Zyriff rolled his eyes at Drake's anger towards him before he looked to Vanessa, "Drake is special, his scales absorb that sort of shit. And since I'm obviously no longer needed, or wanted, I will get going." He said as a bow towards Vanessa and Alister before he suddenly disappeared.

"Yes, I'm fine." Drake said sternly towards Alister, his demenour completely changing from before Zyriff came into the picture. He looked over to Vanessa as she mentioned about seeing his wound.
He knew Alister was worried about him and he could feel the anger in Vanessa's eyes as she watched him. "Fine." He said, holding back on letting the anger show in his words.

He walked over to Vanessa with a frown on his face. He looked to Alister for a moment before resting his eyes back on the woman.
"I can assure you the wound is fine." He said before he turned around and knelt down to allow her to get a better look at the slowly healing wound. "I appreciate you coming to the Aid. I will admit." Drake said to Vanessa, his eyes closed. "I can't speak for Alister but that knife could have caused a massive danger to everything, you'd never want a rabid, injured Plasma Dragon on the loose." He said with a small smirk.

---

"Oh tell me about it, Andrew is a little shit sometimes." Iye said with a small laugh, "The Kids still young, especially for a Fae, but he has a tendency to fall for some of the most dangerous creatures."

She raised her eyebrow at the ask about the WereDragon, "Oh, Mister Blade?" Iye mentioned with a frown, "God knows what went through Andrew's brain when he followed him out of here. He almost got himself killed stopping him from getting executed for all the shit he did."

“Don’t act all strong in front of me lizard,” Vanessa said. She took a looked at the wound then pulled out various multi-colored potions from her pocket. One by one she applied them to the wound and with each one, the wound closed itself until it was fully healed. Once she was done she walked over to Alister and handed him a vile of blood and a syringe.

“You know what to do,” Vanessa said. She then turned back to look at Drake with narrowed eyes. “Oh really? I’m not afraid of a rabid and injured Plasma Dragon. I mean taking out a dragon isn’t even that hard. I knew this trader name Krushiva who sold me a counter fit amulet and all I have to say is that his blue scales made for a great coat. Now I shut up and let's go.”

Alister turned slightly pale at the thought of Vanessa fight Drake. He hadn’t realized how much he cared for him until the thought crossed his mind. “Vanessa please don’t,” Alister said. She only glared at him then started walking towards the cliff.

---

“Oh really? Sounds like someone in know. They always find them self in the worst of situations am I right?” Valeria said. She couldn’t count how many time she had to get Alister out of trouble. “Well, they are just kids. We were all like that once.”

Drake let out a throaty grumble-laugh as he stood back up, especially as she mentioned killing another Dragon.
"That's very bold of you to do that." He said, almost biting his tongue on mentioning either how many people he had killed, or how old he was. He flexed his body quietly before he moved to follow.

He glanced at Alister as he heard him ask her not to do something, he shrugged it off and started to walk to where they were going.
He closed his eyes and gripped the bridge of his nose as he went, moving his hand to his bag before he pulled out another of those mint-gum things he had when he was at the Cafe. He popped one into his mouth and started to chew, the steam flickering from the corners of the mouth.
As the steam flickered his body seemed to calm down, his head cleared before he stopped walking for a moment. He looked into the air and closed his eyes for a bit and swayed on his feet.

---

Iye laughed at the first sentence, "Drake is... A worry." She started, looking to her house with a small frown. "I worry though, Andrew has shown... Incredible loyalty to the WereDragon- Which is fine, but... It feels incredibly dangerous. He's just a kid, he's not even 100 years old yet. And Drake is-" She was cut off as Andrew exited the Front door quietly.

"Okay I'm ready!" He started with a smile, he tapped his sidebag with a grin, "I got all we need to watch the mules~!" He said to Varina, winking slightly.

Alister nodded in agreement to Drake’s comment. “You got that right, but luckily she isn’t that impulsive anymore. She’s more like a bloodthirsty grandmother, too lazy to actually kill anyone,” Alister said with a laugh.

“I HEARD THAT!” Vanessa screamed. The entire forestry seemed to rumble with her voice. Birds few from their perch and animal ran in fear. Alister did the same and hid behind Drake, not that it would help him. Vanessa and especially Valeria hated being old for many reasons. He remembered getting yelled at, till his ears bled when he was little for calling them old and he still has nightmares about it. He knew they wouldn’t do anything to him but they were terrifying when they got mad.

“You are lucky that you’re hurt or else I’ll give you an ear full. Now let’s go” Vanessa said. Alister laugh nervously and carefully watched her every movement encase he needed to run. She sighed then started towards the cliffside. Alister followed keeping a large distance from her.

“You heard the lady,” Alister said to Drake.

---

“Mules? I think you mean lunch,” Valeria said licking her lips. She laughed then turned to leave the village. “It was nice to meet you Iye we should sit down for a pot of tea sometime. I would love to hear more story about Andrew.”

Drake seemed unphazed by Vanessa yelling, he watched her with an emotionless look on his face before he started to chew on his mint. He instinctively moved his hand in front of Alister as Vanessa mentioned about giving him an ear full.
A smile crept over his face as he realized she didn't like being called old.

"It's alright Vanessa." Drake started, attempting to break the hostility between them. "I'm sure he's still going to call me 'old man', he seemed pretty adamant on doing so." He said with a small laugh before he continued after her quietly.

He glanced to Alister for a moment and shot him a small smile, "He got incredibly Angry when I called him Kid." He added before looking away from the Vampire.

---

Iye gave a small wave, "You know where to find me if you want to hang out, as the Protector here I tend not to leave." She said with a wink.
Andrew grabbed Valeria's hand before he pulled her along gently.
"Sorry." He said, not looking back to her, "Iye doesn't know I'm still working with Drake."

Vanessa was already out of sight when Drake started talking. She heard what he said but chose to ignore him and kept walking. She didn't like the Weredragon and had no intention of talking. Nothing he said would sway her in any way.

“Sure I'm a kid in your eyes, which just proves how much of an old man you are,” Alister said smiling. He then walked away and caught up to Vanessa. She glanced up at Alister before speeding up. She effortlessly jumped from trees to trees barely making a sound. Alister took to a sprint but couldn’t match her speed or agility. Before long, they made it to the cliffside and hidden by some rocks was a large metal hatch.

“Now, Alister promise me you won't use your power. Your bloodlust is getting stronger and our pact won't hold if you completely lose control. So promise me,” Vanessa said. Alister hesitated for a moment then nodded. He didn't want to cause any more problem and he didn't want to risk hurting Drake. The thought gave him shivers and turned his stomach.

“Everyone ready?” Alister asked. Vanessa nodded. Alister then turned to look for Drake.

---

Valeria waved back at Iye as they left. Once they were out of hearing distant Valeria turned to look at Andrew. “It’s bad to lie to someone you care about. It never ends well,” Valeria said.

“You know. Some words ripen with time while other tens to rot and wither,” Valeria quoted, “someone very dear to my heart said that and it’s very true. It will only make her madder if you keep it from her so why don’t you tell her?”

Drake let the Vampire and his friend go forward, he kept his pace so he wasn't too far behind at any point. His mind wandering towards Zyriff and his interference in everything.
He felt his blood bubble at the thought of the man before he settled himself, looking up towards the two ahead of him.

Calm yourself Drake. He thought to himself, The Elder's chose you for a reason. The Spirits pushed you forwards.. He shuddered slightly before he stopped short of the other two. His eyes slowly settled on Alister, looking away when Alister looked at him. He gave a small nod. "Yeah." He said coldly, "Let's go."

---

Andrew gave a small sigh.
"No I get it." he said with a frown, "I love Iye, but... She wouldn't let me have my freedom if she knew I was still hanging around with Drake. She likes Rebecca and her brother; but Drake is where she draws the line."

He sighed slightly and gripped the bridge of his nose before he breathed in slowly.
"She only let me away the first time because Rebecca contacted her specifically to allow me out." Andrew said before he made a small mumble. "I've been planning to tell her that Drake isn't.. actually bad, but every time I bring Drake up she gets all angry."

Alister took a deep breath then turned to metal hatch. He grabbed the side and forced it open breaking through any locks it had. The hatch opened up to a set of stairs the lead into a large dark tunnel. After taking a deep breath, Alister headed down with Vanessa carefully following behind him. The tunnel was dark and completely barren. There’s wasn’t a single guard or personnel which matched his Intel.

“At the end of the runway, there should be a door that leads into the boiler from. From there are various places of interest we should investigate. If we are to find out anything it would be in the lab which is a floor above. If not then holding cell but it’s highly guarded. With one man down and their endless supply Phektox I don’t think we can take them on,” Vanessa explained.

Guilt plagued Alister as it was his fault that this wasn’t going to be as successful as they wanted. Alister nodded then moved down the tunnel. Once he reached the door he stood to the side with Vanessa and her potion on the other. He nodded then opened the door. Vanessa rushed inside and surveyed the area.

“Clear,” Vanessa whispered, “Where to Weredragon? since these are your people I’ll leave the decision up to you.”

Alister nodded in agreement. “We can try to reach them or gather more intel. It’s your call.”

---

“She’s your sister she’ll listen to you if you stand your ground. And if you need help I’ll stand with you,” Valeria said with a smile. Even though she despised the Weredragon family was more important. She’s grown to like Andrew so she could look past her hatred.

“Before that, we have a mission to get done,” Valeria said, “shall we get going?”

Drake followed down the hatch quietly, his senses on high and the hair on his back pricked up. He stayed silent the full time until he was spoken to. He glanced to Alister before his eyes settled onto Vanessa.

He breathed in slightly, trying to pick up on any scent of a Werebeast. He tilted his head as he looked around. "Right." He started, moving towards the doorway and looked around, "Intel first." He started, "The won't harm the Werebeasts if they're using them as fighters." He tilted his head, trying to listen to things.

"We might not be able to take on Hunters here, No." He started, "But if we can get as far in as we can and gather any knowledge we can use against them." He looked around more, trying to pick up on the subtle things around him.

---

Andrew gave a nod, looking to Valeria with a small smile. "T...Thank you." He said before he nodded again, "Right, Mission. Come on." He said as he sped up his walking, moving to offer his hand to Valeria.

“Right,” Alister said.

“Come on let's go before the next round of guards come,” Vanessa said. She grabbed a vial from her pocket which held a small lighting storm. She opened the vile causing all the light to flicker. After checking the hallway, signaled everyone to follow. She headed down the hall and through the door at the end which led to a set of stairs that went on for a while.

“The second floor isn’t well guarded since it’s so deep in the compound. Take out everyone you see but don’t make to much noise,” Vanessa said before heading up the stairs. Once she reached the floor above she broke through and attacked the two guards that guarded the door. She slit their throat and left them to bleed out on the floor as she searched for a key card.

Vanessa grabbed the man’s key card then headed down the hall. It was a long series of individual lab each equipped with vats of chemicals and processing unit. At the end of the hall was a room that looked like a control center. Vanessa creaked the door opened then three a small vile inside. It exploded filling the room with poison killing everyone. The cloud of poison quickly dispersed leaving a field of bodies behind.

“Pannout look for anything that might be of value. The guards will notice the cameras soon, so move fast,” Vanessa said.

---

“Oh, what a gentleman you are,” Valeria said. She took his hand then headed down the path. She was getting excited about the mission. She rarely has anything to do since Alister was always busy and Vanessa is never around.

Drake walked along quietly with a small smirk, "Of course you get to have all the fun." He said as an offhand at Vanessa before he turned to Alister. "Come on." He said as she pushed forward, stopping at the doors and breathed in slightly.

"Two guards." He whispered, "They're armed but I doubt they're using chemical reactants." He continued before he moved his hand against the wall and pressed against a panel slightly. "Camera wires in here... I think."

He looked back to the door before he breathed in slightly, feeling the energy around him strengthen before he shot a small spark of plasma towards the guards legs, who were standing close to each other. The Plasma wouldn't harm them, but it would cause a small fire by their legs.

---

Andrew gave a weak smile and kept pace with Valeria. He enjoyed this, travelling with someone who wasn't Drake or Rebecca.
"Right, So they should be moving North at the moment." Andrew started, "I made sure to place the idea of a small Coven of Vampires up there. They should be there to collect information so we can jump them there. They're fully set for Vampires so I doubt they're expecting a couple of Faes."

Vanessa ignores drake’s comment and started looking thought the console. Alister did the same and joined in in the effort. It didn't take long until they found some relevant information. “Look at this. It’s a list of all the fighters and when their fighting,” Alister called out to Drake.

“Good I’ll check out some of the other files,” Vanessa said gesturing to some filing cabinet. She started going through the file hoping to find their suppler.

---

“Oh an ambush I like it,” Valeria said. She was excited to do some fighting especially if it were a couple of vampire hunter. She wouldn’t let anyone who could harm Alister live not that he couldn’t take care of himself.

Drake moved to close the door slightly as the guards moved to run off to get rid of the fire. He grinned before he moved to pull off the panel to the camera wires and twisted his hand into more of a dragon claw before he cut the wires.

The camera's around the area's flickered before they seemed to move and drop down slightly. Drake grinned before he pushed the door open again, poking his head through the door before he slipped through.

He roamed away from the rest of the group for a moment, his senses perked up and ready as he kept his energy ready. He turned to look down a corridor that wasn't lit at all, he lifted his hand up and formed a small orb of plasma in his hand. The orb wasn't powerful enough to cause harm, it was enough to admit a bit of light when needed.

---

Andrew grinned at Valeria's enthusiasm; it was something that Drake never really expressed.
They walked for about ten minutes before Andrew started to slow down. The sound of footsteps ahead of them followed by all male chatter echoed from in front of them.
"They're near." He whispered before he crouched slightly, "There's about four feet of bush and then the clearing before we meet them." He glanced back to Valeria with a small smile, "Ready?"

Alister got worried when Drake didn’t respond, but he continued to work on the console knowing Drake can take care of himself. He downloaded the files down to his laptop any other information he could find before joining Valeria. They search through the files which were all about the compound and how to operate the equipment. That was until the very end where they found receipts for the Werebeast. Valeria quickly shoved the file into Alister’s bag and got up.

“We don’t have much time, the next set of patrols are coming soon,” Valeria said. She headed to the main door and stood guard for the next patrol as Alister went and find drake.

He followed Drake’s present and found him down a dark corridor. “Old man. We don’t have much time left. Did you find anything?” Alister asked.

---

Valeria could sense the human and knew they were no threat. She noticed Andrew slowed down, but she continue walking as if nothing happened. “You ambush them. I’ll act as bait,” Valeria said.

She then teleported to the clearing and pulled out a stool from seemly nowhere. She sat down with her leg crossed and waited for the humans. The last thing she wanted was for Andrew to kill. He was still and child and she didn’t want his hand to be stained by blood.

“Hello boys,” she called out as human appeared from the forest. They all pointed their weapons at her making her rolled her eyes. “Oh point a gun at me if it helps you relax.”

She then stood up making them all jump back. With a blink of her eyes, she appeared in front of the closet hunter and kissed him. A few of their eyes went dark as she weaved her spell them. “Now kill your friends for me,” She said with a devilish smile on her face.

The kiss was a distraction that hid her spell. She didn’t need to touch them for her to cast her curse. She only needed to look into their eyes and they are hers. With an unamused look, she returned to her stool and watch as they started killing each other. “Oh boys leave one or two of them alive for me,” she said.

Drake's attention never moved from the dark corridor, which didn't seem to light up despite the burning orb of light in Drake's hand. There was silence from the WereDragon before he looked towards the vampire with a small blink.
"No, I found nothing." He said, his voice flat. He moved his hand for a moment, as if he was going to put the fire out before he tossed it down the hall quickly.

The fire ball flew through the air before hitting the wall at the end, as the Ball flew, small parts of the hall lit up before fading back to its sudden darkness.
Drake furrowed his brow slightly before he moved past Alister before heading back the way they came.
As soon as Drake turned his back to the hall, the Plasma flame suddenly erupted again, a flicker echoed around before it stepped forward- It was neither human nor beastial, just a shaky shadowed figure. The faint whispers of a scream echoed through the air before the flames finally disappeared.

---

"Valeria-!" Andrew called out as she stepped out to the Hunters, watching her trick before he stood there stumped. "Whoa."
The youngest Hunter had stayed back from the madness, seeming distracted by something before they stepped towards the group.
He froze up at the sight of his group fighting each other, before he looked at Valeria and suddenly dropped his eyeline and tried to back up to the trees.

Andrew noticed the younger boy and moved quickly, slipping into the shadows before moving to grab the Younger Hunter.
"Stay quiet if you want to survive." He whispered before he pulled him into the bushes away from the carnage. The Young Hunter wanted to screamed, but he tried his best to hold back.

Alister turned to leave but stopped when he sensed something strange in the air. He turned around and watch as drake threw his light into the dark corridor. Alister squinted his eyes but couldn't make out the figure in the dark. He didn't have time to figure it out since the guards were already on their way.

“Crap. Let’s go, old man,” Alister said then grabbed drake’s arm and dragged him to the door. The alarm in compound started going off as the intercoms announced that there were intruders. Alister could hear and sense the guards coming from the stairs above. It was a large army that they had no hope of fighting in their condition.

“We’re too much of an easy target together. Spread out and meet each other outside,” Vanessa said then headed down a random corridor.

“She’s right. Stay safe,” Alister said. He tightened his grip on Drake’s arm then hesitantly let go. He didn’t want to leave Drake alone in this compound but the mission was more important. He stared at Drake for a moment then headed down a corridor. He did his best to weaved through the twisting corridors until he found his way back to the old tunnel.

“Please make it out,” Alister said. He knew he should leave but he waited in the boiler room for Drake. He could sense Drake’s present still in the compound and refused to leave without him.

---

Once the hunter finished their massacre, Valeria got up and walked over to the hunter they left alive. She looked into his eyes and cast a spell causing him to go to sleep. She then smiled and turned to the hunters still under her spell. “Kill your self,” She said. Without hesitation, they all pointed a gun at their head and fired a shot. Their bodies dropping like flies.

Valeria teleported back to Andrew and asked, “So who did you capture?”

Drake's ears flicked, he heard the shadowy creatures scream before he shuddered. He felt Alister's grip on him as he pulled him along. He followed for a moment before being told to split up.
He watched Alister disappear and stood there for a moment, the whispers and screams echoing through his mind. He heard footsteps echo behind him before he turned to face a single Hunter with a Gun towards his face.
"Beast." The Hunter hissed, "What the fuck are you doing here?"

Drake's emotion didn't change, he lifted his arms up for a moment as his eyes narrowed and focused. The Hunter stepped forward, nudging their Gun towards Drake again.
"Talk." He said with a sneer, "Or I'm tranquing you."
Drake's lips moved quickly, showing rows of sharpened teeth. The Hunter stepped back, feeling fear flush through their body before they lowered their Gun a little bit; which was a mistake.
Drake moved quickly, lurching for the Hunter and grabbed his arm, pulling him in front of him before storming down the Corridor. He knew that Hunter's tried not to harm their own people; so for now, this Hunter would be his meat shield.

The Hunter struggled against the WereDragons strength, which was pretty strong against the humans mere strength.
"Yell and I'll make you shoot your own throat." Drake whispered to the Hunter, who had readied themselves to yell before they breathed out shakily.

---

Andrew had gotten the young man to slowly relax before Valeria appeared; which caused him to panic again. But when she put him to sleep his entire body relaxed, causing Andrew to move and grab his body before he fell to the floor.

"I.." he started, "Have no idea. He's not the part of the group I knew of... His Uniform looks too big fro him. Maybe he's a stow away that they found on their travels?" He asked, "He's young, I wouldn't put him past 15 human years."

Alister started pacing around the room, feeling like something was off. He wondered why Drake was taking so long. Someone of his caliber shouldn't take this long to take out a few humans. After a little bit, he moved to go after Drake but Vanessa stopped him. She shook her head and tried to force him to leave but he refused.

“Your little crush on that weredragon is growing rather troublesome,” Vanessa said her voice full of poison.

Alister’s face flush red as he defended himself,” I do not have a crush on Drake! He’s a valuable ally so I’m worried about him.”

Vanessa rolled her eyes then stepped towards the door. “You are staying here,” Vanessa said.

Alister glared at her but agreed. She was blocking the way and he didn't intend on fighting her about the matter. He didn't believe what she said but deep down he knew she was right. He cared for Drake unlike how he cared about everyone else. There was something more than he was afraid to admit. “Where the fuck is Drake,” Alister said.

---

“Well, he should have some information we need. If not I left another alive just in case,” Valeria said pointing to a body on the floor. From a glance, it looked like any dead body but he was still breathing.

“Let’s tie them up before waking them. You can do the interrogating since I rather not death with humans,” Valeria said. In truth, she knew she would kill them the moment the talked. She wasn't fond of humans and especially hunters.

Drake continued down the corridor with his 'meat shield', he wasn't sure where he was but he knew he was heading outside. His ears flicked as he heard the sound of voices, a males and a females, surely it would be Alister and Vanessa.
He turned down the corridor that was close to the voices, moving quickly to shove the Hunter he held into a room and slammed the door on him; breaking the handle so he was trapped there until he had time to escape.

Drake felt the changes in his body relax, his teeth unsharpened and his claws returned back to fingernails, his eyes became softer again and his skin smoothed over. He stepped towards the entrance to the Tunnel and leaped through it, sliding through quickly before he slammed into a wall.

"Fuck. Ow." He snarled to himself before he pulled himself away, dusting himself off with a grumble. "Stupid fucking Hunters." He said with a sneer.

---

Andrew nodded at Valeria's words, moving towards one of the trees and put his hand to it, the back of his hand shone with a small symbol at first, before is despursed down his wingers and he pulled his hand from the tree; pulling a long vine with him.

"I don't know if you had any rope." Andrew mentioned to Valeria as he walked back to her, the vine still stretching from what looked to be out of the tree, "But I thought I can spare some energy on this." He said with a smile, moving to pull the Vine a bit more and broke off pieces, moving to gently tie up the younger male before he headed over towards the other sleeping Hunter.

The younger male seemed to stir already, as if something had broken Valeria's spell on him.
"I...Don't wanna die..." He uttered quietly, trying to curl up but his arms being tied behind his back didn't allow him to. His eyes slowly started to open as he realized he was on the ground, in the dirt. "Where...?" He asked before he rolled over, seeing Valeria and froze up completely. "P..Please don't kill me."

Alister's heart fluttered when he saw Drake. Valeria just rolled her eyes then headed to the surface. She needed to Alister away from the werebeast. He was dangerous and she didn’t want anything to happen to Alister. Even though she hated asking for her sister’s help, she needed Valeria to take care of the Werebeast.

“Let's hurry before more guards show up,” Alister said. He started at Drake with a smile but quickly turned away when he noted it. He denied any thoughts that Vanessa was right and focused on getting out.

Vanessa was well ahead and Alister quickly followed. Before long, they were out of the tunnel and back into the forest. After drake made it though Vanessa threw a few vile, filled with toxic gas, into the tunnel. Without a word, she disappeared. Before she left, she shot a glance at Alister filled with anger and worry.

“Looks like we made it out alive old man,” Alister said, “well let’s head home and get some rest. I’m sure we need it.” Alister said.

---

“Oh honey I won't kill you but you will tell him what we want,” She said smiling, “now I’ll leave you boys to it.” Valeria had a forced smile on her face as she walked away. She stopped right out of sight but still in hearing distant and leaned against a tree.

“Vanessa is Ali okay,” Valeria said.

“Yes but we need to talk soon,” Vanessa voiced echoed in her head. She wasn’t sure why but she had a telepathic link with her town ever since she was born. It wasn’t uncommon but their link seemed to streached across all worlds and realms.

“Another time. I some business to take care off,’ Valeria said then went back to listening to Andrew and the capture hunter.