"Stuffed animals are great aren't they? So cheerful and soft~" Mary replied, moving to sit on the bed before grabbing all of the stuffed animals into her arms and hugging them close. "The intruders outside might come from the bad guy that's been Mathias' enemy since he got elected as coven leader. There were rumours that he was up to something. But don't worry, Mathias is strong and smart! He already prepared for it. The meeting today was about him as well." She pointed to the TV with a grin. "Wanna play a game while we wait for them to return?"

In the mean time Mathias and Mitchell had gone up with the elevator. The intruders had only been spotted 'in the area', to there was no immediate threat when the elevator doors opened. Even the garage was actually pretty heavily armoured, so unless they had brought a locksmith or explosives they wouldn't be getting in. That being said, this property was still private, and no vampires were to trespass under Mathias' law. The two took a small side door to get out, as the garage door was too obvious. And then the hunt began. Both were armed with MP5's, which wouldn't kill but at least severely hurt any assailants. And if that didn't work they still had their vampire strength and speed to rely on. Especially Mathias. There was no known vampire in his territory that could match him apart from maybe Gerald. But he had 'retired' himself from fighting and the like.

Soon the intruders were spotted. Two vampires that appeared to be scouting the area. It was hard to recognize where they were from, but Mathias could only think of one man that would do such a thing. Alexander Leopold Moreau, going by just 'Alex' these days. Both Mathias and Mitchell took aim at the two, but they were spotted by them at the same time. At which point they started to run. "Oh no you don't..." Mathias growled, dropping his MP5 and chasing after them. With blinding speed he sprinted through the forest, soon catching up to one of the two. "One is all I need." He spoke with a grin, slamming his fist against the back of the man's head. Whom in turn tripped and fell forwards right on his face. Mathias didn't stop there. He grabbed the man and threw him through the air against the nearest tree. Vampires weren't that easy to take down that a single hit to the head would knock one unconscious. The man tried to defend herself, fight back with a combat knife. But Mathias had too much combat experience to be deterred by that. A struggle erupted, and the knife was firmly planted into Mathias' shoulder. But after that the man managed to punch the intruder right in the face a second time. And this time he was knocked out.

At least...he...? Now that he could actually see this intruder properly, he revealed to actually be a she. "A woman? I thought him to be too old fashioned for that..." Mathias groaned softly as he pulled the dagger out of his shoulder again. "Mitchell! I have one, try to find the other!" He ordered, at which Mitchell started the search. The other was already long gone though. So they would have to do with just this one hostage. She would be turned over to the vampire hunters soon enough. But first...time for a little interrogation of their own. Mathias hoisted the woman onto his shoulder and started to walk back to the garage. Mitchell would soon join them again as well. This time it had only been a scouting party of two. Next time though...who knows what Alex might send?

Evon chuckled at her reply, yes stuff animals were indeed soft and made just perfect for cuddling. What she really liked was how cute they appeared to be and despite being a little old for them she was still fond of them not that she would tell anyone else but Mary. Mary has shared her interest so it was probably natural for her to tell her, she was assured that she wouldn't be judged since the girl was fond of them as well. “Mathias’ enemy?” she repeated softly never hearing such a thing before. She thought everyone loved him, he was respectable and honestly quite famous even around humans. It was really odd though, he seemed like a likeable person as well, perhaps his enemy wanted what Mathias had. That was obviously his title but she figured she couldn’t jump to conclusions without knowing much of what was going on. A part of her was doubtful that anyone would fill her in properly about the whole situation. “A game? Well.. I don’t mind, but I’m quite worried about the others, are you sure we shouldn't go and check on them?” she asked softly. Mary simply shook her head, “Mathias knows what he’s doing,” she assured before turning the TV on. “It won’t be long,” she added with a playful grin. Evon stared at the door before sighing, she knew it was probably best to listen to Mary, the last thing she wanted was to cause trouble for others.

It didn’t take long for Evon to hear noises outside of Mary’s cabin, “Are they back?” she perked up as she heard voices. Without thinking she stood and ran to the door opening it, she was scared that Mathias was hurt along with the others but she only found Lemon and Spike talking outside. “Oh we were just going to get you,” Lemon mentioned as Evon glanced around. “Is Mathias back? Is everything okay?” she asked with worry as Mary came up from behind. “Mathias is fine, he’s strong, didn’t I say?” she added. "Actually he's been injured," Spike mentioned only to Evon looking awestruck. "What!?" she shouted.

Mitchell took the captured woman with him while Mathias put pressure on the wound. For a vampire it was but a scratch really, as such a wound would be healed again by the next morning. But it still hurt and right now it was still bleeding. "Well, that's one of my casual outfits ruined..." He mused as they walked back. Spike and Lemon opened the back door of the garage for them from their cabin by pressing a button. During the elevator ride down the two quickly discussed a few things, as this turn of events changed everything. They would have discussed strategic security and a way to capture Alex. But right now their own safety was directly at stake. Since enemies were being sent directly after them.

Once inside the bunker again Mathias headed for his own cabin. Lemon followed, as she had taken several first aid courses. Mitchell wasn't needed for just bandaging the man up. Though before Mathias could enter Evon practically jumped him, sounding incredibly worried. He smirked as he gently patted her head. "No need to worry. It's just a small stab wound. We heal such small wounds rather quickly, remember?" There were plenty of ways to kill a vampire, but this certainly wasn't one of them. "Now, Lemon's going to put some bandages on it so I'm going inside. Unless you have first aid knowledge and you want to do it by any chance?" He would prefer Evon bandaging him. But at least some basic first aid knowledge was required for that.

Evon followed Spike out only to see Mathias come in, she wasn’t aware that he was stabbed in a location where it wasn’t life threatening. She had feared that he had been stabbed in the chest so it was a relief to hear him assure her that it was a wound that would heal up in no time. “Geez.. I was really scared for a moment there,” she muttered softly as she lifted her head to take a closer look at his wound. She glanced over at Lemon who seemed to have a bored expression, though for some reason Evon didn’t like knowing that someone else would be seeing him shirtless and tending to his wounds. “I know how to do it,” she replied though she soon realized her mistake. She had actually never bandaged someone up before, she was given the basics on first aid but she wasn’t sure she’d do a good job. Lemon simply nodded as she handed her the first aid kit and motioned for them to head into the room, realizing that it was too late to turn back she held onto the case firmly as she entered their cabin. “Um has the bleeding stopped?” she asked as she motioned for him to sit on the bed, she couldn’t tell if it was still bleeding since he still wore his shirt, but she hoped it had stopped so then they wouldn’t have to replace the bandages after they were soaked. She forced herself not to look at him his figure once the shirt was off, she opened the box and got to cleaning the wound first to prevent infection. “Did you manage to capture the people who trespassed?” she asked softly as she pressed the wet cotton against the wounded area.

"No need to get scared, Evon. I may not look it, but I'm the oldest of this group. And the strongest. In another hundred to two hundred years I think I'll even be counted as an elder." He wasn't sure about his age any more. Somewhere between 800 and 1000 years old at least. And any vampire above 1000 years old received the title 'elder'. Right now there were about half a dozen elders in Great Britain.

The two headed inside when Evon had the first aid kit. She didn't sound too sure about her skills, but Mathias trusted her enough to do this. It wasn't a severe wound anyway. Only about 2 inches deep and the blade wasn't serrated. "I don't think so." He replied when Evon asked about any bleeding. At least, it's still bleeding a little bit I think." He took off his jacket and blouse, glancing at her for a moment. Her eyes were avoiding something, though he wasn't sure what right away. That is, until she started to clean the wound. He grinned a little, finally remembering that kind of look in a woman's eyes.

"It's okay to...ah...how do youngsters say it? 'Check me out'? I'm not one to boast about being sexy. But I do consider it a compliment if women look at me in such a fashion. Besides, it would be hard to bandage me without watching what and where you're doing it.

(Sorry it took so long. Had a lack of inspiration for a day or two.)

((It’s alright :3))

Evon quietly listened to how he mentioned about almost being an elder. She couldn’t help but crack a smile, he was really old now that she thought about it. She wasn’t even half his age yet he had an easy time talking to her and the others. “You’re pretty old, guess I shouldn’t worry too much,” she playfully joked as she placed the swab on the metal tray.

She kept her mind focused on bandaging his wound, but some antiseptic was best used before she wrapped it. Since the bleeding had mostly stopped she figured it’d be alright to put it on now, it was helpful that he wasn’t moving around too much, though she paused when she heard him speaking. Her cheeks flushed as his words sunk in, “C-Check you out? I was doing no such thing,” she spoke rather quickly as he tone was obviously flustered. Of course she couldn’t openly admit to eyeing him. Despite being nearly a thousand years old he was fit and quite good looking. She gently moved to wrapping his wound though she was finding it a little amusing at how their conversation was going, “well I do have to admit that you have a very sexy shoulder,” she joked, knowing that her eyes were only fixed on the area of his wound since she was working on bandaging it. "All done, is it tight enough?" she asked as she leaned back a little to take a better look, it was wrapped firmly but she was scared that it was too tight for his liking. She wasn't the best at this kind of thing after all, but she didn't feel comfortable letting someone else do it.

Mathias smirked at Evon's reaction. He thought she was still quite pure, and this only reinforced that thought. Though who could blame you if you had never really been intimate with anyone in that way? The man winched a little bit here and there, as Evon was a bit rough. He could feel that she wasn't practiced in first aid at all. And Lemon would have probably been the better choice. But he preferred Evon doing it anyway. Besides, he was used to field hospitals during the last world war, as he hadn't been injured since then. And they used to be a lot more rough than she was.

"Feels good." He replied with a smile. "You're not really experienced with this though, are you?" He asked with a smile. "It's fine though. If you want to be able to take care of me like this I'm sure Lemon could give you a few courses. As long as Spike isn't there as well she's actually a very caring woman. Hence her being the one that usually takes care of first aid treatment." The man stood and stretched his shoulder a little before nodding. "All right...time to see what our 'guest' has to say for herself. It's quite rude to trespass on someone else's property like that, don't you think?" He spoke in a slightly amused tone. Scouts like these were low ranking grunts compared to Mathias and his friends. So he saw it as nothing more than a nuisance. Though what could follow was another story, since one of the two scouts had managed to get away. "Why not ask Lemon if she wants to teach you a thing or two in the mean time? Mitchell should be done with the interrogation in half an hour or so." Mitchell also had a drug that made it difficult for vampires to keep concentration. Which made it easier to interrogate, and prevented the need to get physical to get information. It could also be used as a 'cannabis for vampires', though none of them would ever use it for that purpose.

Evon was pleased to hear that he was happy with the bandaging she did for him, despite her obviously being inexperienced with it. Though her cheeks flushed slightly when he mentioned courses, she wasn’t really comfortable with that woman despite what Mathias said. She seemed like a very aggressive person especially when her lover was involved. She had hoped to get more information on the intruder as well but it really seemed unlikely with the way things were going. “Um must I ask her now? I had hoped on finding out on what was going on? You say the intruder is a female?” she asked with a raised brow. It was odd that a female was doing work like this, it tended to be males so hearing this most definitely caught her attention. “Are you going to join Mitchell with the interrogation?” she added as she packed everything back into the first aid kit. “I guess I’ll find Mary and see what she’s up to,” Evon wasn’t very keen on approaching Lemon, especially since they had only met today. She was more comfortable being around Mary who had more of a carefree attitude. Evon was a bit eager to ask Mathias about his ‘enemy’, she hadn’t heard about any of this until Mary mentioned it earlier round, but this was probably not the best time to be asking him anything about it. "If you need me I'll be with Mary, try not to move your arm around too much," she reminded in fear that the wound would worsen allow it to bleed further.

Evon left the room looking Mary, she suspected that Mary would be in her room so headed there first but was surprised to see that no one was there.

"You don't have to ask her now. But if you'd like to learn first aid so you can treat me if needed, Lemon is the one to go to." Mathias replied. "As for the intruder. Yes, it's a female. The other one that got away was male from what I could tell. I don't know the details about why they came after us yet though. Just that they could only have come from Alexander Leopold Moreau. Someone that has been my rival for centuries, and has also been my personal enemy for the past two centuries. I'll explain more about him later. First Mitchell needs to do his interrogation, and I want to be there as well."

Evon left while Mathias was putting on his blouse again. Mathias headed for Mitchell's cabin and entered. There the intruder was, hands and feet chained to a very heavy metal table that even vampires had trouble moving on their own. Cuffs would likely be too weak, and something like a chair was too light and would break too easily. They couldn't take that risk right now. She was currently still unconscious, though Mitchell was already preparing a very light adrenaline shot to solve that problem.

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40 minutes later and the two of them came walking out again. Mathias was the one to call for everyone else. "Everyone! As much as we'd all like to take things slow, it appears that we can't do so any more! All gather in Gerald's cabin in 5 minutes as we're holding the meeting a bit earlier! And Evon, that means you too!" Normally she wasn't allowed to join. These meetings were only for him and his friends. But this was something that also affected her. Quite a bit in fact. So she had the right to at least listen in or offer some thoughts of her own.

Evon left and found Mary soon after, she asked if the girl was free to give her some company and to her surprise she was. They returned back to her room to play some video games, though it was obvious that Mary’s attention wasn’t really there. Mary was thinking about the traitors, she had wanted to get more information about it since she was curious, but Evon had come out of the room seeking to play with her. Mary naturally accepted and tried her best to keep Evon company, they shared laughs and jokes. Thankfully the integration hadn’t been too long since they were called in. Hearing Matthias call from the outside, Evon paused the game and glanced over at Mary though she soon heard her name was well. Her brow now raised as she stood with Mary she wondered why she had been called. Surely their meetings had to be private since it was probably about that Alexander guy. “We here,” Mary called out as they stood in front of Mathias, though Evon came behind her frowning slightly.

“Um are you sure I should be listening in on this?” she asked as Mary nodded she could see that Mathias looked fairly serious. Even his tone sounded urgent so she was able to understand that something important and serious was going on. “Are we having the meeting now?” Spike asked with curiosity whilst Evon listened in to see what the big deal was. She wondered if the intruder was coming back with more help? It really didn't make much sense even things about Alex was vague for her.

Mathias nodded. "Yes, you too. Because you were their target. I don't know why Alexander wants you, Evon, but that's why you should be there too." Everyone came to Gerald's cabin within a minute, and all of the chairs were put around the fireplace, with Mathias seating himself on one end. You'd normally expect a meeting to be held at a table or in some office-looking room with him sitting at the head, but Mathias liked this atmosphere better. Besides, in meetings like this no one's opinion was more important, even if Mathias usually made the final decision.

Once everyone was seated Mitchell shared the information he had been able to get out of the intruder. "As we all already knew, apart from possibly Evon, Alexander has been planning something for months now. What exactly, we still don't know. Though it has to do with some kind of research into vampire genetics. What we've been able to find out from the woman, is that Evon is Alexander's target. They were under strict orders to not hurt her, so at the very least they aren't after her life."

Mathias then took over. "Now, it's good news that Alexander doesn't want Evon to be harmed, at least for now. But that still means she's in danger. And because of that, all of us are. The problem is that fighting back will most likely only create chaos among the vampires in the area, considering my position and how influential Alexander seems to have become. He now has a large following. At least 20 people follow him directly, and he has connections all over Great Britain. So the question now becomes...what do we do?"

Spike was the next one to speak. "There only seem to be two options at this point. As we'll have to involve the hunters and see if they can handle it either way. So we can either stay here, or go out of the country for a while until things are resolved." "Like a vacation?" Mary chimed in, though she did sound a bit serious. Mathias nodded, turning to Evon. "Which is why you're here too Evon. As whatever we decide, it will affect your life as well."

Evon blinked with surprise at the mention that she was a target. Immediately it had brought a frown to her face even though she tried not to show it, she simply couldn’t understand why someone would want her life. She wasn’t even close to Matthias, just a month ago she was unaware of his existence. But clearly people had been keeping an eye on him for them to know about her, at least that’s what she thought about it. She followed them into a room, taking a seat down by the fireplace as she glanced at the flames that looked like they were dancing. Quietly she listened to Mitchell, again confusion had crossed her mind. They wanted her alive? Clearly they wanted her for ransom purposes, she didn’t know much about this Alexander man but she was informed that he was an enemy. Surely he wanted some leverage over Mathias and clearly that was kidnapping her? It was all mere speculation in her mind she didn’t want to say anything since she wasn’t fully aware of the full story between them two.

The mention of 20 people wasn’t very reassuring, but then again it was just 20. It couldn’t be that bad, well it could have been her just trying to think optimistic since the situation had gotten pretty serious. “I really don’t think staying here is a good idea, the location has been revealed after all… they just might send more people or think of other plans,” she mentioned softly. There were also problems leaving as well but that seemed like the better option to her. “How are we going to resolve this though? Why would he want me?” she asked softly wondering if they knew Alexander’s plans it would be easier to make a plan based of it. Evon brushed her hair dark ebony hair back since it was getting in her face, “I don’t think we should waste time either, you said that there were two of those intruders right? Yet one was caught, the other could be reporting…” she mentioned though it was probably her speaking the obvious.

"Staying here isn't the only problem. If they know about Gerald's residence then they know where we all live." Mathias commented. "So leaving would mean leaving the country for a while. Which is fine by me. I've been looking for an excuse to go on vacation for a while. But what about the rest of you?" Everyone gave their answer. Though they all came down to 'I don't have anything better to do' or 'I don't think we have much of a choice.' Though the last one that had to respond was Evon. "What about you Evon? Would you mind a vacation sort of speaking? I remember you mentioning a country you would like to visit some time." The next week at the very least could be dangerous. But that didn't mean they'd have to be holed up in some building with bodyguards following them around everywhere.

Evon blinked with surprise, had it really gone that far? Even the mansion was dangerous to return to? “Leaving the country?” she muttered softly allowing it to sink in, “How long do we have to stay out for?” she questioned hoping that it wouldn’t be too long. She couldn't think of the country that she wished to visit, not with all this commotion going on, even if it sounded like a vacation she saw it more seriously. It was actually worrying her quite a bit now that she realized that she was a target, apparently no one knew why either since that question had gone without an answer. “We could go to France? It’s nearby in case we need to return?” she suggested only to see Lemon nod in agreement, “Why don’t we go to Maldives?” Mary suggested as Evon turned to her and thought about it. "The beach? I've never been to a tropical place before," she mentioned though they wouldn't be able to fully enjoy it since they couldn't go out during the day.

"We'll probably be out for a week." Mathias answered. "I doubt the hunters will take any longer than that to track this man down." Evon gave her insights into where she'd like to go. Mary then gave a suggestion Mathias wasn't even sure he'd been to before. And Evon seemed to like the idea as well. "Maldives, sounds like a plan. Places like that tend to even have swim weather during the night." He looked around to everyone, and they all seemed to agree. "The weather here in England has been pretty bad the last few months. And I wouldn't mind laying on an actual beach." Lemon spoke. "And build sand castles~" Mary chimed in.

"Very well. I know a woman that owns a private yet. I'm sure I can convince her to let me use it for a week or so." Mathias' connections spread wide and far. Some were only small connections, but still. A perk of both a long life and being a coven leader. "Leaving right now will probably not be necessary though. Especially since the sun will rise before some of us get back. So we'll leave tomorrow, then meet at the designated airport the night after tomorrow. I'll plan it in such a way that we'll arrive there in the early evening." Everyone nodded in agreement. "And Evon, I'm sure your two...friends should I call them? At school would at least like to know that you will be abroad for a while."

Evon listened to all the opinions, she thought that heading to the beachside would be a bad idea. It was far and well they probably wouldn’t have much to do, she began to worry for Linda and Martin considering how Alexander knew where they lived, surely he would check there wouldn’t he? Questions continued to fill her head, assumptions and silly things that she had no idea about. “Huh?” her attention was only brought back once Mathias addressed her, she hadn’t heard what they said before but it seemed like everyone was agreeing to head to Maldives. “My friends?” she muttered recalling what he had asked, when it came to her she immediately nodded, it was probably best since they would be wondering where she would be. She didn’t have their number nor did she have a phone on her so it was probably best left to Mathias. “So we leave tomorrow?” she repeated softly only to see Mary nod her head as she wrapped her arm around Evon’s jumping with glee, “It’ll be so fun! We can swim, and play volley ball and sand castles,” she cheered only to hear Evon laugh in response. “That does sound nice, but what about that woman you caught?” she asked Matthias. Surely she would be put in jail, she doubt that they would do anything drastic like kill her.

"I'll have Martin get you the numbers so you can call them yourself." Mathias spoke. "As long as you don't give too much detail of course. Even though the two kids might not do anything with the information, you never knew about their parents. As they were nobles too. Only one of them would need to go to the press or something similar, and this whole thing would blow out of proportion. Lastly Evon asked about the prisoner. Mathias shrugged slightly. "That's up to the vampire hunters' or organization. Our arrangement is that criminals are sent to them, and in turn they leave the others alone. Though I doubt she would be killed just for trespassing and spying. Jail seems most likely." Vampires went to jail for longer than humans considering their longer lifespan. But with any luck for the spy she'd be out again in 10 years or so.

"That's it for the important part of the discussion." Mathias then spoke. "Mary, why don't you go with Evon for a bit? We only have some boring financial things and such to discuss now anyway. We should be done in 20 minutes or so." Mary nodded. "Okay! I don't like the boring parts anyway~" Mary looked at Evon with a smile. "Wanna we go swimming again? Or we could continue playing a game in my cabin."

((Sorry it took so long, site was down for a bit when I wanted to reply.))

Evon nodded in reply to Mathias, it made sense that she shouldn’t give too many details out since this was quite important. She didn’t want to endanger their lives either since that was possible. She didn’t know much about the vampire hunters or any kind of organization. She had lived a quiet protected life from these things, her mother didn’t even explain about covens and such. It made her feel as if they had been hiding something from her but she had never really pressed on about it. She was a little surprised that there was more to discuss like finance, but she figured that she’d leave them be to discuss whatever needed to be discussed. “Why don’t we continue playing the game? I want player one,” she spoke before running to her room to get to the controller.

Mitchell let out a soft chuckle at seeing Evon, “Young at heart ain’t she,” he mentioned before glancing over to Mary. “A bit like yourself,” he added only for her to pout. “Well have fun with all the boring stuff,” she replied as she stuck her tongue out and made her way back to the room.

Mathias continued on with the meeting, finding it rather boring himself as well. Though it had to be done, as the wealth of each of them was important to the group's well-being as a whole. Plus a 'vacation' wasn't cheap the way they did so, so they also had to discuss who would pay for what. After just over 15 minutes more they all emerged again. Mitchell went into his cabin again to continue with what he was doing and to see how the prisoner was doing. Spike and Lemon went to theirs to call the bounty hunters. And Gerald decided to sit by the pool for now, enjoying a glass of brandy. Mathias decided to go and find Evon, if not to see if she wanted to do something else. As it would be another hour and a half before they usually went to bed.

After knocking and waiting a few moments he entered the cabin, and could already hear where the two were. In the 'living room', playing a game on the TV. He smiled a little bit and walked there, knocking on the entrance once again. "We're done, and I thought I'd join you two for a bit." He spoke, moving to sit on the chair next to the couch as the couch was already taken by the two girls.

Evon was screaming as she played intensely with Mary, she was of course losing a fighting game. It was odd that Mary was even good at this kind of game in the first place. Evon was rather close to beating Mary, but of course in the end she had failed. Just as she did Mathias had knocked and come in, Evon smiled as watched him pull a chair over to beside the couch. “I keep losing to her,” Evon joked as she placed the controller in Mathias’ lap. “So you need to help me get her off her high horse,” she spoke as Mary smirked, “Well gooood luck with that! That’s no easy task!” she said with confidence. Evon smiled as she turned to Mathias showing him the controls incase he hadn’t heard of this game. She wasn’t really sure Mathias could do it but it was still fun to have another player, this game also allowed players up to four so Evon could join in after this round. “Ready… Fight!” Was heard from the TV along with Mary’s intensive button pressing as her character hit Mathias’s viciously. Mary had done a brilliant job in distracting Evon since she was completely engrossed in this game. "Press X!" Evon said to Mathias as she watched his character on the screen.