I was sitting down in my lab working on my new toy, minters of the city I live in, Chicago when there was a bang at my door. My large dog Mouse got up and walked over to the door and wagged his tail. I came up and went to the door with my sawed off shot gun.
"Whose there?" I said at the door.
"It's your brother! Thomas!" Came my brother's voices thou the door. Why didn't he just open the door, he had a talisman that allowed him thou my wards. I love my brother, but many things from the Nevernever can make themselves look and sound like any mortal they so wished.
"Then why not just waltz right on in like you normally do?" I said thou the heavy duty door I have in places of a normal door which a demon can smash thou with easy. I have learned a thing or two over the years.
"Because I got a girl who is wounded in my arms. Open the door Harry!" Thomas yelled thou the door. I'm a sucker for the whole innocent pretty woman deal. So, being the stupid male I am, I opened the door.
It must of started to rain while I was down below, I was in a state of mind where nothing on the outside effected. I stared at my soaking wet brother carrying a woman, maybe late teen's early twenty's in his arms. My brother is a good guy and to say he is pretty is an understatement but that comes with the fact he is a vampire. White Court to be on the ball with it, his family feed off of lust. He rushed in and laid her on the couch, she prombel had dyed her hair a fire red a month or two before because now her normal roots of dark brown was now showing. She had a cut lip and a nasty little gash on her forehead. Thomas quickly left her side and to my bedroom where I kept a nice size of a first aid kit. Though my years as a wizard for hire I have gotten so many cuts and brusies that my friend Murphy put together a first aid kit that would put an EMT bag to shame. I walked over to the girl and check her for any other marks. He got her head to stop bleeding, he looked… panicked?
"Who is she?" I asked looking over her legs and chest, good steady heart beat. That's when I felt it, she had magic, and a strong field around her, whoever whatever she is, she knew this town was a safe haven from Red Court vampires.
"Said her name was Jess, just moved here from Virginia I didn't get to know her much before she said she needed to get home, I was going to walk her she lives close by here. That's when a bunch of Red Court's and Black Court's jumped us. She can fight Harry, and I mean fight." Thomas searched around and laid out some of my clothes for her when she came to.
"She got power in her, I feel it." I said as I turned over her wrist, and jumped twenty feet into the air. Placed on her wrist is a tattoo of a red pentagram with under it deirfiúir mock teerah, sister wolf. I backed away, I was a Warden of the White Council, I was their polices. "Get away from her, she the leader of the Sisterhood, she the wolf." Why was she here? Her group hasn't been seen outside of Virginia and the east coast, they where top Witches who won't join us in the fight ageist the vampires so the Warden's there never try to get their help in a battle, a couple times they did join in and help but never saying to help our wounded. And here was the leader laying on my couch, soaking wet, hurt, and out cold. Oh this is going to be lovely to see what happens.
"Harry, I asked her to come here. I met her on line, a website for young people. She a friend, I wont feed from her but I can't take her back to my places, if the other see her, well you got the wards and Mouse." Thomas said petting my dog who was licking the next big head ack of my life. I watched my brother for a few minutes, he was right. But the vampires might have been after her and not him, I'll have to wait till she wakes up to ask her questions. "Harry I'm going home I'll be back tomorrow. Please take care of her." And with that my brother rushed out leaving me with a out cold woman, and a big issue to deal with.
I went back to work but left the lab door open in case out new guest woke up, I must of worked thou the night. Because I heard my door open and my young appearances Molly come in and call that she was here. Then I heard a loud sound as I rushed up I saw the woman on top of Molly holding a rather large butterfly knife. Mouse was barking at them as well. I rushed over but got kicked as she jumped back to hide in the shadows of the corner.
She was shaking and whispers "Where is Thomas?" She looked young, like Molly.
"At home, Molly call Thomas and tell him he needs to…" I said but then I saw the blur of my brother rush past me and hug her.
"I'm here now don't worry" Thomas says stroking her hair softly.