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Chapter 1
Surprises
Ash Redfern walked about the dark, lonely halls of the Descouedres mansion in Las Vegas. He hadn't been able to sleep again, so he decided to take a walk to calm his nerves. No matter what he did, though, he couldn't stop thinking about Mary-Lynette lately. No one knew how hard it was for him, not to have his soulmate with him. The others were always happy in each other's presence, and he missed that feeling of companionship and blissfulness.
It would be a while before he could see her again though; though summer had come and gone, everyone had been too busy to care about poor, abandoned Ash and his stupid soulmate. Tomorrow, tomorrow Thierry kept saying, but tomorrow never came. He missed everything about her: her dark hair waving gloriously in the breeze, the way her eyes reflected the light when she cried, and the way his name sounded coming off of her lips.
Stop thinking about her! You'll only bring yourself more pain!
He stopped, and calmed his angry thought, then began walking again. Soon, he found himself on an outside balcony. He looked to the sky. The moon looked beautiful, a thin sliver of silver radiance enlightening the ebony sky. But he wasn't alone. On the balcony one floor below and to his right was another restless sleeper, Hannah, and she didn't see him.
Always enjoying a good fright, he crouched, then leaped to her balcony landing in front of the wide-eyed girl in cat-like grace.
"Did I scare you?" Ash asked.
"No, I like my heart beating a twice its normal pace jerk," she said clutching her chest. After a few moments she resumed her composure and spoke once more,
"Why are you up? We have a big day tomorrow. A long trip it is to Vancouver, and these recruits are very important. The girl is a strong witch who can work wonderful healing spells and the man in a snake 'shifter. A very useful guise."
"Then why aren't you sleeping?" he asked.
"I wish I could go, but it's the Master's orders that I stay and watch the fort; not that I would be much help if we were attacked, but still. I mean, I love the man, but he's too protective, and need some...air," she said and concluded the statement by taking a big lungful of air and exhaling slowly.
"Are you scared about the whole 'apocalypse' thing?" Ash asked testily.
"Honestly," she paused and looked into his gray eyes with her old ones, "I don't know. You?"
"I'm not frightened, for me anyway."
"You're worried about her again."
"It's hard not to be with all that's going on."
"Soon, I promise you with all of my heart that it will be soon."
"I know, good-night, Hannah."
"Good-night, Ash, and get some sleep."
With that he turned and jumped the his balcony and sulkily walked back to his solitary room.
~*~*~*~*~*~
The morning light pierced the dark curtains that lined the young vampire's room, and someone's loud voice was vibrating the walls along with the unwelcome visitor's persistent knocking.
"Ash! You moron, we have to leave in an hour and you were supposed to go hunting with me, come on!"
"Shut up, Quinn! I'm up you son of a-,"
"Hey, watch you language in front of the ladies. I'll meet you in the kitchen in 10. Come on, Rashel. I don't want to be here when he really wakes up."
The couple left, and Ash rose from his warm satin sheets grunting and yawning. He stood up and opened the blinds oblivious to the fact that he was only wearing boxers. When the sun's beams poured in unforgivingly, he regretted his decision and closed the blinds, angrier than he was a few moments ago.
He appeared in the handsomely decorated with a human rock t-shirt on, torn jeans, no shoe, and wild hair five minutes later, and he didn't look too happy.
"Oh my goodness! You're actually up," Quinn said with sarcastic amusement.
"Shut up and let's go, I'm hungry," Ash replied. So he and Quinn left the mansion to the large forest behind it to go feeding. That passed uneventful, and they were soon back in the house ready to leave for the two day long journey.
"Ok troops, you know the drill," Thierry began, "we're in, we're out, without anyone ever knowing we're there. Any questions. No? Ok, good, to the jet then."
The seven passengers of the ten person private jet said their good- byes to their soulmates left behind and climbed aboard: Ash, Quinn, Rashel, Thea, Eric, Delos, Thierry, and of course, the pilot but he didn't count.
Thierry spoke, "Ok, get used to the cramped space; it's a six-hour flight, and we're gonna have a full load on the way home."
"I though we were only picking up the two in Canada," Ash pointed out. There were seven of them, a ten-seater, so that meant there were three empty seats. It didn't make sense.
Everyone was staring at him.
"You mean you don't know?" Thea asked gently.
"Know what?"
AN/ so what do you think, I think that was my first ever cliffhanger. Please review.
Chapter 1
Surprises
Ash Redfern walked about the dark, lonely halls of the Descouedres mansion in Las Vegas. He hadn't been able to sleep again, so he decided to take a walk to calm his nerves. No matter what he did, though, he couldn't stop thinking about Mary-Lynette lately. No one knew how hard it was for him, not to have his soulmate with him. The others were always happy in each other's presence, and he missed that feeling of companionship and blissfulness.
It would be a while before he could see her again though; though summer had come and gone, everyone had been too busy to care about poor, abandoned Ash and his stupid soulmate. Tomorrow, tomorrow Thierry kept saying, but tomorrow never came. He missed everything about her: her dark hair waving gloriously in the breeze, the way her eyes reflected the light when she cried, and the way his name sounded coming off of her lips.
Stop thinking about her! You'll only bring yourself more pain!
He stopped, and calmed his angry thought, then began walking again. Soon, he found himself on an outside balcony. He looked to the sky. The moon looked beautiful, a thin sliver of silver radiance enlightening the ebony sky. But he wasn't alone. On the balcony one floor below and to his right was another restless sleeper, Hannah, and she didn't see him.
Always enjoying a good fright, he crouched, then leaped to her balcony landing in front of the wide-eyed girl in cat-like grace.
"Did I scare you?" Ash asked.
"No, I like my heart beating a twice its normal pace jerk," she said clutching her chest. After a few moments she resumed her composure and spoke once more,
"Why are you up? We have a big day tomorrow. A long trip it is to Vancouver, and these recruits are very important. The girl is a strong witch who can work wonderful healing spells and the man in a snake 'shifter. A very useful guise."
"Then why aren't you sleeping?" he asked.
"I wish I could go, but it's the Master's orders that I stay and watch the fort; not that I would be much help if we were attacked, but still. I mean, I love the man, but he's too protective, and need some...air," she said and concluded the statement by taking a big lungful of air and exhaling slowly.
"Are you scared about the whole 'apocalypse' thing?" Ash asked testily.
"Honestly," she paused and looked into his gray eyes with her old ones, "I don't know. You?"
"I'm not frightened, for me anyway."
"You're worried about her again."
"It's hard not to be with all that's going on."
"Soon, I promise you with all of my heart that it will be soon."
"I know, good-night, Hannah."
"Good-night, Ash, and get some sleep."
With that he turned and jumped the his balcony and sulkily walked back to his solitary room.
~*~*~*~*~*~
The morning light pierced the dark curtains that lined the young vampire's room, and someone's loud voice was vibrating the walls along with the unwelcome visitor's persistent knocking.
"Ash! You moron, we have to leave in an hour and you were supposed to go hunting with me, come on!"
"Shut up, Quinn! I'm up you son of a-,"
"Hey, watch you language in front of the ladies. I'll meet you in the kitchen in 10. Come on, Rashel. I don't want to be here when he really wakes up."
The couple left, and Ash rose from his warm satin sheets grunting and yawning. He stood up and opened the blinds oblivious to the fact that he was only wearing boxers. When the sun's beams poured in unforgivingly, he regretted his decision and closed the blinds, angrier than he was a few moments ago.
He appeared in the handsomely decorated with a human rock t-shirt on, torn jeans, no shoe, and wild hair five minutes later, and he didn't look too happy.
"Oh my goodness! You're actually up," Quinn said with sarcastic amusement.
"Shut up and let's go, I'm hungry," Ash replied. So he and Quinn left the mansion to the large forest behind it to go feeding. That passed uneventful, and they were soon back in the house ready to leave for the two day long journey.
"Ok troops, you know the drill," Thierry began, "we're in, we're out, without anyone ever knowing we're there. Any questions. No? Ok, good, to the jet then."
The seven passengers of the ten person private jet said their good- byes to their soulmates left behind and climbed aboard: Ash, Quinn, Rashel, Thea, Eric, Delos, Thierry, and of course, the pilot but he didn't count.
Thierry spoke, "Ok, get used to the cramped space; it's a six-hour flight, and we're gonna have a full load on the way home."
"I though we were only picking up the two in Canada," Ash pointed out. There were seven of them, a ten-seater, so that meant there were three empty seats. It didn't make sense.
Everyone was staring at him.
"You mean you don't know?" Thea asked gently.
"Know what?"
AN/ so what do you think, I think that was my first ever cliffhanger. Please review.