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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"uspan lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"DUTY CALLS/span/u/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Present daybr /br /New Yorkbr /br /"Really Jace? You're really going to break the rules again? For this…Clary girl?" I raise my eyebrows through the phone. "She's not just some girl, Angel. Clary's different, she's special." He explained and I snorted at that. "Plus, I've been breaking the rules far before she came." He spoke. "Before, you were doing it to annoy Alec and get into trouble. But now, you're doing it to impress this chick." I smirked, knowing that I was /br /"Yeah, whatever. Where are you anyways?" He ask, changing the topic. "Heading back to where all the shit and trouble happened." I answer while using my magic to tie my shoelace. "Why? You know I can't protect you from all the way over here to Mystic Falls." I rolled my eyes at his words. "My sister needs me…the Salvatore brothers needs me. Plus, I never said I needed protection, Jerk-Charms in Leather." I used my nickname from when I first met him. Our first encounter was when I was suddenly attacked by werewolves, /br /em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Flashback/embr /br /I was walking in a dark alley in New York. There was an eerie silence in 'the city that never sleeps' and I found it quite strange. However, stupid me just brushed it off as paranoia of Klaus possibly finding me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"br /Klaus, the name gave me shivers. And not the good kind, in matter of fact, the worst kind. I have never really given him a thought, but I have been thinking of how he had been relentlessly looking for me. But I will never come back to him, ever again. I will not be stuck, daggered, in that God forsaken coffin, rotting away, grey and veiny for a century or even more. Never style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /!- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]-br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /!-[endif]-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Suddenly, I heard a howl and my heart skipped a beat as I cowered in fear. I scoffed at the thought. Me, an Original Vampire, cowering in fear for the howl of a wolf. If that is whatever the howling creature was./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"And then, as quick as lightning, a heavy dog-like creature jumped above me, yellow eyes flashed and I quickly pushed it away to the other side of the alley with my unnatural strength./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"br /"Whoever you are, I reckon you not mess with me. I guarantee you, you have never met anything like me. And if you so much as lay a finger on a strand of hair upon my head, you will be dead with a snap of my fingers!" I threaten the creature menacingly. The werewolf, to be more /br /The howl was heard once more. And as the werewolf lunged at me again, a blonde man with leathery outfit jumped in front of me with a glowing blade and made a cut on the werewolf's face. The wolf growled at first but when it caught sight of the man in front of me, it whimpered and ran away. "Fucking coward!" I yelled to where the wolf previously /br /The man just laughed and showed his face to me. It revealed a handsome man, with brown-green eyes and pink, plump lips. "I think I deserve a little gratitude, don't you think?" He smirk. I roll my eyes at hearing his words. "If you wanted something in return, you shouldn't have saved me. I could've handled myself." I crossed my arms in front of my /br /"Really...a mere human, handling a werewolf...I should've let you be then, I would want to see how that goes out." He smirks. Great...he's a smirker, and he's cocky, and don't forget, he has blonde hair and a built body. A carbon copy of Niklaus...lovely./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"br /"The thing is, I'm not just a mere human." /spanspan lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I smirk as I let my fangs out of my gums and I felt dark veins appear around my eyes. He raised his eyebrows and tilt his head in disbelief and quite impressed, in my opinion./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""You're a vampire." He stated the obvious. "Last I checked, I was." I replied. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""Well, then that was a waste of energy saving you." He said and I shrugged. "I don't know about that. Because although I could take care of myself, you still saved me a little scratch. Which means I owe you. You can use that to your advantage." I told him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""Well then I'm hoping to see more of you, Miss..." He trailed off, not knowing my name. "Angelika. Angelika..." I doubted for a second, hesitating if I should tell him my real last name. "Angelika what?" He raised his eyebrows. "Angelika...Varennikov. Angel for short." I decided to give him my maiden name. Technically that em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"was/em my name. Before I married into the Mikaelson family. Plus, I couldn't afford him making a fuss about it. The Mikaelson name is a prestigious one amongst the Supernatural community, the name was practically royalty, and I am included./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""What's yours?" I ask. "Jonathan Cristopher Wayland-Lightwood. You can call me Jace though." He said and I shrugged. "Your name is rather mouthful, don't you think?" I raise my eyebrows at him and it was his turn to shrug. "But I think I'm gonna stick to something more…em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"original/em. Something more…em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"me/em. Yup that's it, I just found the perfect name for you!" I bounced up and down cheerfully while practically glowing. "Really?" He asked with a sincere smile, almost laughing at my childishness. "Umm-hmm." I mumbled in a sing-song tone while nodding immediately. "And what's that?" He ask, curious. "Jerk-Charms in Leather!" I revealed and his eyebrows contoured into one of confusion./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""Jerk-Charms in Leather?" He tasted the word in his mouth. I nodded again and this time he laughed, me laughing alongside him. After we stopped laughing, I panted and sucked in a breath, although I don't relatively need it, it made me feel more human and less the monster I am./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""You're a funny one, Angel." He confessed while still keeping that smile on his face. "Oh…thank you." I thanked him sincerely while smiling bright at him. He peered down at me in confusion. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""What for?" He ask. "For making me laugh. It's been quite a long time since I've actually had a good laugh like one before." I admitted. "Well then it was my absolute honour and pleasure, Madam." He mock saluted and bowed in a fake posh, British accent and I couldn't help but laugh again. He sure knew how to make someone laugh./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""Well, come on then." He held out his arm for me to take and I furrowed my eyebrows. "Why?" I ask, confused. He looked at me ridiculously. "Well, to get you acquainted with the city of course. I want to show you everything good about it." He smiled, arm not wavering, simply waiting for me to take it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I hesitated at first but linked his arm with mine nonetheless, both of us walking into the cold street of New York. "Just so you know…there's no backing out of this." He said and I peered up at him, once again confused. "Backing out of what?" I ask, curious. "Well backing out of our friendship, of course." He stated as if it was so obvious. And once again, he surprised me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Flashback over/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"He kept surprising me afterwards. And he eventually introduced me to his best friends and siblings; Alec and Izzy, whom are now my best friends. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Izzy was really easy to warm up to. She just has this really friendly-fun vibe emitting out of her. But even I knew not to mess with her. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Now Alec…he's a completely different case. He was a hard shell to knock down. He has a very cold demeanour – and he still does – except when it's around me, Izzy and Jace. But in the end, he succumbed to my wits and charms and agreed to befriend me. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Wait, who am I kidding? Of course that wasn't the case. I annoyed the hell out of him and I still do, he just gets less bothered by it. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"And eventually, along the way, I told them my true surname and indeed, they made a fuss about it, just like I expected./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Especially the vamp boy, Raphael, or as I prefer, Raphy. He became an ally of mine at first, and as time went on, he earned my trust and became a confidant and close friend. And a good one at that. But I also had something to gain out of this, just like he does. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"He was the second-in-command to the vampire clan in Brooklyn. And they were led by Camille, a bitchy vampire who only has her own back. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"She was like the unlikeable, stupider version of Katerina. And since Camille was stubborn as a dog, em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"ironic/em, Raphael promised me that he would convince Camille to give her allegiance to me, not wanting to cause trouble. And in return, I will give him protection when needed. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"And I plan to rise him as the leader of the Brooklyn's vampire clan. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Camille is far too unpredictable and disrespectful. I can't have that. But all in good time, of course./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Now, to other matters such as my friendship with Alec, easy…I melted him with my doe eyes. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"'em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Oh God! Even a fool could tell it was a lie.'/em /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I snort mentally to myself. Okay, to be honest…our friendship started from a bet. We made a deal. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Whoever drinks 1 tank of beer in the fastest time, doesn't get drunk and makes it out alive, wins. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I know it wasn't a fair fight because I am a vampire – which means I have a very, very, very high tolerance towards bear – but I was willing to do anything for him to crack up towards me. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I was determined to make him my best friend./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"If he wins, I promised to stop annoying the hell out of him and I swore I would stay away from him. And if I win, he promised he would spend the whole day with me. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"It was obvious I won and he eventually did spend the day out with me after getting over his hangover. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"His perspective of me changed completely after that one day. We shared secrets, amongst other things. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"But at first, he was a complete rock and wouldn't talk or even do anything. I persuaded him to try some stuff and he finally agreed and…kaboom! We became friends. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"It was like something clicked and we instantly bonded and became close. After that, we would often hang out with each other and could be found sitting sharing stuff with each other./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"And it actually took me even longer to tell my life story and to tell people that I was an Original Vampire. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"One amongst six. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Unlike Klaus, Rebekah and Elijah, the title wasn't something I bragged about or I commonly spoke of. And I don't just tell strangers that, unlike them. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"But Izzy, Jace and Alec aren't strangers to me. They're my family, or at least I consider them as one. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I also told them of our weaknesses and how we can be immobilized by a silver stake dipped in White Oak Ash. Of course, I know this courtesy to Niklaus. And I knew from experience. So of course it wasn't subtle./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"And miraculously, they understood the reason I held the information back and weren't even angry. Right now, we're keeping Clary in the dark./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I don't really trust her and she's done nothing but look at me judgementally and be bitchy towards me. Plus, Alec doesn't like her so…yeah. That sort of sums it up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""Hello…Earth to Angel?" Jace snapped me out of my daze. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Apparently, I was too focused on my thoughts that I didn't realize him talking to me and calling out my name. "Yeah…uh Jace, I'm gonna call you later okay? Duty calls." I spoke curtly and hung up, leaving Jace on the other side hanging./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""Well, Mystic Falls…looks like I'm in for another round of trouble."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"uspan lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"DUTY CALLS/span/u/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Present daybr /br /New Yorkbr /br /"Really Jace? You're really going to break the rules again? For this…Clary girl?" I raise my eyebrows through the phone. "She's not just some girl, Angel. Clary's different, she's special." He explained and I snorted at that. "Plus, I've been breaking the rules far before she came." He spoke. "Before, you were doing it to annoy Alec and get into trouble. But now, you're doing it to impress this chick." I smirked, knowing that I was /br /"Yeah, whatever. Where are you anyways?" He ask, changing the topic. "Heading back to where all the shit and trouble happened." I answer while using my magic to tie my shoelace. "Why? You know I can't protect you from all the way over here to Mystic Falls." I rolled my eyes at his words. "My sister needs me…the Salvatore brothers needs me. Plus, I never said I needed protection, Jerk-Charms in Leather." I used my nickname from when I first met him. Our first encounter was when I was suddenly attacked by werewolves, /br /em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Flashback/embr /br /I was walking in a dark alley in New York. There was an eerie silence in 'the city that never sleeps' and I found it quite strange. However, stupid me just brushed it off as paranoia of Klaus possibly finding me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"br /Klaus, the name gave me shivers. And not the good kind, in matter of fact, the worst kind. I have never really given him a thought, but I have been thinking of how he had been relentlessly looking for me. But I will never come back to him, ever again. I will not be stuck, daggered, in that God forsaken coffin, rotting away, grey and veiny for a century or even more. Never style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /!- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]-br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /!-[endif]-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Suddenly, I heard a howl and my heart skipped a beat as I cowered in fear. I scoffed at the thought. Me, an Original Vampire, cowering in fear for the howl of a wolf. If that is whatever the howling creature was./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"And then, as quick as lightning, a heavy dog-like creature jumped above me, yellow eyes flashed and I quickly pushed it away to the other side of the alley with my unnatural strength./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"br /"Whoever you are, I reckon you not mess with me. I guarantee you, you have never met anything like me. And if you so much as lay a finger on a strand of hair upon my head, you will be dead with a snap of my fingers!" I threaten the creature menacingly. The werewolf, to be more /br /The howl was heard once more. And as the werewolf lunged at me again, a blonde man with leathery outfit jumped in front of me with a glowing blade and made a cut on the werewolf's face. The wolf growled at first but when it caught sight of the man in front of me, it whimpered and ran away. "Fucking coward!" I yelled to where the wolf previously /br /The man just laughed and showed his face to me. It revealed a handsome man, with brown-green eyes and pink, plump lips. "I think I deserve a little gratitude, don't you think?" He smirk. I roll my eyes at hearing his words. "If you wanted something in return, you shouldn't have saved me. I could've handled myself." I crossed my arms in front of my /br /"Really...a mere human, handling a werewolf...I should've let you be then, I would want to see how that goes out." He smirks. Great...he's a smirker, and he's cocky, and don't forget, he has blonde hair and a built body. A carbon copy of Niklaus...lovely./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"br /"The thing is, I'm not just a mere human." /spanspan lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I smirk as I let my fangs out of my gums and I felt dark veins appear around my eyes. He raised his eyebrows and tilt his head in disbelief and quite impressed, in my opinion./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""You're a vampire." He stated the obvious. "Last I checked, I was." I replied. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""Well, then that was a waste of energy saving you." He said and I shrugged. "I don't know about that. Because although I could take care of myself, you still saved me a little scratch. Which means I owe you. You can use that to your advantage." I told him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""Well then I'm hoping to see more of you, Miss..." He trailed off, not knowing my name. "Angelika. Angelika..." I doubted for a second, hesitating if I should tell him my real last name. "Angelika what?" He raised his eyebrows. "Angelika...Varennikov. Angel for short." I decided to give him my maiden name. Technically that em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"was/em my name. Before I married into the Mikaelson family. Plus, I couldn't afford him making a fuss about it. The Mikaelson name is a prestigious one amongst the Supernatural community, the name was practically royalty, and I am included./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""What's yours?" I ask. "Jonathan Cristopher Wayland-Lightwood. You can call me Jace though." He said and I shrugged. "Your name is rather mouthful, don't you think?" I raise my eyebrows at him and it was his turn to shrug. "But I think I'm gonna stick to something more…em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"original/em. Something more…em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"me/em. Yup that's it, I just found the perfect name for you!" I bounced up and down cheerfully while practically glowing. "Really?" He asked with a sincere smile, almost laughing at my childishness. "Umm-hmm." I mumbled in a sing-song tone while nodding immediately. "And what's that?" He ask, curious. "Jerk-Charms in Leather!" I revealed and his eyebrows contoured into one of confusion./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""Jerk-Charms in Leather?" He tasted the word in his mouth. I nodded again and this time he laughed, me laughing alongside him. After we stopped laughing, I panted and sucked in a breath, although I don't relatively need it, it made me feel more human and less the monster I am./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""You're a funny one, Angel." He confessed while still keeping that smile on his face. "Oh…thank you." I thanked him sincerely while smiling bright at him. He peered down at me in confusion. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""What for?" He ask. "For making me laugh. It's been quite a long time since I've actually had a good laugh like one before." I admitted. "Well then it was my absolute honour and pleasure, Madam." He mock saluted and bowed in a fake posh, British accent and I couldn't help but laugh again. He sure knew how to make someone laugh./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""Well, come on then." He held out his arm for me to take and I furrowed my eyebrows. "Why?" I ask, confused. He looked at me ridiculously. "Well, to get you acquainted with the city of course. I want to show you everything good about it." He smiled, arm not wavering, simply waiting for me to take it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I hesitated at first but linked his arm with mine nonetheless, both of us walking into the cold street of New York. "Just so you know…there's no backing out of this." He said and I peered up at him, once again confused. "Backing out of what?" I ask, curious. "Well backing out of our friendship, of course." He stated as if it was so obvious. And once again, he surprised me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Flashback over/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"He kept surprising me afterwards. And he eventually introduced me to his best friends and siblings; Alec and Izzy, whom are now my best friends. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Izzy was really easy to warm up to. She just has this really friendly-fun vibe emitting out of her. But even I knew not to mess with her. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Now Alec…he's a completely different case. He was a hard shell to knock down. He has a very cold demeanour – and he still does – except when it's around me, Izzy and Jace. But in the end, he succumbed to my wits and charms and agreed to befriend me. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Wait, who am I kidding? Of course that wasn't the case. I annoyed the hell out of him and I still do, he just gets less bothered by it. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"And eventually, along the way, I told them my true surname and indeed, they made a fuss about it, just like I expected./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Especially the vamp boy, Raphael, or as I prefer, Raphy. He became an ally of mine at first, and as time went on, he earned my trust and became a confidant and close friend. And a good one at that. But I also had something to gain out of this, just like he does. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"He was the second-in-command to the vampire clan in Brooklyn. And they were led by Camille, a bitchy vampire who only has her own back. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"She was like the unlikeable, stupider version of Katerina. And since Camille was stubborn as a dog, em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"ironic/em, Raphael promised me that he would convince Camille to give her allegiance to me, not wanting to cause trouble. And in return, I will give him protection when needed. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"And I plan to rise him as the leader of the Brooklyn's vampire clan. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Camille is far too unpredictable and disrespectful. I can't have that. But all in good time, of course./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Now, to other matters such as my friendship with Alec, easy…I melted him with my doe eyes. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"'em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Oh God! Even a fool could tell it was a lie.'/em /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I snort mentally to myself. Okay, to be honest…our friendship started from a bet. We made a deal. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Whoever drinks 1 tank of beer in the fastest time, doesn't get drunk and makes it out alive, wins. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I know it wasn't a fair fight because I am a vampire – which means I have a very, very, very high tolerance towards bear – but I was willing to do anything for him to crack up towards me. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I was determined to make him my best friend./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"If he wins, I promised to stop annoying the hell out of him and I swore I would stay away from him. And if I win, he promised he would spend the whole day with me. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"It was obvious I won and he eventually did spend the day out with me after getting over his hangover. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"His perspective of me changed completely after that one day. We shared secrets, amongst other things. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"But at first, he was a complete rock and wouldn't talk or even do anything. I persuaded him to try some stuff and he finally agreed and…kaboom! We became friends. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"It was like something clicked and we instantly bonded and became close. After that, we would often hang out with each other and could be found sitting sharing stuff with each other./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"And it actually took me even longer to tell my life story and to tell people that I was an Original Vampire. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"One amongst six. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Unlike Klaus, Rebekah and Elijah, the title wasn't something I bragged about or I commonly spoke of. And I don't just tell strangers that, unlike them. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"But Izzy, Jace and Alec aren't strangers to me. They're my family, or at least I consider them as one. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I also told them of our weaknesses and how we can be immobilized by a silver stake dipped in White Oak Ash. Of course, I know this courtesy to Niklaus. And I knew from experience. So of course it wasn't subtle./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"And miraculously, they understood the reason I held the information back and weren't even angry. Right now, we're keeping Clary in the dark./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"I don't really trust her and she's done nothing but look at me judgementally and be bitchy towards me. Plus, Alec doesn't like her so…yeah. That sort of sums it up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""Hello…Earth to Angel?" Jace snapped me out of my daze. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"Apparently, I was too focused on my thoughts that I didn't realize him talking to me and calling out my name. "Yeah…uh Jace, I'm gonna call you later okay? Duty calls." I spoke curtly and hung up, leaving Jace on the other side hanging./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-ID" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Ebrima; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri Light'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-ID; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;""Well, Mystic Falls…looks like I'm in for another round of trouble."/span/p