SirensCall

Still Worth Fighting For

Sal couldn't help but to smile when he felt Tiff play with his hair a little. He was glad to feel how happy she was about this, and he couldn't wait until Drake saw what she was up to. He knew his reaction would be great. When his head started pulsating though, he had to ask for the medicine. He couldn't handle it well this time around, and when Willow asked how he wanted it, he said straight and took it once it was given to him. Generally he would have mixed it with something, but he needed the relief more immediately than usual.

"This should be enough, but thank you." he said to Willow when she told him he could use the weed that Cole gave him too. He didn't like smoking here, but knew with Jo not around it wasn't as big of a deal. He also didn't want to use it if it wasn't absolutely necessary. The medicine generally did the trick, so he hoped it would once it kicked in. He could feel the pulsating start to go away when Willow spoke again and he thought for a moment.

"Not particularly, is there anything you wanted to do? Might be a little bit before its safe for me to try and stand though, my head isn't pulsating, but I know if I try to stand up right now I'll probably fall over." he said with a small smile.

--

Drake smiled a bit to see Jo's spirits were lifting a little and he made a face when she said that Alex would likely just let her win instead of fighting her. That was a fair point. He couldn't help but to chuckle at her reaction to him telling her she was a badass though. It was one of the things he loved most about Tiff and her sisters, was how they reacted to certain phrases and slang. It was always kind of cute and often times comical. He was glad that she took to the idea of signing up for the self-defense classes though. "It's partner based, and if there is ever a class Alex himself can't make it to, I can always step in for him. But I'm glad you will. The classes tend to be really fun from what I've seen. Billie keeps them lighthearted unless she has to be serious. Plus, she uses them to help her boxers see other techniques."

Drake nodded when Jo said she hadn't been in the gym before and he chuckled. "More weight machines. We finally got enough money to update some of them. Plus Billie bought new punching bags and stuff for the boxers, so those are coming in too." he said. He grabbed what he needed to and when Jo asked him about the leg curling machine, he explained it to her and then laughed. "Honestly, it's probably not far off."

The walk to the record store was nice. He was doing his best to explain the equipment, and he had texted both Joe and Billie the names on their sign up list and he also let Billie know that Jo was thinking about signing up for the self defense class. He didn't get answers, but once they were in the record store, he smiled. He always liked the vibe of this place. It was always so easygoing and nice. He waved to the girl who greeted them. "Morning." he said. When she mentioned they got new posters, he walked over and started browsing through them. He let Jo handle what she needed to, and Drake saw a few posters he liked. They always had a good choice for different art styles, and he was sure Tiff would like one of them he picked out too.

Once they checked out and started heading off, he looked down to Jo when she told him that Frankie had a crush on him and he shook his head a little. "Really? I don't get why." he chuckled a bit. The liquor store was luckily not far off from where they were, and when they popped in, Drake quickly set down his things when he noticed one of the employees nearly drop a box. "Hey, don't be lifting more than you can."

"Thanks." the smaller guy said. "I wouldn't have, but the guy who was supposed to be here doing this hasn't shown up yet, and I can't get ahold of him. I messaged Billie and she said she was going to be by in a bit to check the orders and take the deposits, but I wanted to get what I could done before she got here."

Drake sighed a bit. "Here. I'll move these boxes for you so its easier to stock, mind helping Jo."

The guy smiled at Jo and waved. "Oh, hi! You were here the day I got hired." he said to her, and he walked over to her. "What do you need?"

--

Cole smiled when Logan answered Clary, but soon he asked when they were supposed to be going out on their picnic. "We're heading that way at about eleven. Willow wanted to walk around a little before we set up for the picnic. She got to see all the pictures Randa was taking of what they did and got so excited to see it in person." she said. He soon headed up for a shower, and soon things just became a little bit more concerning. Clary went up and got dressed after they saw the breaking news, and Cole went up not long after she came down, and she got in to see Billie and Alex there. Alex seemed less than thrilled, and Clary looked worried. Cole couldn't blame her though. They name dropped Billie and put her up as wanted, but she could tell by the more annoyed than anything look on Billie's face, she already had a plan. Logan came down not long after and his question made them all look to him.

"Those hunters know people. Billie's wanted." Alex answered, and Billie rolled her eyes.

"Which is so annoying. Garret called and let me know he saw it on this breaking news thing. When I tuned into it, it's me and that Lia girl from last night." She clicked her tongue to her teeth. "I did take Garret up on his offer to pull some strings, and Randa is going to help me too if I need it because I plan on settling this today."

"How?" Clary asked.

"She plans on turning herself into the police." Alex mumbled, taking a seat and watching as Clary and Cole both sat down.

"But, sis, if this is the hunters behind this, which from the report it is, isn't that a bad idea?" Cole asked. Billie sighed.

"The longer it circulates, the harder it will get though. Plus, it gives us a unique opportunity to find out something on these hunters. If there is something I am good at, it's gathering intel. As much of a trap as this seems like, they won't be expecting one of us to turn ourselves in, and like I said, if I need it, Randa knows people that can help out." Billie answered.

"Still dangerous, and you might think you're fully healed but you're not." Alex said.

"You also can't tell me shit, Alex." Billie said, eyes blackening. "If there is one thing I'm good at, it's gaining an upper hand. Angel and I have already decided that this is probably the best thing for us as a whole. Gets the heat off of us for a bit, and it gives us some idea as to what hunters we are dealing with. Plus you act as though I don't already have a plan."

Clary frowned a little, but she noticed Alex seemed to just concede to it. She saw Billie turn to Logan, her eyes returning to normal. "However, if you don't want me to, I won't. Might take a little longer, but I'm sure Randa knows people that could make this entire thing go away. Just have to watch my step for a while, which is already difficult as it is."

Her phone rang and she looked at it, and picked it up. "Yes?" she asked.

"You have got to be shitting me, coach. Are they really trying to pin you for looting?" It was one of the boxers.

"Its a misunderstanding. I'm getting it taken care of." she said.

"Was gonna say, I'll go throttle someone for you." they said, and she scoffed a laugh before they hung up.

Billie looked at Logan. She could see it on his face. He was pissed, but she also knew with Clary right there he wasn't trying to totally lose his shit about everything. She walked over and rubbed his shoulder a bit. "We'll get it taken care of."

Cole sighed a little and rubbed Clary's shoulder when she leaned against her. "Just be careful, Billie, please." Clary said.

Alex spoke again. "Won't be doing anything for a bit, she's got stuff to take care of, and she's helping me do a few things too."

"Yeah, one of the guys at the store was a no call, no show, so I have to look and see if I can find out why, and then I've got to help Derek finish putting up the order that came in last night and make sure the order going to the bar is correct. Then I need to take the deposit." she said.

--

Randa waited for Garret to get off the phone to say anything. She couldn't deny that this who thing had her own blood boiling, but she also knew that if it were anyone else it could be worse. Billie was one of their most strategic minds and she likely already had a plan or two in mind to get it to go away. The fact that she had already texted her made her believe it more, and after sending another quick text to the lawyer she knew, she looked to Garret. "She's having you pull strings too isn't she?" she asked. She smiled when he said he'd been taking lessons. "Well, I want to know from who now. I kinda want to sit in on them." she laughed.

She sighed when he said Logan would be pissed. "I know. I'm pissed off myself, but it also goes to show how misinformed these people are. And desperate. Targeting Billie might have seemed smart, but with her background, she's already got to be three, very annoyed, steps ahead of them somehow." she said. She smiled at what he suggested they do for the day. "That sounds wonderful actually. I didn't get to do the pictures for the final touches they did, so it will be nice to get some more of the park. I do have to drop that package for Day at the post office. I called him when I woke up and he gave me a good shipping address so I could send it to him." She said. She ate her breakfast before getting up and placing her dishes in the sink. "I'll wash dishes after I get out of the shower." She gave him another quick kiss before she felt her phone go off.

She inwardly cursed at the lawyer saying they weren't in town. But the next message made her nod. "Oh, and I may have to stop by Sarah's office to pick up some paperwork." She headed into the bathroom for a shower.

--

When offered coffee, Kyp shook his head and motioned to his energy drink sitting on the table. "Thanks, but I've got mine there." he said, and Rhi also declined. "And seriously don't give her anymore, she's had three cups already."

"I don't understand how you do this all day! It makes my eyes heavy." she said, and she smiled when Eli said he helped found the broadcasting channel. "That's really cool." She nodded at Eli. "I wish we could find out more on them though. It's a little unnerving that there is so little on them."

Kyp turned and nodded to Eli. "Actually that would help a lot. Give me one second." he typed a few more things into his computer and soon he heard the stuff printing. He got up and took the pages off the printer and handed them to Eli after taking one page out. "This one is the largest venue, so I might send an extra person or two with because of sheer size, and the owners aren't exactly the best with English, so make sure whoever you send can at least understand Spanish, or have enough patience to talk to someone who speaks broken English."

"Of course they didn't." Rhi groaned. "But they will be here soon, so it can be sorted. I don't get how difficult it is to do their job. This is the third time in what, two weeks?"

Kyp sighed, "It is. I still need to see the footage for that, but with this other stuff still cleaning up, it will be a bit." he nodded to Eli. "I'll have it ran within the next hour, and I'll let you know."

Rhi nodded a bit. "Well, it's nice to know that people are wanting to join us. I wonder if Lucien might know the name with as much traveling he's done lately." she said before shooting him a text. The woman that came in with the files told her that someone named Ashely was in the lobby for her and she smiled. "She's early." She got up, and she saw Kyp laugh a little. "Shut up, I'll give you your $20 when I come back."

Rhi headed down towards the main lobby to go get Ashely, and when she left, Kyp turned to Eli. "There is one other thing about this information Rhi got last night. One of the targets from last night, the South Council member... They were on the guest list we have for this wedding, and it's making me wonder what they were already doing here if the wedding isn't for weeks still, especially with barely any of the others on the list being here from so far South. Serg called someone in the North to see if they were staying there, since those covens seem to be working together more lately. He said he'll let us know, but it feels out of place that such a high ranking South Council member would even be here without protection."

--

Sybil was starting to get annoyed at the interruptions to this particular meeting. The third one today, and two of them hadn't even been on her account. She got up and opened the door. When she saw it was Adira, she quickly composed herself and turned to the others for a moment and excused herself. She left the room and shook her head, gently pinching the bridge of her nose. "These people are useless." she said. "What is it? I am so ready for this meeting to be over that a small break is kind of welcomed."

Show Me The Truth

Saul appreciated the offer Bri said about staying with them, but he realized that he probably sounded sad for a reason they didn't realize. Sure, he loved Anais and missed her a lot, but it still bothered him from time to time that he saw her more often than his own mother. It wasn't addressed though as the girl bumped into him. Evan and Bri did have a point that the girl probably stole his wallet, and the fact he was so not there at the moment probably didn't help. It wasn't the first time he had lost his wallet, by any means, but for it to be stolen this was probably the first. He didn't much care though. He did need to take their advice every once in a while and keep his wallet where it wouldn't be so easily stolen.

"Maybe I just need to always wear a shirt with an inside pocket and keep it there." Saul muttered.

Evan smiled a little when Saul brought up his mom coming, but she got distracted a moment when her phone went off. It was a text from their dad. She kind of smiled when she read it. Of course he knew that Denise was blowing them up, but it was good to know that they were there. "The fireworks may start soon, dad and Denise are here already." she said. She totally missed Bri asking if they could meet Saul's mom this time, but suddenly the question became aware to her.

"Of course. Mom has been waiting for us to line up so she could meet you." Saul said. He chuckled a bit at Bri's excitement and he noticed Evan giggling.

"You're doing it again," she said to Bri.

"Actually yeah, you do get to ice stuff." he said as he pulled out his phone. He went to go text his mother when he saw a new text from her appear on her screen. He smiled and looked around. "Shit." he muttered.

"What?" Evan asked.

"Mom hasn't been here in years and she's asking where we are exactly, trying to figure out how to explain to her where we are." he said.

"Call her." Evan said. "Does she like funnel cakes or corn dogs? I'll totally get her one. And do you want either because I'll get you one too?"

"No, but thanks. Mom might want a corndog though if you really don't mind." he said. "I'm going right over there." he said, pointing to a small area with picnic tables set up. "Might be easier to see her from there while I'm not in the thick of everything. Might be easier to talk too."

"Okay. We'll be over in a few. Unless you want to go with him Bri, I can get your stuff too." she said. She saw Saul standing near an empty picnic table on his phone and looking around the crowd and she smiled. At least today is going better than she had hoped. Denise would probably burst a vessel, the food was always great, and she gets to look forward to not only seeing Anais, but meeting Saul's mom finally. Everything she had heard about the woman made her kind of jealous of Saul because she sounded like a wonderful woman and mother. Saul had explained to them why she wasn't around, and it was honestly noble and made her wonder about how things worked with angels. Not something she often thought about because she knew that how creatures were portrayed wasn't always accurate, look at phoenixes. She moved forward in line and she took up her phone again and sighed, finally replying to her dad.

Thanks for letting me know. If you can break away from her long enough you should come say hi, Bri and me are with Saul. Would be nice to see you at some point today without her. Aunt Anais said she was coming if you didn't already know. Love you!

Evan knew their dad a little better than the rest of the kids, mostly because she was his little girl. She loved him no matter how much of a fuck up Denise tried to make him out to be, and she could tell he was just miserable and it was why he was the way he was. It wasn't hard for anyone to tell that, but it was hard to help him out when they didn't know everything.

She finally got to the window and ordered the food for everyone, making sure to order them all a drink too, even Saul's mom. She waited near the pick up window before she looked over to see Saul and Bri both looking in the crowd now. She took the drink carrier from the guy at the pick up window and set it down near them before going back over to get the food, and she stood up on top of the table. "Come on guys, make yourself easier to see."

"Good thinking." Saul said. "Hey," he said into the phone, can you see a girl that looks like she's standing on something near a funnel cake and corndog stand?" He waited a second and smiled. "Great, see you soon then." he hung up and looked up to Evan. "Mind standing there for a minute?"

"Not at all." she laughed. She laughed even harder. "Oh this is great, a little kid just kneed a big jock looking dude in the nuts."

--

Sierra smiled a little to the girl. "Well from the looks of the guy," she said when Naomi showed the wallet. "That dickbag kind of deserved it." she said. She watched as she went to return the wallet before her phone went off again.

I'm meeting up with my son, I'll catch up with you in a little bit. I get to meet his younger sisters finally. she saw the text on her screen and smiled. At least Temp was safe and would get to see her son. She knew she had been missing him. When the girl came back, Sierra smiled. "Nice to meet you, Naomi." she chuckled. Something about the name sounded familiar, and the fact that she did look pretty uncanny to her bloodline that she knew of made her wonder, but she wouldn't say anything yet. "My friend is meeting up with her son and his sisters so, I'm going to give her a bit before trying to find her. You been to one of these before? I have but not one like this. It's so much more congested than others, and to be honest, I'm starved and cannot find anywhere that has those giant slices of pizza. Please tell me there is at least one of those here."

Sierra took note of a few people she recognized and she quickly turned and ducked her head down, watching as they walked off. What were Sybil's people doing here? "Oh that's not good." she mumbled to herself a bit. She sent a quick message to Temp to let her know that Sybil's people were there so she would be trying to lay low too and would meet up with her when she was ready. She and Temp knew a lot about each other, especially after running together for the last ten years. But she was almost certain that Sybil's people didn't know she was here. They had to be after someone else, which also made her curious.

--

Val was glad when they didn't seem too upset with her for knocking into them, and she smiled a bit. She quirked a brow. "Taco truck?" she asked. It was probably very apparent now that she didn't get out much, but when Siddiq came back she felt more at ease. She smiled. "Thanks, Siddy." she said. When Jamila offered to let her try some she shook her head a little. "No thank you, I've never actually tried one in general, so I'm just trying to feel it out, you know?"

Val smiled when the guy, Zayden, said she was doing better than she thought. That actually made her feel a lot better that a stranger let her know she wasn't doing that bad. She smiled a bit. "Nice to meet you guys."

Siddiq smiled and chuckled. "Nice to meet you, and thank you. Could say they are... cat-like." he chuckled at his own joke, knowing that the others wouldn't get it. The head shake he saw Val give was worth it though. "Just saying."

Val shook her head. "Oh that would be fun!" she smiled at the offer.

"Would be nice to actually go around with more people, especially those as nice as the two of you." he said, and Val smiled. However, it quickly faded and she handed her plate to Siddiq and moved to stand behind him when she saw people going through. He was confused for a moment until he saw the people and he shook his head. "They're gone, Val, you're good."

Val nodded and moved from behind him before she took her plate back from him and chuckled again. "Sorry. So, where are we heading?" she asked.

--

Aetulia was glad when the meeting was finally over, and she headed out. She heard Delonna, and she turned and smiled to her when she asked about lunch. She nodded. "Sure. Sounds lovely, just got to figure out what we want." she said. Kai knew to wait for her if she was running behind. That was good thing about their marriage, for as little as they saw each other, they always knew that being patient paid off in the long run. Plus, Kai actually brought Azariah with him today, and while she was looking forward to seeing him too, she couldn't risk Amal or Darius finding out about them. Delonna she knew wouldn't say anything, but she didn't know if Amal or Darius were watching right now. Darius likely wasn't with how concerned her seemed over Val when those people came into their tent, but Amal was harder to gauge.

She started walking off with Delonna and sighed. "I know you mentioned that Life said something about someone in the Abyss." she said, quietly. They tended to figure more out when it was just the two of them as it was, and when it came to matters of the Abyss, while Darius was a good help, they were better off trying to figure it out themselves half the time. "Is there anyway that they could help, you think?"

Her eyes briefly caught sight of Kai as he headed off towards another, smaller tent. She smiled a little to herself, especially after seeing Azariah go in not long after him. At least they were here already and she didn't have to worry about that.

--

Tobias sighed a bit and rolled his eyes before looking at Becca. "Looks like I do, don't I?" he laughed at her notion about owing her a drink. "You just let me know when you're ready for it."

Watching Warren deal with Sybil's people was always entertaining. He knew that there was vendetta there, considering Warren had ran with both of Sybil's sons in the past. What was sad was that he ran with Roland for longer than he did Atticus, but he got much closer to Atticus than he did to Roland. Then again, Tobias did meet Roland once over the course of knowing Warren and that guy tended to be a huge dick. He saw Warren turn back to them when he was done and he chuckled.

Warren watched as the girl transformed back from a... chair? What the hell, who turned into a chair?

"Don't be such a man." Warren mocked Becca. It was good natured, and he laughed after. "What does that even mean?"

He quirked a brow at the girl and he shrugged. "It's not a big deal. I hate that bitch they work for." Warren said, but before the girl could go, he looked at her. "You know that wasn't all of them, I know how Sybil works, unfortunately, and that probably isn't even half of her followers here. I don't mind taking care of them for you, considering I do love fucking with that bitch's plans, but with how many she generally has... it may not be smart for you to go out there by yourself."

Tobias looked over to Becca when Warren offered to help the girl. He hadn't seen this before, but then again, he also knew when it came to Sybil it was liable to happen. Tobias never personally dealt with the woman either, but he knew dealers that did, and they were bottom of the barrel. Now this would be interesting if the girl took him up on his offer. Especially with how skittish she already seemed. "But really, you ran into the right tent honestly, most of the other groups would have kicked you out. We rightfully don't mind a little bit of action." Tobias told her.

--

This place was somehow more crowded than she remembered it being years ago. Time really did change things. She texted Saul and let him know that she was already in the festival. Had it not been for the lady shoving her, and her knocking the man over, she might not have ever seen who it was. When she helped them up, she could hear her name and initially her heart sank. She thought she had missed one, but when the voice fully registered with her, she looked at the man before her. "Chris?" she breathed. She was frozen herself, but all she could do was watch as the blonde woman he had been walking with dragged him off. She stood there until he was out of sight, barely feeling people brush passed her. He was here? She shook her head a little soon heard her phone ringing.

"Hello?" she answered.

"Hey mom, where are you? I'm going to try to get you to us." Saul's voice came and she smiled.

"Us?" she asked.

"I'm with Bri and Evan." he answered her, and she smiled and moved out of the way of the crowd.

"Um, well, I'm in the middle of two lemonade stands and I see cotton candy and popcorn stand in front of me. I just got in the gates a minute or two ago." she said, and soon he started telling her where to go. She followed his directions for a bit, but navigating the crowd was getting harder and she could hear him talking to someone next to him. After a moment or two he asked if he could see a girl who looked like she might be standing on a table near a funnel cake stand and she looked around. "I do. Oh, that must be one of the twins, isn't it. I'll be right there." she smiled. She hung up and shot a text to Sierra, seeing one come back in return. She frowned a little when she saw that Sierra had seen Sybil's people, but she shook her head and headed towards the girl she saw standing on the table. When she got out of the crowd, and smiled when she saw Saul, and she watched as he walked over and picked her up in a hug.

"I've missed you so much." she whispered to him, and she smiled a bit and looked him over. "You haven't changed much."

"Neither have you. I've missed you too mom." he said. He motioned for her to follow him. She saw the girl get off the picnic table and she smiled. "Mom, this is Bri and Evan." he said, motioning to each respectively. "Bri, Evan, this is my mom, Temperance."

"Just call me Temp though." she smiled, and she looked them over. "It is so great to finally meet you girls. Saul is always talking about you."

Still Worth Fighting For

Sal smiled a little, hearing how happy Tiffany was with not only being about to be able to have her own book at the tattoo shop, but what she had just said about her birthday gift. It was good to finally see Drake with someone who matched how much he cared. Sure, there was Mila a while back, but Sal had never been around Drake this happy with someone. It was genuine, and he could tell it was for Tiff too. He may have hated being completely blind now, but with the acuity he saw auras now... He wouldn't trade some of it.

"I won't say anything." he smiled. "What colors are you going to have used for it?"

When Tiff went on about sounding crazy and clingy, all Sal could do was shake his head. "You won't, Tiff. I can tell you that. I personally think it's really sweet."

He could tell the table was cleared once he heard the sink with dishes, and he leaned forward a little and sighed a bit. He didn't like to lean on the table with food on it because he had a bad tendency to knock it over. He could feel a small pulsating in his head again, and he clutched his forehead. "Do I still have some of that medicine Cole gave me here? My head feels like it's pulsating."

--

Drake looked at his watch when Jo said something about going to one of Billie's stores and nodded. "Alright, we may have to hit it on the way back, I'm not sure they'll be open just yet." he said. "So, I figure we head into the gym real quick, go to that record shop, do whatever else and since the store isn't too far off, we head into the liquor store on the way back." he said. "Sound good?"

When she answered him, he nodded a bit. He knew more about the issues with Jo and Alex than he wanted to admit because he used to be pretty bad about being protective himself, but he also learned a lot of lessons along the way. Lessons Alex obviously either never did or never had the opportunity to. He knew the relationship between he and Ez had been tense a lot because of how often he tried to treat her the way he was treating Jo now. It was where they differed though because Ez wouldn't stand for it at all, and plus she ended up out of the school a lot too. He smiled a little. "I'm always here to lend an ear. I do hope one day Alex learns you're kind of a badass in your own right."

He chuckled a bit as they headed down. "Kick his ass one good time. It may help," he joked. "I get the wanting to be protective thing, but there are some things that can't be helped. You two care a lot about each other, and I know you're both afraid to lose each other. I just think he needs a little bit more of a nudge into realizing you don't always need to be coddled. If I wasn't so sure it might be a bad idea, I would say you two should enroll in one of Billie's self-defense classes. It would help you both. He could see you're not defenseless and you can show to him that you can actually defend yourself. Plus, Billie needs more people to fill the class before she can actually get it going, and if you want to learn how to really fight, she's one of the best to learn from in a technical sense."

When they got to the gym, Drake noticed that the door was still locked, and he sighed and unlocked it and let Jo in before locking it behind them. "We have new equipment coming in today, so we're closed, but they know I'm in here everyday to check on things." he explained. He motioned for her to sit down and he went and grabbed Sal's stick and did a few other things before he got back over to her. "Ready to go when you are." he said

--

Cole nodded at Logan's notion about being up that early needing coffee in general. "No lies there." she mumbled. She did enjoy watching how Logan and Clary were with each other. She noticed Clary make a face before she joined them.

"Well... That's only slightly concerning." she said. "Especially since we could hear him and Jo having a... what would you call that?"

"It wasn't really an argument, but it wasn't really not..." Cole shrugged. "I do know I'm glad I wasn't a part of it. Sounded too stressful."

"It really did." Clary smiled and nodded to Logan. "It's just because we work opposing shifts. One of these days I will be up when you get home and have breakfast made, just because. That and sleeping is a very difficult thing, even now, since I didn't have to for so long. Why is being tired even a thing?"

Cole couldn't help but smile at Clary. This was one of her favorite recurring things, her complaining about being tired. It was always amusing because Clary could sleep longer and harder than most people she knew if she was comfortable enough, but she also knew that soon it wouldn't be that way because she would be hearing souls for ferry soon. Maddox had mentioned a few months ago that she was getting to wear she could ferry some human souls soon.

"Oh! Lunch would be fun. I know Willow and Sal mentioned something about a picnic in the park, you could totally come with us. It would be fun." Clary smiled a little. Cole nodded.

"Yeah, and after last night, I don't want them going by themselves really. It'd be broad daylight, and probably a non issue, but I know how Sal gets after his visions." she said.

Clary smiled and Logan kissed her cheek. "If you and Billie get to go on that date, let us know how it is. I remembered seeing all the pictures Randa took for the opening advertisements for it. It looks like it'll be a great place." she said. She yawned a little and finished up her breakfast before she started doing the dishes and Cole turned on the TV, only to have some kind of background noise as she started cleaning up the living room. She caught the tail end of a breaking news report and she blinked.

"Oh that's not good." she said, and she saw Clary looking in.

"Uh oh..." Clary frowned. "Billie is wanted?"

"Those hunters know people it looks like." Cole said. She and Clary looked at each other.

"When Logan gets out of the shower, should we tell him?" Clary asked, and Cole sighed.

"I'm sure Billie will. I have a funny feeling she already knows." Cole said.

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Randa could only shake her head and chuckle when Garret took the picture. "I hate when you do that sometimes." she said, and when he cuddled up to her, she got comfortable relatively quick. "That sounds nice." She didn't even realize that she had fallen asleep. It wasn't until she forced herself awake from the start of a nightmare that she did. She saw Garret wasn't in bed, and she could smell food cooking. She rubbed her face with her hand and she took up her phone. She knew she wouldn't likely get an answer right away, but she texted Daylen just to check in on him. She didn't do it often, but she was surprised when she got a text back quickly, and she let him know that she loved him and would check in again soon.

She got up and pulled her robe around her, and when she got into the living room she caught the tail end of the news report before groaning. "Humans are so stupid." she muttered. She saw Garret on the phone, and she looked back and rolled her eyes. "The one time we don't go with the mall, shit happens and it really happens."

Randa made herself a cup of coffee and once Garret hung up, she walked over and kissed him. "Breakfast smells great babe." she said. She went to set her phone down when she saw a text from Billie. She read it and chuckled to herself. "For the love of fucking Lucifer man, I'm almost glad it was Billie they targeted. As fucked up as it is, this is going to be so entertaining." She took a sip of her coffee and tied her hair back from her face. "So, I'm going to shower after I eat, anything in particular you wanna do since we're already up?"

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Billie was glad when Alex seemed to calm down about the whole situation, but the next thing that happened annoyed her severely. When she answered the phone, "What's up?" she heard Garret's voice. She raised a brow and turned on the channel and she shook her head. "You have got to be shitting me." she said. She rolled her eyes and clicked her tongue to her teeth. "Well this is only slightly annoying."

"What is?" Alex asked and when he saw the tv screen he shook his head. "What the fuck."

"Thanks for letting me know, Garret. I'm going to head over and tell Logan before Alex and I head out to do a few things." she said before she hung up. She shook her head and looked to Alex. "I'm going to go change real quick. Looks like I've got a fun day in store."

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"The sooner I take care of this bullshit, the easier things will be." she said. She went upstairs and freshened up a bit before coming down in pair of jeans and t-shirt. She saw Alex looking at her as she texted Randa about possibly needing some help taking care of this.

"How exactly do you plan to take care of this?" Alex asked as they grabbed their things and headed towards Logan and Clary's house.

"I'm going to go turn myself in, clear my name, and be done with it. Once the publicity dies out, it'll be smooth sailing. Plus, more breaking news will come out once I've been 'apprehended.'" she said, and Alex gave her a look.

"You and I both know this is a thing set up by the hunters, B, why are you going to play into their hand?" he asked.

"Intel, Alex." She said, and she got up to the door of Logan and Clary's house before she knocked. "Besides, the longer we sit here and let that circulate, the harder things will get anyway."

Clary opened the door and she hugged Billie almost immediately. "Hey! Logan should be getting dressed now. I didn't hear the shower when I came down from getting dressed."

"Thanks, Clar." Billie said, and she saw Cole motion for her to sit down. "It's going to be a day, that's for sure."

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Atty wasn't sure at the answer the cat version of Kat was giving him until she knocked the fork out of his hand and basically demanded more pets from that hand. "Okay, I got it." he said with a chuckle. He saw Lia come back in the kitchen not long after and place a plate of food in Mitch's spot before Mitch himself entered the kitchen. He was kind of glad to see he wasn't the only one that was feeling the tension across the room, though he could tell Kat was at least a little bit more pleased to be getting the amount of pets she was. He sighed a bit, and when he heard Mal mention Eve going out on her own. The only good thing was that everyone here was very capable of defending themselves on their own, but after last night... It wasn't a good idea.

Aless looked up to Mitch when he spoke to her. She sighed. "Huh? Oh, I'm alright." she said. "Just got to rework Roland's compounds again it seems. Has uh... has anyone seen him this morning?" she asked.

Lia looked to Aless. "He's outside working on that thing again." she said, motioning her head out the window. "I noticed him out there when I went to go start on laundry." she said. She pushed some food in front of Aless and made a face and Aless started eating. Lia finally took her own seat beside Mitch and started picking at her own breakfast she turned on the radio.

"Today's forecast is partly cloudly with clouds clearing up by the afternoon. High of 75 for today, so it should definitely be a pretty day today." the person said, and Lia smiled.

"Good." she said. "Will make working in the garden easier."

Atty nodded. "I could imagine."

Once they started talking about the explosion at the mall, Lia turned off the radio and rolled her eyes. "I forget how stupid humans are. They will believe anything."

Roland came in a few minutes later, and he looked at Lia. "You're wanted." he said, and Lia raised a brow. "They just described you and that Billie girl from last night to a T over the radio."

Lia groaned and rolled her eyes. "Good luck finding me, not like I go out much, and if I have to Kat can always have some fun with my hair. Problem solved."

"You are awfully nonchalant about this." Atty said, and Lia shrugged.

"Not the first time I've been 'wanted,' and probably won't be the last." she said, taking a bit of her food. She got up and petted Kat's ears again. "Besides, Kat always enjoys getting to play with colors and hair, so it's a win-win if I ever do want to go out."

Roland shook his head and waved a hand. "Sit down and eat." Lia said, and when Roland went to go leave, he saw the look on her face. He sighed and made himself a plate before sitting down to eat.

Aless looked up at him and sighed. "Later we're trying new compounds. I've got to look up what I need for this new one so I can get it together, okay?" she said, and he nodded.

"Alright." he said.

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Rhi and Kyp were at the compound surprisingly early. Wes and Serg were likely in the gym, training, but Kyp and Rhi were busy going through the information Chester gave her last night and going over a lot of the stuff from the night before. Rhi was glad that they were in Kyp's sanctum though, it was quieter than almost everywhere else and they could monitor so much. She had seen the Breaking News report come across the screen on the bottom right of Kyp's wall. It wasn't the best excuse, but it was plausible at least.

A knock came to the door and Kyp looked up from the file. "It's open!" he asked, putting a lollipop back in his mouth as he went back to the file. He and Rhi both looked to see Eli coming in. "Oh good."

"We just saw the Breaking News thing come across." Rhi said, motioning the screen it went across. "That's the channel that does the radio broadcasting too, so it should even get people commuting too."

Kyp nodded. "It's hard to sift through the impartial security footage that I need to right now. I have the files cleaning up, but they use such an old system it's taking forever. I do have something else though."

He turned to his computer and began typing a few things. "So, apparently this wedding thing that Chester brought to us is a legit thing, and it has potential to be a large event. According to what I have gathered, it's a few weeks away, from what the venues on here have listed in accordance to our files, but more digging is necessary, but getting teams prepared now would be a good idea. The only thing that is worrisome is that we don't have much on the groom and..."

Rhi shook her head. "The bride is probably the most reclusive of all of our targets, even though her picture is on the news right now." she said. "Meaning, it looks like it wasn't a bad idea that you got Axel in on this."

Kyp chuckled. "Good ol' BB Ass. Always becomes inopportunely useful." he said. "I'll keep digging on it though, but it's necessary to put the best foot forward on it."

"I also got a call this morning from the holding site. We may need to take a few of them out of there for being too rough. Switch them out for hunters who are known to not be. One of the captives they had trouble getting up last night, so they won't be able to be questioned for a while. I told them to go ahead and send the interrogator our way." she said. "They said they had tried calling you, but I almost doubt they did."

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Ruby

There was something about possessing a body that had already been so close to death that just made it feel... nastier. She allowed herself to be consumed by the hot water for as long as she felt necessary to get all of the surface grime off at least. She sighed, she wasn't sure how long she'd been in the shower, but she knew it had been a while. She got out and wrapped her hair up and dried herself before getting dressed. She could hear the conversation, faintly, going on between Sam and whoever had been at the door. She couldn't make out what was being said, but she knew they were still talking. This caused her to roll her eyes. People really just needed to leave them be. There was still too much to do!

She started brushing out her hair and started the hairdryer. She wasn't about to look unpresentable when she got out of the bathroom, especially if this person hadn't left yet. This was getting annoying. She had heard the talks of Dean being save from Hell, but the likelihood of it just didn't seem high. Especially given who she had been hearing it from. And if that were the case, he would be none too happy to know what she and Sam had been doing this whole time he was gone. Sure, once she found him again, she knew Sam had been trying his hardest to get Dean back, but that was the thing with deals. You got your time and then your soul belonged to Hell. Something she knew all too well.

She turned off the hairdryer and soon her phone rang. She looked at the name and raised a brow before answering it. "Hello?" she asked.

"You're going to have to watch your back. One of Azazel's old pets showed her face again, and I know how you and this one were." the voice on the other end said.

"Who are you talking about?" she asked, sitting on the closed toilet.

"Aurelia. She's finally resurfaced, and one can only imagine why. Just watch your back." they said. There was a click before Ruby stared at the phone. That wasn't good. Aurelia knew her affiliations almost better than anyone, but she also knew that Aurelia was a tricky sort. No one knew her better than Azazel and Meg. With Azazel dead and Meg in the wind it was hard to know what would make her come out of hiding. She sighed, and decided perhaps it was time to get out of the bathroom. She could only delay so long.

"That was-" she began, but she saw the man at the door. "Guessing not the pizza then. Oh well."

Something about this one didn't feel right either... She shrugged a bit and took her dirty clothes and placed them with her other things before sitting down. She wouldn't interject in the conversation until she felt Sam wanted her too. It was usually best if she stayed quiet and played the part of the 'hook-up.' And that was her intention, plus now she had other things to worry about.

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@SirensCall You're fine, my love. Some of the canon characters can just be shared for now, and whenever you're ready and able to introduce your OC, feel free. I am a mother, I get it. I invited you because I like your writing and you were one of our OG players. I'll do what I need to do to make sure you're okay and comfy...

@AnnaBeth

Thanks so much! I missed this group a lot. Im about to read IC and see what I can post. My OC may not come in just yet, have to find a good place for her.

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This is the first group rp I've been in since the great hiatus of the other one. I'm sorry if I just get kind of quiet, I have to get back into group play swing... Its more difficult now that I kind of dropped off from the group scene for so long. But I promise I'll get better. Just bump me if ever necessary. I get scatter brained sometimes.

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Aurelia

Age unknown, Soul nearing 250|Black Eyed Demon

Worked for Azazel, knows of the Winchesters. Currently she is trying to stay under the radar, but knows that might not be possible as Lucifer is preparing to rise.

Aurelia is a lost soul. She used to follow Azazel, but once the Winchesters put him down, she wandered aimlessly, trying to find something new to believe in. She never followed Lilith, but never exactly stood against her either. She, by nature, has always been a neutral being, but then she caught word of the scandal surrounding the Winchesters.

She has been trying to track down Meg, the only demon she ever truly allied herself with aside from yellow eyes. She is one of very few who knows Aurelia, and despite being a demon, her neutral stance on things in general.

As a human, Aurelia sold her soul to become a strong witch, and after her ten year sentence, she had a rather unique sentence in Hell. She went on the racks, sure, but once taken off by Azazel, she was allowed some access to some of her power. She doesn't have a lot of her powers, but she has a lot of knowledge that proves useful. While application is hard for her now, she has learned some ways around it.

Currently, Aurelia is still just trying to find her place, and has been searching for Meg. She has crossed paths with other demons, but she tries to avoid them as mich as she can as she doesn't know how what is happening will affect her new way of life.

Aurelia has what are considered mid-leveled demon powers as she is considered a higher ranking black eyed demon. She can possess people, use super strength and stamina as well as still practice some of the witchcraft she did after she sold her soul. Her favorite newer power is telekinesis. She can be killed by the Colt, Ruby's knife, and can still be exorcised.

She has a set of brass knuckles her meat suit carried around on a silver necklace, and a 9mm that she also found on her meat suit. She is currently trying to get better weapons.

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Ruby

This place was an absolute dump, but it was workable for the time being. At least that was her line of process. There was still so much to do, and so little time. She couldn't help but to get lost in her thoughts, she had reunited with Sam Winchester, after begrudgingly taking over the body of someone who was already dying. She didn't understand why it mattered what the meatsuit was, but a person who was on a table dying in the hospital certainly seemed to confuse the hell out of the doctors when she sat up. At least that was funny.

She typically didn't zone out in times like this, but she couldn't keep her thoughts straight. There was still so much to do. So much.

The knock at the door caused her to turn her attention to it, but Sam answered it. She rolled her eyes and opted for a shower herself. Hopefully this dump had better water pressure than the last. All she needed was to have shampoo stuck in her hair and making this meatsuit itchy again. She didn't bother to say anything to Sam when she went about her business. Things were already in motion, he was already doing so well in what she needed him to do. This would work... She had to keep telling herself that.

Bobby

That phone call was an absolute insult. Who the hell did they think they were to try to impersonate Dean? Bobby ran a hand over his face and almost entertained the thought of disconnecting the phone for a little while. He couldn't do it, he knew, too many people called needing his help for one thing or another. He had a wall of them labelled different things at this point, so he could keep up with what he needed to now. His eyes travelled out to Mika who was just standing there staring at her car. He couldn't say he blamed her for being so broken, even now. It has a harsh reality to deal with.

He sighed and headed outside himself for a moment, beer in hand. He wasn't about to mention the phone call to her. Her already fragile state when it came to things like this made him worry all the more. She was his daughter. Maybe not blood, but what did blood matter anymore? He still barely knew what to say, he barely wanted to believe that all of this had happened. That Dean was gone... It made his blood boil at the thought of the call again. He wanted to say something, but he was at least glad to see her out of her room.

Bobby went back inside a few moments later after patting her shoulder, gently. Things needed to start coming together and soon. He walked over to his desk, getting out of the kitchen for a while, and he was reading over something another hunter had asked him to look into. So much in the world was going to shit, it was crazy, that was certain. The bell rang, and Bobby walked over to the door. The figure he saw caused him to whip the door open and his face turned angry.

"Who are you?" he nearly growled at the person. This was a sick joke. They certainly looked like Dean, but how could it be?

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@SirensCall You’re fine love! I already got Bobby started but feel free to take over!

@AnnaBeth

Okie dokie. When I get settled at home I'll read the IC and get a post going. :)