Here we finally have it, it took me ages but here's chapter five. Written entirely on the sad day that is the eleventh of November. The two great wars have left scars here, where arguably the most gruesome battles were fought. Because he who wins Belgium, wins the war.

So I might sound terribly corny but today I remember all the soldiers that fell in the war that should've ended all wars.

A special thanks to Cara Mascara who recently reminded me I had a good story waiting to be finished. So thank you.

And I hope all of you enjoy!

Chapter Five: The Immortal

"Yes assignment," Gabriel repeated with half a smile. "You're the first one Reid, the first one in so long to show pity. I didn't expect it, not from you, a selfish little boy who has much growing-up to do. But oh how pleasantly you surprised me."

"What do you want from me?" Reid asked warily.

Gabriel let out a barking laugh. "You don't trust me, I wouldn't trust me either after what you've seen. But you want to help her, as much as I do, I know this in my heart."

"Help her? You? You're the reason she's dead."

Gabriel stared at him, his jaw set in apparent anger. "You think I don't know that? I was a coward with no courage but you know as well as I do that we can't betray our brothers."

"You should've done anything to save her."

"You really are a selfish boy aren't you?" Gabriel stated. "We can't put ourselves first, we have to put the covenant first and that's the price we pay for our powers."

Reid stared at him long and hard before finally asking; "What is it you want from me, Gabriel?"

"I want you to go where they burned her and I want you to make her live again."

"What are you saying?" Reid asked frowning. "We can't raise the dead it's impossible."

"No it's not," Gabriel said some sort of maniacal grin plastered on his face. "At first I thought it was though, took me years and years to find a way and it drove me mad but I swear to God there is a way to bring her back."

"I don't believe you."

"You have no idea who you're talking to Reid," Gabriel said darkly. "I dedicated my life to bring her back. Every day, every night I made myself more powerful. I am more powerful than any of my forbearers or anyone who came after me. I found a way Reid, and together we can bring her back," he grabbed Reid's hand and put a delicate necklace with a bronze pendant in the shape of a cross into the palm of his hand. "This was hers, take it to where the burned her, that's all you have to do."

"But-,"

"No buts."

Reid awoke struggling to breath.

"Reid what's wrong?" Tyler questioned panic clearly present in his voice, he was by his friend's side in less than a second.

"Can't breath," he sputtered. "Other than that fine."

Tyler made a face. "Since you're still spouting smartass remarks, I'm assuming you're fine."

"No shit baby boy."

"Did you have another dream?" Tyler asked tentatively.

"You could call it that."

"What do you mean?"

"I finally met the 'cause to all my problems."

"What do you mean?"

"Just call Caleb okay?"

"Why?"

"Just do it."

"Reid."

"Baby boy," Reid said attempting to glare him into calling Caleb.

"I know you tend to think I'm you're slave I'm not budging 'till you tell me what's up."

"I just had a heart to heart with Gabriel Garwin."

"What-?"

"Call Caleb," Reid said dangling the necklace in front of Tyler's face.

"I'm going, I'm going," Tyler muttered fetching his phone.

Finally, Reid thought, they were getting somewhere.

"Why are we still sitting here instead of sitting the car?" Reid asked, his arms crossed in front of his chest visibly annoyed.

"Reid we don't even know where she was burned," Pogue said stifling a yawn.

"On a hill next to a tree."

"Wow that narrows it down," Pogue muttered crankily, he tended to be moody when people woke him up in the middle of the night to go on some wild goose chase.

"If we just drive around I'll recognize it, so let's go, baby boy go-,"

"No," Caleb stated simply.

"What do you mean 'no'?" Reid asked his temper already flaring because of that two letter word.

"I don't trust him."

"Me neither," Tyler said quietly.

"What's not to trust?" Reid questioned through gritted teeth.

"What if it's a trap?" Caleb stated. "Reid, there's no way to raise the dead. I know, I looked after my father died."

"He found one."

Caleb shook his head. "Even if he found a way it still would mean a great sacrifice, everything in this world is balanced and in order to bring someone back from the dead, someone would have to die."

"So basically it's a life for a life?" Tyler said frowning.

Caleb nodded. "What if this Gabriel Garwin wants to sacrifice Reid for her."

"Too much heavy shit, too late at night," Pogue growled before yawning.

"Shut up Pogue!" Reid said. "And Caleb I'm willing to take my chances!"

"But I'm not Reid," Caleb said raising his voice just as Reid had done. "It's dangerous."

"Stop being such a coward!"

Caleb narrowed his eyes. "I use my brains something you should consider doing to!"

"Either you come with me or you stay here, but I'm going," Reid stated grabbing his jacket.

"Don't be childish Reid," Pogue called after him.

"I'm not being childish," Reid spat. "I want to fix something our ancestors fucked up!"

"It wasn't their fault," Caleb said regaining his calm.

"It was, they should've-,"

"They should've what Reid? Revealed themselves? Put themselves and their families in danger of prosecution? As much as I hate to say it, it was damage control Reid and I would've done the same thing."

"No you wouldn't have," Reid said his jaw and his will set. "You have a hero complex Caleb, if you were as much as a goodie-two-shoes as you claim to be, you would've let Sarah die, for the good of the covenant. So don't tell me to let this go."

Caleb stared at him visibly contemplating what Reid had said. He had a point, he knew he did, but he didn't want Reid, his brother, to put himself in danger like he had done that night. They were his little brothers, he couldn't let them get in harms way or at least, not alone.

"Fine," he finally said. "We'll go out and look, but as soon as I feel something's up we leave."

Reid nodded. "Deal."

"I guess I'll get my keys than," Tyler said sighing.

They had been driving around for an hour, Pogue had nodded off half an hour ago, his soft snoring breaking the heavy silence.

"Still nothing?" Caleb asked from the backseat.

"No," Reid said staring out of the passenger window.

"Tyler, stop the car this is useless," Caleb said earning himself an angry look from Reid.

"Don't worry we're not quitting just yet, we just need to rethink our game plan."

Tyler parked the car on the side of the road.

"What-? Why did we stop? We there?" Pogue questioned waking up.

"Just doze on, sleeping beauty," Reid grumbled.

"Glad to see you didn't lose your winning personality going through all of this," Pogue muttered not bothering to open his eyes.

"So what do we do?" Tyler asked.

"I have no idea," Caleb said. "Reid didn't Gabriel give you some way of contacting him or something?"

"If he did didn't you think I would have tried already?"

"No, need to go smartass on me," Caleb said rubbing his temples; everyone was tired, everyone was cranky especially since they still hadn't found anything.

"Why don't you like sleep or something?" Tyler offered.

"What?" Reid asked eyeing him.

"Well-, that's how he always contacted you right? In your dreams, so sleep and ask him where they burned her."

"That sounds ridiculously easy doesn't it? Why didn't we think of that sooner?" Pogue said whiney.

"Because your constant snoring enabled us to think," Reid remarked rolling his eyes.

"I don't snore."

"Of course you don't, Tyler always travels with an angry pig in his trunk."

"You know what-,"

"Guys," Caleb said interrupting their banter. "Let's just focus okay? Reid try and catch some shuteye maybe Tyler's right and Gabriel will contact you that would definitely help us along."

"Whatever," Reid said leaning back in his seat, closing his eyes. It didn't take long for the sleep deprivation to kick in and soon enough he felt like he was falling again.

"Back already?" The familiar voice that belonged to Gabriel Garwin demanded friendly.

"I can't find the spot," Reid said opening his eyes staring straight into those of his ancestor.

"Just trust your instincts," Gabriel said as if he was talking to a small child. "You know where it is."

"I don't know."

"Don't worry, you'll do just fine."

"And when we get there, what am I supposed to do?" Reid asked, memories of what Caleb had said earlier that night came flooding back to him: if you want to bring back someone from the dead, someone else has to die.

"You think bringing her back will kill you," Gabriel said as if he had read his mind, that when Reid noticed something for the first time, Gabriel's eyes weren't blue anymore like they been all those years ago, they were grey as if the colour in them had died long ago. And then he noticed how his chest rise and fell, he was breathing…

"You're not dead, are you Gabriel?" Reid asked as realisation dawned on him.

He just smiled sadly in response. "I gave you too little credit, you're smarter than you look. What tipped you of my surroundings? The colour of my skin? Tell me I'm interested to hear your theories."

"You're breathing."

"Ah, that's something even I can't go without."

"This means, you're immortal right?"

"Good guess."

"Where have you been hiding all these years?"

"Right now, we're under the Garwin crypt in the cemetery but I've dwelled in the woods for a time as well."

"How did you-?"

"I told you I'm the most powerful wizard that ever walked this world."

"But how?"

"You don't want to know Reid," he said with stubborn reassurance. "Believe me you don't want to live forever, I have lived too long too many seasons have passed me by. I have seen the ones I love die as I lived on in a world that's not mine. People aren't meant to live forever."

"If it so terrible than why?"

"I didn't want my child or his child to have to pay the price for my mistakes. I knew it would be a life for a life. And I knew I myself couldn't cast the spell so I had to wait for someone to come along, that someone turned out to be you. That cross I gave you it wasn't Margaret's it's mine, and when you burn it where she was burned it will undo what happened all those years ago. And the real witch will die."

"So you'll die for her."

"I would've given that girl anything, my heart, my soul, my life. She'll never be mine and we will never be together but I can't stand the thought of her having to wander this world for all eternity because she can't find peace."

"I don't want to kill me."

"You wouldn't be killing me, you would be putting me out of my misery."

T.B.C

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Xoxo

The Fishie