The vampires sufficiently dusted Matt and Connor walked back to where they had left the motor bike when suddenly Connor stopped.

"What's up?" Matt asked him

Connor simply pressed a finger to his lips signaling Matt to be quiet. A difficult feat from what Connor had gathered so far. His eyes scanned the area coming up with nothing. Though there was something there he could feel it.

"Ever get the feeling you're being watched?"

Matt just sighed, tired and bruised. "Come on Connor now's not the time."

Connor nodded as he started after the young witch.

"Yeah I guess you're right."

Taking one last fleeting glance over his shoulder Connor left with Matt so they could return the bike.

She stood on the uppermost branches of a nearby tree watching. It was these two she had seen? Surely there must be some kind of mistake? They had trouble defeating a couple of Vampires after all. She froze just as they were walking off the tall one had looked her way. She had almost been spotted. Shaking her head to herself she sighed.

"Now's not the time."

Today was a good day for Matt. No Tafe and no working to earn rent. Today was a day of rest. He sat cross legged on the floor in his room. A pentagram of salt lain on the floor with him in the centre. A purple candle lay in front of him in the centre of the circle and lapis lazuli crystal at each point. An aquamarine crystal hung from the chain around his neck. He let his breathing slow regulating it into an ocean like flow. He relaxed completely letting his senses go, surrendering himself to the universe. This was one of his favourite things to do. It almost always relaxed him. This was to be one of the almosts. Images suddenly entered his mind bursting through his perceptions. A pair of sharp violet eyes entered his mind, the violet spreading from the irises to encompass the entire eyes like some kind of mist. The eyes shattered as his eyes burst open a sentence entering his mind and apparently exiting his mouth as Connor burst through the door as he said them. "The time is near."

Connor burst through the door to find matt sitting in the middle of five lapis lazuli crystals each emitting a soft blue glow. The crystal around his neck emitting a much brighter green light. His eyes however were the most unsettling thing. Instead of there usual Hazel they were a light blue that seemed unnatural some how. So when he started the bike last night it hadn't been a trick of the light.

"What the hell is going on?" Connor asked some what more harshly then he intended to the still dazed matt who took a moment to compose himself before answering.

"I'm not sure. Maybe it was a warning."

"First you were a witch now what are you a seer? An oracle?"

Matt sighed to himself before replying "Ok mister first of all you need to calm down. Secondly no I'm not a seer or an oracle. Sometimes when you let yourself go the universe it grants you insights."

Connor through his hands in the air in an exasperated motion. His next word laced with inadvertent disgust "Magick."

Now back to his normal strength and just a little offended Matt drew himself up to his full height, still a few centimeters shorter then Connor and let his anger stare Connor straight in the eyes.

"Try to pour a little more loathing into it Connor. While you're at it why not tell me my ancestors were thugs and whores?"

Connor was taken aback by this sudden hostility. Matt's relaxed somewhat goofy nature gone, replaced by a somewhat angry witch. The more he learned about Matt the more he decided how little he knew, deciding that he deserved to be taken more seriously then Connor had previously been taking him. He was no 'Conjurer of cheap tricks after all.'

"Look.. Matt I didn't mean it like that and you know it."

"Yeah ok.. whatever. I get your distrust of Magick, really I do. You just need to understand it's a part of who I am."

"Ok I'm sorry. Now what did you see?"

"I.. I think it was a girl. Not sure though I only really saw the eyes but they definitely felt female."

"A girl?" Connor smirked.

"I don't know.. we'll just have to be careful tonight. Matt's tone held none of his usual humour.

"Hey I'm always careful."

"Why doesn't that make me feel any better?"

Connor took his reaction as a good sign he wasn't too shaken up or offended if he was joking already.

"Brat"

"Thanks." Matt let out a small laugh before the world started spinning around him and he fought to steady himself. "I think I need to lie down a bit. Need to be a hundred percent for tonight."

Connor merely nodded before helping him over to his bed and leaving him to rest. Tonight looked to be an interesting one. A trend for his time in Sydney so far.