Part 19
Raven and Keller's teams parked a few blocks away from the
building where Darien was supposed to be kept.
"Ok, everyone remembers what to do right?" Raven asked in a low
voice. There was a murmur of agreement from everyone.
"Then let's move it on out people. We need this to be done as
smooth and fast as possible," Keller said. Then she, Winnie and
Honey started for the building. The black clad trio melted into
the darkness. The moon and stars weren't visible because of the
black rain clouds that were overhead.
The air seemed thicker and full of tension with the threat of
rain that hung in the air. Ash must have said something to Quinn
privately because he got hit a second later.
/You two quit it. We are going to have a serious fight on our
hands in a little bit so save your energy,/ Raven told them. Ash
mock glared at her for spoiling her fun but it was a wasted look
because Raven wasn't paying attention.
After about 15 minutes Honey's thought speech filled their heads.
/Ok, we're in his room. We'll wait in here for a few minutes to
give you time to start the diversion./
Ash, Damon and Quinn set out for the house at a run. Raven could
see them at one window, arguing. It seemed that they were arguing
over how to break in. After a minute Ash shrugged in a tired
gesture and shoved open a window and climbed through, or at least
he started too but when Quinn pushed him he more of tumbled
through the window.
/Ok we're in and people are starting to arrive,/ Quinn told them
after he had climbed through the window.
Nala left through the window in her bobcat form and Jeffery
knocked a hole in the wall to make it large enough for his gorilla
body to fit through.
Raven could hear the crash that made and was fairly sure that
everyone in the building had heard it too and had gone running to
see what had caused it. Damon crawled through
/Honey, are you guys still doing ok?/ Raven asked.
/Yeah, we're fine. Nobody's noticed us yet./
/Good,/ Raven started to say. She looked up at the house and saw
a figure wave through the window.
/Raven, Keller says to tell you that Darien is still out cold.
She thinks he may wake soon,/ Honey said.
/Get him out of there now,/ Raven snapped. /If he wakes up he
might blow the whole cover. Be careful Winnie, he's going to be
hungry and he'll go after you before he does Keller./
She watched the now empty window. She could vaguely make out the
movie shapes inside the room. A limp figure was slung over
someone's shoulder and they carried it to the window. Raven could
make out Keller as she jumped out the window.
Honey and Winnie passed the still body through the window into
Keller's arms.
/We have company,/ Galen said. /Two jeeps just pulled up, both
were packed./ Raven made a noise in the back of her throat. She
signal for Rashel to follow.
/Come on, this cannot be good. Nissa, get the car ready now,/
Raven said. Just then Darien woke up. He started bucking in
Keller's grip trying to
force her to let go. When he could get out he tried to bite
Keller's neck.
He was really inexperienced at it and decided he didn't like the
first bite so he lifted his head again. He was about to bite her
neck, this time coming straight down for the jugular when Honey
snaked her hand around the underside of his jaw, in effect Darien
couldn't move his head.
Rashel grabbed Darien's legs between the ankle and knee and Raven
held his middle. Keller backed a few steps away from him as the
three girls held him up, despite his struggles.
/Nissa, now!/ Raven roared in thought speech. The truck
screeched to a stop in front of them and they threw Darien in the
back door. Honey hopped in after him and Nissa peeled out.
"Shit," Keller said as she cupped a hand to her neck. The two
jeeps Galen had mentioned had realized that the team had been a
decoy.
/Everybody move!/ Raven yelled at the team. /We have him, out,
out, out!/
Everyone tried to move out and towards the vehicles but everyone
was hindered by the fight, to say the least. Galen ran towards
the Circle Daybreak cars and jumped in one. He drove back and
went along side the fight. Keller and Winnie managed to jump in
before a Night Worlder tried to do the same. Keller kicked him
squarely in the face and Rashel jumped in.
/Go get the other car,/ Raven told them. They drove off and
Raven ran to the other side of the house. She found total chaos.
The fight had been
going on longer over there. Nala's teeth were buried deeply in a
vampire's neck as he tried to throw the shifter off.
Jeffery punched a bear but it wasn't as effective as if the
shifter had been in human form. The bear staggered back a few
steps and then lowered its
head and rushed the gorilla like some crazed football player.
Quinn and Ash were back to back being circle by three vampires
and a wolf that rushed the pair at the same time. Quinn threw his
fist squarely into the shifter's face. Raven 0heard a half
strangled yelp of pain and saw blood spurting through the fingers
the shifter had clamped over his face.
Ash kicked a vampire in his middle, causing him to double over.
Then Ash went flying with someone on top of him as he was tackled.
Raven's eyes hunted over the battleground looking for Damon, he
wasn't dead yet, she saw to her relief. The guy he had just been
fight on the other
hand was a different story. He had already mummified and a stick
of wood was protruding from his chest.
Raven nimbly sidestepped a wolf that had thought she hadn't been
paying attention when it rushed her. He growled and ran at her
again. She slammed her fist into his face, breaking his jaw. He
howled and ran off looking
like a dog with it's tail between it's legs.
/Make a break for the cars that will be here in a second,/ Raven
told them. There wasn't time for anybody to really agree, because
there were just to many people.
Raven didn't even have a chance to see what was taking the cars
so long because she saw a vampire making a running tackle for her.
She caught him by the shoulders and used his momentum to throw
them backwards. They did a sort of roll so Raven landed on top of
him.
"Where are they,?" Raven muttered angrily under her breath. Then
two pairs of headlights cut through the darkness as the jeeps
arrived. Everyone rushed the cars. Raven pounced on a Night
Worlder and threw him across the yard and away from the cars.
Ash punched somebody who went down and then Ash climbed into the
car followed by Quinn. Quinn threw the wolf who tried to get in
out of the way. Then he helped pull Nala into the car. They
slammed the car door shut and drove off because they were full.
Jeffery shifted into his human form and clambered into the second
car. Raven dove in behind him and Damon jumped in to the car
through the other side.
"Go!" Raven shouted at Galen. He took off as they slammed the
doors shut.
"Gee boss, I think we should get to know each other better
first," Jeffery said with a laugh, when they were in the clear.
"But we already know each other so much," Raven told him. "I
think I should get off your lap now, though. Damon might get
jealous," she whispered loudly in his ear.
"Over you? I think not," Damon shot back. They were all
laughing and slapping each other on the back giddily, high on the
excitement of winning the fight. They had the fourth wild power.
How could they lose the final battle.
Raven and Keller's teams parked a few blocks away from the
building where Darien was supposed to be kept.
"Ok, everyone remembers what to do right?" Raven asked in a low
voice. There was a murmur of agreement from everyone.
"Then let's move it on out people. We need this to be done as
smooth and fast as possible," Keller said. Then she, Winnie and
Honey started for the building. The black clad trio melted into
the darkness. The moon and stars weren't visible because of the
black rain clouds that were overhead.
The air seemed thicker and full of tension with the threat of
rain that hung in the air. Ash must have said something to Quinn
privately because he got hit a second later.
/You two quit it. We are going to have a serious fight on our
hands in a little bit so save your energy,/ Raven told them. Ash
mock glared at her for spoiling her fun but it was a wasted look
because Raven wasn't paying attention.
After about 15 minutes Honey's thought speech filled their heads.
/Ok, we're in his room. We'll wait in here for a few minutes to
give you time to start the diversion./
Ash, Damon and Quinn set out for the house at a run. Raven could
see them at one window, arguing. It seemed that they were arguing
over how to break in. After a minute Ash shrugged in a tired
gesture and shoved open a window and climbed through, or at least
he started too but when Quinn pushed him he more of tumbled
through the window.
/Ok we're in and people are starting to arrive,/ Quinn told them
after he had climbed through the window.
Nala left through the window in her bobcat form and Jeffery
knocked a hole in the wall to make it large enough for his gorilla
body to fit through.
Raven could hear the crash that made and was fairly sure that
everyone in the building had heard it too and had gone running to
see what had caused it. Damon crawled through
/Honey, are you guys still doing ok?/ Raven asked.
/Yeah, we're fine. Nobody's noticed us yet./
/Good,/ Raven started to say. She looked up at the house and saw
a figure wave through the window.
/Raven, Keller says to tell you that Darien is still out cold.
She thinks he may wake soon,/ Honey said.
/Get him out of there now,/ Raven snapped. /If he wakes up he
might blow the whole cover. Be careful Winnie, he's going to be
hungry and he'll go after you before he does Keller./
She watched the now empty window. She could vaguely make out the
movie shapes inside the room. A limp figure was slung over
someone's shoulder and they carried it to the window. Raven could
make out Keller as she jumped out the window.
Honey and Winnie passed the still body through the window into
Keller's arms.
/We have company,/ Galen said. /Two jeeps just pulled up, both
were packed./ Raven made a noise in the back of her throat. She
signal for Rashel to follow.
/Come on, this cannot be good. Nissa, get the car ready now,/
Raven said. Just then Darien woke up. He started bucking in
Keller's grip trying to
force her to let go. When he could get out he tried to bite
Keller's neck.
He was really inexperienced at it and decided he didn't like the
first bite so he lifted his head again. He was about to bite her
neck, this time coming straight down for the jugular when Honey
snaked her hand around the underside of his jaw, in effect Darien
couldn't move his head.
Rashel grabbed Darien's legs between the ankle and knee and Raven
held his middle. Keller backed a few steps away from him as the
three girls held him up, despite his struggles.
/Nissa, now!/ Raven roared in thought speech. The truck
screeched to a stop in front of them and they threw Darien in the
back door. Honey hopped in after him and Nissa peeled out.
"Shit," Keller said as she cupped a hand to her neck. The two
jeeps Galen had mentioned had realized that the team had been a
decoy.
/Everybody move!/ Raven yelled at the team. /We have him, out,
out, out!/
Everyone tried to move out and towards the vehicles but everyone
was hindered by the fight, to say the least. Galen ran towards
the Circle Daybreak cars and jumped in one. He drove back and
went along side the fight. Keller and Winnie managed to jump in
before a Night Worlder tried to do the same. Keller kicked him
squarely in the face and Rashel jumped in.
/Go get the other car,/ Raven told them. They drove off and
Raven ran to the other side of the house. She found total chaos.
The fight had been
going on longer over there. Nala's teeth were buried deeply in a
vampire's neck as he tried to throw the shifter off.
Jeffery punched a bear but it wasn't as effective as if the
shifter had been in human form. The bear staggered back a few
steps and then lowered its
head and rushed the gorilla like some crazed football player.
Quinn and Ash were back to back being circle by three vampires
and a wolf that rushed the pair at the same time. Quinn threw his
fist squarely into the shifter's face. Raven 0heard a half
strangled yelp of pain and saw blood spurting through the fingers
the shifter had clamped over his face.
Ash kicked a vampire in his middle, causing him to double over.
Then Ash went flying with someone on top of him as he was tackled.
Raven's eyes hunted over the battleground looking for Damon, he
wasn't dead yet, she saw to her relief. The guy he had just been
fight on the other
hand was a different story. He had already mummified and a stick
of wood was protruding from his chest.
Raven nimbly sidestepped a wolf that had thought she hadn't been
paying attention when it rushed her. He growled and ran at her
again. She slammed her fist into his face, breaking his jaw. He
howled and ran off looking
like a dog with it's tail between it's legs.
/Make a break for the cars that will be here in a second,/ Raven
told them. There wasn't time for anybody to really agree, because
there were just to many people.
Raven didn't even have a chance to see what was taking the cars
so long because she saw a vampire making a running tackle for her.
She caught him by the shoulders and used his momentum to throw
them backwards. They did a sort of roll so Raven landed on top of
him.
"Where are they,?" Raven muttered angrily under her breath. Then
two pairs of headlights cut through the darkness as the jeeps
arrived. Everyone rushed the cars. Raven pounced on a Night
Worlder and threw him across the yard and away from the cars.
Ash punched somebody who went down and then Ash climbed into the
car followed by Quinn. Quinn threw the wolf who tried to get in
out of the way. Then he helped pull Nala into the car. They
slammed the car door shut and drove off because they were full.
Jeffery shifted into his human form and clambered into the second
car. Raven dove in behind him and Damon jumped in to the car
through the other side.
"Go!" Raven shouted at Galen. He took off as they slammed the
doors shut.
"Gee boss, I think we should get to know each other better
first," Jeffery said with a laugh, when they were in the clear.
"But we already know each other so much," Raven told him. "I
think I should get off your lap now, though. Damon might get
jealous," she whispered loudly in his ear.
"Over you? I think not," Damon shot back. They were all
laughing and slapping each other on the back giddily, high on the
excitement of winning the fight. They had the fourth wild power.
How could they lose the final battle.