DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter or Twilight or their charcters. They rightfully belong to their respective authors, J.K. Rowling and Stephanie Meyer and their publishers. I do own the original characters (Like Thomas Matthews for example) and the plot though, admittedly, the idea of time travel involving the HP gang is hardly original.

I do not own the song used in this chapter but I do hope you enjoy it's inclusion.

JUNE 26th 2012

11:22 AM

Thomas Matthews and his family walked the streets of New York. He was holding his daughter, Minerva, who was looking at everything with wide eyed fascination.

"Like what you see my little angel?" He asked her and she nodded her head quickly, her strawberry blonde waves bouncing with each nod.

"Oh yes," She said excitedly. "Everything is so…so…busy!"

"I know." Thomas nodded as he navigated through the crowd of people with his wife, Tanya, his two boys', Tristan and Erik, and their imprints, Aphrodite and Angela, right beside him. His pack brother Embry was holding his daughter, Sasha's, hand while his fiancé was holding their son, David, in her arms, were close behind them. Poseidon, his daughters imprint, was also with them.

Thomas' best friends and one set of godparents to his oldest children, Jasper Hale and his mate Alice Cullen, were close by as well as the other set of godparents, Garrett Denali and his mate Kate Denali. Eleazar Denali and his mate Carmen Denali, Benjamin Denali and his mate Tia Denali, were amongst the last of the group along with the rattlesnake shifters and magic users, Casey, Marko, his brother Oz with his imprint, Maysun, Amanda, one of Casey's sisters, and her imprint, a vampire named Fred.

They were a crowd in their own right but they didn't really care. Nor did they care about some of the looks they were getting. They weren't looks of disgust or anything negative but rather longing looks or of barely restrained lust. The adults knew that they would always get those stares because of their beauty but that didn't mean that they liked it. Jasper was having a very difficult time dealing with all the stares his mate was getting.

It also didn't help that with his empathic abilities he could feel the lust coming off of several people. He knew that some of those feelings were directed towards him but he didn't care. He was more focused on the feelings that were directed towards Alice. His inner warrior, the Major as his brother liked to call it, was itching to fight those who would dare to lust after his Alice.

There were many things that were keeping him in check however. One was that he didn't want to disappoint Alice. He knew that she would say that she wasn't, and she would genuinely feel that way, but he couldn't help feeling that he let her down when he felt the urge to bite a human.

Another reason keeping him in check was the children. He didn't want to frighten them especially his god children. He would never forgive himself if lost control around any of them.

When they first arrived in New York, Jasper felt a little overwhelmed at the amount of people that were near them but his mate and his best friend had reassured him that nothing would happen. He knew that while they could see the future, the future could change at the drop of a hat. But he reminded himself that they would never let him do anything that he would regret.

Alice, sensing her mate's mood, squeezed his hand in reassurance and offered him a bright smile. He gave her a small almost non existent one in return.

"Why didn't we just Portkey into the building like last time?" Embry Call whined to his cousin and pack brother. "It would have been so much easier."

"I already told you Levitas," Thomas replied, exasperation dripping in every word. "We couldn't do it because not everyone in this group is allowed to enter the wards to the upper floors of the plaza. While there aren't that many wards in the lobby, they do have a massive amount security and it would not be a pleasant experience for either party," More so for the security guards he added silently to himself before he continued, "Not to mention that they have guest who are just starting to settle in here. It would be rude and disruptive to just pop in."

"It still would have been better than having to put up with these bast-"Embry began angrily only to be cut off by his mate.

"Embry!" Irina Denali hissed at him "Not in front of the kids!"

"We already know quiet a few curse words mama," Sasha told her quietly. Though her voice was quiet so no one else could hear her, Irina heard her perfectly. "Sure we heard a good chunk from the packs," Sasha continued with Tristan, Erik, Minerva, and David nodding slightly, agreeing with what she said. "We also heard some good ones from daddy and uncle T.J." Embry looked down at his daughter with an expression that suggested that she just committed a deep betrayal. Thomas rolled his eyes at Embry for his theatrics but smiled at his niece as he knew that she meant no offense and was just making a point. Their mates were giving them dirty looks but turned back to Sasha as she started to speak again.

"But we heard the worst and most from you, Auntie Tanya, and Auntie Kate." She said. Tanya, Irina, Kate quirked indignant eyebrows at her. "It's true!" Sasha insisted.

"She's got a point you know," Thomas told his mate and her sisters. Tanya raised both her eyebrows at him in question. Irina gave him a narrowed eye gaze while Kate scowled at him, some what good naturedly. The others glanced at him, waiting for him to try and justify what he said. "You are just as bad as I am when you curse babe." He told Tanya. "Especially when you get very angry. You too Irina." He added to his sister in law. "And good lord Kate when you're on a roll you could make sailors around the world blush with that mouth of yours." Kate smirked at him when he said that.

"I've had lots of practice." She grinned at him.

"I think that was an understatement if I ever heard one," Thomas murmured with a matching grin of his own before he pressed on. "I know it's not good for Embry and I to swear in front the kids," Embry made a small noise of protest but Thomas ignored him. "However, just because you three say swear words in separate languages does not make you're exempt from any criticism." He told them gently. "Especially since the kids are learning to speak them."

Tanya sighed loudly but nodded her head in understanding. Irina made a face but nodded grudgingly. Kate just shrugged at him. She wasn't going to change anytime soon but she would try to hold back if it was really bothering them.

Embry gave his pack brother a grin before sighing tiredly.

"That's all well and good, but I still think it would have been better than being gawked at by all these morons." He muttered disdainfully as he glared at a man who leered at his mate. The man didn't hear Embry growl but he did see the look on Embry's face. The man averted his gaze and walked away quickly.

"I agree with daddy," David Call said softly, the corners of his little mouth curled into a light sneer at the sight of people staring at his family. "They should mind their own business." He growled low in his throat when he saw more men making eyes at his mother. To the outside world they saw a baby making a slightly funny face and moving his mouth but if they really looked closely, they would see a very angry wolf shifter vampire hybrid.

"It's ok David." Irina bounced her son in her arms to calm him down. "I only have eyes for your father and there is nothing they can do about it."

"They can avert their eyes." David grumbled before cuddling into his mother. Irina and a few people chuckled at his protectiveness.

"Good call on the weather you two," Garrett told Alice and Thomas as he peered at the cloudy sky. "When is it going to rain?"

"In an hour or so," Alice and Thomas announced in unison.

"It's a good thing I wore this coat," Thomas murmured. "Other wise it might have looked suspect."

Thomas was wearing a long black coat that went to his knees with black pants, a black shirt and black converse high tops. His coat was based on the clothes that the Romanian had. Ancient looking designs were stitched into the fabric along with a design of the Dacian Draco, the symbol of the Dacian Empire.

Thomas had this coat tailored for him after he inherited the Canis-Draconis fortune, titles, lands, properties etc. along with whatever else his friends left him last year. He wanted refuse but there was no legal way out of it and he didn't want to disrespect the memory of his friends. He had barely touched the money he had gotten from them and what he did touch had gone to several charities or was used for the up keep for all the properties that he owned.

"You look like someone out of the Matrix," Embry commented. "I've been waiting for agent Smith to arrive and for Morpheus to offer us red and blue pills." He grinned at Thomas who rolled his eyes at him. Thomas opened his mouth to retort but snapped it shut when his eyes glazed over, and he began to see a vision.

"Guide me," Tristan murmured to his imprint as he grasped her hand. She frowned at him but nodded and helped him walk as he used his gift to enter his fathers mind to see what he was watching.

"Tanya, guide Thomas." Alice said to the strawberry blonde leader of the Alaskan coven. Tanya frowned slightly but grasped her mate's elbow and helped him walk while he watched a vision play before his eyes.

He saw a group of people on the roof of a run down building that had the Lyon's Den Plaza in its sights. There were 15 people on the roof. There were eight vampires, and seven humans, two of which were wearing hooded cloaks. Their cloaks were ash like in color with a charcoal crescent moon that had an arrow in the center of it over their hearts. They were wearing black gloves that covered half of their forearms. They were wearing grey pants and black combat boots.

One of them appeared to be watching something though it was hard to tell because his face was covered. He had a tomahawk strapped to his belt on his left hip and a sword strapped to his back. He was taller that the other but not by much.

The other cloaked individual had quiver filled with grey and black arrows and was placing three diamond shaped gems into a three foot scepter that had a blade that was carved into a bird's beak. One part of the blade was sixteen inches long and curved down at the tip. The other part was roughly fourteen inches long and curved upwards at the tip.

The scepter itself was bronze in color. The part that met the blade was curved slightly. The end of it resembled the butt of a rifle and it had very ancient designs through out the entire thing.

After he placed the last gem into its slot, the cloaked individual held it to his companion before grabbing his bow that was on the ledge of the building.

"Its all yours my brother." He said to the other cloaked figure. His voice was soft and he had an Italian accent.

"Let us savor this moment brother dearest," His brother replied. His voice was just as soft but there was a slight edge to his words as he continued, "It has been over 20 years since the fall of our house and now we have a chance to ruin those who destroyed our father." He turned back to look at the Plaza. "We will start with their children, and work our way up."

He grasped the scepter from his brother and aimed it towards the Plaza. He waited a few moments before taking a deep breath.

He tightened his grip and growled low in his throat. The scepter began to glow bright gold before a golden ball of energy shot towards the Plaza. The cloaked figure shot more blasts of energy from the scepter. One followed right behind the first blast that went towards the Plaza but the others were headed towards the surrounding buildings.

Thomas watched in horror as the first energy ball slammed into the Plaza and destroyed the protective wards surrounding it. The backlash from the blast shattered the windows from the building and knocked people on the side walk to the ground. All the cars in the street stopped working and anything that was electronic shorted out.

The next energy ball slammed into the Plaza and ripped right through it. The blast shredded through the center of the Plaza and went out the other side. The other energy balls ripped through the buildings they were aimed at like rocks through paper.

Debris and rubble fell into the streets and smashed cars or people who were watching the scene. People were already frantic when the first shot hit its target but now they were panicking and screaming their heads off.

Thomas and his family were right in front of the Plaza when this happened. In the vision, Thomas had used his secondary gift to shield as many people as he could from the falling debris.

Thomas could hear loud cracking sounds or pops so he knew that some of the magicals in the building had escaped after the initial attack.

The Plaza started to groan before it started to collapse on itself. People started running away as a massive dust cloud started to form. The cloud encased those who weren't fast enough to escape its approach. A few of the other buildings started to collapse as well.

The group on the roof of the building made celebratory noises except for the two cloaked figures.

"Bloody hell!" A vampire with a green Mohawk exclaimed. "You weren't kidding when you said that thing had power. Where did you get it any way?"

"Family secret." The figure with the bow said tersely as he saw his brother tense up. "How do you feel about our offer now, mister Vicious?" The figure said to one of the other humans who pulled out a cell phone. He was wearing a black jacket and blue jeans.

"I believe," The man said as he began to hit the number keys on his phone. "That I will take you up on your offer, Mr. De Luca. I also believe that a few of my friends may be interested as well." He added holding his phone up before placing it against his ear.

"Very well." The cloaked figure nodded before turning to his brother. "To the fall of house Nero." He said as he conjured a goblet filled with red wine and held it out to his brother.

"To the fall of house Nero." His brother replied before tapping his goblet to the outstretched one. They took along drink of their wine before they disappeared with a loud crack.

The vision ended there and Thomas took many calming breaths as he blinked to adjust to coming out of it. He noticed that they were close to the Plaza.

"You need to go home," He told his mate who frowned at him. "And take the kids with you."

"Excuse me?" Tanya demanded.

"You heard me." Thomas almost snapped at her but he was speaking as calm as he could though he was freaking out on the inside. "You need to go home, now."

"Dog, calm the hell down and explain." Kate hissed at him. Thomas glared at her, his eyes changing from green to whitish blue. He took another deep breath to calm down as his eldest son began to speak.

"Daddy we can't just leave!" Tristan cried, looking very pale. Erik grasped his brother's hand so he could see what he saw. After he was finished he looked pale as well. "What about uncle Bertram or uncle Arthur or uncle Wilfred? We can't leave them!"

"We? What we?" Thomas demanded before shaking his head. "Look there's no time for this. I'll warn Bertram about what's happening but I don't want any of you here." He turned to Embry. "There's a threat on Arthur's family," He said to him in the language of their fathers. "We have," He paused for a moment as he scanned the future to look for the group that would be on the roof top. They had just entered the building and were moving at a normal pace. The cloaked figures had adopted rigid postures as one of the vampires had flashed over to a squatter and began to feed. One of them commented that the elevator was broken so they had to use the stairs. "Eight to 10 minutes tops, maybe more."

Embry, with an uncharacteristically serious look on his face, nodded to his pack brother and fellow Alpha. He turned to his mate and told her the same things as he picked up his daughter and handed her to her imprint.

"I am trusting you with her Poseidon." Embry told the vampire hybrid. "Do not let me down." The hybrid nodded firmly to him as he held a protesting Sasha back.

"We'll need a few of you to stay behind with us to help out," Thomas said to the group. "The rest of you will have to go back."

The group as a whole began to protest, especially Tanya, Irina, and their kids. Thomas asked the magicals in their group to hide them from the view of the other people.

"I am not leaving you!" Tanya hissed as Thomas lead them to an alley way. "You're crazy if you think other wise!" She continued.

"Baby, I do not have time to argue with you," Thomas began. "Lives are at stake right now and I don't want you or the kids to be here if we fail." He gently pried his daughter off of him and held her out to Kate who glared at him before taking her hysterical niece.

"No Auntie Kate, put me down!" Minerva wailed and tried to wiggle out of her aunt's hold. Kate held her firmly but with a bit of reluctance.

Thomas gave Alice and Jasper a look. They nodded and placed their hands on Tristan and Eric's shoulders respectively. Both boys began to struggle. Angela and Aphrodite glared at them.

"Get your hands off of him." Aphrodite growled at Jasper who merely raised an eyebrow.

"Or what, you'll hurt me?" He asked.

"Just go." Thomas snapped at them before an argument could ensue. "Oz take-"

SMACK!

All activity stopped as the group looked at the scene before them. For the first time ever, Tanya had hit Thomas. The group was stunned as she had never some much as threatened Thomas with bodily harm before. Not serious threats at least.

Thomas, for his part, didn't look surprised but resigned though his head was still to the side and he had not moved since.

"Don't you dare take my decision away from me," Tanya said in a cold whisper. Her eyes were black and her face was murderous. "I am not some cub that you could order around; you are damn fool if you think other wise. I am coming with you, do you hear me Thomas Matthews!" She roared at him. To his credit, Thomas didn't flinch at her tone though the others did. "I said, do you hear me?!" She demanded with a hiss.

"I do hear you," He responded in a flat voice. Tanya twitched slightly, not from anger but sadness. She hated it when Thomas would act all dejected but right now she was too angry to care. "But did you hear me?" He asked her, his voice beginning to rise as he slowly turned to look her in the eyes. "People will die if we fail and we are wasting time!" He growled and his eyes flashed.

"I'm not leaving you." Tanya said stubbornly. The others watched them, their heads moving back and forth, like they were watching a tennis match.

Thomas growled, "Fine!" He snapped before turning to the group. "Go home and don't come back until we call you. Anyone staying will follow me!" He barked before walking over to his children. He knelt down so he was level with his boys. "I love you." He told them but they merely scowled at him as he kissed the top of their heads. They wanted to help, not go home! Thomas turned to his daughter who had tears rolling down her cheeks.

"No daddy." Minerva whimpered as he approached her and kissed her forehead. "Don't go."

"Don't cry my angel," Thomas said soothingly as he wiped away her tears. "Don't cry."

"We can split up." Garrett announced suddenly. Tristan had just shown the others what could happen except for his sister and his cousin David. He was hoping one of them could help him tell his dad that it would be easier to split up instead of sending most of the group away. "One group can go to the Plaza and the other-"

"No!" Thomas growled, cutting him off and turning to glare at him. "Only a few of us have been there and-"

"Just trust me on this!" Garrett hissed. "One group can distract those who are going to attack while the others help Bertram and his family evacuate the building. It will work."

Thomas let out a roar of frustration. They were wasting time! He thought. The kids jumped at the sound and backed away from him. He noticed this and he calmed down a little before glaring at Garrett again.

"If they get hurt Garrett, I will throw you into a furnace." Thomas hissed at him, ignoring Kate's growl of indignation. Garrett nodded his head. "Some of you take the kids to the Plaza the rest with me!" Thomas barked again as he began to leave.

Embry followed after kissing his children goodbye. Irina handed her son off to Garrett even though he clung to her like his life depended on it. He wailed loudly, begging his parents not to go but Garrett held him back. Amanda, Casey, Fred, and Marko followed them with Benjamin and Tia. They flashed out of the alley way and towards the unnamed building.

Garrett, Kate, Eleazar, Carmen, Poseidon, Jasper and Alice along with the kids, Angela, Aphrodite, Oz and Maysun, headed for the Plaza.

Thanks to the charm they all had on them, they ran through the streets with no one noticing.

As they were the first to arrive to their destination, Garrett's group headed inside of the Plaza. The notice me not they had on them was dropped the second they entered the building. Bertram was already in the lobby with Maddie, waiting for them. He grinned when they first entered but his grin fell when he saw the group's panicked expression's. He frowned when he noticed that people were missing.

"Uncle Bertram!" Tristan and Erik cried as they rushed forward. They, unlike David and their sister Minerva, had met him already and really hit it off with him.

"Kids?" Bertram frowned even more as he knelt to the floor. The other people in the lobby watched the scene with mild interest. Tristan spoke up when Bertram's eyes landed on him.

"I need to show you something." He said urgently. Bertram nodded his head slowly before he felt Tristan enter his mind.

The group had watched his face anxiously. Bertram's reactions varied from disbelief, to horror, and anger as he watch the vision that Tristan was showing him. Disbelief because he knew what scepter that was and who was supposed to have it. Horror because it was being used against his family. And finally anger because of how remorseless these figures felt in using it and who actually used it. After it was over, his face settled into a cold mask as he felt his blood begin to boil.

Who the hell do they think they are! He raged in his head. How dare they use that scepter against us!

"How long do we have?" He asked no one in particular as he felt his girlfriend grasp his shoulder. She was looking at him with her eyes full of worry.

"Not long." Garrett answered. "Thomas and another group are heading to this building to at least buy you enough time to evacuate the building, maybe stop them altogether."

Bertram nodded his head at both scenarios though he personally hoped for the latter. He stood up and squeezed his girlfriends hand in reassurance before turning to three security guards who had walked over to them.

"Is everything alright Mr. Black?" One of them asked politely as the other two eyed the group with suspicion. Something that didn't go unnoticed nor was it appreciated by the group who narrowed their eyes except for the kids. "Are they bothering you?" The guard asked and some of the adults growled softly at the question.

"No they are not bothering me Chuy," Bertram began hotly. "They are my extended family and they bring grave news. There is a threat on the building and it is legitimate." He told them fiercely and he added that last part when they looked like they wanted to protest. "They would not lie to me and I have verified the proof they have presented to me. This is real gentlemen.

"Now begin EVAC order 84623. Get everyone to any Apparition point we have or tell them to use their emergency Portkeys. Go, now!" He barked at them.

The security guards scattered into different directions. One of them had opened a case with a red button on the inside. He pressed it and an alarm began to blare through out the building. Orange lights began to flash in the lobby.

This is not a drill; I repeat this is not a drill. The prerecorded voice of Artorius Nero joined the noise. All personnel must reach their designated Apparition points or use their emergency Portkeys.

The message repeated itself and many of the staff members began to leave quickly. Bertram turned to the group.

"Follow me." He told them before grabbing his girlfriends hand and walking towards the elevators. The group followed right behind him.

"Where are we going?" Kate demanded as she rubbed her niece's back. Minerva was still hysterical but Kate was doing her best to comfort her.

"Magical bunker." Bertram replied as he pressed the down button and the elevator door opened. As they entered the elevator, Bertram spoke again. "It's meant to hold up against practically anything from your garden variety bomb to a nuke. It's what you're going to use as an apparition point or portkey out of there." He explained before pulling out a key from his pocket. He inserted his key into the key hole on the panel, turned it and pressed the red button that had the letter B next to it.

"We are not leaving!" Tristan and Erik growled in unison. Others in the group voiced their agreement with them.

"Yes you are." Bertram all but snapped at them as the door closed. "Your father would kill me if I let anything happen to you." He felt the mirror in his pocket vibrate so he pulled it out and began to speak into. "Go for Mustang." He said. The face of Wilfred White appeared into the mirror.

"Mustang, what the hell is going on? Why was the alarm raised?" Wilfred demanded.

"There is a legitimate threat on the building." Bertram told him. "Tell Nemaeus that the De Luca's have our family scepter and they plan to use it. Get the family out, now."

Wilfred stared at Bertram for a long time before nodding his head. He knew that Bertram would never joke about something like this though it did sound strange. He then relayed the message to the people in the room with him.

"Where are you?" Wilfred asked after he was finished.

"Taking some people to our bunker." Bertram responded. "I need you to call Detective Stone and his partner Detective Dale. Tell them to come with you and follow my magical signature. I'm going to help Thomas and the others fight the De Luca's when I'm done here. Mustang, out."

Wilfred nodded again before his face disappeared.

"This way," Bertram gestured in front of him when the doors open. The group reluctantly got out first and when they were all out Bertram and his girlfriend followed.

Meanwhile Thomas and his group had reached the abandoned building.

"We'll use the elevator shaft." Thomas said, making his way over to the elevator.

"But the elevator is out of order." Embry told him as he pointed to a sign that said 'OUT OF ORDER'.

"Well then you'll have to give us a lift." Thomas told him as he punched his way through the elevator doors before prying them open. The metal doors groaned in protest before they were forced all the way open. Thomas stepped inside and blasted the hatch that opened at the top of the elevator open. "Come on," He said without looking at his companions before jumping through the opening. The others followed right behind.

When the last of them and gone through the opening and landed on the roof of the elevator, Embry used his gift to levitate them up the elevator shaft. They were at the top of the shaft in a matter of seconds. Thomas pried those doors opened as well before going through them. He muttered a phrase and his battle gear appeared in place of his normal clothes. Embry and a few others did the same.

"We have to go up a short flight of stairs before we get to the roof," Thomas said before his eyes glazed over. "There are a few wards around the door and the stairs."

"I got em." Marko told him as he stepped forward. He trained as a curse breaker and was one the best in his class when it came to breaking wards. He could feel the wards and he began to disarm them. He walked forward and would stop every so often when he would feel another ward before disarming it. When they got to the door, Thomas stopped Marko.

"Don't worry about the door." Thomas said and Marko frowned at him. "I have it."

"How?" Marko frowned even more along with a few other people.

On the rooftop, one of the cloaked figures was finishing the final touches on the scepter when the door to the roof was blasted off its hinges along with the frame. The door itself sailed through the air, skipped across the roof, and headed towards the cloaked figures. They both dived out of the way as the door crashed against the stone ledge. The cloaked figure holding the scepter felt the scepter get yanked out of his hands by some on known force.

He lifted his head and saw that it was headed towards the door. He tried to summon it but his silent summoning spell was blocked by a bluish white force field.

"Grab it!" He barked at the others but they couldn't get to it in time.

The scepter hit one of the humans that were standing there and he was knocked to the ground. The scepter flew into the out stretched hand of Embry Call who was glaring at everyone on the roof through his mask which covered the top half of his face. He caught the scepter and handed it to Amanda.

He and Thomas stepped forward and they were followed by Benjamin, Tia, Marko and Casey. Tanya, Irina, and Fred stayed behind to give Amanda cover as she guarded the scepter and threw up anti-portkey and anti-apparition wards.

"Catch you fuckers at a bad time?" Casey spat at the group. He was wearing a bronze hockey mask that had a rattle snake etched into it on the left side. He had some bronze body armor. He was also holding a bronze baseball bat that he made in the forge back in Washington. Like all the other items, it was made from a mixture of vampire limbs, werewolf fang, and other assorted metals.

Marko snorted from his spot next to him. He was wearing black armor that covered his torso and he had a matching black helmet with two black bladed daggers.

"Well don't just stand about," The vampire with the green Mohawk snapped at his fellow vampires. "Get these little bastards!"

Two vampires rushed forward immediately. Both of them swung at Embry and Thomas as they were the ones in front. Both of them were backhanded with enough force that not only were they thrown back, but half of their faces were knocked off.

The group, apart from the cloaked figures, gaped at the two though they paid the others no mind. They were staring at the clocked figures with narrowed eyes that were bright with spirit energy.

Thomas held both hands to the side then raised them up until he pressed them in front of his face. As he did this a dome made up of spirit energy encased the roof top. Thomas snapped his finger to hold up the dome and started to speak.

"You will find that your portkeys are useless and apparition is out of the question." Thomas began, his mask animating itself to follow his facial movements. "What that means gentlemen that the only way out of here, is through the door right behind me." He paused to let that sink in. Some of the men tried to apparate or use their portkeys, hoping that Thomas was wrong. They were all dismayed that neither method worked. "If any of you think you can get past us; you are an idiot because you have no chance what so ever."

All the remaining vampires snarled before charging at him. Thomas raised his hand and focused his gift to expand the inside of their heads with his force field. All the vampires cried out and grabbed their heads which then burst into million's of pieces.

Thomas had only used this method twice before. Once in Volterra Italy to deprive the Italian coven of some of their most powerful members and when the last remaining members of the Italian coven retaliated for what happened on the Canadian border last year.

He never felt the need to do it again but he didn't want to waste time here. True, for the moment they had the upper hand but they still had other people to deal with.

"Next." Embry said indifferently.

The magically inclined humans whipped out their wands and shot spells at the group in front of the door. Thomas blocked the spells that would have hit him and Embry with his force field. Marko covered Benjamin and Tia by catching the spells with his daggers and sending them back to the casters. Casey literally batted the spells towards those who had drawn guns. Casey's aim was true and he hit everyone that had drawn their guns.

Some of them had been disarmed others had lost the hand that they held the gun in along with the gun still attached. Casey and Marko conjured boxes to place the body parts of the vampires in. Benjamin snapped his fingers before raising his hand. Flames encompassed his hand and he through them at the vampire heads or the parts that were left behind.

When the others were disarmed or incapacitated, the cloaked figures clapped.

"Tali doti meravigliose che possiedono." The taller one murmured to his brother in appreciation. (Such wonderful talents they possess)

"Infatti," His brother murmured back. "Pecatto che dobbiamo ucciderli per interferire." (Indeed. Shame that we have to kill them for interfering)

"Infatti," The taller figure agreed with a sigh.

"Ci sono nomi e in grado di capire." Embry interrupted. (We have names and we can understand you) He had learned quite a few languages in the past year. Italian was amongst his favorites.

"And we would appreciate it if you spoke to us directly," Thomas added in English before continuing in Italian. "Il mio nome è Second Sight, e questo è mio fratello, Levitas." He gestured to Embry who nodded. "Vado su un arto qui e dire che voi due siete fratelli pure. Ho anche intenzione di dire che il tuo cognome è De Luca. Devo fare riferimento a voi come fratelli De Luca, o di condividere i vostri nomi? (My name is Second Sight and this is my brother, Levitas. I'm going out on a limb here and say that you two are brothers as well. I'm also going to say that your surname is De Luca. Shall I refer to you as the brothers De Luca, or will you share your names?)

"You may call me Lametta." The taller figure said with a slight incline of his head. He drew his sword from behind his back and pulled his tomahawk from its holster. The blade was slightly curved and it had serrated edges. The handle was black and the blade was silver.

~Help me if you can~

"Razor Blade." Thomas muttered to himself as he drew his weapon, Alekanekelo, or as he likes to call it, Alika, from its belt that was across his lower back. He twirled it a few times before letting it rest at his side. He eyed Razor Blade critically before he felt his eyes glaze over. The upcoming fight between Razor Blade and himself was going to be difficult. Same for Embry and the other De Luca brother. Despite their heartbeat, these two were not your average humans. "Watch your back. These two are not normal human beings." He murmured to Embry in Quileute. Embry nodded to him in understanding.

~ It's just that this is not the way I'm wired
so could you please~

"You may call me Sagittario." The smaller figure said as he held his bow in his left hand. He drew an arrow out of his quiver and nocked it though he did not raise his bow and pull the draw string back. The tip of the arrow was U-shaped as opposed to a Broadhead tip. The shaft was grey and the fletching's were black.

~ Help me understand why, you've given in to all these
Reckless dark desires you're~

"The Archer." Embry said as he unsheathed his sicca named Joe Bob. He never really explained why or how he came up with that name. He just said that it was either that or Crown Royal.

~ Lying to yourself again suicidal imbecile,
Pounding on a fault line~

Thomas and Embry stepped forward as did Razor Blade and Sagittario. By some unspoken declaration, Thomas had claimed Razor Blade as his opponent and Embry claimed the Archer as his. That held true for Razor claiming Thomas and Archer claiming Embry.

~ What' will it take to get it through to you precious? ~

All four men advanced slowly before they sped up. Thomas and Embry growled low in their throats as did Razor and Sagittario.

~Why would I, why would I, why would I want to watch you? ~

Thomas swung to the left in an upward slash with is weapon, Razor mirrored the action. Their weapons met and clashed together. Thomas then swung to the right. Razor deflected the strike but Thomas spun on his left heel and brought up his right leg. The back of Thomas' ankle connected with Razor's face and he was lifted off the ground. He spun around before landing on his stomach.

~Disconnect and self destruct one bullet at a time~

Sagittario held his bow to the side, pulled his draw string back, and loosed his arrow. Embry caught the arrow in the middle of its spine with his left hand. Embry twirled the arrow in his hand before ducking from Sagittario's bow which he used to swing at Embry.

~What's your rush, now everyone will have his day to die~

Sagittario's twirled his bow before he held it normally at the same time Embry spun around. Embry sent the arrow he caught earlier back to its owner by using his gift while Sagittario's drew another arrow, nocked it, pulled the draw string back, and loosed his second arrow.

Both arrows passed each other. Embry stepped forward and slashed at the arrow. Sagittario's blocked the arrow that was sent his way.

Razor slowly got to his feet. He wasn't in pain but he was trying to get a better assessment of his opponent. The other three were doing the same. Thomas knew what both of them were capable of if they really let loose. Embry had a good idea about what they could do. Both of them silently declared not to let them get that far.

Razor and Sagittario felt that their opponents were holding back. Razor felt something that he hadn't felt in a long time; the thrill that comes from fighting someone who could best you. He had only felt that once and that was when he fought a fellow mercenary by the name of Prometheus. He was a quarter giant that had a really nasty temper. The fight almost ended in a draw but Razor was able to beat him by slamming his sword into the quarter giant's throat.

The others watched the fight intently. They also felt that all four combatants were holding back. They hoped that Thomas and Embry could hold them back long enough for help to arrive though if the other two fighters started to fight back, things would get ugly.

Thomas twirled his weapon in his right hand until the wolf head facing down. Embry did the same thing so the tip of his blade was facing down. They both charged at their opponents.

~Medicated~

Razor swung his sword with a side strike. Thomas caught his wrist and held him there.

~Drama queen~

Thomas' right hand shot out towards Razor's face. Razor staggered a little but brought his tomahawk up.

~Picture perfect numb belligerence~

Thomas caught the strike midway with his weapon. He pulled his hand back and caught the tomahawk. The action caused the tomahawk to be knocked out of Razor's hand.

~Narcissisitic~

Embry spun around before he reached Sagittario. His blade was hanging to the side.

~Drama queen~

He jumped into the air. His spinning became more pronounced before he brought his weapon down.

~Craving fame and all its decadence~

Sagittario deflected the attack, but Embry swung his blade across Sagittario's chest. Sagittario cried out.

~Lying through your teeth again~

"Open!" Thomas hissed as his strike was caught but his opponent. Razor tightened his grip on Thomas' wrist but cried out when a metal spike pierced his skin and went through his shoulder.

~Suicidal imbecile~

Razor kicked Thomas away from him. He felt the metal spike get ripped out of him as Thomas sailed through the air and his black blood began form a patch where his wound was.

~Think about it, pounding on the fault line~

Sagittarios snarled before he twirled his bow above his head. He swung at Embry's side. Embry blocked but was kicked in the stomach and flew back.

~What'll it take to get through to you precious?~

Both Thomas and Embry landed hard on to the ground, skidding across the roof top before they slammed into each other. Razor had picked up his tomahawk, and Sagittario had nocked another arrow as they began to heal.

~ Over this, why do you Want to throw it away like this~

Razor threw his tomahawk at the same time his brother loosed an arrow that had a poisoned tip.

~Such a mess, I don't want to watch you~

Thomas and Embry rolled away from the tomahawk and the arrow. The tomahawk became embedded into the spot that Thomas was in. The arrow did the same for the spot that Embry had occupied.

~Disconnect and self destruct one bullet at a time~

Both Embry and Thomas got to their feet and were standing in front of their group again. Thomas swiped his hand to the side and Razor was hit by his force field, causing him to fly back. Embry held his hand out and Sagittaro's was lifted off of the ground. Embry then threw him next his brother.

~What's your rush, now everyone will have his day to die~

"E 'questo il meglio che puoi fare?" Razor demanded of Thomas who smirked and snapped his fingers, causing his dome to drop. "Che cosa stai facendo?" (Is that the best you can do? What are you doing?)

"Sto fine questo." Thomas replied before inclining his head behind Razor. "Guarda dietro di te." (I'm ending this. Look behind you)

"Sicuramente non credo che stiamo andando a cadere per questo?" Sagittario said incredulously. (Surely you don't think we're going to fall for that?)

"Whether you fall for it or not doesn't matter," Bertram Black said coldly as he hovered behind them in his battle attire. Razor Blade and his brother spun around to face him. "Both of you are under arrest." Bertram continued and the brothers laugh.

"Are you committing a citizen's arrest all by yourself?" Sagittario barked out between his laughter.

"Who said I was alone?" Bertram said with a cruel smirk. Both brothers stopped laughing and stared at him. Before they could ask him what he meant by that, they were hit by several bolts of lightning. Both brothers screamed at the top of their lungs as the fell.

"Giorgio Alfredo De Luca, Fabrizio Giuseppe De Luca, both of you are under arrest for crimes ranging from murder, arms dealing and the intent to destroy an Ancient and Noble family." A voice rang out. The air shimmered and a large dark skinned man with a goatee and sunglasses appeared into view. He was on what looked like a skate board but it had no wheels. Only the people near the building could see him because he used a charm to keep those not in the know about the supernatural out of it.

The air shimmered again and more people appeared. Some were on boards and others were on brooms. They all dressed differently but they had one element in common; a gold shield that had the letter M in the middle.

"Hawkins," The dark skin man roared at a near by person. "Finish reading their rights and make sure they do not get away!"

"Yes Detective Stone!" Hawkins saluted him before heading down to complete his task.

Bertram made his way over to his cousin.

"Don't worry, everyone is safe," He told them and Thomas, along with the others, let out sighs of relief. "I'll take you to them after Detective Stone and his partner are finished with you."

The group nodded as Stone and a woman with dirty blonde hair drifted over to them.

"Alright people, who can tell me what happened here?" Stone demanded of the group. After getting an encouraging nod from Bertram, Thomas began their story.

Song used is The Outsider Apocalypse mix by A Perfect Circle.

If any of you speak Italian or are Italian and if you notice that the translation's may be off or the spelling is off or something, please note that I used Google translator. If its inaccurate I apologize profusely but I was getting tired of writing that the charcters were speaking in another language without actually switching the language.

Hopefully all of you enjoy this chapter none the less.