Zero looked up when he heard Dutch's comment. 'Seriously? You're going on about that? You think I like not being able to do anything for you? You think I enjoy spending every minute of my time reading through old spellbooks to find some way to turn you back?' he exclaimed, turning around to look at him.
'Yes, I was turned back to normal. I was given an option to get us both out of there or both be stuck there and I picked getting us out. Would you've done it any better?' he stated harshly.

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'But I want to help, daddy!' Hebi exclaimed upon hearing her father's reply. He seemed troubled lately, whenever she had the chance to see him. He was busy with work and never really had time for her. She didn't mind it so much, understanding he had to take care of this place so they could live here, but it got so boring over time. She wanted to do something, help him if possible. There had to be something she could do to, even if it was business.

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Zhalia had been stuck in a dreamless sleep after the one posing as Anthony knocked her out with sleeping-gas. She had cursed herself numerous times for ending up in this predicament, had tried to wake up and make her way back from where ever the man brought her. It was all useless, she was stuck in the endless darkness of her sleep until the man decided he wished for her to wake up or the sleeeping-gas was purified in her body. Luckily, or unlucky, for her that moment came fairly quick.

Her eyes fluttered as she awoke from her forced sleep and she looked straight into the face of the man that took her, her mind foggy.
Who was he? Did the manager send her? She glanced around and immediately was wary of the place. This wasn't the hotel. There was no place in the hotel that looked like this, not even the dungeons. Her piercing blue eyes turned to him. 'W-where did you take me...?' she mumbled, her voice still a bit groggy.

Eline headed out into the woods. She noticed a trail of strange footprints on the ground and taking a closer look she compared them to that of a bear. "Why would a bear be out here.." She sniffed them. The scent was very familiar. "Smells like...oh no.." Recognizing the scent as that bear supernatural Goliath she quickly ran along the trail.

Dutch went to answer, but stopped himself. He then just curled up on the ground his head facing away from Zero. He then answered, "Yeah, sure whatever you say Mr. Wizard" with a strong hint of anger and sarcasms. He would normally try to avoid making Zero angry, mostly considering he was weaker, and Zero was both a human and a spellcaster. but right now, he couldn't care less about making him angry or not. He almost wanted to make him mad.

Anthony was close to saying his last final prayers before the bear turned back into a man. When he was suddenly talking about how it was dangerous out here, Anthony smirked. "Yeah, you should've warned me about that an hour ago," he muttered. After the bear man thing asked about a hotel Anthony gave him a crazed look. "Honestly, I get so lost in this forest that I would be wandering for years without any guide. The hotel is somewhere north, but it's not a fun place to be," he explained. Yeah, but then again he's supernatural, the hunter thought, remembering his personal moments there. "Look, I've just been trying to find my way back, Eline's going to..." he looked over the man's shoulder to see Eline following the path they had taken, running closer to them. Anthony smirked as he saw her draw near. "Yeah, looks like she found me already."

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The Manager sighed and shook his head as Hebi pleaded to help him. He wished he could come up with something to appease her for the time. Maybe going out with her would truly be a good thing to do. "Hebi, maybe we can-" His computer flashed a warning as there was someone detected outside. The Manager switched to the camera but couldn't see anything yet since they weren't in range of the visual. The Manager scowled, another intruder would not be a good thing to have, but a guest would be rather nice for a change. "Hebi, let me deal with this guest first then we take about getting you a pet."

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Hammond waved as Zhalia woke up and noticed her surroundings. A small grin came out as she asked where she was. "Oh, this place doesn't really have a name. Not to worry, it isn't far away from that town, still in the same forest even. Although there's a slight problem, no one on the outside can get in unless we want them to, and you're a lucky little girl to be a special one! This place has no real official name, I just call it Vladimir's Complex and it does seem to fit," he explained to her, then pulled out a coin and started to flip it. "You see, I'm a supernatural called a Trickster. Judging by that you're a supernatural too, I figure you know what I can do. So, let this be my simple introduction to this place while I wait for my boss to arrive to see our new guest!" Hammond snapped his fingers and several illusions emitted that began to play on Zhalia's mind, making it colder for her and showing nausea for a start. While Hammond wasn't able to read someone's mind and draw out their fears, he was decent enough on figuring them out. "Feel free to get up from that old wooden chair and kill me!" Hammond added. While the Trickster waited for the illusions to settle in, he sent a servant to go bring Vladimir to him.

Upon seeing Goliath Eline growled. "Just what do you think you are doing to Anthony? Look if this is about us up and leaving the village we have a reason to..well town. I want to solve this mystery like everyone else but if you continue to disallow us to think of all the lives and people that could be in danger.." She then kneeled down beside Anthony. "Are you alright?" She asked him while glaring at Goliah also.

Seeing no threats on her way Vivian continued her treck.

Her wails had begun to die down, being replaced by whimpers and pants as she came back to her senses. Hair plastered to her face and neck, as she panned around the room. "Delilah dear...de..." Where was she, where was her husband? Why had that pain even started? She struggled to sit up, and all she wanted was to be in her husbands arms, holding Delilah close. "Delilah!" Danni called.

Goliath:
"So nothing new from you, eh?" Goliath said, and was about to continue when the female approached. He decided to make a witty reply for her rather rude comments, "I was planning on ripping out his flesh and chewing on his bones, keep a closer eye on your friend here." he said with a snide tone, "Out of the city, into the food chain". The hunter's advice seemed to say the hotel was north, so he figured he would go there. The old man got up, and left the two behind. He wasn't much for conversation, and he had a hotel to pillage. A few meters away from them, he turned into a bear and proceeded to trot northward, towards the hotel and towards what he hoped was great food.

The great bear walked for what seemed like a good bit. The forest got rather thick at one point, so he was forced to turn back into a man. He continued for another good while, still continuing Northward towards where he hoped would be the hotel.

Eline growled again even tho she could sence he was being snidy. Once Goliath was away she offered her hand to Anthony to help him up. "Are you alright? Where have you been?"

Anthony got up quickly after Eline helped him up, breathing heavily from running. "Sorry Eline, I didn't think I would be this long," Anthony chuckled, resting against the tree. "Honestly I thought that thing would kill me, but of course I wouldn't have been here in the first place had I not been an idiot to go out alone." The hunter looked back up at Eline, giving a small smile. "Thanks for finding me, if that bear hadn't killed me it would probably be something else here. I'm so sorry Eline." He decided to explain to Eline about the trickster later. It was a scary experience to face that thing, and he hated drawing back on it.

"Damn right you were taking too long to come back.." Eline deadpanned but pecked him. "I was so worried I had lost you yet again. Like that time..." She shook her head. "Just be more careful and do not be afraid to ask for assistence from me or any of the hunters. It is dangerous to be going out into these woods alone. Tho from what Goliath said the old hotel may still be intact even after all this. Should we head back to the town after you rest?" She asked assuming he was tired by his reaction.

"Aaah.. But the error at hand is simply this, I am not my people. I am me." Alfons said, coughing quietly before he continued. "That is another subject though. Right now the situation is us and here. If you break away like you are now, displaying your hatred to others then it might be true you will not be able to lower your guard, but with friends and with us you won't have to do that. Just lower the weapons you use as words and I can assure you..." With that his eyes glanced over at Daniel, giving the vampire, lycan, and girl a look of seriousness before they returned to the hunter, still showing to be stern and with no sense of relaxation in sight. "... Your death will not be by our hands, and it sure won't be by whoever is responsible for our suffering." Finally, a chuckle came from the reverend and he gave a warm smile to the man, the wounds allover his body slowly returning to their regeneration process. "You would think people would come together during these dark times in an attempt to find a light, but they always seem to do harm to each other instead, and become the darkness they feared they would become."

Kain blinked when Alfons glanced over at him then returned to his human form, stretching when he was no longer in fur and observing his surroundings. He saw Perrin's paper, Alfons' discussion with the hunter nearby, Kaori's doings, and Daniel's recovery, but then his eyes came across the one with the brick and like Kaori he could easily see the presence of a weapon in the man's sleeve. I gotta keep an eye on that one... He might alert the guards and bring out more trouble in this cage. The lycan thought, watching the stranger for a good minute before averting his attention elsewhere.

Hammond leaned against the wall as he waited for Vlad to appear, whistling his own version of "Drunken Sailor" and grinning at Zhalia. At the sudden knock of a door Hammond jumped up and answered it like it was Santa Claus himself at the door. There Vlad entered the room, inspecting the surroundings. The servant who was sent to retrieve him also followed behind, shirking back to avoid being in the way. Hammond gave a head bow and appeared behind Vlad, beaming as he perked back up. "Hello Vlad, today I have decided that a few things need to be changed around here. You see, I've been your go to guy whenever you're down at times to lift you back up but after a while I realized, who's there to push me back up? Who's there to make sure I'm stable? And now I've seen that there's no one, no one to help me at those times. And you know what? Eh, screw it I was just distracting you Vladdy!" The servant pulled out a dagger and stabbed it into the back of Vlad, making the shapeshifting vampire fall to the ground. Hammond jumped onto Vlad, making an elaborate performance. "Sorry Vlad, I was just getting a bit bored. Always second in command and the whatnot. I mean from a gang to a European supernatural circus to an underground kidnapping business to here. So this time I want to secure my position which doesn't really involve you so..." Hammond flicked his fingers and what looked like a black hole appeared from underneath Vlad. A hand raised up and grabbed onto Vlad's leg, pulling him in. When Vlad was encased inside, Hammond flicked his fingers again and the black hole closed up. "Right, let's see how quickly he'll go mad consciously repeating the same day for the rest of his life!"

The Trickster gave a large smile to the servant and nodded his head, making the servant delightfully bounce. "Unfortunately lad I can't have you spilling out this little circumstance, but I promise to bring you back in 50 years. You understand right?" The servant widened his eyes with realization but couldn't even begin to run before another hand pulled the servant inside another a black hole, consuming him as well. Hammond gave a breath of relief, then turned and waved at Zhalia. "Oh this is going to be fun!" Hammond walked outside and closed the door, bolting it shut and walking to the main office where the majority of the staff were, smiling with anticipation of what was to come.

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Anthony gave a sad smile at Eline, nodding his head regretfully. "Yeah, my pride overruled me in that sense, I won't leave you again like that, I promise." Anthony stood up from the tree, giving a breath of relief. "I think we can head back now as long as we walk. That werebear didn't drain everything out of me." Anthony bent down to grab his tools, then heard a small rustling. The hunter shot up, getting in an alert stance. "What was-" Anthony felt a sudden pressure on his head and darkness soon took over. The same thing repeated for Eline, making her fall next to Anthony.

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Nixon paced around the town, checking up on everyone in it. "Right, so there's four gone, but it was just today. I can't believe nothing's happened to you guys except for today, what a boring uneventful time. Now I'm glad I was hanging out in a forest," the vampire said to himself as he continued walking down the road. "That leaves...24? 26? Am I supposed to be counting Kate and I? Maybe. Wow managing a town is annoying. Why couldn't I hire someone else to do this?" Nixon walked up to the CROATOAN sign and investigated it again, running his finger against the carving. "And what does this mean?" Nixon felt a slight ping in his head, as if a rock just echoed off in his brain. The vampire turned around, looking around and expecting to see someone. There was no one around him however, not even a trace of someone quickly leaving. Nixon walked into the middle of the road, spinning around. "Where-" The pinging came again, only much more forceful. "Oh. Crap." Nixon's eyes rolled back and he fell to the ground, making a soft puff of dust swirl up around the place he fell.

Nixon's unconscious quickly disappeared from the road, as if it were never there except for the shoe prints embedded on the dirt road he was on. Others soon followed in the day, and only when the ones left realized what was happening it was too late for them too. The town once again became empty, and there was nothing but silence.