tsubasa

The Ties that Bind

Gunner hardly had a chance to react, which was saying something due to his heightened speed. His nose was bleeding when he hit the ground. The air that he had become accustomed to breathing over the years escaping his lungs. He tried to breath before he gave up, air wasn't something that he needed anymore and wheezing didn't make it any better. He sat there for a moment, lying on the ground, Anna had said that she had no intention to kill him, so this was hardly a problem. He could jump a moment later and catch her off guard.

However, he never got the chance to enact his plan when the silver net dropped down and enveloped him. He hissed as he felt the bite of the metal burning his pale skin and started to thrash. The movement didn't help much as he was pushing his body further into the wire. Although, it did allow for some skin to move away from the metal and heal, only to be cut into again a moment later when he moved against it. It didn't last long though before he felt the sting of the injection and his entire body went slack in the net. He was unmoving as he and the net were dragged out from the cave system. By the time he woke, they were in court and he was surrounded by silver bars. He lay on the ground where they had left him and hissed, "Fuck." He made the decision that someone would feel the need to check up on him. He could simply compluse them to release him and then he had free reign of the entire Court. This time he wouldn't underestimate Anna and they would all be at his mercy.

The Ties that Bind

Gunner chuckled at her, "You intend to take me alive? You'll be lucky if you get out of here alive."

He looked at the other guardians who merely watched on, "Is this just a little show? Going to watch on as I burn the bitch you all chased away."

Then he caught movement out of the corner of his eye as Anna moved on him. He laughed, "Oh Anna, always the same," he went to block her movement when suddenly she was going after his legs. He hissed as she felt her foot connect with his kneecap and knocked it to the side. He looked down at his leg and grabbed the floating kneecap to move it back into place.

The Ties that Bind

Gunner cocked an eyebrow when she mentioned knowing about the children, "I know plenty about what it means to be an Elite. However, sooner or later, Ross, you need to realize that I'm not in your league. Isn't that why you left? You thought I was to good for you."

A hiss escaped his lips when the cave collapsed behind him before the fire surrounded him and Anna. He looked at her for a moment before he started laugh, "You couldn't take me as a Dhampir, Ross. You think that you can now?"

He kept his eyes on her as she took a fighting stance and egged him on. He grinned, "No, please, ladies first," He took off his suit Jacket and rolled up his sleeves as he watched her, "I'm terribly interested as to how it is you think you are going to beat me."

The Ties that Bind

Serena stopped in her tracks when she felt a hand grab her wrist. She took a deep breath and slowly turned to see Sebastian. She sighed in relief, fearing it was someone who hadn't appreciated her tirade. She wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face in his chest, "It's okay," she said quietly as he apologized for letting it ever go that far.

She stayed like that for a moment, just holding him before she looked up at him, "Besides... I think your parents needed me to speak up.... they would have just tormented me when you weren't around because.... I just took it."

She rested her head back on his chest, "I wish it could have.... been different with them," she sighed, "It... would have been nice to have a family."

She leaned back and smiled up at him, "I suppose I'll have to settle for the three of us being a family."
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A slow clapping sound echoed off of the walls as Gunner came into view. He grinned, his fangs in full view as he looked over the group, "Look at this... You managed the ivory dolls to actually fight rather than just let you all die. Funny that you protect them to keep making little Dhampir babies and they treat you mothers like shit and let the fathers die and god forbid that you fall in love," his eyes moved to look at Anna, "Well, Ross knows all about how they look down on that sort of this."

He stuck his hands in his pockets and looked them over, "Don't think you've won. This isn't the only nest, hell this isn't even the biggest nest... it isn't even the one that you want to find... because, I'm the only one keeping those Strigoi ripping into the children's little necks."

He laughed and held his arms out to the side, "But by all means, kill me," his eyes moved to Anna again and his smile softened a little, "That is if you can, Banana."

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Iris

Iris looked over to him when he offered her a pot of coffee and shook her head, "No thank you... if I have a cup now I'll never get to sleep."

She ran her hand through her hair and put the paper she held down and grabbed a pen before she started scribbling away on it. However, she stopped when he mentioned her moving in yet again, "But... wouldn't be strange... for me to move in since I'm not your mate..." She bit her lip before she turned back to the paper than she was making a few corrections on, "I mean... we could tell everyone why but would there not still be rumors about what is happening between closed doors?" She took a deep breath, letting the math distract her slightly, "I mean... Moving in with you would have benefits... like not getting locked out of my house and not having to trek across the way to come to and from here... I just don't want to put you into a bad position."

She finished with the paper she had and placed it aside before she started on the next, "As for helping... Isn't that what we are supposed to do in a pack? Help each other... You really don't owe me anything."

Leopold

Leopold sighed as Crimson asked him yet another question about his knowledge of the world. He nodded his head, "Yes, I do... Now, Crimson... Is there a point you are getting to? I was in the midst of work and your cat seems to be content keeping from that so long as you are here. Would you mind hurrying to the point and stop beating around the bush?"

His words were a little harsh but Leopold was a busy man. He hardly had any free time due to the amount of work he needed to put into making the castle run and making those around him see that he was good at it. Although he had used it power to gain the title of Lord, he had never used it on his people to make them content. He wanted to know that he was doing a good job not running this place to the ground and convincing people otherwise. It was due to this was Leopold worked himself to the ground to achieve it. He rose his eyebrows, "Well?"

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Iris

Iris couldn't hold back the blood that rushed to her cheeks when Shadow mentioned asking her to move it. It would probably fix a lot of her problems, such as not getting locked out of her house on a continual basis... But moving into a mateless man's house and not just any man but the Alpha... rumors would spread very quickly about their relationship, not that Shadow would hear any of it. She laughed a little all the same, trying her best to brush it off as a joke. Her eyes widened when he asked her to look over the papers that he had been working on over the last year... That was a lot of things to go through but it would help and it was something that she did enjoy.

Iris smiled at him when he quickly retracted the request, suggesting that it was too much to ask of her. She shook her head and placed her hand on his, "I really don't mind. I don't do much with my free time anyways," She stood and walked over to the cabinet that she had seen him grab the papers from. Bending at the waist, she leaned down and looked for the file from that month before pulling it out and straightening. She turned and walked back to the table. She smiled at him, "No time like the present," She opened it and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear as she started to scan the numbers, doing rough calculations in her head, "Besides, I think the girls' would be happy with me out of the house more... I can come over most nights after patrol and spend a couple hours going through the files before I go home, if you'd like."

Leopold

Leopold continued to write as Crimson spoke about his lineage, "Hm," He said in comment to her question before Ban came and laid upon his letter. He sighed and put his quill away before lifting the cat off the papers, not wanting any of his hairs in the ink, "Yes, I did. All of those in Dracula's lineage have a special ability to compulse people, make people do as the user chooses... Which happens to be my ability."

He placed the cat on the ground and turned his chair to face Crimson, "Not to mention, my family has taken great pride in our ancestral line. Due to my mother not having any siblings that leaves me to be the only one who carries the Dark Lord's blood," He ran his hand through his hair, "Although, I don't particularly enjoy throwing that around as people tend to treat me as though I were Dracula himself. Heir or not, I will never take up the man's name."

He tapped his finger on the arm of his chair and looked at her, "Is there a reason beyond curiosity that you bring this up?"

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Iris

Iris looked at him and smiled when he said that she seemed like an older sister, "I think you mean that I seem older. I don't see how my order of birth changes that much... I guess, I just had to grow up faster than some people."

When he pulled out another sheet named budgets, she took it without asking. She brought her thumb to her mouth as she looked it over, nibbling on her nail. She looked at it for a while then nodded, "Well, that's why you keep the hunting to only occasional and only getting what you need...You could probably send out an hunting party to go further as well... The prey they catch could be dried and stored for later," She pursed her lips, "You know... If we were to properly skin our catches, we could probably sell those and the income could go towards the budget of a farm. Although, it doesn't have to be the size of a farm... Just a small community garden. You work and you can take."

She took a deep breath when he asked her where it was that she learnt all of this. She gave him a sad smile before casting her eyes down again, "My father... We it was just the four of us we were on a pretty tight budget. He would have to do stuff like this all the time and I would always help him... Father-Daughter bonding," She shrugged,"I've always been good at numbers and planning."

She put the paper down and looked at him, "If you need anymore help with this kind of stuff... in the future... My door's always open," She made a face, "Funny thing coming from a girl currently locked out of her house... You know what I mean."

Leopold

Leopold was writing away, he had felt a moment of inspiration for the letters to the other Lords. He was in the midst of writing the first when Ban hopped off his desk and moved to the door to meow. Having been unaware of the previous knock, he thought that the cat was wanting to return to his mistress when he heard the very woman speak from the other side of the door. He laughed a little and nodded, despite her not being able to see him, "Yes, yes, come in."

He dipped his quill in his ink as he stared at his page as the woman came in, "My chat with you seems to have brought up some ideas for my letters," He looked up at her and gave her a lopsided smile, "What is it that I can do for you, Mis- Crimson."

The Ties that Bind

Serena couldn't lie to herself, she was incredibly uncomfortable. It wasn't the shoes or the dress, no Sebastian seemed to have gone out of his way to ensure that she was comfortable during his ceremony. It was that eyes that were on her. From the moment she walked into the room, all eyes had been on her and it wasn't in a good way either. It was quite clear that Serena was not a Moroi, she had slightly more colour to her skin and she was significantly smaller than any of the other people with in the room. She wrapped her arms around Sebastian a little tighter. She was here for him, she was here to support him and be proud of him as he took his title.

She curtised to the Queen when she addressed the both of them. She didn't dare steal a glance at Sebastian's mother as the woman spoke up to the Queen asking about her knowledge. Lissa handled it so well, acting as though Serena's being a Dhampir hardly meant anything in the situation. It was these little gestures that hinted toward the Queen's stance of Moroi and Dhampir relationships. She allowed Sebastian to guide her to where she would watch the held her hands in her lap as he went to the front of the room to begin the ceremony. Her body tensed when Mrs. Lazar moved to her side and spoke. Her jaw clenched, "Yes... He's quite handsome..."

However, the words that followed were like a slap to the face as she spoke ill of not only her and their relationship but their child as well. Her blood started to boil as she clenched her fists. She hardly had a chance to say anything before the ceremony was over and Sebastian was at her side and asking her if she was alright, "No," She said simply.

She was done with it. She was done with being the perfect guardian that took all of the Lazar family's venom and sat quietly as they harassed her. She was done with letting Sebastian fight her battles with them for her. She walked over to his mother and looked at her with a rather terrifying look in her eye, "That's enough, Mrs. Lazar," She took a deep breath, "Keep in mind that your son asked me to marry him. I don't want money or a title from him. All I want is his promise to love me. And you can keep calling me whatever you want. A whore, a mistake, a disgrace but if you dare even whisper an ill word about my child I will make you regret every last syllable."

She took another deep breath and looked around the room at the Moroi, some of whom were looking on with pride and respect but most of whom were looking at her with terror and disgust. She turned her attention back to Sebastian's mother, "There was once a time that I wished to be close to you and your husband... When I thought that you all were my second chance at a family. I no longer wish for that. I will not permit you to see your grandchild whether or not you wish to see her and you will keep your distance from both of us, am I clear?"

She held the woman's gaze for a moment longer before nodding her head, "Good."

With than she looked over her shoulder at Sebastian and gave him an apologetic look before she walked out of the room with her head held high.
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Gunner was sat in the caves twiddling with a child's toy that he had snatched away from some Moroi child before sending him off to a different set of caves with a few women. He learnt fast that children's cries carried easily through the cave walls and became very irksome, so he had relocated the few children that he had seen potential in to make something great out of. Most of his strigoi army was in multiple different cave networks. He didn't trust any of them to behave and figured it best to ensure that if someone was naught that the entire army wasn't found. Not to mention, it was a wonderful way to hide his hand from the Dhampirs that would be coming after them. After all, he had just given the biggest hint he could to their location.

After he was certain that it was the Elites that were 'hunting' them, he set the plan. It wasn't so much of a trap, since they knew what they would be walking into but they knew what was ahead of them before and he had still slaughtered them. However, he was no longer new, he had gained a lot of control. He no longer sought to kill them as he had in their first encounter but this time had his mind set on changing each and every last one of them. After all, these were the best of the best of the Guardian world, if they were Strigoi... well, the rest of the world hardly stood a chance. He tossed the toy aside and placed his hands behind his head, "Tell me when they get here," He ordered one of his soldiers before they nodded and ran off down the hall to keep watch.

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Iris

Iris was getting increasingly more uncomfortable as he asked the next question, again about her sister. She took a deep breath, "Crimson was... By two years..." She shook her head, she hated having to talk about her in past tense. She wasn't gone. Iris knew exactly where she was, in fact the two of them had be in contact quite frequently.

Which is why the moment that Shadow mentioned the price of food, she quickly latched onto the topic. She put her plates down to dry before drying her hands and walking over to him. She took a seat next to him, "May I?" She said as she took the papers from him. She pursed her lips looking over them. She had helped her dad with this kind of thing when it was just the four of them... It was on a far smaller scale but she was pretty good at it. She hummed for a moment before looking at him, "Well, why not hunt? I mean, you have meats listed here but we could easily take down a deer and that could last us a good," She thought about it, "Portioned properly probably three days. If you set up regular hunts... twice a week and all caught game are evenly distributed between the pack that is a major cost already off the list."

She continued to look at the list, "And we could probably grow our vegetables during the spring and summer. Maybe make it a whole new job for people. After all, I've seen a few of the warriors who could probably excel growing over fighting. Then it would just be a matter of buying fruits throughout the year and then vegetables throughout the fall winter months."

She handed him back that papers and smiled, "After all, there is nothing wrong with living off the land."

The Ties that Bind

Serena smiled a little when Sebastian started to massage her shoulders asking where she wanted to go. However, she hardly had a chance to answer before Airen was giving her two cents. She looked between the two of them and laughed a little as Sebastian tried to find an alternative. The two of them both seemed so worried about leaving Court that they forgot what the court had to offer. She smirked and looked at them, "I meant the restaurants that are here... at Court," she shook her head a little and leaned back against Sebastian, "Although, a picnic in the garden sounds far more romantic."

She smiled at her fiance and patted his chest, stepping away from his hands (despite how nice it felt), "Just give me a second to get dressed in something more suiting."

She slipped away into their bedroom, closing the door being her. When she came back out a short while later, she was dressed in jeans and a nice top, just a little more put together than prior. She had a blanket draped over her arm and held it up slightly, showing it off, "I got a blanket... maybe if we order some food now, because I don't think either of us want to cook right now, and go get you to the feeders, we'll be able to swing by and grab our food on the way to the garden."

She closed the distance between them, placing her hands on his chest before she kissed him, smiling, "Maybe we can take your mind off all this stress for a while."