Lifeless

[demonic_monkey]

In times long ago forgotten, when the world was much younger, there was a man named Solomon who was granted a great power at a terrible price. That power was eternal life, the price was a thirst for human blood and the inability to walk in the sun without bursting into flames and dying. He became a vampire.

Over the next few hundred years, he comissioned witches to create talismans of silver that would allow himself and his children to walk in the light of day once more. The project was a success and once more the seven of them could walk in the warmth of the sun. Then, something terrible happened. While Solomon was away from home with one of his children, the other five were captured, crucified, and burned to death by fearful humans. Solomon and his remaining child came back to their home in time to catch the murderers in the act, but not in time to save the five children on the burning crosses.

Solomon slaughtered the killers himself, without his remaining child's aid. He vowed then that he would destroy all human life. His remaining child chose not to take Solomon's path and instead oppose him. They parted ways, but continued to cross paths throughout history, meeting on the field of battle many times. Now, Solomon has returned to haunt his child once again and hopes to end his opposition to Solomon's wishes.

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Okay, so this is loosely based on the story I started on this site a long time ago but never finished. The setting is modern day in a nameless U.S. city. The goal is to kill Solomon.

Your character can be one of four things. I will outline their powers below.

Vampires-gifted with immortality, but not invincibility. They can heal rapidly, but the worse the injury the longer it takes. They're senses of sight, smell, and hearing are heightened to superhuman levels. They can compel humans to do what they want them to, unless said human has a talisman to prevent compulsion. The older they are, the more powerful they are. Their powers are mental. They can use their minds for telepathy, psychokenesis, and other mental abilities. They cannot create something out of nothing or change their physical make-up in any way, except for their ability to heal.

Werewolves-gifted with immortality, but not invincibility. They also heal rapidly, though not as quickly as vampires. Their senses of smell and hearing are heightened much the same as vampires, but their eyesight is not as good. They can transform fully into wolves or just transform halfway, depending on which you prefer. Both are acceptable. They have no powers of compulsion or supernatural mental abilities, but instead rely upon their strength and ferocity.

Witches-mortals gifted with magical ability. They can be male or female. Their magic can be used to heal, to shield themselves and others, to attack enemies, and to create talismans. These talismans can be for protection against sunlight (for vampires), protection from compulsion (for hunters or themselves), or protection from silver (for werewolves). There is a rule to the use of their power. That rule is equivalent exchange, meaning they cannot create something out of nothing, but must use what materials are at their disposal. Again, no physical alterations of themselves or others, aside from healing.

Hunters-mortals without magical ability. They rely upon their weapons. They seek to kill witches, vampires, and werewolves and have the intelligence and ability to do just that. They are simply humans who have taken it upon themselves to rid the world of these "evils."

Any overt deviation from these quidelines will not be tolerated. I want this to be a fair game and any overpowered character are expressly forbidden. That being said, have fun! :D

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Name: David Solomon
Alias: David Sanderson
Race: Vampire
Age: 2675 years (looks to be in his early twenties)
Height/Weight: 6'5"/ 178 lbs.

Appearance: Tall and muscular, David is very handsome, with long straight black hair that fall almost to his shoulders and is parted in the middle. His eyes are hazel, but turn emerald green when he feeds. He dresses darkly, in black jeans, black boots, dark gray shirts, and black hooded sweatshirts. He wears a silver ring on the ring finger of his right hand which is decorated with a Celtic knot design. The ring is a talisman created by a witch long ago to protect him from sunlight.

Powers: Almost three millenia old, David has mastered the abilities of telepathy and psychokenesis. His power of compulsion is flawless and, when used on a human, is impossible to reverse by anyone but himself or Solomon.

Bio: David is the child of Solomon who remained alive after that fateful day two thousand years before. That day he vowed to keep Solomon from reaching his goal of human extinction. Two millenia later, after meeting him in battle sixteen times before, David knows that it is only a matter of time before Solomon returns to haunt him once again and has spent his time preparing, training his mind and body as hard as inhumanly possible and working to gather others with ability and a zealous desire to protect human life to stand with him against Solomon when he returns.

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David crouched on a rooftop, looking out over the city that sprawled out beneath him. The streets were buried under a thick layer of snow and few people were out in the inhospitable weather. Those who were hurried to go about their business, hoping to get out of the weather quickly. None took notice of the lone figure on the rooftop high above.

Remembering himself, David shook off the three inches of snow that had accumulated on him during the hours that he had crouched in this same spot. Having no body heat, the snow did not melt when it fell upon him. He sighed and raised into a standing position. The night had been uneventful. He had not heard any sounds of human peril in the last six hours. The day was upon him now and he knew he would have to return to the responsibilities of his day job.

[Rylias Shadow]

Name: Roxy Conner
Race: Werewolf
Age: 308 (Looks about 25)
H/W: 5'7" 165lbs

Human Appearance: Roxy has rich auburn hair cut short with two midnight black streaks near the front that often fall into her eyes, which shine like sapphires. She often wears black jeans, flip-flops, and a red t-shirt, nothing fancy but she somehow makes it look good.

Full Wolf Appearance: In her full wolf form, her eyes remain a bright vibrant blue, and her fur is the same auburn as her hair. Around her neck is a "ring" of black fur that seems to sprout points that come over the top of her head to point down to her eyes, two that race up either side of her snout, and two that point to her eyes from the sides of her face. She also has four black socks and her tail is tipped black.

Half Form Appearance: In this form, she stands easily eight feet tall and a few feet wide with the same fur color patterns and eye color as her wolf form.

Powers: Werewolf powers :D

Personality: Roxy likes being alone, the few packs she's been in usually having Alphas with rules she didn't quite want to follow. She always thought about becoming Alpha herself, but that usually required more work than she was willing to do. Plus, that meant once she was in charge, she'd have to stay there, in charge of them until someone decided they didn't like her rules and did to her what she had done to the Alpha she hadn't liked. She much preferred being a drama-free lone wolf. She's a traveler by nature, and has no real love for humans or vampires, but no real hate for them, either. Except for the hunters.

Bio: Roxy has been a werewolf all her life and has traveled from place to place, learning what she could and taking in the sights of the world. Occasionally she'd run afoul of a hunter and have to either escape to a new city, or ah, dispose of them.

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Roxy wasn't very happy with the snow. It was cold and wet and she didn't have proper shoes or a proper place to spend the night. She had tried to set up a small fire in a park in a spot she had cleared of snow, but there was no wood dry enough to light.

She looked to the east to see that dawn was coming. Maybe she could play on the pity of the humans in town, and earn herself enough for a warm room for the next night.

She headed for the streets beneath the tall buildings and sniffed around for a street corner with the most humans scents in it. That meant it was frequently traveled, and a good place to pan handle. She found a street that looked like it saw traffic even in the wee morning hours like now, and sat under a street lamp, looking as downtrodden as she could manage; even mussing her hair with snow to make it look as though she'd been in the cold or far longer than she had.

Now to play the waiting game. She thought, and hugged her knees to her chest to go with her "pity me" image.

[demonic_monkey]

David dropped from the rooftop into a deserted alley between the building he was on and the one beside it. He stuffed his hands into his pockets and walked out onto the sidewalk. He took in a deep breath of the brisk winter air and was surprised to catch the scent of a werewolf in the air. He looked down the street to see a bedraggled-looking young woman sitting in the snow. He approached the place where she sat slowly, pulling out his badge when he arrived under her street lamp.

"Panhandling isn't exactly legal, you know," he said.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy glanced up at the one who'd approached her, her nose telling her he was a vampire, and would probably smell her lie, but she told it anyway. It was much more fun than moving along as he was probably expecting her to do. She raised her eyebrows into her hairline, running a hand through her short hair and plastered a look of innocence on her face.

"Panhandling? Me? No, no, I'm just resting from my travels, Officer." She said, and flashed him a wide sly grin. She wondered if he had a sense of humor, but not many of the vampires she ran into did.

[demonic_monkey]

David smiled at the lie, laughing lightly. He leaned against the street lamp and looked around. Seeing that there were few people to overhear the conversation, he looked back to the werewolf girl.

"So I'm guessing that you've had time to recognize me for what I am," he said. "I'm David Solomon. I protect this city from what it can't fight against; those like you and I. I'm fine with your being here. In fact, I don't even care about the panhandling, but I just wanted to make sure that you don't harbor the intent of killing any of the people of my city. You understand my wariness, yes?"

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy chuckled in response and yawned, stretching her arms over her head a moment.

"Good to meet you, I'm Roxy. The only time I kill humans is when a hunter starts to bother me...or occasionally when I see one who would truly be better off dead, I eat them. But I harbor no hate for these creatures and you have nothing to fear from my presence here, David. I really am just a wanderer."

She told him, smiling a genuine smile up at the vampire. She was glad he wasn't like most vampires, but his last name seemed to ring a bell...but she couldn't place it.

"A cold one, at that." She added, suddenly shaking snow from her mostly bare feet.

[demonic_monkey]

David sighed with relief. "Well, that is good to hear," he said. "I've had a few wanderers come through here before, most of them having the same views as yourself and harboring no hatred of human life. Those I usually offer a place to stay while they are in my city, particularly during the colder times of the year. Would you be interested in such a thing?"

[Cahalith]

Name: Dr. Claudia Sans Ame
Race: Vampire
Age: 26 (appears 26)
Height/Weight: 5’3"/ 105 lbs.

Appearance: Claudia, has long auburn red hair forming into perfect doll like ringlet falling about down to her shoulders. Claudia keeps her hair up in a orderly bun to prevent her hair from tampering with her work or getting in her face- however sometimes it does tend to stray in her face. Eyes are large and innocent with an intense emerald coloring to them hidden behind thick-framed reading glasses (when working). She dresses often in a knee length black skirt, and a turtle neck regardless of the weather, And functional shoes, since she has none functioning leg (left) - She can’t walk with out the use of a cane of crutch.

Powers: Claudia has power to control any person that she has killed.

Bio: The family line Sans Ame, are a family of French Witches that are in alliance with Solomon. They believe that the humans are weak and with the assistance of the superior beings (Werewolves, Vampires and Witches) humans have forgotten their place.

In France The family San Ame is a very politically powerful family not because of being witches but because they are very large and have their fingers in everything.

Every 100 years Solomon Comes to the Sans Ame, and requests a child of theirs that has proven themselves to be the best of their kind. This time it was Celestine Sans Ame.

Celestine was beautiful, charming, strong, and had a way with the ladies. He was loved by everyone; even his twin sister who though was often over looked despite her superior intellect and doll like appearance did not feel an ounce of jealousy for her brother- She was always his favorite person and he was hers, in their world no one else mattered. There was them and ever one else, Even when the gift of Solomon came to change things it seemed to bring them only closer.

However Tragedy did strike when hunters took Celestine from Claudia, and with the Sans Ame with out a proper aged child to give Solomon they offered Claudia.

Claudia at the time had just competed studying toxicology and was working on researching at a unimportant hospital in unnamed city in America. She was known in the Supernatural community for being to contact to the Contact to the princess of Poisons a Being who’s race was unknown but could find a poison to kill almost any supernatural (please let me know if this okay- I forgot to check this with you)
Side note: Claudia is French, English is her second language. She has an accent.

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Claudia was walking home from work- She had just fed from her usual source a bag- she knew poisons and it made her paranoid. She pulled her coat around her even though she did not feel cold like she used to it was a habit and such things died hard. "Le travail, c'est ennuyeux rien d'intéressant d'expérimenter sur" she complained she hated her job, she hated America, all she wanted was to go back to France, She missed her brother. Why couldn't it have been her. She limped through the snow wishing a damn taxi would pull over. "baiser"

When she noticed a homeless wolf girl and vampire talking, She sighed wondering why America had such a horrible homelessness issue even among the supernaturals. Suddenly she spotted a taxi and she held up her hand but it did not stop, it seemed to speed up- She narrowed her eyes- even with her innocent face she looked like she was ready to kill something. Sighing softly she let the look pass and she head in the direction of the man and the woman she was a bit lost only having been her for six months and now having to walk- god In America cripples had to walk the miles it took to get home in snow home.

Upon approching them she parted her perfect cupid bow lips and said in perfect french "excusez-moi?" looking at the two in turn " Monsieur, Mademoiselle?" She did not smile- that was not something she did often "I- how you say, lost?" She hated to ask for direction. Specially in English.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy smirked up at the vampire, now quite glad for her plan and his stumbling upon her.

"Who am I to turn down such a generous offer? I'd love a warm place to stay."

She said, and about then, someone else approached them where they loitered. Another vampire, female, and by her words, French. Roxy had always heard from people that French was "beautiful" and "the language of love", but she'd never taken such a liking to the language. Italian was far more pleasing to her ears than French was, and the French could be so spiky...ah, there went her train of thought again. She figured she'd better answer the woman rather than just sit there and gawk.

"This fine officer of the peace will be able to help you more than I, madam, I'm new in town." She said, hoping she understood at least the gist of her words. It didn't seem that she was exactly fluent in English.

[Bane]

Name: Jace Alexander
Alias: Ace
Race: Human
Occupation: Hunter
H/W: 6’1 175 lbs
H/E: Black hair, green eyes

Weapons: Jace carries on him at all times, two .357 magnums loaded with silver hollow point bullets, two cases of silver bullets, three silver stakes, a bottle of holy water. One Talisman that he bought off a witch in exchange for not obliterating her face to protect against compulsion, and six concealed blades of varying length, the longest being the size of a machete.


Appearance: Jace is a tall, average built guy with shaggy black hair, usually hidden under the ragged hood of an old black hooded sweatshirt, a pair of torn and faded blue jeans, combat boots, kept only half assed tied. Under the sweatshirt is a chain mail shirt made of mostly silver to give a bit of extra protection and under that is usually some sort of novelty Tshirt. He rarely brushes his hair and is almost always seen wearing a pair of shades.


Biography: Jace was born into a family of hunters and grew up being taught how to track, deceive and kill supernaturals of all varieties. This never stopped him however from flirting with the attractive female ones, as Jace doesn’t hold to the traditional “All Supernaturals are evil” mantra, nonetheless he does believe in killing them, especially for a profit. Having said that, Jace did grow up learning basic martial arts, nothing fancy, but enough that he’s quick on his feet.




Jace was walking down the street, having spent the night celebrating a completed job successfully. He grinned and stumbled around, laughing lightly and shaking his head to try and keep it clear. As he stumbled up the road, he thought he saw a group of people standing on a corner talking, one looked like a cute little homeless chick, because who the hell else would wear flip-flops in a snow storm?! The other had just gotten there and looked like a lost little french chick..and third looked like...well..a superficial dick weed who'd run a multimillion dollar corporation.


Deciding to walk up to them, as he had spent all his money on booze and didn't have any for a cab, he stumbled, and swerved, flipping off a car that screeched to a halt in the road and then sped off angrily. "Hey..hey you guys..."he shouted, louder than normal due to the high level of intoxication, while waving his arms to try and get their attention.

Jace was fast approaching them, enough that the homeless girl looked even cleaner than he did, which was saying something, and the closer he got, the cuter she did. At last he was just outside of arms reach from the male and he stopped and leaned over breathing heavy. "Man..vicodin and scotch was a bad idea tonight...."

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy heard shouting just as she had finished answering the other vampire's question, and out of nowhere, a human male, smelling of all the booze in a liquor store, charged into their conversation. He wheezed as he came to a halt, mentioning something about scotch and Vicodin. Roxy giggled; she usually found drunk humans really entertaining.

"Since when is Vicodin and scotch a good idea?" She asked. With that, she got to her feet, brushing snow from her body and fixing her hair, kicking snow from her feet again. She suddenly looked much less "homeless" once on her feet with her hair un-mussed. After all, her skin and clothes were clean and neat, but for being wet in places from the snow.

[Cahalith]

Claudia looked at the exchange, she shook her head she was a doctor, and knew that this sort of thing was not good for the body- Why did mortals do this to themselves? why the hell did she care? She gave a sigh and spoke quietly "Pourquoi vous lentement?"

Despite her sweet exterior she had grown very venomous, it is what happens when the one you love the most is taken from you brutally and then you are forced live a life they where intended to. She hated hunters more then any one- they where the ones that took him away from her, she was glad that often times she was assigned to kill them.

She looked at him shook her head "I just got off work too..." meaning her being a doctor.


((OOC: Its funny you mention liking Italian better this character is originally an old LARP character that was Italian but i decided i wanted to make her french! *laughs*)

[Bane]

Jace blinked lightly, eyes opening up further so he could see with unblurred vision."English sweet heart..."he shook his head a few times, his hair spraying out before he pushed it back into his hoddie."Can you just point me in the direction of south street and 10th?"he asked, he knew something was up, nearly everyone here had tensed up when he arrived, it was slight, but he caught it. Unfortunately he still hadn't put two and two together and couldn't tell he was the only mortal thing in the area.....except maybe the rich guy..but he wasn't about to trust a maybe.

"And Vicodin and Scotch is always a good idea chica...If you like flying that is..."he grinned faintly, remembering vaguely the events of the night before. He had hunted down two different supernaturals, one witch, whom he had received his talisman in exchange for her life, and the other some mangy werewolf he had sent on a one way ticket to hell..though the damn thing had put up a hell of a fight.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy chuckled again, but it was cut short as she started to smell more of the man underneath the liquor. She could detect his own scent as well as two other scents on him, one being a werewolf. Though he had obviously cleaned himself of it, he had been soaked in werewolf blood within the last 24 hours easily. Which made him a hunter.

Roxy wanted to tear him apart for killing one of her brothers; she may not have been a pack wolf, but she felt the sibling connection to them all. With dawn approaching, an advocate of human protection and another witness all standing nearby, she knew launching herself at him wouldn't bode well for anyone involved. Maybe she could scare the drunken murderer away from them.

"Yeah, it's back the way you came, Wolf-Killer." She snarled, her eyes flashing dangerously, her voice suddenly a deep guttural sound. She cracked the joints in her hand by flexing it, her fingernails sharpening drastically.

[Cahalith]

Claudia's leaned on her cane as she turned to face she hated being called sweet heart it was so demeaning "Correction American, English though Uugly, is not as how you say putrid as...." She waved her hand trying to figure out the word she was trying to say in the language he wanted to hear. she gave a smile with her perfect cupid bow lips "ah yes, the scent of your hairspray and cheep colon." She nodded satisfied enough with her answer.

She took in a breath she did not need to take in, and exhaled looked at the other two and then looked at the drugged out human, don't know just want a fucking Cab." it was strange to see such flow words come from her mouth.

She looked at the wolf and Sighed, wolf-killer, dam it this couldn't be a hunter could it? He was incompetent- strung out on drugs. Either way he had to die, but if he was a hunter he would suffer worse then any one else had suffered.

[Bane]

Jace moved backwards slightly, instinct’s kicking in, he had hidden his pistols’ in the abdomen pocket of his sweatshirt. “It was a pretty good night for me till just about now. I made a deal with the devil for a little luck, and had to put down a mangy mutt, he was a baby killer.” he grinned lightly and blew the little red head a kiss, while simultaneously cocking his pistol’s and resting on the balls of his feet. He may have been hung over, but he wasn’t helpless, he was however slower than he actually perceived.

[kathryn]

Name: Lance King
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Race: Witch
Ht: 5' 9"

Appearance: Short and a little more stockier, he has dense muscles and tanned, Caucasian skin. He has long, shoulder length sandy blond hair kept in a messy ponytail. His face is fairly ordinary, and the only thing really special about him is his pale blue eyes. Besides that, he wears a plain green t-shirt with a white design over one shoulder, a plain gray bandanna around his neck (he pulls over his lower face), dirty jeans, black, mud stained stomping boots, and a nicer looking, long leather jacket. He covers his head with a black fedora.

Items: Tools for spells, a silver cross hung around his neck, two glock pistols, one loaded with silver, the other loaded in a protection spell that instantly cast itself when the bullet hit, one stake, a blade hidden in his shoe, protection talismans, handcuffs, and a pocket bible.

Powers: He uses white and gray magic: Healing, shielding, banishment, low level binding, and talisman creation. He uses stones, salt, precious gems, and some natural herbs for the spells, all found in pouches along his belt (save for the salt, that's found in a large bag).

Bio: He was raised as a witch, but he became a hunter by occupation. He was a bounty hunter, but he also hunted werewolves and vampires and other witches. He always made a point to use white and gray magic, never destructive black magic. He chose this path shortly before his parents were killed, though not by him. A hunter shot them both. Currently, he tries to find a peaceful solution rather than have a fight carry out, unless there was a bounty. He's known to have a friendly attitude unless it's in a bar, nursing a drink.

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Lance was just minding his own business, walking to a bar after work, when he saw a rather noisy encounter happening ahead of him. From the looks of it, it was a rather unnatural gathering of supernaturals and one human hunter.

Not his business, and because he wasn't getting paid for it, Lance just walked past, fingering the holster of his glock absentmindedly. He didn't want to use a protection spell off duty like this.

[Cahalith]

Claudia Hated people, but what she hated most was being under prepared. Mortals where every where and she had none of her defenses on her- she was just trying to do her fucking job, the one that she worked to pay mortal bills.

She spoke "God damn it Hunter!" they came out like venom. hunters where the only thing she hated more then living the life that her brother should be in.

Her emerald eyes looked dangerously at him and despite her sweet innocent face there was no mistaking any thing when you saw her eyes "You are out numbered." She said in a thick accent- Claudia like most vampires had super human scenes but not speed or strength she wondered if that was part of being a cripple- and why her family had chosen her brother originally well? well of course because he was of course much better then she was in every way- save he was not as smart.

She shook her head and a red curl came lose from her tight bun and she gave it an irritated look "I however as much as I would love to how do I saw see your heart stop beating- Will not fight you. " She put her hand that was not holding the cane up in a stance that made her look like she would not fight "I Have spent my day at the office saving your kinds lives. I want to go home and rest."

it was a half truth- she wanted to rip the still beating heart from his chest, or slowly watch as he injected him with a new untested poison- his kind killed her brother. The one she loved most dearly. Her hand that was risen touched a silver locket with a C on it- It was their initials Claudia and Celestine.

[demonic_monkey]

David finally spoke up. He could see that this scene was progressing swiftly toward a bad end...for everyone.

"Alright," he said. "That's enough of that." He flashed his badge to the hunter. "You have admitted yourself that you are drunk and using prescription drugs that are probably not your own. I am afraid," he said as he pulled out a pair of handcuffs, "that I am going to have to put you under arrest for public intox."

He pulled out a cell phone and dialed the number of a cab company and handed the phone to the french vampire.

"I called a cab company," he said. "Give them the names of the streets we're on the corner of and they should be along shortly." He turned back to the hunter. "Am I going to have a problem detaining you, sir?"

[Cahalith]

Claudia was fine with this- this hunter was stupid, the fact that he was a druggy showed his stupidity- "hello?" She sounded confused slightly but that was the french, and her knowledge of American English, they spoke different then they wrote and conversation with the youth was hard. They talked like uneducated, brainless zombies, no they would talk better- because they actually listened "Corner of sixth and Conner street."

She made a face that was aggravated when asked to repeat herself the person didn't know what she was saying "Sixth as in the number that comes after five!" she snapped losing her patience she was not having a good night. "and Connor as in a name of a person!" Oddly despite her being irritated and annoyed she did managed to keep an odd calm voice an face expression her. She handed the phone back and said "She should be here.

She shook her head- she hated Americans they where so stupid.

[Rylias Shadow]

The human Hunter's...strange reaction to her threatening demeanor had shocked Roxy into a stunned silence. Was he hitting on her?! The nerve! But then again, the bravery, especially in his quite impaired state. She wondered if it was true what he had said about the werewolf he had killed. She knew many were like that, killers of humans, but was he telling her the truth? Through the scents of liquor and blood, upon which she was focusing, she was having difficulty scenting a lie.

Her new vampire friend David was approaching him with handcuffs out, and Roxy decided to hang back a bit longer in silence and watch how things unfolded.

[demonic_monkey]

David took an unneeded breath of the winter air in through his nose and a sudden familiar smell hit him. Solomon. He looked over at the french vampire. The smell seemed to be coming from her. In a blinding flash of realization, he knew that she had been bitten by Solomon and might be here doing his work. Luckily, she hadn't recognized David for who he really was yet.

He turned back to the Hunter. "We have things to talk about," he whispered to make sure the french vampire couldn't overhead as she spoke into the phone, "but with Frenchie over there, I don't want to risk it looking too odd. Just go along with me for a few minutes and I'll explain everything."

[Bane]

Jace wasn't a complete idiot...He recognized the living dead when he saw them..or rather..smelled them, as much as they tried to hide it, their breath was a dead give away. It offered neither warmth nor any real smell, except usually of blood."Yea..I think Occifer here is gonna have a bit of trouble..." he mumbled, and while stumbling backwards, drew both pistols, the right aimed at frenchie's face, the left right at the cop's heart"I don't like cops when they are human...much less a blood sucker..."he grumbled.


He grinned faintly and looked over the ragtag group."Aight so frenchie's gonna be french..and I'm startin to think that's a pretty swell idea for the night..I'm a nice guy..I'll let everyone here go seperate ways...Just don't move..and I do mean that..these babies have hair triggers..i even flinch, they fire and you two lose a lot more than a good mood ya dig?"he stated blankly, his words coming slow and steady from his lips, his only problem with this was there were three of them..and he only had the two guns out...However..it looked like the wolf was chill with letting the cop take charge..maybe he could get out of this...at least enough to get home and sober up." But..If you're really wanting my head how bout we do that all civil like...one week to prepare then we meet at a previously agreed upon location and have ourselves a slobberknocker..how bout it there furball..I offered the same to the other mutt..but he was a dolt and charged..."he grinned and gave her a wink, part of why he was so good at what he did was that people had trouble reading his intentions.

[Cahalith]

Claudia looked at the man who loaned her his phone, and handed it back. She was very frail looking like some one that had a childhood that consisted entirely of illness which wasn't entirely far fetched. Claudia had suffered nothing but illness and isolation- her Twin brother was the only one that would come and visit her other than doctors till the age of 5 when she was allowed other visitors, But of course she couldn't walk- its is a miracle even with magic, and a supernatural change that today she can walk with just a cane. However there is no feeling in her limb.

She looked at him and her eyes met his She took in a breath he smelt familial, like family of some sort. Damn it. She handed him his phone. "Je vous remercie Monsieur? what is name?"


OOC: because I typed too slow


Then the Hunter respond poorly, Claudia looked at him and glared "look- I am what I am because of Stupid hunters. Now kill me or don't!" she didn't look the slightest bit intimidated with the gun in her face staring up the barrel.

[kathryn]

Lance made it to his favorite pub in one piece. In the smoky atmosphere, he found his spot, saved for him by the bartender, and he ordered a scotch and water.

As he sat nursing his drink, a person took the seat next to him, usually reserved for his clients. The man slid an envelope to Lance.

The witch took it without a word and opened it. "Okay. Now, for the payment?"

The stranger slid another envelope containing the money. He apparently knew how this was done. After that, he left the bench.

Lance took the rest of his drink reading about his new target.

David Solomon.

[Cahalith]

Claudia's cupid bow lips tugged into a small smirk, and the doll like faced woman with the empty eyes smiling while staring at the end of the barrel "Vell?" She cocked her head to the side to giver her self a more vulnerable look.

Then suddenly she laughed "You Kill uz becuze you are afraid!" she told him "or eh what iz oh yez pay check!"

She knew that she killed hunters for a pay check but it was because she wanted the fuckers dead, those where the ones that killed her brother, they destroyed him because he was a witch that was going to become a vampire.

[demonic_monkey]

David shook his head and put away the cuffs.

"Detective David Sanderson," he answered the French vampire. He looked back to the hunter. "And I apologize for my behavior. Perhaps taking you away in handcuffs isn't the best way to offer you a job. You are a hunter who knows the difference between good and evil. I promise you that I am not evil. I have been protecting humanity from a certain great threat since long, long before your great-great-great-great grandfather was in diapers. I'm asking you for help and I can pay you very well. We'll negotiate a price later, or now, if you like."

[Bane]

Jace blinked lightly, his charm kept vampires from befuddling his mind, he knew they weren't lieing."You don't mean me harm..Then I don't mean you harm."he relaxed slightly, but swivled his guns to face the wolf, she was the only one who hadn't said she didn't want to kill him right now, and thankfully for him, the sun was coming up. It put her at a disadvantage, no moon, meant no shifting meant she was just like him..


"How bout to furball..truce?"he really didn't want to kill any of them, he had no reason to. At the mention of a lucrative paycheck he grinned."I'm listening...David.."he stated, he always used a potential clients names, it made them feel important."What's this job of yours..and don't leave any details out. My last job offer left out that the bitch was a witch...Nearly got cursed when I met up..."he snorted lightly and watched the wolf girl closely, it would be a shame for him to blow her away, after all she was kind of cute.

"Like I said red, you don't attack..Ill put my toys away."he meant every word he said, even in an intoxicated state, he knew a good deal when he saw it.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy narrowed her eyes at him, curling a frown, but she put her claws away, and when she spoke, it was her normal voice again, rather than bestial with the wolf rising in her throat.

"I can't smell if you're lying or not about the werewolf you killed...so I guess I can't know for sure what happened. Fine, I won't hurt you...yet." She added, smirking to show teeth sharper than normal even in her human form.

Besides, if the vampire was looking to hire him, he must not have been all bad...right?

[Cahalith]

Claudia turned glad to hear the sound of the cab, and the guns lowered. Shook her head looking at him. She had not said she didn't want to kill him- She said she wasn't going to yet, as in this moment, as in this very second but she knew what he smelt like and even though he was a strung out druggie. he would die for what he is.

Claudia turned her head to see a yellow cab and headed in that direction. "Bonne soirée. Monsieur, Mademoiselle, and Of course Trigger happy Jack." She began to go. giving them a sweet smile.

Then it registered he said the word witch- he would pay for that later, as well.


OOC: I Forgot to rp the accent. going to try and do that as best as I can, :D

[demonic_monkey]

David smiled when the hunter put his guns away and waited until the french vampire was on her way to the cab before speaking again.

"The job," he said, "is helping me rid the world of an ancient evil. That evil is the vampire who sired myself and Frenchie back there. His name is Solomon. He has vowed vengeance on the human race for the death of my five 'siblings' a couple thousand years ago. I vowed to stand between him and humanity. Unfortunately, I lost track of him a couple hundred years ago during the war that founded this country.

"It seems that he has returned once again. We have been trying to kill each other all this time, but neither has been able to prevail. I intend this to be the last time I meet him. To that end, I would like to hire you. There are things you need to know about Solomon, though. He has survived for six thousand years and, as such, has more power than anything you've ever fought before. He is ruthless, amoral, and remorseless. He will not stop until humankind is wiped from the face of the Earth.

"Frenchie was bitten by him, and recently, as I could still smell his stench flowing in her veins. Since she is here, I can only assume that he will be following soon. I admit that I am happy to have met you today, my hunter friend, for I will surely need your help if he has sired other children. If you wish to help in this," he said to the werewolf girl, "I would welcome it, as well. As for your pay...well, having been around for a couple thousand years, I have amassed a vast fortune. Would, say, seven billion dollars be a fair amount to pay you for this job?"

[Cahalith]

Claudia got in the cab and shut the door- her leg was throbbing she wondered why the only thing that had given it any sort of relief was modern day medicine- surgery. But of course that was before having gotten bitten-

"473 Amz ztreet." the Taxi driver nodded knowing just where to go.

The sun was up that was why it hurt- at night it was only numb. She glanced down at her bum leg with disgust. When she as born she couldn't walk, despite them looking perfectly normal, and any one who tried to touch them caused her so much pain she would unintentional cast a spell. her family saw such wild magic as a lack of power, and deemed her the dud twin.

Over time this ate at Claudia, her desire to be something more then just a dud- She worked so hard to be seen as something of value to any one- thankfully Celestine had always seen Claudia as important. She missed him horribly.

Looking up at the Cabi as he drove past her apartment "You mizzed my ome." She told him directly. The man nodded and a smirk played over his head. Claudia realized instantly she was in danger and wondered what she had to work with

"Dr. Sans Ame- We hear you work with the dead."

Claudia looked confused "yez- preserving zem, tezting for particular plant reactions." She explained, what does her test subjects have to do with any thing.

The man sighed "My child is dying, I want you to bring him back." She blinked a few times "I can not do zat, and if i could I vould have brought back my own lost love." She told him in all honesty- her heart went out to this man. She sighed "but I can see vhat might make zick?"

Claudia had a weakness children, no matter how stone cold she got she could never hurt a child, they where too young to get caught up in all this, but this was something that no one new about- she as good at covering it, and often times would just play it out as an opportunity to experiment on something new.

[kathryn]

Lance took his drink to a corner to read through the files on this David Solomon. It was from an anonymous client- the delivery person was just the usual go between guy- but the pay was good enough. He even left a note that there would be more later after confirmation of the kill.

Of course, confirmation would be David's head in a bag.

There was a bit of info on this David person. He was a vampire, and he currently worked as a sort of policeman of the city under the name of David Sanderson. A picture was included, a little faded and black and white. The information also required compulsion charms to be worn at all times during the hunt. Usually discretion was required, but not this time. According to the info, if the hunter has a shot, take it, even if it means killing innocents.

Lance sighed and tucked the money in one pocket and the info packet in his coat. He left a large bill to cover his tab and then he left, turning down where he came from.

He noticed the scuffle was nonexistent now, so he thought he might go up to ask about his target.

"Hey, 'gents! Wonder if I might ask ya a few questions. 'M lookin' for this guy, wonder if you've seen 'im?"

[Cahalith]

It was night fall when Claudia was done with the child- it did not live. She didn't know what was wrong with it, it was like the child didn't want to live any more. She knew that feeling the night her brother died she felt like dying herself, and that night she did die- but was born again with a new fire one for revenge to destroy the one that took her brother away.

She did not like humans, she never did even as a witch but they had their uses. She didn't have to work this evening so it would be best to get her bag of blood and go home. She didn't want to see people tonight, The face of the willess was too close to home for her.

those sort needed to be put out of there misery and just put down. The Father was kind to take her home. She was glad free of charge. Not that that was an issue for her.

As she arrived home she looked at her barren apartment- saved for wall to wall books and a very comfortable chair. She would read tonight- At least she hadn't lost her love of reading.

[demonic_monkey]

David turned to look at the person who had walked up to the three of them and asked his question. Something about this man made him bristle. He showed no visible signs, though, and responded, "Well, my friends here are new to the city, but I've been living here for a while. Perhaps I know the person you are looking for. What's his name?"

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy looked between the vampire and the hunter, listening to the conversation intently.

"Take down a great vampire, huh? That sounds like something I could sink my fangs into." She said with a chuckle. "Especially with your offer to put me up for a while." She added, clapping David on the shoulder.

"And for that sum of money, he outta get in on this too." She said, glancing over at the hunter with a smirk. She almost wished she was a hunter just for a chance at that amount of cash. Her pan handling days would be over!

[Bane]

Jace shook his head, he had trouble with new vampires, let alone the old ones. He sighed and thought for a moment. As he was lost in his deep, profound thoughts on how vicodin and scotch would suck in the morning he heard the red head say she'd help the cop...

"Then give her my portion...I'm out. Take down the oldest known thing in all existence? Yea, no thank you on that one mate. I'm a hunter,and yes, I indulge in certain things that may not be the smartest...but I am not a retard."he waved to the newcomer and shook his head again before yawning.

"I can't help you, ask the copper."he shook his head once more and turned back to the wolf girl, slightly shocked at himself for not taking such a lucrative job."If you really want room and board for nothing, you can crash on my couch. I'll be at the Towers on main street, penthouse. Names Jace Alexander, look me up chica."and with that he pulled his hood up over his head and started to saunter down the street.

[kathryn]

Lance watched the human walk down the street. Now it was just the small girl and the cop.

"Ah, I believe his name is David Sanderson. Heard of him? He also goes by the name Solomon."

[DarkWolf]

Vampire Name: Lagos
Alias: Lee Hastings
Real Name: William "Liam" Arthur Crane
Race: Vampire
Age: 967 (looks late twenties)
Height/Weight: 6' / 200lbs

Appearance: Muscled, pale but not too pale skin, short but thick jet black hair. Has bright green eyes. Wears: plain white vest and pretty much everything else is black leather: pants, boots almost knee-high with four straps and buckles on the outer sides, fingerless gloves that merge into forearm guards, long sleeveless trenchcoat left open, and belt. Has a silver chain necklace around his neck. Under the gloves he has silver rings on the middle finger of each hand. The right-hand ring has blue celtic engravings, and the left hand has red.

Weapons: Two identical longswords, sheathed on either side of hips. The swords have black hilts and are like straight-sword versions of katana.

Powers:

Swords - The swords have been bonded to him. He can summon them like a black flicker to their sheaths only. The bond of the swords prevent them being used or held by anyone except him unless he grants permission (which he can revoke as he pleases) and they cannot hurt him. While sheathed the swords and sheaths may disappear, not just invisible but seemingly gone entirely until he chooses to grab them in which case they return. The abilities offer no combat advantage except convenience. They were forged with these abilities by a swordsmaster witch centuries ago.

Blue-engraved ring - This ring provides him immunity to daylight.

Red-engraved ring - A clan of witches in Wales granted him this ring after he saved their secret village. The ring secures his blood from being used to create other vampires unless he allows it. Any vampire he sires is bound in obedience to him. So too are any vampires they make, and so on. Basically he can use his compulsion on them. But compulsion only goes so far. For further protection - if he dies so too do any vampire he has made while wearing the ring and any vampires they have made and so on. It's believed that he must first be seperated from the ring to be killed without killing others but the truth is the ring is bound to his blood and the death-thing works as long as the ring is unbroken, worn or not, but he must wear the ring while creating another vampire for them and all others from them to be bound to him.

Vampire Powers - He excels at compelling and is adept at psychokinesis. His telepathy is his weakest trait but it still much greater than most vampires. His best prowess is his combat ability. He is an expert of martial arts and swordsmanship.

Bio: Born in 1044, the onset to the medieval age, he was of simple birth and very intelligent. He began as a scholar but a natural talent for fighting saw him become a soldier (Knight). He fought in the battle of Hastings in 1066 at age 22. It was on the battlefield, bodies everywhere, he awoke with a fatal wound when a dark being came to him. The being was a woman named Lilandra who had witnessed his greatness in battle. Until his last wound he had very easily been the most incredible fighter and had slain scores of the enemy, over a hundred had fallen to his blade before he was finally run through from behind - by a traitor. The battle had moved on and Lilandra came to him, fed off him, and gave him her blood. He was reborn a vampire and travelled the world with her. They were by no means evil and never took a life. They settled in Lagos, Egypt. They stayed too long. Rumours went about that they were demons. A gathering came upon the pair armed with talismans to protect them, and captured them both. They made him watch in shade as his beloved burnt in the morning light. He was to be next but his rage took him. He escaped, killing many, his fury aiding him to endure the light until he found a place to hide and heal. That night the people were decimated and changed. No longer a compassionate being he considered power his own ambition. He became they demon they had feared him to be. As the town was the place of his demonhood he took its name, Lagos, and set upon the word.

He came back to Britain, helped some witches in exchange for power - the two rings. With them he set up the Shadow Guild, a secret society. He was the King, and each member a Lord of Shadow who ruled large areas. With their influence covens were set up. The covens served the Coven Master, but only the Master knew they were of the Shadow Guild. One Shadow Lord would rule over many Covens. The covens spread the world over, gaining their influences in business and politics. All seeming to be unique, individual, but secretly part of this Guild. Small amounts of money would be siphoned for the Lords and Lagos the King. Nobody but Lagos, Lords and Coven Masters knew of the Guild's existence. All of the Lords were sired by Lagos. All of the Coven Masters would be sired by the Lords.

While Lagos had power and influence in most things it was passive. He kept himself to himself, and even refrained from killing unless it was necessary. He lived in a penthouse suite, and possessed the legal identity of his alias. Few knew him as Lagos and except Lords none knew who Lagos really was. Not even the Lord know of his original, human, name.

----


Lagos walked down the path, the morning light went ignored by him. He saw the gathering, hints of their minds and scent telling him their abnormal statuses, so hid in an alley close by, listening. He had gone unnoticed and two had left. Another human approached, this could be interesting. He continued to hide, listening to them.

[Cahalith]

Claudia shut her book- she was restless, she needed to get out- the other child of Solomon, the eldest had made her uneasy. This meant Solomon would be here, and would be ranting again- she wondered if he ever shut up. She smirked to herself- her she as not an elder and yet she was probably more cranky then any elder vampire she had ever met.

She reached out for her red cane and slowly got up, She would prepare herself today for the meeting of supernaturals. Now she knew this city had an influx and she would not be unprepared. Limping to her bed room she began to change into a new set of clothing- a dress today- it was abnormal but she didn't want to deal with too many pieces of clothing. She grabbed her snow boots and slowly put them on over some white tights, her left leg was the hardest, it never moved. It looked normal in every way but it just didn't work, and when day broke it was the most painful think she ever felt like being on fire. The entire day she had learned to keep the pain out of her eyes.

She grabbed a coat hat and long scarf, with gloves she liked winter because it allowed to to dress with clothing the covered her body. She didn't like to have lots of reveling flesh. Today her red ringlets where not in the bun but down simply because tonight she as not on the job- she had not had to contact the princess of poison she as just getting out of the house to avoid whining.

Claudia however did pack in her small purse a few poises- all that affected humans and if fed on would later effect vampires. She Didn't care for flea carriers either they where stronger, and so brought a drug that was able to tranquilize one one put them to sleep. But not kill. She had not finished the special poisons the one that kills supernaturals yet.

With that she left, the snow crunched beneath her foot- she hated snow for how cold it was but liked how quite it made the world.

[demonic_monkey]

David smiled at the wolf girl when she agreed to help and, though he had declined a very large sum of money, David had a feeling that he would be seeing the hunter again. When the new arrival said his name, his actual name, he knew he could only be a hunter, perhaps hired by Solomon. Two people who had come into contact with his father had arrived in his city in the same day. He knew that Solomon would be here soon, as well...if he wasn't here already. He decided to be honest with this new hunter, just to see how he would react.

"Well, you came to the right person," David said. "I am David Solomon."

+++

The room held only a handful of people, all human, save for him. The doctor held the newborn child, which he had just delivered. He looked to the nurses in the room and used his compulsion to make them forget everything that had just happened in the room and sent them away. He then used that same power on the new parents to make them forget the child he held in his arms. They started preparing to leave and he took the opportunity to slip out through the door.

The doctor made his way to the rooftop of the hospital with the infant and looked out over the city. His face was emotionless. He could smell the scent of several beings; two of his children were here in the city somewhere, along with a werewolf and a pair of hunters, one of whom's scent he recognized from a recent meeting. There was another vampire there as well, a scent he did not recognize. He considered for a moment if that was a good thing. In truth, it did not matter to him...yet. He was waiting for his other children to arrive, the trio of sons he had minted for the purpose of hunting down his eldest son.

"Soon, David," Solomon said, lifting the newborn closer to his lips, "you will be destroyed."

He sank his fangs into the baby's tender flesh and drained the life from it.

[kathryn]

"What, really?" Lance said, his face slightly comical. He opened his coat and pulled out the old picture of David. "Well, what do you know, you are him. This picture is a little grainy... I guess it didn't catch your good side. But... what happened to your old haircut? Ah, I guess you changed it."

Lance gave a smile to the cop. "Well, if that don't beat all. Well, I guess I have the upper hand on you. I'm sorry, I should introduce myself. I'm Lance King." He held his hand out to shake.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy first watched the Jace human stroll casually away from 7 billion dollars, labeling him pretty crazy in her book. She then looked between the new human arrival and the vampire with a frown curled.

What's with all the hunters in this town? I sure hope I don't have to stay here very long; maybe this vampire hunt will lead us outta this hunter-infested place. And normally the Alpha would have hunted me down by now wondering why I'm trespassing on his territory. I wonder where are the lycanthropes in this place are...maybe David will know.

"Say David, what do you know about the lycans here? Usually one of them would have found me by now." She asked, heedless of the hunter's words. Not that she was trying to be rude or anything, but once her mind went off on its tangents, it was hard to get her back on track.

[demonic_monkey]

David found himself perplexed by the hunter's reaction. He tentatively reached out and shook the offered hand.

"I know where they prowl," David answered the werewolf. "There's a park a few blocks to the north of where we are now where at least one of them is always patrolling. The park is their favorite territory in the city and they constantly watch over it. You can find them there." He looked to Lance. "It's...a pleasure to meet you, Lance. This is my friend...um..."

He didn't remember if she had told him her name yet. He was fairly sure she hadn't.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy nodded in response to his answer, and slapped her own forehead at the mention that she indeed had not introduced herself yet.

"Boy, am I rude! My name's Roxy, good to meet you, and I didn't mean to interrupt you there, uh...Lance." She added with a chuckle.

"I'm not really looking for them, I was just curious as to why they haven't come to ask me what I'm doing on their turf yet. They normally don't waste a lot of time bullying strange wolves passing by." She explained.

[demonic_monkey]

"Ah," David said. "Well, the wolves here aren't quite as mean as you might think. This is my city, after all, and they live here under the condition that they not harm any person within the city. They usually accept strange wolves into the fold of their pack, should the wolf want to be included in their ranks. Speaking of them, I may need to talk to their Alpha soon..." He stroked his chin, suddenly lost in his thoughts.

[Bane]

Jace wandered the city for awhile, yawning and finally decided to head home. He yawned again as he walked up the block, but something caught his attention, there were police cars in front of his building.

"Whats going on?"he asked, slipping into the crowd"They caught a vampire on the penthouse..apparently the thing had been living there." someone replied.

Jace blinked lightly and without thinking darted under the police line and through the door, just in time to see his father and three EMT's walk out of the elevator, shake hands and push away a gurney with a body bag.


"Jace, you have been keeping secrets."his father said to him, but he didn't reply, his eyes were locked onto the body bag."Why..."he finally managed to ask, blinking before turning to face his father, whom had merely left without a word.


Jace moved to go upstairs, trembling slightly, maybe it was someone else, it couldn't be her could it? He pressed the button for his floor, and waited until the elevator dinged his floor.

Once he got off, he moved towards his door, and pushed it open. The sight was that of controlled carnage, blood and bullet casings everywhere, tables tipped over, knives buried into the wall."She's gone..."he finally managed to say, blinking lightly.

On the counter in his bathroom was a small note, hand written."Dear Jace, We received an anonymous tip about your little roommate, and as such, have removed the problem. We hope that with this block out of the road you will return to gods path. Sincerely, Your Father Thomas Alexander"

[Cahalith]

Claudia had been pacing by a complex when she saw it- cop car lights flashing and a body bag- as much as she was excited to see the victim, as fresh as possible she knew tonight was her night off and she didn't have jurisdiction if it wasn't a poison issue. She sighed life at times was so boring.

She wondered why she cared about children? Why did they mater- she wished there was some way to remove that flaw from her, it was for lack of better terms embarrassing.

She limped by and was stopped by an officer wondering why a crippled was walking in the snow. She arched an eyebrow annoyed "Because your American Public Zervice iz flawed." She told him with out much thought.

She looked so sweet too the officer said "Miss I am going to have to ask you to go." She rolled her eyes "It vaz vat i vaz doing before you ztopped me." She then continued to walk. He was talking about her, calling her a bitch she knew a normal mortal could not hear from this distance so did not say a word.

She had a cover she could not afford to loose not when it provided so much useful toys. Smiled, oh the wonderful thing she could do in that lab, and the bodies- Donated to science. She wished for a live one, she would have to get one...

[kathryn]

"Pleased to meet you both," he smiled. "So, werewolves, eh? Sorry to interrupt you both, but I have pressing matters. Uh, Mr. Solomon, was it? I suppose you've figured out that not just anyone comes looking for you under that name. I also guess that you've figured what my occupation is. Well, I suppose that I could take this opportunity to try and collect the bounty on your head right now, but you're in luck, I'm off duty at the moment.

"So I hope you don't mind if I tag along with you both on your business. I'll be starting duty again tomorrow, so you're both safe until then," he smiled.

[demonic_monkey]

"Hmmm," David thought for a moment. "Well, I suppose it would be alright for the moment. Perhaps I can talk to you about who hired you? And how much they're paying you? I'd very much like to keep my life and continue to defend human life. Perhaps we can reach an agreement? Let's walk and talk."

He started again down the sidewalk, toward the sirens he heard in the distance. He would need to check out what was going on. It was his duty as an officer of the law.

[kathryn]

Lance followed. "Well, I can tell you how much I was paid. But the client was anonymous, and we didn't speak. He just handed me the usual payment and the info on you. Do you really have a panda shaped burn mark on your inner thigh from when you wrestled a flame witch?"

[Cahalith]

Claudia thought as she walked in the snow, how she knew how she could get some bodies but thought maybe he was upset at her, well not maybe or thought- She knew he was upset at her. She had lied. Claudia had saved a mortal, it was just a child. She looked back to see the lights still flashing and then pulled out a cell phone, she would have to do it.

She spoke slowly "Bonsoir Monsieur, aidez-moi détruire ce qui me lie à eux. " the one on the other line knew that Claudia was prideful and that her coming back was a big step in a positive direction.

[demonic_monkey]

David looked at Lance in surprise. The question had caught him completely off-guard.

"Umm...well...I suppose you could say we were 'wrestling,'" he answered. Had he been capable of doing so, he would have blushed at the memory. "It's really more of a love burn."

Lance was trying to be mysterious about his employer. David could only think of a few people who knew him by his real name...and could think of only one who would want him dead.

"So how much are you getting paid to kill me?" he asked.

[kathryn]

Lance paused at the question, counted a little on his fingers, made a space with his hands, and then pulled out the packet of money he got.

"30 thousand, perhaps? There's a note inside here that says the other half will be delivered on completion."

[demonic_monkey]

"Well, there's only a few people in the world who know me by that name," David said, "and there is only one who wants me dead. That person is evil incarnate. I can promise that, if you kill me, your life will end, too...by his hands. He intends to make human-kind go the way of the dodo bird. I wonder...if I were to, say, offer you a hundred times your current rate of pay, would you be willing to work for me instead?"

[kathryn]

"Possibly. Of course, I try to accomplish all of my hits, no matter what. If you hire me to kill this other guy before I kill you, then I won't have to kill you anymore.

"I'd actually prefer that. That way I can keep this down payment. And I won't end up dying..." he snuck a hand into his jacket and pulled out a sheet of paper. "So, this guy who wants to kill you, the guy who hired me, he's Solomon? The Solomon?"

[demonic_monkey]

"The one and only," David replied. "You know of him?"

((OOC: Sorry about the extremely short post. I'm in a bit of a rush.))

[kathryn]

"A little. You hear things when you're in my business. But what I did hear probably doesn't cover half of it. So why does he want you dead? It didn't exactly say in here," he patted his jacket where the packet was.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy followed after David and Lance the hunter, listening to their conversation, but not quite intently.

Who walks away so carelessly from 7 billion dollars? She wondered, looking at the card the man had left her with his address on it. Clearly someone who already has more money than he knows what to do with...I'll bet he uses his spare cash as firewood. She thought with a grimace. Man, maybe I could convince him to just throw it out the window, and I'll hang out under there with a bag. She chuckled at the thought of herself under a penthouse window with a garbage bag held open to catch falling money.

The sound of sirens got closer as they walked, and the wind blew towards them in just the right direction.

"Blood...vampire blood...and is that...it is, that's that Jace boy's scent." She said, for a moment unaware that she was speaking aloud.

[Bane]

Jace moved aimlessly for a moment, still in shock that she was gone, he had taken several steps to hide her, exhausting all of his knowledge of how hunters work to keep her hidden, even had false teeth made for her on the black market to blend, used strong perfumes to hide her scent, breath mints for her breath..all the tricks.

He went back to the note, a tip? No human knew she had been here, no..it had to have been the fucking cop..he had told them she was here..and now..they'd all pay, his family..the cop..and anyone who got in his way.


Jace moved quickly, the hatred he know felt giving him motivation. He went back out into the hall were his cousin and uncle were there waiting, apparently to take him back to his Father's compound for a "Chat" about his little pet as they called her.

"Fuck off."was all he said before he drew his guns and fired, killing them both with a single shot. Two cops rushed up the stairs in time to see Jace turn and fire again, putting bullets in both of their hearts, or in that general vicinity.


Jace moved quickly, taking the elevator down to the subbasement He jumped into his car, an old corvette he had purchased and restored, and without hesitating another moment revved the engine and peeled out.

As he whipped around the corner he started towards his family's compound, where they all gathered to celebrate after a hunt..by praying.

Upon arriving he exited his car quietly, killed the engine and opened the trunk, he always kept supplies back there, just in case. He placed his pistols into the trunk and drew out a Shotgun, sawed off and double barrel, making sure it was loaded he grabbed a few of his fathers toys, incendiary grenades, C4 and a single Uzi. He smirked, yea, they would all die tonight.

"See you in hell old man..."he stated under his breath as he placed the C4 on a trip wire by the back door, next he pulled the pins on two grenades, counted to four and threw them through a window. Four seconds later he heard the screams, and kicked in the front door. He smirked and watched them run, trying to put the fires out, and the first person he saw, still covered in the blood of his fallen friend, his father.

Jace grinned and whistled loudly, drawing his fathers attention to him, and before he could say anything he unloaded both barrels of the shotgun point blank into his chest. Dropping it he turned and unloaded the Uzi into the crowd of people, bullets and blood flying everywhere.

After a few moments it was quiet, save the still burning wood from the church and Jace exited, he had taken two shots in his right arm, neither were fatal but hurt like hell, and was covered in blood. He could hear the sirens coming, so he waited dropping the Uzi into the trunk he drew out his pistols and waited, David the cop had said his name was, surely he'd be coming to the scene of a massacre, if he cared about his cover as a cop.

[demonic_monkey]

David saw the flashing lights in front of the building and one of the officers getting into his car looked over and spotted him.

"David!" he called, waving urgently at him. "We just got a report of explosions and shots fired at a church nearby. They're calling all of us out to the scene."

David hurried over to the squad car and turned to look at Lance and Roxy.

"Come on," he said. "Get in the back. If it's who I think it is, I'll need your help negotiating."

He dropped into the passenger seat and waited for the other two to join him.

"Civilians?" the cop asked. "David, that's not a very good idea."

"Relax, Alex," David said. "They won't be harmed. I just need to find out what happened. If all of this was caused by you guys acting on a false tip, I swear to God you'll all regret it."

[kathryn]

Lance shrugged and was about to go into the car as well, but then he thought for a moment. He took a bit of salt from out of his bag, and poured a circle with it around his feet. He mumbled a spell under his breath and the circle went Poof!

He then went into the car, his protection spell working on him.

(Cost to do the spell: Some of his energy and the salt.)

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy slid into the squad car on the other side, cracking the window so the scents of the world were still available to her. She wasn't quite comfortable sitting next to a hunter, or going to probably rescue one, but today seemed like a day that was going to be filled with the abnormal.

She wondered a moment if the hunter knew what she was, not that she had made it a secret, or anything. But hunters only had a human sense of smell to "aid" them, rather than a sense of smell like her own. Or perhaps they had learned to use other tricks to spot creatures of her and David's individual kinds. She thought a moment about asking him...

Maybe later... She thought, rolling her eyes thoughtfully.

[demonic_monkey]

The car peeled out, the rubber shrieking against the asphalt. The lights flashed blue and red above and the squeal of the siren stung David's ears. He blocked it out by focusing on something else. The buildings flew by on either side for several blocks before the car drifted into a parallel spot near the curch where several other cars waited with sirens blaring and lights flashing.

"Here we are," David said, opening his door.

[Cahalith]

Claudia had been walking for quite some time, when she approached a church covered in police she closed her eyes and looked around sighing softly- could she not escape this hell? really? why hadn't Solomon called yet? was he still angry- probably.

Claudia heard the sounds of sirens and winced it was loud. She smelt blood and shivered blood from a bag sometimes was not quite the same, it was older and cold. She locked her jaw, "Vhat iz vith iz night?" Shaking her head.

[Bane]

Jace had been siting in the front seat of his car for a few moments now, cops tended to shoot first if they say a gun. He had warned them not to come close and fired a few warning shots, so now he was laying flat on his back in the driver seat. He wouldn't give them an easy shot, no way in hell.

He reached into the glove box and pulled out a phone before dialing 911, he gave them his address and explained who he was, they said they would relay the number to the detectives on scene. He smiled faintly, detectives, maybe his new friend would be here tonight..he hoped so..that bastard would pay.

[demonic_monkey]

Solomon looked into the mirror at his visage. It was the same as it had been for the last six millenia. The long gray hair framing a still youthful face with glazed over red eyes staring out from between those silver curtains. He looked at his feet as he pulled out his cell phone, admiring the leather of his Armani shoes. There was a message from one of his children waiting in his voicemail box. He listened to it and dialed a number.

+ + +

The cell phone in David's pocket vibrated. He pulled it out and flipped it open.

"Detective Sanderson," he said.

"Detective," the dispatcher said. "We have a man claiming to be the man you're after on the line. He called 9-1-1 to get on the line with a detective-"

"Put it through, Nancy," David said. "I don't have much time here."

"Right," she said.

He heard the line click over.

"This is Detective David Sanderson," he said. "How can I help you?"

[Cahalith]

Claudia looked at he scene before her and then her phone rang, of course it rang now. she eyed and pulled out her phone "'ello?" She said softly trying to figure out how the timing of things could get much worse "Ziz iz?" She asked playing mortal- since she as around so many currently.

[demonic_monkey]

"Bonjour, Claudia," Solomon said. "It is your father."

He walked through the house he had taken in the suburbs of David's precious city. The family had been easy enough to remove. He was now making preparaions for the new arrivals who were on their way.

"I need to speak to you soon," he said. "In person. Go to the suburbs. 1428 Elm Street. I will be waiting. Adrian might be pleased to see you again. Au revoir."

[Cahalith]

Claudia sighed was nervous if her heart still beat it would be pounding in her chest "papa" she put the show on for Mortals "Et I Can not vait." She smiled calmly though she as very nervous, Adrian that name was so familiar who was that? She hung up her phone and saw a cab she for once got them to pull over she gave them a look of fear, she used her innocence she so hated having. and gave them a the address she needed to be at- it wasn't too horribly far but way to far for her to walk.

She did not speak to the man the entire way paid her fee and got out of the car, she did not want to be near the scene of the crime there was too much blood and she was sadly missing the flavor of warm blood. She walked to his house as the cab drove away and knocked. Claudia was not a kind person but she did respect ones homes.

[demonic_monkey]

The doorbell intruded on the gentle strains of music that were pouring out of one of the house's rooms from Adrian's violin. Solomon nodded to another of his sons, Armand, to go answer the door. Armand, his blue eyes looking sullen between the curtains of his straight blonde hair, moved to the door and pulled it open.

"Hello," Armand said to Claudia. "Solomon is waiting in the den. Come with me."

He led her to Solomon as the music of the violin started to crescendo to a louder volume, emotion growing thick in the melody. Armand bowed to Solomon and left the room.

"Bienvenue, enfant," Solomon said. "Sit down. We need to talk."

[Cahalith]

She nodded but did not speak her mind was wondering about she sound of the music playing.

Claudia had always admired the violin it was her favorite sound - however because of her leg when she was a child her mother had insisted on keeping her 'safe'. She looked around the room, she made note of exits though she knew she couldn't escape "Of courze" She spoke in English- practicing- She took a seet her leg had gotten better after the surgery.

She looked at the one playing the violin he looked familiar she couldn't put her finger on it was she getting forgetful? Adrien that was Adrien but why did she remember him- She looked back her father "Zir- I come to Zay I-" She made the face, Claudia hated to apologize specially when she was wrong, for a cripple she was a prideful creature "I am Zorry." She barely said the words her head lowered in shame she had said it- it was hard and it was apparent. She hated her self for those words.

They where bitter and foul tasting.

[Bane]

Jace was surprised to hear that the Detective had been put through immideatly"Why..."he asked, his voice croaking lightly, he hadn't really said anything since the incident at his tower.

"Why...why did you tell them about Lo..."he asked it again, a single tear rolling down his cheek, he knew he had just committed a mass murder, and probably killed two cops."Tell your men to stay away from the church...it's rigged with C4...they needn't die tonight..."he left that statement hang, they needn't. This man, this vampire who had in a single breath killed his lo..his only true friend.


"Tell them to stand down...you and me..."he hung up then, letting his words resonate with the Detective, he knew the vampire would hold true to it, most of them were bound by some made up code of honor.

[demonic_monkey]

David closed his phone and started walking, firing a single shot skyward from a Barretta that had been inside his hoodie for several hours now.

"Stand down!" he shouted. "Stand down!"

The cops all looked toward him.

"The church is rigged with C4 and the suspect has asked to talk to me alone," he called for all to hear. "Do not make a move toward that building while I speak with him. Do not fire a shot at him or all of you will be suspended."

He moved on toward the church and the hunter. He knew what the hunter was thinking and needed to tell him the truth.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy got out of the squad car as it stopped near a church, lights and sirens everywhere, stabbing into her eyes and tearing into her ears enough to make her flinch. She shook her head lightly, and tried to tune it out before she heard David's phone go off. She stilled but didn't stare directly at him; if you're going to eavesdrop, rule number one is never make it obvious.

She heard Jace on the other end, and once she heard his voice, rule number one flew out the window. She stepped closer to David, her heart going out to the hunter, a new experience for her.

Once he fired his weapon and demanded the officers stay put, he started off in the direction of Jace's scent. She smirked; he'd ordered the officers to stay back. She wasn't one. Besides, her instincts told her she should be there. For both of their safeties.

She followed him, her beast rising under her human flesh to stare out through her eyes with her. She might end up needing her animal side if things went sour...but she hoped she could prevent that and keep them both calm.

[Bane]

Jace heard the gunshot, and his heart missed a beat, then the silence that followed as he heard David shout and give orders to stand down. He sighed and slipped a single pistol into the back of his jeans, pulling the hoodie up over it.


"I'm coming out!!"he yelled loudly and stuck both hands out the window to show he was unarmed, which he wasn't. He sighed faintly and opened the door to the car, slipping out and standing up straight. His right side was covered in blood, and in fact it still ran down his arm from the two holes in his shoulder.

"Why..."he asked again, staring directly at David, in his mind there was no other person who could have known, just the vampire. After all, he had been careful, and the vamp had those damned heightened senses.

[kathryn]

Lance also got out of the car. He recognized the man from earlier, and without knowing the entire story, he wanted to rush to help. That was the hardest part of being a hunter, the fact that being a white witch gave him the power to give back the life he just stole. And he couldn't do that.

He glanced over at the wolf girl and made his way over to her side. Under his breath, he whispered to her. "I know you don't trust me. I could tell from the way you were looking at me. But if you rush in right now, someone could get killed. And I'd hate to have to heal your pretty face once it's laced with silver scars."

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy glanced over at the other hunter, Lance who'd spoken to her. She raised an eyebrow at him.

"What is it with hunters and hitting on me today?" She asked with a light chuckle. "I don't plan on rushing anywhere, but my instincts won't let me just hang back. I don't know why I feel the need to try and help what's normally my enemy, my I can't ignore my instincts, no matter what they tell me. We'll go together." She said, and reached out a hand to him, itching to continue following after David.

"And the distrust is nothing personal," She added. "It's a necessary survival thing." She flashed him a smirk.

[kathryn]

He smiled back. "Great. Then let's just... keep close. If we're needed, we'll need to act quick."

Lance took her offered hand.

(OOC: If I am delayed in writing a response, then just assume my character is going with the flow.)

[demonic_monkey]

"I am sorry," David said. "I did know about your friend, that much is true, but I swear I did not speak a word about her prescence. She was not harming anyone and I saw no reason to expose her. I am not the one who killed her.

"This points to another vampire, yes, but not myself. This sudden situation was most likely brought to life by the hand of one who has had centuries to plan, to get rid of someone who could likely cause him trouble. I am not the one who that trouble would find. You fight for what is good. The one who did this is evil. Your sights should be set on him."

He looked around at the scenery of cops and cars.

"I don't think he intended for you to walk away from this alive," David said, "but I want you to do just that."

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy gave him a nod and led him along with her after David, but carefully. She didn't want anything to get out of hand. They came up a few feet behind David, and Roxy frowned lightly at the blood soaked, wounded, distraught human hunter.

She decided she didn't know him well enough to say anything to him. She released Lance and took an extra step forward, his hunter eyes would see her human and animal halves in her eyes, but his human eyes would see the sympathy both her halves felt for him. She knew what loss felt like, and knew by the scent that his despair was easily more than she had felt...he hadn't experienced loss. Someone was stolen from him.

[Bane]

Jace blinked lightly at the vampire, was he really trying to reason with him?! "Your lies wont work..."he stated, but he knew the vampire wasn't lying, the charm around his neck prevented the bloodsuckers from clouding his mind...

"Stop trying to trick me...there's no walking away from this...fourteen bodies...and the two cops at the tower...."he snorted lightly, sixteen people that he knew of, how many more would die.

He wavered lightly, the blood loss and his own drug use finally catching up to him. He shook lightly and fell to one knee vomiting up the contents of his stomach, which honestly wasn't a lot.

"Lo..."he stated again as tears filled his eyes, he sat back after a moment and stared up at the sky.

At that same moment inside the church one of his relatives whom wasn't quite dead had been crawling towards the backdoor, unaware of the explosives set back there. As the door opened, the wire was tripped and then came the explosion.


Wood, glass and flames flew into the sky as the charges detonated. Jace smiled faintly, and quietly prayed that a random shard would end his life."Guess..it was thirteen bodies..."he shook his head and in the same moment managed to push himself, although unsteadily to his feet.

"Tell me the truth....Why her...Why my Lo?"he couldn't understand it, she had never hurt anyone, he had seen to that. His eyes finally caught sight of the wolf girl and the other guy from earlier."Stay back..."he warned and decided now was as good of time as any to draw his gun.

As he did he aimed directly at the vampire named "David"'s face, and cocked the hammer back."Have you said your prayers?"he asked, his finger moved to the trigger, though his aim was unsteady and his arm shaking lightly.

[demonic_monkey]

When the hunter pulled his gun again and pointed it at David's face, cocking back the hammer, time seemed to slow for David. The speed of his movement, a gift of his nature, took him around the gun and past the hunter. He stopped behind him.

"I am not the one you are looking for," he said. "Believe me or not, I don't care, but you are mistaken if you think you can kill me easily."

~+~+~+~

"Claudia, my child," Solomon said, looking at her intently. "I have no need for apologies. They will achieve nothing. I want something from you."

The music stopped and Adrian opened his azure eyes to look at her as well, smiling faintly.

"Earlier today," he said. "You met your older brother, of sorts. He may have called himself David Sanderson. I want you to kill him."

[Cahalith]

Claudia heard the music stop, her eyes drifted to Adrien's direction then she remembered that was one of her brothers- She did not like any of them, They where all frustrating, and sometimes she wished they would crawl back into their mortal mothers womb. They should have been aborted like fetus rejects.

She closed her eyes, as she arched an eyebrow "kill im." She sighed "I ave not completed uh..." She paused trying to remember the word "ow you say? Research." She nodded "Et iz ztill in vorking phase." She frowned slightly- her doll like face giving that soft pout she got when frustrated by nothing having finished something she wanted "I do not have zubject."

[Bane]

Jace knew vampires, he knew his limits, but he never was able to accurately guess the vampires speed. Still he was ready, he pivoted on his right heel, spinning in a fraction of a second to land squarely behind David, he wasn't nearly as fast as the vampire, or perhaps as fast as the werewolf on scene, but he could move.

"Liar."he stated coldly, he wouldn't show his back to the wolf or the other guy with them, he didn't trust them enough. But he remembered something, lycans could sense a liar, almost smell it...

"Is he lying to me..."he asked the girl, he didn't have a reason to really trust her, except that he was holding a loaded gun. He swung his arm, pointing the gun directly at her, and waiting, he had to trust that she valued her life well enough not to lie to a potentially homicidal delusional and grief stricken hunter holding a loaded weapon.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy didn't flinch when Jace pointed the gun at her; she'd been on the wrong end of plenty of weapons in her life. She knew she'd know when his finger twitched enough to pull the trigger, and was confident she'd be able to move out of its path in time. Confident enough to ease a step closer, her eyes not moving from his until she had taken her step.

She turned her eyes to David and tested his scent on the air, making just enough of a show of the gesture to make it apparent to Jace what she was doing. The then returned her gaze to his.

"He's telling the truth. He's a vampire, this...Lo was, too. I smelled her earlier. He's also a cop for this city. If he's out for justice, and she wasn't doing anyone harm, why would he have anything done to her? Vampires also usually side with their own kind before humans or my kind. So what reason does he have to hurt her?" Roxy reasoned softly. She spoke not as though she wanted to "talk him down", instead she spoke rather to console him.

"If you want to find out who really did this, you'll need patching up at least." She said, holding out a hand to him as she had Lance. "We'll help you."

[kathryn]

It was when the attention was directed onto the were-girl, Lance made his way over to David.

"When that guy lowers his gun, I want to get in there. Let me heal him," he pleaded. As a white witch, Lance never enjoyed seeing anyone in pain, and it was a compulsive instinct of his to heal them... at least until he had to kill them.

[demonic_monkey]

"I can't make that decision," David said. "It will be up to him to decide if he wants you to heal him. I would like you to be able to, but it is up to him."

David looked out over the scene before him. These cops needed to be removed from this scene. He didn't need all of these eyes watching them, particularly when he was trying to keep the existence of supernatural being secret from the people of the city. He needed to find a way to get them away from here.

[Cahalith]

Claudia looked up at Solomon in silence not sure why he had not responded- He was a tricky one to understand. "I can not kell vhat im if i do not ave ze poison ready."

[Bane]

Jace blinked lightly, he hadn't seen the other guy move, was he really that delirious? He shivered and looked at her again, he couldn't tell if she was lying to him, it seemed more like she actually wanted to help him.

He decided to trust her, he had no proof for his accusations. He relaxed then,releasing the hammer into the safe position and dropping the gun to the ground, foot kicked it to the side as he then dropped to his knees and placed both his hands behind his head.

"I surrender...Lo.."he whimpered the name once more before he fell onto his face, the combination of his drugs, booze and injuries causing him to pass out.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy surged forward and caught Jace before he hit the ground, and carefully hoisted him over her shoulder, mindful of his injuries.

"We should get out of here." She said, looking over at David and Lance. "I can close his wounds, but I doubt he'd want me to...well, actually he might..." She added, rolling her eyes as she remembered him hitting on her earlier.

[kathryn]

Lance would have acted at catching the guy if Roxy hadn't already. "How can werewolves heal people?" he asked, genuinely curious.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy looked acutely uncomfortable, one hand rubbing the back of her head as she looked up and away.

"Uh...well, our saliva has all our healing properties...I'd have to lick his wounds to heal them..."

[demonic_monkey]

David circled back to the squad car they had come in and pulled Alex from the driver's seat.

"Go home," he told Alex as he motioned for Lance and Roxy, carrying Jace to get in the car. He knew he could lose the other cops easily and get Jace to his home, where he could recover undisturbed.

+++

Solomon smiled. "It is not a matter of poison," Solomon said. "You have the ability to kill him, whether you realize it or not. You need only get close enough to him for his guard to drop. When that happens, it's as simple as sliding a knife into his heart."

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy saw David beckon them over to a squad car not too far away, and she hauled Jace in the car's direction. She laid him out in the back seat and crawled in after him. She pulled out the address Jace had given her earlier and slipped it through the cage between the front and back seats of the squad car.

"He said this is where he lives." She told him.

[kathryn]

Lance also got into the squad car. "Well, Roxy, I don't mind if you heal him, but I think it'll be better if I handle it. I have something that'll get rid of that poison in his liver too."

[demonic_monkey]

"If the authorities have this information, too, then it won't be safe to take him there," David said. "I'll have to take you all to my place. At the least, he will be safe there. In any event, someone needs to heal him soon. And I'll need to figure out a way to make all of what happened tonight disappear."

David was worried that this little event may have blown open a door he had been trying to keep closed.

[Cahalith]

Claudia looked at him not sure why Solomon had so much faith in her but nodded "Father I vill do my best." She pushed herself up and looked at her brothers. She looked at them confused eye eyes lingered on the musician, and said with out her eyes moving "may I leave you father?"

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy shrugged. "That'd probably be a better idea. It's possible he could catch lycanthropy from my saliva entering his bloodstream, but it's a really small risk. However, if I do anything without his permission, and he DOES catch it...well, I'd rather not have to deal with that. Plus I can't do anything about his organs." She told him.

"Either way, David's right, he's losing blood...it's not life-threatening yet, but it can escalate if we don't slow the blood loss soon."

[kathryn]

"Just push on his wounds to stop the bleeding. I'll take care of the rest," he said, and then looked at David. "At least when we get to your place."

[demonic_monkey]

"Right," he said as he pulled away from the crime scene. "We'll be there soon enough."

He pushed down the accelerator, pushing the speed of the car up steadily. He was in a rush to get them away from the eyes of his fellow officers.

~+~+~+~

"You may leave, child," Solomon said. "We will be watching. Au revoir."

Armand stood, ready to lead Claudia back to the door.

[Rylias Shadow]

"I hope he doesn't like this hoodie." She said and tore it down the middle, carefully wrestling it from his body, and then his shirt to reveal a chain mail shirt.

"Damn...silver." She muttered. She carefully pulled it off, her hands in the hoodie so she didn't have to touch it directly. Once it was off, she quickly wrapped the hoodie around the silver chain mail and dropped it to the floor of the car. She looked over his chest...there was so much blood and it was starting to dry in sticky trails down his body, his wounds near his shoulder. She balled up the cloth and applied pressure to the wounds, careful not to hurt him.

Her beast was still so close to the surface that the scent of the blood was actually making her shake.

Damn it...this is what I get for not eating yesterday... She thought, the tremors increasing by the second.

She cursed herself, and leaned down to lick the drying blood from his chest, but the shirt and her hands kept her far away from his wounds. The shakes eased at once, although his blood was thick with alcohol. She normally didn't drink, but blood was blood and she wanted to stop the shaking.

[Cahalith]

Claudia looked at the one called Armand "I know my way out." She stood and her hand gripped her hand on the cane and began to limp her way to the door- She needed to call a cab again! God she hated this.

David- She needed to figure out how to get in touch with him, and on top of that kill him... She put her hand on the door handle and looked back into the house.

[Bane]

Jace groaned as they moved him into the car, he was pretty deep into his own subconscious. He shifted slightly in his sleep, which caused his body to jerk lightly. And then he felt the tugging and jerking, his eyes fluttered into the realm of the semi-conscious. He groaned and coughed lightly, a light amount of alcohol from the party before coming up.

"Always...Always knew you'd lick me..."he grinned as he felt Roxy's tongue over his chest, it caused him to shiver lightly. He grimaced again and let his still fuzzy gaze roam over the vehicle.

"I'm..I'm going to prison...aren't I?"he asked, still his mind roamed to Lo, how she must have felt when they came for her, and a tear rolled down his cheek again.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy groaned, sitting up to glare down at him.

"Don't be an ass, it's this or be filthy. We're taking you to David's place since the cops know where you live. You're not going to jail." She told him.

His despair spiked, and a tear slipped from his eye. She brushed it away, and replaced her hands on his wounds.

"I could close these now, or you can wait for Lance to heal you." She mentioned. She knew if he asked her to, she'd have to warn him of the risk.

[Bane]

Jace coughed lightly and shivered before looking up at her"How?"he asked, he didn't know anything really about the special abilities of werewolves. He shivered and moved a little closer to her, she seemed to actually give a damn about him.


"Why..why help me?"he asked, he couldn't understand why a werewolf, who knew he had killed one of her kind recently, would help him?

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy sighed and rubbed the back of her head again...didn't hunters research their targets anymore?

"I'd, uh, have to lick your wounds. My saliva has the same healing properties I do. The only problem is there's a minor risk of you catching lycanthropy from my saliva entering your bloodstream. I've only heard of two or three cases in my life of a lycan healing a human this way and them catching it, it's a minor risk, but a risk nonetheless." She explained.

"And I'm helping you because you've not made yourself my enemy, even offered me, a stranger, a place to stay. You only threatened me a moment ago, and I can't quite blame you for that incident...you were distraught. I know you were telling the truth about the werewolf you killed." She added.

[kathryn]

As they drove, Lance picked out some things in his pockets, a few herbs and a gemstone, and he began grinding the herbs with the gemstone into his hand. It was in preparation to do a healing spell.

"Hey, David, do you have a lemon at your place that I can use?"

[Bane]

Jace coughed once more and grimaced, each time he moved his arm it hurt just a little bit more."Lets see....have some..witch touch me...or get licked..."he wasn't in so much pain that he couldn't make a smart-ass comment. He knew that lycanthropy had a lot of benefits over its honestly minimal risks...


"Lick away babe..."he grinned and closed his eyes, trying hard to block out the memories of him and Lo...the most dominant one was of last year, they had taken a trip to the Bahamas..he even had a picture of the two of them on the beach at night....


"Piggy...you said you knew who set me up...who killed Lo....tell me."he had to know, he knew that his family had been directly responsible for her death, but if they had been manipulated, he would finish what he started, kill everyone responsible, anyone who had a hand in it would pay.

[demonic_monkey]

"His scent was all over the church and the bodies within," David said. "Solomon was the one who set you up, the one responsible for Lo's death. I know I sound like a broken record, but I know his scent and that church reeked of it. It was Solomon."

He pulled the squad car into his garage, next to a recently purchased Lotus Elite. He got ot of the car and opened a door for the pair in the back seat.

"There are a few lemons in the refridgerator," he said to Lance as he reached out to give a hand in moving Jace into the house itself.

[Cahalith]

Claudia turned the handle looking back the door, she pushed it open and left. She wondered why Solomon wanted her to kill David she was the youngest of his children, the least powerful, She had an odd gift that no other vampire had been known to have but that did not mean she was powerful.

Lies deceit, it was easy when dealing with mortals. Claudia hated walking on her leg it hurt to use, less when the sun was not out but she didn't want to be around the Cab and needed time to think, She needed to walk to give her a chance to sort out a plan of action, she was going against some one way more powerful and doing it alone. Solomon would not be helping her- She knew that. She frowned slightly, "Fuck." She said the word in the ugly language it was because it was an ugly situation.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy rolled her eyes; trust him to make it weird. She was about to pull the torn shirt from his wounds when they pulled into a garage and stopped. David opened the back door of the squad car and offered a hand to help them out. She took his offered hand to be polite and got out of the car. She then leaned back in to help Jace climb out of the back seat.

"Where can I lay him once we get inside? I'm sure you don't want his blood staining anything of yours." Roxy asked David, pulling Jace's uninjured arm over her shoulders.

[demonic_monkey]

David waved it off. "I can always get new stuff," he said, reaching into the car to help Jace out. "What's more important; life or decorations? We can lay him out on the couch for the moment."

[Cahalith]

Claudia had been walking for some time lost in her own thoughts, she had no idea how this was suppose to happen. She felt the leg hurting the sun would be up soon and was glad to have found a bench to rest at. She had much to plan, and would have to call into work- Let them know she came down with something... A cold? no something that lasted longer. She looked down at her leg staring at it blankly her eyes empty like a porcelain doll- she felt like them empty hallow ever since he died. She missed him so much she touched her locket. "Mon frère bien-aimé, je suis tellement désolé." She looked down, at the snow covered ground. She had been alone since he died and now she would live eternity alone

[kathryn]

Lance followed them out of the car. Since the hunter was too stubborn to let him do some magic, he just pocketed the spell.

"Hey," he said at Jace. "Do you want me to take out your alcohol poisoning? You'd just have to bite on a lemon. Since you don't want me to heal your gunshot wounds, I can do at least that for you."

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy nodded, and let him help her carefully haul Jace to his feet and get him inside. She looked around at the very comfortable home and nodded approvingly.

"This is a very nice home, David." She told him, and laid Jace on the sofa, stuffing the torn and bloodied shirt in the trash. She returned to Jace's side, kneeling in front of the couch. His blood was still pouring steadily from his wounds.

She cleared her throat, knowing he'd continue to make a big deal out of it, and cleaned the fresh blood from his chest before moving on to the wounds in his shoulder. Every swipe of her tongue on his open wounds caused him to wince, but it also caused the flow of blood to lessen, the wounds to grow just a bit smaller. She continued until the wounds in his flesh closed, and she sat back to look down at him.

"There, at least you're not at risk of bleeding to death. Lance should probably flush out the poisons in your system if he can, though." She told him.

[Bane]

Jace winced and coughed lightly each time her tongue went over him, and all he could think to do was laugh."Heh...never thought...I'd see the day when a woman licking me wasn't welcomed..." He laughed again, lightly before his laughs turned to sobs.

Now that his chest was at least clean anyone who cared to take a look would notice a few scars, mostly what looked like bullet wounds; which was probably no surprise to anyone considering his line of work.

What was probably most intriguing were the small marks along his collar bone, like little bite marks. And then across his heart was a single word "Lolita"


"No..the poison is all I've got left now...leave me with it...hell..I need a drink..."he coughed lightly and moved to sit up, though he was still entirely to weak. He tried at first to sit up on his bad arm, which failed.

Next he moved to try and sit up using his other arm. He failed again, not because this arm was wounded, but because he was so weak from the blood loss. He turned his head to Roxy and gave her a smirk."Be a doll and get me a drink please..."

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy looked over the word pierced into his chest and shook her head.

"Trust you to make a big deal of it...she seems to have meant a lot to you; what did she think of you hitting on every girl you met?" She asked. It probably wasn't an appropriate time for it, but sometimes Roxy's mouth ran a bit faster than her brain. She stumbled a bit as she stood, his human blood a drug to her in the first place, and this blood was thick with alcohol. She grasped the arm of the couch to steady herself, and looked down at him again.

"It's not my house, but if I do get you anything, it'll be water. You don't need any more alcohol; there's more of that in you than blood." She told him, her words soft and slightly slurred. She glanced over at David.

"May I get 'im shome water?" She asked, and growled at herself for slurring again. She shook her head to try and clear it.

[demonic_monkey]

"Of course," David said. "Better yet, I'll go get it. I need something to drink, too."

David left the wall he was leaning against and moved into his kitchen, opening the refridgerator and removing a blood bag. He clamped the bag in his teeth and held it in place there as he got a glass and started filling it with water. There had been a lot of blood tonight and his thirst was driving him crazy by now. He stood there with the full glass of water as he finished sucking the blood out of the bag.

[Bane]

Jace chuckled lightly before he coughed and nodded to her question."Yea..Lo was...she called me her romeo..."he closed his eyes lightly, he loved the girl; and he missed her.

"She knew I was...polygamous...She didn't care..."he coughed again and placed a single hand on his head before groaning."You probably think I'm a little nuts right...Lo..she was my life.."

He remembered how they first met, he had been eleven years old, it was his first hunt, his family had tracked down a group of vampires that had been targeting humans, and they had taken a young girl hostage. The girls name was Dolores. When thy arrived his family annihilated the vampires on sight, the local people were superstitious so they used fire and holy water.

But they hadn't found the girl, but Jace was small then, he hadn't ever grown very wide thankfully. So when they located a small crawl way naturally they gave Jace a sawed off double barrel shotgun and sent him through with a holy water vial. He made it through the crawl way and he found a small room, and in it was a girl no older than thirteen, she had long blond hair, and bright green eyes, it was the missing girl Dolores..

He closed his eyes then, shutting out a tear from the memory."I lied to them when I found her" he said, he knew he hadn't told them the rest of the story, but it was enough."I told them she was another girl...from a different village, she went along with it.." he gulped lightly at the memory."She was with me ever since...."he let the statement fade, and stayed silent for a while then, he wanted to forget, to lose his pain in a bottle of pills and booze.

[demonic_monkey]

David dropped the empty blood bag in his trash and carried the glass of water to where Jace laid on the couch.

"What's your blood type?" he asked. "You've lost a lot of blood and it might do you good to get a transfusion. It'll get you back on your feet much sooner. With all the blood you've lost, it may take a while to recover your strength. This would hasten your recovery."

[kathryn]

Lance had walked in with everyone and stood next to the wall for a while, listening to the hunter's story. For being a hunter, he was certainly biased... but it wasn't like Lance wouldn't have been too. If he was in the poor bastard's condition, he'd rather take a gorgeous girl licking him rather than a smelly man putting herbs on his chest.

He would have offered to do a revival spell to help with the regaining of strength, but he wasn't sure if he'd take on David's offer yet, despite what he said earlier, and he would need all his strength if worst came to worst. "Just give him some O neg, it's a universal donor."

[demonic_monkey]

"Right, of course," David said. He went back to the refridgerator and pulled out a bag of O-blood and readied it to be used as an I.V. He then brought this to Roxy and handed it to her. "Stick this in his arm, the biggest vein you can find. He needs the blood transfusion whether he chooses to admit it or not. I would take care of it myself, but my head is on the table, still."

He walked over and nodded to Lance. "Let's talk in the kitchen," he said. "We still have business to discuss. Things like this are best discussed over drinks."

[Cahalith]

Claudia stayed still on that bench for some time, she didn't know how she would get close to David in a method she herself would be okay with, She looked up at the passing cars and watched as the word around her moved, people all around her never had any clue as to what lay before them, and she herself was no different.

Her family had always taught her that she being a witch was superior to mortals, and equal to Shifters but above all where the Vampires, that was why we served them unlike the shifters we knew our role, and we accepted it. She frowned slightly, though the shape of her face made her appear to be more of a slight pout. She looked to the left then the right the snow was still coming down, she loved snow when she was little it made the world so much more quite.

Claudia knew at this point she better start walking again, began to stand and take the next few walks home. She still had to get a hold of David get close to him and kill him...

[kathryn]

"Was just about to suggest the same," Lance said, walking into David's kitchen and leaving the two alone.

"Now, about your offer. Sixty grand is my usual fee, but you're going above and beyond. I guess you should know that it doesn't matter how much money I make. I complete all of my jobs, that's why I'm trustworthy."

[Bane]

Jace laughed lightly when his own blood type was suggested for a transfusion. He grinned and shook his head before trying once more to sit up."I'll be fine..I've suffered worse than this..." and he had, the worst wound he had ever received was dealt this night.

"Just give me a pain killer and some scotch..."he shook his head again, memories that he had tried to block for years kept coming, family reunions where everyone was so happy to see his brothers and sisters, but him? no, he was a disgrace they said, he wouldn't follow the family's doctrine of all supernaturals being evil incarnate.


When David came back with a blood bag and an IV he began to laugh loudly, unable to stop himself, he just found it funny that vampires actually drank from bags, he had heard of it, but never been able to confirm it.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy placed her hand on his chest when he started to sit up and kept him laying flat on the couch. She accepted the bag and IV from David and knelt again, grasping one of his wrists as he laughed uncontrollably. She set the bag on his chest and wrapped her fingers around his upper arm tightly while her other hand found a vein in the bend of his arm and slid the needle into his arm. She let go of his arm and lifted the bag above him, squeezing it gently to get it flowing.

"You don't need scotch, and you'll live without more painkillers. Water, rest, this IV, laying there, and more water will set you right." She told him, glancing at the wall above the couch. A picture hung there, and it was safe to assume it was held up by nails.

She stood and gently lifted it from the wall and set it on the floor by the other end of the couch, and she hung the blood bag by the hole in the top on one of the nails.

"Now don't go anywhere." She told him, and made her way to the kitchen, still not exactly sober, to stand in the doorway watching the other two.

[demonic_monkey]

"I understand that completely," David said. "My proposal, since the one who hired you is an anonymous party, is to help me kill Solomon. I will pay you every cent I promised and then you can finish the job you came here for. Despite what I've done for the good of human life, I know I'm still a monster. Once you kill me, there will then be two less monsters in the world, instead of one. Do we have a bargain?"

[kathryn]

David took some time to think. "You'll know my decision tomorrow."

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy's advanced hearing had helped her catch the conversation in the kitchen before she'd arrived there. She narrowed her eyes; she wondered if Lance had more of a heart than he'd expressed. If he could really partner with David for who would know how long, and still turn around and kill him for money, than he was truly ruthless.

Also, did David really believe himself a monster even though he was an advocate for protecting humans? By his logic, so was she. Was that really what he believed? Or was there another underlying reason?

"So you're a monster because you're not human? Or is there something you've done that your immortal life of doing good won't atone for?" She asked. "If I can ask." She added, not wanting to be rude.

[demonic_monkey]

David took a long look at the painting that had been taken down from the wall. The painting was of a beautiful woman with auburn ringlets. She was in a beautiful blood-red Victorian-era dress. He gazed into the green eyes that he had so carefully painted onto the canvas. "It's something I've done," he said.

He carefully lifted the two hundred-year-old painting from the floor and took down another painting on the wall, replacing it with the painting of his lost Anamaria. He remembered saving her from Solomon's fangs in France, remembered the accident during his fight with Solomon that had left her near death. His bite had been the thing that had saved her, but for the next century, they had were on the run. Solomon had started chasing them withour rest, never relenting in his pursuit. He remembered when Solomon finally caught up to them, a few days away from the turn of that century, remembered Solomon attacking them. David had been beaten near to death and then, Solomon had turned to her. David had to bear witness as Solomon slowly ripped her to pieces. He then remembered the name on the tombstone.

"Sans Ame," he whispered.

[Cahalith]

Claudia was nearing her home- a very simple apartment, specially considering the lavish home she left in France. She was tired not in the way that mortals think when they come home after a long day at the office she was growing tired of the wondering of her mind.

David, What did she know of him. What did she remember of him. She knew only what her family the Sans Ames had said when they thought she was not around- Claudia though was a powerful witch well beyond her ears was not perfect her leg was only repaired by mortal means there for there was something wrong with her- she was a flawed being and so hid her- destroyed the record of her birth and said there was never any other sibling.

Until the Death of Celestine that was how it always was Claudia was kept to the shadow and learned the darker sides of magic how to torture and break a person to the point where their was no return. This was never good enough and was still overlooked by every one but her brother.

Claudia slid the key into her apartment and pushed open the door walking into her home again- barren save for a very large collection of books. She loved to read it was really her only friend- they where consistent and resourceful- they had everything she needed and would never fail her.

Celestine had been murdered, hunters killed the good that was in the Sans Ame's family and the good that was in Claudia the light that shined in Claudia's heart was snuffed with Celestine. It was doubtful there would ever be a match to relight that flame and bring warmth back to her.

[kathryn]

Lance also wondered what David meant that he was a monster, so he was glad that Roxy asked. Too bad the answer given wasn't very much.

"Dave, where did you say that lemon was? I think I'll make myself a martini. Today isn't going exactly as planned, as you can imagine," he grinned, changing the subject. He did plan on going home, relaxing, doing what he normally did on his day off, but that changed.

[Bane]

Jace grumbled lightly, he hated being bedridden, especially when he couldn't shmooze his way into some painkillers by hitting on nurses, no he was bedridden on some bloodsucking cops couch. He sighed and after a few moments managed to sit up.

"Great, now I just need to get something to drink."he mumbled lightly, he heard someone mention a martini and well, he wanted one. So he forced himself to stand up. He grumbled lightly and lifted the blood bag off the nail. He coughed again and held it just about head level as he managed to stumble through to the kitchen."Can I please have a fuckin' drink? I've already lost blood, just let me have something to sleep with."

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy watched David's face as he mentioned it was something he'd done, and lifted the portrait she'd moved. She muttered a soft apology, knowing his ears would catch it. It wasn't long after Lance mentioned a martini that Jace found the strength to waltz in and demand one for himself. She narrowed her eyes at him, a growl playing low in her throat.

"You don't need it; I'm still buzzed from the liquor you had in your blood. Now go lay down...you're going to drink water and like it!" She scolded, letting herself into the kitchen for another glass of water for him. She hoped David wouldn't mind, but by the look still on his face, she doubted he even noticed.

With another tall glass of water, she stood an inch from Jace, waving her free hand in the direction of the couch.

[demonic_monkey]

David pushed the pain of the past down into his core, storing the anger for when he needed it. He moved back to the kitchen and pulled out the ingredients needed for a few martinis and began to mix them.

"He'll be okay with one drink," David said. "After what he's been through today, I think he deserves it. I could use one, myself. So since we're having drinks, would you care for one, too?"

He filled three of the four glasses he had pulled from the cupboard and looked at the three there with him.

"I've been thinking," he said. "That portrait in there was of someone I loved...for a time. Her name was Anamaria Sans Ame, of the French Sans Ame line of witches. They have been in Solomon's service for several centuries, sacrificing a child to him once every hundred years. I saved Anamaria from that fate. Anyway, the French vampire from this morning...I think she might be from the same family. We may need to find her, because if she is from the Sans Ame line, she might know where Solomon is...if she has had recent contact with him."

[Cahalith]

Claudia was tired of moping about her brother, she wondered when this pain would go way. She needed to just end this- when the ordeal with David and Salomon was over she would see about she could do to about finding a cure for this affliction.

She remembered back in France when she was just 19 after her mother's death, that she constructed she left the home and met the Violinist, She told him that Love was an disease she was already afflicted and now Claudia with her brother dead still had it.

She Took a deep breath though she did not need to breath signs still remaining of her mortals years. She shut her door behind her and got ready to begin her moves. She would have to play the game the one she hated the most, get close to David she would have to make him want her around and how better then to make him have this disease.

[Bane]

Jace blinked lightly when David actually agreed with him."Hell yea, can I get it extra dirty no olives?"He asked, brightening up. He felt a little better. He had to find out more information about this Solomon.

"You said Solomon killed lo...tell me about him. What's he like, who does he like." he wanted to know, he needed to know.


Jace looked over at Roxy and pulled her closer."I need to talk to you, and fast."he didn't want David to know really what he was up to, after all, it was most likely illegal.

[kathryn]

(OOC: I took too long to post and Bane got to it first. :banghead: )

"Ah, let me do something with the drinks."

As he listened to David, Lance helped himself to one of the glasses and then took out the gem that still had the healing spell on it. He blew on it and the squeezed it. Juice fell from it and into the glass. It glowed for a bit and dimmed down.

He gently removed the glass of water from Roxy, not listening to them, and dropped another gem into it, that fizzled and disappeared. Then he poured that into the martini glass, finishing the spell.

"Right. Here, it tastes just like a martini and it'll help you heal," he said, putting the drink directly into the hunter's hands. "Unless you'd like something made by a vampire instead," he said with a grin.

Then he turned back to David. "You're really set on finding this Solomon guy, aren't you? I agree with the hunter, I want to know what he else he did."

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy looked over at David when he O.K.'ed a martini for Jace. She sighed lightly; she was apparently outvoted.

"I don't drink myself, but thanks for offering." She answered with a smile before Jace pulled her against him and quietly asked to talk to her.

"Drink a glass of water after your martini. Please? It won't kill you; in fact it's good for you. And we'll talk." She told him.

"I've already agreed to help in hunting down this Solomon with you. I've heard some horror stories in my time, and simply put, you asked me for help and I said ok. I'm not one to go back on my word." She gave David a smile that was hopefully reassuring, turning her back to Jace and crossing her arms.

[Bane]

Jace hated witches above all else, he couldn't really explain it, but he hated them. So when the witch poured a magical martini, he tossed it in the sink."I'll take my chances with a blood sucker, thanks though." he snorted lightly and turned back to Roxy.


"Fine, deal I need you to do me a huge favor. You do this, and I'll give you half of my estate." Jace whispered to her. He had just committed murder, the first thing the government would do is seize his assets. So naturally he had to move them, and fast.


"I need you to one, act as my wife in order to move my assets into a Swiss account that no one but you can touch. I'm trusting you to do this, and in return I will give you exactly half."he explained quickly.

[kathryn]

Lance's eye twitched. "Alllright then."

It was obvious that he was sulking when he went back to the wall and leaned against it. He didn't do anything wrong, and yet there was a hater right there. Lance was harshly reminded why he got into the business of hunting supernaturals down in the first place. ALL supernaturals, whether it be human hunters or witches, or anyone who knew about the dark side of the world.

[Cahalith]

Claudia was glad that she had managed to keep any sort of love out of her life, the death of her brother was too much, the last few days she had with him where not pleasant. He had changed from the light Claudia so needed to something far darker then she had ever been.

When he died what was left of her light had gone out- She wondered if there was ever a chance that she could feel it light again? She was lifeless now, something about that made her wonder if there was ever any going back- Was she stuck forever in this body, this shell, cursed to walk forever between two world. She touched her necklaces her parting gift- "Celestine you are no angel." She felt so angry suddenly. She didn't know where all this was coming from she looked around the room and felt like destroying it. But just sat there staring.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy gave Lance an apologetic look; Jace didn't have to act like that, Lance was only trying to help. She heard Jace's words and faced him looking sort of appalled.

"Your what?" She asked, shocked. "That sounds very illegal, Jace...how much will this half an estate add up to, anyway?" She asked. Enough money might persuade her to do it, but then again, she didn't know him very well, and it was illegal. Besides, she didn't see herself as the "housewife" type...

[Bane]

Jace blinked lightly, giving the Lance guy an odd look. Was he sulking because Jace didn't trust him? He shook his head and turned back to Roxy before leaning in and whispering"Close to two hundred million." I just need to move it because if I'm going to go against some uber powerful vampire, I don't want to be limited by financial situations." he explained. His voice was stressed at this point and he moved to sit down.


"Man.." he thought hoping she'd go for it, after all he was offering a very generous sum of money all just to commit a little bit of fraud.

[Cahalith]

Claudia needed to calm down, She limped over to her book shelf and reached for a book as her fingers gingerly ran across the spine. This book held memories of Claudia's mortality, it was notes on how she learned magic though pain.

If Claudia had not been embraced she would have been a dangerous force- the vampirism limited her in many ways, it took from her the ability to become the shadows, and she was working on a way to get it back. Maybe there was a way to hide in the Shadows of one's mind, but now all her research had felt empty and futile.

She grabbed the book that held all of her notes, She felt like destroying something she walked to a hidden door and in it there was a man on the slab she was pleased to see he was still alive- she looked at him calmly as he investigated his vital signs "ow doez et feel unter?" She asked looking calmly at him "You be vhat you unt?"

The hunter glared at the woman "You are disgusting monster!"

Claudia had been dressing some wounds looked up at him and responded cruly "I am vhat your kind made me."

The Hunter suddenly let out a yelp as she jabbed an IV into him and gave him blood to sustain himself she knew he wouldn't feed and she need him alive. He was going to be her first test subject for the drug she called Ash.

the Hunter glared at him and said "turning me into this isn't going to make me see what its like it will only help-"

Claudia interrupted "Zhut-up, You vont live to unt to unt any more vampires vhen I am done with you." She reached forward and tapped his check.

The hunter was not sure what she meant as he felt a leather strap go over his head and over his mouth.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy watched Jace move to sit back down on the sofa, the words "two hundred million" still in her ears. It was an impressive amount of money, and it would certainly help her out with her travels or if she ever decided to buy herself a home somewhere. But she still wasn't sure if she wanted to enter into such a hoax with him. He didn't sound like a responsible person in the least. She was certain that even though he had spoken softly, that David's hearing had caught it anyway.

"I'll have to think about it." She told him.

[demonic_monkey]

David took a sip of his martini and handed off the others.

"You want to know what I can tell you about Solomon," David said. "I can tell you everything I can remember. Everything I've witnessed that he has done in the long amount of time I spent chasing him across the world. He would slaughter entire villages, draining every body within; men, women, children, babies. He will feed on anyone he desires to feed on. He likes to torture his food at times, particularly his female snacks. He creates children as he goes, people he twists to do his bidding, to die for him. He doesn't care about them. He darkens their very souls. He commands immense power. He is a malicious compellor, able to enter a person's mind and command their brain to simply die. Only very strong compulsion charms will stop him from gaining that access. He commands powerful telepathy and can listen to a person's thought from miles away, as well as telekinetic strength that I have actually seen move mountains. Make no mistake. This hunt will not be easy and could be very fatal if we aren't careful."

[Cahalith]

As the newly embraced vampire lay there Ash taking its time to affect him Claudia limed to a chair and sat watching- standing to long made her feel unstable and more lopsided, probably because she was.

The man lay there his body began to heat she could feel the room itself go up in temperature, his blood was boiling. The man began to move feeling very uncomfortable but the leather stifled the screaming.

Claudia began to record:
Patient No. 241631 H
Sex: Male
Height: 5 feet 11 inch, 180 lbs

Blond hair, blue eyed, Caucasian.


Setting her pen down she looked at him as he began to convulse, though he was a vampire the pain of his blood boiling in his blood must cause this effect- she would record this latter.


She tilted her head and watched as he began to leak blood from his pours, this was taking less time then expected. She thought that this would be a more slow and drawn out death- what a disappointment, maybe it was because it was young? She would make comments on these possible veritable for later use...

Suddenly the new vampire began to fall apart and turn to ash... She frowned. "Zat took lezz time zen expected."

[Bane]

Jace nodded quietly, listening to David, and giving Roxy a moment to think about it. He didn't have time to wait for an answer. If He didn't act now, he'd lose everything.

"You know what, I'm feeling woozy, I'm a go lay back down."he said cooly, and after giving a wave to the others in the room he moved back into the living room , hung the depleting bag of blood back up, and laid back on the couch. The only benefit to his boots was the hidden compartment in the sole for his cellphone.


He pulled it out after a moment and dialed a number, he was quiet, though he was certain they'd over hear eventually. When his call was answered he spoke quickly and quietly."Shut up and Listen to me. I want you to run a story, all channels and all papers, make it happen. Here's what youll say in this story. Alexander family masacred by unknown gunmen, youngest son died en route to hospital despite life saving efforts, Survived by newly widowed wife who is the sole heir to the fortune. Widow could not be reached for an interview." He hung up the phone after that and laid back down. The important part was still to come, and he needed numbers first.

[demonic_monkey]

David finished his martini and walked the door that led outside from the kitchen. He put his hand on the knob. He looked back at Lance.

"I don't sleep," he said, "and what I proect this city from doesn't sleep, either. By keeping the people of this city safe from that threat, I try to make up for the deaths I have caused. I do not feel that I have paid that debt, nor do I feel that I ever will. If I can at least kill Solomon before I die, I will at least have the satisfaction of paying my debt in full...if that makes any sense. I cannot stay here tonight, when I know that Solomon could be unleashing new horrors on the people of this city. Rest here. You will be safe. I have a job to do."

He opened the door and walked out into the cold night air. He took in an unnecessary breath of the crisp night air and disappeared into the night, hunting death.

[Cahalith]

After the experiment had been completed and Claudia had finished sweeping up her lab, and throwing away the ash that was once a hunter. She left her lab-

The Lab she had in her own home was very private and well hidden, it had a coin wrapped around the door that she herself had once charmed to hide what was in plane sight- It took a very powerful witch to see through it, and one of white magic, using a light spell.

Claudia had been a expert on dark magic before she lost her ability but had a few things from her life as a witch that kept her going.

Claudia looked around and knew she needed to call into work, she never was ill, and her so called equals in work would be quite easy to convince. As she picked up the phone she spoke to her 'superior' as they called it "'ello?" -- "Ziz iz Docter, San Amen." --"I, ad an accident." She paused not wanting to give details too many details can cause a lie to become proven false "no, I vill be fine, I just need to rest." She hated making herself sound weak. "It vill be fine, just rest."

She hung up her phone and limped to her fridge where she pulled out a bag of blood that she had written a script for a blood disease that required transfusions, She took the blood bag and a cup and poured the blood into it- She didn't like to drink from humans they where for the most part dirty and her knowledge of poisons made her very paranoid--

Pouring it into the cut she began to drink what she could handle, cold, and though preserved well, old blood never filled that void the same way as warm fresh blood did. Shivering slightly as she finished gagging a bit on the last bit she made a face of disgust. She hated having to drink this kind of blood but it would be better then the alternative. Feeding could be so hard now a days and covering it up even harder. Unlike Solomon she didn't want any one to know she was a vampire, it would make things difficult.

Claudia disagreed with Solomon wanting to kill every mortal, she thought it was rash and unwise- he didn't see that they where their food and with out humans there would be no more food. She had tried to explain it to him before and had gotten into trouble for it, the three brothers had been there for her scolding.

Claudia shivered and hugged her free arm to herself remembering how horrible it was. Claudia hated Solomon but could not defy him.

[demonic_monkey]

Adrian tapped on the door to Solomon's private study. When he heard his father give permission, he entered the room quietly.

“Father,” Adrian said, “there is something I want to talk to you about.”

Solomon turned toward his son, raking a hand through his gray hair. The look in his eyes was half-murderous, half-fatherly.

“I trust it isn't something unimportant,” Solomon said.

“It's about Claudia,” Adrian said. “When she was here, she looked right at me...and there was no hint of recognition on her face. She didn't remember me...or the time we spent together. Why?”

“I had to remove some of her memories in order to make sure that my plans for David would be successful,” Solomon said, brushing it off. “It was necessary.”

“I find that hard to believe,” Adrian said.

“I don't have to justify my actions for your benefit,” Solomon said. “You are just a tool for me to use. A useful tool, but a tool nonetheless. Now, you have a job to do for me. David will no doubt be seeking a way to find Claudia. You must eliminate any help he can get.”

Adrian nodded and left the room in silence.

~+~+~+~

David stood on a sidewalk, staring at the door of the house he had come to. On the other side of that door was the one he was looking for. He pulled in a breath and smelled the familiar scent. Yes, this was the place. He crossed the street and trotted up the steps to knock on the door.

~+~+~+~

Adrian checked the street from the bushes he was hidden amongst. When he saw that nobody was out, he silently crossed the empty space between the shrubs and the door of the house he had went to find. He looked about once more and rapped on the door with his knuckles. He hoped the answer would come quickly.

[Cahalith]

Claudia put her half drank glass down and a look of slight panic crossed her eyes. who could it be?

Quickly picking it back up she dumped the half filled cup down the sink and then turned on the water and quickly rinsed out her cup- She didn't think to use the gift of extending her scenes it was still all too new to her. She quickly rinsed the sink again and hobbled over to the door and asked "os zere?" her tone was cold as usual nothing knew.

She hoped it wasn't that damn neighbor of hers trying to check in on her and match her up with her son. God she hated how much people meddled specially old mortals.

[demonic_monkey]

Adrian heard her familiar voice on the other side of the door and answered.

"Claudia," he said. "It's Adrian. I need to talk to you."

~+~+~+~

The door opened and David was greeted by the scarred face of a tall man with grizzled hair.

"David?" he asked. "What is it?"

"I need you to track someone for me," David said, pulling his cell phone from his pocket. "She used my phone to make a call this morning and now I have a need to find her. She's connected to Solomon. Can you do it, Desmond?"

The werewolf took the cellphone from his hand and sniffed it.

"I can," he said.

[Cahalith]

Claudia responded by muttering under her breath "Baiser" she didn't know why he was here "Adrien vat do you vant?" She asked as she moved her hand to unlock the door, to revival she had not yet changed from her visit and looked more than irritated "father zend you?"

[Bane]

Jace moved lightly as he saw David leave the apartment. He blinked faintly and pulled the now drained blood bag from his arm. He grimaced lightly before moving into the kitchen."What crawled up fangface's ass?"he asked lightly, jerking his thumb towards the now closed doorway.

He watched Roxy quietly, he had to know if she still was considering his..proposal. After all he had to move the money soon. He blinked faintly at Lance and turned back to Roxy.

[kathryn]

Lance would have followed but thought better of it. "Must have had something more important to do. Excuse me," he added, exiting the kitchen to look for a phone.

(OOC: Does David have a house phone?)

[demonic_monkey]

((OOC: Yes. His house has anything you need to progress your part of the story while he's out for the night.))

Adrian sighed.

"No," he said. "Solomon didn't send me here. He sent me out to kill one of David's allies...but this is more important. Please, let me in? There's something you need to know about our dark father..."

~+~+~+~

Desmond, wearing a gray trenchcoat walked alongside David, leading him on the trail of the french vampire without making it look obvious.

"This scent is familiar," he said, "in a way."

"How so?" David asked, looking over at the werewolf.

"It's similar to Anamaria's scent," Desmond answered. "Probably some family connection, because it's not an exact match."

"No," David said. "No, that would be impossible."

"It wasn't your fault, David," Desmond said. "None of them were. Don't place the blame on yourself. It rests solely with Solomon."

"If not for me," David said, "he would never have known they existed."

[Cahalith]

Claudia looked at him and opened the door "vat about father." She let him in, but didn't seem too happy about it "Make et quick." She told him "I ave zingz to do." She ran a hand through her hair, and limped out of the way to allow him in.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy rubbed her chin thoughtfully when David slipped out of the house. She wondered if she should follow him, but then again, he hadn't asked anyone to else to follow him. She glanced over at Jace, narrowing her eyes.

"The same thing that happened to you half an hour ago. He lost someone important." She told him. She felt her beast rising under her skin and for a moment wondered why before she caught an odd scent. She furrowed her eyebrows, thinking.

What could that be?

[Bane]

Jace blinked for a moment a little set back by her sniping at him, Usually people either ignored him or agreed with him. They rarely ever told him what they actually thought. Even his own father had taken the ignore route.


"Well you must be stoked fur face. The full moon is tomorrow."he stated before turning around to go back into the living room. He noticed that his senses seemed to be a little more sensitive, like an oncoming infection or something. He shrugged and moved back to the couch, sitting down. He hadn't noticed it, but his arm didn't hurt anymore.

[Aerostel Trethiraz]

Name: Serathil
Race: Werewolf (Preferred form is Half Wolf)
Age: 752 years (Has the appearance of a man of 28 years old)
Occupation: Nothing
Height: 5'12"
Weight: 189 pounds

Appearance: A Tall Muscular man, his black hair is somewhat short and his bangs hang slightly above his eyebrows. His eyes are an Indigo blue and he hasa tattoo of a Crescent moon on his shoulder. There is a scar on his chest from a knife wound around 300 years ago. He wears a fairly large Bear tooth around his neck.

Half Wolf Form: Dark Black fur with one white splotch on his chest. His Scar is clearly visible but the tattoo cannot be seen at all. His tail is unusually long and so are his claws.

(Rarely uses his Full Wolf Form so there is no reason to describe it.)

Biography: A Lycan born in the woods, his father taught him to track and hunt right before he left home. He bends his father's battle tactics to fit his needs. He prefers to be a loner and does not like to interact with many people unless they are of his own race. Others who knew him called him Severance for his unusual battle tactics, a feared enemy in battle. His temper is very short and he can not stand those who think they are better than everyone else. He hangs around in the city and usually lodges in an abandoned Apartment building. He usually steals what he needs from stores or any other place he can get them from. He rarely ever assumes his Full Wolf form.

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Serathil limped through the night, his heart beating wildly. Blood oozed from a gunshot wound in his Chest, and from a deep gouge in his leg, with every step he got weaker and weaker. His head kept spining, but finally he came upon an ally. He managed to carry himself to the middle of the ally and lean himself on a wall before collapsing. He layed there falling into unconsciousness, waiting for his pain to end.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy turned to Jace as he mentioned the full moon, taking another sniff of the air around her, trying to pinpoint the odd scent she'd caught. It seemed to be coming from Jace. She paled faintly as she realized what it probably was.

Oh dear...

"Actually, I can transform more than once a month, so the full moon has lost some of its splendor." She told him, faking a cheerful smile.

About then, another scent wafted into the house from an open window in the living room...werewolf blood, and a lot of it.

"Uh oh, I smell a wounded werewolf nearby, I'd better check it out, see you in a bit Jace!" She said quickly, grateful for the distraction. She slipped out of the window swiftly and started searching around for the source of the blood, her heart thumping unpleasently.

I wonder what Jace is going to think now... She thought glumly as she rounded a corner to find the werewolf she'd been looking for on the ground against the alley wall. She darted forward to his side.

"Brother, can you speak? Let me help you, I can take you somewhere safe." She said, grimacing at the sight of his wounds. He'd probably had a run in with a hunter recently.

[Aerostel Trethiraz]

Serathil looked up at the person who had just approached him. Barely conscious he muttered, "Hunters... Other wolves dead...... Help..." He fell into Unconsciousness and just lay there, barely alive.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy searched his exposed body for any wounds there. Finding none, she rolled him carefully onto his back, where she found his leg ripped open and a bullet hole in his chest.

She was glad he was unconscious as she dug the bullet from the wound, and set to work sealing the wounds for him as she had done for Jace. As he was already one of her kind, there was no risk to treating him this way; it was actually the most preferred and common method of treatment among them.

After a few long moments, his wounds were closed and she was satisfied that she could move him without causing him further harm. She pulled him over her shoulders and made her way back to David's front door, knocking loudly to alert the two inside.

[Bane]

Jace being the smart ass that he was, moved to answer the door as if he lived there."Hello, but we aren't interested in whatever you are selling."he stated as he opened the door, only to see Roxy, carrying some half dead person on her shoulders.


"Jesus, what happened to him?"Jace asked as he swung the door wider to let her in. He didn't feel like being responsible for someone else dieing who didn't deserve it. He blinked faintly and moved to push the coffee table out of the way, to let her set the guy on the couch for now.

"Put him on the couch, I'm feeling well enough that I can stand a bit."Jace stated as he waited for her to bring the guy over. Jace knew she was strong enough that offering to help would have been insulting to her.

[demonic_monkey]

Adrian walked in and turned to look at Claudia. For a moment, he was lost in memories that it seemed only he had retained. Had it been possible, tears might have spilled from his eyes at her lack of memory.

"You really don't remember what happened seven years ago, do you?" he asked.

~+~+~+~

Desmond stopped for a second. He sniffed the air.

"Wolf blood," he said before he started walking again, speeding his strides. "We need to take care of this quickly, David. I have other things to attend to."

"Then let's stop wasting our time," David said. "You can still keep up with me, right?"

David sped away, a blur of motion. Desmond growled and sprinted after him. He caught up in a fraction of a second and the pair ran together, following the scent of the French vampire.

"She is close," Desmond said. "Three more blocks north and one east." He sniffed the air again as they ran. "She isn't alone."

"Solomon?" David asked, hopeful.

"No," the werewolf answered. "A child of his. You'll need my help."

[Cahalith]

Claudia raised her eyebrow and shut he door "I do not ave time for you games Adrian." She told him in a voice that sounded quite annoyed by his arrival.

Then it hit her, why did he look so sad? She tilted her head to the side and furrowed her eyebrows suddenly something odd happened her hand reached out as a reaction that was in her body, but not her mind and touched his shoulder "vhat iz et?" As her hand came in contact with his arm she suddenly jerked it away and looked at it strangely then his arm and narrowed her eyes, and started to limp away she was not in the mood for this, She needed to eat something.

[demonic_monkey]

Adrian sighed as Claudia started to limp away from him. That small touch had shown him that there may be a way for him to lift the fog Solomon had settled over her mind and let her see the truth again.

"You and I...we...I came to you seven years ago," he said. "It was the day after your mother's funeral. I showed you the city beneath your city, where our kind lurked when the sun was up. You used your blood in a binding spell that made me loyal only to you. We...spent time together, talking, planning for Solomon's return. Then Celestine came back, but not the Celestine you loved. It was a darker version of him, one that Solomon had twisted him into. He frightened you.

"That was when my now dead brother Aramis arrived, on Solomon's orders, and killed Celestine. Solomon arrived then and killed him to appear as the hero. He compelled you to believe that illusion and, though I was immune to compulsion, you were not. It affected me through the bond you created and I was unable to do anything to stop him from sweeping away your memories of what we shared and what really happened on the night your brother left this world.

"But the bond persisted. I never lost my devotion to you, even when Solomon erased your memory of instilling that devotion in me. I remained loyal to you and here I stand now, hoping that you will hear the truth in my words and stop yourself before you do something-"

The front door flew open, splinters of wood sailing away from the dessicated doorjam as a very large half-wolf monstrosity charged through, a vicious snarl etched onto his scarred face. Before the wolf was upon him, Adrian saw, for just a fraction of a second, the vampire with him.

"David," he whispered before Desmond's bulk slammed into him.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy hauled the unconscious werewolf inside and smiled at Jace when he moved the table out of her way.

"Thanks for the help." She said, laying him on the couch and arranging him into what was probably a comfortable position.

"He's not bleeding anymore and I didn't taste any poisons in his blood, so he should be just fine in a matter of no time." She said, looking down at him. "Are you sure you'll be alright?" She asked him, catching that scent rolling off of him again.

Damn it...I didn't imagine it. She thought, fighting a frown.

[Bane]

Jace blinked lightly watching Roxy work. He didn't want to admit it, but his senses seemed to be going into overdrive. He could smell everything it felt like, and his eyes seemed unnaturally focused. He shrugged nonchalantly towards Roxy however and nodded"Better than that guy."he managed to say, giving her a cocky, one sided grin. Still there was that slight risk she had mentioned that was bothering him.

Jace moved to look out the window, closing and locking the door behind her, then the window itself."Noone followed you right sweetheart?" he muttered, forgetting for a second that she may not like the pet names.

[Cahalith]

Claudia looked at her brother by the blood of Solomon, his words made her head throb and her grow overwhelmed with emotions she couldn't seem to put together- She closed her eyes for a moment and tried to block the sensation that can be best described as a mental implosion. She touched her forehead she smelled the scent of something unclean entering her home. Werewolf.

As her door opened Claudia in raged by this Baried her teeth and yelled loosing her self control "Foutez le camp DE MA MAISON!" She has never yelled in all of her existence- the voice that came from her was deep low and threatening.

Claudia illusions where being fought through, and yet it was causing her such instability. her small body quivered as it erupted, and those uncharmed had the desire to do as she demanded- to leave her house.

OOC: get the fuck out of my house, is what she said.

[demonic_monkey]

Adrian and Desmond rolled over each other, fighting as the moved through the house. They slashed at each other with clawed hands as they blazed a trail of destruction through the house. Finally, the dueling pair broke through the back door and spilled out onto the dew-soaked grass of the backyard. The wrestled each other, neither seeming able to gain the upper hand. Finally, in a last ditch effort to preserve his life, Adrian clamped his teeth down on Desmond's bottom jaw as the werewolf snapped at him. He gripped Desmond's upper jaw in his hands and pulled back with all of his strength, ripping the wolf's jawbone from his body in his teeth. Like lightning, he slipped behind the wolf and pulled the jawbone, lined with razor-sharp teeth, through the wolf's throat until his head fell away and rolled across the grass.

Adrian rose over the dead werewolf, blood covering his face. He turned back toward the house and saw David standing between him and the house. He was livid.

"David," Adrian panted. "We're not enemies."

"You killed my oldest friend," David said. "You're one of Solomon's sons. You are my enemy and your life will end here."

Before Adrian could do anything to protect himself, he felt David's hand hit his chest, felt his clawed fingers tear through his flesh, felt them grip his heart with his chest. He was beyond any hope of living. He looked past David's shoulder, past the broken back door of the house, his eyes resting on Claudia's doll-like face.

"Mon amour..." he said as David ripped his heart from his chest.

[Cahalith]

Claudia stood there in shock, Suddenly her heart felt over whellmed with sorrow as Adrian dropped to the ground, his lifeless body She looked at David shaking, her eyes grew more empty as her gaze moved back to Adrian.

Moving as Quickly as she could- to Adrian's side, her mind clearing only slightly she remembered the time they met.

She was not easy to persuade to fallow him. She remembered slicing her hand in the middle of many vampires and binding him to her- She trusted no ones heart it was a fickle organ, and so gave him no choice but to be loyal to her.

Sliding her fingers across her hand where he had drunk from, she crumpled her legs no longer had the will to stand, as she touched his face lightly she felt the ache she did when Celestine was taken for her, but it was different the part that died tonight was not because of a lost sibling- She had caught the disease, and her mind had been too tampered with to even be aware of it.

Claudia looked up at David her eyes looked to become more distant, and empty. "vous l'avez tué?" her voice was broken light she was fighting back tears.

"Monster" she said as the ground began to slit open the sweet smelling grass gave the distinct odor of decay. 10 corpse rose that night and moved quickly to Claudia guarding her- her emerald eyes color began to darken until her entire eye was colored black,

If the smell of the dead did not cause you to be disoriented the speed in which they moved would.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy chuckled at Jace and his pet name.

"No, goof, I wasn't followed." She said, and glanced over at him again. Could he feel it yet? With tomorrow being the full moon, his budding beastial nature had very little time to develop before it was drug from his protesting body. She was also beginning to start to worry about David. He'd been gone for some time already; what was it he was doing?

[kathryn]

(OOC: Sorry, march is the busiest month for me at the moment... until April, at least. ;p)

Lance walked over to the phone and dialed. A voice answered the other end.

"Hey babe. Sorry I can't come today. No, something about work came up. He said that? Tell him that I'll see her in a couple of days. No way. Well, I'll be there. Where am I? Just at the client's house. No, it's not government this time. Yeah, it's not illegal. Yes, I'm sure. I'll be fine! Okay, well give him my best. Talk to you again tomorrow. Bye."

Lance hung up the phone and came out to see another were. "Woah, what happened here?" he asked, looking at the wound then at the hunter. "I wasn't on the phone that long."

(OOC: if it seems like it's one sided, that's because it is. Each period has a pause where the other person is talking. About what, well... it's for me and DM to know. ;p)

[demonic_monkey]

Adrian lay sprawled on the grass, unable to move. Amazingly, he was still alive, despite his heart being ripped from his chest. He supposed it made sense, considering that his heart had been stilled long ago. Now, however, everything seemed to be unraveling quickly. Claudia had used her power to bring up her zombie puppets to kill David. He had to do something to stop that from happening, but he had been immobilized when his heart was ripped from his chest. He tried to speak but his voice was muted by the ground. He struggled to turn his head to the side so his voice could be heard.

David was dumbfounded by what was unfolding before him. The french vampire, who looked so much like his dear Anamaria, had rushed to the side of the one he had thought was there to kill her. She had called forth the dead to separate him from his quarry, who he knew he had only immobilized with his attack. She had successfully stalled him from killing Solomon's son. With Adrian's heart still in his hand, David attacked the zombies that were now swarming toward him. He ripped into them, tearing them apart one by one as they attacked him all at once. The attack was too much for him to deal with and he was quickly becoming overwhelmed.

Adrian finally managed to turn his head as the zombies piled on top of the still-fighting David.

"Claudia," he said weakly, "stop. Don't kill him."

((OOC: I know, I know. It's a weird twist to make in the story, but I figured that, since his heart wasn't keeping him alive in the first place, it wouldn't kill him having it ripped out, but it had to have some effect. In Dracula, they still had to sever a vampire's head after staking the heart to kill it, sooo...yeah. Besides, Adrian was one of my first RP characters and I just couldn't bring myself to kill him off. I like him too much. ;p ))

[Cahalith]

Claudia heard the sound of Adrian's voice as her puppets where being torn into however she had only risen part of her small army she had been building and was prepared to raise more if David was not eliminated, but the sound of that voice made her Puppets shake and crumble suddenly to the earth.

Claudia's eyes lightened to her natural color and She fell to the ground un-able to hold her self up even with the cane. She had over exerted herself, and the power she unleashed was far greater then her young body could handle. "David do not kill im or zis vill end ere, Father vill destroy ze cattle, and zere vill be nothing. You Kill im you kill humanity." her voice was shaky but there was no doubt that if she lost him she would find the strength to destroy him.

[Aerostel Trethiraz]

Serathil blinked his eyes opened and peered at the ceiling. "Where am I?" he mumbled in a somewhat groggy voice. Suddenly, he remembered what had happened. Was he still alive? Serathil quickly realized how sore he was. He just lay there, not making a sound. He could only remember walking into that ally, the rest was a blur, but where was he? This certainly wasn't his unkept, unclean lounge, it was a house, and quite comfortable for his standards. He suddenly realized there were to others in the room besides him.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy crouched beside the recovering werewolf, bringing their eyes to about the same level.

"I found you in the alley, my brother. I closed your wounds and brought you to a safe place, a friend of mine lives here. Just rest and let your healing work through you. Ask if you need anything." She said with a smile and stood.

"Speaking of our friend, shouldn't he have returned by now? He did ask us for aid." She added to Lance and Jace, looking between them.

[demonic_monkey]

David was shocked. The vampire whose heart he had ripped out had managed to speak up just in time to save his life. He was curious about that. He lifted himself from the ground and walked over to where the vampire lay unmoving. He turned him onto his back and crouched over him.

“Why did you stop her from killing me?” David asked.

“Because,” Adrian spoke weakly, “you have to kill Solomon.”

David's eyes widened in shock when the vampire spoke those words. One of Solomon's children had turned against him. It seemed impossible to believe.

“You want me to kill Solomon?” David asked.

“Yes,” Adrian spoke weakly. “He is insane. He wants to kill all of the humans. We need them. We cannot live without them. I have...more personal reasons, too.”

David looked over to where the french vampire lay, weakened by the use of her power.

“It has to do with her, doesn't it?” he asked.

“Yes,” Adrian answered. “Claudia is the main reason I want him dead. He...erased her memories of the time we spent together...before he turned her into what she is now. David...”

“Yes?” he asked.

“Can I have my heart back?” Adrian asked.

David nodded and opened the hole in Adrian's chest with his hand. He placed his heart back in its place as best he could and looked over to Claudia.

“Do you have any blood bags here?” he asked. “He needs blood to repair the damage...and you could use some yourself.”

[Cahalith]

Claudia didn't want David near Adrien she didn't know why but she needed him to stay alive. She felt something odd on her face and raised her hand to it as they where talking when she felt the situation die down, though despite as she tired she could not use her hightend scene of hearing, all she heard when she tried to activate it was the sound of ringing and muffled conversation.

Claudia's powers where fueled by blood, the more she drank the easier it was for her to use them.

removing her hand from her face she looked at it feeling unnerved by what she saw blood, her blood- keeping her head down not wanting to draw attention to it she lowered her hand and wiping it on the grass she was glad her hair was still down and able to cover her face.

This had only happened once before when Solomon wanted to see what she could do- he pushed her to use her ability further until her young body couldn't take it and started to tare its self apart. She needed to feed, and it would take more then the blood she had in her fringe to repair herself, but there was enough to heal Adrien.

"Get im patched up." She spoke softly her tone was shaky "Ze Icebox." She still sat not moving and forcing herself to look strong, the figure like she did so many years ago when she experienced her first day out the day Celestine was taken from her.

[kathryn]

"You're right... He should have come back by now. I'd hate for my bounty to get away when he was so easy to find. Must be karma," he said, half joking.

"Wanna stay here while I go out to look for him? Or do you need my help taking care of your... 'brother'?"

[demonic_monkey]

David moved quickly, going inside and pulling as many blood bags as he could carry out of the refridgerator. He carried them out and placed them on Adrian's chest. He used his teeth to puncture one of the bags and poured the blood into the vampire's mouth. Adrian swallowed the fluid without hesitation and David soon needed to open a second bag.

As he drank, Adrian felt life returning to his limbs. He was able to move his fingers again after the second bag. After the third, he was able to move his arm again and started feeding himself. After the eighth bag of blood was drained, he was fully mobile and his wounds were completely healed. He moved to Claudia's side with the three bags that were left and David, who had gone to get more blood, returned with only two bags in hand.

“It won't be enough,” Adrian said. “I've seen her use her power before. She needs to drain someone.”

“What?” David asked. “No, I can't allow that.”

Adrian rose quickly and grabbed David's hoodie in his fists.

“Now you listen to me, you son of a bitch,” he growled. “She is going to live. I intend to make sure of that. I don't care about your rule. I'm not going to let Claudia die!” Adrian threw David against the wall of the house. “You will wait here with Claudia while I go get her some food. Don't try to stop me or I will rip you apart.”

David saw the expression on Adrian's face and knew that he could say nothing to stop him. His devotion to Claudia reminded him of his own devotion to Anamaria. He nodded.

“Just hurry,” he said as he moved to Claudia's side and picked up a bag of blood. “I'll give her what we have on hand. Then maybe she won't need to completely drain the person you bring back.

“Maybe,” Adrian said before he disappeared in a blur of motion.

[Cahalith]

Claudia didn't know that Adrian was there when Solomon first was trying to discover her gift. She was not aware of much while using it only the feeling of what it was like to be inside her puppets to experiences the sensations that they experienced. While David tore though her small army he tore through her. Though damage was not done she knew the sensations that the dead would have felt if alive.

Claudia grabbed at the grass as she heard his words she didn't want to drink from the mortal, the possibility of contamination of the food was disturbing to her- but only because she knew truly how to do it. She had done it herself, best way to kill a vampire take away its food, or contaminate it. She had used drugs mostly scenes numbing types to make their termination easier.

Looking down she couldn't see though the blood that was coating her eyes and starting to drip from them. Some would say it looked like she was crying blood, but they where not tears.

David would surly not let her drink for a mortal. Not to drain it, he was far to much a bleeding heart. She hoped.

She smelt the stench of dead rotting corpses and fowl blood mixing with the earth in which they where buried in. if she survived she would have to re animate each one and put them back in their gave- as long as she didn't use the ability she could avoid having to drink.

She felt David draw near and she spoke her lips parting to speak but all she could do is shake her head and say "fuck you." She was pissed, Claudia was dying and all she could do is think of how angry she was at David, how he had been at fault for all of this! but really that anger was not for him and she knew it, she just didn't want any one to know the 'truth' that always rang into her head

your too weak- incompetent, nothing but a foolish child. How could I have made such a mistake, I should have killed you. the words of her mother, and her new father of lifelessness mingled and warped themselves together, she was not sure any more if they where even their words.

Claudia had been the target of so much doubt that no matter how hard she fought she didn't know how to get through it any more, the feelings of self pity eventually changed to a dull anger, that appeared to be numbing into nothingness.

[Aerostel Trethiraz]

Serathil was warmed by the hospitality of the other Werewolf, He had never been treated this way before and he tried to act nice, as it was one thing he had forgotten how to do. "Who are you?" He asked gently.

He gazed into her eyes and felt comfortable in this unknown place. He took her advice and just stayed in one place, he felt very sore anyways and couldn't bring himself to move from his spot on the couch, it was a nice couch anyway.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy nodded at Lance.

"We can wait here. He's in no real danger, he just needs rest." She told Lance and returned the smile the male werewolf gave her from where he lay and answered him.

"I'm Roxy, and this is Jace, and our other friend's name is Lance. David is the one who owns this place, but he's not here at the moment." She said. "What's your name?"

[Aerostel Trethiraz]

"My name is Serathil... thanks for caring for me." He said, his eyes gleaming. He greeted the others in the room also, his senses were weakened so he couldn't tell if they were humans or not. Suddenly, his stomach rumbled and he remembered that he hadn't ate in 3 days. "Is there anything to eat in this place? I haven't eaten anything in a while."

[Rylias Shadow]

"No problem. I may not have a pack, but we're still all family, in a way." Roxy said. "I can look, but I don't think anything will be here. It's a vampire's home." She told Serathil. She figured one of the blood bags David no doubt had couldn't hurt him, but she also didn't want to take from him.

"Don't worry, though...we'll think of something." She assured him, glancing over at Jace...he had money, after all...perhaps she could persuade him to order take out.

"Uh, Jace, can I ask you a favor?" She asked him sweetly.

[kathryn]

Lance looked at the hunter then chose not to say anything. "Serathil, good to meet you." He dug in his pocket and pulled out a bit of cash from the roll he was given from Solomon. "Here, Roxy, order something to eat. There was a yellow book by the phone. I'll need to eat when I get back, so just get extra of whatever you order." He handed the girl a hundred.

"Well, I'm going to find out what's happened with our vampire. If I'm not back in an hour, assume the worst for me," he grinned at them and walked out of the place.

[Bane]

Jace had kind of zoned out, something that rarely happened for him. He snapped back into it once Lance had left; not because of anything Lance did, just because that's when his mind decided it wanted to send the correct signals again...

As it happened he turned and looked at Roxy before shaking his head and speaking up."Yea? What'cha need,...wait..what's your name anyway?"he blinked lightly at the girl, he had been hitting on her, and even had flirted a great deal, and yet he didn't know her name.

Jace moved to sit on a barstool, watching the two wolves interact in the next room. His mind was running on over-time right now, trying to process a multitude of things at once. For instance, why he could smell the blood on his clothes, and why he was suddenly hungry...

[kathryn]

Lance started at a jog. He usually had good hunches on where to start looking for someone, and some how he made it to a house of a well known member of the werewolf society. It didn't look like anyone was home though, and he didn't think of any reason to ask questions, so he kept walking.

(OOC: If I pass by Adrian on the way... ;) )

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy thanked Lance before he left, although she knew that with two werewolves, someone who was a day away from becoming one, and another human who had to eat, $100 might not be enough to eat on. She then blinked; had she really not introduced herself to Jace? She decided to rectify that, and get what she needed at the same time.

She stepped closer to him, lifting her face and bringing her lips a breath from his, their bodies nearly pressed together.

"It's Roxy...and we wolves won't be able to eat on what Lance gave me..." She purred softly.

[Aerostel Trethiraz]

Serathil blinked lightly, "I eat mostly meat, and at that it is usually raw, if I was better, I could go steal something from the market as I would usually do anyway. I might still have something in my apartment though, I usually keep whatever I manage to get in an old Fridge there that runs off of energy I tap from a Bakery nearby. If we are desperate enough, I can give you guys directions, and my key."

[demonic_monkey]

((OOC: There is food there lol David has had to entertain guests before, so he usually keeps his refridgerator stocked with human food just in case. Also, kathryn, it's a house...a rather large house at that...))

Adrian had found a woman in her late twenties at home alone not far from Claudia's house and was walking back there with her next to him. He had compelled her to the point where she was obediently following him without a word. As he walked, Adrian saw a man not far away who was jogging, seemingly with a purpose. Adrian inhaled as the man neared them and smelled David. This man had come into contact with him recently and the scent had not yet left. As the man jogged past, Adrian grabbed him by the arm.

"Excuse me, sir," he said, "but if you happen to be looking for David Solomon, I can lead you to him. He's not far from here. In fact, he's a few houses back the way you came."

[Bane]

Jace blinked lightly, blushing just a bit as Roxy got right up in his face, almost touching him. He shivered as he heard that purring voice roll in his ears, each note seeming to come through clearer than usual. But something she said gave him pause for thought.

Before he questioned her however, one hand went to his front pocket and pulled up a wad of hundred dollar bills, there was probably close to five grand in his hand, which he handed over to Roxy."All yours...but what's this We wolves business?" he asked lightly, slightly worried about her statement.

He had heard tales of people becoming infected with Lycanthropy from having unprotected sex with werewolves, which he had done on regular basis for many years.

"By the way, how did my wounds get healed?"he asked, he remembered getting shot, he even remembered surrendering to David, but beyond that was a blank, up until he sobered up, just around the time David left, he vaguely remembered getting the press deal done and asking Roxy to commit a bit of fraud on his behalf, but not the specifics.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy smirked as she took the money from him; normally she'd feel worse about something like this, but apparently he had enough money to throw a bit around. She blinked when he asked her about her comment.

"Oh, I just meant Serathil and I." She said quickly, moving quickly around the living room, looking for a phone book. She then answered Serathil.

"Why go gallivanting anywhere when people deliver? They may not do raw meat, but I'm sure we can find someplace we can all agree on, right?" She told him, thinking on Jace's newly posed question. She glanced at him once she found the Yellow Pages.

"You uh...don't remember? You gave me permission in the squad car..." She said, rubbing the back of her head nervously. "I, uh...licked your wounds closed. It was the fastest way to stop you from bleeding to death."

[kathryn]

Lance was a little surprised when he was suddenly grabbed. "What, really? Damn, I'm usually good at this sort of stuff."

Then he looked at the man, noticing the sharpness of his teeth and the woman following like she was dead to the world. "You're a vampire, I take it. So, can you tell me how you know David while we walk?" he asked, a cold feeling going over him as he realized what the woman was for: feeding.

[Aerostel Trethiraz]

Serathil glanced at Jace, and then back at Roxy. He could feel some tension in her, as if she was hiding something from Jace or him for that matter. "Is there something wrong?" He said. His senses were still fairly weak, so if it was obvious, he couldn't tell. He did notice however that the human did not act like a normal human usually would. Quickly noticing he might unveil something that he should not, he changed the subject. "So, what do you guys do for a living?" He asked, as he suddenly realized what might be going on.

[Bane]

Jace blinked lightly, clearly he didn't remember that little detail."Figures, probably the only time I'll have your tongue on me willingly and I don't remember." he grumbled.

After a few moments he set his phone on the counter and kicked off his boots. Then he moved towards the back of the house, searching for a bathroom."Order whatever, I'll eat once I'm clean." he hollered back as he closed the bathroom door and started running the water in the tub.

After a few moments he switched on the shower head and stripped down. Once he determined the water was just right, he climbed in and sat under the water, letting the dried caked on blood run down the drain. He had to think, and this always helped.

[Rylias Shadow]

Once Jace got into the shower, Roxy sighed and sat near the couch where Serathil lay, rubbing her forehead.

"I...I think when I healed his wounds he contracted lycanthropy from me...and since the full moon's tomorrow, his beast have very little time to manifest itself. And I don't think he has any idea yet; I'll have to tell him, I just don't know how yet. He's actually a Hunter, but I doubt he'll keep that up after tomorrow. I actually don't have a profession, I'm sort of a wanderer. Anyway, what do you want to order?" She concluded, flipping open the Yellow Pages.

[Aerostel Trethiraz]

"Well, something has to be done about him, he needs to be taught how to control himself, what he needs to know about himself, more importantely, how to defend himself. Werewolves are a long jump from humans so he needs to be ready." Serathil blinked before he spoke again, "as for the food, anything that has a lot of meat, my wounds have healed so I just need something to eat."

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy nodded at Serathil's words.

"I understand. He's my responsibility since I turned him. I'll take care of him." She assured the older werewolf and flipped through the Yellow Pages looking for take out places nearby. She settled on getting both pizza and Chinese, just to make sure there was something for everyone.

She got to her feet and poked her head out the front door to get the address on the house. She then made her way to the kitchen, picked up the phone and placed a massive order at both places. Once she'd ordered, she pulled out the money she'd need and set it aside, pocketing the rest but planning on returning it to Jace. She'd been a little shocked at how much he'd handed her. She walked back into the living room.

"About a half an hour on the food." She said, sitting in front of the sofa again.

[demonic_monkey]

Adrian chuckled. "Well, I suppose you could say we're brothers," he answered. "I am one of Solomon's more recent children and, since you're one of David's friends, I should tell you that I have turned against 'Father' due to certain circumstances that I do not have time to elaborate on at the moment. Anyway, David tried to kill me earlier tonight but once he realized that I was on his side, he saved me and I went to find sustenance for Claudia, who you will meet soon enough."

Adrian walked through the wreckage that had been left in the wake of his fight with Desmond. He directed the woman to go to where Claudia lay on the grass and traded places with David when he arrived.

"Claudia," Adrian said, "I know you loathe feeding on people, but you have to this time.

David walked over to Lance.

"Lance," he said as he nodded to the hunter, "how are things back at the house?"

[Cahalith]

Claudia sat there very still she was upset about the turn of events and she found this act she was about to take very disgusting "vat if it az zome dizeaze?" She muttered under her breath to Adrian, it was why she didn't like to feed from humans they where unclean creatures for the most part "do you know vere it az been?" She asked in complete seriousness.

her eyes did not raise from the ground still clouded by the blood. She closed them and frown knowing she would have no choice and reached out a shaky hand for the woman.

[demonic_monkey]

"She is clean," Adrian said. "I am sure of it. No past drug use, no sexually transmitted diseases, and she is not sick in any way at the current moment." He looked to the woman. "Let her feed from you."

The woman pushed her hair out of the way and bent lower over Claudia, the side of her neck exposed to her teeth.

[Cahalith]

Claudia had not feed from some one that was alive since she had been around Father, She had spent most of her time learning to control herself around the warmth of the living and sustaining herself on plastic blood bags she got from the hospital.

Sighing softly she parted her lips and bared her fangs and let her teeth puncture the neck. The warmth of the blood filled her and caused her to feel dizzy. Her eyes fluttered shut and her hand reached out grabbing the soon to be drained woman.

Claudia was not accustom to feeding from a mortal, and would not know how to stop until she was dry. However that would give her one more puppet to her collection of undead minions.

Her head pulled back as the woman dropped to the floor dead eyes rolled up into her head. Claudia looked at the dead woman and she touched her lips to make sure there was no blood she looked at the woman and pushed herself into her to force her to walk herself into a hole into the earth. Just one would not hurt. But Claudia had to be careful not to push herself too hard or else she would need to feed again.

"I need to plaze order at Hozpital." She told David explaining where she got the blood. She looked at her cane and her place on the ground and frowned this was going to be a pain to get up. But she had to make herself get up.

She looked at Adrian and glared at him her memory still not all hers again said "Adrain." was all she said, she was not going to ask for help, she was not going to even demand he pick her up but she knew that he would know what she needed, as she lifted a slender hand up to be assisted up.

[demonic_monkey]

Without a moment's hesitation, Adrian took Claudia's offered hand and helped her back to her feet.

((OOC: Sorry for the short post, but I'm about to be busy again...))

[Cahalith]

With her cane in her other hand she propped her self up when Adrian was done with assisting her up. Looking at him she said "who iz zat?" She sounded upset at seeing some one she didn't know in her home, yet again. Her eyes narrowed at the sight of the man.

She looked him up and down sizing him up trying to discern how many puppets she would need to tare him apart, if David or Adrian failed.

Slowly she moved away from Adrian and pointed her attention to David she was not sure what to do, who to kill and what side to go to, other than she didn't want all the food source dead.

OOC: Okay, have fun with being busy :)

[kathryn]

Lance cringed when he saw the woman feast. Just like the past few times he experienced a vampire's feeding, it was horrifying as well as seductive. He just didn't answer either of the vampires afterwards for a moment.

"I'm..." he coughed, a little uncomfortable. "I'm Lance King. Nice to meet you."

Turning to David, he finally answered. "Everyone's fine, they're ordering out for food, since we weren't sure if you had any. Another werewolf joined us... apparently he was wounded and someone must have dragged him in while I was busy using your phone."

[Cahalith]

Claudia looked at Adrian and pulled away not wanting to seem like she was helpless he looked at Lance King and said "Monsieur King? Your ztanding in a grave." she gestured to part of the ripped up dirt where a puppet had re buried itself after its re awaking to destroy David.

She let out a little pout on her sweet face it was strange to hear words come off of a sweet and innocent face such as the woman before him. She had a child like innocents about her in appearance. "Tread lightly." She told Lance "the dead can be awakened at any moment." She teased in a way that was her form of being friendly by threatoning.

She limped across the way and went into the house she needed to get something of importance that book, her book, and her notes on Ash so she could make it- She only made one dose at a time so that way it could prevent it getting out and being used on her.

The notes was in words she and her brother made up together the only other person that knew how to read these notes was her dead twin.

[kathryn]

Lance glanced at the ground, trying to keep the look of disgust off of his face. Then a thought occurred to him. "Vampires, now zombies. I guess I'm the life of the party here," he said with a smile.

"I'm guessing you're another child of Solomon," he said a little louder. "With two of his... 'offsprings' already here, it isn't that far of a stretch to include you. Claudia, right?"

[Cahalith]

Claudia's good sense of hearing heard what Lance King said and she peered out of her sliding back door and looked at him and blinked and suddenly something came out of her mouth that she wasn't expecting, a laugh for a none sadistic reason. She brought her hand to her lips and a confused expression crossed her face as the sound stopped and looked at David and Adrian.

She let her hand drop and looked at Lance through the window, at him, and opened the door she tilted her head " Dr. Claudia Sans Ame." She corrected him and said with pride. Claudia was very proud of her accomplishment of becoming a doctor.

[Aerostel Trethiraz]

"Well, I can talk to him if you like, after all I need to repay you somehow for your help, I would be dead if it weren't for you. Would you excuse me for a moment?" He blinked his gratitude to her and was able to stand up and walk to a different bathroom. Man, he had to go, he hadn't in a while, atleast 24 hours. He came back out and sat down on the couch, not bothering to lay down again.

[demonic_monkey]

"Well," David said finally, "I hate to be a party-pooper, but we should probably get to a safer place, like my house. Adrian, Solomon will proabably want to kill you for turning against him. Dr. Sans Ame, though I'm not yet sure if you turned against him, you are most likely in the same boat."

Adrian, who was staying close to Claudia's side, nodded to her.

"I believe he is right," he said. "Solomon may have some use for you yet, but he will be enraged by my disobedience and will most likely take it out on you, since you were the reason for my disobedience in the first place. We should hide with David for the time being."

David looked over to Lance.

"This wolf you said they brought in...does he have a name?" he asked.

[kathryn]

"He said his name was Serathil. I don't think he's as good at hiding his wolf side as Roxy," he said, a slight grin on his face.

"I'm going to have to give my client a result at some time, David," he says. "Sure, I'm on break, but today won't last forever."

[demonic_monkey]

David checked his Rolex, then showed the watch's face to Lance.

"Yesterday ended six minutes ago," he said.

[kathryn]

Lance looked at the watch with a strange smile and then pulled back his sleeve, looking at his own watch. "I guess you're right."

He pulled out his gun, and pointed it dead at David.

"Guess time is up."

[Cahalith]

Claudia looked at The scene before her she limped out after finding her book of spells "Please I need him alive." her motives unclear "I don't feel like adding more dead to my garden, and I am very tired tonight, from all the ztrezz." She looked at him unfeeling in the eyes.

[kathryn]

"Sorry, Doctor Sans Ame, but I don't think my client will like that. So, David, give me a better reason why I shouldn't kill you now and then kill Solomon myself." His smile was gone. He pulled out his other gun but didn't aim it at anyone. They didn't need to know about his protection spell inside it.

[Cahalith]

Claudia sighed she knew the question was not hers to answer but she said it any ways.

"Because as much as I hate humans, and your kind- those that hunt and kill for profit. Solomon will destroy everything. Hunters may have taken the light from me but unlike Hunters they are not completely empty Solomon will not stop until he has consumed the entire existence of of life." she frowned "I am not the most compassionate, but I know that in order for me to survive I need life, and with Solomon still alive I will not survive- I need Davids help to deliver Solomon his finale death"

She did not assume that it was Solomon that had put the hit on David she did assume that a vampire as old as David would have a lot of enemies and there for it could be countless of individuals.


((OOC: sorry about that lack of accent, I can't do the accent right now.))

[demonic_monkey]

David thought mulled the question over for a moment, pacing. Then, he looked up at Adrian.

"Well, if you were to help me kill Solomon," he said, "who I'm betting is the one who hired you to kill me, he would naturally hold your family hostage to force your hand...but he would just kill them in the end anyway. He has no honor. I can offer protection for them."

He looked at Lance.

"Don't you want to retire from this line of work and be with your family?" he asked. "If you kill me, you'll have no family in the end."

[kathryn]

Lance went from deadly stoic to shocked and angry. "How do you know about them?" he demanded, his hand shaking. "How the F*CK DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM?!"

He began to walk towards the vampire, feeling very angry and threatened. The hand holding the gun was shaking. He continued to walk until his hand was a meter away from David's head.

(OOC: no seriously, I know I emailed you his back story, but how does David know of it?)

[demonic_monkey]

David's face remained calm as he tapped his temple with his fingertips.

"You are charmed against compulsion, yes," David said, "but not against vampiric telepathy. I've known about your family for a while now. Secrets aren't hard to find when they are fresh on the mind."

[kathryn]

"Well, you shouldn't have invaded my memories, dickhead. Now I'm going to enjoy blowing your brains out."

He fired.

[Cahalith]

Claudia closed her eyes and covered her ears and thought of her brother: My beloved I am not sure what to do, you where the better half.

She felt so lost and like giving up hope, the gun shot that was fired brought so many memories flooding she looked at him and Screamed loudly at him "HOW DARE YOU!" if she was alive her green doll like eyes would have tears treating to escape and run down her cheeks "He gave you a chance to save your beloved and you, a Hunter paid off took my brother, he unlike me is willing to forgive your choice in occupation." She spit at his feet and began to let her eyes fog over she wanted the fucker dead.

Adrien would see her raising the dead she didn't care she was going to raise her army again to kill the hunter, even if it meant her un-life.

[kathryn]

He didn't mean to, but he barely missed David, the bullet hitting his ear.

Lance jumped when the woman started screaming at him. Then there was the tell tale sign of magic, the scent of ozone and death in the air. "Dammit," he muttered and raised the other gun to his temple. He pulled the trigger and the spell shot out and warped around him. It hurt like hell and his head felt like it was split open, but the protection spell was over him.

[Cahalith]

Claudia was even more angery "your a witch and you do this!" she hissed at him She had lost her concentration her ability to control the her Zombie puppets *failed, her eyes went Green again and she glared at him "you are one of us and yet you still kill us!" she could not believe it!

Frowning she looked at him "A hunter that kills other Supernaturals." She shook her head "But that was for other reasons." She remembered the blood bath of vampires but how it happened she couldn't quite get, and she knew it was her doing but not how it happened, it involved Adrien, and she killed her mother slowly using poison but that was due to her mother's treatment of her.

She killed because the individual deserved it, with a few exceptions, even the food she ate with a few exceptions deserved it, or did not die. Claudia liked death but she did not kill needlessly everything had a point and reason. Why would he hunt supernaturals, he was one, She knew magic, Celestine was a white Witch and did similar spells.

her voice got very quite as her mind flooded with the memories "white witch, why do you do such dark things." She frowned at him.

Her mother had taught her one thing white and dark witches had to have a nature about them that was why their spells worked for them.



OOC: *I rolled and got a 2 not a critical fail but still a fail and I figured with the hightend stress and her being really upset and such it would make sense that I see if she could even do it- also with having just almost killed herself using the ability in the past scene...

[kathryn]

Lance lowered his weapon. His drive was diminished. "Well, the cat is out anyway. I kill supernaturals for my family. I was pulled into my parent's world when they taught me magic, and I've seen how messed up it is."

He breathed a sigh and put away his guns. "I can't change being a witch. I would give up magic if I could, but it's who I am. What I can do is make sure my family doesn't get sucked into this dark world the way my parents sucked me into it."

[Cahalith]

Claudia was still anger "Magic isn't evil!" she glared at him "its the person, the motivation behind it that is evil!" She glared "Celestine was not evil!" she insisted "And Solomon twisted him into a monster! and then he was killed by a hunter!" she looked devastated "it was his fault that a Hunter killed him and now he made me into this." She looked at him "a replacement."

Claudia did not like being a vampire, Adrian knew that, She liked being a witch the concept of living forever was not the issue it was that she was never going to see the light of day, and was forever a prisoner. "Individuals are evil not collectives." Claudia looked at him square in the eyes and pointed "I am evil. my Celestine was not." She shook her head "I know what its like feeling bad about what you are." She looked at him and said to him in all honesty and truth "I was the one that was tainted, I was the one that my mother said was cursed of shadow and would be the fall of the Sans Ame's family..." She frowned "You are a witch, use it and be proud of what good you can do with it." She looked at him and said "like I am a doctor and I am proud of that."

[demonic_monkey]

David's ear was ringing, but he ignored it and the blood dripping from his ear as he stepped into the conversation.

"Lance, I know you don't want them getting sucked into all of this," David said, "but they were the moment you accepted the job of killing me. Solomon will suck them into this, mark my words. He has to be the one who hired you and I know for a fact that he will do whatever he deems necessary to get you to complete the job. Right now, their protection is of great importance. I am sorry that I invaded your mind, but I deemed it a necessary evil. I want to keep my life long enough to see the end of Solomon's...and I can guarantee that he did the same thing I did, but with less honesty. I have done my best to protect the human race from him for a very long time, but now I need help; from you, from Claudia and Adrian, and from the hunter and two wolves back at my house...which is where we should be going at this very moment. So can we please set all of this aside and get back to a safe place before we end up getting ambushed here?"

[kathryn]

Lance ran his hand over his face and through his hair, giving a big sigh. "Fine. Just one more thing."

Before any of them could stop him, he stepped forward and gave David a strong punch to the jaw.

"If you want to know something about me, ask first, okay?! Next time I find that you invade my mind, I'll shoot you again, and I won't miss."

With that said, Lance turned and stomped out of there, onto the street, and down the road.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy was wondering over and over about what she was going to do with Jace. How was she going to tell him he had until tomorrow night to be human? How was she going to tell him she'd done it to him when she stopped his bleeding and saved his life?

The doorbell rang, and she jumped to get it; it was diner, and lots of it. Chinese and pizza and soda and all the other trimmings. She hauled it all inside and set it on the kitchen table before paying the men at the door.

"Come eat!" She called out to Serathil. She then walked down the hall to the bathroom with the door shut and the shower running and knocked on the door.

"Food's here, come eat Jace!" She called through the door. She returned to the kitchen and tore into one of the pizzas. She was starving!

[Bane]

Jace heard the knock on the door and killed the shower before stepping out and drying off his mind was still racing about what was going on, in one day he had lost everyone he had ever cared for, and now he felt different, weird, he even felt really hot.

After a few moments of staring into the mirror he stepped out of the bathroom, walked into the master bedroom and raided the closet. After that he walked from the master bedroom wearing boxers and well nothing else and sat down at the table, digging into both pizza and chinese without saying a word. Ahh silence an odd thing from Jace.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy wanted to tease Jace about wearing nothing but boxers, but as he entered the kitchen and sat down to eat, he hadn't so much as made a sound. It was unlike him, and it had her worried at once.

"Jace...? Are you OK?" She asked him as they ate. She was far more certain now; with all the other scents completely washed from him, she could clearly smell the lycanthropy coursing its way through his blood, growing, changing, infecting him. She frowned lightly...she really hadn't wanted to infect him, she had just wanted to stop the bleeding and save the man's life. She wondered how she'd tell him, and how he'd take it.

[demonic_monkey]

David rubbed his jaw where Lance had punched him, a reflex from the human life he had lost long ago. The punch had not truly hurt him, but he understood the emotion behind it. He followed the hunter.

"I will ask from this point on," he promised Lance. He turned to Adrian and Claudia still in the backyard. "Adrian, Claudia, we will need to be leaving here soon. And Adrian, I'll need to talk to you about something once we get back to my place."

"Yes, brother," Adrian said. He looked over to Claudia. "Shall we go?"

[kathryn]

Before the other two could catch up, Lance looked back at David. "As a favor to a new 'partner'... please, don't tell anyone else about them."

[demonic_monkey]

David smiled. "My friend, I am still keeping secrets that were confided to me a thousand years ago," he said. "You have my word that this secret will join them in their silence."

[Cahalith]

Claudia looked at Adrian and nodded, She was upset she got so emotional over this and glared at him angrily. She limped forward trying to figure out what was wrong with her.

((Sorry it is so short :( )

[demonic_monkey]

((Moving along a little...))

David came to a halt before his door, sniffing the air. Something was amiss. The smells inside were drastically different.

"What's wrong?" Adrian asked.

"I smell three wolves and no humans," he said. "I also smell chinese food and pizza. Something's not right."

David turned the doorknob and stepped over the threshold. He held the door open and motioned for the others to come inside.

"Welcome to my humble abode," he said with a smile.

[Cahalith]

Claudia made a face as he said Chinese food, the stuff they sold here in America was not Chinese food, not even close to what she considered reasonable knock off variation.

Sighing softly she looked around and saw that like herself the house was probably much too large for how many people lived her, however unlike her it was furnished to entertain.

She looked and saw the one that held a gun and noticed he smelt different "ironic." was all she said but said nothing else, it was not her business. She looked at Adrien and handed him the gathered materials "Go put this at the table for the Hypocrite." Meaning Lance, She was going to allow him to look through some of Celestine notes. He had some white magic spells that where combative using light, and cleansing rituals "he will find it useful, but then will have to agree to have his mind erased or sign contract to not use them again."

[demonic_monkey]

Adrian took the package that Claudia handed him and nodded toward the painting of Anamaria that was hanging on the wall.

"The resemblance is quite remarkable," he said.

David moved to join the others who he had left behind when he departed. He was slightly shocked to see Jace in a pair of boxer shorts.

"Well, Jace, it seems you've made yourself at home," he said with a smirk. "Roxy, can I have a word with you when you finish eating?"

He opened the refridgerator door and pulled out a bag of O+ as he waited for an answer. The bloodshed of the night and the lingering scent of blood was making his thirst harder to ignore than usual.

[Cahalith]

Claudia looked at him and tilted her head "She looks familiar" She looked back at Adrian.

"Oh I remember her, she was burned off the public family tree but Celestine and I found her in a book when we where looking for secret passages to hide in." She told him. then nodded "Anamaria, she choice to betray the family and was executed at least that was what we where told, Mother said I was the spitting image of her and the only other to have a physical flaw." She shrugged. "its the mare of the Cain, the Curse." She laughed it was hallow and bitter.

[Rylias Shadow]

Roxy swallowed her bite and nodded at David. She rubbed her fingers clean on a napkin and followed him into the kitchen. She was slightly nervous...but why should she be? Sure, she'd made a mistake, but she was not going to abandon the infant wolf to make his own way in the harsh world. He would be her responsibility, and there was nothing more she could do.

"What is it? And who are these people you've brought here? More help to fight your vampire?" She asked softly.

[kathryn]

Lance was quiet when they entered the house. He didn't acknowledge the other people talking. "David, I'm going to use your phone to make a call." He didn't wait for an answer and went into the hallway, taking the phone to a separate room. He dialed a familiar number.

There was a brief tone before a female voice answered. "Hey honey. It's me... Yeah, I know it's late. Did he? Well put him on.

"Hey buddy. Did you have a good day? Yeah? Well tell me about it," he said and just listened in silence for a while. He just looked at the unfamiliar room and swallowed hard, trying to control his emotions. "That sounds great. Hey, why don't you get some sleep? No, I won't be able to make it. No. Well, I love you. Could you hand the phone back now? Thanks. Goodnight."

He breathed a sigh and listened to the female voice again. "I'm sorry. Listen, I have something important to tell you. I got a case and it's pretty dangerous. Some guys might be after you. Yeah, someone might be going after you and him. I'm sorry, I can't drop it now. I'm too deep. Listen, just... be careful. Don't let him out of your sight. Maybe you can go to your parents for a week. Yeah. You won't? Why not?

...

Okay. Okay, fine. Just... please, be careful. Don't open the doors to strangers. Don't try to go out too often. I'm sorry I worry. Okay honey. Okay. Well get some sleep then. I know. I love you. Talk to you later. Bye."

He hung up and got out of the room.

[Cahalith]

Claudia looked at the hypocritical witch Lance, who though she understood the fear of loss did not want to ever reached out like she did. She was suppose to be a cold heartless black magic witch who happened to be turned into a vampire who had the ability to make as Lance put it Zombies. More like She could make controlled puppets, that if she killed them she could move them. There was a mental mind link that way that was formed.

Other wise she lost all of her witch abilities, it was tragic she had been a very powerful witch even at the age of 18 when she left and even more so at 24 before meeting Solomon, when she was 25 she was embraced the loss had been so much her magic her brother, everything that had mattered to her had been taken- all she had was her poisons "Come here." She demanded of Lance "these are white offensive spells that my brother Celestine and I worked on before we where separated." She told him "these are all white magic, light spells." she told him.

She looked at him and held her cane a little harder then normal and sighed looking back up at her distant relative, "My Mother said Celestine may have been my twin, but she should have been." She frowned and looked at Adrian he would know she was still very distraught over the death "I met her once, before Solomon tore her apart when-" She frowned more "I was only 13." She shook her head not sure what to say or think on it "I just wanted to be outside. See what it was like. the sun feel it, and then." She turned "if you need any translations let me know. Its in French"

[kathryn]

Lance rolled his eyes when the witch woman summoned him. He went to the table where she had put the materials from her destroyed house. He casually leafed through the notes for a moment, looking at the french lettering. He had taken it in high school, but besides that...

"Why are you offering me offensive spells? I'm not exactly the sort of person you'd call an ally."

[Cahalith]

She looked at him and said "because I don't care if you use them against me. If you use them against me-" She paused and shrugged her shoulders "I die, that is it- I have lost everything already I have nothing else to lose." Nothing that she remembered at least.

She looked at him "Solomon needs to die and until my poison that turns vampires into Ash is completed I am not very useful, The Puppets won't last long against Solomon either. My mind is in each one of them" She explained as best she could in her poor English. She had her own reasons she didn't want to admit she understood loss and she didn't want him to experience it.

She shrugged "Besides I don't even have a cat that will miss me." She told him "I am completely alone, so I have no fear nothing holding me back- you are helping David and so am I, Magic is powerful, I know this I used to be a witch before I became this and lost it." She told him

[kathryn]

"So you're giving me this because my magic can help," he stated, repeating what she just said. "Okay. Since what you're doing can be considered an act of faith, then I promise not to use these on anyone except for Solomon."

He pulled up a chair and sat down. "Now... how do you read this? Lumière du fils, that's the light of the son, right? I learned French over ten years ago, and I haven't really kept up with it."