to my knees and held my head in my hands, "You're sick, completely twisted. You have still earned my hatred, but at this point, all I want is to be returned to the living world. Send me back now." The next moment I was on the floor of the floor of the Tavern with all of the sins around me, looking worried.

"Janis, you're awake!" Elizabeth cried and hugged me tightly.

"I nodded and sat up, only to have Meliodas crouch in front of me and gaze at me questioningly, "What just happened, Janis? We come in to find you on the floor, then you start changing forms and your magic started going haywire. You quite nearly blew this place up."

"You just witnessed the beginnings of a banshee's madness. It's a bit hard to explain why I was losing control like that, so before I do, can we head to the Necropolis? There's someone I need to talk to."

Everyone looked shocked at my request, "Listen if it's out of the way, or something else, then I'll go on my own, but I am going, one way or another."

Meliodas quickly shook his head, "No, we can go, we're your team, and we're going to stick together as best we can. Just tell us what happened."

"Thank you guys, I couldn't have asked for a better team, even if we had a bit of a rough start." We all chuckled then I sighed and told them exactly what had happened.

***

By the time I finished, everyone was in complete shock, Ban whistled, "Wow."

"You can say that again." King said quietly, "I can't believe that your magic energy was strong enough to even make the Goddesses pause."

"I'm sure that I wouldn't have hurt them all that much, but I think they knew that I was serious about hurting them as much as I could, and when a banshee enters that state, they are pretty hard to beat. I'm really lucky that I was able to come back from that, most banshees are lost when they give in to the madness."

Meliodas had a very serious look on his face, "Janis, I hate to do this, but what would be the best way to take you down if you go into that state again? I'm sorry, but we need to know just in case."

Everyone let out exclamations at that, obviously displeased that he had asked something so harsh, but I held up my hand. "In that state, banshees have a ton of power, but our reasoning ability is gone. If you split up and attack as a group, using magic to put me on the defensive, then you wouldn't have to worry about me using most of my soul magic on you. If it is really desperate, then stab me in the back of the head while someone distracts me from the front. Don't worry, I get why you would need to know that." I smiled gently and he looked really relieved.

"Okay, we should probably get going then. It'll take a while to get to the Necropolis, so I would recommend sleeping, Janis. You've had a tiring couple of days." I nodded, then stood up. I stumbled a bit when the realization of how tired I was, hit me, it was like a train, and I nearly collapsed because of it.

An arm slipped around my waist and I looked over to see Ban helping me, "It's okay, Little One, I've got you!" I nodded and continued walking. My eyes shut as soon as I hit the mattress, and I slipped into unconsciousness not long after.