Alycia felt Hal's hand on her arm before he told her that she was going to stay there and she turned to look at him, she was not going to sit back and wait, she was going with him and she was ready to rip their throats out if they touched her daughter. "I'm not staying here. Either you come with me, or I will go there alone and kill them myself. If they laid a finger on Emma I'm going to make sure their death is the most painful I can make it." She spoke seriously as she followed Hal towards the direction of the abandoned city hall. When they arrived there she didn't even wait, she kicked the door open before storming into the room. "Emma?!" She called out for her daughter. She heard her voice a few rooms away and quickly bolted in that direction. When they arrived, a man stood in front of the door with a smirk on his face. The door was locked. Alycia wasn't in the mood to deal with him so she grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and slammed him against the wall. "Either you give me that damn key or I'm going to break every bone in your damn body before I either stab you in the throat or rip it out myself." She threatened smirking as the man gave her the key quickly not wanting to test out her threat.
Hal raised his brows, surprised by how intimidating Alycia could be. Had he been a human, he would have run for the hills, man or not. He sincerely hoped that the other vampires saw her as such, but if not, he was right behind her ready to tear their heads from their bodies. "He is going to have trauma from that." Hal commented as they hurried inside.
He looked around, trying to figure out where they were with Emma. The vampire smell was everywhere, and he couldn't place one single area. But they'd been the ones to ask, surely they would show themselves.
Alycia unlocked the door before she made her way into the room. "Show yourself you sons of bitches!" She yelled into the room as two of them smirked and walked out of the shadows. Alycia was pissed and ready to go tear their neck from the rest of their bodies when she finally saw them. "Where. Is. My Daughter." She spoke seriously as the two of them just smirked not thinking she was truly any threat. They snapped their fingers and Emma was brought out with the other vampire, still in her pajamas, with her blanket and bunny that Hal had gotten her. "Emma." Aly felt relieved to see her daughter was still alive. "mama! Daddy!" She called out to them but was held back by the vampire standing there. "You let her go she has NOTHING to do with this." She threw a glare at the vampire that was holding her daughter.
Even if the three vampires before them did not think that Alycia was serious, Hal was under the impression that she would eventually rip out their throats. It seemed liable, considering the look on her face. "Let the child go." Hal said through gritted teeth, stepping forward so that he stood beside Alycia. He was ready to pounce if he needed to, but he did not want to make any sudden movements when the vampires were in possession of the child. Children were fragile, and vampires strong. It was not a good combination under the circumstances.
"Now would be preferable, before something happens." Hal said, his eyes narrowing. His teeth ground together and his eyes flooded with black, as they usually did in tense situations when he was ready to become violent.
Alycia was honestly ready to kill the men that had his hands on her daughter. The leader, Alec just smirked and laughed. "Well well Hal. Would you really risk the well fare of this pathetic human woman and her child? I'm surprised you even allowed her to come with you." He smirked as Aly turned and glared at him. "You've got it wrong. I let him come with me. I'm ready to kill all of you by myself for taking my daughter." She knew Hal was backing her up. Alec just smirked and snapped his fingers and Demitri, the one standing beside him, went after Aly. But instead of him grabbing her, she grabbed him by the throat and flipped him so he was on his stomach, her knee right between his shoulder blades, her hands ready to twist his damn head off. "Emma, baby close your eyes." She waited until the child did. She looked to Alec. "Either you let my Emma go now, or I snap his neck off and kill him." She spoke dead serious.
Hal was ready to lunge when Demitri went for Alycia, but instead of what he thought was going to happen, the female flipped him around and caused him to land on the ground, his head in her hands. Either she could use a fair bit of momentum, thought Hal, or she worked out more than he thought she would.
He was impressed.
But though impressed, he was still worried. He needed to know that she wasn't going to get hurt doing this, which was why he moved over to her, stepping on one of Demetri's hands so that he didn't manage to reach up and harm Alycia. Otherwise Hal would let her do what she needed to do - even though he wasn't particularly happy about it. "I would highly suggest that you let the child go."
Working with the children at the pre-school was all the work out Aly needed to be able to stand her own ground. Alec growled when Aly had managed to pin down one of his partners. He had expected to have the upper hand and make Hal bend to his whim…but that wasn't going to happen today. "Very well." He looked to Kyle. "Let her go." He spoke. Kyle did as he was told…reluctantly of course. Aly quickly got up off of the man and hugged Emma when she ran over to her. She hugged her daughter tightly and buried her face into her hair. "Emma! Oh Emma I'm so sorry are you hurt?" The little girl shook her head as she hugged Aly tightly. Alec let the other two of his partners join him. "You've done well for yourself Hal. I never expected you'd find a woman who's so willing to fight beside you. We will take our leave…for now."
Hal didn't want to just let these vampire go, but he wasn't one that enjoyed killing his own kind, nor did he have a stake on him. He was not going to rip off a vampires head in front of Emma. No, he was not going to become terribly violent in front of the child at all. As it was he had even been watching his language around her, and trying to around Alycia. It was not often that Hal said things that were too inappropriate, but he was not going to around a female or a child. The old fashioned morals tended to stop him.
The three vampires did take their leave, and Hal's blinked his eyes to clear them. He looked over to Alycia and Emma, taking a step closer to them and putting a hand on Alycia's shoulder. "Emma, are you alright?" He asked the child, expression showing just how worried he was.
Alycia glared at the men as they left before she hugged her daughter tightly and kissed her hair softly. She looked to Hal when she felt his hand on her shoulder and gave him a soft smile. Emma slipped from Aly's arms to squirm over to Hal as she hugged him just as tightly as she'd hugged her mom. "I otay daddy I otay." She spoke softly as she wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly when he picked her up. Aly smiled and kissed Hal softly on the cheek. "Thank you Hal…I couldn't have done it without you." She had a feeling their little argument would be long forgotten by the time they arrived back home.
Thankfully they managed to get back to the Bed and Breakfast quickly and carried Emma there. OF course Annie and Tom were as relieved as Aly and Hal had been when they saw Emma was alive and well. "I'm sure she's exhausted after what happened, but I'm not letting her out of my sight for awhile."
"We can stay here for a little while." Hal said. "It would give you peace of mind, at least." Tom and Annie were there, as was he. He would let Alycia and Emma have his bed for the night if they wished, and either he would sleep on the couch or keep himself busy by keeping watch. He didn't quite know what to do yet, but he was going to figure out, eventually, just why those vampires had taken Emma and given her back so easily. He didn't want them to come and grab the child again, and so he felt it better just to watch out for a little while.
Hal stayed closer to Alycia and Emma, feeling protective because of what had happened that day. Or, well, more protective. He wasn't going to let either of them out of his sight, just as Alycia was not going to leave Emma alone for a while.
Aly was glad that Hal was being willing to let her and Emma stay there with them for awhile. "Thank you Hal. Will you lay down with us?" She asked curiously before she headed upstairs with him and Emma. She was honestly exhausted by what had happened that day, but the fact that Emma was back in her arms, she was content with that. She made it to Hal's room and gently lay Emma down on the bed before she lay down on one side of her and let Hal lay on the other side of her so they could both protect her as they slept. "I love you Hal…I don't know what I would've done today without you…" She lay her head down on the bed and gave him a light smile. "I'm sorry about the fight…"
Hal nodded and lay down on the other side of the child, though he propped himself up on his elbows to look over at Alycia. "I'm sorry as well. You deserve an apology." Hal said to her, but just because he admitted that she deserved an apology did not mean that she was going to get any more of one. He'd just been trying to protect her, after all. Though admittedly he should have gone about it in a much better way indeed. "I will make it up to you in a date, when you are willing to let Annie babysit Emma, that is." Hal didn't think that Alycia wanted to let the child out of her sight any time soon, and he understood that completely.
