Chapter Five: Silver
With tokens on collars or wrist bands, five Incubi and the two women stepped in to the dance bar. The boys to Eric's initial dismay were required to wear pants, but he cheered up after seeing how well they fit.
Their ears were bombarded by the thumping music. Eyes almost blinded by the flashing, colored lights. They followed the path between two rows of velvet ropes to find their reserve room. As they did, the other party goers noticed them. Out of the corner of her eye, Karen could see women and a few men double take at the sight of the five demon brothers. More than a few of the braver ones, made their way to the rope guards to admire them. Hungry smiles appeared after seeing what tokens the demons wore. Matthew just looked around not really sure to be nervous or excited as he smelled the energy in the room. Eric on the other hand had no such qualms, flirting endlessly at the women as he passed them. Damien quickly rushed to stick close to Karen and nearly hiding behind James. Sam just ignored everything but the few males that seemed to show interest in Mika. Those he sent flashing eye glares and growls to. He was debating whether this was a good idea after all, even if it meant he could be in his true form for the first time in months.
James, the gentleman he was, simply took Ms. Wallis' arm and led her gallantly to their designation. His gold coloring and height making him stand out more than his brothers. He completely ignored the crowds in spite of the smell of the much desired and needed sexual energy in air. They reached some stairs when they took upward to a secure landing. Karen used a key card to open the first door to the right and led everyone in. The room was apparently sound proofed some, the thumping was more felt than heard, and large windows overlooked the flashing dance floor.
"This place is amazing!" Eric cried out, "It was as if we were on the red carpet…all those admirers!"
James looked around the room noticing the leather sofas and rather large, low table. A large container full of ice and bottled drinks rested on it as well as some human and demonic snack foods. On the wall, flanking the door, there seemed to be two smaller rooms each with a couch and sliding doors as if to offer some privacy…oh! He cleared his throat and the put his attention back on Ms. Wallis as she spoke.
"Ok guys; remember no fighting and no enthralling without permission. If you happen to…desire some privacy with a certain someone, that's what those…"Karen indicated the two double closet sized rooms that James recently noticed, "are for. Now go...be free!"
Mika giggled and dragged Sam out the door to the dance floor, nearly causing him to slam one of his rather large horns in the door frame. Eric quickly followed, but more sedately. Matthew seemed to hesitate between staying where it was safe or to head on down. Karen walked over and led him to the windows. She pointed out a crowd of young looking people and whispered something to him. He grinned and then left as well.
She then turned to Damien who remained seated on one of the sofas to people watch. "Not going down, Damien?" she asked.
"I…don't think so, "he said, "I've lived so long trying to stay away from crowds because…you know…"
Just then there was a knock at the door just before it opened, a dark haired female with elfish looks walked in and raced over to give Karen a hug. "Silver! I just knew you couldn't stay away, "the girl whispered.
"Lila?"Karen asked with a frown, "You're still here?"
Lila stepped back and smiled with a nod, "I help out with the first timers to get use to the place and show them around the more…calmer areas. When Delva mentioned you had some first timers here…"
"Perfect!"Karen said with a grin. She then turned to Damien and said, "Damien, Lila…Lila, Damien. Damien is a mind reader that just learned to shield. Lila is an empath. Damien is a very shy first timer that the locals will want to eat alive but also needs to feed. Lila goes into over protective mode when a person she likes is threatened. Now go, both of you. OUT!" She then forcibly shoved the two of them out of the room as Lila giggled and Damien just looked stunned.
James coughed to cover a laugh at seeing his brother finally getting the encouraging attention he deserves and said, "Was that really necessary?"
"Yes and you know it, "Karen replied as she sat down with her legs to the side and bent over to grab a bottle of water. As she opened it she asked, "Am I going to have to do the same thing to you? The main reason why I brought you guys here was so you can feed in a relatively safe environment and to give Mika exposure to this world."
"I'll go down later, the night is still young and from what I can see we might be here until closing, "James replied.
"Good luck with that, this place never closes, "came the answer. Karen took a drink of water and then added, "The rumor is this place remained opened during the Chicago Fire. Of course it was in a different location but still…"
James moved to sit next to the woman on the sofa, just a little closer than most people would consider comfortable and asked, "If you don't mind, just what are you?"
Karen smiled as she took another sip before answering, "Whatever do you mean?"
"You are physically younger than you should be if you were a human, "James said rather smoothly as he got a little closer, "And you nearly caused a gargoyle to have a panic attack. Why do they call you Silver?"
"You're a smart demon, "Karen said with a smile enjoying the game, "Why don't you tell me?"
James narrowed his eyes as he sensed the woman's sexual energy rise and noticed it seemed to be a mix of human and something more primitive, more predatory. James' eye flashed gold as he considered the signs he was receiving from the woman. Was she only playing with him? Up until today, she was almost completely professional with him and his brothers. Oh she loosened up some over the past few days, but nothing like this.
"In case you're wondering about this sudden change, "she whispered as she got a little closer, "It's just a touch of the old Silver coming out...to play if you are interested."
Not a demon or devil. A human? Not a witch and with a more bestial side.
'Werewolves are extremely rare and I only know of one currently in existence.'
James eyes widened as it all clicked. He considered the implications but then his thoughts were firmly pulled to the side as Karen placed a hand on his shoulder. He saw the collar that hand was holding. He took it from her and looked it over. Just a few, silver tokens were on it but one definitely peaked his interest. He took hold of it and then looked at the woman.
She leaned forward and whispered in his ear, "My safe word is 'Woof-woof'."
That did it. James eyes went solid gold as he reached over and pulled her into a hard kiss as the enthrallment went over her. She moaned as he rained kisses down the side of her throat and she exposed her neck to him. Now knowing what she truly was, he knew what that meant to her and took the first taste of her freely given sexual energy, similar to a human's but having a more wild taste. The demon prince growled as he got up and forcibly led her to one of the privacy rooms. Just as he was going to slide the door shut Matthew raced into the room in a panic. "James! Ms. Wallis! Sam and Mika are in trouble!" he cried out.
"Damn it!" James growled as he forcibly pulled back the enthrallment. Karen shook her head to clear out the last vestiges of it before growling under her breath, eyes flashing angrily red.
"Huh…what were you two…"Matthew was starting to ask when James interrupted him by demanding, "What about Sam and Mika?!"
"Look, "he said pointing towards the window. All three look through it to see what looked like to be a group of six pasty skin humans surrounding Mika and Sam. The other dancers had stopped dancing and encircled the group.
"Where are the bouncers?"James demanded.
"Don't know, I tried looking the moment I saw the trouble start but couldn't fine them!"
"Go get the others, "Karen ordered as placed her collar into the small silver purse and handed it to Matthew, "Trust me this won't take long."
James glanced at her briefly and nodded. Then with a smirk he whispered in her ear, "We'll be continuing our little adventure later. I can't wait to see what it takes to make you howl."
Karen just watched as James walked away and took a deep breath. Those vamps are sooooo going to pay. She kicked off her shoes and took a few steps back before running towards the window. As she ran, she started to grow and silver grey fur appeared across her body. She crossed her arms in front of her to cover her face just before she crashed into and through the window. The rags of her dress fell off her as she continued through the air and then she landed behind Sam and Mika. All eight feet of fur, claws and fangs of her. With a growl, the werewolf struck the apparent leader of the vampires, her long reach going over the couple's heads, ripping off its face. The other vampires stepped back in fear.
"Where the hell did that come from?" one hissed as he stepped back as the creature went onto all fours, snarling as it made its way around Sam and Mika. Sam not knowing what to do: protect Mika from the vampires or from the…whatever that was.
"Sam! Miss!"James called out, "Over here, hurry!"
"Oh no, you don't, "Another of the vampires hissed, "That tasty morsel…"
The wolf took hold of the vamp's head and easily picked it up. The threat was obvious; this creature could easily crush the undead minion's head as easily as a rotten egg.
The other four vampires tried to jump on the werewolf, apparently in an attempt to save their companion. The creature crushed her prisoner's head and then threw the remains right into two of the attacking vampires and kicking the last one to the ground, holding it in place with its foot (paw?).
The one of the remaining free vampire shoved his dead and turning to ash companion to the side and pulled out out a knife. The wolf gave the creature what one could only call a 'Really?' look before back handing him into the ground, shattering its face. She then crushed the vampire she was standing on by twisting her foot. The last vampire snarled as he made a break for it as the surrounding crowd started to chant, "Silver! Silver! Silver!"
The werewolf raised its head in a victorious howl as the dance music continued to play.
To be continued…