Ch. 55 Call to Order
I gripped my mother's word and watched as it glowed in my hands.
"It recognizes you as mine," my mom smiled to me.
"Where are the other pieces?" I asked and Athena quickly clapped her fingers.
A flash appeared before my eyes and the hilt and the stone appeared before us frozen, but glowing in the air. They started to move and not before long the blade from my mother's sword, the hilt, and the stone joined together finally.
"Oh my goddess," I breathed and reached for the completed sword. It was beautiful and made me feel powerful as I held it in my right hand.
"It is your destiny my darling."
Don't ask me how but Hermes got to us without being detected by anyone. Unfortunately he was only able to send me back to the estate and not my mom. I couldn't worry about that though; I had to call all the leaders together because war was only a couple doors down.
"Holy shit you made it!" Ambrose jumped for joy once he saw me. Thankfully Hermes popped me right in the Meeting Room.
"Oh- is that the- wow!" Leona gushed and I asked if she could open portals for all the leaders to come for the meeting.
"That's a pretty steak knife," Alcide joked walking in smiling. His muscles rippled beneath his tight flannel shirt. "I'm glad you made it out alive there darlin'."
"Thanks me too. How is Max doing?" I asked and it was Pam who showed me what room he was in.
He looked much better when I walked in the room and was actually standing. "Violet!" he called to me and walked over with just a little wobble.
"I got it! Max you were right! I jumped and I thought I was going to die, but I did it!" I admitted and hugged him as softly as I could.
"I knew you could do it."
After fighting with Max about him needing more bed rest, he finally won and sat next to me at the huge table in the Meeting Room where all of the leaders were. Everyone, including Caine, Pam, Bill, Sam, Jessica, Ambrose, Leona, Alcide, Annabelle, Opal and her father, Sky and his father, Hazel and her mother, and Pearl and her father. They were all practically replicas of their parents.
"Thank you all for coming. I know if it weren't for these circumstances I would have liked to have met you on a much happier note. However, the time for war is upon us and practically ringing our door bell. From my estimation I think we only have maybe a day and a half before we go to the field. Now is there anything needing to be put on the table right now?"
"More brotherhoods should be here within the hour," Caine confirmed and I nodded.
"Good. We have plenty of room for them here. I trust you can take care of that Caine," I smiled and he nodded assuring.
"Also there should be ten new packs coming in by that time as well," Alcide verified.
"Great. Now onto the attacks-"
Eris' P.O.V.
How could this happen? I was so close! So close! What am I to do now? What am I going to do? She has the sword! That little, piece of-
"Eris."
I stopped pacing to look at Eric. He looked angry and blood was dripping from his lips like crimson. His shirt was drenched too.
"What is it?" I snapped and went back to brainstorming on what I could do now.
"What are we going to do now?" he asked me and I leered at the window for a minute.
"Speed things up."
I turned and walked past Eric. My speed only increased as I got to the outside grounds and looked up at the sky. I held my hand up and lighting joined by thunder filled the heavens and made it pour before me.
"Hear me now! Hear my cries! Evil come from all sides!" I called and could feel the darkness move through the night to me. From goblins to vampires, to ancients who hadn't been woken in so long that their name was forgotten.
This isn't over by a long shot. Prepare to die Violet Knight.
Violet's P.O.V.
"Yes the field is by the sea. If we start getting pushed back I think it would be best for you to come in and drown the ones you can. The covens and wizards can put up a big enough force field to protect our troops," I endorsed and received nods from everyone around the table.
"Do you have room for some more?" My mom's voice asked from behind me and I jumped.
"How did you get here?" I asked and hugged her.
"Me." I let go of her to see Hermes, Apollo, Artemis, and Poseidon.
"Oh Hermes! All of you guys are here! How did you get past Zeus?" I asked amazed and so was everyone else.
"Let's just say Zeus isn't all he's cracked up to be," Hermes winked and I chuckled.
"How far have you gotten?" My mom asked me and I reviewed the battle plans and courses of attack.
"The door is over here though. If we can let's try and guard that so Eric can't open it," I commanded and everyone was for sure on board with it.
For more than an hour all of us were becoming more acquainted with everyone's powers, families, history, and so on except I still kept Ambrose's gift of reading emotions a secret. He smiled slyly at me and mouthed a 'thank you'.
"Miss Violet! Miss Violet I think you need to see this!" A vampire from a brotherhood called and I followed him to where we had a huge flat screen fifty inch T.V. in a dining area.
Everyone followed me and I listened to a news lady who was reporting live. "Hello everyone my name is Cynthia Clause reporting live at Claire, Louisiana. As you can see behind me an utmost tragedy has occurred. An anonymous tells us a very tall vampire went on a rampage and killed every woman, man, and child in just a half hour. None got out alive except for a woman who is now in critical condition. The police are advising every human to stay in their houses, to lock the doors, and to be armed. This has reached all over the nation and already humans are showing more and more hate crimes against vampires. Back to you Kent."
All were silent as I turned the T.V. to mute. Continuing footage of ambulances putting bodies in body bags plastered themselves all over the screen. They said the death count was well over a thousand people in the bottom part of the screen as well. Next came officers who looked outraged but I didn't have to turn the volume back on to know what they were saying.
"A half hour," Alcide breathed.
"Eric did this," Pam stated quietly with morose.
It took everything in me to turn around and face my allies, friends, and troops. From one end of the room to the other I looked everyone in the eye. My breathing was slow and tight in my chest. My hands began to shake and become clammy so I held them in fists at my side. I made my lip not quiver with everything in me and looked Max in the eye before giving strength to my voice.
"I know what I have to do," I stated strong.
Max looked at me weird and studied me hard before his eyes began to go wide. Through our link I let him read my mind.
"To kill Eric." I concluded and I wasn't shocked to see everyone's eyes go wide.
"NO! DAMN IT VIOLET! YOU CAN'T DO IT!" Max yelled at me and then punched a wall leaving quite a huge hole.
"It's the only way and you know it. If we can't stop him from opening the door, Eric will die."
Max looked like he was going to explode. His body was practically convulsing. Not even my mother said anything to him. I just continued to look him in the eye and then watched him stalk off fuming more than I had ever seen him do before.