He had been able to pick up pieces of what the doll was saying, but he didn't say anything of it. The boy was too engrossed in trying to figure out what to do in this situation. Having a group of people who needed saving would only hinder his regular course of action. Large groups like this were not his specialty. One or two was good enough. Hearing the girl with the doll address him, he turned his face to her and tilted his head a bit before he realized that the girl was saying she'd listen and follow to him. He only offered her a firm nod before returning his attention to the scene around him.<br/><br/>Hearing the injured boy mention someone collapsing, the strange boy immediately turned his head toward the girl who had collapsed. His eyes widened a bit as he realized she came from the direction he had.<em>Shit. . . I didn't realize I was being followed from the outside. . .</em>he thought to himself for a few moments before he snapped back to reality. Gathering his thoughts, he glanced forward at the shadow beast and the person who'd changed. The beast he would figure out later, but the person had to revert back to normal before much longer, otherwise. . . They may be permanently lost to Discordia.<br/><br/>"You're injured," he said sharply to the bleeding boy, fully removing his coat so he was just in a sleeveless black shirt, the item around his neck exposed finally. It was some sort of gothic looking cross, as if it were an antique from somewhere in Europe. But when he heard that the other would take one of the uninjured with him, he simply nodded slowly and started to walk clamly toward the two fighting shadows. Holding his hand back toward the girl with the doll, he spoke calmly and authoritatively to her. "Keep your distance, but run in any direction if you need too to become safe. You can't fight yet, so you have to stay back." He kept in mind the collapsed girl's position for a moment as he walked then paused just fifteen feet from the struggling creatures. Even if they couldn't see them just yet, the boy could sense that there were other smaller shadows on their way, drawn to the fighting. He would have to take care of them after he rescued whoever fell victim to the shift. Clenching the cross around his throat, he gripped it with his hand tightly and held it to his temple, proceeding to punch himself with it.<br/><br/>"PERSONA!"<br/><br/>What appears to be glass burst out of his head, much like how it had come out of Kari's chest when she had shot herself with the strange pistol. Suddenly everything around them shifted and the mystery boy's blue eyes locked onto the fighting shadows ahead of him, but the rings around his pupils were no longer blue, they were red. A pair of dark, ominous wings suddenly appeared behind him, and from the shadows on the ground emerged another figure. This one was male as well, with long locks of hair that hung and covered it's face. It's torso was pale and exposed, white as death with multiple scars visible from prior fights. As the wings on this second figure sprang to life, it hovered in the air behind the mystery boy and it became clear that it was taller than any of the students in the group.<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://c2.api.ning.com/files/nZjWb-6haJistAjFvxsxQFKxTRQ5YyG6*UVk4uyCCRtQVkNj8um-5Y3x20NZiME6vFgbgRZQr42uhMKwN3txhATf27kvp5HR/vampire3.jpg)</div><br/>Pulling back his lips, the boy began to run forward with an open palm, as if he were scooping up the air around him.  The winged figure that appeared from the shadows quickly followed suit, immediately crashing into the twisted form of Kari and pulling her away from the shadow beast. In turn the boy darted toward the new shadows that approached, all wearing the same masks only this time they were different colors. Throwing his open palm toward one, he yelled out, "Agi!" and fire burst out from his hand and hit the beast in the face. It managed to crack the mask, and the boy immediately smirked continuing to throw fire balls at the shadows as the winged creature held Kari in place.<br/><br/>Eventually Kari's form struggled and screamed out as if she were in pain, but the winged creature didn't loosen its hold upon her. Instead it let her struggle and eventually parted it's lips, exposing shiny rows of teeth. Sinking it's fangs into Kari's form, she suddenly let out a wail of pain and began to thrash and flail. Eventually though her struggling ceased and her form became limp in the winged creature's grasp. The shadows seemed to retreat from her form, pulling away and dissipating to only leave Kari's worn form. She was incredibly pale and barely breathing, but she was alive. Her arms were covered in gashes and cuts, and she trembled with each breath she took. The shadow beast that she had been struggling with earlier had already began to retreat from the area, thus the winged form turned its attention to the newly approached shadows bearing masks, lashing out with it's dagger-like claws and shredding them apart with it's strikes as the boy kept assaulting them with fire. . . working side by side to eliminate the threat.<br/><br/>