NIGHTSHADE MANOR, JAN. 6th 9:00 P.M.

Dominic was listening to a few music CDs' in his study, he couldn't believe he hadn't heard word from Othello yet, "By now I'd have if there were any complications or problems?"

Suddenly he heard the phone ring, he picked it up, "Ahoy-hoy?"

"Hey Dominic…Felicia finally told me you found me a record deal." Raptor answered on the other end.

"Ah, Raptor…yes, what you heard was quite true…I found you a deal, all you need to do is just wait and I'll see if I can get a meeting with the CEO…sound good?" Dominic asked.

"Yeah, sounds just peachy, well good night to you." Raptor said.

"Good night to you too." Dominic said as he hung up, about several seconds later the phone rang again, he picked it up, "Ahoy-hoy?"

"Mr. Nightshade, Othello…we got a—god damn-it Michael you're a were-wolf he's an over-sized guppy!" Othello shouted over the phone. Michael said something that sounded like "I'm a fox Zeus…not a wolf!"

"My Darkstalker name is Hades, not Zeus you simpleton!" Othello shouted again.

"Othello what's happening there?" Dominic asked.

"Well remember that Merman Morrie was supposed to ask to join us?" Othello asked.

"Aulbath is in Frisco with you?" Dominic asked.

"Yeah, we don't know how…Oh JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR!" Was all Othello said before he got cut out.

"Othello? Othello are you there?" Dominic said over the phone, then he hung up and looked out the window, "What's going on over there?" he asked himself.

SAN FRANCISCO, 5:40 P.M.

Morrie was walking along the street by himself, he looked at San Francisco. "You know this is what I think I did need, a little time away from that asshole Michael."

Morrie then smelt something that made him cringe a bit, "God in Heaven, what smells like low-tide way out here?" Morrie asked, just as a hand struck him from behind. Morrie immediately reformed and looked behind himself to see Aulbath standing behind him.

"Remember me Hydro-whimp?" Aulbath asked sternly.

"Well, here's a face I never thought I'd see again…ready for more?" Morrie asked.

T.G.I.FRIDAY'S, 5:45 P.M.

"I'm just saying Michael you sometimes have got to be a bit more tactful with someone like Morrie." Othello told Michael.

"Yeah, but the guy is the equivalent of the ocean—you know, unpredictable." Michael pointed out.

"I won't disagree with you there, but it's not like the guy constantly wants to go out looking for a fight?" Othello said, just that moment Othello saw something splatter against the window. "Oh please don't let that be?" Othelllo prayed to himself.

About a few seconds later Aulbath and Morrie crashed through the window, sending broken glass everywhere and causing the other customers to go running. Michael and Othello got up and headed towards Morrie.

"Friend of yours?" Michael asked.

"You would wish." Morrie told him.

Aulbath then charged at all three of them, Michael and Othello managed to jump out of the way, Morrie just fell apart to duck under him, then reformed facing him again. "You should know a head-on attack doesn't work on me."

"Can't blame me for trying." Aulbath said, picking himself up.

"Well then, I should tell you I have friends here with me." Morrie warned him.

"Those two?" Aulbath asked him looking at Michael and Othello, "And I should be worried about these two because?"

"Because of this!" Othello voiced, throwing a bit of his energy at the ground in front of him. Michael took off his medallion…showing his true form.

Michael charged Aulbath knocking him over with a strong tackle, Morrie then started to flood the restaurant floor so he'd have a source of water to generate his powers from, he then sent a column of water at Aulbath, but he saw it and ducked just in time to let it hit Michael.

Michael looked at Morrie furiously, "Son of my Mother Morrie, can't you be more careful with those things!"

"Hey, I'd love to see how you'd handle my powers Mikey!" Morrie argued.

Within five minutes the restaurant became a war-zone of flying silverware, water, and fur (remember, Michael's a lycanthrope). Othello quickly got to a phone and decided if he was going to report anything to Dominic, this little snafu was worth the call.

Meanwhile Michael was doing his best to keep Aulbath from getting too close and being able to punch him, suddenly Michael slipped which allowed Aulbath the opening to start pummeling him like mad, Michael eventually managed to flip him off of him.

"God damn-it Michael you're a werewolf he's an over-sized guppy!" Othello shouted at him.

"I'm a fox Zeus…not a wolf!" Michael retorted.

"My Darkstalker name is Hades, not Zeus you simpleton!" Othello shouted back.

Suddenly Aulbath looked at Othello, thinking he might be calling for extra help he went right for him.

"JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR!" Othello cried out as he ducked, but ended up having the phone-line cut. "Not good." Othello said as he looked at the severed phone in his hand.

Aulbath was about to attack Othello when Morrie knocked him out from behind with one of the bar stools.

As all three gathered around him Michael asked, "So what do we do with gills now?"

"Well best decision is where to put him…I suggest somewhere near water, far away from here so he won't bother us for awhile." Othello suggested.

"How about we just dump him in the sewer!" Morrie suggested.

"I was figuring somewhere like a Marina." Othello told him.

"And who's going to make the drop?" Morrie asked.

They both looked at him, "Oh come on, you're not serious." He waited for them to say 'just kidding'…but instead he got about 15 seconds of silence. "Oh, all right…" he then threw Aulbath over his shoulder and said, "You better thank me later, because I'm not doing this out of charity."

About an hour later Morrie finally left Aulbath by the shore of a beach, "You know…I don't care what Othello and Michael think, this is as good as you're going to get and deserve."

He then looked at the ocean and said, "Yeah…and besides, in a few days you won't have to worry about this, heck…when this is all over all that's happened will be the least of your troubles."

Note to my readers: Sorry about the long wait, I know I shouldn't have taken so long…just between family holidays and school work, and trying to keep my mother happy I've dug myself into bit of a hole and now I'm trying to climb my way out of it. But I do promise to try and not take so long the next time.