[IC] Silvermoon Pier Alliance: SPA.

[Narukami228]

Roxas listened intently to the plan. It seemed pretty straight forward. Ophelia would take on the Alpha and he would take on the Beta. Everyone took their turn talking about the plan while he stayed quiet. Not much he needed to say in this situation. While Morthos gave his demonstration of what he would do, Roxas shifted so his arm was around Ophelia's waist. He pulled her slightly closer to him then continued to listen. Not but seconds later, Ifrit started talking to him again. "Okay I've waited long enough. Get out of the hot tub and go so we can talk. You can play with your girlfriend later." It almost sounded like Ifrit was being a nagging mother right now. The thought of that mad Roxas laugh a little. He knew that Ifrit was pissed though.

"Okay." Roxas reluctantly started to shift to leave. "Plan sounds great guys. I gotta go." He knew that sounded odd, but didn't really care to much right now. If it worried her, he figured Ophelia would follow. It didn't take him long to dry off make his way back to the room. Once the door had closed he took his wet shirt off and threw it into the bathroom. "The fuck do you want?!" It was rare to hear Roxas swear unless he was really ticked off. "You know that this is important to me. Just because you 'live' in me, doesn't mean you have free rain or can tell me what to do." Ifrit scoffed. "Boy you know damn well if I really wanted to I could take over your body and kill every last one of these miserable pests. Plus this isn't important to you. You just want to make that vampire of yours happy. You're the one you who won't talk to me in front of them. I don't know how, but you made it so I can't hear your thoughts so we can't talk that way." Roxas walked into the bathroom after his shirt and turned on the shower to mask his voice in the case that Morthos came back. Might as well get in the shower too.

"Okay one don't ever talk about Ophelia like that. She is my girlfriend and you will respect her. Two you can't do shit and you fucking know it. You have Celti's chains and Jax's chains. You're not going anywhere so quit your idle threats." Roxas shut the light off before he got into the shower he knew this was going to be a long night if things didn't get resolved. "Enough of this bullshit fighting. This isn't what I wanted to talk about anyways. What aren't we going to kick some ass tonight like we planned?" Ifrit changed the subject. "You've been doing this a long time now why are you taking orders now?" "Because I'm not an idiot Ifrit. You saw what we're up against and if there was less then five then maybe we could take them. You know I can only use your power for a short time before I either pass out or die. I know you're hopping for that I die so you can escape, but you know that's not going to happen." He starts to wash himself to get all the chlorine off. "Oh so what you're afraid of getting kicked around now? I know what it is. You don't what your 'girlfriend' to get mad at you. You're going soft."

"Yeah well I'd rather that than be dead. Ophelia's the only person to make me feel again since you murdered Celti ten years ago." Ifrit scoffed. "Murdered is such a harsh word. I like released from this world more." Roxas snarled at that. Even though it had been ten years already, it still stung to remember that he is sharing a body with the thing that murdered his whole team and his first love. "Whatever you want to call it it still happened. You're lucky I don't let Jax kill you now. Regardless we are not leaving tonight and that's final. Now get out of my head!" He yelled right as the door to his room shut. The shower was on full blast so whoever it was would have only heard a muffled yell if anything. Roxas thought for a minute then decided that he'd just blame it on the water being to hot.

[KiraVanhelsing]

Jax listened to Morthos with growing excitement, the light from the fire highlighted by her pupils as she could see the puzzle pieces of her plan sticking together. She also heard Morthos' whisper in her ear. She smirked, moving her hand slowly along the length of his tail, pulling it slightly over her lap and leaving it there. She then looked over at Ophelia who gave her assurance that all would be well with them taking on the mission. She gave her sister a warm smile, really appreciating that she was on her team at that moment when Roxas announced he had to go. She sat up watching him leave, "But...we aren't finished..." He was gone. She sat back down in defeat her mind going to work. Ilfrit. She could immediately sense that something was on his mind, or rather be arguing with his mind. She turned back to Ophelia, "I have faith that you guys will kick ass tomorrow. I don't know what's up with him but perhaps we can finish this discussion in the morning. It's been a long day and I'm sure we are all exhausted."

She looked over at Ophelia and gave her a weak smile, "Maybe go check on him before we head to bed? I would offer but he doesn't talk to me like he does with you. I'll meet you back at the room in fifteen and week can go over the maps then."

She listened quietly to Ophelia's response then watched her leave out of the room. When she was gone she sat back down, the water reaching up to hit her shoulders before looking over at Morthos, "What the hell was that? Just leave right after we discuss plans."

She sat up frustrated, "I'm worried about them. Mostly him. I think the plan will work though. I mean I hope it will." She paused her thoughts returning to the supermarket than on Roxas' fight, "If the group isn't strong then we will fail. I wish we were more cohesive moving into things."

Her eyes drifted towards the water, her expression slightly vulnerable before she realized that he could see that. She changed her expression to something more sultry, as she stood up and moved to sit on his lap, her hands on either side of his shoulders, "You know..I haven't seen you without your shirt off since we went shopping. It's a little too enticing for me to be around you right now, makes me want to do some things."

She leaned over nipping him lightly on the ear, her fingers moving over his toned red flesh before pulling back slightly to whisper,"Naughty things." She leaned forward, her fingers curling up to settle on his shoulders. She leaned forward preparing to kiss him when she whispered,"Like this!" Suddenly she pushed him under the water moving to the side in fits of laughter, "HAHAHA Omg! You totally fell for it! I did..didn't know..you would..." She watched him warmly sticking out her tongue as he came up!

[Camille Endora]

Suddenly, before the discussion was over, Roxas said he had to go, and got up and left. Ophelia's brows furrowed together. She caught a glance from Jax, realizing by her expression that they both knew it was Ifrit. "I have faith that you guys will kick ass tomorrow. I don't know what's up with him but perhaps we can finish this discussion in the morning. It's been a long day and I'm sure we are all exhausted. Maybe go check on him before we head to bed? I would offer but he doesn't talk to me like he does with you. I'll meet you back at the room in fifteen and week can go over the maps then." Jax said, looking at Ophelia. Without a moment's hesitation, Ophelia moved towards Jax and gave her a hug. "I know it's easier said than done, but try not to worry. Everything will work out. I'll see you in a few minutes. Love you," she said, and got out of the hot tub.

Quickly she made her way to the boys' room, and opened the door. Just as the door shut behind her, Ophelia could hear Roxas shouting "Now get out of my head!" To anyone else, the sound would probably be muffled by the door closing as well as the obviousness of the water from the shower. But Ophelia could hear it clearly, and she frowned deeply, feeling uneasy. She pushed some wet strands of hair from her face and cleared her throat, squaring off her shoulders before moving to the bathroom and knocking on the door. "Roxas?" she said, unsure if he could hear her. Her voice was normally even and calm, but she could tell there was a hint of tension there now.

"Please come out here and talk to me," She said again, this time it wasn't so much a question than a request. She hoped that he would listen to what she had to say. She knew that Jax was concerned about the fact he still spoke with this demon who he supposedly hated. Why talk to him if he hated him? Ophelia tried to keep her mind focused, and waited.

[Narukami228]

Roxas didn't realize it at the time, but when get got out of the shower to dry off he noticed he was crying a bit. That sure as hell wasn't normal. Not long after he could hear Ophelia asking him to come out and talk to her. 'Shit she heard me.' The thought went through his head. This was not a conversation he wanted to have right now, but there was no way to get around it. "I'll be right there." He said with a hint of shaky in his voice. He wrapped the towel round his waist the walked over to the door and slowly opened it. "Hi." He looked at her, taking in all her features and noticed that she was still in her swim suit. His face was all red and Roxas wiped away the tear that was forming in the bottom left of his eye. "Didn't think you'd be here so quickly otherwise I would have changed quicker. Sorry for the indecency." His voice was soft and probably a little hard to hear to a normal person, but he knew Ophelia had better hearing and could hear every word. "I hope I didn't worry you. I'm sorry if I did. I just needed a bit of time alone... I.." He stopped the words seemed to get caught in his throat and he couldn't get them out.

Not much made Roxas upset anymore. If anything he got mad during fights, but that was about it. It wasn't a surprise though. The fact that his whole team had been wiped out and then just talked about like it wasn't anything, and his girlfriend just got threatened. Not really a good night since he couldn't do anything about it. Maybe Ophelia wouldn't question him on it to much. He didn't know how much more he could take right now. Normally if he was upset, Roxas would shower, but that wasn't going to work right now.

[Camille Endora]

Ophelia watched as Roxas stepped out of the bathroom with only a towel wrapped around his waist. Her eyes slowly gazed at his body and then went back to his face, and she chewed her lip slightly. He began to speak, but his voice was strained and she could tell he was upset. Her stomach tightened at the thought, instinctively wanting to console him. But instead of immediately moving toward him, she stayed where she was.

“I don’t understand what’s going on with you. You can’t keep talking to him, Roxas. It’s bad enough he’s even in there, you’re making it worse by responding. And you left before our conversation was over back there,” she said, her voice stern and she watched his face.

Roxas looked Ophelia in the eyes. He knew she was right, but this had been going on for close to ten years now. There wasn’t much he thought he could do right now if at all. “Listen. I know you are worried about me, but I’ll be okay. There’s nothing I can do about it right now. If I missed anything then you can tell me about it later. Please just don’t worry about this right now. We’ve got a mission to do.” There wasn’t much kick behind his words, but that didn’t matter to him. It was hard enough as it was to even talk about all this. Roxas just flashed a little smile and said, “Please don’t worry about me.”

She shifted, moving her hands to her hips and her eyebrow raised up slightly as she scoffed. “You have got to be joking, right? You realize that this bastard could completely screw our mission. You just act like he’s your friend or some shit like that. It’s ridiculous. I’m obviously going to worry!” Ophelia exclaimed. It was weird how far away from Roxas she felt in this moment, despite the bond. She was annoyed, stressed, and just wanted things to be “normal”. Whatever that was.

Water dripped down her skin and hair onto the floor beneath her, and she tried her best not to allow herself to get upset with him. She knew there was probably much more to what he was dealing with than he let on, but either way it was frustrating.

He knew he was going to piss her off if things went any further this way so he decided to stay calm instead of get worked up. She didn’t know much about what was going on so he couldn't blame her for all this. “Ophelia there’s much more to this than I’ve told you. We have a deal. I can use his powers for a limited amount of time during battle or just in general. The downside of that is I get to talk to him or hear him in my head every so often. Usually we don’t speak to each other. Actually it’s only been recently that he’s been talking more.” He decided to skip the fact about dying if he uses the powers for to long.

“I know you’re worried about the mission and I can promise you he can’t do anything to jeopardize it. His chains are too powerful to even think about trying anything.” He really didn’t want to make her mad right now or ever for that matter. This was unavoidable though. There wasn’t much he could do about the situation he was in with Ifrit.

Ophelia’s eyes were already fairly dark from being annoyed, and they just continued to get darker with each passing moment. She looked at Roxas in the eyes and stepped closer to him. “Maybe he won’t jeopardize the mission, but you might.” She paused a moment, knowing that would sting, but it was how she felt in the moment. By the time she was ready to break eye contact, her eyes were nearly black. She blinked a couple of times and they seemed to lighten back up again, and she stepped away from Roxas in the direction of the door. “Get some sleep, and please be ready for tomorrow, early.”

Roxas finally lost it. He was tired of everyone getting mad at him for something he couldn’t control. “You think I want this?” He snapped. “I hate every bit of this more than anyone could understand. I have the king of hell imprisoned in my body and there’s nothing I can do about it. You have any idea how many time I have thought about or even tried to kill myself because of this? I don’t get the freedom to choose if I hear him or not. The only good thing about this is that I get to use some sort of power and even then it’s limited.” The wasn’t going at all like he had wanted it to. “I am an abomination! I have no one who understands or even seems to care to understand. Everyone just gets angry at me and says ‘Oh just don’t talk to him, don’t let him in.’ I can’t do that!”

Roxas was on the verge of tears again and this time he wasn’t even going to try and stop them. He had been keeping this in for years now and finally it’s coming out. “I hate every fiber of myself and want this all to be over. I have been living with this for ten years Ophelia. Do you have any idea how that feels? If I die, he comes out and kills everyone. So I survive. I fight and get stronger. You think I’m going to have a tough time tomorrow? Maybe, but you’ll see I will win. I’ll probably get my ass handed to me at first and maybe I’ll almost die, but I will kill that werewolf one way or another.” He knew this probably sounded rude or mean, but he had no intention of it being that way. His voice softens again. “Ophelia I’m not trying to be mean I promise. I just can’t take you getting angry at me for something I can’t control. I’m sorry. If you want to leave for tonight then I understand… I love you.” Roxas starts to turn around to the bathroom again.

While Ophelia had her back to Roxas, he snapped at her. Her eyes narrowed and she let out a low growl, turning back around to face him. “Don’t be an asshole. You don’t get to treat me like garbage just because you’re having a hard time!” Her voice was rising with each word, and she curled her fingers into the palms of her hands angrily. “It was your choice to imprison him inside of you!” She was full on shouting now, and her stance was changing to one of defense, the crouch she had learned to take on when about to attack.

Though as she stared him down, his voice softened and he spoke more evenly. Her eyes were still dark, but she straightened up and took a more natural stance once again. She stepped forward toward Roxas, but he turned toward the bathroom again. She grabbed his wrist and turned him around so he faced her again, and she looked at him. Her eyes once again looked at his half naked body and then she began to speak. There was still tension in her voice, though. “When we get back after this mission, you will be taking me out on a date. And we are going to start this relationship over. The right way.”

Roxas looked down at Ophelia after she turned him around. “This wasn’t my choice…” He said softly. He didn’t want this conversation to continue anymore. It was hard enough to talk about what happened to him, but he wasn’t ready to say anything about his team. “I’m sorry.” He couldn’t think of anything else to say at this moment. He was happy that they’d be able to go on a date and maybe get to know each other better. After a short silence, he finally spoke up. “I’d like that.”

Ophelia simply looked at him and then made her way to the hotel room door again, “I have to go. Jax is waiting for me to go over more details of the plan. Get some rest, and I’ll see you tomorrow.” She smiled very faintly, her eyes grey again. She would need to feed somehow, but didn’t want to risk making Roxas more tired than he needed to be, so she would go to a bank or something else that she knew would be safe while everyone else slept. “Goodnight.” she said again, then closed the door behind her and disappeared into her own room.

“Sorry I’m late, Jax. Okay let’s see what we have.”

[duskshine749]

Roxas definitely seemed in a hurry to get out of there, was he having second thoughts about being in the group? It definitely seemed like he had something on his mind as he rushed his way out of there. Ophelia left shortly after to go talk to him, somewhat at Jax's behest, but she was probably more worried than any of them. Jax expressed her concern about the plan and the group in general, Morthos put his arm around her in a comforting manner, "the plan will work, don't worry, it's our first mission, things will get better with time." He considered mentioning how Roxas was talking to himself earlier but then he noticed Jax's expression. Morthos wasn't the best with facial expressions but she looked more vulnerable than she usually did. Given their experiences at the club Morthos had a feeling Jax may put on a facade of confidence a lot of the time.

But just as quickly as he saw her facial expression it was gone in to a much more seductive one. She straddled his lap and whispered in his ear, nibbling it slightly. That sent a shiver down his spine, "naughty things you say?" He was prepared to kiss her but was instead shoved underwater, that was definitely not what he expected. He came back up choking and Jax was there laughing at her trick. "You know Jax I'm hurt," Morthos said, hamming it up, sneakily moving his tail like an underwater snake towards Jax, "here I am thinking we're having a moment when suddenly-" he cut himself off, grabbing her around the waist with his tail and pulling her close to him. He then kissed her, first roughly, then he softened, the kiss became much more gentle and passionate than he had intended, definitely not the kind of flirty kiss you were supposed to share with just a friend with benefits.

[KiraVanhelsing]

"Oh, you are such a ham. I bar.." Jax spoke through her giggles before she felt his tail wrap around her waist, and pulled her towards him. They kissed roughly, her hands moving up to wrap around his neck. At first, the kiss was fun but then it turned much more gentle, something deeper. She had to shut that shit down now! She pushed him back against the seat and climbed onto his lap again, kissing him roughly, her hands going up to tug at his hair. She ground her body roughly against him, fully aware that they were only wearing bathing suits. She kissed him hard, a raw hungry french kiss that indicated a very carnal agenda. She reserved this type of kiss for more experienced men. A blow your mind kiss that was deadly if used right. She figured if anything could sway the intimacy it was lust. She didn't know if Morthos had experience with girls but she knew for a fact that no other girl would have kissed him like this. Suddenly she pulled back out of breath, her head leaning back before her green eyes looked back at him, "I think...I'm ready for bed. Lots...of planning."

She leaned back down giving him a soft peck, "Have a good night, Sparky."

It ached to pull away from him but she had to. If she stayed she would have taken him right there in that Jacuzzi. She hopped out of the hot tub picking up a towel and wiping her self off slightly before she pulled it around her waist. She turned to look at him again sticking out her tongue before she headed back to her room. She paused just outside the door trying to cool down for a second before she opened the door. A second later she was inside, noting that Ophelia wasn't back yet. She decided to take the minute to go have a quick shower dropping her bathing suit on the floor in a wet heap. She cleaned herself off, feeling tingly and unsatisfied. She shook her head turning off the water before putting on some pajamas. She headed back out, laying the maps and books on the bed. She was just remembering Morthos' holographic flames when Ophelia entered the room and apologized for being late. She gave her sister a smile, "No problem. I set everything up so we can go over entry points. Before we get to that though. Did everything go alright? You seem slightly irritated."

[Camille Endora]

"No problem. I set everything up so we can go over entry points. Before we get to that though. Did everything go alright? You seem slightly irritated." Jax spoke gently, and Ophelia could feel tension coming off of her sister. She held back a smile and looked at Jax. Her eyes then shifted from her face to the books and the map. She felt annoyed still, her mood on the verge of rude and blunt.

"I don't know. I told him that his bull with Ifrit constantly talking back and forth to him could cost us the mission. He doesn't think so, but I'm not so sure. I also told him that we need to restart this whole relationship and get to know each other, once we get back to SPA. I'm just frustrated with him. But no matter... Let's take a look at this map and figure out the best points of entry. What were you thinking?" Ophelia walked over to the bed and gazed at the map. She knew what the building looked like from the outside, but having the blueprint was even better. Jax was great at planning, so she figured with this combined information, things should go smoothly.

"There's a big where house door along the side of the building, but it was completely boarded up from what I could tell. What other places could we get in through? Should we try and be stealthy, or just burst in?" Ophelia was now in full mission planning mode, asking tons of questions right after one another. She waited for Jax to answer and looked up at her again expectantly, her eyes seemingly back to the blue grey everyone was used to.

[duskshine749]

After a kiss like that Morthos was out of breath just like Jax, he was surprised he could form any words at all, while she was on his lap she would have definitely felt that he wanted to do more than just kiss in that hot tub. She gave him a quick peck and started getting out, Morthos found his voice and said, "ya, I'm just gonna hang out here a bit longer, see ya." She stuck her tongue out at him and he stuck his out right back.

Jax was gone and Morthos was alone with just his thoughts. He used his magic to heat the water so it would actually be a hot tub for him, and then proceeded to chide himself about that moment with Jax while he was alone.

"What were you thinking? Kissing Jax like that, jeez man, this is supposed to be fun."

"I know, I know, I just felt it come over me and I couldn't help it, you know how it is with Jax."

"Ya, I do, and you know she doesn't feel the same way about you as you do about her. She specifically said no feelings.

"You and I both know Jax feels something for us, why else would she have tackled her friend to the ground when she saw us about to kiss? I just want to know what her issues are, and how to help."

Morthos sighed, done arguing with himself, if anyone was around they would have thought he was crazy. It just helped him to voice his thoughts, even if they were to himself. But he really did want to know what happened to Jax. What possibly could have gone so wrong that she felt she couldn't open up to him? Was a relationship without the feelings really a relationship? Not really. Morthos had hoped by agreeing to Jax's terms maybe she would open up when they were alone. Maybe Morthos couldn't handle it. He enjoyed the quick pecks and the cheeky flirting, but he could feel something was missing. Maybe he was just too in his own head about all this.

He decided to get out of the hot tub and head back up to the room. He got upstairs and saw Ophelia just heading back in to her room with Jax. He entered his own room and sat down on his bed, "hey Roxas, how you doing man? You doing alright? Morthos wasn't sure what, but he knew something had gone on between him and Ophelia.

[Narukami228]

Roxas watched as Ophelia left. Why couldn't she just understand. It didn't really surprise him all that much though. No one ever did. It had been ten years since Celti died and his life changed forever. None of this was his choice. The battle with Ifrit was supposed to go a different way. Celti was going to chain him down to her so she could take him and dispose of him properly. She was the spellcaster of the Phantom Thieves. An S class spellcaster. It wasn't until Ifrit had hit her that the spell bounced off and chained itself to Roxas. There was nothing that could have been done to stop it. Celti was about to die and Ifrit had to be chained so as a final resort, Celti finished the spell and chained Ifrit to Roxas. Since then he has had to live with him chained down. He lost friends because of it thinking he was insane or just didn't want to be around him. It was a rough life, but he got used to it.

Roxas didn't realize it, but Morthos had come back from the hot tub. "Oh hey Morthos."
Was all he got out. It looked like he had just had the best time of his life. That made him smile. At least one of them was having a bit of a good time. Roxas quickly changed into something more comfortable then laid down on the bed. "Hell of a day wasn't it? Tomorrow's going to be even better. I love me a good fight." That was mostly Ifrit talking, but at the same time Roxas too. "Hey, sorry I had to leave suddenly." He sat up and looked over at Morthos. "I have this little problem I had to deal with." He wasn't sure if he wanted to tell Morthos about Ifrit yet. "So how was you're alone time with Jax?" He asked trying to avoid talking about what had just happened with Ophelia.

[KiraVanhelsing]

Jax listened to Ophelia with a raised eyebrow, "I think you're doing the right thing getting to know him better. The boy has a dangerous mind, but I'm sure he can handle what's thrown at him."

She gave her sister a confident smile, reassuring both her sister and herself that she had to have faith in the team. If she didn't believe in the power of her teammates then she would be a hypocritical leader. She turned back down to the map and listened to her sisters' questions. She had been wondering the exact thing herself. She placed some books on either side of the blueprints and grabbed her chin rubbing it slightly, "Where did you see the Alpha and beta. Near the front of the building or the back. We need to know where they are so we can draw the others away from the leaders."

She waited for her sister to point out where she had seen them. She lifted her knees up to her chin resting on one as she looked at the blueprints with a slightly intrigued expression, "Here."

She pointed to the third window to the left. "Roxas and you go through here. It's a basement window. If you can sneak down here you can come up from below the fuckers to show them what you can do. You can also hear their movements from below them."

She pointed to the front of the building, "Morthos and I will come at the front. He can set up the barrier and I will cause the distraction. I can keep the werewolves busy for a bit but crunch time is on you guys. We will keep them occupied whilst you guys take on the alpha and beta. Mission requirements say to kill them if necessary. If they have lost their humanity and turned to killing children I would say they more than deserve to die."

Jax was serious as she looked at her sister, "The smaller ones that refuse imprisonment will be put down as well. We just need to be vigilant and calculate our timing. Roxas and you will have to wait until the right moment to enter while we set up the distraction. I don't want to say you smell, but...you smell. If you go in too early they are going to know. I know your strong but those fuckers have speed on their side. Of course, you know all this because of Dad's training." She laughed, "How is this sounding? There are quite a lot of variables but we can an only plan so much when we don't have enough information."

[Camille Endora]

Jax asked where she had seen the Alpha and Beta wolves. She pointed to a spot close to the center of a bigger room of the building. It was mostly central, which seemed obvious since it would take longer to get to them if coming from the outside. Ophelia crinkled her nose a little at the thought. She was extremely fast, but so were Werewolves. "Honestly Jax, I'm not sure many of them will be worth keeping alive. The one I saw in the forest was completely passed the point of return. It made me sick. I do agree we should just put down the one's who refuse to come willingly. It'll be hard, but they'll either fight to the death or come from being scared."

She tilted her head to the side, taking a mental photograph of the blueprints, and the basement window she was told to use. Jax then mentioned that Ophelia's scent was strong, which she knew, especially to Werewolves. She let out a gentle laugh, and then her face became serious again, along with her tone. "I know. I think having Roxas with me will confuse them. If they're smart enough, they'll get whiffs of Vampire, Human, and Demon all in one. It'll probably but them all on edge enough to not be sure what to do. But we should be fast enough they won't get a good smell," she wanted to sigh, if she could. Instead her shoulders slouched forward. Dad had taught her lots and trained her well, luckily. Her mother on the other hand was a different story. Nothing was ever good enough for her when it came to Ophelia. Suddenly at the thought, and without control, Ophelia scoffed out loud, rolling her eyes. Seconds later she realized how odd that must seem, and apologized to Jax, "Sorry, not you."

Ophelia shook her head slightly to clear her thoughts and focus, and she smiled at the blueprints. "The plan sounds perfect. I know you're worried, Jax. But please try not to be. If anything, you can have faith in me, at least." Ophelia was serious about this. She wouldn't let her sister down no matter what it took. She always worked with her, and worked with her well. And two boys were not going to change that now. "I promise." Before Jax responded, Ophelia glanced at her phone to check the time. It was getting late, and they would need to get a head start on this the next day. She needed to go feed, and Jax needed to sleep soon. "If you want, you can get some sleep? You're going to need it tomorrow."

Once Ophelia looked up from her phone though, Jax was passed out on her bed. Ophelia grabbed the booked and the blueprint and placed them on the small desk nearby, tucking Jax in. She knew her sister was exhausted, and instantly her mood dipped once she was alone. She decided to head down to the hotel bar, hoping they would have a supply of just straight blood. Lots of places just kept the laced blood when it came to bars or clubs or pubs, which was definitely not what she needed tonight. She slipped her cloak on and then left the room silently once she was sure Jax was completely passed out. The door clicked silently behind her, and Ophelia turned to double check it was locked,
the key in hand. Finally she arrived at the bar, and sat down, order two large pitchers of straight blood, which arrived to her looking pitch black, alongside a glass. She definitely didn't need the glass, but used it to be polite.

She downed both pitchers within a few minutes, and the bar tender simply stared at her for a second. "Mind your own..." Ophelia mumbled to him, though it was mostly a whisper and she didn't intend for him to hear her. If he did though, he ignored her. She could feel the blood doing it's thing in her body, and she instantly felt stronger and more alert. Maybe she'd take another little bit to go, for right before they left, to ensure she was at her peak. And as if the bartender heard her thought, he handed her another smaller pitcher of blood with a resealable lid and straw. Her head snapped up and she stared at him intensely for a moment, then smiled. "Thanks." He nodded and then turned his back to her. She decided to enjoy the alone time and the silence, but kept her ears alert for anything out of the ordinary.

[duskshine749]

"No, ya, it was fine, we talked, nothing really interesting," Morthos kinda just blew off the question. He didn't really want to talk about that, "you sure you're gonna be okay for tomorrow? I heard you in the shower earlier and it sounded like you were arguing with someone." Morthos wanted to find out what the deal was and he wouldn't be taking any bullshit for an answer. "Now, I'm not gonna judge talking to yourself. I do it sometimes, it just sounded like you were talking to someone else and not just voicing your thoughts." If they were gonna be a team Morthos needed to know that he could trust Roxas in a fight and that he wouldn't wig out and do something crazy during a crucial moment.

[Narukami228]

Roxas knew he wasn't getting around talking about this so he just took a deep breath and laid back down on the bed. "I have the king of hell living inside me. He's chained to me and sometimes I have conversations with him. It's a little messed up I know, but it's been that way for the last ten years so you kinda get used to it." He had no idea why he was telling Morthos all this right now. Maybe it was because of his fight with Ophelia. All he wanted was for someone to understand his situation. So he told it to him. All the nitty gritty details about the battle with his old team and how Celti died. Why Ifrit was chained to him and that the reason why he uses his powers during combat. "You see if I don't use his powers I will die with the build up of energy he causes being chained to me. I don't mind it, but the downfall is that I can hear him and talk to him." He sat up and looked over at Morthos. "That's my story for the most part. 18 year old kid gets in over his head and ten years later is still a ticking time bomb. If I die he's released and everyone here is dead. Think you want to be in a party with me still?"

Roxas get's up to move to the window. "Tomorrow I'll be using his power again. My mask is how I channel it. I rip it off and it releases his powers to me. Hurts like hell when I do it because it rips the skin off my face and blood pours down. You'll see it tomorrow. I have to keep a timer on me though at all times because if I use it for more than 20 seconds I could either go into a coma or die. I really don't get much of a beifet from it at all." He turns back to Morthos taking in the reaction. "If I die tomorrow, I don't care how hard it would be, I need you to take Ophelia and Jax and get the hell out of here." He didn't really wait for a response before he got into his bed and tried to fall asleep. Maybe Morthos would understand everything. If not it didn't matter. The next day was going to be hectic.

[KiraVanhelsing]

Jax slowly leaned back on her bed fading into sleep before Ophelia was even talking. She woke up next morning feeling groggy and hungry, but warm under the covers. She loved her sister. She looked over at the other bed noting that Ophelia wasn't there. She figured she was out feeding or with the boys. She looked at the clock noting it was 4 in the morning. Her usual wake up time. She got up and put on a sports bra and some leggings. She grabbed her room key, her weights, and her scythe. She headed outside, the sun just breaking over the canopy of some trees. She headed out into the back area. A large field separating the hotel from the forest. She placed the weights on the ground and began to stretch. She did a handstand, crisscrossing her legs before she dropped back to her feet. She stood up moving on one leg to kick and punch violently at the air around her, imagining a constant array of robots coming to destroy her. After some time she twisted her hips a few times then did some push-ups, crunches and some simple weight lifting. When she felt she was ready she dropped the weights and grabbed her scythe. She finally picked up her phone and shoved her headphones in her ears. She lifted the new scythe, exploring its weight and length. It was a masterpiece of death. The blade so sharp, one wrong swing could cut off her hair among other areas of her body.

Suddenly she heard a movement in the woods. She turned looking at the woods with pointed eyes. She waited, twisting the scythe onto her shoulders as she waited for an attack. Nothing happened so she decided it must have been an animal. She smirked waiting for the right song when she ran forward bringing the scythe up for a wicked uppercut the rod rolling around her fingers as she began to slice and cut invisible foes. She slammed the smaller point in the ground and twisted on the pole to kick out before she hit the ground the scythe was up rolling on her back then up under arm to swing around her neck. After a solid two hours and a very sore shoulder, she headed back to the room finding Ophelia sitting on top of her bed, "Hey! Sorry I fell asleep on you last night. Did you go feeding this morning?"

She dumped her items on the bed before, listening to Ophelia before she nodded and headed into the bathroom. She took a quick shower before changing into some fighting attire. Some black jeans, her thigh high boots, a black tank top and a brown leather jacket with fur on the hood. She finished the look off with the scythes sheath and rubbed her belly, "Big day today..." Her stomach suddenly grumbled, "Shit. I'm hungry. I think I'm gonna head over to the Hotel's buffet for some grub and to discuss the final parts of the plan with the boys."

"Should we go round them up?" She gave her sister a warm smile, her expression slightly flushed due to the workout.

[duskshine749]

Morthos sat on the bed as he listened to Roxas' story, he couldn't imagine what that experience must have been like for him. Morthos wasn't sure what to say, Roxas wanted him to try and save the girls should he die and release the demon bound to him. "Ya, ya I can do that, g'night man." Morthos got in to his normal sleeping attire, just his boxers, and went to bed. He spent some time thinking about Jax, he'd much rather be sharing a bed with her. Just to be close and just sleep together, not even to do anything naughty, would she be okay with that? Cuddling while they slept probably got too close to some line she refused to cross. The idea was kind of ridiculous to Morthos, sex with random dudes was fine, but cuddling with someone you actually kind of care about? Nope, can't do that, too intimate apparently.

Eventually Morthos drifted off to sleep and was awoken by a knock at the door. He figured it was probably breakfast time and that was one of the girls coming to wake them. He got out of bed, eyes still closed and wandered over to the door, opening it, "morning, is it time for breaky already? Morthos' voice was kinda scratchy, the kind of voice someone has when they're not really awake but they're awake enough to talk. He rubbed his eyes, not thinking of the fact he was in his boxers and he wasn't even really sure who was at the door. He'd be a morning person in a few minutes, for now he was still booting up.

[Camille Endora]

By the time Jax woke up, Ophelia was already back in the bedroom, changed into her battle outfit, and waiting. Jax was hungry, and she suggested heading to the buffet after waking the boys, assuming they were still asleep. Ophelia nodded in agreement and got up, quickly heading across the hall to knock on their door. She waited a moment and then the door swung open by a half asleep Morthos, clad only in his boxers. Without a second though, Ophelia's eyes widened and she hid a smile. There was definitely a reason that Jax was fond of him, she thought.

"It sure is, get dressed and we will head to the buffet. Okay?" Ophelia said, turning her attention to Jax who was standing beside her. She mouthed, "wow" to her sister, when Morthos walked away.

[Narukami228]

Roxas was awake and ready to go by 4:30 that morning. He figured no one else would be awake, so he decided to go for a quick run and clear him mind before the battle. It was going to be a tough one, but he had some good people to have his back. Should be interesting to see how everyone would deal with the upcoming barrier that they all faced. When he got back it had only been about 30 minutes. In the mean time he figured he could get a nice shower in and meet everyone down at the buffet. The warm water felt nice against his skin as it washed away the oils and sweat from the run. Surprisingly it was a nice and quiet morning. No having to deal with Ifrit or even having to talk to anyone really. As much as he enjoyed everyone's company, Roxas rally did like his alone time.

After he had got out of the shower, Roxas walked over to the closet. Morthos was out like a light so he tried to be silent and let him sleep in as much as he could. After giving a quick smirk in Morthos' general direction, Roxas pushed the clothes aside in the closet to revile his new battle outfit He smiled at it and slowly put the hat on. After a few seconds of grabbing everything he needed for the outfit, Roxas disappeared back into the bathroom and changed. It didn't take him long to do so and when he came out, he looked completely different from normal. "Oh I like this one." He said in a low voice as he looked in the mirror and checked everything out. A flick of the wrist and everything was all finished.

It was 6 by the time Roxas left for the buffet. When he arived, he grabbed everything he wanted for breakfast and sat down at a small table. He ate the food and took note of the seroundings while he waited for the others. Not much was going on. A man was checking out then a few other people came down for the food. Seemed all normal to him. A few people looked his way as he ate alone, but that didn't bother him all that much. He probably figured it was the hat and decided to take it off and set it on the table alongside his mask. He had to be sure that he didn't forget that today, or all hell might break loose. It didn't seem to take everyone long to get down. Jax looked like she had been up for a while and Morthos, well, Morthos looked like he had his sleep interrupted. That made him laugh a little to himself. Ophelia looked amazing with her battle outfit on, but then again she always looked amazing. He briefly wondered if she was still annoyed at him then brushed that thought from his mind. The had bigger things to worry about right now.

Once everyone got a little closer, Roxas waved them over, figuring that they would recognize him with his new battle outfit on. "Hey." He started off with. "How did you two sleep?" He said to Jax and Morthos. "Today's the big day." He added as everyone got situated and grabbed the food they wanted.

[KiraVanhelsing]

Jax followed Ophelia over to Morthos' room, adjusting her scythe when he opened the door. Jax paused, her eyes widening slightly as she took in Morthos' form. He had that sultry morning voice going on that made her want to jump him. She looked at Ophelia and covered her mouth when giggles erupted. She then saw her sister turn and mouth 'wow' and she nodded mouthing back a "God. I know." She poked her head in the room noting that Roxas wasn't there. She perked up, "Where is Roxas?" After hearing Morthos' response she waited for Morthos to get dressed with Ophelia then she headed down with them to the buffet. She looked around noting Roxas in the room and pointed, "Oh there he is!"

She gave him a quick wave then smelled the food. She was starving and she almost ran over to grab a plate. She stacked it high then came to sit with Roxas, shoving the grub in her mouth. She munched with gusto, her expression pleased. She waited for the others to get seated before she sipped some water she had taken from a water pitcher in the center of the table, "So...Ophelia and I looked at the plans last night and came up with some entry points. I will show you them later when we are out of the public ear. The last thing we need to do is figure out the time. We have to go in when we think that they will all be located in the same place. Any suggestions."

She started eating again, filling her stomach to prepare herself for the day. She would have to stop off at the local church to pray and receive a blessing from the priest in order to be fully prepared for today and her figured Ophelia would have to go to feed at least one more time before they attacked. She looked over at Roxas then at Morthos who was looking at her. She gulped, giving him a sexy smirk, "So do you guys have anything you need to do to prepare for today? I have to take a trip to the church and..."

Suddenly a scream burst through the air. Jax looked up confused for a second. She heard a second scream and was on her feet running. She headed towards the lobby, pushing through the crowd towards the outside of the building. She stepped outside and her eyes widened. Three corpses lay strewn on the ground, twisted and ripped apart like an animal attack. Right in the center of them was a blood-soaked flag with SPA's moon symbol visible with scratches across the center. It was a message, for them. She turned to look at the rest of her team and then at the crowd. "We have to call the local police for clean-up, and get these people out of here."

She felt like she was going to be sick, all the food she had just ingested was threatening to come back up. She called out to the crowd her voice booming across the madness, "Alright everybody! We need you to go back into the hotel. We don't know what happened hear or when it happened. Get inside and stay there until we call local police."

A man called back, anger tinging his panic-stricken voice, "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU? WHY SHOULD WE LISTEN TO YOU!"

Jax knew that if she told them it would be bad but she had to, "We are soldiers from the Silvermoon Pier Guild and we have been hired by the local council to deal with the werewolf problem. Now get.."

"THEN WHY ARE PEOPLE STILL DYING." , another woman screamed. Jax winced slightly and spoke up, "We understand your pain...but we need you to get inside, so..."

Suddenly someone screamed, "IT'S YOUR FAULT THAT THEIR DEAD! THAT'S YOUR SIGIL!"

Jax was trying to be patient, but her patience was running thin, "Blame us all you want but the real enemy is the beasts in the woods that hunt your children and loved ones. We are trying to do what we can but we need your cooperation. SO GET INSIDE THE HOTEL NOW!"

She looked over at her team, the sound of horses growing louder as the police arrived. Jax rubbed her fingers through her hair, "Okay. I could have handled that better." She looked at the bodies anger visible in her words, "They did this last night...right under our fucking noses."

[Narukami228]

Roxas watched as Jax grabbed what looked like a mountain of food. Hey he understood. When you're hungry you're hungry, nothing wrong with that at all. Jax started to talk about the plan today, but didn't seem to get to far into it when things started to erupt. People were screaming and it didn't take too long for the four of them to race to the entrance of the hotel. Three dead body's with the SPA symbol were placed grossly on the ground. In a way it looked like it had been perfectly placed and if it wasn't dead people and blood, very artistic. Jax tried to calm down the crowd, but all they did was bark back at her with insults or blaming them for what happened. Jax lost her cool a little at the end and yelled at everyone to go back into the hotel. No one seemed to listen to her so Roxas walked over. He heard her say she could have handled it better so he stepped in. "I got this one." He reassured her and nodded. The key was to get their attention and that meant to make them know that they were serious.

Roxas could hear the police in the background getting closer, so if he was going to get the crowd back inside he had to do this quick. He took a deep breath and turned away from the crowd for a second. He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out his mask. Before placing it on his face, Roxas gave his team a quick smile and looked at Morthos for a second. "Hold my hat please." He said nicely then put on the mask and turned around. He looked at the crowd of people, who were still spouting insults and yelling, and ripped off the mask. Blood immediately started pouring from his face and his eyes changed blood red. "EVERYONE GET INSIDE THE HOTEL NOW! I WILL NOT ASK YOU AGAIN!" Roxas' voice drastically changed from normal to a rendition of both his and Ifrit's voice. It sounded very demonic and everyone in the crowd shut up. One of them had the guts to insult Roxas and called him a demon lover. That quickly stopped when Roxas looked at the man with the blood pouring down his face. Everyone did as requested and ran back inside.

Once everyone was inside Roxas turned around back to the others. They all looked at him for a second while the blood was still dripping from his face. It had slowed down a bit, but not to a stop yet. He knew this was probably driving Ophelia crazy so he looked over at her and apologized. The police arrived not to long after. He figured he'd let the others take care of that part. No one really wants to talk to a man with blood all over his face. "What's with him? Is he okay?" One of the officers commented on is face. "I'm not the one you should be concerned about right now. If you haven't noticed there's three shredded body's right in front of you." This really pissed off Roxas.

Roxas overheard Jax say something about the werewolves doing this right under their noses. "Don't worry. We'll take care of them. They will pay for what they've done. I promise." Roxas placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder then grabbed his hat back from Morthos. He didn't really care that his face was now almost fully caked in blood. The wound already healed so it didn't really matter if he put the mask back on or not right now. He didn't use any powers so he wouldn't die from this. Just be in pain for the next hour. Regardless he placed the mask back into his pocket, put the hat back on, and listened to what was being said.