John snatched his deeply bitten fingers back and laughed harder. "Well hot damn, Raven! I thought you were already dead all this time. Seems like there is a little life left in you after all." i crouched low and charged his knees, going for the one that gave him trouble when it rained. He gave a most un-Johnlike squeak of surprise and kicked at me but he missed and i made good contact with the bad knee. He went down to his knees and stopped laughing. He grapped me and drew me into his arms and i got one final lick in. i headbutted him in the face so hard i saw stars. When i looked up his mouth was bleeding. i became aware of a growling sound and i wanted to tell him to shut up, but then realized it was me. He just held me, looking at me as though he had never seen me before. Just then Benny tugged me out of his grasp. "You cannot kill her without talking to Edward. You cannot. After the last one you promised not to. John, do you hear me? You cannot!" John wiped the blood from his mouth and looked down at it like he had no idea what it could be. Surely he couldn't bleed like one of us. "Oh, I'm not going to kill her. That's what she wants. I understand Raven. All she has ever wanted is to die. And, I'll be damned if I'll give it to her. No, I'm going to make her suffer. For a long time." He nodded at Kayla. "No use taking that to the doc yet. This one will need him when I'm done. Just wait and make one trip." Benny tightened his grip on me until i felt i would be crushed, but in the end he nodded and thrust me at John. "Get one of the runners to watch for you, though. You need someone to help you stop and I can't watch it with her. No."
