Roland didn’t much care for all of these people he didn’t know coming in, but he also knew better than to argue with anyone. At first he only heard Mal’s question, his mind wandering a bit before it sank in and he answered. “About an hour before the explosions I saw her. She said she was still looking for a couple things and she’d be in later than us. She’s careful though, she’ll be alright too.” He said, moving into the kitchen. He was only in there briefly before Lia said not to argue her choice, and he simply ruffled his nose and headed into the room where the blond was now awake. He was speaking in tongues, and he looked around to the others, seeing Aless speak with them after she got a blonde girl squared away and gave a bag to the brunette with glasses he had been speaking with earlier. He was observing now, his hands resting on the back of the couch as he stood behind Aless. He was glad she was safe, more or less curious as to which was the one that helped her get away. He wanted to know what became of Axel. He truly did, but it could wait. Axel had become an enormous thorn over the year, but now he was getting more ballsy, and with all of these hunters about, he couldn’t help but to be on edge. -- Lia looked up to Mitch when he began talking about the numbers, and she gave a nod. “I know, but you also know that just one can draw a bunch of them too. It’s just getting a little more unsettling with the amounts of the hunters that are swarming in. Hell, even 100 years ago they never thought to band together like this, and suddenly it’s like playing fields have changed.” She said, and her eyes fell towards the ground. She gave a small chuckle when he asked Clary the question to which he got a small, light hearted response. “No, no, just about half a block.” She smiled a bit before she disappeared. Very few creatures Lia knew of could do that and it now had her curious. She quieted her thoughts though, and continued on. She heard the small bit of disappointment in his tone and she gave him a soft look. “I know, if I need your help I’ll come get you, I promise.” She said with a sigh, “But I’d really rather not push it back again. I’m getting more tired of the reasons it keeps getting pushed back than anything.” She was glad once they were inside, and when Mitch told her Mal would probably end up hugging her later, she just gave a gentle nod. She continued to stand off to the side, watching the interactions. She could see the worry flooding over Mal, and she approached her and placed a cup of tea in her hands. “Evelyn will be back any minute, just you watch.” She said, calmly. However, she knew the feeling of worry rushing over Mal. She’d been through it twice with Aless, a few more times with Mitchell, and even more times than she’d care to think about with Kathleen she always reminded herself that they were strong though, they’d make it out alright. Roland’s words cut through the air, drawing the attention of the entire room, and Lia rolled her eyes. “I swear to god, if this makes a fight break out I’m frying his brain.” She mumbled. With that she moved further into the room and watched the scene unfold. -- Cole and Drake had exchanged a look once they were asked if Sal was normally out this long. There was essentially no time to answer as Sal came back to, and conversations began around the room. Drake looked over to Kat, “To finally answer your question, the only times he is out that long is when a vision is… well… it’s bad. Normally he’d have lost part of his vision from it, but since he’s completely blind now, I don’t know how it works fully.” He said, patting Sal’s hand a bit. Sal rose a brow when Kat spoke, and slowly broken English came through his words. “Throw out?” he asked, and he sighed a bit as Cole moved over so he could sit at the end of the couch near Drake and she sat beside Aless. “So… Sorry… still getting… used to it…again. But you… you were… you saw?” he asked, his words still coming and going a bit. As she explained her powers though, a few tense looks were exchanged around the room. Atticus had caught Kat’s look, but he gave her a reassuring nod. These people would learn eventually he had a feeling. However, even he couldn’t help the smile that spread over his face at the redhead’s analogy for her powers. There was a lot of tension still about, but Atticus was training himself to get used to it. It wasn’t everyday you met those who had such strong powers to be able to mess with the mind. He was still quiet though, on edge all his own before Sal spoke up again. “So, Kat…” his words were still coming slowly, “Can… can we talk… privately later? No… no one has ever… ever been in my head… while I was having… having a vision.” The boy’s question and lack of judgment gave Atticus some hope for the group. He even looked over towards Aless and Cole who were talking to each other for the moment and he listened in on the conversation only when he heard it. “It would be wise of me to tell you, sis, a couple of ours may not be so comfortable around you guys. Our friend Garret isn’t fond of witches, and then we’ve got a couple of friends who are just a little on edge around everyone.” Cole said and Atticus tried to make mental note of the name Garret. His eyes continued to study and survey the room, his eyes flicking over the blood bound vampires more than they probably should have. So far they were proving to be different than the ones they were used to, less aggressive, but still he had managed to catch one talking about the girls not having a scent. Atticus rightfully didn’t care, but given their history with blood bound vampires he worried for Kat. Most had a very high bloodlust when it came to her, and though he knew that every precaution would get taken he couldn’t help it. He’d been protecting her since she was brought to Checkov’s coven and everyday since… it was engraved into him now. His thoughts only came back once Roland spoke to the blonde demon girl who had shown up with Lia and Mitch, and he could already feel tension in the room rise. -- Alex sighed a bit, glad to see that the rest of the mall group was back aside from Clary. He could have done without the small spat he and Billie had and being told that Billie was right about Jo. He knew she was, but he couldn’t help it sometimes. He let out a long sigh, hoping that Clary would be back soon. He knew she always had a way to get things rolling in a good direction. And with the tension, he knew that they’d need that. He listened in as Kat explained she was an illusionist. That was mildly concerning, and he noticed that most of them were tense towards it. The only one who he was really surprised with not being tense was his own sister. Sal he had a feeling was just seeing something he couldn’t, same as Cole, but when Billie seemed unphased, he relaxed slightly. He heard a question and looked to the man who had asked the question. Alex felt himself scoff a chuckle, “School actually, Supernatural Academy.” He noticed the look on the man’s face and offered his hand to him. “First, my name is Alex. I’m Billie’s older brother,” he introduced himself. “And there is a school for supernatural creatures, and while there the students are taught to better control their powers and learn how to integrate into human society. Most of us here were leaders of our groups.” Alex paused, briefly, nodding over towards Tiffany. “Tiffany was leader of the Unseelie fae,” he then motioned to Drake, “He was the right hand man to the dragon leader,” he then motioned over towards Logan. “He was the vampire leader, male anyway,” and he looked to his sister. “And for a long time my sister and I led the demons. I eventually stepped down and allowed my sister to lead them though. I became a Hell Knight though, and I now lead the third order of Hell Knights.” He looked at his sister again, her and Logan speaking very quietly. He then turned to the man he now knew as Mitch and offered a chuckle. “We’ve got quite a bunch, I know, but we’ve been through a lot together. And needless to say, Billie, no matter how insane she is, is damn good at keeping us all in line and safe.” The conversation stopped abruptly though, and Alex pinched the bridge of his nose as words came through the air that boiled his blood. He let out a sigh, seeing the veins in his wrist taking on a soft blue glow as he looked to Mitch. “Excuse me a moment.” -- Billie could only chuckle at Logan’s words about Clary. “Somehow, I don’t doubt that it is more than you’d care to admit.” She said to him before they had entered the large cottage and she was led away by Aless. She was given a clean t-shirt and a cardigan as she was allowed into the bathroom. It was quite pristine, and she turned on water as she began washing herself up. She removed the shirt she was wearing and wiped the rest of the blood off of her, seeing only faint scaring on her shoulder that’d be gone within the hour, and the bullet wound in her side was beginning to look like a scar. She noticed her eye was still slightly bruised, but would be done healing soon as well, and her lip was finally healed. She pulled on the clean clothes and made a mental note to talk to Zach later about the bullet. She pulled her hair back up, and tossed the shirt she had been wear into the trash before cleaning up her mess and heading back out to the others. She caught the tail end of Kat’s explanation and she looked at her a moment before she felt herself calm. She was no threat for sure now. She got back over to Logan and when he spoke about Garret not letting anything happen to Clary, she nodded. “I worry for him and Randa though. Who knows what they ran into, if anything.” She let out a relieved sigh when he informed her that they had gone over what she would do if ever caught. “I’m glad you two finally got to figure that out, it worries me, especially with everything she says she’s been learning lately.” She accepted the tea from the woman with a gentle nod. “Thank you.” She said, watching her briefly before she heard Logan speak to her again and she sighed. She took a sip of her tea and spoke in a low whisper. “Fully trust, no. Enough for me to not be on edge, I only have issues with one.” Her eyes shot over to Roland across the room. “The girls have soft, gentle auras. They have eerie balances, and Aless has a very bright and warm aura. No threats. The blonde here, she’s got a slightly darker aura than the others, but it’s warm all the same. No threat.” Her eyes moved towards where Alex was speaking with Mitch. “He’s got aura like Alex, I’m sure you know what that says, and his” her head motioned towards Atticus, “His reminds me of yours.” She quieted a moment before her gaze flicked back to Roland and then to Logan. “Now he has got something familiar. It doesn’t set right with me, it’s similar to Azrael, however-“ She got cut off. “Azrael? Did I really just get compared to that piece of shit?” Roland’s voice came. Suddenly the room fell silent, and Billie looked at him and she noticed Lia move into the room finally. “Roland!” Aless hissed, but he moved a bit and looked directly at Billie. “The only way you are as bad as that abomination is…” he began. Billie felt her hand ball into a fist, but he continued. “Is if the whole line , beginning to sorry end, is corrupted. Bad to the core, irreparable. Nothing could ever fix that, ever.” Billie clicked her tongue against her teeth and her eyes went over black, and she felt Alex take her other side. “Well then, if you’re such an expert, then you know his only two children are standing in this room right now. And one not only helped your girl get away, but got shot not once, but twice in the process. Does that sound so bad to you? But since you so clearly didn’t hear what else I had to say then allow me to be blunt.” She spoke, patting Alex’s back a bit. “Do I trust you guys? Most of you to a point, but you not at all. You have familiarity to Azrael, however, you’ve been fixed as we will put it, but are capable of relapse. The relapse is what worries me.” She spoke, feeling the looks on her. “Aless, is obviously a very warm and bright person, but she’s got darkness to her to, but her light outshines her dark. She’s got an infectious sort of light, and it’s comforting. Lia she’s strong, she’s balanced, and she can obviously tell the difference between good and bad herself. Kat has got a bit of darkness in her, but she’s got warmth too, it’s trustable and honestly, she’s got the soul of a helpful person if she’d help a stranger with personal risk. Mitch reminds me a lot of my brother, and Atticus reminds me of my best friend. And the woman over there, forgive me I am no good with names, and forgive me for no proper introduction, but she’s got a similar feeling to Mitch with a bit more balance to it. You though, you’ve got something about you that’s fickle and would give in if given the proper temptation I’m sure. Think what you will of me, of my bloodline, but don’t dare judge a bloodline from one bad seed. It’s foolish, and foolish mistakes can lead to horrible consequences.” Roland stood there in awe, watching as Alex glared at him, his eyes black. He couldn’t speak now, but Lia did. “Well now, I can see there is still some issue here, but please any physical violence take outside. I don’t want anything broken in here.” She said and Roland tossed a look to her. “Really?” he asked, “I don’t think so.” Alex spoke up that time. “No there is still a [i]major [/i] issue here.” He said before he walked over and grabbed Roland by the collar of his shirt and practically dragged him outside. Roland had to admit, he was slightly taken aback by the strength Alex had. “Man, you’re thick.” Alex said, and he stepped out of the house and punched Roland hard enough in the jaw that he heard a pop and Roland immediately grabbed his jaw. “I’m way too old for this shit. Seriously, 871 years old and I’m still catching shit for who my father is. Sure, my sister does take a lot of his personality and I have the same powers, but we’re nothing like him. Don’t you forget it either.” He said. Alex barely noticed that Clary was standing there with Randa and Garrret, and he felt his eyes return to normal after a moment as he headed back inside. Alex looked over to Billie who asked, “You good?” she asked, her eyes normal once more as well and he nodded. “He might not be though.” Alex said, rubbing his knuckles a little as he sat back down and he took a deep breath. He now needed to calm down and he noticed Lia come over with another cup of tea and he gave her an odd look. “Chamomile and honey, should help with your nerves. I’d ask you to forgive Roland, but to be honest, I’d have done the same thing. But I appreciate that you took it outside.” She said, and Alex nodded and accepted the tea. “Thank you.” He said before he saw her walk over to Billie. “And I appreciate your honesty, it’s rare to find someone as honest as you are as openly as you are anymore.” Lia said as she saw Clary come back in the door. Clary made her way over to Cole and gave a look, “Cole, Garret got stabbed and he won’t stop bleeding… can you look at it?” Cole gave a nod and stood up, “Of course, babe. Can you go check on Willow for Sal please while I do?” Clary gave a nod, her worried eyes looking towards Logan before she heard Dahlia. “Joe and Hoyt aren’t far from there, could you check on them too?” she asked and Clary nodded. Lia spoke, “Just bring them with you, seriously, it’s better for all of you to be together right now. Less stress, less worry.” Clary gave a nod before she disappeared and Billie saw Lia walking over towards the door with Cole and she caught up with her before speaking, “If he’s hurt too bad, he’ll be a bit more of an ass than normal. He really doesn’t like witches.” Cole looked at Billie and then to Lia as they walked out towards Randa and Garret, and Lia gave a nod. “We have a small room we use as an infirmary, feel free to use it.” Lia told Cole who nodded and she moved ahead of the two blondes. Billie looked over at Randa and Garret and breathed a little easier seeing they were both still conscious , a little beaten, but nothing too bad other than Garret being stabbed. “You’re very composed for going through this all so quickly.” Billie nodded, “I have to be. Besides, we’ve been through worse together.” She said, and she saw Cole pressing her hand on Garret side as they came closer. “Come on, let’s get you inside so Cole can look at you better.” Lia began leading them in, and Billie was sure to walk with her, only to make sure that one Garret wasn’t fatally injured and two to keep any conflict in line. -- Randa couldn’t help the small smile that came over her face at Garret’s scale before she just shook her head. “It’s open for discussion.” She laughed, but then things moved so quickly she didn’t have time to think about it. She knew once the hunters had appeared that it was going to be a nuisance, and obviously none of them realized that she and Garret were a very dominant team together. She gave a look to Garret as he spoke. “I never got that either, it’s got to be the neanderthal trapped within.” Once she set the knife on fire and dodged the holy water thrown at her, she noticed that the knife on fire didn’t kill the first. Well good, more chances for something pretty. She was glad to hear Garret take on her little wager and felt herself get a little excited… more so than she should have. She moved away from Garret and went after the first one again, who stared at her glowing wrist in awe. The second of her three grabbed her from behind and she elbowed him in the ribs as hard as she could, he had landed almost like a perfect challenge outline, and she quickly took her foot up and stomped down on his throat. He choked a moment on his own blood before she pouted a bit. Oh! She could do so much better than that. She sighed, and she heard another run behind her and when he went to stab her she moved and watched as he stabbed his now dead friend in the chest. She couldn’t help the laugh that escaped her, and she watched as he threw more holy water at her. A little splashed on her arm, and she watched as it blistered up. She walked over and grabbed hold of his head, watching as his brain overheated. Blood was running out of his eyes and down his ear before his skull exploded slightly in her hands. She wiped the blood splatter off her face with the dead hunters shirt before taking up his knife and stabbing the first one in the chest and watching as it lit on fire. She looked over to Garret briefly before seeing Clary appear. “There you guys are!” Clary said, and Randa moved closer to her before they both watched as Garret got stabbed. Randa felt worry immediately wash over her and she saw the horrified look on Clary’s face too. Once Garret said to turn Clary away, Randa quickly pulled Clary close to her and buried her head in her chest. Before Clary got too close though, Randa snapped a photo of what Garret was doing. No flash, just low light settings and once it was over she breathed out. Randa let go of Clary and ran over to Garret, ripping a shirt off one of the hunters and folding it before pressing it against Garret’s wound and nodded. “I’m fine.” Clary spoke. “I’m okay, but um… come on. When we were at the mall hunters swarmed the place. Everyone is alright, Billie is a little worse for wear, and Tiff has a gash, but other than that were okay. We found some others though, and well… come on I’ll just take you there.” Randa held up her hand as Clary came over. “Hand me that one’s belt. We need to keep good pressure on his wound.” Randa said, and Clary nodded, taking the belt off the dead hunter and handing it to Randa. “Are you going to be okay? I didn’t mean to…” Clary began before she saw Randa give her a look. Clary took a deep breath. “Cole could heal it. I mean, she’s got better healing skills than anyone else.” Randa just gave a nod and once she got the belt around the shirt compress she made, she looked at Garret. She couldn’t say much before Clary had grabbed onto them and they had teleprorted in front of a rather mansion like cottage. Randa couldn’t even take in everything before her eyes saw Alex, looking rather pissed off, dragging another man outside and hitting him in the jaw with a sick pop. With everything he said though, obviously the guy deserved it, “Fucking idiot.” She hissed, and she looked down to her wrist, noticing it was still glowing a bit as Clary ran inside and soon Cole came out. Billie and another blonde woman weren’t far behind her. Cole came over and removed the make shift shirt compress and touched where the wound was. “Good job on the compress, sis.” She said, pressing her hand to the wound, feeling the wound feel a bit different. “Holy water?” Randa noticed the glow in her wrist brighten a bit before she shook her hand and watched as Cole kept her hand on his wound. “They have an infirmary here, let’s go in so I can get a better look.” She said, and Randa nodded, following behind Billie and the other blonde. Once they were in the cottage she noticed all the people and the looks before they were led in to the small imfirmary, “Thanks Lia.” Lia gave a nod and left them, Billie giving a look that she’d explain later to Randa. Randa just nodded and walked over to where Cole had Garret sitting. “What can I do?” she asked. “My left jacket pocket, roll what’s there. He’ll need something to mellow out and relax.” Cole said, lifting up Garret’s shirt a bit to look at the wound and she watched as her hand had a soft white glow. “Alright man, this may sting a bit, I’m going to pull out the holy water first. It’ll help a lot.” She said, waving her other hand and watching as a few towels came forth. Randa followed her instructions though, and she sat on Garret’s other side, still clearly worried. Cole then looked to her, “Sis, gotta calm down. You’re emitting some pretty strong vibes. Not to mention your glow is almost up your whole arm now.” Randa looked at her arm and she nodded, taking a deep breath. -- Axel could barely comprehend anything as he came back to. His face was throbbing, it was extremely hard to breathe and his side hurt, not to mention his wrist felt like it had been slammed under a semi. He barely sat up, hearing others coming. Fuck! That blonde… [i]freak [/i] had taken his gun. His head was pounding as he managed to bring himself to his feet, and when he turned he noticed a red head with a couple of others, another man running in behind them. “Fucking hell Axel! What got hold of you?” Axel looked at his brother who seemed perfectly fine and rolled his eyes. “Some blonde bitch helped one of my targets get away, and damn I’ve never met any freak that could get shot and not be affected.” His brother shook his head and sighed, “Well, the Death Witch was here. Too bad you were napping so long you couldn’t take her out.” He chuckled, grabbing a sling from his bag and putting it on Axel’s arm before he brought him over to the red head and the two guys. “I figure you guys should be getting aquainted. Since e you know, you all were invited in to what’s his face’s mega hunter group. I have more injured to attend to.” He said and Axel looked at them. “The fuck happened here?” Axel asked, seeing bodies being carried away. Some were covered in blood, others he had seen before. The Death Witch had been there, that was certain. He was having trouble breathing still and he rubbed his side a bit. “Fucking bitch broke my ribs.”