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Chapter Nine: Unveiling
"Crap."
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" the pale man asked darkly, a sinister smile on his face as he took a step closer to the group of girls.
Kim let out a terrified gasp, which made Callie feel the need to protect the defenseless girls, even if it meant exposing her powers. She felt the fire build up inside of her, ready to attack when given the command.
"Who are you?" Callie managed to ask calmly as he took another step towards the girls.
"Who I am is not important. What is important is that my friend can only hold off your dogs for so long before they realize I'm here," he told the group as he took yet another step towards them.
"What do you want?" Callie asked strongly, hearing Emily let out a whimper of fear.
"Dinner," he replied; his smile widening greatly as he finally lunged, his motions a blur.
The second that he entered the air, the three girls behind Callie screamed in fear, which caused Callie to act instinctively.
She conjured a ball of fire in her left hand and threw it at him. It hit him in the chest and sent him flying ten feet backwards. She turned to look at the three girls who stared at her in shock, "Stay here," she ordered, before turning around and walking to the man that was starting to sit up, a dazed expression on his pale face.
As she got closer he grinned at her, "That's quite a trick you have, too bad I'm going to kill you."
Callie smiled at him in the same manner, "I'd like to see you try."
He ran at her again, this time she used her telekinesis to lift him in the air by his neck. Her arms were held out in front of her, as if she was holding an invisible person by the neck. He thrashed around, trying to get himself free, to no avail. Callie heard what sounded like footsteps coming from the distance, and she knew that soon Embry would be there to help her.
From the corner of her eye she saw a little under seven wolves. Well, calling them simply wolves would be an insult; they were huge, easily as tall as a horse. Callie stared at them in confusion, but her confusion quickly turned into shock as almost simultaneously, the wolves became the men that she had met today, be it they were completely naked.
One of the wolves had become Embry. She turned her head as they quickly pulled clothes over their naked forms.
"Stay away from her!" Embry snarled taking a few menacing steps closer to Callie, and in turn, closer to the pale man.
"Stay back Embry," Callie commanded in a voice that was deeper than her own was normally. Fire had taken control, and it was pissed.
Embry was fighting with himself internally, on one hand, he felt the pull to go and protect his imprint, but a different side of him urged him to listen to her.
"Stay Embry," Sam's voice ordered him, and Embry felt his feet become rooted to the ground.
"But Sam-" Embry growled in frustration.
"I think she's handling this rather well alone," Sam explained as he tilted his head towards Callie, causing Embry's head to snap towards her.
Callie had turned her attention back to the man, "Do you know what they say about Fire?" she asked him darkly.
He didn't answer, he simply tried to pry the invisible hands off of his neck. The more that he squirmed forced Callie to come to terms with the fact that she had to finish this.
"They say that you have to be careful. It's very volatile and it's waiting for that spark to set it off. Well guess what, the second you threatened my friends, you created the spark. Now you, and you alone gets to feel just how unforgiving Fire can be," Callie told him menacingly.
"You're the Fire Elemental," the man gasped, pure terror entering his blood red eyes, along with horrified recognition.
"I would say it's nice to meet you, but I'm tired of lying," she snarled at him. Her two hands that had been magically holding him in the air suddenly crashed together and he managed to let out a horrified gasp as his neck was crushed so badly, that his head fell off.
"What do I do?" Callie asked no one in particular.
"Rip his body to pieces and set him on fire," Sam instructed as he started to walk closer to her, the rest of the guys following close behind him.
Callie nodded her head and reached out her hand and mimicked grabbing something, then roughly ripping it away, causing his flailing arm to tear from his body. She did it a few more times until he was just a pile of broken body parts. She took a few steps closer to him and conjured a ball of fire into her hands once more. Gently she tossed the ball of flame onto the body and watched it cover the body greedily.
"I warned you. The only person that can play with Fire and not get burned, is me."
"What the hell is going on?" Paul's voice asked from behind her.
Feeling the anger that normally came along with using that much of her Fire power recede, she suddenly felt horrible. She felt a sob escape her mouth before she could stop it. She had never had to do something like this before. Yes she had vanquished demons, but she had almost always had help, and she had never had to tear a body apart.
"Callie," Embry asked worriedly as he took a few steps closer to her.
Callie felt herself crumble, falling to the ground as Embry's arms wrapped around her securely. She cried into his shoulder, her emotions distraught.
"We need to talk about what just happened," Embry whispered to her.
Callie nodded her head and was about to answer when someone interrupted her, "CALLIE!"
Her head whipped out of Embry's chest as Aria appeared in front of her out of thin air, Brook in her arms.
"Holy shit!" Paul yelled, startled by the sudden appearance of the blonde woman.
A few seconds after Aria appeared with a sleepy Brook in her arms, the air swirled and became emerald green, before Demi and Gina appeared, Gina holding on to Demi's hand.
"I had a vision!" Aria called as the three got closer.
"Are you okay?" Gina asked quickly.
"Can someone please tell me what is going on here?" Paul yelled, frustrated that no one had explained it.
"I actually agree with Paul," Sam said, drawing Aria, Demi and Gina's attention to him.
"I'm thinking this is what they meant when they said 'don't expose yourself to the mortals'," Demi commented as she looked at the large group of people who had witnessed Callie's vanquish of the man.
"This is exactly what they meant," Aria said darkly.
"I'm sorry, but I was attacked!" Callie defended herself.
"I know you were, it's just that this isn't exactly the ideal situation," Gina reassured her.
Embry tightened his grip on Callie, scared to let her leave the protection of his arms.
"Can we not explain this here?" Gina requested to Sam, who nodded his head in agreement.
"Where do you want to meet?" he asked her.
"Our basement is a giant sitting room, I'm pretty sure it can accommodate you all rather comfortably."
"We'll meet you there in ten minutes then," he told her before turning on his heal and walking with Emily towards his car, the rest of the group following, save for Embry. "Collin, Brady take the girls back to my house and wait with them there," Sam ordered from the distance, soon followed by two groans.
"Callie, you teleport home and put Brook to bed," Gina ordered.
Callie nodded her head and stepped out of the safety of Embry's arms and over to Aria. She pulled a squirming Brooklyn into her arms and turned back to Embry.
"I'm not leaving you," he told her seriously.
Callie sighed, "Unless you want to teleport with me and leave your car here, you're going to have to."
Embry took a few steps closer to her and wrapped his arms around her waist; "I'm ready when you are."
Callie turned towards her cousins and aunt; "I'll see you at home."
She turned her attention back to Embry who was looking at her in awe, "This may feel a bit weird, just close your eyes and keep them closed until I say so, okay?"
Embry nodded his head and closed his eyes as he was instructed to.
Taking a deep breath Callie concentrated on Brooklyn's room at the manor and was suddenly engulfed in the warm flames that would take her home. After a few seconds they arrived, "You can open your eyes," she told Embry.
As Embry opened his eyes, she stepped out of his arms and placed a rather sleepy Brook onto her bed. After tucking her in she placed a kiss on the child's forehead, "Goodnight Brooks, I love you."
"Love Lee," Brook mumbled sleepily.
Callie watched Brook for a second before turning to look at Embry who was leaning against the wall watching her.
"Do you hate me?" Callie asked hesitantly as she ushered him out of Brook's bedroom, grabbing the baby monitor and clipping it to her jeans, shutting the door softly behind them.
Embry's eyebrows drew together in confusion, "Why would I hate you?" he asked incredulously.
"Because I lied to you. I didn't tell you about all of this," Callie told him, motioning to herself.
"Well, I haven't been completely honest with you either."
"You mean the part where you turn into a giant wolf?" Callie questioned, a smile starting to form on her face at the sheepish expression on Embry's.
"Yeah, about that," Embry muttered, rubbing the back of his neck nervously.
"I'm not mad Embry, I'm just confused. But I think we both are."
"Yeah."
"I just wanted to make sure that you didn't hate me for keeping something this big from you," Callie explained as she scuffed her shoes on the hardwood floor.
"I could never hate you Callie," he assured her, grasping under her chin and forcing her to look up at him, "I just want to know more about you and your secret."
"I do too."
"I think we should wait until everyone gets here though, just so that no one gets confused," Embry suggested as Callie nodded her head I agreement.
"Let's go downstairs and wait for everyone then," Callie suggested.
"We will in a minute," Embry told her huskily, turning her to face him and pushing her gently against the wall.
Callie gave him a confused look before he swooped down and planted his lips on hers. Callie moaned at the contact and instinctively started kissing him back just as hungrily as he was kissing her.
"Ahem," a throat cleared behind them, causing the two to break their kiss and turn towards the sound.
Aria was looking at them sheepishly, a light blush grazing her cheeks, "Sorry, but I need to get to the attic," she explained, motioning to the cramped hallway that led directly to the attic.
Embry and Callie quickly moved, allowing Aria to get through.
"Why do you need to go to up there?" Callie asked curiously.
"Mom told me to get the Book and see if there were any spells that allow her to transfer some of her memories onto a DVD or something so that its easier to explain things to the guys."
"Oh, okay," Callie, replied as Aria turned on her heel and continued towards the attic stairs, climbing them gracefully once she reached them.
"I think we should go wait for everyone," Callie told Embry, who still looked confused by the conversation that had just taken place before his eyes.
"Yeah, that might be a good idea," he mumbled, shaking the shock from his system.
Grinning at Embry's facial expression she grabbed his hand and pulled him behind her as she walked down the hallway and towards the stairs. They walked all of the way to the basement to find that Demi was setting up the TV projector.
Embry sat down at the end of the couch and pulled Callie onto his lap, wrapping his arms around her protectively. She tried to get up so that she could sit next to him instead, but he held on tightly. After a few seconds of struggling, Callie gave up and leaned back so her back was pressed up against his stomach.
"What's through that door," Embry breathed into her ear, causing shivers to travel down her spine.
"Training room," Callie explained.
"What kind of training do you do?" he asked curiously.
"You'll find out soon," she promised.
"Holy shit! This is like a palace!" Paul's loud voice cried as he descended the steps, Seth and Quil following after him. They walked over to the couch that Embry and Callie sat on and took seats in various places, spreading out.
"Where are Sam and Jared?" Embry questioned.
"Talking to Gina, they'll be down in a minute," Quil explained.
"Ha!" they heard a triumphant yell come from the giant screen in front of the couch.
"Whatcha doing Demi?" Callie asked, holding in a giggle.
"I finally got this damn thing to work," she answered happily. She turned away from the screen and smiled triumphantly at Callie, before her eyes quickly scanned the couch.
"Demi, this is Embry," Callie introduced as she pointed to the person she was currently sitting on.
"Hey," Embry greeted with a warm smile, that Demi returned instantly.
"And that is Paul, Quil and Seth," Callie continued pointing to each of the boys who gave a nod of acknowledgement.
When Demi's eyes met Seth's, his breath caught in his throat as his eyes widened.
"Not again," Quil groaned softly.
"What? What's going on?" Callie asked. She looked at Demi who was still looking at Seth, an indescribable look on her face. Callie then glanced to Seth who was beaming at Demi. "Can someone tell me what's going on?" Callie whined.
"We'll explain that later," Sam's voice called from the stairs as he walked into the room, Jared, Leah, Gina and Aria trailing behind him. "After speaking with Gina, we've decided that she should explain what's going on with them first," he told the boys as he took a seat on the couch, Jared and Leah following suite.
Demi carefully walked over to Seth and took a seat next to him, Seth smiling so largely that he looked like his face was about to break in half.
"Here's the spell mom," Aria's quiet voice called from the front of the room, by the projector. Gina carefully took the piece of paper from her and glanced over the spell.
"Are you sure this will work?" Gina asked skeptically.
"No, so I rewrote it slightly," Aria, told her.
Gina nodded her head and began to chant:
"Powers of the witches rise,
Memories of those here tonight,
Allow the stories to be seen,
Shared on the movie screen."
The white projector suddenly glowed blue before it faded and a picture of the Book of Shadows appeared in its place.
"Nice spell," Callie told Aria as she walked to an empty spot on the couch.
"Thanks," Aria smiled happily, before turning her attention to her mom who remained standing.
"Let's begin."
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