Discalaimer- I do not own the Covenant or it's characters.
Reid woke up the next morning feeling a little disoriented by the warm body next to his. 'Where the fuck am I?' he thought. Opening his eyes, he looked at the person lying next to him. It was his girlfriend. She was curled into him with her head on his chest, her legs tangled with his, and an arm lying possessively across his waist. Her hair was in disarray and her lips were slightly parted. Reid thought she was the most beautiful thing he had ever laid eyes on.
Looking at her face, he noticed her eyes were open and were resting on him.
"Morning," he said softly.
"Morning," she said back to him.
"You sleep well?" he asked her.
Raven blushed. "Better than I have in years."
Reid smiled at her and pulled her into his arms. "Good," he told her. He never wanted this moment to end, so, of course, it did.
Its end was brought about by the ringing of his cell phone. Reid groaned and picked it up. "What do you want?" he snapped.
"Where the hell are you?" Tyler just about yelled.
"Chill Baby Boy. I spent the night with Raven."
"That explains it then."
"You're just jealous. Now, did you call just to check up on me or was there something else?" Reid asked with humor in his voice.
"Yeah, there is something else. Caleb's called a meeting." Tyler informed him.
"Now?" Reid whined.
"Yes now."
"Fine," Reid sighed, "I'll be there as soon as I can."
Hanging up he turned and looked at his girlfriend. "You got to leave?" she asked him.
"Yeah." He confirmed unhappily.
"It's okay," Raven gave him a kiss. "As long as you pick me up to go to the Halloween party tonight."
Reid grinned, "Deal." He gave her a kiss, got dressed, and went to the door. Before he left, he turned around and said "See you tonight." Raven gave a small wave and Reid went out the door.
Reid pulled up in front of the Danvers colony house. From the Ducati, Mustang, and Hummer, he knew that the other boys were already there. He walked to the house, went inside, and turned to the left to descend into the basement.
"What took you so long?" Tyler demanded as soon as he saw Reid coming down the steps.
"You woke me up Baby Boy. You know I'm not a morning person."
"Enough with the chit-chat boys," Pogue interjected before Tyler could speak again. "Why'd you call us here Caleb?"
Caleb took a deep breath and drew his hands down his face before speaking. "Someone was Using powers last night and I mean big time."
Tyler looked confused, Pogue looked like he had just got the answer to a brain teaser, and Reid just looked sick.
"So that's what I felt." Tyler said softly.
"Are you sure man?" Pogue asked Caleb.
"It felt different than when one of us Use." Caleb placed his head in his hands. "But I'm sure someone was using some kind of power. I just don't know who."
Reid looked around at the dejected postures of the other boys before speaking up. "I think I know who was Using." The boys looked at Reid. "I mean, I saw who it was. I don't know who he is or his name."
Caleb looked slightly angry. "What are you talking about Reid? Why didn't you tell me before?"
Reid held out his hands in front of him. "Don't get your panties in a twist Caleb. I only found out about him last night when I walked in on him holding Raven against the wall, his hand holding her face." Reid was getting upset. "When he noticed me, he winked at me and disappeared in a cloud of black smoke." By the time Reid was done speaking, he was letting out choked sobs.
"Reid," Caleb said, trying to comfort him, "It wasn't your fault."
"Yes it was!" Reid yelled. "I should have been there. I'm supposed to be able to protect her."
Tyler shook his head and went over to Reid. "Reid," Tyler said softly.
Reid looked up and Tyler smacked him across the face. "What the fuck was that for?" yelled Reid angrily while glaring at Tyler and putting his hand to his burning cheek. Pogue and Caleb were trying, and failing miserably, to hide their laughter.
Tyler was still looking at Reid. "Pull your head out of your ass Reid and stop feeling sorry for yourself. You stopped the guy from raping or killing Raven. She is fine. Tonight is you party. You ascend at 11:58 pm. So this is what you're going to do; you will go to the party with your girlfriend. You will have fun. You'll sneak away, ascend, then find your girlfriend, take her home, and spend the night with her. We'll worry about going after that guy tomorrow." All the guys looked at Tyler, their mouths hanging open.
Reid recovered first, and began roaring with laughter. "When did you grow a pair Baby Boy?"
Tyler, realizing what he had just done, blushed furiously, but stood firm. "Got it?" he asked.
"Yeah, yeah, I got it." Reid said, still chuckling. "Well," he stood up stretching, "I'm gonna head out. I'll see you guys tonight."
"Be careful Reid." Caleb cautioned.
"Don't worry," Reid told him, flashing a grin, "I can take care of myself."
