Eddward follows closely behind the ginger, keeping right next to his back and making sure that there was nothing coming from behind them. Kevin goes in and sees Nazz over Edd, healing a wound in his shoulder while Danny was digging some bullets out of Marie's back with a sick look on his face.

Eddward places a hand on the small pups shoulder "Daniel, mon petit, let me take over."

"I got the first two out, just those two are left" Daniel explained before washing his hands.

Eddward nods and picks them out gently. "What happened?"

"As soon as we got in the house, all we heard was gun shots. Kev ran off after them since I was down and we needed Nazz here" Marie explained. Kevin, in his human form, picked Daniel up and looked him over.

"Are you okay?"

"Uh-huh I just got some small cuts from the broken window."

Just then, Kev came back in "Well, I just chased myself and 'Marie' down to one of Alistar's compounds. I am not looking forward to taking that building on again."

Eddward groans "Dear Lord, things are getting complicated and stressful."

"Yeah but how did they find the house?" Kevin asked.

Eddward groans and looks over at Kevin "Maybe you…?"

"Me?! What about me?!" Kevin growled and he clutched Daniel closer to him.

"We did not check you for a tracker, my love" Eddward says gently.

Edd, having completed his healing, reached over to his bag and grabbed the tracker detector. "I have the detector, it would only take but a moment" Kevin growled lowly.

"Mon amour" Eddward says sternly. "It is not your fault but do not make this difficult, let him check you."

"Fine... it's probably in my back since that's where a lot of the damage was" Kevin grumbled, setting Daniel down so he could heal Marie.

Eddward walks over and runs his hands through his lover's hair as he gets checked over. "Yes, it is at the base of his skull" Edd concluded. Kevin practically purred when Eddward ran his hands through his hair and leaned into his touch. "...and it's one he can't live without... Figures!" he sighed.

Eddward sighs "Can we do what we did with Daniel's?" he asks continuing to run his hand through his lover's hair.

"I should be able to reprogram it without any issues" Edd said with an air of certainty.

Eddward sighs "My love, is it alright if we reprogram it?" he asks gently.

"I don't really have a choice. I don't want to put everyone in danger and I know you won't let me leave so let's just do it" Kevin leaned his head on Eddward's shoulder, sighing. Just then Lucas and Victoria came in and they were filled in on the situation. "Well, I will be the one to heal Kevin during the surgery. Nazz and Daniel are too tired" Victoria proclaimed.

Eddward sighs silently "Yes, very well. Let's get on with it then, I just have to clean up a bit."

"Where do you want me?" Kevin asked, trying not to laugh at the double meaning because he is really an immature teenager in a grown man's body.

Eddward snickers with him as he sterilizes the area as best he can. "Here you overgrown child" he says pointing to the solid wood dining table.

Kevin gives him a quick kiss before hopping up onto the table. "Make out with me while you put me to sleep."

Eddward smirks and leans forward, pushing their lips together as his eyes turn red. He stares into the ginger's eyes and snaps his fingers. Kevin goes limp and Eddward was just coming off Kevin's lips as Victoria walked in.

"That is an interesting way to put someone to sleep" she chuckles jokingly.

"Yes, well as per the patient's request" Eddward laughs with her as he lays the ginger face down and calls in the small Raven. Edd walks in with some tools, ready to go. Victoria gets ready to heal and suspend the bleeding to help Eddward cut the tracker out. Together they all get to work finishing on record time. "There! He just needs to be closed up!" Edd said happily.

Victoria pulled the rest of her strength and healed Kevin completely. They flipped Kevin over and she stroked his bangs lovingly. Eddward snaps his fingers and the ginger sits up wide awake.

"Why is it just me that gets a huge headache after that?" Kevin whimpered out cradling his head.

Eddward shrugs "I don't know but we should go see if the others have the branding set up yet."

Kevin groaned and hopped off the table, a little dizzy. He flops onto a chair and leans against Eddward slightly.

Eddward braces him "Are you alright, my love?"

"Head... We got the brand ready?" Eddward looks up to see the small Raven nod

"Yes, everything is ready."

"I wanna go first so I can go lie down... where we doing this? An arm?"

Eddward nods "Right arms I do not wish to cover any part of our bond markings" he says blushing for seemingly no reason.

Kevin smirked at his blushing mate "Of course, I would never suggest that" leaning over and kissing Eddward quickly. Holding out his right arm, he held it out to the smaller raven. "Alright, hit me."

Edd swallows thickly and places it on his forearm holding it there for a moment before taking it off of the ginger. He then turns to Eddward, who shakes his head no. "Do the wolves first. Ours will take the longest and we will have to do it several times."

In the back of the group, Daniel paled and perked up. Watching his brother stand up and walk away and his father walk up to get his brand, Daniel starts to slink away to the back of the house. If he could get outside and get under the house, no one would be able to reach him.

Eddward appears out of nowhere and yanks him up gently by the scruff of his neck. "Where are you going, mon petit?"

"Hi Eddward! Put me down, please?" Daniel tried to be cute with his big pleading green eyes and ears that were still just a bit too big for his head.

"Of course mon petit" Eddward says pleasantly. "Right after you get branded."

"B-but... why do I have to?! You'll know it's me or not!" Daniel starts squirming and frantically trying to claw his way out. "I'll stay in the house! I'll never leave!"

"Daniel look at me" Eddward says sternly. Daniel turned his tear filled eyes towards Eddward and starts to try to beg for leniency again. Eddward locks eyes with him as they turn red and he snaps, causing the pup to go limp in his arms.

"What a big fuss for such a little pup..." Lucas looked at his youngest with a chuckle as Eddward settles the small wolf against his chest. Edd approached with the branding iron and pressed it tightly against the small front leg. The small wolf doesn't move and soon it's over Eddward smiles and snaps his fingers again.

Daniel blinks his eyes open and flinches against the pain in his arm. "Eddward! Why'd you do that!? It hurts!"

"Because it needed to be done. I will get you some candy to make up for it though" Eddward says gently.

At the mention of candy, like any child, Daniel perks up and grins. "Kay, can I go lie down with Kevin?"

Eddward nods "Yes you may. But be quiet, alright?" he asks. Daniel trots away and when he reaches the bedroom, he is already in his human form. He crawls up onto the bed as quiet as possible and snuggles up next to his brother, careful not to aggravate his new brand which he secretly liked because it matched Kevin and Eddward's. He was asleep within seconds.

Eddward over sees the rest of the wolves before they went to bed. He takes out some ropes and begins to tie some knots in the length.

"And the ropes are for...? I would like you to remember that Daniel is sleeping in your room tonight and Kevin doesn't feel good, you pig " Marie quipped, purely to get a rise out of Eddward.

Eddward quirks a brow "Right then, you first" he says tackling Marie and tying her down tightly. Shoving a rag in her mouth, he explains "We need them because I can tolerate the pain over and over and over but I am suspecting you three cannot. So in order for us to do this properly without you running away, we need rope and a gag" Eddward grinning evilly.

Marie growls and struggles but quickly dies down and all the she has left is heavy breathing once she sees the brand.

Eddward sighs "Let's get on with it then."

Edd come over to the struggling Vampire and presses the hot metal to the pale flesh on her right arm as a muffled scream is released. This goes on for a couple rounds before at last Marie heals and she is left with a scar. "If I let you go are you going to attempt to hit me?"

Marie growled lowly before shaking her head, glaring at Eddward. Still not believing her, Eddward quirks a brow and unties her. As soon as she was free, Marie punched Eddward in the shoulder. "Ouch, you asshole!"

He snickers "Yes, Marie, ouch indeed."

"I'm doing your brand and I'm going to take immense pleasure from it..." she promises darkly snatching the brand out of Edd's hand and approaches Eddward menacingly.

"Oh yes Marie, threaten me with a good time" Eddward snickers.

"You have problems... you would benefit from therapy, I believe" held it to Eddward's forearm. She repeated Eddward's actions on him, doing this exactly how he did it. Eventually, she got the brand to hold and she handed the tool back to Edd.

Eddward chuckles "See? What you were on about I'll never have any idea" he says before walking over to the small ginger. "Your turn Anderson."

"I'm leaving, you ass!" Marie punches him again and leaves to go to her room to curl up with Nazz. Kev sits in the chair as Edd proceeds to tie him down as tight as he can. As the small Raven ties the ginger up and Eddward checks the ropes, making sure they are secure before holding out his hand for the brand.

Edd pales but hands the branding iron over with a remorseful look to his lover. "Bet you've been waiting for this..." Kev snipped to Eddward.

Eddward scoffs leaning down to get face to face with the small ginger. "The only reason I do this is to spare your lover of having to injure you. Make no mistake, I do not enjoy bringing you bodily harm, I am not so cynical or maniacal as your father brainwashed you to believe" he says before locking eyes and snapping his fingers to knock the small fledgling out.

Edd sighed in relief before grabbing Kev's arm, extending it out. "Thank you for your help, Eddward." Eddward stay silent for a moment while branding the ginger, just nods when he was done.

Once The red head is done, Edd asks if Eddward can do his brand. "Kevin is too jittery and nervous. He hates hurting me... please?"

"I had already planned on it" Eddward confirms.

Edd sat next to his passed out boyfriend and held his arm out for the homemade branding iron. "Be as quick as possible please. I promise not to attack you, and even if I did, I doubt you'd feel it" he laughed.

"More than likely I would not. Your turn and don't worry, he is out until I snap" he says as he locks eyes with the Raven. "Sleep" he commands before catching his limp body he finishes the Raven quickly then snaps his fingers to awaken him. Edd looks at the brand with a grimace, feeling the tightness of his skin and the dull pain. Kev slowly opens his eyes and glares at Eddward before sighing.

"When can we leave?" he asks.

"Kev..." Edd tries.

"When you learn to be a proper vampire" Eddward snips as he loosens a few knots "You are welcome, by the way, for knocking you out. I didn't have to do that" he says before turning to leave the room.

Kevin was lightly dozing when he felt Eddward approach the bedroom, a bit agitated. He couldn't move too much, considering Danny was curled into his chest and was in a deep sleep. Kevin pulled him into himself more to make sure Eddward could slide in behind Danny, bracketing him between them and Eddward slides in without a word but a little irritated that the fledglings aren't learning fast enough. Part of it being because the small red headed fledgling is too focused on his hostility towards Eddward and something needed to be done about it.

Kevin reached out with their link. 'Fledglings irritating you?' he asked through their bond, not wanting to wake his brother.

Eddward looks at his lover. 'Yes. Anderson keeps asking to leave and I cannot allow that until they become proper vampires. He is too focused on his animosity towards me and he isn't learning anything.'

'So let him go, it's not your responsibility anymore, especially if he refuses to learn anything. I hate seeing you stressed out about things other than me' Kevin snickered.

Eddward sighs 'It is my responsibility. I changed him... and without learning, they will be caught and killed easily. I think I need to have a talk with him' he thinks guiltily.

'Just be nice... can't help the situation if both of you are pissy' Kevin snuggles into the pillow and covers again, welcoming sleep to pull him under. Eddward draws both of the gingers close to him before falling asleep.

When Kevin opens his eyes, he is curled into his mate's chest, minus a small redhead. Hearing a noise outside and glancing out, he sees his Father with Daniel playing and training so he relaxes back in bed. Eddward brings the ginger closer to him subconsciously, mumbling in his sleep.

Kevin leaned up and kissed under Eddward's chin, trailing a line down his neck. Sitting up on his elbow, he gently strokes Eddward's cheek, taking in his flushed expression and warmer temperature. "Hey, you ok? You're never this warm, even before we were mated."

Eddward groans and wakes up. "What?" he asks.

"You're warm... and flushed"

"Am I?" Eddward asks. "That is rather odd, vampires do not get sick and I feel fine" he says thoughtfully.

"You're very warm... but I like it..." Kevin was about to lie back down before he heard tiny paws running through the living room. A loud 'oomph' was heard and Kevin was tackled to the ground and they wrestled a bit. "Why? Why can't we ever sleep in?" Kevin asked rhetorically.

Eddward laughs "The full moon is soon and we can sneak away, alright?" he asks gently.

"Ohhh, go to our cave again and recreate our after mating activities?" Kevin grinned with a nip to Eddward's neck, ending with a soft kiss.

Eddward smiles at the naughty thought flooding through their bond from both of them "That sound like a wonderful plan in the meantime though. I must take Anderson aside and speak with him."

"Why must you ruin the moment by mentioning your ex? Really?!" Kevin whined.

"I'm sorry, my love" Eddward says petting his hair.

"If you weren't so good in bed, I would be mad" the red head chuckles. "Why don't you take him out and talk to him... then we can get on with our night?"

Eddward's look hardens and he pushes the ginger off of him getting dressed. Kevin looks over with a confused look. "Alright, what's that about?"

"All I am to you is an over grown sex toy apparently" Eddward snaps slamming open the door and walking out. "Anderson, with me" he says passing by the living room and leaving the house.

Kev looked to Edd worriedly before following Eddward at a distance. Back at the house, Kevin was sitting on the bed, cross legged and confused. Leaning back against the headboard, he reaches out to his surly mate. 'Eddward...'

'What?' Eddward snaps making sure the fledgling is following him.

'What's your issue?!'

'I literally just fucking said what it was before I left. Now excuse me, I have other shit to do' Eddward says as he stops in a clearing.

'Yes, dear. While you're out, if you can stop by the attitude store and get you a new fucking attitude, that's be great.' Kevin cut himself off but still kept a single connection to his mate. He didn't know what his problem was but he would be damned if he was going to just lie there and take it.

Eddward growls "Anderson, what is your malfunction?"

"With?"

"Me" Eddward says leveling a glare at him.

"I could say the same towards you!"

"I do not have a problem with you, child. It is you that has pent up aggression towards me!"

"Could've fooled me... you are always so mean and short to me. Why?!" Kev crosses his arms and stands his ground.

"I am no more mean and short with you than I am with everyone else but if I am, it might have something to do with you killing Marie and attempting to kill my mate, his brother, and me."

"It was either you and yours or me and mine... I'm sorry but I gotta protect what's mine! Just like you do!"

Eddward scoffs and pinches the bridge of his nose. "Yes, well that gives me a little room to be a bit snippy and sarcastic with you, does it not?" he asks looking back up at the ginger.

"No! You're already an asshole to me more than anyone else, why can't you treat me like you treat Edd?!"

"Because he did not try to kill the people I love and does not treat me like a monster."

"I had no choice! I didn't want to kill you or anyone but I also don't wanna BE killed!"

"You and Edd are my responsibility until such a time you are trained. Which means that you are protected but you will never get to leave as you so want to if you do not put aside whatever it is you have against me. You are not just being pissy because I am a little snippy with you so out with it."

"Nevermind... Don't worry about it. Let's just get to it."

"No, you will tell me so we can get this out of the way" Eddward says firmly.

The smaller vampire sighs heavily and crosses his arms across his chest. "You never acted like you do with Kevin with me. You always hid and never expressed yourself. I understand the difference between me and him and I'm okay with that... just... I don't know, whatever. Just drop it, okay?!"

"Do you understand the difference, Pumpkin?" Eddward asks.

"Between us then and you two now? Not really..."

"He is my soul mate. We completed the full moon ritual. He can read my mind, my emotions, my everything. I love him more than I ever thought possible and I need you to understand that. While once upon a time, I did love you, fate had other plans for us and now we love other people. You should be focusing on your lover, as I do mine, instead of focusing on the animosity that you have towards me because I treat Kevin differently than I did you now. If you wish to hit me to get that satisfaction and to get it out of your system, you may but after that I want you to set the past aside and focus on Edd and training. Am I understood?" Eddward asks.

Kevin sighs and drops his annoyed stance and his arms. "Yeah, I understand" Kev seems to shake off the agitation and locks eyes with Eddward, seemingly relaxed a bit.

Eddward puts his hands behind his back to wait for the hit. "Well, go on then."

Kev gave an uppercut to Eddward's jaw, fairly surprised to see the older vampires head snap back. Eddward looks back down and cracks his neck back into place. "Very well, now that we have that out of the way, let's go train."

Kev gave a small smile, happy to have some kind of closure, an explanation. Now he can concentrate on where he needs to be.

Meanwhile, Kevin was still pissed but exited the bedroom to find Danny and Edd playing with an insect. "Big brother! Look! It's a centipede!"

"That's... good? Ew..." Kevin pales.

Daniel gets a mischievous look on his face and picks it up holding it out to Kevin. "Lookit!" he says walking forward.

"I will skin you alive and leave you out for the scavengers to eat, if you touch me with that!"

"Ok…" Danny says before throwing it at him. "I didn't touch you with it, I threw it at you!" he cackles. Kevin moves to evade the bug before turning on his brother and chasing him through the living room and kitchen. Daniel is still cackling as he runs out the door and straight into Eddward who lets out a loud grunt as he falls back.

"Oh, sorry Eddward!" Danny apologized before hiding behind him, glaring at Kevin. Kevin stopped in front of him and looked down at his mate, noticing a large bruise on his chin. Glaring threateningly at Kev before reaching over to grab him by his thirst and slam him against the house. "What did you do?!" he snapped.

Eddward gets up and shoves his way between them. "Kevin I am fine, knock it off" he says gently to his mate as Kev slips away.

"You're okay?! There's a huge bruise on your chin!"

"It does not hurt. You of all people know my pain tolerance, yes, I am fine" Eddward says kissing the ginger's cheek.

Kevin leaned down and kissed along Eddward's jaw, being very careful around the black and blue mark. "What happened?" he asked between kisses.

Eddward smiles softly "I let him have a free hit to clear the air, it didn't even hurt."

Kevin nipped at his neck before releasing Eddward's hips. "Fine but if he touches you again, I'll kill him."

"Understandable... I am sorry about earlier. I do not know what keeps coming over me" Eddward says shamefully.

"It's okay... you know you do mean more to me than just a sex toy, though, right?"

"Yes, I know that" Eddward sighs hugging the ginger. "I love you and I am sorry."

Kevin leans into the embrace, looking out to see Danny looking out in the forest with a serious expression. "What's wrong?"

"I wanna go back in the house..." he whined, backing up and tugging on Kevin's pants. Kevin turned around to face the dark forest, stretching his senses as far as he could. He felt a presence in the forest that was out to hurt his family and he wasn't having any of it. He felt an overwhelming need to protect his mate, he didn't even want Eddward to be outside at this point. "Go back inside with Danny" Kevin said calmly, not taking his eyes off the darkness of the forest.

Eddward bristles. "Send out Nazz and Marie" he instructs as Daniel hightails it back to the house. "I am staying Kevin" he says before his mate could even say anything.

Daniel appeared in the doorway "They're not here, Eddward!"

"Fuck… Stay inside send out your parents" Eddward instructs.

"They're not here either, they went hunting a while ago" Daniel muttered. Kev came back out with Edd standing in the doorway with Daniel. "It's just us five here right now" Kev said plainly, taking a gun out of its holster and pushing the safety off. Edd lead Daniel back inside and waited for further instructions.

Eddward growls in frustration "Mon amour, what should we do?"

As Kevin opened his mouth to respond, he watched a figure rise up behind Eddward. A shot rang out and a cry was heard as Kev lowered his gun. "What the fuck was that?!" he cried. Suddenly, a female vampire launched herself at Kevin, tackling him to the ground and wrestling him.

Eddward growls and tackles the figure to the ground only to realize its Marie. He sighs as he pins her down. "Kevin, the hand cu-"

Marie's black eyes catches sight of the bruise on Eddward's jaw. She gets pulls her hand free with unnatural strength uses the ball of her palm to hit him on his injury before squirming free. Before Kevin could give chase, Kev shot at her and caught her in the shoulder. Her body jars back with the force of the shot before looking at them with a feral grin and cocking her head to side. In a flash, she was off into the woods with a speed that she had never possessed before.