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A vampires forbidden love: the lies that bind us ch.15

Mamoru POV

We raced back to the coven. My speed never felt faster before in my life as I ran through the woods, past the foliage and barely even felt the leaves on the trees hitting me in the face. It felt incredible and to see Usagi running just as fast if not a tad faster than me only made me feel exhilarating. She looked over at me. Her determined face softened a bit at the sight of me as I gazed at her admiringly.

She gave a subtle wink at me before running just a tad faster as I smirked and sped up that much more to. By the time I caught up to her we were back at the estate and out of breath. Running straight back at full speed did take it out of a vampire for a few moments. That and I had never run full speed like that for that long of a duration. I was glad she suggested not to run all the way there in the first place.

"We need to make sure all vampires are cleared from this are before the lycan's get here. We've got only a few moments to spare." She ordered to the two guards we came into contact with once we were back. They nodded wordlessly and went to their coms to pull the vampires back so that instead of them thinking they were going to nail us we could instead trap them. Two more guards came out as I heard the distinct noise of running.

"Their coming." I muttered knowing she could hear me clearly. "Their close to." She turned to the vampire guards, "Be ready." Then gave them military hand signals to hide so that they wouldn't spook the lycan's that came within the vicinity. She then signaled them to 'shot to wound don't shot to kill'. We did need them alive after all. She and I ducked into some nearby brush to conceal ourselves.

That's when we saw them come on site. They maintained being out of distance with the security camera's and stayed far enough back to avoid alerting anyone else something I did give them some credit for. They huffed to one another but otherwise didn't make a sound as they crept slowly closer ducking a bit to not appear as a larger animal but it would do them no good. Usagi waited until they were on the grounds and would be unable to escape with ease before pouncing making her move.

She came up behind the one and kicked it in the back of the knee knocking it down shocking it and alerting his friend only to have his friend get shot in the arm and knee by the guards that had taken the move Usagi made as their cue to move forward. With Usagi having distracted it they were able to shot it with silver ammunition rounds till the friend was forced onto his knees especially since they were shot out from beneath him. "Don't make thm shot the rest of you." I warned him.

The lycan that she knocked to his knees went to backhand her. He was met with resistance from me as I moved forward faster than I could even think on it and grabbed his arm before he could make contact since she grabbed the coarse hair at the back of head and forced him to pull his upper body back. I then broke it at the elbow to use against him till he had no choice but to submit to us. He let out a howl into the evening sky since the sun had gone down and been down for a while now.

The guards did however keep their weapons aimed at them in case they tried to escape. The lycan on the left that I was holding the broken arm of tried to swipe at me with his other only for me to say, "And don't you make me break the other one." I slapped him with his own broken arm as a warning of how down and defeated they already were. These two were clearly lackeys and didn't have much combat training.

"I suggest you turn into your human forms to talk." I suggestively ordered them. I think the only reason why they obeyed was due to them here to deliver a message to begin with. Now both men were on their knees naked as the day they were born in front of us. One with bullets in his legs and the other with a broken arm he was clutching now that he was human. As a lycan he was less able to due to the limited mobility.

It was a little bit weird but I guess for them it was pretty natural since they couldn't be fully clothed when in their lycan form so it was understandable. "What do you want from us?" the one on the right asked, "What we want is to know what made you think you were going to get away with coming on our land in the first place?" I responded, knowing they couldn't know that we had been spying on them first.

Both of them admitted in near sheepish tones, "We didn't think you had patrols out this far." Then Usagi asked, "Is Naoyuki at your 'masters' coven?" she said with disgust. The broken armed one was about to respond when his friend nudged him to shut up. Then the friend looked to me, "It doesn't matter what we say." He looked to Usagi, "You're a dead woman walking. It's only a matter of time before Emon or that elder of his kills you." I pulled out a knife from my boot and brought it to his neck in seconds flat.

The lycan at least had the foresight to gulp at the speed and close proximity to the blade that was currently pressing into his neck. A movement here or there would surely give it a slice and cut him open. That's how sharp the blade was. "Tell you what, I don't cut your throat and let you bleed out dry like stuck pig and you give me a straight answer without throwing your barbs at my mate." He looked back and forth a few times as if weighing his options before giving a sigh of acceptance at my words.

His friend spoke up this time. "He's been…helpful." He looked to his friend who not so subtly kicked him. I guess he was hoping he would possibly lie to us but seeing as their lives were at stake here the friend was unwilling to die so soon. "Helpful how? And don't you try it." I stated as I kicked the other friend from him to avoid his trying to dissuade him from giving us the information we needed.

"He gets us supplies. That's all we know." The friend supplied. "Bullshit. He does more than that, this is Naoyuki we're talking about. He's a former grand elder." Usagi declared as she grabbed at the one guy's head of hair again. He cried out in slight pain, "We know who he is but that is all we know. We're not too high up on the food chain there to be allowed to know more." It did make sure if they were here. "Were not too fond of the guy." She loosened up on his head just a little bit, "Why not if he's feeding you?" she asked.

"The vampires a real cold ass prick." The friend to the right said, "He advises Emon and helps to run the coven in different areas. From what we've overheard he sees him as a son of sorts." I couldn't even begin to think on how hearing this would make our elder feel if he was out here with us. "He treats us like house pets at best. He only ever talks to Emon like he's on common ground." He expressed.

"Sounds about right." Usagi muttered though her tone indicated to them that she understood their personal feelings making them look to her a bit differently, "Where is he getting the supplies in from? Who are Naoyuki's contacts? You'll save us a lot of time if you give us even that." I asked not telling them that we knew about the tunnel just yet. I wanted to see what they did actually know before giving out what we knew.

"Look we may not like the prick but were NOT giving up our meal ticket so fuck - " I slammed my fist into the broken armed ones face with more restraint than usual as I felt my punch impact more than it usually did. The strength of our elder's blood running through me and making me feel a bit energized. I needed to cool down before I gave suspicion to our own vampires here. I mean after all we were working to keep the extra power a secret from everyone, not expose it in seconds flat.

"Come again?" I asked, giving him a second chance in a sense. "And when you talk it better be to tell me what I want to know." I warned him. He spat at me with his bloody mouth from the hit. It landed on the grass at my boots, "I'm not telling you shit. To do that would be throw away our meal ticket and we have a pack to feed." He remarked. "Like with your victims." I stated more than asked as he grinned.

"The best kind of meat. My preference is the strung up hobo's he gets to come in. so strung out they don't know what's going on. Their blood and flesh tastes like the drugs they've been taking." I sneer at him in disgust. I then looked up to Usagi, asking her with my eyes if we should tell them we know about the tunnel. Her eyes affirmed it, "Listen we know about your oh so secret tunnel, tell us where it ends and we'll make this quick." I tell them. That startled them both as they were trying to figure out what to do or say next.

"Come on boys don't make us have to do this the hard way. Although…" I figured to try and put fear into them instead, "I actually kinda hope you don't know that way I get to test the limits of torture on a lycan." I made myself sound maniacal as Usagi added on getting into the game and seeing what angle I was playing at, "Did you boys not know who he is? He's our resident doctor here." Her slight smile added to the effect.

"He's always doing experiments to learn new things. I wonder what he can learn from two fresh lycan specimens." Her words actually caused them to involuntarily gulp. I smiled at her as I said, "You know what I don't think they do know anything else." I faced off with her as she acted as if contemplating it to. It's like we were mirroring the others thoughts the scare tactic being used, "Take them down to the basement." I ordered.

I shot my eyes to the guards to take him in but as a show to see if they would start talking. They took the hint and began to drag both of them inside, wounded as they were before one saying, "We really don't know!" his voice higher in pitch now as the guards stopped for a moment at my command, "He's right." The other began, "We were already at the bottom of the food chain when coming into the pack. This, coming here was a test for us." He admitted as he tried to claw his way free only to get the guard to slam his gun into his face.

"So tell me what's to stop me from experimenting on you?" I asked, trying to still scare more facts from them, "Cause we told you the truth." The other said. Before I could respond though shockingly enough our elder came out front to confront the lycan's himself. He walked as if nothing had happened to him. It made me glad my stitch work held up since he had been wounded not too long ago. Even if he was by this point fully healed. They looked to him in shocked silence.

"You look surprised to see me." he told them. Before they got to tongue tied our elder asked them, "How is my son bringing in his weapons and supplies?" his words caused them to seemingly put two and two together. "You're the elder." The broken armed one said, "Hai." He responded, "Emon's father?" he clarified. "Last I checked yes." His tone was that of near amusement but his eyes indicated to speak now or forever hold your peace. It seemed he was getting his spine back in him now.

What he said next had us all tense, "Your son is helping us rise to power over your sanctimonious repressive ass and soon your coven will lay in ruins." His was either incredibly brave or incredibly stupid to have said that to an elder. I went with stupid considering his earlier statements. Less than two seconds later our elder slammed his fist hard enough into the broken armed ones face that it broke his jaw and snapped his neck before he even knew what hit him, I had never seen our elder become violent before.

Not till now, "You mean my daughters coven you pussing sore." he near asked rhetorically as the broken armed lycan lay dead next to his friend who looked back and forth at them both in shock waiting in part to see if the same fate befell himself. Our elder instead walked away leaving us all stunned, "You know what since you're still new to your lycan forms you're not worth my time." He looked visibly yet mildly relieved.

"Take your dead friend and get the hell out of here. Come back again and you'll be shot on site." The guards prepare to escort him away before I leave him with these parting words. "Oh and tell your 'master' Emon that if he wants a war we'll give him one." He nods as the guards shove him off the property so that he can take his dead friend back with him, "Nice touch on the 'experiment' part." I notate to Usagi. "Good catch on it." she responds as we walk back inside, "Now let's see what he tells them." I remark. She agrees as we go inside.

Emon POV

I had been impatiently waiting for the two lycan's I sent out to come back in. the third one I was going to have go with them I decided to hold back to finish helping with getting the supplies inside through the tunnel we had. It appears the tunnels were becoming or main source of 'income' as one would say. "That wasn't a tactic move to make going after your father instead of the girl." Naoyuki stated as he walked up beside me. I barely looked at him, "He had it coming." I answered.

"Be that as it may we could have taken over things much more easily if you had killed her when you had the chance." His tone lightly scolding. I glanced at him, "I know you want her dead, I do to but let's not forget what my attack does." I looked back at our supplies coming in. The meals on legs as they were guided in. Appearing drugged up from lack of food, water and blood as they had already been nibbled on to make them more pliant.

I smiled as they were hauled in like the cattle they were. Soon enough there would be enough to fill in a warehouse. I was already making plans once we took down that coven to hit the others in succession and show the vampires what a leader really looked like and did. Naoyuki just needed reassurance. "It makes her vulnerable…weak and decadent. She will be at my mercy." I smiled a cruelly evil smile.

"Yet she still lives and breathes and your father - " he began before I stopped him cold, "Is close to death." I shot him a look. "He will not survive his wounds. I hold no doubt that he is probably dead by now. I was proficient in my strikes against him. Methodical even." I stated confidently, "Do not underestimate your father's penchant for survival." He definitely sounded scolding on that one.

The elder had been like a father to me so it was the only reason why I tolerated his counsel on matters. We shared the same views and opinions. "Naoyuki for a second there you sounded like you believe he did survive the wounds I bestowed upon him. That I was not effective in his death." I mocked. He looked to me with warning, "He is your father would you expect anything less of him?" he countered.

"I expect his death for being the weak docile creature that he is." I snipped in a higher than thou manner. "He's a pathetic waste of space." I finished. "You underestimate him instead of anticipate more." he stated as if it were fact rather than a mere possibility. I refused to rise to the bait completely. Naoyuki had a habit of testing the waters with me to make sure I wouldn't give in to easily.

"And you underestimated her in her ability to figure things out and fight verbally back in front of the counsel no less." I retorted back at him. That incident still stunned me as much as I hated to admit it. Hearing her words hearing my father protect that worthless whore…it's why I knew I had to hit him hard and make him suffer. If he suffered she would suffer worse for it and I wanted her to suffer.

Naoyuki simmered in his own anger, "Do not confuse my lack of with yours." He warned. His tone clear of that of a parent telling their child not to talk back even if you were an adult, "Just because I hadn't considered a few things doesn't mean you didn't consider projections yourself." His words caused me to look away as we both looked over to see one of the lycan's coming in with his brethren laying over his shoulder.

"It seems your message was marked 'return to sender'." Naoyuki damn near chuckled at his own slight joke. His hatred for the vermin of the lycan species was undoubtedly hated by them all but because he supplied them with food in the form of humans and not merely animals and supplied them also with weapons he was pulling in from underground resources he had they accepted his belittling treatment of them.

I never complained nor spoke in favor of them as it was by birth right that we treat them as the animals beneath our boots as we did. Their only use was to do our bidding. We just gave them the nourishment they needed to be stronger and fight for us. However like most soldiers in the human world they were expendable. We walked up to the lycan that laid his male counterparts body on the floor of the basement.

"We aimed as you asked to bring in a vampire for your 'message' but were ambushed before we even got close to the estate." That's when I saw the wound on the others face. His jaw hanging loosely from his head as the other spoke, "We ran into the one you call Usagi and her mate Mamoru with a few guards." I looked at him in anger, "I thought I told you to be discrete?" I was definitely perturbed.

I cared not for the obvious at this point dead comrade of his even as several of the other lycan in the basement where we were gathered round to see their dead. I was beyond annoyed that these two lycan were too stupid to avoid detection. I felt surrounded by idiots suddenly. I looked around and saw the other lycan's looked stunned and upset by their fallen comrade. I rolled my eyes at the display.

Two other lycan came within reach but I held my hand up to stop them in their tracks. I wanted answers first before they got treatment, "Emon." One said. I looked at him sharply. He growled out, "Sir." I gave the faintest hint of a smirk as Naoyuki came to stand behind me as he didn't like getting to close to what he considered vermin to him to a degree. "We were being discrete." He began as the other lycan's looked to him.

"They were waiting for us on the out skirts of the property. There shouldn't have been guards out there, not according to your last notations. It's almost as if they knew we were coming." He responded. It almost sounded as if he were trying to insinuate blame onto me for the events that happened. I narrowed my eyes at him as I mulled over his words. "Perhaps things have changed since you were last there." Another lycan nearby ventured.

His excuses both bored me and irritated me as his comrades were seeing this as a measure to try and defy me in the smallest of measures. This should have been a simple in and out excursion yet they managed to mess it up. "Whatever." I said, dismissing the excuse for what it was. "What were you able to find out?" I demanded of him. He too seemed to be getting agitated but didn't let it show much.

"They knew more about us than we did of them." That struck me, "Knew about what?" I asked, curious on how they could know more about us when we were so far and so very well hidden from them. "They knew about the tunnel we have. They demanded to know where it ended but we kept silent." He explained. Though he seemed to have done that more so for his comrades than anything regarding me.

Nevertheless it was good that he kept his mouth shut. "Good." I responded. Every piece of information found out could hold a small bit of information that was useful later on. I cared not for them but what they could do for us in the end. That's when the lycan looked to me in muted anger and said slightly louder to our audience, "Aren't you going to ask how he died?" I looked at his upset face.

"What happened to him is of no consequence to me as you two were aware of the consequences that could befall you but seeing as how you seem to 'want' to tell me by all rights go ahead and tell me 'what happened?'" I stated then asked in a mocking tone. His anger leveled up as what he said next had me stopping dead in my tracks and had me gritting my teeth in anger, "Your father came out."

Part of me could hear a tell-tale hint of mockery from Naoyuki in the back of my head. A weird chime in my ears of 'told you so' were coming in as I pursed my lips, "My what?" I asked hoping I had heard wrong. My eyes ordering him to tell me differently but he defied them. I was sure my attacks against my father had not just wounded him but given him a slow and painful death for her to witness.

After all the point of that was for her to suffer and what better suffrage than the loss of a father figure in her own arms no less? "Your father." His insolence gave him bravery to stand up to me verbally as he was. I couldn't have this. "You know the one you said was wounded and dying from said wounds." I wanted to kill him for his impertinence where he stood, especially in front of the others, but I needed to know more so I resisted…for now.

I refused to be made a fool of in my own coven no less. I would make sure he reaped the rewards later. "He killed him…" he said indicating to his fallen friend, "In a single blow when he mocked the coven's demise in front of him." He stated. "Yes my father is a bit protective of his coven." I sighed as I rolled my eyes. Which was why I needed the army to take him all of them down, "That's not what he meant." He responded. It had me curious as to what that father of mine could have meant.

I looked down at him as he stood up and let the other lycan's take their friends body so he could be properly treated. "Then what?" I asked feigning boredom and irritation though in this case I was honestly irritated and in need of relaxation. I needed to kill something. The lycan in front of me was starting to look awfully tempting to kill and he would be a good example to set forth to the others. Later might just be coming up now if I played my cards in front of everyone right and he was about to be made a prime example of 'don't bite the hand that feeds you'.

"He said it was his daughter's coven. Usagi's, before he walked off and left her to take care of us." That hit a nerve for me. He was referencing her as his daughter to the enemy now. It was also another blow to me. Kill my messenger when they were supposed to be the ones that took something from her and he knocks another blow with stating it's hers, his 'daughter's' coven. Bastard. I couldn't believe it even now he was ruining me.

All these years later he was still doing this to me. He was hitting me harder now with his blows without even touching me. Clever bastard. I looked around and saw the glances the lycan's were throwing my way. Weakness. I clenched my fists in anger at this news. My father was spreading weakness and doubt within my coven just as he did before when I was in control of my own coven. Those members had sided with him to protect him over me.

Such weak little things they were to do so. They could have lived in riches and treasures but instead they chose loyalty to that old fool and chose to defy me. Granted they paid for it with their lives but still they picked him over me. I wasn't some insubordinate I was the son of a grand elder, the successor. The old man just couldn't stand to have me in control so he made sure I would lose it and therefore the support of my army…just like now.

I avoided letting myself look bad for long. "It will be another coven under my control soon enough. Let us not lose sight of that." I growled out to everyone. "And yet your own father li - " my hand grabbed at his throat and hoisted him up in the air. His comrades came in a little bit closer but Naoyuki's presence made them warry in helping, "Sir?!" one asked pensively, "Silence!" I ordered.

Then I looked at the pathetic lycan before. The one who dared to speak against me. "What was that now?" I asked as he gasped for air. I squeezed tighter. My fingers pressing bruising into his throat as I felt the small muscles and bones begin to give way under the pressure. I could even hear the tiny crackle of his larynx begin to give way. It gave me satisfaction to hear it but even more satisfaction to feel it.

I leaned in a little bit closer, "You see the point of sending you out to do this was to send a message to that bitch and her coven that we wound be the ones in charge soon enough and what do I get instead?" he kicked his feet out feebly as he tried to grasp for breath of air. "You stupidly let him get the drop on you…" I felt the last bit of his life begin to leave him as the other lycan's seemed to want to help only to stay as they were.

They seemed to also understand that without myself and Naoyuki they wouldn't have any of what they had now. "Do you know what happens to the messenger when the message gets returned?" He shook his head just a bit as he couldn't move much else, "Ple…pl…" he tried to say. I couldn't help the mocking tone I took on, "What was that I didn't quiet hear you." I nearly smiled but I was still to peeved off to do that.

"Emon…" Naoyuki warned but only loud enough for me to hear it. I didn't listen though. Not this time. I had an image to maintain with these sewer rats. It was time they learned their place beneath my feet. "Oh don't worry…nothing you've said was of much value to me going forward anyways." I snapped the lycan's neck.

I crushed his larynx in slow agonizing seconds and dropped his body like a sack of potatoes as his head lolled to the side, broken in its place. It was now only still attached due to the skin and ligaments connecting it. That felt like a bit of a relief to the tension I was feeling. That was even relaxing to a degree, "Let's just say the term 'why kill the messenger? Because it sends the message' gets used in these moments."

I looked around at the other lycan's. "You all are free to join him or you can do your jobs only BETTER than them." I warned as they slowed but eventually started to work even harder. I began to walk away as Naoyuki came up to my side, "That may have been unwise to do at this time." he warned. I looked over at him, "They must learn their place around here and trying to act higher than their station is something I won't tolerate." I stated.

"While I fully agree with you on that there is a time and a place for it and…" he pulled me off to the side but discretely so that the lycan's wouldn't be suspicious of it, "And the timing certainly isn't when the lycan's outnumber us as they do here." I avoided looking into his gaze but he may have held a small point, "You and I are the ONLY vampires in here. And while our ages make us incredibly strong however, that doesn't make us invincible. Try to remember that." He advised me which I did take in.

Then I remembered something, "That may be but do remember this." I warned gently in a 'don't back out on me now' voice, "The last coven I had when they tried to perform a mutiny on me I wiped them off the fucking map." He stood silent as I spoke, "And if I have to I will wipe ALL of them off the map as well." I indicated to the lycan's at our disposal. "I have no problems with that. With you here it just makes it easier to kill them if they get out of line but I doubt they will. They've seen my power. They won't test me as he did." I tell him.

"While that may be true Emon, things have changed." I looked at him with almost a questioning gaze but refused to accept it and instead gave him a glance of pensive boredom. "And we need to also keep them from leaving here as we need their help to take down your father's coven. I should think your time there would tell you that." He said, refusing to call it hers and giving it more of a backbone that I cared to.

"Don't worry Naoyuki. One would think after all these years your growing less faithful in my abilities as a soon to be leader of our world." I smiled, daring him to challenge me. Yes he had a bit more strength in him than I did but I had the means and real wants to use it. He was more of the politician than the active doer these days. "We need them as bodies to take down the extras." I stated.

"Naoyuki with both you and myself we could do serious damage to that coven. You know this. With them…" I pointed to the lycan's working on the shipment that came in through the tunnel, "We can easily eradicate the coven members that stand up against us. We just need to kill Usagi and now apparently my father. I don't see Mamoru as posing much of a threat. He is after all barely a couple of years old." I said. Confident in my words and in what we were about to do, I just think he needed some reassurance.

"Are you sure about that? Their coven is twice the size if not larger than what your previous one was. Not to mention Usagi now has the support no doubt of the remaining counsel members. I do believe our in on the inside is in hiding herself now. And let's not forget that Usagi has proven herself to be a bit of a contender and your father is proving to be resistant to your attacks on him by living." He countered.

I glared at him, "Are you doubting me?" I demanded of him. My temper rising, "Hardly." He stepped up to me as he addressed myself, "I'm just giving you the advice you would need to make sure every avenue is sought out and covered before we make our move against them." He must have seen how pissed off I was getting. "Well thanks but I think we have this one. That bitch will NOT be the leader of that coven for long. My brother's death will NOT have been in vain." I snapped before stalking off.

I reached the middle of the room where the lycan's were and boomed out with my voice so that I was heard all over, "While I understand my methods may not be seen as understandable to some of you over your fallen brethren." Recalling Naoyuki's words from earlier even if I didn't want to admit to it I still listened in the end. "In the end we do want one thing and that is to be free from the constraints of this world we are confined in." I began.

"We have a common goal and a common enemy." I looked over at Naoyuki as I saw the tinge of a proud smile encompass his face. Why the hell my own father couldn't have been this proud of me was a foolish mystery shrouded in weakness. "This bitch Usagi thinks she can play at my game. Stop us from achieving our goals. Keep us all in the darkness." I knew I had their attention now as a few of them nodded their heads in understanding.

I guess loyalty was necessary…on the level of 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' scenario. I was reaching them on that one, "She wants to keep us from the humans. Suppress us when we should be the rightful species to have this world as our own." I looked over to Naoyuki, the glint in my eyes indicating that I did not mean these pathetic lycan's in the room but only of the strongest of us vampires.

Not that they saw this glint or would know what it meant regarding them. "The humans they fear us as they should. We are the monsters of the night and we will not be kept down any longer. When we take over their coven and make the vampires that survive bow down and accept me as their new leader we will take even more covens. Then we will slowly take over the world." I said to them.

"She will be no more. Drowning in hers and that mate's blood of hers as we take her coven by storm." I growled. "And that father of mine, that weak elder, will die by my hands! I'll carry his head out of that coven…bloody on a platter for the rest of the vampires to see who the true and rightful leader is and it certainly isn't that pathetic father of mine nor that cunning little bitch. I will ensure they will no longer be a source of obstacles for us."

I turned to the closest lycan, "Start preparing the gear. Prepare for an assault on their coven, were leave when the sun shines tomorrow morning on their beloved coven. We'll use the light to our advantage and eradicate them before we take the rest, and you will be rewarded." I tell them as I leave off. Images of killing Usagi and my father making me a little bit hungry for blood. I needed something human to snack on.

Usagi POV

The camera zoomed away from the scene before us as we watched the screen with such silence a pin could have dropped and it would have sounded like a paper weight falling. Mamoru and I raced back inside and waited with Soren, Minako, Rei, Makoto and our elder as we watched the lycan's get back to their coven, or rather watch the broken lycan drag his friends body inside before getting into the basement.

Turns out Soren, once I gave him the camera information he was able to hack into it. Don't know how he pulled that off, but he did. "So…" Rei started, after we watched the footage. Everyone was looking at it pensively from what we just saw and heard. "That was…" Makoto trailed off as we were all right now trying to find the right words to use, Our elder was here after all and seeing and hearing everything we had wasn't something easy to respond to when he was here in the room.

"Interesting development…" Minako supplied as she exhaled and Mamoru topped it off with, "Man has less marbles than most old folks in homes. At least theirs is due to dementia and age this is..." I looked to him as our elder shifted. I nudged him to make him see how insensitive his words might be. "I'm sorry but it's true." He stated as he turned to our elder. I get that it was true but still.

"I really am sorry, but your son has deep psychological problems and has pretty much confirmed how he truly feels about your well-being if the wounds didn't do that already." I put a hand on his arm to stop him but he ignored it, "Usagi we need to acknowledge it." He stated instead as he faced off against our elder. "Emon is bringing his army here to aim at killing us. We need to take the fight to them before they even leave their coven." On that note I agreed, it didn't make the situation any easier on our elder who stood silently.

"Sir?" I questioned, hoping he wasn't upset with Mamoru. In truth his words were accurate they were just words that didn't help the situation. At least not they way he worded them. "He needs to be taken out. For everyone's safety." He acknowledged. The air in the room hung thick as the elder said, "I'm aware of what was said in the footage. I know my son hates me. I know he wants to kill me…" he began.

"I could go on for days on what I could have done differently but in the end it's a 'woulda, coulda, shoulda' situation." He stated, "It doesn't make a difference. Emon is a dangerous man." We agreed, "More than that, he's a very old rogue dangerous vampire that has not only destroyed his previous coven members and burned that very coven to the ground but rebuilt it and now has an even older grand elder on his side to help him out." he looked at all of us in a serious manner to show case he understood Mamoru's words.

"So yes Mamoru your right. And in all honesty, I can't think of anything more dangerous." It took us all a moment to process his words, "He's a vampire and he has a grand elder with him. There's a reason they don't fear the lycan clan that helps them. Two of the oldest and strongest of us. Between them, myself and the other counsel members there are no more vampires other than the ones at the prison that are old enough to take them on individually and win with ease." He looked to Mamoru as I understood as well.

Chikao knew on some level this would happen and wanted to be sure I was strong enough to fight Emon off. With confirmation that Naoyuki was there we needed all the help we could get without raising red flags. There is a reason for everything. I thought to myself. The room was somber, trying to come up with a response to our elder's words on the matter yet no one could…not really anyways.

Minako spoke breaking the silence that was taking over the room, "I'll get started on mission prep." She motioned for Rei and Makoto to follow suit and left out leaving Mamoru, our elder and myself behind with Soren as he was at the computers still. "The sword that was used to stab me." our elder began, "I have noticed it's been recovered." I nodded at the mention of it, "Hai, I plan to use it against Emon." I tell him truthfully.

"That sword was a gift from me to him on getting his own coven." He pulled the sword from his robes. I was shocked he had it on him. It was a bit much to see him holding the very sword that had been just a few days ago embedded in his body…twice. He handed it over to me, "I think it would be very fitting for him to be taken down by the very sword he once held with honor even if he used it for malicious purposes." I nod and accept the sword.

"We will make him be held accountable for all he's done." He smiles knowing I will make this right. "Be safe my child. Once you walk in with that sword all hell will break loose." He warned, "Honestly…I'm counting on it." I tell him as both myself and Mamoru walk out. I could feel the battle approaching us and knew we only had a little bit of time before we would leave out. So when took my hand in his I knew I needed some time with him before we left. The expression he wore was identical to mine.