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Post by Kàylà on Jan 19, 2012 11:54:37 GMT -6
~Nathan's POV~
I heard the sound of breaking glass before the huge crash that followed it. Had I been more focused on sensing for possible dangers, instead of watching my beautiful bride play with our son I would have sensed them sooner and had caught them before they had even been about to break the glass. I would have heard his thoughts and known what his intentions were....but even then, people can lie through their minds as well.
Valkyrie jumped at the sound of the crash and instantly had to try to calm Taavi down as he started to wail. I started to head towards the crash and Valkyrie made a notion to follow but I glanced at her, and then at Taavi. She sighed, and I knew from her sigh that she was hating every moment that she was human.
"Here give him to me dear." Cecil's grandmother Mabel said to Valkyrie, arms outstretched. Valkyrie looked at her hesitantly, it was hard for her to let anyone hold our son that she didn't fully trust or know. I couldn't wait for her to make a decision, I started down the hallway and it wasn't long till I heard Valkyrie's light footsteps rushing to catch up with me. Xian and Ethan soon burst out of the room they were sharing and started to follow us as well.
The smell of blood hit me before Xian even opened the door. Without saying a word Xian volunteered to go first, followed by Ethan.
"Valkyrie, stay behind me please." She huffed, hating my over-protectiveness, but she didn't realize that I had lost her once and I wasn't about to lose her again. We headed down the stairs quickly and the smell of blood grew stronger. Xian turned on the light and lying on the ground in a pool of blood and glass was a man.
"Please!" He cried out, reaching out with his hand that while uninjured was still stained bright red. "I just—I need something for my arm."
"Who are you?" Xian asked. "Are you with the MMC?" He continued, not letting the man answer his first question.
"I am," he said, his voice filled with pain. "But—But, not like that. I work for them yes, but—"
"But what?" I asked impatiently, injured or not I didn't know if this man was a threat or not, his thoughts were focused on the pain he was in, not on what he was there for or what he was about to say next.
"I'm here to help."
I searched his thoughts quickly, trying to find the lie behind his words, but I found nothing. His eyes were earnest and while in pain, his heart beat didn't quicken as he if he would have told a lie. This is a member of the MMC, they were trained to keep their composure when lying I reminded myself.
"Why should we trust you, how do we know you aren't lying through your teeth." I spat at him. He looked in my direction and flinched at the tone in my voice.
"Because Luciana sent me."
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jan 29, 2012 21:53:45 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
Kynaree was telling me this long embellished story about how Cecil proposed to her. I couldn't believe Cecil, he proposed in a closet? With Xian present? But I guess that didn't matter, Kynaree loved telling this story and I could tell she was extremely happy about what had gone down tonight.
"I'm really happy you seem happy." I said smiling for her. "I'm not sure if that makes any sense."
"I am too." She said smiling. "I never thought Cecil was actually going to propose to me."
Rivers came into the room and sat next to me on the couch. I hadn't realized it but Kynaree and I had been talking for over an hour and everyone had dispersed into their separate areas of the house.
"Sorry, I tried to stay away as long as I could, so you two could have some time to talk." He said, and gave me a look that I knew meant he was getting annoyed with Cecil, but he just didn't want to say it in front of Kynaree.
"It's okay, I should go see what Cecil is up to anyways." Kynaree explained as she stood up and left the room.
"I'm sorry." Rivers repeated. "I didn't mean to make her leave."
"Don't worry about it, she was just talking about how she should go find Cecil, but she didn't want to leave me by myself." I lied, and it worked because he smiled and turned the T.V. on and put his arm around me allowing me to lay my head on his shoulder.
I missed the days at the house in France when I would get home from work and he would be sitting on the couch watching T.V. and I would just go and sit by him, just as we are now. We wouldn't have to say a word; the silence said it all.
After a while, I started to feel sick. "Rivers, I don't.." I didn't know exactly what I was meaning to say there. I didn't feel sick in the sense of the word he would interpret it, which would be morning sickness from the pregnancy, but I did have a weird feeling, I didn't like it.
"Do you need to run to the bathroom?" He asked concerned.
"No, its a different sick." Then there was a loud crash in the basement followed by a loud bang. "I'm not feeling so good about this." I wanted to run to the basement and find out what was causing me to feel this way, but something told me that the crash had nothing to do with it.
Rivers was concerned and he kept trying to help, but there was nothing he could do. I kept looking around the room for answers and then I turned my head around just enough to see it. "..Th-Theo?"
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jan 29, 2012 22:01:55 GMT -6
~<>~Theo's POV~<>~
Being a ghost is the highest level of boredom imaginable. I mean, I thought it would be pretty fun, but after the first year you realize, "hey, there's nobody to talk to and normal human beings are oblivious morons." And "the haunting thing", it got old quick. It took too much emotion to do anything too astounding, and let's face it, I didn't care about anything enough. Why was I stuck as a ghost then? Well, there's a few different reasons one could be trapped in this limbo of life and death. Mine happens to be that I suffered an unusually traumatizing death.
I haven't really had any purpose to roam the earth until just a few moments ago. I was assigned a mission by one of my friends, probably my only true friend, Rodger Frederick Cooksley. I would've said no, but what was there to lose? If I could cause this sort of drama and chaos in someone's life. I was going to.
What I needed was to find the right time to approach Trudie, but she was normally puking or whining to the blond kid. It took me a little bit to think of his name. It was or some stupid hippie name, wait, wasn't it Whit? Since Trudie was already feeling sick I'm sure it was hard to sense my presence. I really wasn't sure how I was supposed to approach her. I tried to convince myself we had a connection. We were captured together and the group gave us to Oni. We both knew what it was like to be given up. Maybe that would make her believe me.
“Rivers,”--Okay, that was his name--“I don't...” Trudie looked sick again. They were in the living room getting ready for bed. The couch was all made up and ready to be slept in.
“Do you need to run to the bathroom?”
“No, it's a different sick.” It was because I was so close to them now.
Was this a good time? There was a lot of drama occurring in the basement. That made this a really terrible time, but also a really good time at the same time. Whatever, it wasn't like I was really supposed to help them anyways.
She could sense me for sure. “I'm feeling so good about this.” She started to look around the room until she spotted me behind her. Now I just felt like a creep. My mouth was dry, well, dry as it could be for a piece of lifeless nothingness. Her eyes didn't move away from me. It was weird being seen by someone. I'd been invisible too long. “.. Th-theo?”
“...Hey,” I said hesitantly. I was talking to someone who could hear me. “I was just in the neighborhood,” I shrugged. She could see me shrug. I tried to stop being amazed.
“What?” she turned to Rivers, “Can you go get Kynaree or Cecil?”
“KYNAREE! CECIL!” Rivers hollered.
“I could've done that,” Trudie said annoyed, “Theo what are you really doing here?”
“Rodger, he's in serious trouble. I mean, like, life-threatening trouble... I think its a trap to get Cecil back to MMC,” I replied.
Cecil came in on queue, “Is there a problem?” Kynaree walked behind him. Trudie looked at them, and then back at me.
“Theo,” Trudie pointed at me. Kynaree's eyes lit up, she couldn't hear me or see me, but she could sense my presence. I wish I could somehow record this moment forever. Oh, Cecil's face.
“What the Hell?” Cecil said, “Is this some kind of joke. Forgodsake, I just proposed.” I knew Cecil couldn't see my wicked smile, but I did it out of habit.
“Trudie,” I said, returning to seriousness, “I don't know if you should tell Cecil this. I mean, he probably won't believe a word I say anyways, but if he does... He'll go after his Dad. This is life-threatening to him, which doesn't really matter, but its also life-threatening to all of you.” I hoped this reverse psychology worked. She would tell him and every would go according to Rodger's plan.
“Why are you telling me this then?” she said. The other three were watching Trudie very intently, trying to catch on to the one side of the conversation. It was as if she were talking on a phone.
“What's going on?” Kynaree whispered. None of us were sure why she was whispering.
“Rodger's my friend. I just felt like I needed to let someone know,” after I said that Xian rushed up the stairs.
“Cecil, you need to get downstairs!” Xian's expression was hard to describe it was panicked plus confusion.
“It can wait,” Cecil said, “We--”
“No, this is really important, som--”
“Just wa-”
I stood there grinning, waiting to see if they could manage to come out with a full sentence.
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Post by --Kyle-- on Jan 30, 2012 21:04:18 GMT -6
--Xian's POV--
Cecil, reluctantly agreed to follow me. On our way to the basement, we saw that Nathan held the young man by his arms that were bound behind his back. "To the dining room." Nathan nodded, as he shoved the guy forward.
"Who is that?" Cecil asked.
"We were hoping you'd be able to help with that," I said.
We walked into the kitchen. Cecil's grandmother let out a shriek after seeing the man with blood dripping off of him, saying "Oh, dear," she ran out of the room saying. "I'll get some bandages."
"He claims to be a part of the MMC," I explained to Cecil as Nathan pushed the man into a chair. "He also says he is here to help."
"It's true!" The man said, writhing in pain in the chair he sat on. "My name is Corey Smith, I work for Luciana and Lilith," he explained. "I am only an intern, but Luciana has sent me to explain what is happening."
"Is he lying, Cecil?" Ethan asked from just behind me, but the question was directed toward Cecil.
"You must be Cecil Cooksley," Corey said to him. "I recognized that name of the address from your file."
"He can't have known all that if he wasn't part of the MMC," Cecil said. "We can't trust him otherwise."
"Please," Corey pleaded. "If you would just let me explain."
"Alright," Cecil said. "You may do so."
The tension in the room was cut as Mabel came back into the room. She began to clean Corey's wound as he explained to them why he was there.
"Luciana and Lilith are at the top of the MMC," he explained. "I do not know every detail on why she is after you, but Lilith wants all of you dead. Luciana knows all of this and she knows why. She'll help you escape, she will."
"How can we trust that she will?" I inquired. "How can we trust you?"
"Because Luciana is the love of my life, and I would die before I ever betrayed her to her twin," Corey said. "As for trusting Luciana, that you must do in good faith. What other option do you have?"
Corey had a point. No matter what they did, it was all they were going off of.
"Why hadn't Luciana come herself? Why send you?" Nathan asked.
"Because," Corey began, wincing at the pain as Mabel cleaned his bloody arm. "If Luciana were to leave for any long period of time, Lilith would become suspicious of her. Luciana has already told Lilith off bout her plans."
"And why would she not be suspicious of you being gone?" Cecil asked.
"I am only an intern, and besides—" another wince of pain "—Lilith had already fired me. I won't be going back there at anytime, unless it is to save Luciana."
For a long moment, the only sound in the room was that of Mabel working on bandaging Corey's arm and Corey's soft winces of pain.
"What is that Luciana wants us to do?" Cecil, finally asked, breaking the silence.
"To come with me," Corey said. "I was to warn you that Lilith will be coming soon, trying to find where you are. Thankfully, I found you first." Mabel finished his arm, and stepped back. Corey held it close to his body and thanked her, then continued, "Now that I have warned you, you must come back with me. To Russia. Where the MMC Main Headquarters are located."
"Come with you? To the MMC?" I scoffed. "And have you hand us right to them?"
"No, no," Corey shook his head. "Just outside the city where it is located. There is a safe house—a bunker. It will safe for you to stay there, but close enough where Luciana can come in to help with out having Lilith become suspicious of anything. She is too busy trying to locate you anyway."
"Even still, it could be a trap," Cecil said.
"What other option do we have?" I said to him, quietly so Corey couldn't hear. "We either go with him, or we stay here hiding for the rest of out lives. Even if it is a trap, we can be prepared for one, but hope for the best."
Cecil was quiet. It would take a while before we decided to trust Corey and decide what we would do.
Nathan brought Corey into one of the rooms, locking the door. It was only afterward that I realized it was mine, Kynaree, Cecil, and Ethan's room.
"I'll watch him," I said to Nathan. He unlocked the door and let me inside, while the other gathered into the living room for whatever had been going on when I had went in there.
Inside the room, Corey sat alone on the floor, his hands still behind his back, tied with old rope. He looked up at me.
"Hey," I said, walking over to the bed, sitting down on it. "I guess, I have first watch over the prisoner."
"Right, prisoner," he said, looking down. "I guess I should have expected this. I mean, I've been looking for months for you guys. I've travelled to over thirty cities here in the U.K., trying to find a lead. I just didn't think I would become the prisoner, you know? I thought I was here to help."
I didn't know why he felt the need to talk, because i certainly wasn't in the mood to. "Yeah," I said awkwardly. "Sorry. I get it. We're just taking precautions."
"I understand," he said.
Not knowing what else to say, I knelt down beside him and untied the rope. "If you go anywhere, I will kill you."
"Thank you," said, rubbing his bad arm, holding it close to him.
"Cecil, is the most paranoid person in the world," I said. "But it doesn't mean you have to stay uncomfortable."
Corey nodded. I sat back on the bed, leaning my elbows on my knees. "So, tell me more about the twins."
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Post by Kàylà on Feb 1, 2012 11:04:59 GMT -6
~Valkyrie's POV~
Nathan refused to let me anywhere near the MMC intern...I knew that being human made me vulnerable but it was just another human! I refused to talk to Nathan for the rest of the night, just because I was human didn't mean that he could treat me like one. I still remembered how to defend myself, how to blend in with a crowd when I didn't want to be seen, I could still take care of myself. Being human hadn't changed any of that.
Instead of being in the kitchen where everyone else was, I was in mine and Nathan's room trying to lull Taavi to sleep. There was a soft knock on the door and I instantly knew it was Nathan. "Valkyrie can I come in?" I answered with silence. "Valk please?" He tried opening the door anyways and I had forgotten that I had locked the door. I knew how easily he could break the door open, but since it was someone else's home I knew that he wouldn't.
I heard him sigh and listened as his soft footsteps slowly got quieter as he abandoned his quest to try to talk to me. Taavi had finally fallen asleep and I smiled as I watched him peacefully lie there not knowing that all our lives were in danger, not knowing that there wasn't anyone like him that we knew of.
When I thought the coast was clear I headed towards Xian's room where they were keeping the prisoner, I wanted to talk to him. I knew it was a small chance that Xian would let me in the room, fearing the wrath of Nathan once he found out, but I had to try. I softly knocked on the door knowing that Xian would hear it with his profound hearing that all vampires and dartan possessed.
"Who is it?" Xian's voice rang through sounding annoyed...as if I had interrupted an important conversation.
"It's Valk...I need to talk to him. Please Xian?" The door opened a crack and I figured it was Xian about to let me in.
"If I let you in, Nathan will kill me Valk." Xian sighed.
"You're in there too Xian, he's just a human!"
"And you are too now Valkyrie or do you keep forgetting that? You're not the Vampire Queen that you used to be, you're no longer one of the strongest vampires out there. You're a human now, who is also a mother of a two year old boy." Xian whispered so as not to have Nathan over hear depending on where he might be in the house.
"Cecil is a human, Trudie is a human and PREGNANT, Rivers is a human, and they are all allowed near him. I might not be a vampire anymore, but I still remember how to defend myself. I am not fragile just because I died a vampire and came back a human!" I almost yelled at him, but I managed to keep my voice low. Xian sighed again and rubbed his hand down his face. "Just let me talk to him Xian, I'm not asking you to leave the room while I talk to him so if he does prove to be untrustworthy and tries something you'll be able to help me fight him off..just please let me talk to him." I pleaded.
Xian sighed once more and moved so he could open the door a bit wider to let me in. I slipped in quietly through the door and flipped on the light that had been turned off. "Ow." Corey grunted as he blinked furiously trying to get his eyes to adjust to the newly lit room.
"I'm sorry, but it's easier for me to see you with the lights on." I smiled at him apologetically. "I'm just here to ask a few questions."
"You and everyone else." Corey sighed.
"I wonder why?" Xian snorted sarcastically. I shot him a dirty look and he shrugged, but shut up.
"Do you know who I am?" I asked him quietly.
"Yes, you're Valkyrie, former queen of the Ourea clan, now a human married to Nathan Nicholai, and the mother of a half vampire, half human child." Corey answered. "Now what is it that you want? I doubt your husband wants you anywhere near the big bad MMC intern." His voice became sarcastic as he finished his sentence. I could tell not being trusted was hard on him. He thought he had made enough claims for us to trust him, but he didn't understand that we were good at trusting the wrong people.
"I want to know what they want with my son."
"The MMC is the only ones who want your son, that was Lilth's excuse to go after you for them since she couldn't exactly tell them the real reason. She might be the head of the MMC but we still have policies. One of them being we can't go after mythical creatures just based on revenge. So instead she is using your illegal son, and yes by MMC policy your son is illegal, for it is said that no vampire and human should mate, even if that human used to be a vampire." He took a deep breath and then continued.
"So while the real threat isn't toward you and your son, there is still a threat. They want to examine your son, preform test on him to see if he will be dangerous, more so than a normal vampire, once he gets older."
"And what will happen to him once these test are preformed and they have their answers?" I asked.
"You sound like you'll willingly give up your son." It wasn't long until my hand was around his neck.
"I might not have the strength of a vampire anymore, but I can still squeeze the air out of your throat, ending your life." I threatened him. Xian gently pulled on my shoulder's trying to get me to release my grip. "Let him go Valk." Xian told me gently. I took a few steps back to where I originally stood and glared at Corey.
"I would NEVER willingly hand my son over. I am only asking because there is always the possibility that something could happen. Now answer my question...once they preformed their tests what would they do to him?" I gritted my teeth, I may no longer be a vampire but there were times when I still felt like one.
Corey rubbed at his throat and then began to speak again, "It would depend on what the tests reviled. If they proved that being half vampire just made him a little smarter, faster, and stronger, they would probably allow him to live, but you would not get him back, he would be under MMC care to make sure that the tests proved true. However...if the tests proved that as he got older he would become dangerous...the result...would be death."
Even though I had seen it coming I still felt like I couldn't breathe, that time had stopped. I had to get out of there...I needed to make sure Taavi was still sleeping peacefully and that no one had taken him. My thoughts were irrational, but they were thoughts created by fear. Fear that I would lose one of the most important things in my life. I quickly gathered my composure though, not wanting the intern to see me so distraught.
I started to walk towards the door when Corey had one question for me. "You wish you were still a vampire don't you?"
"Every day." I whispered and closed the door behind me. I heard the click of the lock and headed towards my bedroom to make sure the person I loved most was still safe and sound.
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Feb 18, 2012 9:48:32 GMT -6
~Rivers POV~
There have been times where I wished I still didn't know Trudie's secret. She hid it so well from the rest of the world, why couldn't I be a part of the uninformed again. These thoughts kept crossing my mind and I kept thinking about my life before I met Trudie, and then I realized the answer. I knew why I didn't want to be someone who didn't know that mythical creatures existed again. It was because I was in love with one and if I didn't have her I don't know where or who I would be today.
I started at Trudie as she was talking to Theo; she looked terrified. I wanted to know what was going on. What was Theo telling her? I didn't say anything because I knew she would tell us when she figured out what was going on.
Her face displayed she was angry, but at the same time she looked scared. I wished so bad that I knew what was going on and I listened to everyone else interrupt into her conversation. "Whats going on?" "Whats he saying?" "Why is he here?"
Finally she turned to the few of us still in the room and said, "I need a minute." and then got up and walked swiftly to the bathroom.
~Trudie's POV~
I didn't know what I was doing and I didn't know who I should tell. If what Theo said was true then how was I supposed to tell anyone? This could mean putting us into even more danger, but how could I not tell Cecil that there is even a possibility that Rodger is in trouble? Cecil would kill me if he found out I with held that information.
I didn't know if what I decided to do was the right decision, but I was determined to do it anyways.
"Kynaree! Can you come in here please?!" I yelled out the crack in the bathroom door not knowing where they were located in the house.
I don't even know why this was so hard for me to tell someone. Maybe it was the hormones getting the best of my emotions.
Kynaree came into the bathroom and I started to tell her everything Theo said to me.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Mar 8, 2012 23:05:05 GMT -6
~<>~Kynaree's POV~<>~
I tried opening my mouth a few times to speak, but nothing came out. Finally, I squeaked, "Rodger's in trouble?"
"That's what Theo told me." We held eye contact until Trudie looked downward, "Kynaree, we need to tell Cecil this."
I waited for something to happen in my brain. Was it going to start thinking rationally instead of screaming "no" over and over again. Somehow I got the gears to start moving, "But we can't tell Cecil. What if he goes after him?"
"You can't make the decision for him, Kynaree. He at least needs to know."
She was right, but that didn't mean I was going to agree with her. I shook my head.
"What about Rodger?" she asked me.
She was making me out to be the bad guy. "Trudie, stop. I know Cecil a lot better than you. I know what's best for him." The truth: I'm a very selfish human being. I didn't want Cecil to leave me here with everyone. I didn't want him to realize that helping us was a bad idea and not come back for me. I didn't want him to not come back because he couldn't. "You can't tell him. Promise me?"
~<>~Cecil's POV~<>~
I looked up from my grandfather's computer to see that it was already midnight. We couldn't stay here another night after this. It was time that we figured our next move. Everyone was moving to their temporary nests, then I felt a slender hand on my shoulder. Without looking up I went to rest my hand on top of hers until she suddenly pulled back. She cleared her throat, and it was then I realized it was Trudie, "Sorry, I thou-" I began before she cut me off.
"No, no," she laughed at the awkwardness of it, "I should've said something." After that I couldn't help but chuckle at the weirdness of the moment too. When we made eye contact she finally said, "Cecil," she paused, "Do you and Kynaree want the living room tonight? I don't need to sleep. I can help watch that guy while River sleeps on the floor."
"Kynaree and I will be fine on the floor again. Besides, what will you do if Corey does manages to escape?" I was smiling, trying not to sound too insulting.
She shrugged, "I dunno, scream? I'll find a way to get someone's attention. Besides he doesn't seem too threatening... And maybe you don't like sleeping on a nice soft pull-out couch, but Kynaree might."
I guess she was making a lot more sense than I was, "If you insist and its okay with Rivers than I guess we'll take the couch." I smiled again, this time big enough to bare my teeth.
Kynaree happily accepted the spot on the couch (not that she had any complaints about the floor.) Her mouth wasn't constantly chattering like it normally was before we fell asleep, so it only took her minutes until she was passed out. I was exhausted from all the resent happenings, but I still didn't find my way to unconsciousness until it was almost one-thirty.
I found myself looking at the clock again at three in the morning. My sinuses were sore from snoring, so the sleep I did get was fairly deep. I looked at the ceiling and decided that it was never too early for coffee. I untangled myself from Kynaree and made my way into the kitchen.
I was pouring my first cup of freshly brewed coffee when my grandfather walked past me on his way to the bathroom. "Could you pour me one of those?" he said in a way that made it very apparent that he had just woken up too. I got out another mug, tossed two sugars in it, and poured the dark liquid over it. He came back to the kitchen after relieving himself. "Thanks," he mumbled when he took the cup.
We both took a seat at the kitchen table and it took several moments before either of us said anything. "So, um, what's the plan?" he asked. I shook my head. "Kind of hard to get around with all these others."
"Yeah," I agreed.
"It was very brave of you to include them in your escape plan."
"Not really." I got up to pour myself another cup. He followed me to refill his own cup. "Kynaree wouldn't've ever let me go without telling them what was going on."
"You could've told them without making them come here. Why do you all have to be together? What's your angle, Cecil?"
"Leverage," I whispered.
"Listen to yourself. Do you think she'd ever stay with you if you were to rat out her friends?" he whispered angrily. Obviously he was referring to Kynaree, who was sleeping only a dozen or more feet away from us.
"No, but she'd be free and alive," I replied.
"You would be willing to make the same mistake as your father?" I wasn't sure how to reply. It wasn't until now that I could see the connection. Needless to say, I was embarrassed. "Your father is a miserable human being. I don't care how happy he acts. If he had another chance he would've rather taken the risk of Tilly dying than having her spend the rest of her life hating his choices." He put his mug in the sink and walked back to his room.
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Post by --Kyle-- on Mar 26, 2012 19:32:36 GMT -6
-- Xian's POV -- In the morning, the sun peeked through the windows. Waking up, I could see Corey lying on the floor in the corner, still asleep. Ethan sat up in his bed, watching him. Standing, I nudged Ethan's leg. "You can get a little sleep now," I said, as he look down to me with a start. "I'm awake." Wearily, Ethan nodded slowly and fell over onto his pillow, asleep within seconds. I smiled up at him as he slept. Shaking my head to clear my thoughts, I walked over to the door and peered out into the hall. Soft words carried from the kitchen. Looking back to Corey, I could tell he was still asleep from his snores. I cracked the door open more and stepped out. Maybe it was an important conversation about what they were doing next. Because at the moment, it seemed that nobody knew what to do. But we couldn't stay here like sitting ducks. When I got to the kitchen, Trudie stood just outside the door, with a look of shock on her face. "Trudie, what's the ma—" "Sh," she whispered quietly, finger against her mouth. I stopped and listened in to hear Cecil say, "Leverage." "Listen to yourself. Do you think she'd ever stay with you if you were to rat out her friends?" Cecil's grandfather whispered angrily. A look of horror came over both Trudie's face and my own. At that point, I hadn't finished listening, but when Cecil came back out of the kitchen, he nodded toward me, and Trudie turned to look into the living room away from him. I walked over to her when Cecil was out of sight and earshot. "You better talk to Kynaree about this," I warned in a whisper. "Why her?" She asked astonished. "Because if we all jump on Cecil, it will make Kynaree's decision on what to do that much more difficult." I said, going to step away and added, "I've never really like Cecil, but this isn't about anyone else but them. Kynaree has to know first." I didn't wait for an answer by Trudie, just leaving back toward the room. My mind swam with thoughts about Cecil's betrayal—or at least the notion of one. He hadn't done anything yet, but that doesn't mean he won't soon. Opening the door, I saw that Corey was awake. I closed it again quickly as he looked up from the floor. "Morning," he nodded. "You." I said to him, not explaining what I needed from him. Corey's face paled and he backed away. "I need you to tell me exactly what you want from us, besides Taavi." "Come with me." "Not an option," I said. "Not unless we know exactly where and when. I trust you, but they don't." I pointed outside the room at the door. "Russia. The head of the MMC, Luciana and Lilith, the twins, I told you this yesterday?" He said rushed, breathing heavily as I leaned over him. "Yes, yes, I remember." I said impatiently. "They are there. Lilith will do anything she wants to get to you." "I know." I said too loudly and Ethan stirred from the top of the bed. Corey looked out the window. "If you don't come, she'll kill us all." "Where?" I asked. "A safe house, and yes it is truly safe." He said, "There, Luciana will meet us and explain what to do to take Lilith out so that our lives will be spared." "Why are do you keep saying 'we' and 'our'? This isn't about you—" "But it is," he said, a tear in his eye as he remembered. His pupils were like screens as I watched his memories unfold. I had never been able to see a vision through someone else's mind or sight, especially that of the past. The connection between us grew until finally, it was if I was there. I could see myself, as Corey, kissing Luciana. Telling her that he would do everything to bring them to her. To stop her sister. To end it once and for all. The pain between what Luciana and Corey had felt every moment while her sister reigned over nearly the entire world. I could hear them speak about their brother they lost. Lilith's pain and anger clear in her eyes through Corey's memory. Suddenly darkness fell throughout the entire image and everything was gone again. I found my self on the floor, Corey standing over me. "What the hell was that?" He asked, and Ethan jumped down to leaning over me. "Xian, Xian?" He asked, grabbing my arms, holding his face inches from my own. My mind was rushed with thoughts and just when I reached my head forward, our lips so close, he was gone before I even thought of anything else. "What did you do?!" He yelled at Corey, pushing him against the wall. I shook my head and jumped to my feet. "Stop!" I said, grabbing at Ethan to rip away from Corey. "Get off of him." I flung Ethan onto the bed, and stepped between them. "It's fine, Ethan, he didn't do anything." Ethan still puffed, breathing heavily in anger. Looking to Corey, I added. "I believe we have the information we need to move forward." _____________ "What?" Cecil nearly yelled as I explained to everyone what we need to do. "Russia? With him?" His face was red with anger. "He can't be trusted!" "Like you're really in the position to make that call." I said without thinking. It wasn't my place to say anything about what Trudie and I had heard. I looked to her, who looked away. I wondered if she had talked to Kynaree yet. It didn't seem like anyone had noticed exactly what I meant, except possibly Cecil after seeing his face pale slightly, so I added, "I'm the one who has seen Corey's memories. All of them. Not even Nathan can know what I know right now. You have to trust me." The room was silent except for Taavi playing on the floor. Nathan whispered into Valkyrie's ear and she nodded. Trudie and River simply looked at each other, nodding slowly. Kynaree watched the others with wide eyes, and began to whistle softly. "Cecil, I can see Corey's mind, showing me more vivid memories now…" Nathan said softly. "What happened with he and Xian is the truth. Corey is telling the truth." Cecil took a long while to answer. And after watching Kynaree for an even longer moment, he nodded. "Alright." "We'll need passports and tickets for the plane." Trudie noted. I looked to Cecil, "You can take care of that, can't you?" Sarcasm almost as thick as Valkrie's on her good days. "Yes." He dragged out the 's' sound with gritted teeth, a short whistle hissed between them, harmonizing with Kynaree's tune. It was moments later when the entire room was cleared, each of us running around to get our things in order. Russia was our new destination, but even knowing Corey was telling the truth, my stomach knotted anxiously as we packed.
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Post by Kàylà on Mar 28, 2012 10:11:26 GMT -6
~Nathan's POV~
"You talked to him! You went in there when I told you not to, because we didn't know if he could be trusted!" I almost yelled at Valk.
"I'm not your human pet Nathan! I'm your wife! You can't just order me around when our son is in danger and you're not even trying to get answers as to why they want him!" She yelled back. I felt like I had been slapped in the face..she felt like I was treating her like a pet?
"Valkyrie I only told you to stay away from him for your own safety." I told her softly. She turned away from me as I saw tears start to brim her the bottom of her eyes. Even now she still had a hard time crying in front of me, but she knew her words had hit me hard and that she hadn't meant them.
"Just because I'm human now Nathan, doesn't mean I'm defenseless. I still know how to protect myself, you know that. I'm still a bit stronger than the average human. You can't treat me as if I am a child Nathan." She told me and walked out the door, leaving me to finish packing for Russia.
Taavi looked up at me with a confused look on his face from where he was playing on the bed. I wondered if he knew that his mother and father and just been fighting, if he knew that he was in danger and his life at risk. I wondered at just how much a two year old, that had the blood of a vampire, and a human, understood.
"What if you do end up being dangerous, my son? What will we do then?" I whispered. Taavi responded by banging together two plastic toys, giggling whilst he did it. My grim face turned into a smile as I watched my son play. For now he was an innocent infant that was still learning the world around him, with no evil in his heart. I played with Taavi for awhile until his laughter turned to yawns and it was time for his nap. While he napped I finished packing for the trip to Russia, while trying to devise a way to keep Valkyrie safe.
Cecil's thoughts kept burning in my head...using us as leverage? Even I didn't think Cecil would stoop that low. I knew like me with Valkyrie, he would do anything to keep Kyanree safe, but I didn't think Kynaree would allow him to go this far...unless she didn't know.
I realized that the only way to keep Valkyrie safe was to split us apart. We were taking two vehicles to the airport. I would go with Cecil while Valkyrie and Taavi went in the opposite car. It killed me to realize that I needed to part from her, but maybe it would also give her time to cool down and realize that everything I'm doing, I'm only doing for her and Taavi's safety.
The next morning we all woke up early so that we could catch the earliest flight to Russia. In the two cars it was me, Cecil, Trudie, Rivers, and Corey. There had been much debate about who would have Corey in their car but in the end it was decided that he would be with us. Cecil reluctantly had Kyanree go in the car with Xian ,Ethan, Valkyrie, and Taavi, but he reasoned with himself that Kynaree would be safer with two Dartans in the car rather than in a car of mostly humans.
Valkyrie was still barely speaking to me, even as a vampire she had been stubborn, but this...this was unbelievable. I kissed her on the forehead and told her that I would see both of them soon. Our car was leaving first so as to not arouse suspicion, and the other car would follow 15 minutes later.
~Valkyrie's POV~
We sat in silence as we waited for it to be our time to leave. Kyanree sat in the back seat with me as she tried to help me entertain Taavi to the best of our abilities. He was restless this morning, and I knew if he kept acting like this it was going to be a long flight for both me, and the other passengers.
"Is it cause he's hungry Valk?" Ethan asked me as Taavi began to scream again.
"I don't think so, he just ate a little bit ago. Hopefully once we get going he'll calm down, car rides usually do the trick." I told him.
We still had five more minutes before we could leave and those five minutes were not going to go by fast enough. Finally it was time to leave and Xian started up the car. Ten minutes into the drive Taavi calmed down as I had predicted and I sighed in relief. All around there was tension in the car, even Kynaree was quieter than usual.
The ride to the airport was 25 minutes in total, but we still had to go through security. It was going to be a long day.
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Apr 4, 2012 14:33:16 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
We decided to go to the safe house in Russia with Corey. This was a lot of trust we were putting in him but with the evidence that Xian and Nathan saw of Corey's memories we couldn't not give him a shot; we had no other choice.
We rode in two separate vehicles to the London Gatwich Airport; Rivers and I were in the first car that left, along with Nathan, Cecil and Corey. Corey was in the backseat with Rivers and I, Nathan was driving and Cecil was in the front seat telling him how to get there. It was a lot of curvy roads; definitely not a straight stretch to get there; which didn’t help with my already existing morning sickness. When we were getting closer to the airport we kept hitting roundabouts and Rivers squeezed my hand a little tighter when Nathan took them at a faster speed than he would have had he been driving. Rivers hasn't had much experience driving since in France he would normally walk everywhere he needed to go, and if he needed to go somewhere farther away I normally went with him, so I drove. He always told me that he liked walking everywhere and getting his exercise to make up for all the food I feed him.
When we made it to the airport Rivers whispered in my ear, "If I don't see another roundabout in my life I wouldn't be upset." We had to go through 10 roundabouts in the 25 minutes it took us to get from Cecil's grandparents house in Cranleigh to the airport in Crawley, so I can see where that came from.
“Good thing you didn’t throw up, because this baby would have thrown up right back at ya.” I replied with a smirk. He stopped complaining then, even though that wasn’t my intention.
Going through security at the airport was a big hassle. I felt like we were being watched from all angles. Even more so than what you normally are being watched going through security at an airport. Finally we made it through customs and found our gate. We decided it would be best if the people in our car went all the way to the gate without waiting up for the other group.
Walking through the airport on the way to the gate there were men dressed up in black business suits and dark sunglasses. They reminded me of the Secret Service and I got a bad gut feeling every time I saw one of them perched at different locations in the airport. They all had walkie-talkie like devices and I could only imagine that they were all together and watching us.
I tried my best not to look suspicious about anything, if they were members of the MMC they would be humans and Nathan could read their minds. I hope he is being cautious, as he normally is. I needed to be sure without saying anything; they might over hear. Sitting at the gate there were no potential members of the MMC in sight so I decided to forget about it for the time being. At least until the timing would be right to talk to Nathan and ask him to focus on their minds. Besides, what if Nathan focuses on their minds and they are just a distraction and the MMC comes at us full blown from another side because Nathan focused on these guys in black business suits and not leaving his mind open for the other people who don't look suspicious. The MMC is smarter than to dress up like the Secret Service anyways... right? I needed to stop overanalyzing the situation and focus on not looking suspicious.
I saw Xian, Ethan, Kynaree, Valkyrie and Taavi coming up to the gate as the stewardess spoke into the loud speaker, “In ten minutes flight BA0233 will start boarding.” I looked at the clock, it was just before eleven and our plane was scheduled to leave at 11:35.
The plane was huge, there was 3 columns of 3 seats and at least 30 rows; there were probably 300 seats. There was also a small TV screen on the backs of every seat, so every person could choose whether they wanted to watch something or listen to an audio channel or not have anything on at all.
We were right in the middle of the plane, and we separated into three groups for where we were sitting. We had two rows on the left side of the plane and one row in the middle of the plane. In the window seat on the left was Ethan, then Xian and Rivers. Behind them in the window seat was Valkyrie with Taavi on her lap, then Nathan and Corey was on the aisle. Across the aisle from Corey was where I sat, with Kynaree next to me and then Cecil on the opposite side of her. Rivers and I got separated in the split, but someone needed to.
I watched as the other passengers loaded the plane and some found their seat in front of us and some walked by. The few that stood out were the men in the black business suits who sat maybe five rows behind us. I don’t know what it was; I just didn’t have a good feeling about them. The flight was supposed to be 4 hours straight through to Makhachkala in Russia, then it would be another hour and a half drive to the cabin in a forest near Derbent.
The flight took off and there wasn’t much conversation going on in our group. I kept looking at Rivers expression and I knew he was uncomfortable.
The flight attendant came around to take everyone’s orders on if they wanted complimentary tea or coffee. When they came to our row Cecil ordered a coffee, Kynaree and I got tea. I hoped it would help settle my stomach.
“I think you should name your baby Benedict if it’s a boy.” Kynaree said after the flight attendant brought us our tea.
“What if it’s a girl?” I mused.
“Charlotte.”
“That’s a pretty name.” I considered. “What do you think of Ava for a girl and Avery for a boy?”
Kynaree wrinkled her nose. “I like Benedict and Charlotte.”
“I like Avery.” At first I didn’t know who had said it, but I realized it was Cecil. I didn’t even know he was listening.
“Thanks Cecil, I really like it too.” I replied with a smile on my face. At least someone agrees with me.
~Rivers POV~
I knew the plane right was going to be a long ride when I found out it was 4 hours long and I had to sit next to Nutcase 1 and Nutcase 2. I could feel tension between them and I tried to push it aside and focus on Trudie even though I was not sitting next to her and couldn’t look at her because then she might think I was watching her or being overprotective, which I was not being.
I listened for her voice and I heard her talking to Kynaree about what she wanted to name the baby. I heard Cecil’s voice chime in saying that he liked the name Avery that Trudie had chosen as a possible name. Trudie and I had never discussed possible baby names and now she was talking about it with Kynaree and Cecil?
I couldn’t help but continue to listen to the conversation. I couldn’t quite make out what Cecil said, but I heard Trudie laugh and I turned my head slightly and caught a glance of her smile. The smile she normally shows me and I have never seen her give to anybody else before.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Apr 10, 2012 22:39:12 GMT -6
~<>~Cecil's POV~<>~
We were three hours into our flight when Kynaree handed me a scrap of paper with writing on it. I could immediately tell it wasn't her writing. I looked up at Kynaree, then Trudie. Both of them were waiting for me to read it.
It was Trudie's handwriting, I don't want to freak anybody out, but I think I seen some MMC members when we were at the airport. I might be paranoid. - T
Kynaree handed me the pen. If Trudie wasn't openly speaking about this, then she must've felt it was serious. I started trying to direct my thoughts at Nathan, and let him know about the possible situation we had on our hands. Then, I wrote, Do you see them on the plane? Kynaree just sat between our conversation listening to her iPod and not saying or writing a word. I tilted the paper so that Trudie could read it. After skimming the sentence she scanned the plane in front of us. Then peaked over both her shoulders. She shrugged and shook her head.
If Trudie was correct about seeing MMC at the airport it was almost guaranteed that members would be waiting when we landed. I hoped Nathan was reading my thoughts.
It was odd having Nathan actually want to invade my privacy. From the cold glares I was getting from him I assumed that he overheard the same conversation as Xian did. It was hard to believe I let my thoughts slip on me, and even harder to believe I had spoken the words out loud. I guess being around my grandfather did that to me. It was hard for me to lie to either of my grandparents.
The thing I found about lying was that it's easiest to lie to liars. Lying to my dad was a piece of cake. I'd been doing it since as long as I can remember. The two of us were so convincing that I think we actually believed each other sometimes. On the other hand, the most difficult person to lie to was Kynaree, but she was also the most gullible. She would believe every word I said no matter what rubbish came out of my mouth.
I leaned forward, looked to my left past Kynaree and Trudie to see if I could make eye contact with Nathan. His eyes met mine, I lifted an eyebrow and he nodded. He'd gotten the message. Although he couldn't easily make contact with me, I could still have a one-way conversation.
Notify Xian, and Ethan. Make sure they know that once we land we need to get out as quickly as possible and to be on the look-out. They won't do anything in a public setting, but that doesn't mean they won't follow us out of there. After my message, I looked over to see Nathan tapping Ethan's shoulder. They held a brief discrete conversation. I want to change the vehicle arrangements, I thought at him, if something happens, I want to be with Kynaree. I didn't know if he got my request because he didn't look over at me the rest of the plane ride.
As we exited the plane everyone stayed close together. The airport we arrived at was crowded enough for me to feel a little better. We could followed the current to wait for our luggage. I wondered if waiting for it was even worth it, or if we should just get the hell out of the airport now. Nathan started the conversation, “We're keeping our vehicle arrangements,” he said.
“This is your decision to make? Since when did you become in charge? I don't remember voting,” I sounded pretty pissed off, but that was probably because I was. I tried not to make a scene, but the crew was looking our way. This whole MMC sighting was causing enough stress within our group.
“I don't trust you,” Nathan said. “I would normally feel safest with Valkyrie and Taavi with me, but right now I think they'll be safest where ever Kynaree is, and where ever Corey and you aren't.”
I felt like this was the part where I was supposed to storm off angrily, but this was no time for a television drama. I just continued coldly looking up at him until Kynaree spoke up. “Nothing's gonna happen to any of us. We'll all be fine.”
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Post by --Kyle-- on Apr 18, 2012 11:45:01 GMT -6
--Xian's POV--
The airport was a mess. Some bags had been lost, but then found after a few minutes. Ethan and I hadn't needed to check any bags because both of ours were small, all black and leather, and we carried them on the plane.
It took another few minutes to find the car rental counter, but with Corey leading the way, it was better than the rest of us wandering around without him; he spoke Russian very well. I could see Trudie and Cecil both carefully watching around them. When Nathan had told us about the possible MMC henchman on out tails, they'd been on the look-out.
"Come here," I told Ethan, pulling him to the side of the group as Corey asks for two vehicles to rent in a nearly flawless Russian accent.
"What?" Ethan asked confused. "What's the matter?"
"We shouldn't all be together, it looks more suspicious." I told him, looking around and seeing that the others had nearly done the same. Kynaree, Trudie, and Rivers stood in a group of three, Cecil looming behind them near Corey at the counter. Nathan and Valkyrie with Taavi in her arms, stood as if waiting in line after the others. "Do you see anyone? That look like them?"
"No," Ethan answered. We were standing close to one another, practically hugging, looking behind each other over out shoulders. Ethan's breath tickled the side of my neck as he spoke, "What exactly am I looking for?"
"…Nothing," I breathed in heavily, waiting for the opportune time to step away from Ethan, but it was as if my body was frozen. I stopped looking behind him and began to linger around his own neck, the curling hair near his ears. Stop.—
Not now.
It was then that I spotted him. The man behind the row of chair-benches, aisles away from where they stood, sitting with one leg crossed over the other. His dark glasses and black suit jumped out in the sea of tourists bright colored clothes. "There."
Ethan turned slowly, grabbing my at my waist as if posing for a picture with no photographer or camera, looking out and pointing toward a gate sign. "Hmm…" he stage whispered, "is that our gate?" then actually whispered, "yup, I see him."
But for a moment I was too distracted by Ethan holding me than anything else. Together, we walked over toward Nathan, Ethan's arm still around me. We pretended to ask them a question about the gates.
"Over to our left." I said with a smile on my face, pointing to the same sign that Ethan had.
Nathan looked over to the sign, with a quick glance over to the man, smiled and nodded as if to say we were correct about our question.
"Thank you," I said, then Ethan continued to play with Taavi, giving them more time. "We'll be outside waiting for the rest of you. Go out in groups instead of all together. As quick as possible of course."
Corey came over then, handing me one set of the keys. I stopped him before letting him give the others to Cecil. "Let's go outside now." I jabbed the key into Corey's side, leading him toward the exit.
"What's going on?" He asked. "Is there something wrong."
"If I find out that all of the MMC's little friends are here because you sent them I swear to God I will—"
"What?" He asked, snapping his head back around. "I didn't. I swear."
"Fine," I said, keeping Ethan's hand in mine leading him outside. "We're leaving in short groups. Bring us to the car."
Corey led us to the car, finding it easily in the small group of vehicles to the side of the building. "Here we are. Now what?"
"Get in," I said to Ethan. We both crawled into the car and I told Corey to get into his with the keys. "If I can't trust you in this moment, I will kill you. Follow us. When we pick them up, you take it from their and lead us to the cabin." He nodded and turned to get into the other car.
Starting the car, I backed out and drove to the front. Even if two cars were waiting for passengers, it wasn't as unusual as them all leaving at once. I gave a sigh of relief when Corey followed, steadily driving behind us.
I pulled up at the curb just in time to pick up Valkyrie and Taavi. Kynaree followed them, hopping into the car with her bag. I watched as Nathan swiftly opened the door for Rivers and Trudie into the back seat, and took the front for himself, next to Corey in the driver's seat. Cecil opened the other door and slid in next to Trudie, and Corey took off.
Following him, I drove behind him a safe distance. "What if they come? What if they are following us?" Valkyrie asked from the backseat.
"Make sure they aren't, keep looking behind you," I said, but it didn't matter. Just after the words slipped out of my mouth, a car pulled out in front of us, driving behind the other car, following them.
"shit," I said aloud. "They are following the other car. Anyone behind us?"
"No, I don't see anyone—wait, yes, there is a car following us." Valkyrie turned back to the front, "Same car as that one."
Kynaree squeaked from the back, "What if they kill us?"
My mind raced. There was no time to plan anything and I didn't know what to do. Valkyrie might be able to get us out of this situation, but she had Taavi to worry about, and although she was one of the ones I trusted the best, her mind would only think of him. Ethan was Ethan, and Kynaree was…well Kynaree. It was up to me to figure it out—at least for this half of the group, in this car.
"Valkyrie," I said, stepping on the gas a little. "Tell Nathan that we will find our way, and to try to lose the car that is following them."
"…why?" She asked nervously.
"You don't want to know, just do it." I said.
A few moments passed and finally Valkyrie said "Okay, I have no idea if that worked."
"Hold on to something."
I hit the brake as hard as I could, sending the car behind us spinning, squealing tires and smoke out of its engine. Our car kept moving backwards once the car that had been following us had gotten out of the way. The black car now wrapped around a tree.
I looked ahead and saw Corey's car drive fast and turn left, speeding away. The car that had been following us pulled out from the tree, broken and smashed, but still running.
"Are you crazy?!" Valkyrie yelled, holding Taavi safely in her arms.
"It worked didn't it!?" I yelled back, spinning the car around and bolting down a side street. The car was still behind us, but soon the engine of it died, nearly exploding. We lost them, but we also lost the others.
"What now?" Ethan asked next to me. "Where do we go?"
"Hold on," I said. Concentrating as best that I could, I kept my thoughts as focused on Corey as possible. Then suddenly, the vision showed me where they were going to be. The car that had been following them leapt off a bridge into a river, Corey sped away and moved across a street into a rural area. When the vision was over, I knew where they would be. "Got it."
-- Corey's POV --
Cars rushed past as I drove as fast as I could.
"You are going the wrong way!" Nathan said. It was a one way street and we were on the wrong side. "Turn right, right right rightrightright!!"
I turned the wheel to the left to avoid a motorcycle that whizzed by, then turned left as Nathan said, turning down an empty street. The car was still behind us, zig-zagging through the traffic. I could see the window of the large black car roll down and a gun appeared.
"GET DOWN!" I yelled at the others, and they ducked in time. Three gun shots fired, two bullets hit into the back window, one of them whizzing by my ear. The last bullet hit the side of out car, bouncing off the metal of the tire.
The gun receded back into the window, and Nathan yelled another direction "Left!"
I pulled left and smashed through a group of garbage cans, an alleyway that led into the heart of the city. Once back onto a highway, the car still behind us, getting closer and closer, I turned as hard as I could onto a bridge.
"Brake!" Nathan screamed, and I did as I was told. I hit the brake, sending our car spinning to the left. The car behind us fishtailed, nearly hitting out car, but flying off the side of the bridge instead.
Keeping the speed, I drove off the bridge and followed the highway into suburbia. My breath came out in short puffs as I panted, exhausted from the chase. "Nice driving." Nathan nodded to me.
"Thanks." I said, still struggling for air.
It wasn't until we reached the edge of the city, that anyone spoke again. "What about the others?" Trudie asked.
"We wait at the cabin. Hopefully Xian's vision will be able to lead them there." Nathan said as we drove down the rural road, winding through the woods. It was still another hour drive until we would reach the cabin.
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on May 7, 2012 19:38:51 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
Cecil, Rivers and I were in the backseat, with me in the middle, of the car Corey was driving when we noticed we were being followed. Corey started driving like a maniac so I reached for both Rivers and Cecils hand for comfort.
I looked to Rivers, who was completely terrified. I felt bad; Rivers did nothing to get himself into this mess except for fall in love with me. He shouldn't have to go through this; it’s not his battle to fight, or run from. I looked over to Cecil, who was obviously concerned. I turned around to look for the car behind us, obviously wondering if Kynaree is okay.
Right when I thought Cecil didn't even care about anybody else but Kynaree, and I was about to pull my hand away to give more comfort to Rivers, when I felt his hand squeeze mine and he asked "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, well, I will be." I stuttered.
He smiled and Rivers saw.
"Are you okay?" I asked Cecil, ignoring Rivers for the time being.
"I'm worried." Cecil replied.
"I know, but I have this gut feeling that we are going to be okay." I tried to make him feel better while also helping myself out a bit too. I met his eyes for a split second and I knew exactly how he was feeling. I had to ignore my feelings for the time being and focus my thoughts on Rivers. I let go of Cecils hand and grabbed onto Rivers hand with both of mine now. "Everything’s going to be fine Rivers." I said, trying to get him to stop shaking.
"GET DOWN!" Corey yelled to us. Cecil, Rivers and I in the backseat crouched down, hitting heads as we got lower. Guns shot through the back window.
"Left!" I heard Nathan shout from the front seat. Then we were on a bridge, "Brake!" Nathan screamed again. The other car flied off the bridge and we continued to drive to the other side. Nathan then praised Corey on his driving and we continued to the cabin hoping the other car would find their way there.
After a while of driving through what seemed to be forest we pulled up to a building that looked sort of like a Garden Shed. Corey pulled the car to a stop as I continued to wonder where this said Cabin was.
“Here we are.” Corey said.
We all got out and I wondered how we are going to fit in that building, but then we walked inside and Corey opened a hidden door in the floor; there was a hatch. We all climbed into the hatch and hoped that the other car would make it here safely.
Inside the hatch it was a rather large space. There were three bedrooms and Corey explained we would have to split them up accordingly figuring that Valkyrie, Nathan and Taavi would probably get one of them for themselves since they had the baby.
There was a very well equipped kitchen and I wondered why they would have such nice equipment in a hatch. Too bad there wasn't much food to work with, but I could still probably figure out some nice meals for us.
Cecil went and sat on the couch and stared at the blank wall; waiting. I went and sat on the other end of the couch and attempted to comfort him, but then Rivers came and sat in between us breaking any conversation that was there between us.
I really hoped the other car makes it here safely.
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Post by Kàylà on May 12, 2012 22:10:56 GMT -6
~Valkyrie's POV~
Xian had thought he had seen the vision correctly..he couldn't have been more wrong. One wrong turn and we had ended up in a hick town in the middle of nowhere...then again I guess Russia was just a bunch of hick towns bunched together, except for its capitol Moscow. Being so far away from Corey and the others, Xian wasn't able to link onto him in order to have another vision of where the cabin was. Due to being in the middle of nowhere, we were also out of cell phone service so calling Nathan was out of the question. We were completely and utterly lost...with absolutely no way of knowing where we needed to go.
"Xian, we have to find a place to stay for the night. Taavi is getting cranky." I told him, trying my best to keep Taavi occupied. Taavi had never been good on long car rides, he was easily bored, especially for a two year old. He was also hungry and in need of a nap. I had tried my best to get him to sleep while we were in the car, but a lot of the roads we had taken were bumpy and uneven, making it nearly impossible for Taavi to sleep.
"I don't even know where to begin to look for a hotel Valk." Xian sighed. Xian told Ethan to try to look for a map in the rental car that we were in, but he had no such luck in finding one. Apparently Russians figured if you were dumb enough to get a rental car, you were smart enough to not need a map.
"Great, we have no cell phone service, no map, and a cranky toddler. What else can go wrong?" Ethan whined.
"Honestly Ethan...I don't want to know the answer to that." I glared at him hoping he hadn't jinxed us. We drove for another 20 minutes until we came upon a shady looking motel. We couldn't read the signs for they were all in Russian. We assumed that there was vacancy, and while the place gave me the creeps, well...it was the first place we had seen in half an hour.
"How are we going to pay? We we only have American currency." Ethan pointed out. I sighed, another complication. Things were just getting better and better.
"Well...hopefully they speak some English. I used to know Russian..but it's been a long time since I've used it, and my human memory isn't as good as what my vampire memory was." I told them.
"Ethan and I could always sneak you all in...I doubt the windows are locked and even if they are I doubt it would be hard to break into them anyways." Xian offered. I wasn't against breaking and entering, I had done it countless times as a vampire and it seemed the simplest solution.
"We're gonna break in?" Kynaree spoke up for the first time. I knew she would be the least likely to like the idea, but she had to understand the circumstances. We had no Russian currency, credit cards can easily be traced, and none of us really spoke Russian.
"It's the only choice at the moment Kynaree." I told her putting my hand on her shoulder and offering her a smile to try to comfort her. "Here can you hold Taavi for me for a little while? I think my legs have gone numb." I handed her Taavi and her face instantly lit up. Kyanree would make a good mother one day, she had even more patience for Taavi than I did.
"Ethan you stay with Kynaree in one room, and then I'll stay with Valkyrie and Taavi in another room a couple rooms down. Hopefully house keeping has already gone through." Xian explained. We sneaked around the motel, looking into windows where blinds were open in order to see if the rooms were occupied. The motel was just as I thought...shady. There were hardly any visitors staying in the rooms so we had our choice.
Xian checked the window to see if it was locked and to no surprise it was. Wondering how Xian was going to fix this solution, I didn't flinch when I saw him break the window as quietly as you could break a window. He got in the room first, I handed him Taavi, and then after he set him on the bed I grabbed Xian's hand and he helped me climb into the room. Thankfully Ethan had more success than us and was able to find a room a couple doors down that had an open window.
Xian said he would take first watch so Taavi and I could get some sleep. I snuggled him close to me and tried to drift off but I knew it would be impossible. I was worried about Nathan, I was worrying about Nathan worrying about me. Finally my mind started to shut down and I was beginning to drift off into a light sleep. Taavi lay sleeping by me, not a care in the world, and able to sleep peacefully now that he had a full belly. I smiled sleepily at my son and was happy when I started to drift off into a deeper sleep.
An instant crash awoke me and darkness greeted me.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jun 2, 2012 19:36:14 GMT -6
~<>~Kynaree's POV~<>~
It was hard for me to fall asleep. The motel we were staying in was strange, and I'd never been good about sleeping in strange places. I was sharing a room with Ethan while Xian, Valkyrie, and Taavi were in the room next to us. We figured having a Dartan in each room would keep Valkyrie, Taavi & I safe. It would also mean we could all sleep comfortably in our own bed.
"Ethan?" I whispered, to see if he was still awake.
"Yeah?" he said from the other bed.
"I don't know. I just wanted to see if you were still awake... I can't sleep."
"I can't sleep either." We laid there in silence for a while, which was odd for the both of us. "I hope everyone else made it to the hide out safely."
"Me too," I answered, even though I hadn't really considered them not escaping the MMC. Now that I did, I was very worried. I reminded myself that Nathan was in the car. He wouldn't have let anything happen to the others. Then I started over-thinking things. What about the airport? What was Nathan talking about? Were him and Cecil in a disagreement about something? Would Nathan let something happen to Cecil? "Why doesn't Nathan trust, Cecil?" I asked Ethan out loud.
"Are you talking about the airport? I don't know what that was about either... Xian's been acting weird about Cecil too. Remember before we decided on leaving for Russia? Xian & Nathan, like, ganged up on him. It was all really tense."
"How come people don't ever tell us what's going on?" I wondered.
"Yeah, we're part of the group aren't we? Even though we act stupid doesn't mean we are. I mean, what would they be without us?"
"We're like the glue holding everyone together," I agreed. A smile came to my face, and I could see Ethan smiling back. We both finally realized how vital we were to our friends harmony and survival. "I feel useful, for once."
"Me too. Its a really good feeling." We stopped talking shortly after that, and I fell into a deep sleep. I must've sleep for a good nine hours before I was woken up by a frantic Ethan. "KYNAREE, WAKE UP. THEY'RE GONE."
"Who?" I asked, still half asleep.
"XIAN, VALKYRIE & TAAVI!"
I held a finger to my mouth, "Shhh" I said. Then the words he said started to become images of people I knew, and I realized where I was, and the situation we were in. "WAIT, WHAT?!" I said, louder than him.
"I think the room was broken into-- I mean, more broken into. Like, all their stuff is still there & they're just gone."
"Are you sure they didn't go out for breakfast?" I was freaking out. The responsible people were gone?
"I don't know. Come see for yourself. They didn't leave a note or anything."
"Were they kidnapped?" I asked. Ethan answered with a shrug. "Why didn't they take us?" Both of us were near to bursting into tears. How were we supposed to take care of ourselves?
Ethan seemed to pull himself together, "We'll be fine." I tried to believe him.
~<>~Cecil's POV~<>~
I was sick with worry. Our escape was a very close one, but that was thanks to Corey's driving and Nathan's directions. We the others lucky enough? Xian was driving their vehicle, did he even know what he was doing? Were they fired at too? Was Kynaree shot? Which was worse: being killed, or being captured?
If something happened to Kynaree I would have nothing. I gave up my job, my dad seen me as a traitor, and I would be blacklisted by the ministry. Nothing. I came back to reality when I felt the couch shift. Trudie sat near me with just enough room for Rivers to sit between us, which he did. Right now Trudie was my only ally. Rivers had never seemed to like me very much, I still didn't feel comfortable trusting Corey, and Nathan seen me as untrustworthy-- Not that I blamed him. The two of us hadn't shared any words since arriving to the 'safe house.' I wanted to blame him for this, but I couldn't get myself to do it. He was in just as much agony as I was.
Being underground made it hard to determine what time it was without looking at a clock. Not that it really helped because Russia was 2-3 hours ahead of us. I didn't have a mobile phone or the internet to be sure on how many hours it was.
Three hours after arriving I think it was decided among all of us that the others weren't coming tonight. We didn't discuss what may or may not have happened to them. Everyone found their assigned rooms, but I couldn't find it in me to leave the couch. I didn't want to sleep in an empty bed. I wasn't sure how I fell asleep on the couch. I didn't remember lying down or drifting off.
The next thing I knew I heard cupboards shutting, and things being rattled in the kitchen. I opened my eyes and seen Trudie's silhouette. She was probably trying to figure out something to cook up for breakfast.
I tried to stretch, but the couch was not made for sleeping. My legs were stiff from being curled up all night, and my neck was slightly sore from being pillow-less. I sat up.
Trudie must have seen my movement, "Oh! Sorry, I didn't see you sleeping."
I shrugged it off, "Its fine." I looked over at the digital clock until I remembered the time here meant nothing to me. "How long have I been sleeping?"
"I dunno," she paused to think, "Probably about four or five hours. I should probably let you go back to sleep." She looked at me, and then the couch. "Why are y--" she cut herself off, "Do you want me to get you a pillow, and a blanket?" she offered. Playing her role as a natural hostess.
"No thanks," I said. It made no sense to sleep out here when I had a comfortable bed with pillows and blankets.
"If you're not going back to sleep I can make you breakfast." Her face turned to one of disgust before saying, "There's mostly just astronaut stuff here, but I'm sure I can manage something." I still felt a little sick, so I wasn't really sure if I was hungry or not. I tried to think of the last time I ate properly. I was probably due for a meal.
"I guess I could eat something." I could tell my answer pleased her. Then I added, "Is there any astronaut coffee?"
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