Wick

The Originals-The Prescotts- Closed

Alex North

Alex was frustrated. There were no customers but the ice machine had broken. He grabbed a couple of large buckets and went a couple of doors down to the diner. He carried the buckets over to the counter and sat on stool. The girl at the counter looked up and Alex smiled at her and she seemed to lose her tongue. "Is there something I can get you?" Alex said. "Our ice machine broke. I can pay you for a couple of buckets of ice." The pretty waitress smiled and nodded. "Sure, I'll get it for you." Alex smiled. "Thank you." He responded.

Alex looked around the room and saw Jac. He knew what she was but she was pretty and looked like she was having a rough day. About that time the waitress returned with the ice and he gave her a ten. "Thanks darlin'." She smiled and blushed. That made Alex grin as he opened the door and took the ice back to the bar.

He whistled along the way back to the bar. It was starting to get dark and the UPS guy came in with what appeared to be a giant box. It had Lucinda's name on it. So figuring it was going to be for the bar he opened it. He pulled it out of the box just as she walked into the bar.

Lucinda was mad as all get out. She reached over the bar and when she couldn't reach it she finally had to jump over the other side. She grabbed half a bottle of vodka, a funnel and a jug of orange juice. She poured half of the bottle of orange juice into the vodka, put the top on it, shook it and tipped it back and started guzzling.

"Before you start yelling at me about earlier the ice machine is broken so I got some from the diner." He pulled the paper off and Lucinda walked over and smiled when he plugged it in to see if it worked. Alex was grinning and he shook his head in feigned disbelief and chuckled. He tilted the sign up and she smiled and laughed. "Oh my god I love it! What do you think?" She was suddenly so happy she was bouncing. She caught sight of a wolf near the door.

"Bring the sign out here I want it up asap." Alex followed with a few tools stuck in his pockets and He climbed up onto the roof and sat down on the ledge so he could reach the old sign to take it down. "Lucinda what do you want me to do with the Mystic sign?" "Bring it down and take it out back when you are done." He looked at the new sign. He shook his head and started laughing. After he put the sign up Lucinda got really happy and took out her cell phone. She took a picture to send to Tabitha, Andrew and Garrett. While she was doing this he did a back flip off of the roof. When he landed he pulled his shirt off. Lucinda smirked at him. "You are a show off."

"So Alex? What do you think of the sign?" Her smile was so genuine and it was bursting out of her eyes. "It's great! I'll laugh everyday I come to work." Lucinda playfully backhanded him in the abs. When she did she looked at him without his shirt on and she seemed to be looking at him in a very lusty way. He decided to mess with her. "Don't look at me like that. I'm not a piece of meat!" Lucinda looked at him, rolled her eyes and then stared at the sign again and said, "Bite Me, Alex."

"I'm gonna walk home. It's beautiful out tonight. I'll send Andrew back to relieve you tonight." He nodded, "Good, I need a clean shirt but if I'm coming home soon then I will wait." "One thing is for sure. You'll make better tips without your shirt on." She grinned as he threw some ice at her on her way out. Lucinda saw the wolf outside and she walked towards her house staying alert the entire way. After a while she caught sight of another wolf nearer to the house. She leaned up against the tree she was closest to. "Hey mister werewolf. You gonna show yourself so I can find out why you are? I promise I won't bite if you don't."

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The Originals-The Prescotts- Closed

Werewolf Negotiations

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Lucinda lay on her bed and pulled her earrings out and put them on the side table and rolled onto her stomach. Her red locks fell over her face and she thought she heard a door. It was probably Alex or Andrew.

Unable to take her eyes from the scene, Tabitha stood back and watched. She glanced over to the werewolf, but she didn't say anything. There didn't seem to be anything to say. Yet as Garrett said for them to go home, she walked forward, approaching Salazar's hand, she crouched, feeling that there had to be words said, at least...it just seemed right.

"You were a good boy, Jacky, I just wish you'd had time to remember that"

She rose smoothly, walking back over to Garrett, she slipped her hand in his, not even giving the wolf another glance.

Garrett traveled back home with Tabitha in silence. When they arrived home, he kissed Tabitha's cheek.

"I am sorry. Terrible day for.....well anything to happen really. I am....I'm gonna go to my room."

He was unsure of what to say so Garrett walked to his room. He sat on the middle of his bed and stared vacantly at the wall.

Samuel had healed up from the fight and bruises, and retrieved more clothes. He walked the plaza, looking at the dead vamps everywhere which made him smile. Soon more werewolves began flocking to Samuel, all in werewolf form. Within minutes of the first one showing up, two dozen more appeared behind it. Samuel stood in front of them all, arms outstretched.

"My friends!......No im sorry. YOU WORTHLESS COWARDS!"

The werewolves began snarling at Samuel.

"Oooh scary blah blah snarl snarl. Shut the fuck up. Listen here. I did this! I did! Me! First time in generations has a werewolf stood in this very spot, a spot that is rightfully ours. Until the vamps took over. Lucky you i've decided to stay. Now anyone who wants to leave, leave now. But if you stay, be ready to work. Im gonna whip all your sorry asses into shape......AND BRING DOWN THE VAMPS!"

All the werewolves howled in agreement.

Lucinda rolled over and got up throwing the torn clothes on the floor. She had dirt on her and her hair actually had motor oil in it from one of the vamps hands when he tried to take her down. She stepped into the shower and cleaned up again. When she walked into her room she walked into the closet again. This time she came out in blue jeans that were very tight and a tank top. "I guess I'll go back to the bar." She was upset for Garrett. She knew she should have kept Samuel away from there but she couldn't stop him he was the one driving. She walked outside and looked up at the clouds.

Lucinda was feeling really guilty and instead of going to the bar she headed back to the plaza. She needed to do something to keep the vampires out of the newspapers and maybe it would help assuage her guilt. When she got there she got really angry. She saw the vamp bodies being trampled on by werewolves. She looked up and she saw Samuel talking to one of the wolves. She walked right into the middle of the wolves and she grabbed vampire bodies and put them into a large open trailer and started a fire in it so she could dispose of them properly. Picking up Salazar's head and body in separate arms she put him in there too. By this time all of the wolves were watching her. She was carrying several bodies at once and one of the wolves stopped her."Get out of my way unless you want to join them!" She stared the wolf down.

Samuel looked over at the commotion and walked over to the scene. He waved the wolves away, leaving him alone, or at least given enough space to have a private conversation, with Lucinda.

"Hey babe! Whats going on?"

Lucinda put the remains in the trailer. She looked up at him. "I'm taking care of our dead. Why don't you use my name? It's Lucinda. Garrett and I are close we are siblings of a sort and what you did hurt him. You made ME hurt him. Why should I give you the time of day?"

Samuel raised an eyebrow. "So the tension that I could literally almost taste was just my imagination? And you just oh so seemed like siblings....totally."

Samuel pulled out a gun and spun it in his hand.

"And really but you dont seem that upset Gingersnap. I mean.....cmon show some sign of sadness or something cmon. And you will give me the time of day, because now I am the big man on wolf campus. You dont want relations to get worse than they already are do you? Figures as leader of my community, and you are obviously a leader of your own, we should......talk."

"Oh is that what you wanted to do with me, talk? You have no idea who you are dealing with." Lucinda rubbed her neck. "I need boots with 2ft platforms on them just to talk to you!" Frustration clear in her tone. "Tension? I would say so. You walked into my bar, manhandled me. Got into a fight with my barkeep and then there is this....And still there is something....." It was frustrating to her because she knew she was attracted to him.

Samuel took a step forward and picked Lucinda up by her waist. He held her in his arms, and he planted a serious kiss. He took a two second break only to say something quick. "Stop talking. Lets negotiate."The Samuel went back to kissing Lucinda.

Lucinda tried to pull away but part of her didn't want to and her arms slid around his neck and she kissed him back. When they pulled apart she was breathless and it took her a moment to gather herself. She couldn't remember ever being kissed with that kind of intensity before. She looked him in the eye and she blushed. "What are we negotiating?"

"Borderlines. Wolf boundaries have been too narrow this last decade. Wolves want more space, and we want our boundaries moved fast. Do this and - ,"Samuel said while slightly tempting Lucindas body with his hands," You will not regret it."

Lucinda knocked his hand back. "Put me down. You can't just kiss me senseless and expect me to negotiate borders. I just moved back into the area. I don't know where the borders are right now. Put me down the entire pack is staring at us."

Samuel raised an eyebrow and dropped Lucinda."My mistake. So then you aren't the leader of the vamp community here? Salazar was the muscle and I assumed you were in charge. You just have an......air about you."

"No, Garrett, Tabitha and I are the bosses. I just don't know where the borders are. We got into town day before yesterday. I haven't had time to find out. Why don't you go talk to Garrett about the borders. I'm sure he'd love your negotiating tactics. I expect you'd be dead before you could blink."

Samuel shrugged. "Ill stop by your place tomorrow then. Have a good night Gingersnap."

Samuel winked at Lucinda, then smacked her ass before he walked away.

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The Originals-The Prescotts- Closed

There is a new Top Dog in town

collab with @dabombjk@Caits

A man, slick mohawk and black shades on, parked his Harley in front of the club Mystiq. He had heard that Elyria was going to be a happening spot, and from the local news murder and mayhem was a happening thing around this area. He heard this some assholes territory, but he could fix that easily. If he felt like it. Which he didn't truly care about right now. As he got off his bike, he received a few dirty looks from passersby, all of whom shuddered and walked away quickly after receiving his signature werewolf eye stare. Samuel looked at the entrance and chuckled, thinking that this smelled like a place that wouldn't bore him.

Samuel walked inside. He could see some renovation was still being done, but since there was customers he assumed he wouldn't get kicked out when trying to get a drink. He walked up to the bar and ordered a jack and coke. He looked to his left and a pretty red head sat on the stool next to him.

"Hey Gingersnap - "Samuel said snapping his fingers once to get Lucinda's attention."Heard some happening shit was around here. Murder and Mayhem. Heard some upstart called Salazar owns the area. Know where I can find him?"

Alex slammed Samuel's drink down in front of him. ""Mind your manners." Lucinda looked up from her paperwork and looked at Alex and the different looking man next to her. "I haven't been called Ginger in a long time. Salazar? Yeah he is all around the industrial area on the far side of town. I' m not fond of him so have at it. It won't bother me none." Alex was staring a little too hard at Samuel and Lucinda tilted her head a little and gave him a look and he went back to stocking.

Lucinda couldn't help but notice that he was a werewolf. It was just a scent they couldn't get rid of. She didn't usually have problems with them but every now and then they would push her buttons. She barely glanced at him. "It might be best if you stayed nearer your own kind. You are in the wrong territory. I'd hate to see you get hurt." Lucinda got off of her chair and grabbed her pile of paperwork to get ready to send out.

Samuel laughed slightly, more like a chuckle really, and he stood up. He drank his jack and coke quickly, dropped the glass on the ground, and shrugged. "I couldn't care less about that. Trouble is for bitches."

Samuel took a step forward, slightly bent down, and kissed Lucinda hard on the mouth. When he broke off the kiss he winked at her, gave a two finger salute to Alex, and walked out of the bar. He got on his Harley and revved her up.

Alex had jumped over the bar ready to tear him a new one. Lucinda had trouble keeping him in the bar. So much so that she was chasing him out the door when Alex tackled the guy while he was sitting on his motorcycle. The motorcycle, Alex and the mohawk guy all fell onto the ground. " Son of a-" Lucinda didn't know what to do to make them stop fighting. She did the only thing she could do. She grabbed the motorcycle and hoisted it above her head. "Knock it off or I'll drop it on your heads." Alex had bloodied his lip and both of them were now dirty and a little bruised up. Alex got up and went to Lucinda as she put down the Harley and turned the ignition off." "Go." she said to Alex and he begrudgingly went inside.

Lucinda looked at the wolf as he stood up and she realized he was a giant. " "How the fuck tall are you? What is your name and what the hell makes you think it's okay to just up and kiss me like that?"

Samuel cracked his knuckles and rolled his neck. He actually felt better than he had felt when he had walked in to the club. Getting hit so softly like that was practically like a massage. He checked his baby once over, his special bike. He loved his Harley and couldn't believe someone would pick up his baby when he was not looking. Samuel pulled out a rag and started to wipe a few dirt marks off his bike. When he was satisfied he pocketed his rag and hopped on his bike again. He finally noticed Lucinda, and looked at her.

"......Gingersnap right? Look what do you want im busy."

Lucinda glared at him. She didn't like disrespectful people. " "The name is Lucinda Prescott. Don't come back until you learn some manners." Lucinda turned to go back inside the bar when the mailman handed her the mail and she frowned at one of the envelopes and sighed. She wasn't sure the day could get more annoying.

Samuel smiled. This was something new. Samuel took out a handgun from inside his vest and fired it a few times into the air. When he got Lucinda's attention he laughed.

"Gingersnap dont be like that! C'mon, why not come with me. Im going over to murder Salazar, might be fun. Maybe you wanna tag along?"

Lucinda exhaled and handed Alex the mail. "Stop calling me gingersnap. As much as I would probably like that I can't have anything to do with anything against Salazar. It's a family thing. I like your bike though."

Samuel fired another few rounds off, and grunted. "Oh please, family is shit. All you get from family is heart break and useless drama. Cmon hop on my bike, and watch me kill Salazar. Im starting to lose my blood buzz, and im just gonna keep firing my gun until you agree."

To prove his point, Samuel fired the last bit of rounds, then reloaded.

Lucinda saw the cop turn around and drive back towards them. " "Oh for God's sake." She walked over to the cop car and suggested to him that he wanted to find the donut shop and get some glazed donuts. In a moment or so he smiled, thanked her and drove away. She walked over to the guy on the bike and climbed onto the back of the bike.

" "We can go for a ride but not to Salazar's ok?" She waved at Alex and before they got to the corner he was calling her. She hit a button and it sent him to voice mail. Lucinda wrapped her arms as far around him as she could. He was really very large compared to her.

Samuel whooped and hollered, then rode off. He sped extremely fast, bobbing in and around cars that were going the actual speed limit. Samuel took a few minutes extra to get his destination, partially because he liked the way Gingersnap wrapped herself around him. He drove right through the front entrance and stopped in the middle of the plaza.

"SALAZAR! GET YOUR UGLY ASS OUT HERE!"

Immediately they were surrounded by vampires. And a few moments later Salazar himself stepped out. He walked right up to Samuel, unafraid, and Samuel.....well he did what he did best. Cause mayhem. He reached over and ripped off Salazars head. He held it under his arm.

"Remember me. Im Fucking Samuel!"

Samuel then sped away.

Lucinda had screamed " "No! " and had gotten off of the back of the bike so when he rode off he left her alone in the middle of 30 or 40 vampires. Her first instinct was to tell Garrett what happened. Her confusion and pain stopped her from dialing him. She went to walk back to her bar when the other vampires tried to stop her. "You need to walk away and let me pass." When they started to attack her she fought hard and many died and many were injured.

In the middle of the fight, Samuel came back but in full werewolf form. He stood at a solid 7 feet tall, with pitch black fur. He charged in and finished off all remaining injured vampires, taking them by surprise. When that was done he rushed more vampires, all scratching and biting as much as they could, but to no avail. When the fighting was over and the last ones standing were Samuel and Lucinda, Samuel changed back to human form. He had not brought an extra pair of clothes so he was naked.

"Fucking "A" Gingersnap!" Way to fight!"

Lucinda walked over to him. "Samuel is it? You just got me in deep shit!" She punched him hard in the gut and she sent him skidding backwards.

When she had her call go to voice mail Alex had called Garrett and told him about the wolf and what he said about Salazar. Lucinda looked up to see Garrett coming. " Shit !" She hit Samuel again.

Garrett had been spending the evening with Tabitha, sitting in his room and trying to figure themselves out, when Garrett got an unexpected call. He almost ignored the call, since it was from Alex, but then thought better. Alex wouldn't be calling him now out of all the times to call him unless it was an emergency. And what Alex said shook him. Werewolf? Salazar? Lucinda? Garrett immediately took off, bringing Tabitha with him, to the plaza where Salizar resided. When he arrived he was at a loss for words. So much death and destruction, with Salazars head at the center of it all. Garrett walked over and knelt at the head of Salazar.

Meanwhile Samuel had reverted back to wolf form and put distance between himself and Lucinda. He could still speak but it was very gruff. "Cmon Gingersnap, seemed like the guy had it coming."

Garrett said nothing, too distraught and mourning his favorite spawn.

Lucinda looked at Samuel like he was out of his mind. She looked at Garrett and Tabitha and for some reason she saw the intimacy between them and it infuriated her even more.

"Garrett, I didn't kill Salazar, it happened so fast I didn't have time to stop it. Then the rest attacked me. 90% of those kills are mine, but not Salazar. I'm sorry."

Lucinda looked at herself and she took off running towards home. Her clothes were torn and her hair was a mess and she was too upset to deal with much more right then. Lucinda went inside the house and and into her bedroom. She slid her boots off and flopped onto her bed. Her mind was whirling and she didn't know what to think or do next. She closed her eyes so she could try to focus her thoughts.

Garrett stayed there, holding the head of his dead spawn. It didnt matter that Lucinda said she had nothing to do with it, it didnt matter some stupid werewolf did it. It didnt matter Tabitha was here. All that mattered to Garrett was that his friend, someone he trusted with a piece of himself, was gone. broken. Destroyed. He hurt on the inside worse than he had in a long long time. He looked over at Samuel.

"I......Salazar knew the risks of running an operation this big. He had enemies. Im sure of it. I dont know you, but you killed my spawn. I allow you to live right now, but if I ever see you again beast you are dead."

Garrett stood up and dropped the head of his dead friend. He looked at Tabitha, hurt in his eyes.

"Lets go home."

Meanwhile, Samuel contained himself and laughed on the inside. He looked around. This place seemed fine enough, and since he just took out the head vamp, there was a job vacancy.........

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The Originals-The Prescotts- Closed

The Rift

collab with @DAbombjk

Garrett had decided to follow Lucinda after parting ways with Jackson and being the over caring older brother to Tabitha. Lucinda had run off, but he knew that even if she stayed away for a bit she would come home eventually. He knew he was going to have his hands full with her this time. Lucinda hated to be told what to do, and he hated telling her what to do. But she didnt undertstand, No matter what, Jackson was his creation and he had to deal with him. Anyone else doing something to him would be a spot on HIS pride. If anyone was going to put Jackson in his place, Garrett was going to do it.

Garrett eventually found his way home some few hours later, deciding to grab a late night snack. He was licking his fingers from his "snack" when he entered his home.

"Lucinda!" Lucinda! Are you here?"

Lucinda came out of the bathroom in a bathrobe while combing through her hair. She sat on her bed. "I'm in my room!" She kept carefully trying to detangle her hair. When the door opened she ignored it and said "I'm still upset with you."

Garrett walked into Lucinda's room and shut the door. He stood up, but leaning against the door.

"Your mad? for what? Me not telling you I turned Jackson? Me telling you to back off when he threatened you? Or me not immediatley giving chase to you when you ran off?"

Lucinda glared at him and stood up but that didn't help her to look him in the eye as she was 8 or 9 inches shorter than he was. "Why did you tell me to backoff when he threatened ME? Don't you think I should defend myself or should I just let him kill me because you don't want me to fight back? And what gives you the right to boss me around?" Lucinda's eyes were flashing with intense passion from her anger.

"I knew you were his maker, I'm not stupid. I can smell your blood in his veins. And no Garrett you've never chased me before in 1200 years why would you start now? At this point I don't even think you are all that much. It's just comfortable for you, we are your family, your coven and that is all you will ever see me as." Lucinda sat down on the cedar chest at the end of the bed and continued her hair combing.

"Jackson is my responsibility and you have no right to try to force yourself into what I have planned for him. I told you to back off because I could almost taste your bloodlust and I wasnt even standing next to you."

Garrett scoffed.

"Please, we both know he couldnt have injured you permanetley. I know just how strong you are. He cant kill you. Lord knows how many people have tried and all have failed. Jackson is nothing more than a pup."

"I told you what to do, because I told you what to do. If you have an issue with it, shove it."

Garrett shrugged and scratched his head.

"Lucinda.......please dont."

Garrett walked over to Lucinda and wrapped his arms around her shoulders.

"Maybe when we were mortals....things were different.....but we have been through so much and we have been here for so long......."

Lucinda was hurt and pissed that he couldn't see. She kissed his arm and laid her head on it. She kinda chuckled sarcastically." We already have the longest almost marriage in history. 1200 years of marriage. It sounds like marriage. We fight, we makeup, we sleep in separate beds and love? Well that is more one sided too so I would gather that you can go ahead and ignore me like you always do."

"By the way, both Alex and Andrew are here too. Do try not to pick a fight." She had reverted to sarcasm in her defense so he wouldn't see how much it hurt her.

Garrett tensed when he heard Alex and Andrew were here. He never did like either of them very much.

"Why? We just got here why would-"

Garret narrowed his eyes, then took a step back.

"Seriously? We just got here and you already made a booty call? We have serious work to do! I enjoy playing more than any of us three originals but when we have work to do, we need to do our work. Not get distracted!"

Lucinda smirked a little. "Booty call huh? That is funny. Andrew found me on his own and I had Alex come down to help me with running the bar. He is still there now. I'm not sure where Andrew is right now I didn't chip him you know.

"Whatever. All the people you could bed, and you chose andrew."

Garrett sighed.

"I dont want to fight you right now. Believe it or not, seeing my favorite spawn turn out to be my enemy isnt exactly what I would call fun."

Lucinda stood up and said, There is a big difference between love and sex. You of all people should know that..What makes you think it was Andrew and not Alex?"

She asked quite amused. Since they were still talking she walked into the closet and dropped her robe on the ground and started pulling an outfit on. When she came out she was wearing silky pants and a long flowy silk top.

Garrett turned his head as Lucinda changed and refused to look at her when she was dressed.

"Please. I can smell Andrew. He left......quite the "scent" behind. On the bed. On the wall. On the ground......on you."

Garrett shrugged. "Its none of my business who you diddle....well actually no I take that back."

Garrett looked at Lucinda and stood up straight.

"Lucinda your practically my sister. We have been here for so long, I dont know if I can see you any other way. Especially when I know who you have been with. I am sorry if this upsets you, but I do love you."

[color=red]"I am not your sister and you don't love me. I would know this since I've been in love with you for over 1200 years! Who I have bedded? That's funny! How many times have I walked in on you and one of your floosies? Hookers and whatever else you could find to plant yourself into! Maybe we originals should split up." She said angrily even though inside she felt like he was twisting her insides.

Garrett finally had enough."Really? 1200 years and you want to split us up? Because your feeings were hurt? Fuck you, you fucking child Lucinda! How could you think of doing that to Tabitha?"

Garrett was more upset than he had been in awhile. He was clenching his fists and it took all his strength not to punch the wall and bring the house down.

"Not the three of us. This is my house and Tabitha can stay here with me." Lucinda turned her back on him. "I love you Garrett but I can't keep going on pretending like I don't. You can stay here but we should probably stay away from each other for a while."

Lucinda put her boots on and she opened her bedroom door and walked out of her room while putting her earrings on.

Garrett closed his eyes and rubbed them. This headache wasnt going away anytime soon, and he had no idea how to fix this. It wasnt as if he didnt understand what she was going through, but he couldnt help it. There was once a time when they were mortal, he did feel the same way. But times have changed him and he loved another. He didnt understand why she loved him as she did. He never once thought of himself as someone who deserved her love. She may be sometimes impatient, and tough headed, but he did love her. He did not want to pretend to love her when he didnt feel love for her in that way. She was too important to him.

Garrett left her room and went to his room. He walked inside, and stepped in front of his body length mirror. He grew angry for a moment and punched the mirror, shattering it in several pieces. Garrett looked at his hand, undamaged.

Lucinda felt her heart grow colder. She was surprised that after all these years she was still just like most girls. She still wanted the basic things. She wanted love and she was just not going to find that. She needed to resolve herself to that. She slammed the door on her way out and headed towards the bar.

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The Bandit Attack

collaboration with @king tai@caits@dabombjk

Darius was sitting in front of the campfire, eyes closed and mind calmed. He had, for the last small stretch of time, been going over what he had read in his small leather bound journal. He did not know if anyone else knew about it and for once he actually hoped they did not. Throughout this entire trip he had made no illusions of secrecy, or at least never out rightly lied. He may not have told the entire truth on some things and he may have refused to say some things but he never lied. Darius felt a small sense of pride on knowing he did not lie. He hoped he would not have to lie about his small leather bound journal because he would if someone asked about it. And what it said........Darius felt uneasy.

Darius felt the air slightly change when Jamie sat next to him. A useful skill he was taught, being able detect small changes in the air around him. He did not look over, but he could tell it was Jamie. From the small but light thud she made when she sat down, to the slight fragrance she carried on her person. The biggest give away though, was that she sat next to him. The only person who would sit next to him would be Jamie, the only person brave enough. Darius lifted his left hand and placed it on Jamies leg. He squeezed once and let go.

Darius tensed suddenly. There was a sudden nip in the air, and it made him uneasy. He had felt this before.....Darius opened his eyes and looked around. Why did he have such a bad feeling?

As silent as a nights breeze and as quick as the speed of light Darius reached out in front of his and Jamies face with both his hands and caught an arrow aimed right for their foreheads. He leaped up and tossed both arrows back in the direction they came from, landing with a slicing sound followed by two thuds as two bodies hit the ground. Darius unsheathed both blades from his person and yelled loud enough for the group to hear.

"EVERYONE TO YOUR FIGHTING STANCES! WE ARE BEING ATTACKED."

Darius looked over at Jamie.

All around The Shadow everyone had started to stir and started to defend themselves. Bandits, dressed head to toe in leather and other such materials, had started to appear almost put of the shadows it seemed like. But they did not fight like normal bandits. They had such skill, that everyone in the camp seemed to have trouble fending off the horde of attackers. They swarmed the caravan, the area around the camp, and the tents propped up.

As Darius tensed, Jamie put her whetstone down, holding her sword, glancing about. Out the corner of her eye, she saw the arrow coming, but couldn't do anything about it. Darius's lightening quick move stopped the arrow, and she quickly rose to her feet. Stationary for a moment as the bandits swarmed the camp, it seemed impossible to count their number, but it was clear they meant business. Even with their new numbers, Jamie figured they would struggle slightly against them. So, best to get to it. She glanced about, knowing she could do more damage with her bow, she searched for slightly higher ground, that would be easy to defend. Wondering why they had camped where they were, she sighed softly, catching Darius's glance, she gave him a smile.

"Lets go"

Then she was off, targeting a group of bandits, making her way towards the caravans.

Elyra had just started to relax when Razer jumped up and knocked her over in the process. As he moved her eyes opened and she saw masked men attacking the camp. Elyra looked to her gear and it was in the caravan. She pulled the slingshot out of her pocket and the dagger out of her skirt. Someone fell against her and she was sent sprawling. She lost her slingshot in the attempt to get under the caravan cart nearest her.

Maren and Aelar were in the tent and Elyra darted out dodging her companions as well as the enemy. She noticed that there were several gargantu among the bandits. One of the gargantu caught her as she ducked around a horse and she stabbed him in the neck. He dropped her with her at least four feet to the ground and she yelled. "MAREN, AELAR." She could hear them getting ready to come out. Maren poked her head out first and she shot an arrow at one of the gargantu's. When it missed, Elyra grabbed her and she pulled her into the forest. "Shh," Elyra said. "We can't fight hand to hand so we are staying safe." She whispered. "Let the fighters fight and we can work on them after. We aren't doing them any favors if they are trying to save us repeatedly."

Darius scanned the horde of bandits. He dodged and counter attacked as best as he could but he was having a hard time launching a full on assault. The skill the bandits showed was no joke, and their numbers made them disturbing. But there was something else. He kept looking backwards and keeping an eye on Jamie. Every so often when an enemy had gotten behind her he would leap backwards and take care of the bandit. But every time he did this it left him quite open.

As such, Darius's situation went south quickly. Darius quickly twirled around, blocking a blade from Jaimes neck, when an arrow suddenly protruded from the bottom left spot of Darius stomach. Darius was staggered, but quickly turned around and threw a knife at the archer, killing him.

Fighting was always chaotic, and yet it often had a clarity to it. Often about acting and reacting, Jamie tried not to keep herself exposed, but there were so many of the bandits, it was quite hard. She started to turn, as Darius blocked the blade that probably would have severed her neck, earning himself an arrow.

It caused Jamie to stop a moment, before she spun back around, slashing out with her blade, before slipping it back into her sheath, and bringing out her bow. Stepping back towards Darius, she began to rapidly fire arrows, not really stopping to aim, just seeking to take down as many as she could.

Romarod continued to sit at the campfire thinking about this music thing that was explained and demonstrated earlier by both Elyra and Jamie. It sounded nice but there had to be more. He wanted...more. Looking at the campfire as the flickering flame continued to hypnotize Romarod for a moment, his concentration was broken from Darius warning of an attack, looking up to the arrows being shot at some of his comrades.

He stood up as 3 bandits noticed him, aiming for the giant, shooting their arrows towards him as he brought his palm up pointing it towards the arrows as his force pushing magic deflected them, braking them into smaller sticks. The moment he did that he felt a blunt force from behind, as pain started to form on his back by the blindside hit he took from another Gargantu who used a war hammer, swinging it to smash into Romarod's back, causing the big guy to fall to one knee.

This was the opening the bandits needed as two rushed him and the third stayed behind to aim once again with his arrow. The first fight Romarod is in and already in a tight spot. He looked up and noticed he couldn't defend his front and rear at the same time without having to sacrifice another hit if he was to try and turn and pull a double force palm on each side. So, with his size, he knew he had the power but he wouldn't be fast enough to counter all of that but that would be if he was a non-magi.

Before the other gargantu could attack once again, Romarod used his kinetic acceleration to become a living cannonball/battering ram. Escaping the gargantu behind him with his propulsion, he shoulder blocking the three bandits in front of him knocking them down and possibly injuring them, taking them out of commission before getting hit with a countering punch while still in acceleration after taking down the bandits by another gargantu. Dazing Romarod and bringing him to his hands and knees, now...the gargantu magi had two from his own race to deal with.

Elyra saw her slingshot and told Maren to stay there. She darted out into the fray once again. Her dad gave her that and if he was really gone....she had to have it back. She kept low to the ground and ran as fast as she could. She just got her hands on it when someone grabbed her by her hair and hoisted her into the air. She shrieked and no matter how hard she kicked she couldn't get away and they were big enough to keep her from stabbing them with her dagger.

Maren saw Elyra hoisted into the air like a rag doll and she grabbed her bow and arrow and shot the gargantu in the shoulder. he turned around and as he did Elyra was flung around by her hair. The pain from her head was ridiculous and Maren decided that there had to be another way. She ran out to the fire. She picked up a branch out of the fire and she advanced on him burning him. Unfortunately, Maren set Elyra's dress on fire in the process. The gargantu threw Elyra when her dress caught fire. She rolled and put the dress out but her legs were burnt. Adrenaline made her get up and run. She grabbed Maren and back into the woods they went. Once out of sight Elyra raised what was left of the top skirt and took her shoes off. She quickly looked at her legs and assessed the situation. She decided they needed to stay hidden no matter what.

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ok fb me when you get home. DA gets off at 7 tonight too so we'll work on MP tonight.

Blood Compact No More-CLOSED-3 months

Nora Baker

Nora noticed the similarities in the designs on the handle and on the cross and she gasped. Nora looked at Sasha and Vladimir. "There are more weapons with this design on them. They are kept locked up. I know the old stories of five weapons of destruction but I never realized that three were used to kill Dracula before. I can take you to the weapons but I can't unlock the room. Dracula is the only one who has both a key and a combination as well as a way to break the curse on the room."

This revelation had even Violet intrigued. "He has the other two weapons of destruction? So he would have the bow and arrow and the sword?" Nora nodded. Violet smiled a little. "My isn't he the cheeky one?"

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I will see about getting it written but this is the first I've heard of it so I might recruit some people to help me with it.

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Blood Compact No More-CLOSED-3 months

Nora Baker

Nora had watched Piper but she was more curious about the Kukri knife and the cross. It kind of weirded her out to see Vladimir pull it out of his side like that. "My I see those? What was the third item again? There is a third right? I may have an idea where it is." She looked at the knife and to anyone else it would just look like a normal kukri knife but being a vampire Nora could actually see the tiny specs of blood on it that a mere human would not see. "How were these used against him? Don't they have to be used in a certain way or order?" She looked at the cross and did not touch that one. She wondered, it would make sense. Dion had told her about the third artifact that was used in his prior death. "Please, what is the other weapon?"

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