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Title: Sweet waters

Elexya's POV:

Watching the two from behind them, she could see Devi shaking at her side. Knowing the many tricks she'd learned from growing up in Moscow like she had, Elexya grabbed Devi's arm and shoved her into the water. She would have laughed at the expression on her best friend's face if the situation she found herself in wasn't so serious. And so without much thought to how she planned to fight these two she turned back to face them and yelled over her shoulder to Devi, "Swim for the steps, don't worry about me just get there and get what you can."

Her eyes focused in on the first one before her, the taller one. He seemed to have an air about him, something that made Elexya uneasy but she would hold her ground in her own home. As she thought that she noticed the second man, with a fanged grin, which made her stomach turn and flip. Shaking this off she took up her fighting stance, praying Devi could find her weapon stash.

Devi's POV:

After being thrown into the freezing waters she followed what Elexya had told her, wondering what trick the girl had up her sleeve now. It wasn't uncommon for Elexya to have weapons of all sorts, but what did they have that could hurt a vampire really. Her thoughts were cut short for the time being as she grabbed hold of the first step on the underground temple, and pulled herself up. Her clothes hung from her small frame dripping wet and freezing cold. She shook herself out some and rushed in through the open door, knowing full well where things would have been hidden.

And true to herself Elexya had hidden everything in plain sight really, but all the weapons she was finding were in some way, shape, or form old vampuric weapons. Gathering as many as she could, Devi darted back to the door only to be shocked again. What she saw outside made her drop everything and just stare.

Aubrey's POV:

When the girl took up a fighting stance, he could have laughed really. It was amusing that a mortal girl thought she could fight him, and at the same time it gave him a respect for her. But he knew moving towards her no matter what would make her attack, so with a sigh and a shake of his head he looked to his brother. Wondering if there was any stroke of genius, or a brain fart of something useful. He doubted at times this was possible but at the same time hope was something he needed as well.

Jager's POV:

A wonderful mess they were in now, watching his brother for a moment he realized the master planner had nothing. That meant he had to come up with something to keep them all from a war right here. If the Ashen witch got any of the silver weapons in the temple they were screwed royally, and if they hurt either of the two they would be hunted to the ends of the earth but the Ashen clan. That was never a good thing since the Ashen clan was far more powerful than even the Vida clan. Lowering his head some Jager whispered to Aubrey, "Ok I think we'll be safe as long as we don't piss of the witch and the mortal stays alive really." As only a warning to his brother, before he started to plot out the next best things to do above running like hell.

No POV:

The girls had been rather tense waiting to see what was going to happen, all the while the two vampires had watched and planned some way of disarming the situation at hand for them. On the one hand both vampire's were curious as to understanding the girls and how they'd found this temple, as they were about the bar tender. But on the second Jager at least was a little worried about the witch, and what she'd been sent for, maybe they were both huntress' and if that was so then Jager had deduced that he and his brother were in a lot of trouble.

The girls though were waiting, to see what these two were planning to do, Elexya knowing well enough about what would happen if they lost the fight. This place was unknown and so far down, they may end up dead and no one would be the wiser. She shook off the thoughts again and focused back in on her two enemies, who were talking she could tell that much, but about what she couldn't tell. This made her worry, they were planning something, and she didn't like the idea of that, so with a last ditch effort on her side she rushed forward at them, slamming her fist into the taller one's solar plexus. Stopping cold when she realized it did nothing, didn't even knock the wind out of him. And all the while he was looking straight down at her with a smile, not the kind of smile a bad guy gives you, but the kind someone much, much stronger gives you when you attempt to hurt them, a smile of amusement.

It was true that Aubrey was amused by her bold attempt to stop them from making a plan but at the same time he couldn't have her just randomly attacking them, so with a few quick moves he had the small girl in a pin with her arms behind her back. His one arm wrapping her waist to keep her on her feet since he was a good five inches taller than her. She did struggle, but it was useless, even her biting his arm was useless to help her escape.

Watching the way she fought his brother, Jager decided it would be wise to try and calm her, as he noted the witch seemed unable to move from her place at the doorway, so maybe he could talk some sense into one and then that one to the other. That was a far fetched theory but it couldn't hurt to try, so carefully Jager moved in front of the girl who seemed to keep trying to kick his brother, and anything that came close to her. This caused him to laugh without meaning to, as he approached Aubrey's side and smiled some. "Now listen missy, we don't want to hurt you…" Was all he got before she managed to scratch his neck, still in a fury attempting to escape Aubrey's hold. Jager could only shake his head at this, that girl didn't give up at all. "Aubrey…can't you calm her down or something? We won't get anywhere with her like this."

To his name Aubrey looked up and shook his head, "Nope, gotta let this one ware herself out, I can't get in her head at all." This elected a scream and new found strength from the girl his was trying to keep from hurting herself or them at that point. Aubrey growled deep in his throat, with a final resolve to get this girl to knock it off; he slammed her up into one of the walls closest to him, and held her there for a moment. "Look, I don't know who you are but you really need to calm down and listen…" He was trying to sound mean and tough, but it crashed down when she gave a whimper and gasped.

Next to him Jager had found the scene unfolding to be highly amusing, that was until he heard the splash of the water just beyond them. Looking up he saw the witch coming for them, eyes burning with swirls of greys and silvers which had locked onto him. He could see in her hand one of the pure silver swords, that now made him a bit edgy. She had though failed to gain the attention of either her best friend, or the man holding her against the wall. But she too had failed to notice something, other than the second man, and that was that Elexya was now laying back on the floor talking to the first man.

Aubrey had since let her up so she could breath again, looking down at her he still saw the resolve in her eyes, though it was dimming with each moment that she couldn't come up with a new plan to stop them. He could tell she was thinking though and that made him groan and slap his hand to his forehead. "Look girly I don't want to hurt you…in fact I don't know why I was dragged down here. But trust me if we wanted to kill either of you we would have long ago."

He was trying to calm her down, though his gruff words brought little comfort they did cause one thing, and that was to give Elexya a moment before she started to stand up again. But that was when she saw Devi coming towards them, armed and all. Before Elexya could say one word though her whole world flipped upside down. When Devi came to a halt between her best friend and the blood sucking monster. "Stay back you murderer!" She yelled swinging at him, her aim barely above his chest.

Causing Aubrey to leap back with all his grace and shake his head some. "So the Smoke witch plans to fight me?" He said with a laugh, mocking her. That was about the point in which Jager stepped in carefully and pulled his brother back. Looking between Devi and his brother Jager only rolled his eyes skyward and laughed.

"You idiot she's no Smoke witch, she's an Ashen witch. Do you have a death wish?"

A/N: Well I hope this is worth somethin to someone other than me.