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A nearly insane grin pulled at her lips, "Perhaps later. We will definatly be sparing later." She looked past me and tilted her head, "Crow's got something for you."
"Here," Crow handed me the charmed cup as he came up to my side. "Mike bandaged my hand, see," he wiggled the fingers of a gauzed hand, "All better."
I smiled at him and caught a conserned look from Crystal, "Why don't you go have some fun? Relax awhile." He frowned but nodded and rushed off with a few kids. 'What is bothering you Crystal?'
Michael has something you need to see. You had best mind your thoughts, we aren't the only psychic here.
'Ah, you mean no thoughts of killing or maiming?'
Laughter filled my head, male. You and Kage will get along just fine.
Jake, stay out of our conversation.
Sorry Trithe, couldn't help but hear it. Interesting memories you have there. Was that goblet really charmed by Proffesor Flitwick? At Dumbledore's request?
'Yes. Does that Interest you that much? I could introduce you, if you wish. It's just a few worlds away from here.'
I' think I'll take your word for it.
"What does Michael have that I need to see?" Crystal signalled to follow and headed back up the stairs, this time not stoppint until we were on the second floor.
"Welcome to the Gaurdian's floor. The kids don't come up here unless it's an emergency. The room order is Damien's and mine to the left and Kage's and Michael's to the right," she pointed to each door as she walked down the hall. "The end is the private bathroom." I side stepped as a large black panther walked, quite literally, though the door of Damien's room. "D, I said no cat."
Claudia it thirsty. I'm geting her a glass of water. The voice was almost ghostly, the way it echoed ans shimmered in tone.
"Use you energy wisely," there was a moment when Crystal and the cat just looked at one another, the cat nodded and stood up into the form of the long-dark haired man. He turned his brown, almost laughing eyes on me before he turned and walked down the stairs. "Michael's in here," Crystal knocked on the door before pushing it open.
"There you are. I don't have a scope, con you tell me what's going on?" Michael pulled Crystal over to a table that lined one of the walls of the bedroom.
"Mike, I've never tried telescoping on something that small. Doesn't Rach have one?"
"I tried to ask but she's head first into her computers."
"Great," Jake go drag you wife out of the batcave for five minutes, we need some help.
"Already ahead of ya!"
"Goddamnit, put me down this instant! I've been working on that for a month! And you just crashed my damn computers! WHY THE HELL DO I PUT UP WITH YOU?!"
"Cause, no one else would put up with you."
"Damnit! NICA, get him!"
"Don't bring him into this. OUCH," the younger man from earlier came up the stairs, carrying someone over his shoulder. "You're going to make me drop her."
Put Rach down! Nica bite! Jake put Rach down, NOW!
Calm down. little friends, he isn't hurting her. We just need her for a little while. Though I couldn't see who I was talking to, it didn't surprise me when a white rat poked its head out from behind Jake's unoccuppided shoulder.
Stranger talk to Nica? Stranger talk like Nica. What Stranger's name?
Knives. Nica rose up onto his back legs to look and sniff at me.
Knives, smell different. Sound different. Is different.
"Hello! Remember me? The pissed off woman you're lugging around like a sack of potatoes?!"
"Oh, sorry honey," Jake let the woman's feet touch the floor.
"Yeah, yeah. What's so damn important the you pulled me out of our rooms? I was working on something important."
"Ask Trithe, I only caught part of it. And for the record, you don't weigh more than a feather."
"Only to someone that can lift a car over his head. And stop trying to destract me, I'm still pssed at you for crashing my," Jake held up a disk. "Backup? When did you?"
"About four seconds before I drug you out," he kissed her cheek and handed her the disk.
Everyone fell silent, it stretched for several moments, "Uh?" I fell silent again as the look on the woman's face went from annoince to astonished.
"You're shittin' me, right? I've seen some weird shit, but...," she flung her hands at me. "You're telling me she's dead?!"
"But I am," 'Wait, why am I defending myself to these Humans?' "Fine, I'll show you," I snagged her wrist before she could blink. Everyone froze. "Relax," I brought her hand closer to me, "I won't bite," I saw Jake's eyes bleed to black as I brought her hand to my neck, over the place that would be pulsing on any other creature. "Your heart is fluttering," it was pounding in my ears as close as her wrist was and I ran my tounge across my fangs, "And you smell like night," but only her skin did, her blood smelled sweet and so rich it was near sickening.
"Release her," it was Crystal said it. I looked over and saw that her eyes were as black as Jake's.
"I am not without restraint," I smiled , a Human smile, and let my grip go slack as the woman pulled her hand back, rubbing her wrist. "Now, what is is I need to see?" My fingers idoly circled the rim of the chalise I had nearly forgotten I held.
"Yes, "Michael shuffled something around and handed me a bloody bandage, "What's this mean to you?"
The blood was dark, not drying or clotting, but dark. "Crow's?" Looking closer I saw it still spreading across the bandage, as if alive.
"Careful, I was wearing gloves," Michael tried to take the bandage but the blood had already reached my bare skin, and quickly disappeared. "Uh,... but it and...?"
"It's for the best that his blood doesn't touch anyone," I held the clean bandage, "He is converting. I've broken a promise," I handed it back to Michael. "If Crow asks, tell him I lost myself. He'll know what it means," I let my form scatter into millions of peices, searching for an exit, and escape. I heard the chalise clatter to the floor as I slipped beneath the windows.
"Show off," Crystal's voice followed me as I let the wind carry me out into the grassy field.
"Alright Cindy, very funny! Let me down!"
"Nah. Hang around awhile Danny, the day's still young," I followed the giggles and groans until I came across the young man from before, hanging from a tree by his ankle.
"Ha, ha, you've mastered the noose. Now let me down!"
"I had to find my own way down when Kage taught me the trap and now so do you," a young looking girl was smiling, but quickly started shivering as I let my form turn into a cold mist and curled arounf her ankles. "Ddd...Damien? Iiiisss ththat yyyou?"
"Why is it that everyone assumes that I am that young one?" I let her see me, but barly within the shadows of the mist.
"Ghost?" It was the boy, Daniel, the had asked. "Knives," once I converged into my real form. "How did you do that? You aren't Normal? You're like the Guardians?"
"You know," I watched him as he swung back and forward with the wind, "For someone doing a bad impression of a hangman, you ask a lot of questions." I let my body rise until I was equal to him, in distance from the ground at least, "Would you like me to let you down?"
"Please?" He reached up to take my hand, "Could you?"
"So, the vampire has a heart after all," the rope snapped and I suddenly had a dead weight by the wrist. I let go before it could break and Daniel hit the ground hard. "You alright kid?"
"Yeah," he righted himself and rubbed his knees. "Hey Kage! What you doin' out this early?"
"Getting a little practice," the spike haired woman, Kage, tilted her head toward the tree. "While you're up there, can I get that back?" I looked back at the tree, a knife was stuck into it, just below the frade rope. "And you owe me a sparing match," she said once I handed back her weapon.
I smiled,"That isn't a good idea. I haven't fed, if you were injured," she held up a hand and smiled.
"If you can injure me, then lunch is on me," the smile turned into a sneer as she suddenly struck at me.
I let her sink the blade into my chest," I have no wish to harm you, Human. I do not hurt the inoscent."
"I'm no inoscent! Besides, I wish to harm you," I groweled and flung her away as the knife seemed to grow into a sword. "And I have a hew tricks up my sleeve." She held the great sword, pointing it at me, what was once a small knife was now just its handle. "Wanna see?" She rushed me; no defence, no thought, just attack.
"Stupid Human!"
"STOP!" The tree's branches suddenly wrapped aroung me, pulling me to it, trapping me in its curled fingers. Try as I might, I couldn't break free, couldn't shift, couldn't move. I looked up at the voice, royaly pissed.
"Let me free Human!" I looked into a young woman's dead white eyes. "Set. Me. Free." The words were dripping with a mind numbing comand.
All she did was smile and pat the head of a black mix-breed wolf. "My father has that gifts, it doesn't work on the blind."
"Damn stong willed Humans! Haven't you died out yet?!"
"Anne! Let our guest go," Crystal suddenly appeared next to the woman, arms crossed.
"She was," the branches' grip loosened a bit.
"I know, Kage started it. Let them have their fun."
I saw Kage shake her head and start walking away, "I've lost interest, maybe another time. Kill ya later Blades."
"It's Knives!"
Crystal chuckled a few times and shook her head, "You know, I've heard of treeing a coon, even treeing a bear, but I've never heard of treeing a vampire."
I shifted, the grip was loosening," Two things: One, THE TREE ATTACKED ME!!! and Two, I hate that term!" The tree suddenly let me go and I let myself hang there until the branches settled back the way they had been.
Crystal just smiled and shook her head, "And I thought we were the first to use the platform. Come on down, Crow's worried about you."
"If he was that worried, Ka would be here instead of you," I crossed my legs and just stayed off the ground.
"He hides it well. Now, are you coming down or am I coming up there?"
'A Human with a sense of humor.' I let my feet touch the ground.
"To tell the truth, we don't know that we are human."
"Believe me, you are." 'Kindly stay out of my head.'
"Sorry, it's a bad habit I picked up from my brother." If I don't use it, it tends to get out of control. She gave a groan, "Damnit, Normals! How fast are you?" I blinked at her and she smiled, "Try to keep up."