An 18 year old Reagan walks out of a gas station holding a paper bag. Her short black hair blows in the autumn wind and she instinctively pulls her brother's old jacket tightly around her small but muscly frame. She looks around carefully before starting down the dark street. She eventually stops at an abandoned house on the outskirts of town and, pulling back the cut wire fence, strolls through. She enters through the backdoor and is rummaging in the bag when she notices all her brother's stuff gone. A strike of fear shoots through her before Xander wanders into the room from the kitchen. Since that night of the fire, he has bulked out quite a lot, one of the benefits of living with supernatural bullseye for a sister. He looks up from drying his hands and smiles,

"Oh hey Rea…" She does her best to change her expression but he notices the fear before it can be replaced by thinly veiled relief,

"Xander" she sighed thankfully, "Where's your stuff?" Xander shuffles his feet and looks down at his feet.

"Yeah we're moving"

"Why? We just got here." She becomes suspicious of his awkward attitude and when he doesn't answer her, she continues "What happened? What did you do?"

"Nothing except stop us from freezing this winter" he snaps defensively. At this her suspicion grows rapidly but she doesn't say anything, offering him the chance to explain. Seeing her raised eyebrow and questioning look, Xander continues to justify himself, "I met them just after you had left. They saw us move in and wanted to know who we were. Turns out their hunters Rea! More people like us! They offered to let us stay through the winter and, knowing our previous tricky situations in winter, I thought it was a good idea…"

"To what? Live with random strangers we don't know? Please tell me you aren't that stupid"

"I'm not stupid and it's what's happening so get used to it! I've already packed and we are going to theirs now." Xander glared and tried to intimidate his little sister into doing what he wanted but, like usual, it didn't work. She just glared back but silently grabbed the bag she had brought in and walked back out the door she had come in. He sighed and followed.

They pulled up at an old warehouse on the other side of town. Looking up at in in disdain, Reagan said sarcastically

"Wow this is a huge improvement on where we were. Instead of just freezing to death, here rats can eat us after we die!" Xander ignored her quip like he did with all the others.

"Just trust me okay?" As he got out, Reagan rolled her eyes and groaned before she too got out. They stood shoulder to shoulder in the shadow of this huge building and Reagan was already regretting allowing this to happen.

"There's no place like home" she said quietly before Xander walked up to the only visible door and knocking hard. They only had to wait a few seconds before the door slide open an inch and a deep voice came from the darkness inside,

"Who are you?"

"Josh told us to come" answered Xander to Reagan's surprise and the door slammed shut. As the sound of numerous bolts being undone filled the air, Xander looked back at Reagan's questionable stance,

"Josh huh?" He ignored her again and turned back just as the door swung open to reveal an enormous man. He made Xander look small and Reagan look like a speck of dust.

"This way" He gestured down a small corridor. Xander strode past him quickly and Reagan struggled to keep up but as she passed the guard, she noticed a symbol branded into the man's arm. She recognised it but before she could ask Xander they were being pushed through a door into a circular hall. Unlike the corridor, this room held the full height of the warehouse they were in but the dirty skylights were the only indication they were in the same building that they had driven up to. The whole room was lit by a huge pit of fire in the centre that threw a warm glow on all the surroundings. The walls were black and circular, adorned with symbols painted in red and dark wooden high backed chairs followed the wall round meeting at a more ornate chair opposite the siblings. The whole scene looked like a set in a horror fantasy movie but the feature that creeped Reagan out the most was the people. There were about 20 of them, some standing, some sitting in the chairs, but all staring at them. They all wore dark cloaks and if Reagan couldn't have heard them breathing, she would have sworn they were statues. As was typical of Reagan, she decided to try and take control of the situation,

"Well isn't this the cosiest place in the world, good choice Xander. Next time go for less creepy, more normal" Xander just looked at her with contempt as the figure sitting in the ornate chair opposite them stood up,

"Xander, you didn't tell me your sister had such a… personality" As Xander was about to reply, Reagan cut him off,

"I'm gonna go for a shot in the dark and say that you are Josh." The man smiled a perfect smile and spread his arms welcomingly,

"The one and only" Xander tried to intercede again but Reagan refused to let him.

"Well then Josh, I'm really sorry my dumbass brother made you believe that this was gonna happen 'cause it's not. Nothing personal, just don't really like socializing, especially with creepy dudes in long robes that need some Vitamin D." She turned to storm off down the corridor she had come from but the enormous guard blocked her way with his branded arm.

"Come now Miss Black, the Venatores Sanguinis only want to welcome the Devil's Child in the warmest way possible." At this both Xander and Reagan froze. She turned slowly before stalking to her brother and whispering,

"Please tell me you did not agree to join the Venatores Sanguinis."

"Do I look like I agreed to join? How do they know who you are" he whispered viciously.

"I don't think you want the answer to that. Charles behind you will take you to your room if you want to fresh up…" Josh's voice was silky smooth and it unnerved Reagan tremendously.

"Actually we have a few questions so back up Gigantosorous." Reagan stepped forward as Josh smiled at her expectantly. "We aren't going to join anything so if I were you, I would get your buddy to step away from the door before we have to move him." Josh laughed daintily,

"It's so sweet that you think you have the upper hand. You are in our headquarters now and no one, other than the brothers, leave here alive. So get down of that high horse of yours sweetheart, you need us a lot more than we need you." Reagan stared at the irritatingly feminine man with disgust and she could feel her anger bubbling up inside of her. But before she could do anything, Xander's grunt from behind her made her turn to see him being shackled and held down by Giganto and at least 2 other brothers. She whirled back around and tried to push the air forward but found it wasn't obeying her.

"Don't even bother trying to work your little tricks in here Miss Black." Josh stepped down off the platform his chair was on, "The symbols on the walls aren't just for decoration you know" Reagan looked around with pure hatred pouring off her,

"You knew we were coming"

"Of course we knew, as soon as you pulled into this mess of a town, you were destined to join our ranks-."

"I make my destiny and no offence Josh, but you ain't in it" Like lightening, she whipped out a dagger and fired it at Josh. As Giganto grabbed Reagan, one of the brothers leapt in front of Josh and the dagger embedded itself into his chest. He fell to the floor with a thud. The other men just stared down at the dead man in silence as Josh mumbled some words down at him before straightening up and walking around the fire pit to Reagan, who was struggling against the phenomenal strength of her captor.

"Look what you have done," Josh stood face to face with Reagan, his smug smirk rivalled by her furious snarl, "You've killed one of my friends. His name was Jacob." Reagan struggled again before growling through gritted teeth,

"Yeah, you look really torn up about it. Pardon me if I don't break down into tears." Josh stiffened and his smile flat lined.

"I feel the pain of every brother, their deaths cause another part of me to slip away" Reagan smiled nastily,

"Well thank you that makes me feel a lot better" Josh didn't react but Reagan could see the hate and anger rising in his eyes. He turned to where a brother was holding an ornate chalice and reached into his cloak, pulling out a long slim knife. He then closed his palm around the blade and cut across his hand, causing his dark blood to drop into the chalice. As he was doing this, another brother was collecting Jacob's blood from his dead body.

"It really is sad that Jacob had to die," Josh turned back to Reagan holding the chalice whilst a brother wrapped his cut hand in a cloth, "but then again someone had to. After all, the ceremony only works with a dead brother's blood. But at least his replacement will be not only our first female, but also the Devil's Child" As he walked in front of Reagan, the brother with Jacob's blood came round the fire pit and joined him, holding the slightly less ornate chalice aloft. As he started to pour Jacob's blood into Josh's chalice, the other brothers all started to chant,

Complectimur te, novum fratrem. Ergo calice nostri sanguinis bibes et perpetuo conlegio te astringis.

They repeated this over and over as Reagan and Xander watched the two bloods being mixed together. When the smaller chalice was empty, Josh looked at Reagan with knowing eyes,

"You first Miss Black," he walked over to her with a victorious smile on his face. Reagan stared back in defiance,

"Sure thing Joshy, can you just hold this a sec?" She pulled out the knife that she had stabbed into Giganto's heart before the ceremony had started, and breaking free of the dead man's arms, plunged it into Josh's chest. The chanting stopped and no one moved as Josh spluttered and clung to life, and Reagan, desperately. Reagan stared into his dying eyes and a satisfied smile spread across her face.

"You have no idea how much I have wanted to do that." As Josh fell to the floor, Reagan stepped back and surveyed the rest of the brothers,

"Hi guys, I just killed Josh… who wants to be next?" As the nearest man charged at her, Xander broke free of his captors and proceeded to attack any of the brothers that attempted to flee down the only corridor while Reagan started to unleash all the anger Josh had created inside of her. She whirled around the room like a deadly tornado, slashing and striking, killing anyone and anything in her way. When she reached Jacob, she yanked her dagger out of his chest before plunging it into another man. The fight continued this way and, as more brothers poured into the room, Reagan wondered if they were going to get out of this one. Eventually the last brother was dead and Reagan stood in the middle of the room, surveying her destruction. Xander had a pile of dead surrounding him as well but his method of killing was different to Reagan's. Where hers was sharp and swift, his took a lot more hammering and generally left his opposition without their skull intact. They were both covered in blood, not all of it theirs, and had both sustained a few injuries, the most serious being the long gash in Xander's leg and the slice on Reagans forehead, both quietly spewing blood. Xander hobbled over to Reagan, who stood still as a statue. When he reached her, he put his hand on her shoulder to stabilize himself and she looked at him emotionless,

"In hindsight, we should probably prepared more for that" As Xander grunted his reply, Reagan turned to support him and they both hobbled out of the warehouse, leaving over 100 dead men behind them.