p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"So this king of hell wants my daughter?" Klaus asked. "He will have to go through worse than hell to get her!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"That is what we were hoping you'd say. Hope needs to be protected." Balthazar said. "But Crowley is not the only one looking to get their hands on her. Your Aunt Dahlia also plots to get her hands on Hope as she did your sister Freya so many centuries ago. And she has the backing of a powerful demon. Gabriel has heaven working to identify the demon. So for the foreseeable future; I will be acting as Hope's guardian angel."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanGabriel glanced at Balthazar. "You had to bring up Freya?" He now turned back to the gathered Mikaelsons; "Heaven located Freya. Unfortunately no Seraph can reach her."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Where is she?" Finn asked./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Her body is in a cave in Finland, but her soul is in a pocket dimension created by your Aunt." Gabriel explained. "Dahlia has been siphoning off Freya's power for centuries. It's how she's gotten so strong. It takes a very high level demon to establish that kind of link. Odds are she wants to do the same thing with Hope."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"We can't just leave Freya!" Finn sputtered./p
div style="mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"
p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"We won't." Gabriel told them. "I'm sending a team of angels to retrieve her style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanBut it's going to take a god to retrieve her soul. Luckily for us; Loki is the God of Mischief."/p
/div
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"They are filthy animals and you want me to work with them?!" Dahlia was outraged by the mere thought./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You will not get close to the child without help from someone close to her." Azazel explained. "The wolf does not trust the Mikaelsons. The Mikaelsons have heaven itself on their side. He is their only weakness."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"He is their alpha! If span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanhe does not trust my niece and nephews; the odds are they do not trust him either!" Dahlia argued./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Hope's mother trusts him." Azazel said. "Besides we cannot approach him directly; it must be a subtle approach. We must convince him that you only wish to help the child. She will have immense power; and as she grows so it shall grow. Someone must teach her to control it. Esther cannot do so; it must fall to another."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"And you think they will trust me?" Dahlia asked./p
div style="mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"
p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Whether or not they trust you is immaterial." Azazel explained. "We only need the trust of Jackson Kenner."/p
/div
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Jackson, Klaus is serious about including the pack. I know you don't trust him but trust me." Haley said. "Hope needs the pack. Marcel's vampires have already set Diego and Josh as her personal bodyguards; Davina, Kol, and Finn are working on a protection spell. The wolves are the only ones left. I'm sending Aiden."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"Ollie waited until Haley had left in search of Aiden before entering the cabin where Jackson sat with a jar of moonshine on the table in front of him. Ollie took a seat across from his friend./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""I'm going to forget you're my alpha for a minute; we were friends first and I'm here right now as your friend." Ollie started. "You don't trust the vampires; I don't trust Klaus. But Elijah helped us when we were attacked; he saved a lot of our people that day."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""He's still an original." Jackson argued. "They only care about their own."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Okay so don't trust them, trust me man." Ollie said. "We came up together. I've been on the other side; I've learned some things from being over there. The biggest thing; we have to stick together."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""You can deal with Klaus and the rest of them." Jackson said. "I'm not going to interfere; but I'm not going to be putting them on speed dial either."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"Ollie picked up the jar and took a drink before setting it back down. "Just understand it's demons we're dealing with. If you're not all in; you're going to be a target."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""What do you mean a target?" Jackson frowned./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""They know they can't come at Hope directly. We've got an archangel on our side." Ollie explained. "And from what I understand; the last archangel any demon wants to take on. Gabriel is also a damned dangerous trickster and they all know it. They are going to have to look for an opening they can exploit to get to her. Just be careful man; and remember I'm going to have your back."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"That is what we were hoping you'd say. Hope needs to be protected." Balthazar said. "But Crowley is not the only one looking to get their hands on her. Your Aunt Dahlia also plots to get her hands on Hope as she did your sister Freya so many centuries ago. And she has the backing of a powerful demon. Gabriel has heaven working to identify the demon. So for the foreseeable future; I will be acting as Hope's guardian angel."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanGabriel glanced at Balthazar. "You had to bring up Freya?" He now turned back to the gathered Mikaelsons; "Heaven located Freya. Unfortunately no Seraph can reach her."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Where is she?" Finn asked./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Her body is in a cave in Finland, but her soul is in a pocket dimension created by your Aunt." Gabriel explained. "Dahlia has been siphoning off Freya's power for centuries. It's how she's gotten so strong. It takes a very high level demon to establish that kind of link. Odds are she wants to do the same thing with Hope."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"We can't just leave Freya!" Finn sputtered./p
div style="mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"
p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"We won't." Gabriel told them. "I'm sending a team of angels to retrieve her style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanBut it's going to take a god to retrieve her soul. Luckily for us; Loki is the God of Mischief."/p
/div
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"They are filthy animals and you want me to work with them?!" Dahlia was outraged by the mere thought./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You will not get close to the child without help from someone close to her." Azazel explained. "The wolf does not trust the Mikaelsons. The Mikaelsons have heaven itself on their side. He is their only weakness."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"He is their alpha! If span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanhe does not trust my niece and nephews; the odds are they do not trust him either!" Dahlia argued./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Hope's mother trusts him." Azazel said. "Besides we cannot approach him directly; it must be a subtle approach. We must convince him that you only wish to help the child. She will have immense power; and as she grows so it shall grow. Someone must teach her to control it. Esther cannot do so; it must fall to another."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"And you think they will trust me?" Dahlia asked./p
div style="mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"
p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Whether or not they trust you is immaterial." Azazel explained. "We only need the trust of Jackson Kenner."/p
/div
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Jackson, Klaus is serious about including the pack. I know you don't trust him but trust me." Haley said. "Hope needs the pack. Marcel's vampires have already set Diego and Josh as her personal bodyguards; Davina, Kol, and Finn are working on a protection spell. The wolves are the only ones left. I'm sending Aiden."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"Ollie waited until Haley had left in search of Aiden before entering the cabin where Jackson sat with a jar of moonshine on the table in front of him. Ollie took a seat across from his friend./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""I'm going to forget you're my alpha for a minute; we were friends first and I'm here right now as your friend." Ollie started. "You don't trust the vampires; I don't trust Klaus. But Elijah helped us when we were attacked; he saved a lot of our people that day."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""He's still an original." Jackson argued. "They only care about their own."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Okay so don't trust them, trust me man." Ollie said. "We came up together. I've been on the other side; I've learned some things from being over there. The biggest thing; we have to stick together."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""You can deal with Klaus and the rest of them." Jackson said. "I'm not going to interfere; but I'm not going to be putting them on speed dial either."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"Ollie picked up the jar and took a drink before setting it back down. "Just understand it's demons we're dealing with. If you're not all in; you're going to be a target."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""What do you mean a target?" Jackson frowned./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""They know they can't come at Hope directly. We've got an archangel on our side." Ollie explained. "And from what I understand; the last archangel any demon wants to take on. Gabriel is also a damned dangerous trickster and they all know it. They are going to have to look for an opening they can exploit to get to her. Just be careful man; and remember I'm going to have your back."/p
