Chapter 27
He didn't know why he was sobering up so fast, he had just downed a half a bottle of Vodka and he felt himself slowly coming out of his alcohol induced haze. Suddenly he realized something that he had almost totally forgotten, when he was sixteen, his Grandfather had told him that people embraced with Dragon Powers had faster bodily functions. And that was the best bet for why he was sobering up, and it just pissed him off to no end that it was happening, he wanted to stay numb. He didn't want his real emotions to come pouring out, because if they did, he would be on the floor bawling. It was only by the strength of the Vodka that he was able to mask his pain and sadness that he felt in his mind. But he knew that his sister realized that he was on the verge of crying, and why the hell should he have hid it? But he continued to nonetheless.
Without even thinking about it, he leaned back against the couch and shut his eyes, and he took deep breaths in and exhaled out of his nose and mouth. He knew that he was about to fall asleep, and he didn't really want to, but he found that he couldn't force himself out of the sleep. And before he knew it, he fell into a dream.
This was the place that he had revisited in his nightmares for the past nineteen years, he didn't know why it bothered him to this day. It was night in Central Park, and before him stood a vision of himself and his wife when they were much younger, he looked at Rose's arms and found no baby, then he looked at his own and again found no baby, which was strange. Whenever he had nightmares about this, he or Rose would always have Alyssa in their arms. But she wasn't in this one, and that was peculiar. And then in a blink of an eye the vision of his younger self disappeared, that left the vision of his wife. "Why do you revisit this place? I find it curious that you still harbor nightmares even after nineteen years of being together with your wife, Jacob Long"
Jake's eyes bugged, what the hell was this. "It's strange I didn't know that I could have dreams were the people in it could interact with me, so what the hell are you doing in my head? And don't pull the cryptic bullshit on me, I'm not as stupid as I may seem"
"You're undoubtedly smart," The vision of his 'wife' smiled. "I'll answer all of your questions, and just for future reference, this isn't a dream, you're in a state between sleep and consciousness where I can contact you and tell you of what needs to be done in the coming battle against the evil known as Janus"
Narrowing his eyes, he watched as his 'wife' walked from where 'she' was at and began to saunter around him in a very un-rose like manner. "Who is Janus?"
"Oh, that's right I almost forgot," 'Rose' smiled. "In my time that was the name of the being that you know as the Dark Dragon, in the time of life he was the second most powerful being in the Dragon Empire, before he sought to overthrow me, before he succeeded, so Jacob? Does that answer your questions? Or do you have anymore?"
Jake's jaw tightened with annoyance. "Who in the hell are you and why are you in head? And why do you think that you know me? I have never heard about you before"
"I'm your very distant ancestor, in fact your family, your maternal family exclusively are my last living descendants," 'Rose' said. "In my time of life, I was known as his Imperial Majesty, Emperor Draco, ruler of all of the Earth, and I am your very, very distant grandfather, and I have come to help you defeat our family's enemy, do you want it?"
Jake would have blacked out if he wasn't already aware that he couldn't, but instead he began to choke of his own saliva. This wasn't possible? Was he getting contacted by a being that died over two thousand years ago? Being a part of the Magical Community, it really did seem possible. And of course he knew who this 'man' was, it was the last Emperor of the Dragon Empire before the fall of that said Empire, this was the man that imbued the Diamond of Draco with its abilities. "Thi-This isn't possible, I mean you don't know me even if I am related to you, and why are you doing this to me now?"
"Oh I know about you Young Dragon," Rose now revealed as the long dead Emperor Draco said. "I have watched you for your entire life, just as I watched your Grandfather his entire life, and there is a reason that I have not gone onto a more peaceful plain…"
Shutting his eyes, he crossed his arms over his chest and sighed. "What is it?"
"The fact that the prophecy that was created when the Diamond that bears my name was created, hasn't been fulfilled," The being said an irritated edge to the voice. "It's quite irritating, and the fact that I am bound to the Dark Dragon is even more irking"
"Wait a second? You're bound to him?" Jake asked skeptically
"I had to promise a few things to create the Diamond itself, I had to give my power over to it, I had to abandon my body," Draco's or rather Rose's eyes twinkled. "And I also had to give a reason to give the power to the Diamond, and that reason is why only the members of our family have been able to live to say that they fought him…"
Draco had taken his blank stare as a sign for him to continue. "…The promise that I made simply entails that the head of my family, at this time is you, is the only one with the power to kill Janus, you fought him when you were younger, and you did manage to squash him for a time, but he returned far more powerful than before…"
"And I know what you're thinking, that traitor…that Chang character did what she could to do bring him back," Draco continued with a gleaming smile. "The only reason that she was able to bring him back to life, was simply because you did it and Lao Shi being the current head of my family at the time didn't do it, you could not possibly have believed that the dark magic could contend with the powers of the Imperial Elders?"
That sort of made sense to him, but he still needed answers, "I-I-Imperial E-Elders?"
"The sort of Gods of the Empire in my time, I came to them the night that the Council and the sub-delegates voted to throw me down, I bound the elements of the Earth together and made my promise and demands to them," Draco said with a nonchalant shrug. "And the accepted, thus they took me from my body and did away with it, and they imbued my powers and the demands and promises into the stone, and sense then the stone has protected my bloodline and my species from the likes of the evil in the-"
Blinking once, he scowled. "So that's what's kept me alive all of these years?"
"Partly, besides your skill, smarts, strength, and your interesting partnership with your wife," He answered. "Once the Dark Dragon is dead, and you must kill him, only you no matter how you achieve that, then the prophecy will be fulfilled, and I will be able to go onto let's just say …the beyond… and the Diamonds power will be destroyed…"
He didn't understand a damn that that was being said here, he simply shook his head in agitation. "So when that happens, we are in danger of being discovered by the-"
Draco in the form of Rose held up a finger. "No, the Humans will never be able to even find that place, I made sure of that through some measures that I took when I ruled over the Dragon Empire, but that's another story for another day, my point is, I have come to tell you to not make the mistake that so many of our family made, you must kill him, you must deliver the death blow, and all will be set right in the world…"
"I-I don't know I-if I can, I mean-…" Jake stammered running his hand through his hair slowly
In the eyes of the form before him, Jake could see worry coming through them. "If you do not find a way to do it, then no one will, if he kills you than he will search the entire Earth to find all of our family members and kill them to eliminate the only threat to him, and make no mistake about this Jacob, if he succeeds, than the Dark Dragon will have ruling dominion over all life on this Earth onto the ending of the world, it is imperative that you have everything that makes you strong, including the thing that helps you in your strength, your wife, she will play a crucial role in this"
"What?" Jake asked in incredulity, he knew that she was important this, but not that important.
"Your current relationship status with her is troubling," The vision reflected quietly. "And when she asked you for a separation is unnerving, the more footsteps that she takes away from you are as if they are footsteps of doom themselves, do not regret her, she is your strongest ally and friend"
Jake knew that, and whatever this ghost was telling him was completely true, and then a thought popped into his head, one that he would have to think about sooner than late as Emperor Draco was now telling him. "I-I know, so yo-your saying that I should try to make it up to her?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying," Draco said leaning one finger forward and putting it on his chest, he poked it tight in his chest and smiled. "Do not fail Jacob, or both worlds will fall to him"
And with that, a light overtook the scene and he found himself back in his living room with his sister looking curiously at him. Opening his eyes wider he found another person looking at him, further behind Haley, and he instantly felt his jaw drop in shock, surprise, happiness and another feeling.
…Lust…
"Trixie?" He said in something between a gasp and a whisper.
ISLE OF DRACO, DRAGON COUNCIL PALACE, THE CHAMBERS OF PRO TEMPORE EDWARD KEELER
He felt like his mind itself was being ripped in half as he sat at his desk with his head buried deep into his hands, he needed to make this feeling leave him. Edward needed to run the Government, and he couldn't do that with this strange creature invading his mind, and he had no doubt whatsoever that it had to be something or someone. Then it got a level where he was actively banging his head on the desk just to cover up the feeling, and then he began to breath in hushed whispers. "Make it stop…please…please…whatever your doing I'll give you whatever you want…just stop this, NOW!"
"Oh?" The deep voice responded in his head, Edward looked up to find nothing.
And then the pain stopped, and he felt a wave of relief crash over him. "Do not mistake me for a fool Edward Keeler, I took the pain from you, and now you will fulfill your end of this shaky agreement, or shall I tear into your mind again?"
"No! NO! I'll do what you want, what do you want?" Keeler pleaded with large eyes.
Then the voice began to laugh. "You will have many uses Edward Keeler, and now finally, you and your Council are mine"
CapitalTown Motel, Just Outside of Washington D.C
"Do it now you little idiot!" Jackie hissed at the cowering man in the back of the Limousine.
They had driven from the fighting in Bethesda, and now they were at the place that Rose had told them to go too. In the back of the square shaped building, Jackie had parked the Limousine haphazardly, and now she was staring him down with her most intimidating glare that she was able to muster. Dallas sat in the back seat, with his arms wrapped around his knees in pure and utter panic. "Th-They tried to k-kill me, I could have died…I could have died…I could have died"
"Oh shut up you little Imbecile and go into lobby and get us a room before I skin you alive," She sneered at him. "And by the way, a few bullets and a broken window is nothing, were you even in the Huntsclan, you stupid pathetic excuse for a-"
Dallas looked over up at her. "FINE! I'll do it, but stop insulting me, we don't have as much courage as you do"
"Courage? It's not courage kid," Jackie answered with a now amused gleam in her eye. "It's dedication, now go!"
TEN MILES AWAY FROM THE CAPITALTOWN MOTEL, IN ROUTE TO CAPITAL TOWN MOTEL…
"Alright," Rose said absently as she looked up at the street names as she passed them. "Alyssa will be standing by in a car behind the motel, when the Government shows up and believe me when I tell you that they will show up, we will need to haul ass to that car and get out of there, if Dallas hasn't told us by then, then we bring him, if he has then he leave him at the mercy of the squad that the bring against us, Mark and Johnny you'll be standing watch inside or outside, I don't care"
She looked over to the passenger seat at Johnny. "I'll give you both a gun, you need to be prepared to do some of those acrobatic routines if need be, they will be strapped with the biggest guns that someone can carry, be prepared"
Johnny offered her a toothy smile. "Aren't I always, and by the way, how do you know about this place that they're at?"
"I used it once to interrogate a wizard that was posing as a Chief aide to a US Senator," Rose shrugged. "It was no big deal, I had to lure him to the hotel, and I posed as a very high priced hooker wore this snaky leather outfit and it worked like a charm, he may have had magic on his side, but he was a sucker for a treat like me in a short black leather outfit"
Her son in-law snorted, Erin laughed and again Mark just blushed, Erin was the first to comment. "Oh I think I remember that, weren't you only sixteen when you did that? I would have been disturbed out of my mind if I had to play dominatrix to some bastard"
"Shit," Rose cursed with a laugh. "I had almost forgotten about that detail"
Johnny's eyes widened with thought. "Gee, I have to wonder what that'd be like"
"You do remember that you married my daughter?" Rose asked, eyebrows raised.
The younger Hunter nodded slowly with a sheepish smile. "Of course I do, I love Alyssa Mrs. Long, but I'm a guy, I can't help but picture that, I mean look at you your just-"
"Uh, Johnny? Shut up before you say something that you'll regret," Rose said, her face was surprisingly flushed. "But to be honest with you, I'm very flattered by that…"
Erin from the back seat, took it upon herself to clear her throat loudly and rudely as to capture all of the attention in the car. She couldn't believe her eyes and ears, but did she just watch her son flirt with her best friend? This was unbelievable. A swelling of that motherly protectiveness swelled inside of her gut, but she soon ignored it and it quelled down to nothing at all. Had this always been here? In the short time that she had been back around the both of them she hadn't seen anything, but now she was and she indeed saw something there between them that was either a mother and son type relation or a flirting mother in-law and son in-law. And she didn't know which one scared her the most. "So, Johnny, how did you get to know Rose here?"
She couldn't help it and if Rose caught onto what she was trying to do, she didn't care, she needed to find out a few things for herself. "Well besides my father cursing her name every day of my life, I've known her from the archive records and I've grown to know her as my girlfriend's mother and recently as my mother in-law…"
"Is that it?" She asked conspiratorially.
Narrowing her eyes, Rose tried her best to keep the look on her face from all view, it was the look of thought and disgust. "Erin what exactly are you getting at?"
ABANDONED HUNTSLAIR FACILITY, MANHATTAN NEW YORK
This was a section of the base that Rebecca had never been in before, it was deep under the main level and it had take a lot of effort just to get down here. She had been hunting the query that she had set lose and unwittingly it had gone down here, and now she had forgotten all about the rat. This level, it was a series of one giant circular door after another, it was a massive room, and she found it familiar for some reason, and then she recognized it as the vault level that all of the Huntslair's had. She had been to the largest one, the one at the Academy in upstate New York, and this one had a very similar layout. And she found herself walking to stare at all of the doors.
Erin noticed the locking mechanisms on the front of the doors, a keypad, a voice recognition outlet, and thumbprint analysis devices among others. Focusing on one of the vaults, she noticed that all of them had the same devices built into the formidable vault entrance. She knew from her lessons the stone door was at least two feet thick and graded with every tough metal and stone imaginable, it was said that not even Dragon's fire could break through these. She had to wonder what these things contained, weapons or money? The ability to bring the Huntsclan back into power? She had to let her imagination run away with her. Looking at the tops of the Vaults, she saw numbers, and then she spied the number of a vault 639, and her breath hitched.
That was her lucky number, and she had to wonder what was in it, curiosity got her.
She had to know…
THE LONG FAMILY APARTMENT, MANHATTAN NEW YORK
This was not a good feeling whatsoever, and Jake had to be honest with himself Trixie had developed into a very beautiful woman. She looked as if she had crawled out of bed, but still it was just the way that she carried herself that made him choke on his own breath. After a few minutes of him staring at her intently, she finally had worked up courage to sort of saunter towards him and take a place next to him on the couch.
"Hey, how are you?" Trixie asked with genuine concern.
Jake still couldn't find his tongue, or ability to talk. "I-I-I gotta' admit, a little stunned"
"And why is that, is it because I came here at this ungodly hour when a friend needed me?" Trixie asked rubbing her eyes sleepily and looking back up at him with a smile.
Shaking his head, he looked over at her and he couldn't help but immediately going the sight that caught his eyes first, her lips. "I suppose, I really want to thank you for coming and helping me, I am a little drunk but I should be sober completely shortly"
"That is no problem Honey," Trixie answered a bring smile. "So talk to me, I'm here"
"Well, as I'm sure Haley told you, I'm having problems with Rose, and now she told me that she wants a divorce," Jake said. "I just need a little perspective from a woman"
Trixie's eyebrows rose. "You didn't expect problems when you got together with her?"
"Oh of course I did, but I thought that I could work through them" Jake responded.
"Well what did you say to her that could piss her off so bad that she could leave you, the last I heard, she was drop dead, head over heels, in love with you and she'd move Heaven and Earth just to be with you" Trixie stated with a wry grin.
Jake shook his head. "I-I told her that I regretted ever meeting her"
Inwardly Jake cringed at the sound of a deep intake of breath by Trixie, and then he looked over to her who was looking at him with a sympatric smile. "Jake baby, you've got a lot of groveling to do, and I have a feeling that will be a lot with someone like her, she's going to make your life hell before she even forgives you…"
"…how would you know?" Jake asked wincing slightly.
Trixie shrugged. "Because I'm a woman, I know these things"
AN:/ Well here is what I was able to force out, and I've gotten my thoughts back on track, YAY! The next chapter will get really dramatic, and yes, Trixie's will continue to the next chapter until her uses run out. And if anyone didn't understand the whole 'Dream' thing at the beginning with Emperor Draco, PM me and I'll explain it clearer for you. I just wanted to let you all now that I've successfully mapped out this entire plot and no part of the time line of this story is completely in the Dark. I now know where everything is going and I am insanely proud of myself for that. I've also decided that they're going to be about 35 to 40 chapters. So anyway, leave a review and tell me what you think of this newest update!
