Disclaimer: The Night World is the property of L

Disclaimer: The Night World is the property of L.J. Smith as are any of the characters you recognise like Thierry, Hannah, Keller, Lupe etc.

Spoilers: All of the Night World books especially Witchlight as this story occurs at the same time as Witchlight.

Author's Notes: Wow, I can't believe so many people like this story, *smiles happily around the room.* Thank you so much for all your reviews, thanks to Beccs, werepanther, this part should answer your questions, *innocent*, Carina, yes the kiss did come out of no where that was kind of the point, Water Angel, angelic angel, no this story isn't about the 4th wild power, Mandy and last but not least Super_Saiyan-Jinn4. Thank you all so, so much, I am speechless with gratitude.

Part 6.

Gwern hung up the phone and grabbed the car keys, he was not letting his personal feelings get in the way, no he wasn't. Just to prove his point he scribbled a note for Des, telling her where he was going and how she was to wait for the call from Daybreak.

Des hears the car leave and came out of her room. She rubbed her red rimmed eyes and made her way to the kitchen. She read the note and sighed, Gwern obviously thought she's just get in the way, so what if he was right, it still pissed her off. She thought about making a cup of tea but then remembered she couldn't because there was none in the house, she was going to have to go shopping. She felt uneasy and anxious and began to pace round the kitchen; she was not worried about Gwern, no way.

The phone rang and then stopped. A heavy silence filled the house and then it rang again, once. Circle Daybreak, she picked up the phone and dialled quickly.

"Desdemona Lynch here, code word. Shit, wait a minute Paulie, I've forgotten it. Oh wait, Lunar Shield."

"So how's it going there?" Paulie asked.

"I'm not sure," Des replied.

"What do you mean your not sure, Des?"

"Well we've found the girl, Icarus is with her now but something's up, Gwern's gone to help him."

"Hmmm," Paulie replied. "How come you're not with them? No, don't answer that, when they come back call."

"Sure," Des replied, "How're things going in North Carolina?"

Gwern parked the car in front of the hardware store and began to look for any sign of Icarus or Winema. His vampire hearing picked up the sound of a scuffle nearby. He ran towards the noise and found Icarus and Winema fighting with five vampires. Winema seemed to be holding her own; she landed a roundhouse kick on one and then shoved a wooden sword up under his ribs and into his heart. She was already fighting with another vamp when the guy mummified.

Icarus was having a little problem with the three other vampires so Gwern reached out and pulled one of them off him. The guy turned to him fangs bared, lengthened impossibly long, like tusks rather than teeth. Gwern didn't even blink but pulled out his hickory fighting stick. He gripped the stick tightly and smiled grimly. Now he had a chance to take his anger out on something. He swung the stick at the vampire hitting him across the stomach. He shifted his grip and swung again taking his legs out from under him. He smiled again and shoved the sharpened fire hardened end into the vamp's chest in the general area of his heart.

When he finished he discovered Winema helping Icarus dispose of the last vampire. He looked around at the carnage in the alley.

"Shit," he said, "what are we going to do with this lot?"

Winema looked at the 5 mummified corpses then shrugged her shoulders, "You're the Daybreakers, don't you guys have people to do that."

"Sure," Icarus said with a laugh, "just let me call the clean up crew. We're Daybreakers not the secret service."

"I guess we'll have to bury them," Gwern said with a tired sigh, this day was turning out a lot longer than he expected. "So are you ready to except our help yet?" he asked Winema.

"What choice do I have," was her reply.

Des ran what Paulie had told her over and over again in her mind. If it was true, what did she mean if it was true, it had happened, the Night World had gotten a dragon and it was after the wild power. This was bad, very, very bad, she had read somethings about dragons and none of it was good, oh they were in trouble, the world was in trouble.

She sat at the table cradling the gun in her hands for comfort. ^Goddess,^ she thought with a watery smile, ^Isn't getting comfort from a gun the first sign of psychopathic tendencies.^ How was she going to tell the boys, hi guys Paulie wants you to call, I'm going shopping and by the way there's a dragon on the loose. She didn't know, she just didn't know.

Gwern had the strange urge to clean the earth from himself as he made his way back into the house with Icarus and Winema following him. He found Des in the kitchen rocking herself back and forth on the chair.

"Des," he heard Icarus exclaim, "what's wrong?"

"Nothing," Des replied wiping tears from her cheeks. "Call Paulie would you, I told him you would when you got back and oh yeah in case I forget," she paused and laughed shortly and bitterly, "they've got a dragon."

"What?" Icarus demanded.

"The Night World's gotten a dragon."

"A dragon," Winema said sceptically, "an immortal creature that hasn't been seen on Earth for millennia."

"Yes," Des said.

"What did they do clone it with frog DNA?" Winema said lightly.

"No they woke it up," Des replied.

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