Chapter 7:
Mason's POV: On a plan to London, England
It had been almost a full day since Veronica had her vision about Jack, and the Sins and I packed our bags for London. I was able to get all seven of us tickets for a 3pm flight. We had plenty of time to get our things together, and drive to the nearest airport. I reserved us a hotel for a night, hopefully this won't take more than one day. We'll have to skip school Monday, but we all already e-mailed our teachers with excuses about our absences. Veronica and Lilly told their parents they were staying at each other's houses, Matty's grandmother had been made aware, and with everyone else living on their own we shouldn't have any interference from family members. When we land we'll make our way to the hotel, and then split up to look for Jack.
Speaking of, the plane should be landing very soon. I looked over my shoulder at First Class to check on the other Sins. Lilly was reading a magazine, Lucas was watching a video on his i-Phone, Veronica was still asleep next to Daniel, who was reading one of his mythology books, and Kate is listening to music. I looked to Matty, who was sitting next to me. Matty was reading a Shojo manga, and sipping a homemade smoothie in a Hello Kitty thermos. Knowing it would be a day or two before we returned home, he mixed a blend of vanilla yogurt, strawberries, and brains together. We also have a small lunchbox with a half a brain, a blood bag, and some ice packs, in my carry-on bag.
Matty looked up from his book and stared at me with a slight smile. I could tell he was worrying by the look in his eyes. The most the seven of us has ever really done, as far as a fight goes, is spar with each other. I can see why everyone was trying to mellow themselves out before we have to actually risk our lives.
I lean down to kiss Matty. He smiles cutely at me, and gets back to his book.
We know it's not our responsibility to go after Jack, or anyone else for that matter. We were all content in our own ways by ourselves, and then we met each other. It's like being together awakened something that made us want to be better than what we were. We started sparring against each other, we came up with our clan name, and now we're going out of our way to stop a murderer. I don't really know how I was able to get to where I am now, but I'm happy being a part of this clan.
I lean back in my seat, close my eyes, and decide to try and get some sleep. This is really happening, and I'm going to make sure our first job as a clan is successful.
(time lapse)
We were all gathered in the large hotel suite located in the center of London. It was almost sundown.
Veronica was able to grab a map from the hotel gift shop, and brought it up so we could get a better look at the surroundings.
"This is us." Veronica said as she pointed to a blue spot on the map. "In my vision he was in a dark alley."
"There must be thousands of alley ways here." Lilly said with concern.
"Yes, but in my vision I saw a park close by, and near that was a big building with a bar sign." Veronica grabbed a blue pen and circled 4 green patches on the map. "I googled the parks in London, and these are the only ones that are located near bars."
"That's great Roni!" Matty said.
"Thank you, but that still leaves us with four destinations, a few miles a piece to search, and we only have tonight to find him."
"We'll have to split up." Daniel stated.
"That's too dangerous." Matty argued.
"Pres, your call. What do you think we should do?" Lucas asked, and everyone turned to me.
I looked over the map. The parks were quite a distance from each other, but it wouldn't take long for Kate, Lilly, and me to cross them.
"Alright, I think it would be best for us to split up." Everyone looked at me with concern, but didn't argue. "The parks and alley ways are all at a distance, but this one here is the farthest away, Lilly you should over look that area." Since Lilly could fly with her succubus wings it would only make since if she took the longer way.
"These two here are only a few miles away. Lucas, any luck on your teleportation spell?" I asked the sorcerer.
"It's going better, but I still haven't gotten all the kinks out." I thought for a moment about the distance. I didn't want anyone being too far away from each other, if one of us finds Jack the rest will need to hurry over to that location as soon as possible. "Alright, Lucas and Daniel I want you two to take this one, and Matty and Kate you take the one closest. "
Everyone looked at me shocked, and Matty looked disappointed. I suppose they were all expecting me to go with Matty, but this isn't a time to let emotions control the decisions. Kate's wendigo powers make her almost as fast as a vampire, so she can get herself and Matty to Lucas and Daniel in only a few minutes if need be. Most importantly, if Matty and Kate find Jack they have a better chance of holding him off till the rest of us can get there.
"I'm a little faster than Kate, no offense, so Veronica and I will take the one in the middle. We see or sense anything we don't hesitate, we call the person closest to us, and then that person will call the rest on their way over. Got it?" Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.
"Another thing, the one who finds him, if possible, don't try to take him on until the others get to you. If he finds you first lead him into the alley, and keep him contained. We don't want any humans getting involved.
"Understood." Everyone said in unison.
"We need to go, and get into places." Veronica stated.
Everyone got up and started to get prepared for their first group fight. Lilly, Kate, and I can take care of ourselves with only hand to hand combat, with a bit of help from my vampire gift when necessary. Lucas was able to use his spells for both offence and defense. Matty, Veronica, and Daniel relied not only on their powers and abilities, but on weapons as well. Matty's grandmother gave him a hunting knife that belonged to Matty's grandfather. Matty and I have sparred while he used the knife, and he's gotten good enough to slit my throat if he had the mind to. Matty's grandmother also gave Veronica a retractable staff that she carries with her at all times. Daniel carries a sword that he has had for over 300 years. He told me the sword was hand crafted and blessed by elfin druids to only be used on evil beings. Lucas was able to use a spell to keep Matty and Veronica's weapons hidden so we wouldn't get flagged at the airport, but Daniel uses his own magic to hide his sword on a daily basis.
Everyone seemed to be in a daze as they were getting ready. They were all a bit uncertain with what was about to happen, and I can admit I am too." Hey." I said, and everyone looked at me. "We're all going to be fine. I trust everyone here to get this job done, and protect each other. We can do this as long as we keep our heads together, right?" I lift my wrist to show my tattoo, everyone smiled and held a hand to their own insignias.
We all started to walk out of the hotel room. I go out last with Veronica. Matty was walking with Kate, and halted in the middle of the hall way. "Matty are you alright?" Kate asked.
"Matty?" I called. Matty kept his head down, and I could see his shoulders shaking. I took a step closer to him, and then he turned around and ran right into my arms. I held him tightly, and ran a hand threw his hair. "It's going to be ok." I say before pulling him back to look into his lavender eyes.
"If you let yourself get hurt, I'll never forgive you."
"Same goes for you too." I say before kissing him gently.
"I've already died once Mason, I'm not afraid to do so again." He says before giving me a quick kiss, and turning to run down the hall, past Kate.
Kate glances at us once more before taking off along with Matty. I stand there and try to make since of Matty's words.
"Let's go Mason." Veronica says in a low tone, flashing her white eyes and allowing her black hair to turn red for a moment.
"Right."
The two of us began walking down the hall in silence.