Author's note: I do not own Trinity Blood or its characters. This is set five years after the end of the anime.
In Which a Shivaree Is Attempted
Caterina was waiting. She knew the men under her command well enough to know what they had planned. They were going to get a surprise. She was not about to let them ruin Esther and Ion's wedding night. The newlyweds were safely off to a resort far from the influence of the groomsmen, but Caterina was not about to let the boys get away without learning a lesson. And that was why she was camped out in what had been the honeymoon suite with a number of the older bridesmaids.
Both Asthe and Colonel Spencer had been more than willing to help her out with this. Vanessa Walsh and Sister Kate had also volunteered. All that was left now was to wait. It wouldn't be too long for the boys to arrive. A shivaree had been clearly in the works, and none of the ladies were going to let them get away with it. It was one of those stupid traditions they could do without.
The noises below the balcony started, and the ladies prepared their buckets. As the noise increased, Caterina peered over the edge of the balcony. She could make out a group of about seven or eight men. It looked like most of the older men involved. Caterina smirked when she realized that neither Hugue nor Abel was participating. At least some of her people had sense. They were banging pots and pans, and she could see a couple of baby dolls in a few of their hands. Caterina glanced at Asthe as the catcalls and whoops got much louder. In unison the two women rose from their crouches and upended their buckets over the side of the balcony. Right onto the men below. Their buckets were barely empty when Colonel Spencer and Vanessa Walsh dumped their buckets over the side. They contained glitter. With the men already soaked with the water, the glitter would stick to them quite well. Sister Kate emptied the last bucket over them. This one full of a nice sticky solution that would solidify pretty quickly.
The five ladies peered down at their handiwork. Caterina nodded. Not bad. She leaned over the railing.
"They're not here." She called down casually. "We figured that Ion and Esther deserved an uninterrupted wedding night. They're safely away."
There was sputtering below. Caterina kept her face properly calm. It wouldn't do for them to see how much she was enjoying this. After all, she was a serious and sober professional. Asthe stuck her tongue out at them.
"Serves you right. What does this do other than embarrass the happy couple?"
Colonel Spencer nodded. "So we decided you all needed a proper send off. Have a nice evening."
The women headed back inside the hotel, and Caterina finally let her smile show. They hadn't done that badly, and the fact that there had been women from all three powers involved was encouraging. Maybe the diplomatic efforts didn't have as far to go as people thought.