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Brooke

"My friends, our time is upon us." Chase said to us, pacing the room. He had short, light-brown hair and brown eyes. Us being cold-blooded demons… and assassins. We resurrected Chase Collins, by order of our boss. We were in me and Rachel Caldwell's dorm at Spenser's. Me being Brooke Daniels, the leader of the cold-blooded demon assassins. I sat in the armchair, playing with a dagger, my medium-length, jet-black hair, elegantly curling down my back. I had dark eyes, porcelain skin and stood at about 5"4. I was a junior. "Are you ready?"

"Yea, be ready. We'll be ready. Wait, ready for what?" Darcy said, having not been paying attention, flipping her long, red hair behind her shoulder. Her pretty hazel eyes looked confused, and she stood at about 5"7. She was a junior as well.

"For the death of the Covenant!" He shouted, annoyed.

"Why, are they sick?" Rachel said, popping her gum, cocking her head to the side. I could've smacked her. For the world's second most dangerous woman, she happened to be a bit of an airhead. Evan Marcus just rolled his eyes, leaning against the wall. He was a sophomore and an assassin as well, and the last part of our team. He had short dark hair, blue eyes, and stood at about 6"2, very muscular and strong.

"No, fool, we're gonna kill 'em." He said, with an evil grin. "And their girlfriends too."

"Hey, that's a good idea!" She said.

Chase choose to ignore her, saying, "Brooke, it has come to my attention that the eldest of the Covenant brothers has a younger sister, Alice," He giving me a picture of my intended target. "He had sent her away last time to keep her out of harm's way." And then he grinned. "Out of my way. Anyways, he's very protective of her. She is very important to him. To the lot of them. Reid as well, considering he's in love with her. He just doesn't know it yet. But he will. This is where you come in, my dear." He said to me, cupping my chin in his hands.

"Oh yea?" I said with a tiny half-smile, indulging him to continue.

"Yes." He said, pushing my chin away roughly, causing Evan to growl. "Tonight she has returned. And she is at 'Nicky's' right now, a surprise party for her return. I want you to screw with her head… induce her into a coma. And I want you to… draw it out. Make it slow and painful. "

"Why? That puts Brooke in danger." Evan said angrily.

Chase paused. "Because, If I am correct, she should be developing her powers around this time. Plus, I want the entire Covenant to know I'm back with a vengeance."

"But, then why don't we just kill her like the others?" I asked.

"Because, she's the bait, you fool. Do you think if she gets hurt and kidnapped that Reid, Caleb, and the others won't want to kill me? They'll come to find me. And then, we'll destroy them. Plus, she's the key. She could tip the balance in our favor, IF we can get her to succumb to the dark side. Unbeknownst to her and the others, she is a very powerful …witch. I might just keep her around." He said thoughtfully. "Now go, Brooke. Do your part."

I nodded, snapping my fingers, disappearing in a puff of black smoke, and reappearing just outside of Nicky's, hiding behind a dumpster as Alice and the one's I took to be Reid and Tyler walked in. I heard people shout surprise, and, with a grin, I started, snapping my fingers. I watched through the window as she staggered. I smiled. This would be fun.

Alice

"SURPRISE!"

I screamed, jumping back. I landed firmly on my feet, but I was scared out of my mind. Suddenly, I felt a dizzy, and even more suddenly , I was falling backwards, only to be caught by Reid, who wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me back up into a standing position.

"Surprise. Welcome home." He smirked, and I put my hand to my head.

"What the fuck…" I said as it all clicked in my head, my dizzy spell heading to the back of my mind. They set my up for a surprise welcome home party. Those fuckers. "Reid Garwin, you fucking suck!!!" I shouted, punching his arm. Tyler laughed at him, Reid glaring daggers. "Don't think that you're off the hook either, baby boy." I turned to Tyler, punching his shoulder really hard.

"What the fuck! OW!" Tyler said, rubbing his shoulder.

"Well that's what you get. You guys know how much I hate surprise parties." I said with a grimace. "Now, where are the rest of you planning committee, eh? I wanna personally murder all three of them myself!!!" But Tyler and Reid just smirked at me. "Fine then. I'll find the losers myself." I stomped my foot, shouting, "CALEB! POGUE! KATE! DAMN IT! SHOW YOUR FACES!"

Kate rushed me, hugging me tightly. Her long straight, dark hair had been cut up to her shoulders. She was a smidgen tall then me, with pretty hazel eyes and caramel skin tone. "I missed you soooo much! Don't you ever leave me with these morons again!!! They almost got us all killed!!!" She shouted over the music coming from the jukebox, letting go of me. The music was so loud that no one else could hear us.

"We did not." Pogue said, hugging me tightly from behind. I turned to look up at him. He was about 6ft tall, with long, brown hair. He had a lot of muscle, brown eyes, and a killer smile. I gave him a look. "Okay, so yea, we did all almost die, and there was a evil, demented, psycho warlock bent on world domination involved… but it's all good now! Caleb fixed it, whipping Chase's sorry ass in the process!" Pogue said sheepishly.

I laughed, smirking at him. "Oh yes, I bet he did. Speaking of the devil, do you guys know where he might be? I wanna meet this new beau of his."

"Alice?" Came Caleb's voice in disbelief. I turned around, him standing there, all 6 ft of him, his short dark hair, hazel eyes, tan skin, and muscular frame having not changed one bit since I had been away.

"CALEB!" I shouted, hugging him tightly. I felt a bit dizzy again, and, for a second, feared that I might fall again, for this on had been worse than the first one; It was stronger, but it eventually passed.

He squeezed me tightly as well, saying, "I missed you."

We let go, and I said, "Not as much as I did." I smirked, saying, "No longer a baby, are we, 'Mr. Ascended'?"

"Neither are you." He said, looking me up and down, raising an eyebrow. I swallowed hard, as he glared harshly at me. "Piercings? Really, Alice. And was the hair dye really necessary? As for that dress…" The look on his face told me that he was definitely not pleased. The words from my previous dizzy-spell floated to the front of my mind; it was my worst fear, the day that my brother hated me, that is. It was my most horrifying nightmare.

So of course, Tyler and Reid exchange a smirk, and what does Tyler say? Well, they think it's amusing to get me in trouble, so he says this, "If you think all of that is bad, you should check out the tattoo on the back of her neck."

"Yea, it's the fucking shit." Reid added.

"Thanks a lot, fuck faces." I said, pinching them both really hard.

"WHAT?!?" Caleb roared. "Show me! NOW!" He commanded. I did as I was told, turning around, pulling my hair around my shoulder. "Now why the fuck would you go and do that?" He said angrily. There was an uproar among our friends, as I felt as if my worse fear was being realized.

"Damn, Al, you got guts…" Pogue stated, earning himself a glare from Caleb.

"I want one." Kate announced.

"I told you it was the fucking shit."

"Uh, A.J , maybe you should've told Caleb first before you came back…" Tyler said as he watched Caleb's reaction carefully, who currently looked as if he would explode. As they all continued to talk over one another, I started feeling woozy again, and I put my hand to my forehead, grabbing onto a chair, in serous danger of passing out. The pain had become intense, and hardly tolerable anymore.

I tried to shake it off, but got distracted when a new voice piped up. "Well, I think it rocks." I turned to see a pretty and petite blonde with pretty blue eyes and porcelain skin, smiling at me. "And I think she looks awesome. I'm Sarah." She said, holding out her hand for me to shake. "Caleb's girlfriend. It's nice to finally meet you."

"Alice." I said as I shook her hand, then turning to Caleb to say, "I like her. Can I keep her? If you don't marry her, I will-" I said, as any annoying little sister would, before Caleb clamped his hand over my mouth, and everybody laughed as I still was trying to talk incoherently through his hand, when I got an evil idea.

"Son of a bitch!" Caleb shouted, jumping away from me, wiping his hand on his pants. "Damn it, Alice, that was gross!!!" I had licked his hand.

I smiled evilly at him, saying with a sweet voice, "Then you shouldn't have put your hand on my mouth, you imbecile."

"God, Alice, you are so 'effing aggravating. I had forgotten that." Caleb said.

I motioned for Reid to bring his ear down to my level, which he did, slipping an arm around my waist discretely, hoping Caleb wouldn't notice it, causing me to shiver. "What's up his butt?" I whispered to Reid, who laughed, resting his chin on my shoulder.

"What'd you say about my butt?" He said angrily, coming after me.

I squealed, hiding behind Reid, peeking out only to say, "Geez, Caleb lighten up! I think whatever's up your butt, it must be sideways!" Causing everyone but Caleb to burst out laugh.

"Damn it, Alice, you are so friggin' immature!"

"Oh yea? Well… I'm stealing your girlfriend!" I shouted, running over to Sarah, linking arms with her, sticking my tongue out at Caleb. He just rolled his eyes at me, as I pulled her and Kate out to the dance floor. "come on, girls- let's dance!"

Tyler

"Shit yea, man, I'm gonna go play some pool." Reid said, turning to say, "You coming, baby boy?"

Caleb gave me a look, and I shook my head no. "Maybe later, dude."

Reid shrugged, "Whatever floats your boat, man." He said, turning away from us.

As soon as he was out of earshot, Caleb and Pogue looked at me. "What?" I said.

"Tell us." Caleb said.

"Tell you what?" I said, trying to play dumb.

"Dude, how your 'chaperone duties' went." Pogue said.

"Oh… yea… alright… well, they went, that's for sure." I said, looking down at the floor, rubbing the back of my neck.

"Let's sit. Get a drink." Pogue said, and we did, watching as the girls were off, dancing.

"Alright, baby boy, start talking." Caleb said.

I let out an audible breath, and then said, "Well you were right about one thing."

"And what is that?" Caleb asked, leaning back, pushing backwards in his chair.

"He likes her. He likes her A LOT. I would even go so far as to say he's falling in love with her, he just doesn't notice it yet." I said.

Caleb let his chair fall back down onto four legs, putting his elbows on the table, inhaling sharply as he did so. Pogue and him exchanged a worried look, and then turned to look at me. "Yea, I know I'm worried too…"

"Well, what happened?" Pogue asked impatiently.

"Well normal stuff, at first. We saw her, gave her hugs, Reid demanding to drive my car. And then, when I was on the phone with you when we were in the car, I noticed Alice getting worked up over something. And then I heard her asking him if he'd been using responsibly. He dodged her question a few times, managing to piss her off in the process. I got of the phone, and they shouted at each other until they were blue in the face. And, I swear you guys, when he saw how worked up she got, he promised."

They exchanged another look, and Pogue asked, "He did what?"

"He promised not to use as much anymore. He wanted me to leave them alone to talk, but I didn't, considering I had direct orders not to. Anyways, she doesn't want him to get addicted. She gave him a really hard time about it in the car on the way here."

"Seriously?" Pogue asked. I nodded. "Way to go Alice."

"Why did he agree?" Caleb asked me as he kept on eye on his sister, making sure that the only people she was dancing with were Kate and Sarah. I could tell he wasn't satisfied with what I'd told him so far.

"… It's hard to say, but I think… Caleb, he told me that she makes him want to be a better person." Pogue looked up with disbelief, and Caleb snapped his attention to me fully.

"You've got to be kidding." Pogue said, but I shook my head no. "Baby boy, are you serious?"

"As a heart attack."

Pogue looked at Caleb, who was currently refusing to look up at either of us. "Caleb, dude, if she can get him to cut back on using, then-"

"She hasn't yet." Caleb snarled. "Talk is cheap. Especially when it comes to Reid." That was a bit of an unfair comment, Reid wasn't that bad.

I knew Pogue thought so too by the look on his face. "Seriously, though, if she can get him to agree that easily… Caleb, come on, if she can save him from becoming and addict... Dude, maybe you should reconsider your rules about the two of them being aloud to be a couple."

"No." Caleb said, his voice ringing with indefinite finality. "I don't trust him. Not with her. Not with my sister, Pogue."

"Dude, why not?"

"She's my sister, Pogue. Not some cheap little chippy bimbo. I have to look out for her. If I don't, then who will? My dead father? Or perhaps my alcoholic mother?"

"Come on, Caleb. You've seen how they act together." Pogue said, motioning to the dance floor, where Reid and Alice were dancing to a slow song. His hands stayed put, glued respectfully to the small of her back, and no lower. His eyes stayed locked with her own, instead of being glued to her chest like he had been with the past girls he'd been with. This was also the first time I had ever seen him dance to a slow dance with anyone. Ever. And Alice was smiling. Smiling very widely in fact. And laughing. And Reid was smiling, not smirking, but an actually genuine smile. "You can't actually believe that he would hurt her." I agreed, nodding.

"Not intentionally, no." Pogue and I as exchanged a look, and Caleb went on. "But eventually? Yes. Reid will never change, Pogue, and I can't let Alice go through that kind of hurt. I just won't allow it."

Suddenly, Alice clutched at her head, and went limp, Reid catching her. Sarah and Kate started freaking out, as Reid picked Alice up, holding her against his body. Caleb was up in a flash, and we made our way through the crowd, weaving through bodies to get to them.

Reid

I finished up over at the pool tables, collecting my money, stashing it in my pocket. I looked over at Caleb, Tyler and Reid, who seemed to be in a deep discussion. I was in too much of a good mood to go over there and have them spoil it. So I zeroed in on another group of people; Sarah, Kate and Alice were on the dance floor, having a blast.

I moved over to them, popping up right behind them. "Hey." I said casually, smirking as Sarah and Kate jumped because they hadn't seen me come up behind them. Alice, however, had seemed to expect it. She just grinned at me, barely any reaction at all. She hung around me way too much.

"JESUS!" Sarah shouted. "You're always doing that!"

"Eh." I replied, as a slow song came on.

"Dance with me, Sarah?" Kate said in a joking voice, holding out her hand.

"Why of course, dahling…" Sarah drawled in a funny accent, the two of them going off on a crazy 'slow dance', Alice and I laughing at them.

I looked at her, and she looked at me, and we immediately stopped laughing. She was different somehow, changed. "Dance with me?" I asked her.

"Uh-huh." She said, smiling. I took her hand, smiling as I spun her, pulling her close to me. She put her arms around my neck and I put my arms around her waist.

"So, how was London?" I asked.

She sighed. "Boring." She said finally, causing me to laugh.

"Why?"

"Well for one thing, I had no psycho warlocks out for my blood. Second, you guys weren't there to get me into trouble and make me laugh. And third…" She sighed again, blushing, looking down. "… well… you weren't there." She said, and I froze. Did she…? No, no, she could never. I'm not good enough for her, even if she did. It would be wrong of me to go for it…

"Oh, so you did miss my devilish good looks and charm, didn't you?" I joked, trying to make light of it.

She laughed, saying, "You're a loser, Reid."

"Yes, but I'm your loser!" I said, and she laughed again.

"This is true. You know, I rea-" She broke off, mid-sentence, putting her hand to her head, face scrunched up in pain. "Oh." She said, her eyes rolling back as she collapsed, and I held her up. That's when Sarah and Kate came up, freaking out and really just not helping at all.

"Oh my goodness-"

"Is she okay?"

"What happened?"

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know. But I intend to find out." I finally said, scooping Alice's unconscious body into my arms, holding her against my chest, catching Caleb's eye, and he and the guys were there in a heartbeat.

"What happened?" Caleb said softly.

"I dunno. She just broke off in mid-sentence and collapsed." I said.

"Do you think he could have…?" Sarah started, recommending for what seemed to be the eightieth time that Chase wasn't dead, not really. She seemed to think Chase was laying low, but not dead, like we thought him to be.

"I don't know." Caleb said. "Let's just get her home first. We're drawing too much attention to ourselves." He said, motioning to the faces of concern for Alice. I nodded, following Caleb as we weaved through the crowd and out of Nicky's.

So, what do you think so far? R&R to let me know!!!

-S.D.S.L.