Chapter 5 – Negotiations
Kelly came to school with suspicion, what could three wesen teenage girls wreak. His imagination pictured him photos of himself with Dona 'tête-à-tête' in bed. But thankful there were no suspicious groups of conspiratorially speaking students or other signs of imminently approaching catastrophe…
Coming into building he observed Francine Dalgliesh. Kelly was unsure, whether she knows everything, but he decided to act like if the answer is yes.
He cornered Francine, not touching her.
"What are you?" asked her.
Girl smiled and woged to Musai.
Kelly stepped two steps back from her. He recognized both Dona and Hannah coming from other corridors to corner HIM.
"So here we have big bad Grimm," said Hannah and woged to Ziegevolk.
"You gave quite a different sense to word horny," said Kelly with dirty smile, deciding to play ugly card right now.
Both other girls laughed a bit, Hannah frowned.
"Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? Quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia?*" asked Kelly by Cicero's words in Latin language.
(*"When, O Catiline, do you mean to cease abusing our patience? How long is that madness of yours still to mock us? When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?" Wiki)
"I don't think, you have right to use 'Royal We'*" answered Francine.
(*Royal We – Pluralis Majestatis – Plural of Majesty – speaking in plural from the name of high office or royal kind of sovereignty)
"I use it as member of Grimm family with support of Grimm family power and with authorization by Wesen Council to deal with this kind of problems."
Kelly pulled small bottle from his pocket and demonstratively drunk 'poisonously' green liquid with herbal scent.
"Grimm's poly-anti-venom," said.
It was a big falsehood, in true it was just a potion helping with concentration of mind.
Seeing interest in faces of all three girls, Kelly continued:
"Enough to stay conscious, till I reach my mother. She's Hexenbiest, so she could make potion to heal intoxication by Ziegevolk's pheromones or Musai toxin."
"Is his mother REALLY an Hexenbiest?" asked Francine to Dona. "Something you forgot to tell us?"
"Yea, she is," started Klaustreich girl to equivocate. "But it seemed to be of no importance…"
"No importance?!" Hannah almost growled. "You can't be so stupid, it must be a purpose."
"I have an offer for you," said Kelly. "You'll keep living according Gesetzbuc Ehrenkodex and I'll let you live."
"Do you think, you can menace with our death, now with all three of us?" asked Dona. "You can't think you could overpower all three of us."
Kelly ostentatiously yawned and kneaded his fingers. After this theatrical performance he nodded:
"I know to practice karate and aikido."
"And a lot of other japan words," snorted Dona.
Kelly gave her a wide wordless smile…
"In necessary case we can place video from our night on web," said Klaustreich.
"Kehrsaite would think, it's just a fantasy kind of home-made porn," answered Kelly. "But Wesen Council would recognize you as threat and they would send either Marechaussee or they would ask me. That's more probable, as it would be cheaper arrangement of things…"
"Ask you to do what?" asked Francine.
"To do our killing," answered Hannah. "Dad told me never to mess with Wesen Council. They prefer to do exemplary punishments in such cases."
Francine and Hannah both stared on Dona.
"I didn't do it, not yet!" squeaked Klaustreich girl.
"OK, Grimm," said Hannah. "Now you won. But it's not for ever."
"It's enough," nodded Kelly. "Behave yourself and we do not need to be enemies. I'll have enough real villains to finish."
He nodded and observed all three girls, who made group, like being together could give them some protection from angry Grimm.
"What a shame Dona," heaved a sigh Kelly. "I hoped for something more with you, I was stupid…"
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"So is she Ziegevolk?" asked Monroe. "With Rosalee and Nick we destroyed powers of one."
"But you would need her sweat," explained Rosalee. "And one of her toads."
"We can think it about," said Adalind. "But agreement you made is satisfying."
"Accept it as lecture in diplomacy," nodded Nick. "It's in fact not necessary to behead every wesen troublemaker you observe. But write a report about this affair, just for every case and for future…"
"Next weekend will be full moon," said Monroe. "As this is time for a lot of wesen troublemakers to make troubles. So you should observe and in necessary case intervene."
"Triplets will be with you," said Rosalee. "Look not to die there, any of you. It's only a survival test."
Máiréad, as well as both her brothers Felix and Frederick, was used to obey Kelly's orders. As Kelly was stronger, than any of them, they accepted him as leader, similar way like pack Canidae carnivorans species tend to do.
All three friends looked on Kelly.
"Will be funny," nodded Frederick.
"Fine," nodded Nick. "We'll drive you four to Salem. You should make reconnaissance of terrain on rout back to Portland, discreetly observe and especially hearken everything. In gossips you can, time by time, find a crumb of useful information. You can use local transport, even hitchhiking, but be careful and do not risk. For case you would need to escape 'into woods', we'll allow you satellite phone. I have one for you."
"There are some rumors around Aurora, so maybe try to observe there," smirked Rosalee.
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Friday, after school, all four of them left Portland with Nick by his car.
In West Salem he let them out:
"So, now it's your shift. Don't risk, in case of danger call me and run or hide."
"By dad, so see you on Sunday at trailer," nodded Kelly with smile.
All four teenagers looked exactly as what they in fact were – sightseers. Locals observed them till they hit the route into Lincoln. After few miles of walking they arrived to forest acceptable for one night sleep, however without fire.
"Tomorrow we'll try to ask for local rumors," decided Kelly. "Now we'll better do recon of nearest vicinity to avoid being observed by somebody."
They were more, than two hundred yards from Bethel Road, but anyway, all them knew, there are wesen species able to sniff them out…
When Frederick and Felix were on inspections, Máiréad needed Kelly to stay in their provisional campground.
"Mum and dad talked about you, that you slept with a Klaustreich girl," said Rosalee's and Monroe's daughter. "Why've you never asked me?"
TO BE CONTINUED…
ONCE, HOPEFULLY SOONER, THAN IN TIME LIKE BETWEEN LAST AND THIS CHAPTER…