Saturday, 13 October 2018, Cavendish family mansion, Edinburgh, Scotland
Diana, Amanda and Akko came back the same day with the fourth word already unblocked, which ended up sparking a little more hope, much in this matter of getting more advantages against the cultists, but there was still another matter that would have to be resolved at that time, and this one was connected to a larger plan, so that the attack on their base could also be carried out.
That afternoon as always after the training, being a Saturday day, would have a meeting to decide how they would continue the plan and how was the progress of everything, so much so that Hellene participated at the same time of the meetings, where in the United States it was still morning, but what did not prevent rolling the event so important for the conversation about the mission to end with the culitstas.
" Very well, you three have just discovered the fourth word, it is a weapon that can be useful in case there is any poison around, or something like that that comes in our way, we are progressing well " Laura said.
" I have an idea mum, I know it seems a bit risky, but we should try, so we won't risk our lives so much and also we won't run the risk of espionage, besides being closer to the cultists' base too " Diana said.
" And what would that idea be? " asks the mother.
" I thought well and we can split into two bases, one here and one in Arcturus, let's prepare the offensive there, so the cultists won't know that there is an offensive being planned, they don't have access to that place, here in the mansion we will kind of continue with the defence plan, what do you think? " Diana said.
Everyone around even clapped their hands for the plan which was explained neatly on a board mainly because the distances were much smaller, being quite useful for carrying out such an attack, which then Croix was sort of drawing a bit more of the plan around to the mansion part.
" I'll stay with a group looking here, you stay with a group already preparing the attack over there, take Frank with you and also Constanze, I kind of already understood how an MGE works, so I can make some to ensure our defence " Meridies said.
" So, it's been decided, we'll be separated in two groups, and every Saturday we'll leave the portal and talk on the internet to tell our progress, but we still can't cause suspicion... They have to think that we didn't leave," said the redhead.
" We'll make some puppets of our own, then we'll quietly leave the mansion and go to Glastonbury, they'll have to be puppets that move with magic, that way everything will be easier to fool," said Bernadette.
" Great! Now we have a strategic advantage over those bastards," said the Italian.
" How are we going to divide the groups? " Diana asks.
Everyone starts to get more silent, where they separate first by the leadership of each group, the group that goes to Arcturus being led by Laura, while the group of the Cavendish mansion would be led by Bernadette, kind of separating the two since the defences would be somewhat divided.
" Okay I think I already know three who will stay with me, Diana, Amanda and Akko, they will stay in Arcturus, they are on a mission to find the words, we already have four confirmed on one side " McLaren said.
" Let's do this, put a card and each one fills in her name," said the older Cavendish.
This was how it was done and with that the groups were deciding better how they were going to separate on each side.
On one side in Arcturus will come Laura, Diana, Akko, Amanda, Lotte, Sucy, Constanze, Frank, Andrew and on the other side in the Cavendish mansion will stay Bernadette, Croix, Hellene, Marianne, Jasminka, Olivia, Rita, Abigail, Hannah and Barbara. Plus the other people in the house who were also going to stay, which was kind of already being set who was going to turn into different dolls temporarily.
" Wait, how long are we going to be in Arcturus? " asks O'Neill.
" Until the brief attack by Daryl and the cultists " Laura said.
" Shit... I might lose contracts in the meantime, but that's okay... I know this is more important " Said the salmon"coloured hair.
" Ah Amanda you can stay here and continue to invest in your career, we try to give you some strength in words, we hold the ends for you, after all yesterday you even made the biggest sacrifice for both of us " Akko said.
" No, no need, I want to do this for all of us, it's more important and who knows, maybe in this time I won't end up being more disputed for what I did, it could be a good thing, especially if Hellene keeps moving more sticks to get the contract in her sponsorship " said the American with a smile.
" So it's decided, at night we will all go out and get a car to the train station, we will arrive at dawn," Diana said.
" First of all we are going to make the magic dolls, I will just need you to take off your clothes, but not everything, so I make the dolls and then you put these things on to make it more realistic with our proportions " McLaren said.
And with that one by one went to another room where Laura was creating dolls with a little magic and some other materials to model leaving the texture very similar to a human skin, in the end giving last details when duplicating the clothes that were put there, of all the people that would go out for Arcturus, with that the whole group is ready already for the first part.
The others see the details and are impressed with the precision of the dolls, really well done, close to the reality, enough to deceive well.
" Wow love, you have really improved on that " Bernadette said.
" I had, the last time I made these dolls I didn't fool anything and it still cost April's life, now I've improved and I know this will be enough " Laura said clenching her fists.
" And what will the next phase be now? " Amanda asks.
" At nightfall we will all leave here, prepare your bags and leave them in a van that will come in the basement, then we will all go together, you can even bring televisions to play videogames, we will find a way to bring electricity to Arcturus " McLaren said.
" But isn't the place sacred? " Diana asks.
" Look at all the things we've done, there's a place where they only make wicks, a television with a video game isn't going to kill anyone " said the Irish girl shrugging her shoulders.
So they followed all the girls that go to Arcuturus, packing all the bags, putting clothes and also taking a tube television with a Playstation 2 to pass the time when they don't have much to do, taking several games together to guarantee some fun.
The van had even arrived, it wasn't only one but several, but in this case the right one was only one that the girls would take their bags inside and it didn't need to be much, so they were kind of saying goodbye to everyone, as time went by.
The night was falling, the train tickets were bought, they would take a short trip to Glasgow where from there they would take the train to Bristol and then a drive to Glastonbury.
" Are you ready? " Said Laura in the basement garage.
" Yes... " Diana said.
" Bye bye love, I'll miss you a lot, I hope this doesn't take too long " Bernadette said.
" I am sure you won't, soon these cultists will feel the impact of us coming with everything, goodbye Bern, take good care of Hellene and the lassies, I love you " McLaren said kissing her wife with all the affection in the world.
The two of them stayed hugging for a long time, practically without letting go of each other, kind of going with the moment, together, until they separated and each one went to a different destination. Around the
places, the spies observed all the activity, already registering the exit of six vans and each one went to a different way, each one went to a shed, from this shed other vans left, what was guaranteeing even more security and difficulty for the investigation, until the arrival of all of them at Glasgow
station.
" Well it's time for us to go " McLaren said, getting on the train with the others.
" Our mother, I have never seen the lady so down " Diana said.
" I've never been so far away from Bern for so long since the 90's, even so we always saw each other weekly, now for an undetermined time we're going to be kind of isolated, no mobile phone or anything, only the communication of the meetings every week, especially since there's no signal in Arcturus " said the redhead, who then received some affection from her daughter.
" Let's think this will make you two too close again, we'll win this battle and soon you'll be the grouchy mums you always were, plus you'll be here to see me and Hellene giving you granddaughters " Said Cavendish who managed to cheer her mother up.
" Granddaughters? Hey Diana, it's a bit early for that my love, we are still a bit young for you to be thinking about that " Akko said blushing.
" One day we'll form our family, guarantee a safe world for everyone, our Bellatrix will love the stories we'll tell about everything we've been through," said the Scottish lass who was also hugging her girlfriend.
The train trip was quite long, taking a good few hours, until they arrived in Bristol, from there they took another van that was also taking a safe way, there, with all the planning that was done not to cause strangeness, they arrived at Glastonbury, seeing from far away the city lights in the middle of the dawn, while they were still at the old entrance where they went to Luna Nova.
" How I miss this place... " Akko said.
" Tell me about it, the city down there, I miss looking to the side and seeing the Luna Nova building that is now no longer here," Amanda said.
" The short time I spent in this place marked me for a lifetime " Atsuko said.
" I who have stayed all my life know how it feels, I grew up in this place, coming here brings back all the good memories I had in my past " O'Neill said.
" I also have good memories from here, I never lived here, I also visited only once in a while but for me it was important " Cavendish said.
" Well let's go lassies, the way through the forest is still long " said Laura who was putting on a balaclava.
" The balaclava idea was great, if someone is spying on us they will never find us and identify us, or it could take many days for that to happen," Kagari said.
They walked through the forest, which took them a good few minutes, since it was very dense and there was no way to use magic to avoid provoking some cultist that might turn their eyes to them, walking all the way through the forest they soon arrived at the portal, where they opened it, being somewhat relieved, taking off their masks and dropping their bags in the main hall.
" Whew... We finally arrived " Amanda said, throwing herself on one of the sofas.
" From here we will train much harder than before, it will be to really defeat these cultists and we will also draw up a plan to invade the area of these damned " McLaren said.
" Ahhhh, I'm sleepy too, are we going to start this heavy training first thing tomorrow morning? " said O'Neill.
" Exactly, the sooner the better, so we don't run the risk of being observed, besides taking to a much bigger limit than we can reach, since Cons will be in the focus of the machines, improving more our magical devices and robots, then you can go with everything too Cons, force the limit of these machines and make them become fucking advanced, we will save their mothers, and the boys, they can give the ass all they want and will also train with us, you two are witches, I know it well, you will learn magic as they will " said the Irish girl, cracking her fists.
" Hey Mrs McLaren are you really going to get rough with us? " Andrew said.
" Of course I will, you are a brute force for our group, look at that size and those muscles boy, you and Frank are a brute force that can be too good against those cultists, even against me it can be something that gives work " Said the redhead giving a pat on the back of the two boys that were giving steps forward with the impact of the small strong hands of the girl.
" Good night to you, I'm already going to sleep, I'm tired, you come too Akko " Diana said.
" Certainly my love " Kagari said.
In this they all go to sleep, to prepare themselves for these days that will be very hard in Arcturus, since the training will be heavier, as now they will be safer to the cultists' eyes, since they are focusing everything to the Cavendish family mansion.
On the next morning, the news are already arriving at the cultists
' base, about to inform Daryl that was half asleep in the throne room, being woken up for an emergency communiqué to solve these invasion issues.
" Tell me why you dare disturb Pulcher Magus at this hour you imbecile! " Said the furious Cavendish.
" A thousand pardons sovereign, I only came to bring news from the Cavendish mansion, which is of great and extreme importance for you, we discovered a suspicious movement at dawn " said the cult member.
" Tell me more about it " said the witch.
" Six white vans went to the outside of the mansion, of these vans each one went to a shed in Edinburgh, but we couldn't trace one by one after that, we tried to go by the plates of each one that increased to other six, the thirty"six went to other sheds and following by each one we are still sort of checking, already in the mansion there was no movement out of the normal, they continue to train, only this part of the vans " He said himself that afterwards was scared with the staff hitting hard.
" Bastards! They are trying to escape from our eyes, try to find more information! " said the furious witch.
" I will try... " Said the boy who took a blast from a spell that almost made him fall among the fish.
" Listen here boy, you are not going to try, you are going to do it, so come back here only when you have some valid information or else I will feed you to the fishes, do you hear me? I hope I made myself clear! " I hope I made myself clear," said Daryl in a way that made the boy a little afraid, and then he got up and ran away from the throne.
Daryl was sort of walking down the halls, looking at the reflection of the water in the fish tank, then at the walls, until another member eventually arrives and she glares at him a little angrily, even if from behind her mask.
" Sovereign, Sovereign, they are still in the mansion, it was not an escape, we managed to get the latest information and they are still training! " said the man himself.
" Ahhhhhh, ahhhhh, now I understand which one it was from them, well then we know that they are still making a plan to evacuate valuables from the mansion, that was it, so we are in a quiet situation, I already know where our second target is " Cavendish said what the member was just agreeing with everything.
" What do you intend to do my liege? " said the boy.
" The McLaren's house in Dublin, Ireland, that's where our next target will be, as soon as we annihilate all of them, there won't be any way for the survivors to have peace, we will directly attack their place of escape and loot all the riches that are there, besides killing whoever is left, but I warn you, I don't want any witch left from the Cavendish mansion attack, are you listening to me? If not, I will have to kill you for your incompetence, I want an efficient group to perform the attack, our best group " said the witch demanding what is going to come for the attack.
" Understood sovereign, I promise I will do everything as you command, I hope it was helpful " Said the member.
" Now go, do not disturb me anymore, it is good to know that this news is coming, inform me about who will appear in the attack later, I want efficient information, nothing to bring me anything chewed, or else the only thing that will be chewed will be you slowly by my fish and I will make sure to give you a slow and painful death " Said Cavendish intimidating the boy who leaves the throne room and is already kind of starting to do what was asked in the mission.
From there the cultist was off running, doing what he was told to do to make a better organization of all the best members for the planning of the attack of the mansion, such as announcing the second plan that would be done next, where all the members would already be informed and could start reconnaissance missions in the area around, in the case asking the permission to the leader that comes to authorize, that being a day somewhat stressful for the witch that was to have many commitments to do around this, in the end ending up resolving things, without knowing yet what really was the plan that rolled to separate the group.
An ideal plan to hide the group that would plan the direct attack on the cultists' base, which can end up working out very well, since the weapons on the girls' side are very advanced, just as they this time have a huge strategic advantage that can be the element that will bring about all the change.
See you, new base witches...