[sub]in collaboration with [@Meiyuki][/sub] [h1][center][i][u]"Medusa! I'm baaaaaack!"[/u][/i][/center][/h1] [color=708090]"It is biting me!" [/color] [color=808000] "Well, trying not holding it near it's head," [/color] [color=708090]"It is a circle, it is literally all head!" [/color] Two voices could be heard just outside the library a moment before Ang tossed open the door, leading a very distraught Taran. Who was busy wrestling with what looked like a ball of flame. [color=808000] "Taran, dear, better keep it away from those books if you want to keep your head,"[/color] called Ang's sing song voice. [color=808000] "Medusa dear?" [/color]she called in. [color=808000] "Are you here?" [/color] Medusa promptly stood and made her way towards the pair. Her face bore a stern frown that didn't quite reach her eyes. She'd figured Ang had left as whimsically as she'd arrived, just gone in the night. She was pleased to see her back, and Taran in tow, but they'd have to talk about warnings and things like that. [color=ed1c24]"Lovely to have you back,"[/color] She said, somewhat bitter. [color=ed1c24]"Taran too, of course."[/color] She examined the ball of fire that Taran was struggling with. [color=ed1c24]"Well, isn't this a queer creature. Is this what called you away?"[/color] [color=708090]"Didn't...you....know?"[/color] said Taran, holding the creature to his chest as it screeched. He glanced over at Ang. [color=708090]"You told me that she order it,"[/color] his voice broke a little as the creature bit into his figure. [color=808000]"What I said was, 'Medusa will probably appreciate you coming with me' and then I told you to come. It is different,"[/color] She then turned away from the boy, facing her lover. Reaching out to take her hand. [color=808000]"Did you miss me m'love?" [/color] Medusa thought about rejecting Ang's hand, but that would spite her just as much as her crazy lover. She sighed, a small smile finally gracing her lips. [color=ed1c24]"Perhaps I'd miss you if you'd told me you'd be back. Instead I've been angry at you for leaving in the middle of the night."[/color] She kissed Ang's cheek. [color=ed1c24]"It is good to have you back though."[/color] After the brief warmth she returned her attention to Taran and his ward. [color=ed1c24]"Well, I certainly do appreciate you making yourself useful, yes. However, I didn't order this. I'll count it as you taking initiative, instead of being decieved by a crazy witch. Looks much better that way, don't you think?"[/color] She smirked. [color=808000]"Nothing personal love, it was urgent and unavoidable, but I dreamed of you ever night,"[/color] There was a purr in her voice. [color=708090] "Loudly, very loudly she dreamed of you every night, can I go now? What do I do with this?"[/color] Taran's face was already starting to color as the memory of the things that came out of Ang's mouth flashed through his head. [color=808000]"Just stand there, the adults are talking,"[/color] she snapped, before turning back to her lover. Medusa rolled her eyes, laughing. [color=ed1c24]"Well, you two have missed alot."[/color] She sighed. [color=ed1c24]"Let's see. Lorelai and I have found an uneasy peace, I've agreed to cede leadership of the coven to her during wartime, and she's promised not to kill me, or try to, until the larger threat is dealt with."[/color] Ang jerked her hand back. [color=808000] "What? Why? Now we have to put it back," [/color] she grumbled glancing at Taran, who looked nothing less than totally relieved. [color=808000] "But, why would you choose to make such a deal?" [/color] [color=ed1c24]"Because we really do have better enemies than each other, and part of me still hopes to repair our relationship."[/color] Medusa shuddererd. [color=ed1c24]"And she's done something to herself... she's not even remotely human anymore. I'm going to need to know more about that before I aim to face her again, should the time come."[/color] [color=ed1c24]"Right! As an example of our better enemies. Your pet escaped, through a staggering series of blunders, and has informed the hunters of Seren's Folley as to our location."[/color] Medusa groaned. [color=ed1c24]"So we'll have plenty of things for your... fire thing to do."[/color] [color=808000] "It isn't my fire thing, it is our fire thing,"[/color] she whipsered taking a step closer to her. [color=808000] "Does she still have those tiny humans following her around?" [/color] Everyone still has weaknesses. Or they should. [color=808000] "Also, what pet are you speaking of? I can always kill it," [/color] [color=ed1c24]"Abby and Lotte? Yes, I believe she's adopted them."[/color] Medusa wasn't sure to be pleased or horrified at Ang's implication. All's fair in love and war right? [color=ed1c24]"Matrim, I believe was the name of the pet in question. I would very much love for him to die, but I fear the damage is done."[/color] [color=808000] "I am sure she loves them to the moon and back,"[/color] blanket statment. [color=808000]"Taran, why don't you run along with our little fire ball while mummy and mummy talk about grown up stuff. Just drop the fire ball in a bowl of water, that should keep it cooled off enough for now," [/color] That was all the dismissal that Taran needed before slinking off into some other corner of the castle. [color=808000]"Darling boy love, perhaps we should invite him to our bed once," [/color] she smiled petting the womans hair softly. [color=808000] "We must also plan our hunting games, you think?"[/color] [color=ed1c24]"Perhaps, although I doubt his sensibilities match ours, dear."[/color] Medusa laughed. [color=ed1c24]"I agree entirely, there's a great deal of killing to be done."[/color] Medusa took Ang's lips this time. [color=ed1c24]"I can't imagine a better partner to enjoy it with."[/color] [color=808000]"He would be fun to watch squirm," [/color] Ang was silenced with the kiss. [color=808000]"You taste just as I rememeber," [/color] she whispered softly. [color=808000]"When we catch my little pet, shall we keep him forever or kill him ever so slow?"[/color] [color=ed1c24]"I think death is too kind for the trouble he's cost us."[/color] Medusa began leading Ang to her bedchambers. Planning was important, but there was an itch that hadn't been scratched in nearly a month. It needed attended to, and promptly. [color=ed1c24]"I say we compose wondrous choruses of his screams, and dance gayly to them."[/color] [color=808000] "So many parts to play with and break, so many screams," [/color] she said, following her love into the room. [color=808000] "Speaking of screams, I can think of a few I want to hear from you," [/color]