* * * Annex Mansion * * *
Andrew looked around as explosions went off around the perimeter of his home. "Come on, I know somewhere we can go. Take the weapons you can, but we have to hurry."
"Aren't you supposed to be some Super-Annex? Can't you fend them off?" Michael asked as he loaded the semiautomatic.
Andrew's shoulders dropped. "If I wanted to destroy any leniency when I go for trial. The Vampyres that you stayed with aren't the only democratic coven, they'll suck any hope of survival if I touch one of the Warriors."
Selene tugged on her jacket. "So you're telling me that you can kill any Vampyre or Lycan and not get in trouble but if you touch an Annex they'll kill you?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying, the only reason they're here is because the Elders are afraid that if they say 'no' the two Covens will kill them," Andrew explained, extremely nervous. "Come on, come on."
"Where are we going?" Michael asked as he slipped two guns in his coat pockets.
Andrew walked to the old weapons and grabbed a large sword. "There's an Annex Sanctuary. We can have a meeting."
"With whom?" Selene asked.
"Not all Annexes are with the Elders in this matter. We can get some reinforcements. Some if any."
"All right then, we're ready," Selene said.
Andrew extended his hands, "hold on, it'll give you a little head rush but it'll pass."
Michael and Selene grabbed his hands, suddenly, buildings and streets passed by and before they blinked the ride ended
and they came to a stop. Michael looked around and saw ancient halls with hieroglyphics and stone thrones.
Andrew let go of their hands and jumped to a high stairway close to the thrones. "If you can hear me, I need your help!" he shouted.
Selene and Michael looked around the stone halls, suddenly, lights flashed and almost twenty men and women appeared
in the halls staring at Selene and Michael.
Andrew stepped in the center between the two. "I know you've heard about my heresy and I know you've heard about
the Vampyre and Hybrid and that the Warriors have been hunting us. I . . . we need your help."
The twenty-three Annexes kept staring at the three not looking like they were being bought. A voice spoke up from the
left of them. "What about the Elders? What will they do to us if they catch us?" The questions was followed by a series of
murmurs before Andrew spoke up.
"The Elders don't have the power . . . we do!"
"You mean you do, unlike the Vampyres and Lycans who have turned their back on their Hybrid. The Elders have
embraced the monstrosity that you ARE!" a man yelled from the back.
Selene and Michael looked at each other questioningly. 'Hybrid of what breeds?' Selene asked.
Andrew dropped his head. "Listen, all of you. I know you've all been torn between the war for centuries, the war effected
us too! The Elders ignored it, but we all know. This is our chance!"
"By only getting caught in it?" A woman asked.
"By ending it . . . we make our alliances with some Vampyres and Lycans and we can stop it," Andrew suggested. "Our
whole immortal lives are based on protected Lycans and Vampyres, if we are to choose our charges, let's choose the
best ones. Choose now, we don't have a lot of time."
Selene counted nine that left the group of twenty-three leaving twelve. Five women and seven men. "Go get all your
weapons and meet us here. No Warriors with killing intentions are allowed."
"What if they break your spell?" a woman Annex asked.
Andrew tossed her a gun. "Then they deserve to catch us, Natalia, Harrison, and Alex will stay here and help us secure
the Sanctuary. The rest of you bring all the weapons you have."
The nine other nodded and disappeared in bright light. Natalia, Harrison, and Alex disappeared in three different
directions. Michael and Selene decided that no was the time to ask Andrew what the monstrosity part.
Andrew read their minds. "I'm a Hybrid of human and Annex, explaining the powers that were born to me," he explained.
Michael was dumbfounded. "Like me?"
"Sort of, I didn't have to be bit by an Annex or human to get my full powers. Annex blood is not a virus like Vampyre or
Lycan blood. I think the only reason I wasn't hunted for being a Hybrid was because they didn't want to repeat the same
mistakes Viktor did . . . anyway, you two help me with the weapons lay them out on that table over there." He pointed at
a table.
Selene guessed that Andrew didn't want to go into the subject anymore than that she wished she knew more about
Annexes the way she knew Vampyres and Lycans. Selene followed Michael to the table.
Andrew looked around as explosions went off around the perimeter of his home. "Come on, I know somewhere we can go. Take the weapons you can, but we have to hurry."
"Aren't you supposed to be some Super-Annex? Can't you fend them off?" Michael asked as he loaded the semiautomatic.
Andrew's shoulders dropped. "If I wanted to destroy any leniency when I go for trial. The Vampyres that you stayed with aren't the only democratic coven, they'll suck any hope of survival if I touch one of the Warriors."
Selene tugged on her jacket. "So you're telling me that you can kill any Vampyre or Lycan and not get in trouble but if you touch an Annex they'll kill you?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying, the only reason they're here is because the Elders are afraid that if they say 'no' the two Covens will kill them," Andrew explained, extremely nervous. "Come on, come on."
"Where are we going?" Michael asked as he slipped two guns in his coat pockets.
Andrew walked to the old weapons and grabbed a large sword. "There's an Annex Sanctuary. We can have a meeting."
"With whom?" Selene asked.
"Not all Annexes are with the Elders in this matter. We can get some reinforcements. Some if any."
"All right then, we're ready," Selene said.
Andrew extended his hands, "hold on, it'll give you a little head rush but it'll pass."
Michael and Selene grabbed his hands, suddenly, buildings and streets passed by and before they blinked the ride ended
and they came to a stop. Michael looked around and saw ancient halls with hieroglyphics and stone thrones.
Andrew let go of their hands and jumped to a high stairway close to the thrones. "If you can hear me, I need your help!" he shouted.
Selene and Michael looked around the stone halls, suddenly, lights flashed and almost twenty men and women appeared
in the halls staring at Selene and Michael.
Andrew stepped in the center between the two. "I know you've heard about my heresy and I know you've heard about
the Vampyre and Hybrid and that the Warriors have been hunting us. I . . . we need your help."
The twenty-three Annexes kept staring at the three not looking like they were being bought. A voice spoke up from the
left of them. "What about the Elders? What will they do to us if they catch us?" The questions was followed by a series of
murmurs before Andrew spoke up.
"The Elders don't have the power . . . we do!"
"You mean you do, unlike the Vampyres and Lycans who have turned their back on their Hybrid. The Elders have
embraced the monstrosity that you ARE!" a man yelled from the back.
Selene and Michael looked at each other questioningly. 'Hybrid of what breeds?' Selene asked.
Andrew dropped his head. "Listen, all of you. I know you've all been torn between the war for centuries, the war effected
us too! The Elders ignored it, but we all know. This is our chance!"
"By only getting caught in it?" A woman asked.
"By ending it . . . we make our alliances with some Vampyres and Lycans and we can stop it," Andrew suggested. "Our
whole immortal lives are based on protected Lycans and Vampyres, if we are to choose our charges, let's choose the
best ones. Choose now, we don't have a lot of time."
Selene counted nine that left the group of twenty-three leaving twelve. Five women and seven men. "Go get all your
weapons and meet us here. No Warriors with killing intentions are allowed."
"What if they break your spell?" a woman Annex asked.
Andrew tossed her a gun. "Then they deserve to catch us, Natalia, Harrison, and Alex will stay here and help us secure
the Sanctuary. The rest of you bring all the weapons you have."
The nine other nodded and disappeared in bright light. Natalia, Harrison, and Alex disappeared in three different
directions. Michael and Selene decided that no was the time to ask Andrew what the monstrosity part.
Andrew read their minds. "I'm a Hybrid of human and Annex, explaining the powers that were born to me," he explained.
Michael was dumbfounded. "Like me?"
"Sort of, I didn't have to be bit by an Annex or human to get my full powers. Annex blood is not a virus like Vampyre or
Lycan blood. I think the only reason I wasn't hunted for being a Hybrid was because they didn't want to repeat the same
mistakes Viktor did . . . anyway, you two help me with the weapons lay them out on that table over there." He pointed at
a table.
Selene guessed that Andrew didn't want to go into the subject anymore than that she wished she knew more about
Annexes the way she knew Vampyres and Lycans. Selene followed Michael to the table.