James stood up clutching his neck coughing. I looked over at Willow who had her arm around Katerina who looked terrified. Great, the first time I met this girl, I killed two dozen men in front of her, and the second, I almost chock the life out of the person that has supposedly been keeping her safe. She must think so much of me.

James stood up and pointed to the seats around the table.

"Shall we all sit down?"

I pulled out a chair and sat down along with everybody else. I could tell Katerina was scared of me but at the moment I wanted to sort out James.

"So, I don't suppose you have a family member that goes by the name of Travers do you?"

I said in a really sarcastic tone.

"My Grandfather."

I crossed my arms over my chest and lent back in the chair, I was so ready to cause this guy pain.

"So please, do tell how you are meant to be helping and how you aren't some sort of agent for the Council."

"I'm not."

"So."

"I was brought up round the Council but I always found vampires fascinating, something I wanted to learn more about and not kill them. I went to Cambridge University to study archaeology and got a job in that area, caused a lot of arguments with my grandfather who wanted me to become a watcher obviously but I told him that wasn't what I wanted to do and long story short, I left England, abandoned the Council and moved to America."

"That was a short story?"

"Look, you don't trust me, or probably even don't like me."

"Yah think?"

"But I am on your side. The way Slayers are created and treated is wrong and now the existence of vampires is common knowledge and there is True Blood, Slayers are also unnecessary."

"So if you've had no attachment to the Council, how did you know about Katerina."

"I've kept an eye on the Council so I still know ruffly what has been going on but even more so when I heard that you wanted to reduce Slayer activity when they became public, I thought it would be interesting to see their reaction, then a couple of months ago, all those mass vampire killings, I thought you had been killed and then there was another slayer, but obviously it was you. Then Willow who I worked with at the AVL started talking to me about this British organisation that she thinks could be behind it, she had no idea that I knew it very well. We kept an eye on the situation and then when we saw on your file you had died, we thought if we could track down the next slayer and hide her before the Council got to her."

"So when you met me at the motel?"

"Honest to God, complete fluke. I mean, I thought you were dead."

"But you must have seen my picture before."

"Yeah but your file photograph was taken when you first became a slayer four years ago. I mean you looked similar but you'd think of all people the Council would know if a slayer was dead. Also Willow had located the next Slayer and there can't be two slayers at once. Or so I thought. I mean, care to explain that bit? How you're alive and by the bruises forming on my neck still active yet there is another Slayer sitting on the same table."

"Maybe, when I work out if I can trust you but right now all you need to know is that I am alive, kicking and ready to destroy and then rebuild the Council."

"Rebuild?"

"Of course. There is always going to be a slayer, that we can't undo and a large part of me thinks there always should be, but she should work with the Council, not be told what to do by them and together they should work with the the AVL, the Fellowship Of The Sun and the government and maintain a balance between them. All while being given the opportunity to have her own life, be able to look after her family and maybe even start her own one day. Oh and it should be a paid job."

"You think that I can do that?"

It was the first time Katerina had spoken. She looked at me, her eye filled with terror and pain.

"You think I have the strength."

"Being a Slayer isn't random pick; you were chosen for a reason, because inside, you have the potential for greatness. Power isn't just about physical strength, its your inner strength, your soul, your -"

From inside my pocket the most annoying, badly timed ringing sounded. I reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone.

"Bad timing Eric, really, really bad."

"You in trouble?"

"No, I was making an awesome speech."

"...is that code for something."

"No! Anyway whats up."

"Sunset and you were gone, Em told me you went to the house the Slayer was, I'm near there now."

"You are? Ok come to the house I'll get someone to let you in."

I hung up the phone and stuffed it back in my pocket.

"Ok so where was I?"

"An amazing and uplifting speech that makes me wanna be a slayer."

Willow was gazing hypnotically at me.

"Right. Willow there is somebody coming to this house, can you invite him in please."

"He is a vampire?"

"But a good one who I trust, I promise."

"Alright."

"Anyway Katerina. There is some omnipotent force that chose you, because it saw something great in you. I know right now that being a Slayer must seem like a massive curse and believe me there have been so many times where I have thought that too, but its given me so many more opportunities and made me who I am and more than anything if I wasn't the Slayer, I would have never have met the man that I love."

"I love you too, even if you do drag me to some deep dank pits."

A deep and beautiful voice entered the room. I looked over to see my beautiful Eric taking up the entire doorway. Katerina ran to the other side of the room at his presents. I stood up.

"No Katerina, he is fine, he won't hurt you. Please you have to trust me."

Her eyes were fixed on him. I knew just what she was feeling; the first few months of being the slayer; you sensed every vampire near you and it struck fear into your heart.

"Katerina, I know how you feel but trust me, please."

Her eyes left Eric and were fixed on mine.

"I trust you."

Everyone sat back down apart from Eric who stood behind me.

"You know the current Council will never stand for this reform idea."

"I know, which I why I plan to take them out, anyone who won't change; for the greater good."

James nodded.

"For the greater good."

"Exactly."

"So do you have a plan?"

"I presume they are still in Colma?"

"They are; looking for Rina. We have laid some false magical trails but they will pick up on them eventually."

"We need lure Quentin out some where."

"Its not just him, there entire of the Council are here."

"All of them?"

"All of them and not just the Watchers, but their Witches, the entire coven has been pulled from England."

Ok, I should have seen this coming. Muscle and Watchers I can deal with, but a coven full of powerful witches?

"Are they loyal to Quentin? Can we not sway them?"

"This is Willows area not mine."

Willow smiled nervously at me, her eyes were fixed on me not daring to look up to the vampire in my shadow.

"Well, the coven leader Amy, she is a nasty piece of work and loyal to Quentin but she isn't necessarily our main problem."

"There are more witch problems?"

"The coven are a group of powerful witches but the most powerful isn't there leader; his name is Rack and he supplies extra magic to the rest of the group, sort of juices them up but its all dark magic and its addictive."

"So what you're saying is the entire Council's coven is on magic crack?"

"Pretty much."

"Then we offer them something better."

Eric spoke out making Willow jump she looked up at him.

"Um, better?"

"If we take out, Amy and this Rack the rest of the coven will not be held by her loyalty or his power, if we then offer them another source of power in exchange for their abandonment of the Council, thats the coven sorted."

"What can we offer?"

James questioned.

"Some of Violet's energy."

I turned to look at Eric and rose my eyebrows. Was he kidding?

"I bet you anything your energy is purer and ten times more powerful than Rack's, all we have to do is give them a little bit once."

He had a point and its not like I didn't have enough.

"Thats a good idea."

James looked at me in surprise.

"I guess that would work but we still need to take out Rack and Amy."

"Can you handle Amy?"

Eric questioned Willow.

"I think so."

"Be sure."
"Yes, yes I can."
"And Rack, he may be jumped up on magic but he is still human?"

Willow nodded, still nervous round Eric.

"Then I can still stick my fist through his heart."

Eric's statement made me smile. James rose his brows in surprise at my smirks; unsurprising really, I wonder how many people laugh at the idea of someone sticking a fist through another persons heart? I probably should keep the conversation going, Its probably not healthy for people to linger over the thought of Eric's hand in someone's torso.

"The Council will undoubtedly have body guards, I suggest injuring them to the point they cannot guard or get in our way but avoid their deaths."

"Are you sure thats wise? I mean, don't you think they might want revenge, they could be a threat."

I shook my head.

"No, James, if they were a threat they wouldn't be body guards, they would be Watchers."

"Fair point."

"So when do we plan on doing this?"

Willow's voice shook slightly.

"Tomorrow night."

"Tomorrow?"

James repeated in surprise.

"The longer we leave it the more in danger Rina is. Also the Council will find out I am here soon, we need to act fast and strong."

"So what the plan?"

"Eric and James take Katerina back to where we are staying, check on Em and see if she can't whip up some protection spells round them both. After you know they are secure, go and find where the Council are set up but be careful make sure nobody sees you both. Willow, you and I are going on a witch hunt."

"So I guess this means you trust me?"

"I guess this does James. But if you double cross me, or if something wrong happens at your hands, I will rip you from limb to limb. Understand?"

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