(Charlotte's POV)
"Hello girls. Amelia, it's nice to see you again."
Amelia embraced the wizard, happy to see another familiar face.
"So you'll take us to Seb?" Amelia asked
Bob nodded. "Both of you, grab my arm."
The girls did as they were told and Amelia felt him turn in place. The world around her spun and it felt like she was falling through space. She closed her eyes to avoid vomiting.
When she opened her eyes again, she recognized Bob's apartment. The moment that she let Bob's arm go, she was enveloped in a giant hug, picked up, and spun around. She giggled slightly.
"Hey Seb, great to see you!" she said
"The same to you," he replied with a bow.
Seb's friends were sitting on the couch. Amelia and Charlotte said hello to them all.
"So you're the one who's always calling Seb," said a man with black hair.
Amelia blushed slightly. "Yup, that'd be me."
"Aww, Seb, I think someone has a crush!" he exclaimed in a sing-song voice.
"David, if you don't shut up, the only one who's going to be crushed is you," Sebastien replied, dead serious.
Needless to say, David stayed quiet for a while.
After magically conjuring some chairs, everyone began to talk.
"So, what is your plan?" Amelia asked
"Well, we don't really have one yet. We were just starting to talk about that when you guys called," Seb said.
"All I know is that when this is done, I want Beckett dead," Bob stated and everyone nodded.
"Well, we'd better hurry and come up with some sort of battle plan. I have a feeling that the Dandies will want revenge after what I did to their youngest vampire," Amelia said.
"What did you you do to him?" asked a brown haired man sitting next to David.
"Well, this vampire apparently has the ability to see the darkness that lives in people's souls. When he looked into my soul, he got a little more than he bargained for, because I have the soul of a demon. The demon is as old as time itself, so he saw everything. I think it was too much for him. The demon has a very dark history. I suspect that Beckett will want revenge," Amelia explained.
They talked well into the night about how to best go about the situation, but nothing came of it. Frustrated and tired, Bob suggested that they all try to get some sleep.
"We'll continue talking tomorrow," he said as he conjured up some extra beds.
Amelia fell into bed, glad to be away from the Dandies and back with her friends.
When she woke up the next morning, everyone else was already awake.
"Oh good, you're awake. What do you want for breakfast?" Bob asked
Amelia thought for a moment. "I could really go for a nice omelet with some Greek yogurt."
With a wave of his wand, Bob began making breakfast for everyone. After breakfast, everyone began to talk again about what they were going to do.
"Well, why not attack them during the day? Since they're all nocturnal, we'd have an advantage in the day," Chuck suggested.
Everyone seemed to support the idea until Bob shot it down. "Don't forget, Beckett controls a lot of people in this city. That includes the police force. If we were to just suddenly attack the mansion in broad daylight, we'd be hauled off to jail so fast it wouldn't be funny."
"Well, what if we can get them to attack us?" Amelia asked
"What do you mean?" Charlotte asked
"Think about it. If Beckett controls the entire police force, we'd need a damn good reason to attack in the middle of the day. I say we wait until nightfall. We're going to need some supplies, and we're going to need some bait," Amelia said.
"I agree. As far as supplies go, we'll need to make sure we have the element of surprise on our sides. We're going to need something to cover our tracks if we need to make a quick getaway. We might also need some weapons of some kind. Finally, we'll need a way to communicate with each other," Sebastien said.
Bob stood up. "I'll be back. I'm going to run some errands."
Once Bob had left, they continued talking about a plan.
"Amelia, you said something about bait. What did you mean by that?" Jeff wondered
"Well, they're going to need to be provoked if we want them to attack us. I figure I could be the bait. We can already assume they want revenge against me, so I'd be the perfect bait," she explained.
"What?! No way, absolutely not!" Seb exclaimed
Amelia turned to look at him. "Why not? Come on, Seb, be realistic!"
"No Amelia,you be realistic! I almost lost you to them once. I'm not going to let it happen again!"
"Come on, Seb. I'm a big girl demon now. I can take care of myself."
Before Seb could say anything else, Charlotte spoke up.
"I like that idea. If it makes you feel any better, Seb, I'll be bait as well. You guys can kind of be waiting in the wings, and if it looks like trouble, you can step in."
Seb huffed, but agreed. "Fine, fine. I might not like it, but I'll go with it."
"So it's settled. Tonight, we'll go down to the mansion, you guys will be waiting somewhere outside, and we'll get this over with," Amelia said.
Everyone nodded.
At that point, Bob apparated back into his apartment, carrying several large bags.
"Jeeze Bob, where did you go?" Pierre asked
"London," he replied with a sheepish grin.
"What were you doing in London?" David wondered
"Getting us some supplies. Anyway, I'll show you what I've got," he said as he began taking merchandise from the bags.
The first thing he took out looked like a bunch of sparkling black powder.
"This is Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder. It will instantly create darkness so that you can escape. It's impervious to any kind of light-producing spell that I or the Australian vampire could cast. I'm pretty sure it's also resistant to any kind of bending," he explained.
"Nice! That will definitely come in handy. What else do you have?" Chuck asked.
"Well, I also stopped in New Jersey and I got some weapons. Nothing major, but things like vampire hunting knives, shuriken, stuff like that. Stuff that's easily concealed. Oh yeah, I also know how we're going to be able to communicate. With these," he said, pulling out what looked to be long strands of string.
"String?" Charlotte asked, confused.
"Actually, they're called Extendable Ears. They're able to pick up sound and amplify it, so no matter where we go, we'll be able to hear each other."
"Oh yeah, while you were gone, we decided that Charlotte and Amelia will act as bait. We'll go to the mansion later tonight. They'll act as bait and we'll be waiting to ambush the Dandies," Sebastien said.
Bob nodded and flicked his wand. Some books came flying out of a bookshelf and landed on his lap. He began to page through them.
"What are you looking for?" Amelia asked
"Protective Charms that will mask our presence from the Dandies. We're going to need it," he said.
(AJ's POV)
"Y'know…I kinda don't miss anybody right now. I could care less where I am, as long as I'm with you." AJ said as William led her into the Dandies mansion, where at once, the other vampires present looked at her confused.
"She's officially with us, my game has ended." William announced, smiling as he ushered her forward in front of his men, wrapping his arms around her waist before kissing the top of her head, "Adeline, meets the Dandies. Mike Carden, Brendon Urie, The Butcher, Adam Siska, and Michael Guy Chislett, meet the woman I'm proud to refer to as my mate."
Carden and Brendon turned to look at each other, each mouthing, "The hell?"
William raised a hand, "Hush you two. I didn't realize after these games there'd be a sense of attachment, but-"
"You're acting like a small child, showing her off." Adam said, laughing softly.
"Am I not allowed? I've finally found someone that's brought somewhat human feeling back to me, is that so wrong?"
All the other vampires nodded, and Chislett added under his breath, "You wait 'til it really gets bad , mate, 'til you can't stand to be away from her. Then you'll wish you never played along in the first place."
"My, aren't you a Debbie Downer." AJ grinned, turning in William's arms to kiss him, gigging all the while.
"Oh, get a room." Brendon deadpanned, not expecting AJ to lift her foot and pull off her shoe, only to throw it at him.
Right before the converse was about to hit his head, the shoe stopped mid air and set itself on the floor beneath one of the chairs.
When Brendon looked up, William was smiling, looking over AJ will a look that could have only been mock disapproval.
"Now love, is that any way to treat the man that'll become like a brother to you?" he chastised, trying to focus as the hybrid continued winding her smaller frame around him.
"No, but he said something I didn't need to hear," she whined before she tipped back her head and stuck her tongue out.
"Well, if you'd like, I can tell you all sorts of things you want to hear, doll," he offered, not surprised when her head snapped up to look at him, "Okay! And you better mean what you said earlier about that-"
She glared as one of his hands went over her mouth, but then she heard his voice in her head.
"If they realize what you're saying, I'll never hear the end of it. That imprint will be created, but I don't want you talking about it as much as you are. Now come on, you've yet to see the rest of this place."
She nodded, thinking in reply, 'Fine. But you still better keep your promise.'
"Adeline, there's one thing you need to learn about me. I don't break them. Ever."