Devon fought against the other two vampires outside. Their movements were far to fast for any of the children to have put up much of a fight, but Devon was able to keep up with them... almost.

As he turned around, one of the other vampires was able to stab him through the middle with his dagger, causing Devon to double over in his hands. He grabbed onto the grinning vampire's shoulder, but appeared to be too weak to pull himself off the blade.

The vampire kicked him down in the street, scoffing. "Bah!" He spat at him. "Barely worth my time. Now we've lost our brat because of you. You're lucky you're a vampire, or we would have killed you, pathetic human-lover." And they marched away, annoyed.

Devon laid on his back and stared up at the sky.

@Wraithblade6
Eleanor watches as Devon fights the other two vampires. But she was way too slow to keep up with the vampires, but she does see an opening. When Devon grabs the other vampire's shoulders. Eleanor charges with the rod in front of her to use like a jousting lance. She pierces through the vampires chest and makes a run towards her house. Locking the door behind her.

@CriticalHit@Nikki Moonlight@IceboundMemoire
Eleanor stares at the group of other children. She was sweating "Hurry up, this door wont hold the vampires for long. So start moving!" she was begin to stress.

@Lady Athena@Nikki Moonlight@CriticalHit

"Ellie, what did you do?" He had calmed down now and understood he shouldn't have done what he did. Vampires were cruel and it was likely the other orphans would be punished for what he could have done. If Ellie had done something worse they were all in trouble.

"Aya, how far to Ferid's house?"

@IceboundMemoire@Lady Athena@Wraithblade6@CriticalHit

Aya replied, "Not far. But I need to go alone. So everyone needs to hold on for just a little longer. Do what you normally do until I get back. Okay?"

@IceboundMemoire@Nikki Moonlight@criticalhit
Eleanor shook her head and tried to evade Valerian's question "Aya, we dont have time to stay around acting. Those vampires are not dead, and no matter what we do we wont be able to stop them. We need to go with you. Or we will end up desist"

@Nikki Moonlight@Lady Athena@IceboundMemoire@Wraithblade6

"Wait, they're not dead Ellie? So does that mean that we have two angry vampires waiting for us outside?" Rai asked, hoping that he was wrong. A pair of hungry and angry vampires outside of a house full of kids who made them angry didn't sound like a good combination to Rai. "There was a third one outside, the one who was wearing the hood, what happened to him?" In a way the hooded vampire had saved them, so Rai was both curious and slightly concerned.

With a blade stuck in his gut, Devon grabbed onto the shoulder of the vampire that had impaled him, thinking it was over. Then out of the blue Eleanor charges in from behind him and pierces through the middle of the other vampire, causing him to separate from Devon.

Devon sank to his knees. Fortunately, the other vampires had had enough and left anyway, furious with both the orphans and their mysterious vampire defender. This, would not be forgotten.

Devon glanced behind him, catching a glimpse of Eleanor as she turned and fled. "Thank you..." He said softly, holding onto his side where he had been stabbed. He turned his head forward again, thereby hiding his face inside the hood. He took a few ragged breaths, then began to stand up.

@IceboundMemoire@Lady Athena@CriticalHit@Wraithblade6

Aya sighed. "Then you'll have to stay outside while I get what we need. We'll need to be quick about it. Ferid probably already knows I'm up to something. We need to be careful."

@Nikki Moonlight@CriticalHit@IceboundMemoire@Wraithblade6

Eleanor sighs "We dont have much choice in the matter. But if anything happens we will have to come in after you. Though we need to block the door off before we make an escape. So table!" She points her head to the table in hope people will push the table towards the door to prevent entry for a little bit.

@Lady Athena@IceboundMemoire@CriticalHit@Wraithblade6

Aya pushed the dining table into the door and dusted her hands off. "We'll need to go through the back door or a window." She went to rouse the other children.

Devon got up, and appeared to walk away.

In truth, he was healing rapidly. He had sucessfully made his first impression, but he knew the the children wouldn't trust him yet. He'd be following them however, and the next meeting might go more smoothly.

@Nikki Moonlight@Lady Athena@IceboundMemoire@Wraithblade6

Rai was still curious about the battle that had just occurred outside so he ran over to the nearest window, and he was surprised to find the only thing left over was a small pool of blood, and no sign of the other two vampires. He then overheard Aya talk about leaving through the back door, so he went there and waited for the other children to join him. While he was waiting, he couldn't manage to shake the thought of their hooded defender from earlier. Why did he risk his own neck for some children who were about to get drained? There had be be some kind of reason for his intervention. "Why would he step in like that?" Rai asked himself aloud, unable to find an answer.

@Nikki Moonlight@Lady Athena@IceboundMemoire@Wraithblade6

Eleanor moved out the way of the table and held it in front of the door. She goes towards the kitchen draws and grabs some spoons "Well, we should probably start moving before anyone notices we aren't inside the house" She didnt really know what to think about that hooded vampire which was fighting the other two, to be honest she didnt really care for him and care that he helped them. After all... He is a vampire.

Eleanor looks out the windows and didnt notice either of the two vampires being. This was either a sign they gave up or they are watching the house like hawks.

@IceboundMemoire@Lady Athena@Wraithblade6@CriticalHit

Aya nodded. "We need to be careful...Alright, come on everyone, and keep quiet please." She led the way out the back door.

@Nikki Moonlight@Lady Athena@CriticalHit

Valerian had stayed silent during the exchanges that had just been had. He had been thinking of what just took place. Something was up. He had initially been pushed into this pattern of thought by Rai's thinking out load, and it didn't make sense. What would a vampire have to gain from saving children from his own kind? No, this was improbably.

One answer could've been that he felt a kinsmanship towards them due to his being recently turned. There was no way of validating this, so it could be crossed off for now. It truly would have been tragic if that was the truth, and would explain why he lost - he would be weaker.

Another answer was that the vampire was some kind of upholder of the law. This was unheard of to Valerian; a vampire who not only followed but also enforced the rules? Not a chance. Thus he crossed this off the list based on his own prejudices.

The final thought that went through Valerian's mind was that this was some form of plot. He wasn't sure what he had to gain from attempting to gain the trust of orphans, so this thought was shelved.

Valerian was stumped. It didn't make any sense.

@Nikki Moonlight@IceboundMemoire@Lady Athena

When Aya started to lead the others out the back door, Rai decided to stick near the middle of the group, that way he could silence anyone who was making too much noise. In truth, Rai knew little of what was going on, all he knew was that Aya had to get something from Ferid's house for some kind of plan. Rai would try to keep a calm and relaxed expression as if he knew exactly what was going on for the others sake, he couldn't let any of the really young ones think that the situation was not under control.

@Wraithblade6@Lady Athena@IceboundMemoire@CriticalHit

Aya led them to Ferid's house and she said, "Stay here." She slipped inside and quickly grabbed the map and gun. Then she came out and she said, "I've got what we need, let's go." She led the way holding the map until they got to where they were supposed to be going to get out.

But Ferid was waiting for them.

@Nikki Moonlight@CriticalHit@Lady Athena

How could Ferid be here? It seemed too much of a coincidence that he would have a map... and a gun... and be here. Unless it was planned all along. What would Ferid gain out of this? Crushed hopes? He couldn't kill them; that was against the rules - unless there was a rule that allowed him to do so if they were trying to be free.

But if Ferid had planned it all along, maybe this wasn't even the exit? It was their only chance, however.

"I say we run for it, guys," Valerian whispered to the others. He doubted they'd get out of this without a few scars.

@Nikki Moonlight@CriticalHit@IceboundMemoire

Eleanor was prepared to fight through the whole of the escaping, She had a few spoons at the ready. She was so glad when they finally began to leave Ferid's house with a map. But things started to take a turn for the worse.... Ferid was waiting and now she knew something was up. She looked to Aya "You led us into a trap... Why?.... I though I was your friend" Eleanor obliviously didnt see that this was not part of Aya's plans of escape

@CriticalHit@IceboundMemoire@Lady Athena@Wraithblade6

Aya was surprised to see Ferid here as much as the others. At Ellie's accusation she turned to her. "Ellie, I swear this wasn't part of the plan!" She seemed stressed as Ferid smiled. "Oh my, Aya-chan. Such a weasel, stealing my map and gun. I bet you can't even use it." Aya held the gun at the ready in front of her. "Stay away from them! Let them go free, I take full responsibility for this."