Brianna was the first to wake, and let everyone know it was time to get up. When she returned to her room and found Brandon still asleep, she woke him by stomping on his crotch. "OH SWEET CHRIST!" he exclaimed, snapping awake, his hands quickly covering his injured parts. Alec walked in to see what all the trouble was, and instantly burst out laughing. "MY FUCKING NUTS!" Brandon yelled as Brianna applied more and mor e pressure with her sneaker.
"Next time, you wake up when I tell oh to wake up. Got it?" she asked, a fire burning brightly in her eyes. Brandon could only muster a nod. She then removed her foot, and went on to make breakfast like nothing happened. Alec followed her to the kitchen, still chuckling at Brandon's pain. He rolled out of bed, and quickly showered, letting out a silent yelp every time the injured area had pressure applied to it.
Meanwhile, Alec was in the kitchen helping Brianna cook breakfast. Brandon hobbled into the kitchen and asked what breakfast was. "Eggs and sausage links." Brianna replied, making Brandon wince in pain because the food reminded him of his injured groin.
Alec chuckled evilly. "Ah, this makes me wonder why my niece is so obsessed with you humans~!"
"Hey, fuck you." Brandon replied coldly, pointing at the wendigo.
Alec chuckled again. "I hope you know I could easily poison your food right now." he threatened.
"With what? Baking soda?" Brandon jeered, knowing that there are few poisons in the room.
"Blood."
Brandon tensed his muscles, prepared to protect Brianna if Alec was going to attack her. "Who's blood?" he asked defensively.
"Mine. Pure wendigo blood is extremely poisonous to humans."
"You think I'm stupid enough to not see blood on my breakfast?" Brandon asked. "Besides I think I'm immune to it."
"Why do you think that?" Alec asked curiously.
"When I was fighting you two, and I, you know," Brandon paused, too embarrassed to say it.
"Go on."
"When I impaled Alice, some of her blood got onto my clothes an into my mouth. It tasted something putrid, but I'm still alive." Brandon said sheepishly.
"She's a half-blood, not a full-blooded Wendigo." Alec replied
"True." Brandon replied, remembering that.
"The only thing that can do is drive a person mad or turn them into a Wendigo." Alec replied.
"Aw shit." Brandon muttered to himself.
"What?" Alec replied, hearing Brandon's muttering. "Being a Wendigo is great! And besides," he paused. "Sometimes humans don't change at all."
"I'm doubtful that being hunted every waking second is far from 'great'." Brandon replied, aggravated by Alec's last comment.
"Ya' see, that's the thing with you humans! You always look at the negative side of things!" Alec replied. "There are a lot of awesome abilities that come with being a Wendigo: Increased strength and speed, the ability to eat and not gain any weight, seeing into the future, claws and the fact almost nothing can kill us!"
"True, but is it worth the extreme amounts of hate that you undergo?" Brandon questioned.
"Yep." Alec replied.
"I'll remain doubtful." Brandon replied, crossing his arms. "Besides, humans always look at the dark side because they instinctively know that there is danger involved in most actions."
"And us Wendigos usually survive said danger." Alec countered.
"Because you're essentially demigods," Brandon replied with a little aggravation.
"Not exactly, but thanks for the compliment." Alec said with a conceited smirk.
Brandon realized he accidentally complimented Alec, and replied with a cold and anger filled response. "Fuck you." This only made Alec chuckle. "Now give me some fucking food." Brandon replied as his stomach growled. Alec took two plates of food and walked past Bramdon, ignoring him, with a smirk. He handed one plate to Alice, who had stayed quite the whole time, and sat down to eat his own breakfast. "Alright, fuck you too." Brandon replied, standing up to get his own breakfast. He and Brianna both sat down, and Brandon wolfed down his food quickly.
Alec chuckled. "I hope you know I cooked the sausages, Brianna just cooked the eggs." he said.
"Well, I'll take my chances." Brandon said. "Besides, death is better then being forced to spend another day with you."
Alice looked confused. "Wait... ALEC cooked this?!"
"Yeah." Alec replied. "Why?"
"But, you're me and this is actually edible..."
"..And?"
"I suck at cooking."
"Cooking is just one of the many things I learned from raising all of my siblings."
"Adapt to survive." Brandon jeered.
"By the way, Alice, you're gonna' have to come to Romania with me and Brandon." Alec said. Alice gave him a confused look.
"Don't ask. I don't really understand it myself." Brandon said with a shrug.
Alice decided to ask anyway. "Um, Alec, why exactly do I have to come?"
Alec sighed. "Kishin Police. We killed about six of 'em last night." he said. "It's not safe for you to stay here."
"Oh."
"Bastards didn't stand a chance." Brandon said with a grin.
"Dude, you didn't even know HOW to kill them till I told you.." Alec replied.
"I would've figured it out eventually." Brandon replied.
"After cutting a bunch of 'em in half-which would've doubled or tripled them." Alec replied.
"I still would've killed them."
"After getting everyone else killed." Alec shot back.
"STOP ARGUING!" Alice yelled angrily, standing up. "I have had up to here with you two!" she spat angrily, positioning her hand above her forehead as if saluting someone. "So shut up and keep your quarrels to yourself!"
"You know, we were perfectly fine before you came around!" Brandon barked, pointing at Alec. He then stood up and stormed out, a specific destination in mind. Alice sighed, following him. He walked quickly to a music store and found a piano. He played a feelers, orienting himself to the instrument. He then sat down and played 'Scars' by PaPa Roach. Alice-who was behind him-stared at him with a confused expression the whole time. He finished the song, humming to himself. He then stood up and turned around, and was shocked by Alice's presence. "Alice! how long have you been here?" he asked.
"I've been following you since you left," Alice said. "Like the creeper I am." she joked.
"Well, you're damn good at it." Brandon replied with a chuckle.
"That's 'cause I know how to keep my mouth shut," Alice said. "That was very childish of you back there."
"He's a very aggravating person." Brandon replied.
"Yes, he is." Alice agreed. "But he's been a lot of help."
"How? By pissing me off beyond belief, causing you to get hurt?" he asked agitatedly.
"By telling us where to get the metal we need." Alice said. "And besides, eventually we won't be able to see each other again and if we stay friends it'll just hurt both of us..."
"True." Brandon said with a sigh.
"C'mon, we should be getting back now." Alice said, turning to leave.
"Yeah." Brandon agreed, turning to follow her. And with that, the two went back 'home'. The two walked into their apartment, and Brandon confronted Alec. "Sorry." he said, looking away from the other male.
"Alice hit you with her frying pan, didn't she?" Alec asked, not believing Brandon would apologize of his own free will.
"No, but that would've been less painful." Brandon joked, still not looking at the kishin. Alec raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Forget it." Brandon said, waving his hand.
"..." Alec was still confused.
"Our flight's later today, right?" Brandon asked, forgetting the departure time.
"Yep," Alec said. "At 5:00."
"And what time is it now?" Brandon asked, looking for a clock.
Alec shrugged. "Hey, Bree, you got a watch, right?"
"Yeah." She said, checking her watch. "It's 4:00."
'I really need to get a watch...' Brandon thought to himself.
"Four, huh?" Alec said, turning to Alice. "OK, here's the plan, Alice. Since we only got two tickets, you use mine and I go as the pet dog, got it?" Alice nodded, chuckling.
"I feel bad for you. You're gonna be stuck in the luggage compartment." Brandon said, fighting the urge to laugh.
"Oh well." Alec said, turning into a wolf.
"We're gonna' need a pet carrier." Alice said, running quickly to the store and buying one-along with a spiked collar. As soon as Alec saw the collar, he ran off with Alice in hot pursuit.
"I'm not wearing that!"
"Yes you are!"
"You can't make me!"
"Oh, yes I can!" Alice said with a chuckle. Alec, apparently, was running so fast he accidentally ran into a wall. Alice saw the opening and quickly put the collar on him.
"...I hate you." He muttered, still disoriented from hitting his head, before he was shoved into the pet carrier.
"C'mon Brucie, we got a flight to catch." Brandon said, refraining from laughing. Both Alice and Alec gave him a confused look. "Its a stereotype. Usually dogs with spiked collars are named Bruce." Brandon explained.
"I don't really like that name." Alice said. "Spike fits better." Alec just gave them unamused glances.
"Touché." Brandon said with a chuckle. "Alright, we should probably get going."
"Yep, 'cause that pretty much wasted about 20 minutes of our time." Alec said.
"By the way, I packed our stuff while you were out getting the pet carrier." Brandon said, nodding towards the suitcases at the door.
"Really?" Alice asked. "I don't remember unpacking any of my things..."
"Well, I packed Alec's stuff, along with my stuff." Brandon said.
"Alec has stuff?" Alice asked, recalling Alec saying that almost everything he had belonged to Medusa. Alec face-pawed.
"Well, he needs clothes for the trip." Brandon explained.
"Eh, good point."
"Well, let's get going." Brandon said, grabbing his suitcase walking towards the door.
"OK." Alice said, picking up Alec's pet carrier and headed towards the door. They walked quickly to the airport, went through security, and boarded the plane. Alice chuckled. "Poor Alec, being stuck in the luggage compartment like that."
"He deserves it." Brandon said cooly, relaxing in the chair. Alice raised an eyebrow in confusion. "He's a douche, so a little punishment is in order." Brandon explained.
"No he's not." Alice countered. "Or maybe I'm just used to that kind of personality."
"Quite possibly." Brandon said, realizing that possibility.
"Oh well."
"I'm going to sleep." He said, laying back in his seat.
"OK." Alice said. He then fell asleep for the remainder of the flight and halfway through Alice fell asleep on his shoulder.
Brandon awoke as the plane landed. "Hey Alice, get up." He said, shaking her.
"Hm." Alice lifted her head groggily. "Oh, it landed. Lets go, then!"
"Yeah." Brandon agreed. The two then got off the plane and retrieved Alec from the baggage claim. "So, where's this dragon wendigo?" Brandon asked as soon as they were out of earshot of anyone.
"Lucian moves around a lot." Alec said. "We'd find him easier if you let me out of this cage."
"Fine." Brandon said reluctantly, undoing the latch on the cage.
Alec jumped out of the cage and started sniffing the ground. It went on for a few minutes. "Got his scent." he finally said. "Follow me." The duo quickly followed Alec as he pursued the scent.
This went on for a half hour before they arrived at a place that resembled a large gypsy caravan inside of a cave. Alec shook his head. "He never learns." he muttered under his breath as transformed back into a human/Kishin. He walked up to the large cloth that served as a door and slowly moved it. "Lucian? You here?"
"Who is it?" a feminine voice called back.
"It's Alec." Alec replied, before being greeted by a person-was that a girl or a boy?-with black hair and eyes. The person wore a servant's uniform that was pure black with gold designs and white gloves. "Hello, Fletch. Is Lucian here?"
"Yes, sir. He's in the back." She-er he? replied. "May I ask who your friends are?"
"Work associates."
"I see. Please come in."
Alice stepped in before something very rude. She turned to Fletch. "Are you a boy or a girl? I can't tell..."
"I'm a girl." Fletch replied, a hint of aggravation in her voice.
"Alice, please mind your manners." Brandon said, worrying that if they offend them, that they wont help the duo.
"It's OK," Fletch replied. "I'm used to stuff like that." he turned to Alec. "I'll go get Master Lucian." she said, walking into a room in the back. Alice looked around while waiting, trying to get a good view of the place. The 'house' had fourteen bedrooms for some reason and there were shelves stocked full of strange items-half of them were probably illegal or were sold to witches. There several torches on each wall, casting the room in a dim light.
The door to the back room opened and out stepped Fletch walking beside a much taller blond man that appeared to be in his early twenties. He had blue eyes and wore a formal red robe with gold designs on it.
"Well, I presume you are Lucian." Brandon said, extending his hand to shake. "I'm Brandon."
"Hello~!" Lucian said happily, speaking with a light Romanian accent and shaking Brandon's hand. "I presume you two are friends of Big Brother?" Alice nodded.
"Yes, we are." Brandon said, hiding his dislike for Alec.
"It's nice to meet you~!"
"I've been told that you could help us?" Brandon asked, more as a question then a statement.
"Ah, yes! Alec told me he was coming to pick up some rare metals for his experiment. Unfortunately we're still in the process of digging them out." Lucian replied. "Sorry. It'll take a few days more to get them."
"I see. Is there anyway we could help speed up the process?" Brandon asked, becoming a little anxious at the thought of returning to his own dimension.
"No." Alec replied, deciding to say something.
"Well you've been unusually quiet." Alice remarked.
"Alec is always quiet." Lucian said, a bit confused. "At least around us..."
"Maybe he's scared?" Brandon said sarcastically.
Alec sighed before leaving. "He just doesn't talk much." Lucian replied.
"Well, he was much different before he came here." Brandon said, letting some of his resentment show.
"How?"
"Well, he was definitely more aggravating." Lucian just gave him a confused look. "He aggravates me." Brandon said plainly.
"How? Usually he just reads..."
"Well, obviously he was out of reading material." Brandon grumbled. "Oh, is there anywhere to put our stuff?"
"Eh, that's never happened before.." Lucian shrugged. "He'll read anything... except porn."
"I've never seen him read." Brandon said, shrugging.
"Well, that's odd." Lucian replied.
"Hey, Lucian? Do you know where Alec might've gone?" Alice asked.
"Er, he's probably in my room looking through the books." Lucian said, gesturing to the door he came out of.
"Do you wanna check it out?" Brandon asked, turning to Alice.
"Sure," Alice replied.
"Oh, and about your stuff." Lucian said as they headed towards his room. "Just leave them here, I'll have Luminita deal with them later. "
"OK, Lucian. Thanks!"
"Thank you, Lucian." Brandon said quickly before following Alice into Lucian's room. When they entered, they saw Alec going through the books and mutering under his breath.
"Um, Alec, what are you doing?" Alice asked.
"Looking for a good book." he said before sighing. "I give up, the only thing he has here is pornography."
"Really?" Alice asked, walking towards the bookcase and browsing through the books immediately.
Alec gave her a confused look. "You read porn?"
Alice blushed in embarrassment. "Um..."
"Well, she is definitely into yaoi." Brandon commented, browsing through the porn, looking for an actual book. He finally found one, and sat down in a chair and began reading it.
'I have a shipping chart at home.' Alice thought to her meister. 'When I get back, I'm adding everyone I met here. Including you. And Alec.'
'Oh God.' Brandon thought, his face turning into one of disgust.
'It's not like I'm actually gonna' ship you two!'
'Still, the thought is disgusting.' Brandon thought, returning to reading his book.
Alice chuckled, continuing to look for a good erotica novel while Alec continued his search for an actual book. "I hope Lucian doesn't let his kids read this stuff." he muttered. "It's highly inappropriate for them!"
"If he had kids, they've probably already been soiled." Brandon said, turning a page in his book.
"...He has ten daughters. Why do you think there are so many rooms?" Alec asked.
"Is Fletch one of them?`" Alice asked.
"No, but she thinks of him as an.. adoptive brother of sorts." Brandon remains quiet, becoming quickly enveloped in the book he was reading. Alec saw this and started poking him in the face. "Leave me alone." Brandon said coldly, trying to read the book.
"Watcha' reading?" Alec asked.
"Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X." Brandon said, turning a page in the book.
"What's that about?"
"It's about an ex-air force soldier joining a PMC, and helping stop a plan to take over the United States." Brandon explained, turning another page.
"Cool."
Alice smiled. "Hey, look! You two are conversing like normal people!"
"..."
"No I'm just entertaining him so that he'll leave me alone." Brandon said coldly, turning another page.
"Damn it..." Alice muttered.
"Alice, we will never like each other, except for in your demented yaoi couplings." Brandon said, flipping another page.
"Heheh..." Alice chuckled, wearing a 'rape face'.
"Oh god, why'd I give her that idea?" Brandon asked himself, shivering in fear.
"Yes, Brandon. Why?" Alec asked.
"I was just trying to prove a point." Brandon responded. Alice chuckled. "Now can I please read my book in peace?" Brandon asked, returning his attention to the book.
"No." Alec replied.
"Figures as much." Brandon muttered, trying to read. Alec continued to poke him. "If you don't stop poking me, I'll shove this up your ass." Brandon threatened, losing his focus.
"Hehehe." Alec chuckled, continuing to poke the annoyed teen.
"I swear to god..." Brandon mumbled, beginning to quiver with rage. Alec stopped poking him and laughed.
Alice sighed, before getting an idea. "Hey, Alec?"
"Yeah?"
"Is Lucian really your brother?"
"Why would you ask that?"
"Because he acts like you are." Brandon said, reading his book.
"Because he looks and acts nothing like you." Alice said.
"No." Alec replied.
"Oh, ok then." Brandon said, losing interest quickly in the topic an returning to reading his book.
"Wait, then why the hell does he keep calling you 'Big Brother'?"
"Beats the hell outta me." Brandon said, shrugging.
"Er, 'cause I let him live with us. Dad got pretty mad, though."
"What'd your Dad say?"
"..." Alec didn't reply, he just frowned.
"He probably didn't approve." Brandon said.
"He didn't say anything, he hit me."
"Oh..." Brandon said, feeling a little sorry for the male wendigo.
"Eh, he was weak, anyway." Alec said nonchalantly.
'It seems it didn't affect him too much, but he could be hiding it.' Brandon thought to Alice.
'He's lying, I can tell. His father wasn't weak at all.' she thought back.
'It figures as much. He chronically lies. Kinda like you.' Brandon thought.
'...'
'Don't deny it.' Brandon thought.
'I'm not.'
'Well, your silence proved otherwise.' he thought.
'Well, you did just call me a liar...'
'Because you are.'
'Thanks for the compliment.' she thought sarcastically.
'Hey, that's not exactly a bad thing. You got us out of a lot of trouble multiple times by lying.' Brandon reminded.
'True.'
'So, it's not so much as an insult but as a reminder of your "gift".' Brandon thought, turning another page in his book.
'How is that a gift?'
'Because you do it better then anyone else I know.' Brandon thought, a small grin growing on his lips.
Alice was about to respond when they heard Lucian walk in. He approached Alec, "They're home." he said. Alec shot up and ran out of the room.
"Who's home?" Alice asked.
Lucian smiled happily. "My little girls!"
"Jeez, I think I saw Alec's silhouette in smoke since he ran out so quickly." Brandon commented, looking out the door which Alec ran through.
Alice stood up and turned to Brandon. "Lets go see them!" she said before running out with Lucian following.
"I've got a bad feeling about this." Brandon mumble to himself, an uneasy feeling in his stomach. Despite his better judgement, he presided Alice and Lucian.
They saw Alec holding a five-year old Japanese girl with black hair wearing a pink kimono. "Uncle Alec, should I tell everyone else you came?"
"If you want to, Little Chibi." Alec replied, setting her back done on the ground.
The girl smiled. "OK, Uncle Alec!" she said before running out of the house. Alice gave him a confused look.
"That was Sakura." Alec explained. "She's one of my nieces."
"Well then, why did you run away like a bat outta hell?" Brandon asked, still carrying the book with him.
"Because,"Alec began. "This is the livingroom, and that's the front 'door', where we came in." he said as if talking to a three-year old, gesturing to the cloth hanging in front of where the door should be. "That's also where my nieces will be coming in the house from."
"Oh." Brandon said. 'I thought he said he was terrified of his nieces?' Brandon thought to Alice.
'Hmm, maybe I'm just remembering it wrong then.' Brandon thought, and leaned up against a wall and began reading again.
'Maybe.' Alice thought back, before a girl with pale skin, dark red eyes and black hair tied in a ponytail ran in a hugged Alec. She appeared to be about nine or ten years old. '...And NOW he's scared...' Brandon glanced up towards Alec and couldn't help but chuckle as he saw fear in the boy's eyes.
"Um... Hello, Christine. Nice to see you again...?"
Christine grinned pychoticly. "So you love me and wanna marry me?"
"Um... No." Alec replied, trying to push her off of him.
Then she saw Alice. "YOUUUUU! THIS IS YOURRRRR FAAAAAUUUUULT!" she hissed, chasing her.
"What the hell...? Brandon muttered, looking up from his book. He then saw the girl named Christine chasing after Alice. "Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?!" he called, beginning to chase after her.
"YOU'RE KEEPING ALEC FROM LOVING MEEEEEE!"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"
"HIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSS!"
"Get away from her, you little hellion!" Brandon yelled, chasing after the two.
"NEVERRRRRRR!" Christine replied.
"HELP!" Alice yelled back to Brandon.
"I'm trying!" he yelled, in hot pursuit. "Damn she's fast!"
"BE FASTER!" Alice argued.
"I'm doing the best that I can!" he yelled, gaining on the younger girl.
'Let the madness take over.' Alice thought to him, crying comical chibi tears.
'Fine.' he thought back, not wanting to reveal his secret to Lucian so early.
He felt his mind snap.
The familiar insanity power rushed into his body.
He sped ahead at an incredible speed, and easily grabbed the little girl. He then encased her up to her stomach in insanity material. Christine struggled, making inhumane, guttural noises while doing so. Lucian smiled at Brandon's talent and skipped over to him. "So you are a witch? Alec told me he was working with a witch!"
"No, I'm just insane." Brandon said coldly, devoid of all emotion.
"Well, you should get used to Christine and her crazy, stalkerish antics." A girl with auburn hair and orange eyes and olive skin said. She was about eleven or twelve, the oldest. "You're gonna be stuck with us for the next week or so. I'm Rozetta, by the way."
"Nice to meet you." Brandon said, offering his hand. Rozetta shook it, before another girl entered the room.
She had glowing, turquoise eyes, dull red/orange hair and a large smile on her face. She was 8(I'm not typing this in word form because it's not symmetrical). She approached Brandon. "I am Luminita." she said, kissing him on both cheeks. "That is a traditional human greeting, yes?"
"Only in France." Alice replied.
"Yeah, only in France." Brandon repeated, leaning up against a wall, and beginning to read again.
"Meep." Luminita replied.
"Well, at least you're trying." Brandon said, turning a page. Luminita frowned. He then glanced up. "Why are you frowning?"
"I have devoted my WHOLE LIFE to the study of humans..." she began. "AND I CAN'T EVEN GET A SIMPLE GREETING RIGHT! I'M A FAILURE!"
"Maledizione..." Brandon muttered under his breath. He then looked up. "Well, it's difficult to understand humans. Half the time they don't understand each other." he explained, going back to reading his book.
Then she was suddenly kneeling in front of him. "TEACH ME!"
"Oh Christ!" Brandon exclaimed, scared by the younger girl's sudden outburst.
"Please?" she added in a small voice, looking up at him with puppy eyes. "I'll do anything!"
"Maybe another time." he said, returning his attention to his book.
Luminita started whimpering. "P-Please...?"
"Fine." Brandon said, marking the page and putting his book away. "But if I do this, you gotta promise to tell your uncle and sisters to not annoy me while I'm trying to read."
"OK, but they probably won't listen." Luminita grinned, hugging Brandon's leg.
"First, greetings." Brandon began. "Usually, humans don't kiss eachother on the cheek as a greeting. Usually they say hello, hi, or hey."
"Then why do they kiss eachother?"
"It's a sign of affection between two people in a relationship." Brandon said coldly, trying to get the lesson over as quick as possible.
"Dad told me that's what sex was for."
His eyes widened and he lost a little bit of his composure. "We-well, sexual intercourse is also another way of ah-showing affection." Brandon stuttered, rubbing the back of his head while looking away.
"Which one is better?" Luminita asked.
"That's all a matter of opinion. Personally, I'm fonder of sex then kissing, but other people may feel differently." Brandon said, regaining his composure.
"What's it like?"
"I don't know from personal experience." Brandon said.
"..."
"Moving on..." Brandon said, trying to change the subject. "After a greeting, a common question to ask is how they are doing. You ask this by saying how are you or what's up."
"OK. Then what?"
"You discuss whatever pops into your mind." Brandon said, not knowing how to respond to that question.
"Oh, OK."
"An that concludes the lesson on human speech patterns." Brandon said, taking out his book and beginning to read again.
"But you didn't teach me everything else."
"Well, we'll do it in segments throughout my stay here." Brandon said, not even looking up from his book.
She randomly hugged him. "Please teach me some more! I promise I'll listen!" she said loudly, making Alec chuckle in amusement.
"No. I just want to read right now." he said, trying to focus on his book.
Then, a ten-year old girl with long, dull orange hair came in carrying Sakura on her back. They were both covered in gashes and the older one was carrying two bloody cleavers. She was panting heavily.
Luminita stood up. "Alina, are you alright?"
"No," she replied. "When Sakura came to tell us Alec was here, we were attacked by Wendigos from the Slujnica clan."
"Oh my god... you mean Fletch's family...?" Rozetta asked, earning a nod from Alina. "But Bat Wendigos are usually so peaceful! What happened to our other sisters?"
"Some were killed, others got trapped in the dig site."
Alec and Lucian exchanged worried glances. "Alice, Brandon! You two stay here with the kids, me and Lucian will go look for the others. Got it?" Alec asked in a worried tone of voice.
"Got it." Alice said, before the two brothers rushed out of the house.