Vamp Claire's POV:
Shane had disappeared upstairs to retrieve Ally for the spell. Her sleepy cries filled the room as Shane bounced her softly to stop her crying.
"Shhh I'm sorry angel but we just need to try something, you'll be able to sleep soon sweetheart" he murmured in her ear soothingly before kissing her forehead. I memorised the spell that Claire had created so that I could perform it correctly. I closed my eyes and cleared my mind. I could feel the magic brewing inside of me, my body tingled as the energy charged within me. This spell needed to be a success, it would play a key role in keeping Ally safe and if it failed then we'd sure as hell die tomorrow.
"Okay, here goes. Double, double is what I need,
Strength, power and super speed,
One is ok, but two is great,
This is what I'll need to seal his fate.
God's and goddesses can't you see,
To stop this I need a double of Ally"
The magic burst out of me like a bolt of lightning, the lights flickered around the room and the furniture shook. Numerous gasps pulled me out of my spell zone. I opened my eyes and there laying on the sofa in front of me was another Ally. I stood with my mouth wide open in shock. How was it that Claire was able to create these new spells and find the black magic so shortly after learning she's a witch when I've never experienced such powerful magic in all my 3000 years? I thought to myself bitterly. Oh well, she's dead now, I'm still the most powerful person alive.
"It worked! It actually worked" Shane cried in excitement "I love you so much Claire" he whispered to the sky
"So this means that we can make more versions of Ally and keep the real Ally somewhere safe" I said
"She can't be left alone, that would be stupid and she'll be in danger!" Shane exclaimed almost immediately after I'd finished my sentence
"I think we should clone someone else too. That way they can stay with Ally in a safe place and the clone can be here at the fight with us. That would put them off the scent" Michael added
"I agree, that would be the best idea for this situation. So who should be cloned?" I asked
"Me" Shane almost shouted "I'm her father"
"That would be too obvious, Albion would know you wouldn't want to leave Ally alone unprotected. He'll go straight for you. Therefore we must have someone else, you will have a clone of Ally; as will a number of others"
"I'll do it" Frank interrupted "I mean, he's gotten into your memories before Shane. He knows how much you hate me, he knows what I've done to you in the past; there's no way he'd think you'd let me protect her" it made sense, I was sure that Shane wouldn't like it though.
"Absolutely not. There is no way I'm letting my abusive, alcoholic, vampire of a father look after my daughter. Hell he's sacrificed me before, saying it was for the 'greater good', how can we be sure he won't give Ally up at the first sign of trouble for him; if it means he stays safe" Shane yelled
"Shane, I've changed, you must see that. There's no way I'd put my granddaughter in danger. If I really didn't care and I was still the same me I wouldn't have stuck around this long; I would have left months ago but I haven't. I stayed and I trained and I helped come up with a plan to keep us all safe; what else can I do to prove that I'm sorry!?" he shouted back
Shane was about to argue back but I cut him off.
"Enough both of you. I don't care what you say Shane or whether you like it or not but Frank has a good point. We can't be predictable and this is the safest option we have for Ally right now. If you want to keep her safe and alive then she will have to stay with Frank."
"Fine, but if you so much as hurt a single hair on her head I will kill you, understand?"
"Yes I understand Shane, I won't hurt her I promise." Shane simply nods before returning to gently rocking Ally to sleep
"You'll need to leave with her tonight, as soon as everything is packed" I replied
"Wait, what do you mean leave tonight? Leave where? Why" Shane asked panicked
"Ally needs to be safe. We don't know what time they will arrive tomorrow and if we want this plan to work then we must have her out of the way before they arrive so they don't realise which one is the real Ally."
"Well where is she going?"
"That I can't tell you, if…"
"Why can't I know, she's my daughter!"
"If you hadn't have interrupted me you would already know the reason" I glared at him "Now as I was saying, if you all know where Ally and Frank are, Albion will find out. He'll realise as soon as he sees 4 Ally's around the house that some aren't real. He'll use his mind control to get their location out of you. If that happens, she's as good as dead; so no you can't know their location"
"Well you know where they will go, so what makes you think he won't find out"
"Because unlike you, I'm stronger than him an so therefore I can block out his mind control, he can't enter my mind, no one has entered my mind since I first became a vampire and even then did that bastard regret it! And then there's Claire, she was able to get into my mind even though she'd just discovered magic. There's no way he'll get the location out of me"
"Do you even have a safe location for them?" Eve asked
"Of course I do, I've had an idea in mind for a long time. Shane you'll need to get Ally's things ready as soon as you can, once you've done that and I've made more clones I can take them to safety. You'll need clothes, lots of food and bottles, everything she may possibly need"
"Why?"
"We don't know how long this fight will go on for. It could be a matters of hours or days, or even weeks; in which time Frank will need to have the essential items to look after her for a long period of time if necessary."
"Okay but I can speak to her though right? If it lasts a long time? I don't think I can go for too long without seeing her or knowing she's safe" Shane whispered in such a young voice that he looked like a frightened little boy. I felt a twang of emotion inside me, something which was alien to me. "Please Claire, you have to promise me I can stay in contact if necessary; you don't understand how…"
"I do understand, I had a daughter too remember, long ago; it broke my heart to give her up, even if I was no longer human anymore. I'll make sure you can see her; you just focus on getting her things ready"
He nodded and passed Ally to Tiffany before slowly making his way upstairs.
"I'll help you Shane" Lyssa muttered quietly
"Yeah and I'll get her bottles and food ready" Eve
The 3 of them disappeared into different directions leaving the rest of us in awkward silence with only Ally's chesty breathing being heard. The silence was finally broken 30 minutes later when Shane and Lyssa descended the stairs with multiple bags and Ally's favourite teddy bear and blanket. Shane looked like he'd been crying with is eyes slightly red and puffy. I stood up.
"Are you ready?" I asked
"Yeah, I've packed up enough things for her to last some time. Will they have access to a microwave, bath and washing machine?"
"Yes" I stated simply
Shane turned to Frank.
"Right, this is her favourite bear Jelly, she can't sleep without him and she can't sleep without her blankie either. She likes her bath with some bubbles, and she likes the smell of this shampoo too and she likes her ducks with her. She likes her monkey puzzle book or sleepy time stories. Her favourite food is the…"
"Shane…" Frank tried to interrupt with a pained look on his face
"…banana and strawberry smoothie and she…" Shane continued
"Shane!" Frank finally exclaimed "I'll be fine, I looked after both you and your sister once; she'll be fine with me I give you my word. Besides, I've seen you with her; I know she likes"
"Yeah but you don't know everything, you don't understand; she's my baby and…"
"I know son, I know" Frank said and pulled a crying Shane into his arms. Everyone stayed silent during the exchange for a good 5 minutes before Shane slapped his dads back, cleared his throat, pulled away and turned to Tiffany who was still rocking Ally. He pulled her gently into his arms, hugged her close to his chest, closed his eyes and rocked her. Fresh tears slid slowly down his tanned face.
"I love you so much baby girl, daddy will see you soon sweetie but you have to go with granddad and stay safe. I can't lose you like I lost your mother, it would kill me. Sweet dreams angel" he whispered, kissed her one last time before passing her over to Frank.
"She's teething too as you know, I've put her medicine in the bag with some instructions"
"I'll be fine Shane, if there's anything I've forgotten I'll text you okay?" Frank said quietly and Shane simply nodded. Frank turned to me.
"We're ready to go."
"Pack up the car, put Ally in her seat; I'm driving"
Moments later we were pulling away from the curb leaving the glass house behind us. Frank unfortunately broke the peaceful silence.
"So where are we going?"
"You'll have to wait and see. I want you to put this on too" I said and passed him a necklace filled with my blood and herbs
"Why have you given me blood and vervain, this shit hurts vampires"
"It doesn't hurt me" I smirked evilly "But it will stop Albion from entering your thoughts if he realises you have Ally"
"Oh right, makes sense"
"My plans always make sense" I replied impatiently already bored of this conversation, which thankfully just ended. The rest of the drive was silent. We arrived to our destination at the graveyard 20 minutes later.
"Are you being serious? You're taking a baby to live at the graveyard for god knows how long" he said in an exasperated tone
"Patience is a virtue" I snapped back "Just follow me and shut up"
The walk lasted no more than 5 minutes until we came across the Danvers tomb. I placed my palm in the hidden palm reader and the door slid open to reveal steps leading down to ancestor's tombs. I help up my palm to stop Frank's question and gestured him to keep following me. We walked down some more steps until we reached another door. I scanned my palm, eyes and blood, flowed my some Latin words and the door opened again to reveal a modern, luxury apartment.
"Wow" Frank stated followed by a whistle
"Yes wow is one word to describe it. You have everything you may possibly need here. You have a camera room to see what's happening back at the glass house. This will not only allow you to keep up to date with the fight etc. but it will allow Shane to see Alyssa too. Obviously once the fight has started your screen will be turned off so we can't see you"
"And this place is secure?"
"Nothing can break into it, not a vampire, witch or even a bulldozer; only I have entrance so you will be locked in and perfectly safe"
"Then why would it have mattered if he knew where we were, if he couldn't get in anyway"
"He could easily threaten one of you to force me to do something. As Claire proved, I'm not invincible, a number of witches will be in this fight; that as well as the large number of vampires could force me to open it and I won't be able to fight them off"
"I see"
"Anyway, I'll get all the bags from the car, you stay here" he nodded and I ran off vampire speed to the car and was back within a matter of seconds with all the bags. Before leaving I performed the cloning spell to bring a 'Frank' back with me. I picked up a sleeping Ally from the bassinet, kissed her forehead and turned to leave.
"I'll be in touch. Keep her safe" I didn't even bother waiting for a reply, I was out of there in a flash, securing all the doors and driving back to the glass house with a very silent Frank clone next to me.
I entered the house 20 minutes later. Everyone was still sitting in the living room staring at the 4 Ally clones I'd created earlier. Everyone stood up at my return.
"They're safe"
"Was Ally okay?" Shane asked worriedly
"She was fine, she was still asleep. We have a webcam set up where they are, they can see us in the glass house and we can see them when it's turned on. He'll be able to see the fight and you'll be able to see Ally"
"And they can't be found?"
"Well people may get an idea of where they are but even if they did they wouldn't be able to enter, nothing can break in but myself; they're safe Shane. Now let's train"
For the rest of the night we trained and planned and then got an early night before all the chaos began tomorrow.