Chapter 7: the negotiation/proposition
A/n: sorry for the short chapters, I try to make them long it just never works...sry, I'll try harder, in fact I won't settle for this chapter being short! Well enjoy! And don't forget that the characters don't belong 2 me, only the plot does..darn!
"What are we going to do?" this time it was Vanessa asking.
"I dunno," Catty said, trying to play it cool.
"Maybe they're not here to fight, maybe they want to give us a ransom or a proposition or something..." Serena said, not even believing it herself.
"Yeah right," Jimena said, "That would make our lives too easy," the daughters nodded in agreement.
Finally Serena went to the door, "We know you're out there, what do you want?"
"I think we're the ones who are setting the rules this time, if you ever want to see your Stanton again," Cassandra said with bitterness, looking at the scar of the sta she had cut into herself when she had been madly in love with Stanton. Cassandra continued "So we'll be the ones asking the questions,"
Jimena had heard the conversation and knew it was no longer wise to let Serena handle this, she might get sentimental and that might impair her judgment, so Jimena nudged Serena aside and said, "That's not exactly the way things work around here, so either tell us what you want or get lost," Cassandra hissed across her mind "You cannot win, do not try to put on a brave bravado for us,"
Jimena shrugged then pointed something out, "It's a full moon tonight, you do realize that, right?" "Yes goddess, we are not imbeciles," Morgan cut in. "Well you must be if you want to challenge the daughters on the night that they are strongest, and you are weakest" (again just in case you haven't read the books the full moon powers up the daughters of the moon, and is the weakest time for the followers)
"We are not here to fight you, we are here to negotiate," karyl spat out the last word like it burned his tongue. "Whatever you want to say to us you can say it through the door," Catty said joining the conversation. "Very well," hissed Cassandra. "We want you all to give up your powers in return for Stanton safe and sound." "And if we don't?" Jimena challenged, at this Serena looked like she was going to burst. Jimena hushed her, "If you don't, little Stanton boy wonder gets it, the atrox already is in no mood to be lenient with him," Serena's eyes grew even wider, "We have to do something!" she whispered to Jimena, but Jimena was concentrating on the followers.
"You must come with us this Friday and we will give you further instructions then, meet us at the warehouse on La Cienaga on Friday at say 7:00, be there, or your little boy wonder gets it!" and with that all three followers smirked as if they had already won and vanished into the shadows. Serena was about to break down. All the daughters gathered around her and tried to comfort her. "It'll be okay, we'll come up with a plan," Jimena said, hugging Serena, she knew how much it hurt to lose the love of your life, she had lost her boyfriend Veto.
"Yeah, we'll come up with a plan," Vanessa and Catty both said. Then Serena looked at the clock, it was 12:06 a.m. Where was Collin?! Serena pushed Stanton out of her mind for the moment and whirled on Jimena, "Do you know where Collin is?" "You mean he's not upstairs?" Jimena said, looking nervous. "No! he never came home! Do you know where he is?" Serena asked again. "Maybe, but if I told you I'd have to kill you," "And if you don't tell me I will kill you!" Serena said in a dangerous voice, "Okay well he is.." Jimena broke off. "Well?" Serena said impatiently. Then she noticed Jimena was staring at something. "What are you staring at Jimena?" Serena asked annoyed. When Jimena didn't answer she followed her gaze, and motioned all of the other daughters to look too.
Outside was -
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Stanton sat up and groaned. Where am I? Was his first thought, then a million other thoughts ran into his head as memory of what had happened slowly seeped back into his brain. He remembered being dragged by the followers, then one of them had made him drink something, and then everything went black. He rubbed his head. Then he sat up stiff. Where was Serena? Was she okay? Had she gotten the note he had dropped on the ground before he blacked out? Now that his eyes had adjusted to the dark chamber he was in, he looked around. It was a small chamber and had many skulls and it was quite moldy and damp, "If I was still a follower I might not have minded this so much," he grumbled. Sickened by the thought that he would not have minded these conditions.
He found his way to the door to the chamber and put his ear against it. Sure enough there was a group of follower gaurds outside his chamber. The atrox would not make escape easy for him. Suddenly he heard new footsteps, and the voices of Cassandra, Morgan, and Karyl. He quickly jerked back from the door, not a second too soon, because just at that moment Cassandra yanked it open.
"So Stanton decided to go to the side of good?" Cassandra said, looking Stanton up and down.
"What do you want with me?" Stanton said in response.
"Oh nothing, except that we're going to use you to get your little girlfriend and her friends powers.
"You leave Serena and her friends out of this!" Stanton said, showing his weak spot without realizing it.
"Why would we leave them out of it when it was always about them?" At that Stanton felt dumb for his previous comment, of course it had always been about them! The followers needed their power! Cassandra continued talking, "We told them if they gave up their powers willingly they would get out back safe and sound."
Stanton highly doubted that the atrox was just going to let him go like that and give him back to the daughters of the moon. It was not the kind of attitude evil villains had, they normally didn't keep their word. Stanton sighed. He had to get out of here before the night of the blood moon, which was no doubt the night the followers would choose to have the daughters sacrifice their powers. Stanton grinned. Before Serena had come along Stanton could only think of himself, and now here he was trying to challenge the power of the atrox to save Serena and her friends. This was not something he would have ever thought he would be doing. It's funny how things are turning out, Stanton thought to himself.
When Cassandra saw that Stanton was caught up in his own thoughts, and didn't care what they were saying she gave up and motioned for Morgan and Karyl that it was time to leave. Once they left Stanton starting working on a way to escape and save Serena and her friends, he had nothing! He could not think of a single idea! He was quite frustrated with himself. Of all the times I really need a plan, I can't think of one! He grumbled, annoyed with his own stupidity. Then he suddenly thought of something, but he would need time to put it into action, and time was not something he had a lot of, because for one he doubted that he would last very long living in the atrox's dungeon, and two the blood moon was in three days! So he had to get another faster plan and then suddenly and idea formed in his head...
A/n: I hope this chapter is long enough..I'll try to make the next one longer. I ran out of brainstorms! But I'll write more as soon as I get some inspiration! And please review!
A/n: sorry for the short chapters, I try to make them long it just never works...sry, I'll try harder, in fact I won't settle for this chapter being short! Well enjoy! And don't forget that the characters don't belong 2 me, only the plot does..darn!
"What are we going to do?" this time it was Vanessa asking.
"I dunno," Catty said, trying to play it cool.
"Maybe they're not here to fight, maybe they want to give us a ransom or a proposition or something..." Serena said, not even believing it herself.
"Yeah right," Jimena said, "That would make our lives too easy," the daughters nodded in agreement.
Finally Serena went to the door, "We know you're out there, what do you want?"
"I think we're the ones who are setting the rules this time, if you ever want to see your Stanton again," Cassandra said with bitterness, looking at the scar of the sta she had cut into herself when she had been madly in love with Stanton. Cassandra continued "So we'll be the ones asking the questions,"
Jimena had heard the conversation and knew it was no longer wise to let Serena handle this, she might get sentimental and that might impair her judgment, so Jimena nudged Serena aside and said, "That's not exactly the way things work around here, so either tell us what you want or get lost," Cassandra hissed across her mind "You cannot win, do not try to put on a brave bravado for us,"
Jimena shrugged then pointed something out, "It's a full moon tonight, you do realize that, right?" "Yes goddess, we are not imbeciles," Morgan cut in. "Well you must be if you want to challenge the daughters on the night that they are strongest, and you are weakest" (again just in case you haven't read the books the full moon powers up the daughters of the moon, and is the weakest time for the followers)
"We are not here to fight you, we are here to negotiate," karyl spat out the last word like it burned his tongue. "Whatever you want to say to us you can say it through the door," Catty said joining the conversation. "Very well," hissed Cassandra. "We want you all to give up your powers in return for Stanton safe and sound." "And if we don't?" Jimena challenged, at this Serena looked like she was going to burst. Jimena hushed her, "If you don't, little Stanton boy wonder gets it, the atrox already is in no mood to be lenient with him," Serena's eyes grew even wider, "We have to do something!" she whispered to Jimena, but Jimena was concentrating on the followers.
"You must come with us this Friday and we will give you further instructions then, meet us at the warehouse on La Cienaga on Friday at say 7:00, be there, or your little boy wonder gets it!" and with that all three followers smirked as if they had already won and vanished into the shadows. Serena was about to break down. All the daughters gathered around her and tried to comfort her. "It'll be okay, we'll come up with a plan," Jimena said, hugging Serena, she knew how much it hurt to lose the love of your life, she had lost her boyfriend Veto.
"Yeah, we'll come up with a plan," Vanessa and Catty both said. Then Serena looked at the clock, it was 12:06 a.m. Where was Collin?! Serena pushed Stanton out of her mind for the moment and whirled on Jimena, "Do you know where Collin is?" "You mean he's not upstairs?" Jimena said, looking nervous. "No! he never came home! Do you know where he is?" Serena asked again. "Maybe, but if I told you I'd have to kill you," "And if you don't tell me I will kill you!" Serena said in a dangerous voice, "Okay well he is.." Jimena broke off. "Well?" Serena said impatiently. Then she noticed Jimena was staring at something. "What are you staring at Jimena?" Serena asked annoyed. When Jimena didn't answer she followed her gaze, and motioned all of the other daughters to look too.
Outside was -
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Stanton sat up and groaned. Where am I? Was his first thought, then a million other thoughts ran into his head as memory of what had happened slowly seeped back into his brain. He remembered being dragged by the followers, then one of them had made him drink something, and then everything went black. He rubbed his head. Then he sat up stiff. Where was Serena? Was she okay? Had she gotten the note he had dropped on the ground before he blacked out? Now that his eyes had adjusted to the dark chamber he was in, he looked around. It was a small chamber and had many skulls and it was quite moldy and damp, "If I was still a follower I might not have minded this so much," he grumbled. Sickened by the thought that he would not have minded these conditions.
He found his way to the door to the chamber and put his ear against it. Sure enough there was a group of follower gaurds outside his chamber. The atrox would not make escape easy for him. Suddenly he heard new footsteps, and the voices of Cassandra, Morgan, and Karyl. He quickly jerked back from the door, not a second too soon, because just at that moment Cassandra yanked it open.
"So Stanton decided to go to the side of good?" Cassandra said, looking Stanton up and down.
"What do you want with me?" Stanton said in response.
"Oh nothing, except that we're going to use you to get your little girlfriend and her friends powers.
"You leave Serena and her friends out of this!" Stanton said, showing his weak spot without realizing it.
"Why would we leave them out of it when it was always about them?" At that Stanton felt dumb for his previous comment, of course it had always been about them! The followers needed their power! Cassandra continued talking, "We told them if they gave up their powers willingly they would get out back safe and sound."
Stanton highly doubted that the atrox was just going to let him go like that and give him back to the daughters of the moon. It was not the kind of attitude evil villains had, they normally didn't keep their word. Stanton sighed. He had to get out of here before the night of the blood moon, which was no doubt the night the followers would choose to have the daughters sacrifice their powers. Stanton grinned. Before Serena had come along Stanton could only think of himself, and now here he was trying to challenge the power of the atrox to save Serena and her friends. This was not something he would have ever thought he would be doing. It's funny how things are turning out, Stanton thought to himself.
When Cassandra saw that Stanton was caught up in his own thoughts, and didn't care what they were saying she gave up and motioned for Morgan and Karyl that it was time to leave. Once they left Stanton starting working on a way to escape and save Serena and her friends, he had nothing! He could not think of a single idea! He was quite frustrated with himself. Of all the times I really need a plan, I can't think of one! He grumbled, annoyed with his own stupidity. Then he suddenly thought of something, but he would need time to put it into action, and time was not something he had a lot of, because for one he doubted that he would last very long living in the atrox's dungeon, and two the blood moon was in three days! So he had to get another faster plan and then suddenly and idea formed in his head...
A/n: I hope this chapter is long enough..I'll try to make the next one longer. I ran out of brainstorms! But I'll write more as soon as I get some inspiration! And please review!