WindsOfFate

BlackBrick Academy [CatMint and Winds of Fate] - {Mature}

Caleb looked at Ambrose after he confessed his apology. He meant every word he said, but Ambrose quickly looked away from him. No doubt he was thinking about all the bad things that had occurred after they had met. He was silent for a while until Ambrose spoke and his head lifted to look at Ambrose with sincere eyes. What was there to say? What more could he say? He didn't know what else to say other than that he was sorry and wanted to move forward, but he had apologized already. He sighed and reached out, even in pain and touched Ambrose's hand.

"I just wanted to make sure you are alright," Caleb began lightly squeezing Ambrose's hand. "You're an amazing guy Ambrose, and you deserve to be happy in your life. You've been through a lot, but I want you to be happy Ambrose, and I want you to enjoy your time here. I will do everything in my power to make sure you are safe, even if it kills me."

Caleb released his soft grip on Ambrose's hand and clutched his side because of the wave of pain and nausea that washed over him. He leaned back and groaned closing his eyes and exhaling slowly.

@Catmint

BlackBrick Academy [CatMint and Winds of Fate] - {Mature}

Caleb watched as security scrambled to get into position at various points in university. They were trained for things like this. The death of the student did indeed travel through the school like wildfire, but the Headmaster was able to calm everyone down and get the students back on track. There was a curfew put in place. Everyone was to be in their rooms by 9:00 pm, and if anyone was caught after hours disciplinary actions would be taken. For a university, it was strange to be put on restriction, but it was all to keep them safe. Caleb exhaled as he moved gently through the halls. It felt like he was being watched even though he was down a hallway with no guards. It made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. A cold wind washed over him and he placed a firm hand against the wall, holding his injured side with his free hand. It was when he heard a voice in his ear that fear ran down his spine. The voice told him no one was safe, and it matched that of the demon he had fought, the same demon that gave him the wounds he had. He looked around but no one was there and he moved slightly quicker to get to the underground library.

If they weren't safe in the University then they needed to face the creature before it killed them all. He had to duck and dodge guards here and there, but he made it to the meeting spot. He slowly walked down the stairs and pushed open the door before closing it behind him. His eyes took in the scene before him. Sam was standing looking at Ambrose and listening to him while Ariana ran a nervous hand through her hair. When he closed the door and walked in they both stared at him.

"Caleb," Ariana gasped, "you shouldn't be out of bed," she said worriedly. Caleb shook his head.

"I'll be fine Ariana, besides this is important," Caleb replied looking over at Ambrose for a moment before Sam got his attention.

"Are the halls clear?" she asked.

"Security is tight, curfew is in place, it's crazy. WHAT THE HELL ARE WE FACING HERE?" Caleb questioned causing Sam's face to lose its color.

"I don't think we're dealing with a low-level demon Caleb, I think it's more than what it seems. We need to find out quickly before someone else dies," she said causing Ariana to clear her throat.

"When you fought it, Caleb, did you feel anything different from that of a normal Tuchulcha?" she asked causing Sam to bite at her fingernail waiting for an answer.

"Its eyes were soulless, dark and reminiscent to the void," Caleb said exhaustion kicking in from moving so much with his injuries. Ariana helped him to a seat next to Ambrose. "It was inhumanly strong, and magic seemed to not phase it much, though I was able to hurt it by physically attacking it. It...." Caleb paused as he turned to Ambrose and sighed. "It said it wanted you, and Sam and that it would make you suffer and make me watch. Look, Ambrose, I know you may hate me, or whatever but I want to apologize to you for what I did. We may not know each other and I feel like I messed that up and I'm sorry. I wish I could take it back, and start over, but I will make the most of the time I have left because I will not let it hurt you, I won't, even if it kills me I won't."

"Don't talk like that," Sam said a tear staining her beautiful eyes, "you're talking as if you're going to die as if you've accepted it."

"It sounds like a monster, something more than a Tuchulcha. Are you able to draw what you saw?" Ariana asked placing a soft hand on his shoulder.

"I can give it a whirl," Caleb replied causing Ariana to nod before walking over to the other side of the room to give Caleb a chance to talk to Ambrose. "So can we talk?" He asked Ambrose as he clenched his side and exhaled painfully. Sam was about to move to his side but he shook his head and she sighed moving back to study what she knew about the creature.

@Catmint

BlackBrick Academy [CatMint and Winds of Fate] - {Mature}

Caleb was tired of not being able to move around on his own. He knew the wounds needed time to heal, but he was tired of being a potato. Slowly he moved his legs and draped them over the edge of the bed. His pain receptors were screaming for him to stop, but he continued. When the cold feeling of the marble floor filled his senses, he exhaled and closed his eyes. They had helped him a few times with exercises to help keep his movement after being in a bed for so long, but now he was trying on his own and he was determined. At first, when he stood, he stumbled and fell, clutching against the wall, his breathing heavy. The nurse rushed in after hearing the commotion and tried to help Caleb, but he refused, wanting to do it on his own. Stepping back against her better judgment, the nurse watched as Caleb slowly stood to his feet on his own and moved slowly towards the other side of the room. He felt pain, pain that made him want to quit, but he wouldn't, he couldn't. He was going to find a way to defeat the demon, but he would need his friend's help.

When the nurse saw that Caleb was walking on his own, she smiled and touched his shoulder.

"You're amazing you know that?" She stated as she removed her hand.

"Thanks," Caleb said smiling in between the waves of pain. He moved back to his bed and pressed the morphine drip, his pain subsided quickly. Slowly he positioned himself back in bed and sighed. He was comfortable for a man with eight stab wounds. Caleb rested as time went by. He was sure Sam was in her class just as everyone else. His homework was being delivered to him and he did as much as he could within reason. When he woke up, he groaned as he felt pain from his movement. There was chatter and he overheard the nurses talking about a dead student being found on school premises. Caleb froze up, unsure how to react to the news. The nurse looked over at him and he pretended to be asleep. She wiped his forehead with a clean rag to remove the sweat and checked his vitals before leaving. Caleb's wounds ached, and he wondered how the student died and who had found them.

At that moment everyone's phone in the group vibrated. Sam was calling an emergency meeting. She informed Caleb that he didn't have to come, that she would fill him in, but he insisted that he would be there. Caleb called for the nurse, asking her for clothes to wear as he wanted to go to the library. She insisted he stay in bed, but he refused and she shook her head.

"Fine, fine but if you go you have to report in every thirty minutes, understand?" the nurse said with a stern look.

"Alright," Caleb said.

The nurse left and returned with some clothes for Caleb. As much as she didn't like it, she had to admit that Caleb did have a strong will. She handed him the clothes and helped him get dressed.

Samantha was in the underground library as she waited for everyone to get there. Ariana was the first to arrive. She sighed and looked at Sam.

"Do you think it's the demon?" She asked, "the wards around the school should've kept it out."

"I don't know," Sam replied, "but we're going to find out. A demon of its strength wouldn't be able to breach the wards, so if it is the culprit then it is far stronger than we first anticipated, it could very well be something else entirely, having taken the form of the lesser demon to slip through the gateway to our world."

@Catmint

BlackBrick Academy [CatMint and Winds of Fate] - {Mature}

Sam held Caleb's hand as she watched the respirator bag inflate and deflate which indicated that Caleb was receiving oxygen. She slowly ran her free hand over the wounds and could feel a dark taint that caused her to retract her hand and placed it on Caleb's forehead. He seemed cold, but she knew he was alive and that reassured her that they'd have more adventures, at least she hoped. Slowly one by one everyone in the group appeared. Sam let out tears every once in a while as she sat in the chair next to the bed. She looked up as Ariana appeared, followed by Jeremy. She smiled, thankful that they had come. Then Ambrose came and the look on her face broke her heart. He looked as if he was looking at an estranged lover who was about to die and he didn't know how to say his goodbyes. She remained silent as Ariana asked how she was holding up, and her response was a simple "I'm fine," but that was it. Ariana looked at Sam and sighed. "What happened?"

"The headmaster knows everything," Sam replied looking at each of them. "He wants to help us, but he said that he will come to us once we are ready. He....," Sam paused and looked at Caleb running her thumb over the top of his hand. His grip tightened slightly around her hand and she managed a weak smile. "He told me that the demon will go after our families and that it is doing something, something dark that will cause great chaos."

Ariana sighed and reached to touch Caleb's hand, her own trembling as she retracted her hand and stuffed it in her coat pocket.

THREE WEEKS LATER!

Caleb sat up in the bed groaning as the wounds were slow in healing. He could still feel immense pain when he moved, but thankfully he had awoken from his unresponsive state. The nurses were happy to see him recovering, even if it was slow, but Caleb was happy to be alive. He had been foolish in his actions, but he hoped that his friends would forgive him. Currently, he was alone and no one was in the room. They all had lives and school to think about. The headmaster had visited with him a few times to check on him. When there was no one else around they talked about what happened and he told him everything. It was interesting to see the Headmaster's response. Now as he sat there, he couldn't help but wonder where his life would end up. He knew that he had to apologize to Ambrose. He had taken the freshman through hell and back and it saddened him. He couldn't blame Ambrose for backing away from him and not wanting to try, but Caleb sighed. He really did want to try with Ambrose. For some reason the guy intrigued him, made him smile, but he had to respect Ambrose's wishes. The look he had given him when Alex had died and he brought him back still cut deep. Sighing, he grunted in pain as he tried to adjust himself in bed again but the pain was unbearable and he pressed his morphine drip to ease the pain.

"I'm sorry Alex, I'm sorry Ambrose, I'm sorry," he said to no one as he looked towards the window and waited. He hoped to be back on his feet in the coming days.

@Catmint

BlackBrick Academy [CatMint and Winds of Fate] - {Mature}

Nurses scrambled around the unresponsive Caleb as they checked his vitals. He was still alive, but he had lost a lot of blood. His wounds seemed to resist the magic they attempted to use to seal them. Worried, they had contacted the headmaster to see what course of action they had to take. Sam had finally managed to sit down, but it wasn't to last. She was back on her feet pacing the floor and biting her lower lip. It had been nearly an hour and they'd said nothing to her. She was worried and it showed on her face. With his life hanging in the balance, the nurses moved to use traditional medicine to keep the wounds from becoming infected. They cleaned the wounds and stitched the wounds together as best they could, but with wounds that resisted magic, it was hard to tell how long it would take for Caleb to heal.

Finally, after an hour and thirty minutes, they managed to stabilize his vitals. A nurse walked out to Sam and looked at her with worried eyes.

"He's stable," the female nurse said with a sincere smile as if trying to console her. "He lost a lot of blood, and the wounds seemed to be resistant to magic. I'm afraid he has to heal on his own for this. Where, if you don't mind me asking, did he obtain such wounds?"

Sam's eyes widened at the news, and when the nurse asked her a question, she froze for a moment until the nurse cleared her throat and she blinked a few times. "I...I don't know," Sam lied trying her hardest to hold it together. "When can I see him?" she asked.

"Once the headmaster has come, we will let you know, please sit until then," the nurse said as she turned and returned to her duties. Sam let out a whimper as she realized that Caleb could've died. She couldn't imagine not seeing his smiling face every day. She couldn't fathom it, and it hurt her that he was in such a dark place and she was unable to help him.

The Headmaster strode into the infirmary. He was dressed in black robes, his head uncovered showing long tangle free black hair. When he moved, his hair seemed to move. His eyes were a deep sapphire blue, and if you looked into them they seemed to swirl like a galaxy. He looked at Sam as he approached and smiled.

"Samantha, what are you doing here? You should be resting," he said his eyes delving into her mind and soul. She tried so hard to look away, but he was intimidating and she couldn't help but shrink under his sheer power. He looked at her, his eyes scouring and finding answers to his questions. She whimpered and moved to a chair where the headmaster simply shook his head. "I will speak with you later Samantha," the headmaster said a bit of authority in his voice as he walked through the double doors that led to Caleb. When he walked into the room, the nurse stationed over Caleb began to fill him in on what they'd experienced with the wounds. The headmaster's eyebrow raised in surprise as his mind went to work piecing things together. Caleb was still unresponsive as the headmaster walked over and touched the side of Caleb's face. "Live my son, you are a fighter. Nurse, I want around the clock watch, and allow his friends to visit for as long as they want. Let me know if ANYTHING changes."

"Yes sir," the nurse responded as the Headmaster leaned forward and placed a fatherly kiss on Caleb's forehead. With that he left the room and returned to check on Samantha. When he arrived she was sitting in silence.

"Samantha, do you want to explain to me what happened? Or do I need to tell you?" He began shaking his head. "What I don't understand is how you managed to release one without proper training. They are dangerous beings, and it should've been reported to me when it happened. I must say I am very disappointed in you Samantha."

"I...I know, I didn't want to involve anyone else, and I thought I could handle it," Samantha said trying her hardest not to burst into tears.

"Nonetheless, Caleb encountered it, fought it and you see the results. If you are going to banish it then you will need my help. Relax, the demon will not attack during the daylight, and it cannot breach the school's wards, but I cannot say that your families are any safer. It knows who to find and where to find them. My guess is that it is working on something to help it accomplish its goals." The headmaster sighed and shook his head. "You may see Caleb, but please remember I will visit with you all when it is time."

The Headmaster strode out of the room without another word. Samantha knew that it wasn't over and she sighed. She knew she was in trouble, but she would not allow the others to take the blame, she would take it all. She stood up but sent a text to Ariana, Jeremy, and Ambrose to let them know that Caleb was stable and that she would sit with him. Once the message was sent, she entered the room and saw Caleb's unresponsive body. Bandages wrapped around his shirtless body. Four red dots on his abdomen and on his shoulder were prominent and she swallowed hard. She didn't know what to say.

Ariana sat with Jeremy and Ambrose and looked at them.

"What are we going to do?" she said waiting for some sort of sign. As she walked around the room with a look of pure worry on her face, she felt her phone vibrate and she immediately snatched it out of her pocket. She read the message and shook her head. "This is not good. He's stable but still unresponsive, but we can see him if we want."

@Catmint

BlackBrick Academy [CatMint and Winds of Fate] - {Mature}

Sam looked at Ambrose with a shocked look on her face. She was worried for him now as well as Caleb. She was worried for all of them. They had an incredible and difficult task before them and yet they weren't functioning as a team, instead there was blame being thrown and anger laced in words. She couldn't blame Ambrose for being angry. He had only recently discovered that this world he now lived in existed, and he was slowly coping with it, which wasn't good when he witnessed the way some decided to explore magic.

Sam walked over to Ambrose and sighed as she looked into his eyes. "Ambrose, we're going to get through this. I know you're new to all of this, but trust me we're going to make it. I just need you to focus and trust me. I wouldn't lead you down the wrong path." She paused for a moment to think about where Caleb might be. "If I know him as well as I should, I'm willing to bet he went back to the scene. He's looking for it, searching in a place he thinks it would be."

"I'll go after him," Ariana suggested, "Ambrose do you want to tag along?" she asked walking over to Ambrose and smiling. Regardless if they knew each other well enough or not, they were all in this together and the better they worked together the easier it would be for them to make it out of this situation alive. "I only hope we're not too late," Sam stated with a sigh as she turned and moved towards the table she had been standing in front of before Caleb's exit.

Caution tape warned any passersby that something had happened, but not what. Caleb stood in front of the house that so many deaths had occurred the night before. Back to the scene of the crime. Why he was there was obvious to anyone, but he took in the sinister place and sighed. He could feel an ominous wind blow through his hair and it caused his to shudder slightly. Slowly he moved towards the house, slipping under the caution tape and moving towards the front door. It opened just as he was about to touch it, causing him to retract his hand quickly. Sighing, he tried to calm his nerves. Breathing, he opened the door more and stepped through the threshold. The house had been cleaned of the bodies and blood that littered it that night. The smell still lingered and he covered his mouth with his hand as he moved through the house towards the basement slowly and cautiously.

The door to the basement was ajar, but he figured the cleaning crew had left it open. He hadn't seen anything out of the ordinary so far, but he still felt as if he was being watched. His descent into the basement came with a shock as he found the light still on. The door slammed shut and he whirled around to see nothing. His nerves were getting the better of him.

"Damnit Caleb you can do this," he kept telling himself as he moved around the basement searching for something. Then he saw it, the symbol etched into the wall. There was a pentagram, a very descriptive one written in what looked to be some sort of blood or red liquid. It was dry, but he saw it as clear as day. Had that been there before they started the ritual? They hadn't seen it because the lights were so dim, but now it was bright in the room and he could clearly see it. He slowly approached it, wondering why someone had drawn a direct link to hell on the wall. He felt the darkness, he felt extremely uneasy and he needed to get out. He started backing away from the symbol, wanting to get up the stairs as quickly as possible. He felt the urge to vomit, and he stumbled somewhat as if the air was being sucked out of his lungs, and the strength from his limbs. He got extremely light head as he neared the stairs, but he made his way up them opening the door and breathing. He gasped and whispered a prayer of thanks to whatever deity had helped him get out of the basement, but he wasn't out of the woods yet.

He could feel something, and as he stood up straight and turned around he saw it. Standing in the entry to the basement was a figure, pale skinned, eyes as dark as the night sky and teeth razor sharp. The hands on the creature were elongated and resembled claws. It was dressed in what looked to be pants and a trench coat. Caleb gasped at what he saw, but he slowly backed away from it until he was sure he could turn and run. Just as he rounded the corner that led to the front door he felt something snatch his shoulder back. He hit the wall with a loud thud as the demon picked him up, it's clawed hand digging into the flesh of his shoulder. Caleb let out a pain filled scream and the demon licked its lips in response. It appeared to be enjoying his agony.

Caleb tried to perform a spell, anything to help him in this situation, but the demon tossed him against the adjacent wall. He nearly had the air knocked out of him. He groaned as he crawled towards the door.

"You're foolish mortal," the demon spoke, "to come alone and yet perhaps you wished for this, I can feel your anger, your heart, your anguish. This boy, this Ambrose what does he mean to you?"

"STAY AWAY FROM HIM!," Caleb yelled clutching his bleeding shoulder as the demon laughed.

"You should be more concerned with what I am going to do to you," it replied snatching Caleb up and slamming him into the wall. Caleb grunted in pain. If he was going to die, he didn't want to make it easy for the demon. He stood slowly to his feet.

"Is that all you got?" Caleb teased causing the demon to smirk.

"So tell me, how do you plan on saving him? When I am done with him you won't recognize him, or maybe I should let you watch. The looks on your faces when you set me free, the way your friend covered it up, she is a piece of work."

"STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM HIM, ESPECIALLY HER!" Caleb spat shooting a spike of condensed energy at the demon. He missed as it looked at the wall behind it seeing the damage from the missile. The smile on its face when it looked at Caleb made him swallow.

"You're going to be fun," it said moving swiftly knocking Caleb against the wall. Caleb spits blood onto the floor as he struggled to get up, but he screaming in agony when he felt something stab him in the side. The demon's claws dug deep into his side, lifting him up and slicing into his flesh. Blood spilled from the wound as he glared into the soulless black eyes of the demon.

"SEE YOU IN HELL!" Caleb spat as he slammed both of his hands against the head of the demon. It roared and dropped Caleb who immediately began working his hands. The demon snatched its attention back on Caleb but before it could jump on him again, Caleb vanished. The demon roared in anger. Its prey had escaped.

As Ariana moved to prepared to depart, there was a loud thud on the other side of the room. Caleb had landed on one of the empty tables causing it to split in two. He wasn't moving and Ariana gasped when she saw it. Sam's eyes widened in fear as she stood, too shocked to move.

"Ca...Ca....Caleb," she finally spoke as she moved to his side. His eyes were closed and his breathing was shallow. "Caleb," she said against shaking him, but there was no response. "SOMEBODY HELP ME!" she yelled tears streaming down her face as she didn't know what to do. Ariana rushed over to them and knelt down as her eyes began to water.

"Sam, Sam we need to get him to the medical wing, quickly," Ariana suggested as Sam looked at her as if she'd slapped her, but she nodded.

Sam had teleported leaving Jeremy, Ariana and Ambrose alone. She arrived at the medical wing and they immediately snatched Caleb from her. She was a mess, she didn't know what to tell them even though they asked her question after question. She was in the waiting room pacing the floor trying to figure out what she would tell them. The headmaster would know about this, and she would have to figure out how to avoid his piercing gaze. The man was able to look into the very soul of those unfortunate enough to feel his gaze. He was a powerful man, and she would have to figure out how to tell the man that his adopted son was in the hospital wing bleeding to death and unresponsive.

@Catmint

BlackBrick Academy [CatMint and Winds of Fate] - {Mature}

Alex placed his hands on his eyes and let tears flow. His sobs could be heard outside of the room as Ambrose approached Caleb and spoke words that struck Caleb in the heart like a blade dipped in poison. He stood there looking at Ambrose emotionlessly waiting for him to finish his rant, all the while feeling the pain the words were meant to inflict. Caleb had done it, he had pushed away Ambrose, maybe then when shit hit the fan Ambrose wouldn't be pulled in by him. The wall was finished and it seemed that Ambrose wouldn't talk to him ever again once this ordeal was over. Caleb slid down into a sitting position and let his head hit the wall behind him as he let everything that had transpired fill his head.

"It's for the best," he said softly as he listened to Alex sob. He looked down the hall and sighed. "It's for the best," he said again standing to his feet and dusting off his clothes.

The walk to the library was a silent one, and when he arrived, Sam noticed a darkness about him that she couldn't ignore. She noticed Ariana stand up upon Ambrose's arrival and noticed the young man start to read a bunch of books, but when Caleb entered a few minutes behind Ambrose, she could tell something happened and yet the look on Caleb and Ambrose's faces kept her in place from prying. Sam watched Ambrose and felt sorry for him. He had experienced the darkness the world she loved contained. Magic was both a gift and a curse. She wanted to go to him and give him a hug, but she stood in her spot as Caleb walked in.

"Caleb," she said softly, "Caleb what..."

"Tuchulcha." That was all Caleb said as he watched Sam's eyes grow wide and Ariana gasp.

"Are you sure?" Sam said looking into the eyes of Caleb who looked away. She wanted to embrace him, let him know she was there for him to lean on.

"Yes," Caleb said, "a dangerous adversary."

"Any underworld demon that gets loose is a dangerous adversary. Tuchulcha are known to cause havoc and kill relentlessly. They consume souls. How did one slip through?" Ariana asked her hand clutching the pearls around her neck. Sam shook her head.

"It is my fault. I should have known the darkness would draw it, I should have performed the ritual in light. The ritual is supposed to be performed during the day, but I didn't think a Tuchulcha would slip through."

"I'll find it," Caleb said noticing Ambrose head first in books. He looked at him for a brief moment before returning his gaze to Sam who was objecting to him finding the demon alone.

"Caleb," she said with a sigh.

"It's going to strike again, we need to find it before then," Caleb said as Ariana shook her head.

"But that doesn't mean you go off alone to find it, we need a plan."

"Ariana's right Caleb, it's reckless, you're going to get yourself killed," Sam said her eyes emotional.

Caleb lowered his head and turned to leave the library.

"Caleb!" Sam spoke but Caleb continued walking. "Damnit!" she slammed her fist onto a desk causing Ariana to jump slightly. "Ambrose, what happened?" she asked concern laced in her voice. "Please tell me he didn't use it, did he use it?"

@Catmint

BlackBrick Academy [CatMint and Winds of Fate] - {Mature}

Caleb watched Ambrose as he looked at him. Ambrose looked as if he wanted to rip Caleb a new one, but he didn't, and when Caleb's hand touched Ambrose's hand that gripped his collar, Ambrose immediately retracted as if he didn't want Caleb to touch him. Caleb scoffed and shook his head, but then Ambrose began talking, asking him if he was mad because he was shot down. Granted being shot down did hurt him, but Caleb was more upset because he bore his soul to Ambrose and Ambrose acted as if it were nothing, as if the night before didn't happen, as if it were just all a mistake and that is what caused Caleb to build a wall and distance himself from Ambrose. Perhaps he was right when Ambrose had informed him during their talk that he was the mean one.

The words hit hard and Caleb held in his emotion as best he could. His eyes betrayed him as they showed the hurt, but his face was firm. He didn't reply but Ambrose cut him off and started walking in front of him. The walk there was silent and when they arrived Alex was sitting in a chair twiddling his thumbs. When he saw Caleb arrive, he glared.

"What's going on?" Alex asked as Caleb stepped from behind Ambrose.

"We need to know what it is you saw last night at the party," Caleb spoke in a hushed tone. Alex's eyes widened in fear and he shook his head.

"NO!" he yelled as Caleb glared daggers.

"See, I tried your way," Caleb shot at Ambrose before he grabbed Alex by the shoulder. Their eyes locked and almost instantly Alex's body went limp. It was scary, watching Caleb wield his gifts so effortlessly. He was both a danger and support to those around him, but he was able to maintain his recklessness until now. He was sure Ambrose would have something to say, but when he turned and shot a deadly glare in Ambrose's direction, he hoped that Ambrose would not approach.

"Sorry Alex, we need to know," Caleb said as he moved Alex's limp form to the floor. He knelt by his head and placed his hands on either side of Alex's head. Closing his eyes he spoke in Latin, his voice echoing slightly. The room became cold, unbearably cold. There was a reason it was forbidden magic. Caleb's form seemed to darken as he delved into Alex's mind, borrowing into his memories and retrieving what they needed. The entire time Alex's body convulsed, jerking wildly as if he was in pain, and in truth he was. Delving into the mind was a very painful process only done if someone were being interrogated or in prison. Then something happened neither of them expected. Alex stopped moving and Caleb opened his eyes. The memory had stopped. Caleb had witnessed what it was Alex had seen that night, but Alex's body, particularly his face was growing pale. When Caleb looked down at Alex he gritted his teeth.

"Damnit Alex, breath," Caleb said checking his pulse. Alex's heart had stopped. He looked up at Ambrose and then back at Alex before he hovered his hand over Alex's chest. He exhaled and concentrated. "iam evigilare faciatis!" His voice seemed ethereal as he spoke, the kind of voice that made the hairs on your arm stand up on end. His hand sparked with power as he thrust it down on Alex's chest. Alex shot up into a sitting position gasping and screaming. He looked at them both and then glared at Caleb.

"GET OUT!" he seethed. Caleb stood up slowly and smirked walking by Ambrose, allowing his shoulder to knock against his as he kept walking not saying a word. When he got outside he exhaled and ran a shaky hand over his face. Alex trembled as he sat on the floor realizing what had just been done to him. He didn't know Caleb had it in him, but he did. He was shocked and disappointed that Caleb had used dark magic.

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BlackBrick Academy [CatMint and Winds of Fate] - {Mature}

Caleb was surprised when he felt a hand grip his collar and pull him, causing him to nearly lose his footing. He twirled back around as if on command and looked at Ambrose. He was very surprised by this. He didn't read Ambrose as the assertive type, but then again Ambrose had shown him a side before he hadn't felt when they both were drunk. At first, he was tense his hands were balled up into fist and they shook slightly as if he were about to punch Ambrose. The male held him by the collar and spoke in a controlled manner, but Caleb could feel the anger behind his words, he could see it in his eyes and yet as much as he wanted to apologize, as much as he wanted to just grab Ambrose and kiss him right there, he didn't. He let his emotionless eyes look into Ambrose's own eyes and slowly took a step back.

"I can't make that promise," Caleb said cooly, "let me go Ambrose," he warned his eyes as icy as a winter storm.

He didn't know why he was shutting Ambrose out. He had just shared a great night with him aside from the murders. He had just spilled his soul out to him, and yet he was treating him like he had been wounded. Caleb looked away, unable to maintain the cold glare, moving his hand to remove Ambrose's hand from his collar. "Are you coming or not?" Caleb asked one final time.

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BlackBrick Academy [CatMint and Winds of Fate] - {Mature}

The entire meeting would have gone to shit had they not agreed on some sort of action. Caleb was pissed, Sam was pissed, leaving Ariana to be the peacemaker while trying to keep Ambrose and Jeremy from fighting. It all was a mess, but thankfully with their roles assigned they could get something done and figure out why what happened at the party happened in the first place. With a sigh, Ariana looked over at Jeremy and smiled as she walked over to him.

"Let's do what we can partner," she said not really looking up at him, but rather paying attention to the task at hand. She was single for a reason, not wanting to occupy her time with the cares of a potential boyfriend or girlfriend. She was worried about Alex, she was worried about all of them. They weren't necessarily all friends, but this event had pulled them together and it showed.

As Caleb walked, he kept his mind as clear as he could but Ambrose's voice didn't help him. Every word just chipped away at his calm state until he stopped walking and turned around to face Ambrose.

"Why don't you stop complaining, that will make this so much easier," Caleb replied his voice raised slightly, "if you don't want to fucking help me then go do something else, I don't need your help and I don't have time to waste with you and your morals, so are we done?"

A defense mechanism. It was his way of blocking people out, of putting a wall up to keep anyone from advancing too far into his heart. Whether anyone believed it or not Caleb was fragile, but he put up a big enough front to ward off any onlookers. He realized how bad it sounded coming from his mouth when he said what he said to Ambrose. Almost instantly he wanted to take them back, but it was too late. He looked away from Ambrose and turned around, his eyes returned to their emotionless state as he began moving again.

@Catmint