A woman screams from fright of what she just saw, a man was standing in front of her holding a bloody sword standing over the man who just attacked her. The man with the sword turned towards her, the iris in his eye glowing red but she could only see black where the rest of his eye should be, "Are you hurt?", he asked her, she only just managed to shake her head no when the man walked away and sheathed his sword. He went back to his crummy apartment building and splashed some water onto his face. He looked into the mirror and his eyes were back to the normal emerald shade of green they usually are, "Am I cursed?", he asks to no one in particular, he goes to his couch and lays down closing his eyes and dreaming of fire, searing fire with flames so intense they could make the skin melt off of a human. He starts smelling smoke at that point, he opened his eyes, and his ceiling is on fire, "Not again...", het lets his bat fly out the window and he runs out of the building and hides in a back ally and watches the police cars, fire trucks, and ambulance's blur by. He goes to a local bar that seems to be still open...
Sylvia's eyes narrow and she folds her arms, "If you think I'm taking a demon vampire slaying, you can think again. I don't have the patience." Suddenly, her thoughts drifted back to the situation in hand, and realising she had been gone for a quite a while, "I have to go-... make sure no one's died." With a last glance at each of them, she turns on her heels.
(Sorry, I really couldn't think of what to respond because low muse right now.
Also Aron, neither of our characters have directly introduced themselves to yours, so be careful not to powerplay with knowledge).
Mason saw that he couldn't get Vella to budge...."Ok you know what Ms. i have a knack for knowing when i got the edge... but you seem like you do in this case in point... i thank you for your time and i'll be back" he says.
Mason left the hospital ... he decided that he'd have to go to plan B...
He got on the phone and called Sylvia "Hey Syl its Mason... i got a lead on a case but later tonight i'll need your help i'll inform you on it later. How about you come by my place whenever you can". He says.
He gets into his car and drives home... he opens the door and and began to clean his weapons as he began to think of how he was going to get the files from the hospital. He regularly set up new demon traps just in case his old ones got worn and weak.
Rajan had seen enough and decided he knew what he needed to know. this town was just getting more interesting by the minute. he flipped through the news paper and muttered "ellos temmo tegra" as he continued to flip the ink began to run down the page slipping through the cracks of the floor and dripping into the sewer water. he smiled as the news paper began showing images of Lilian. "well hello princes, i do believe that a small group may have formed" he said looking at them. in the sewer the ink filled water rushed into pipes beneath the group showing there respective auras. this was an old Warlock trick that he learned so he could identify peoples race with ease. he began to chuckle. "it would seem a hunter now has morning walks with angels and demons at the same time" he pauses "we really should talk about this sometime, you know where to find me" he said as suddenly all the ink jumped back on to the paper. he started to walk out of the cafe with a smile on his face. at the time he had no idea that demon was Lilian's prey.
He was looking around the bar that seemed empty, he found one table with a stain on it. He absentmindedly rubbed the stain, after a while he drank a beer and put the money to pay for it on the counter and left the bar.
Sylvia had not heard her phone go off but upon checking, she is surprised to find that Mason had left her a voicemail. She plays it back once before murmuring something to herself and quickening her pace towards the apartment building. Jogging her way up the flight of stairs, she reaches her floor in a minute or so and swings open the door to find Roisin is already dressed - in her clothes. She frowns at the girl's selection of garments - a skirt that Sylvia swears she has never worn, and a blouse that is a little too big on the ginger girl. Roisin blinks at her for a moment, and Sylvia thinks she means to greet her, but instead she directs a question at her,
"Why do you have so many pairs of breeches?"
Breeches? A smile tugs at Sylvia's lips, but she gives no answer to her. Instead, she steps into the apartment and shuts the door behind her before proceeding to pack several items into her bag.
"Where are you going?"God, she asked so many questions.
"Where are we going." Sylvia corrects her patiently, fumbling with a clasp on the bag, "You're coming with me." she watches Roisin's facial expression, but it does not give her any insight into how she is feeling, "If anyone asks, you're my niece." As Roisin nods to show that she understands, Sylvia steps briskly towards the exit and gestures for her to follow, which she does. They are out of the apartment building in minutes and heads towards Mason's home, hoping she remembers the way. Roisin follows behind, stepping twice as fast to keep up with Sylvia.
Mason steps outside his house.... he calls Sylvia one more time. .."I'm guessing all those times I invited you to come here you just ignored me I'm house 27 on 9th and freeman" he says to her hearing she picked up
She listens intently, eyes darting about as she identifies her location, "I'll be there in a moment." she murmurs before hanging up. Quickening her step even further, Sylvia takes Roisin by the arm and pulls her along with her, startling the girl slightly. She continues at this speed until she sees Mason standing outside of his home and she makes her way briskly towards him, allowing Roisin out of her grip. Stopping several feet away, the hunter folds her arms, "Is this something important? I had quite the walk."
Mason saw Sylvia down the road and waved her it and was surprised to see a little girl with her..... To the point that he walked up to her...."Hey Syl... i knew you were coming didn't know you had company". He say kneeling down to Roisin.
He started speaking in a soft voice in a jokingly childish way..."And who are you little one... never seen you around before, Im... Mason and you are. he says holding his hand out to shake her hand.
(Remember he has tattoo's on his hands to harm vampires she should shy away but she is an old one might not affect her as it would a normal vampire ...so i'm not sure up to you)
Roisin shies away instantly, frowning heavily. Noticing the tattoos on Mason's arms, Sylvia quickly shoves her behind her in a panic. Her panicked expression turns to one of annoyance as she tells him, "She's not six years old." But relief washes over her at the same time and she exhales deeply, "She's my... niece." Sylvia didn't expect Mason would take the truth about her new-found company very lightly, "But you can say whatever you have to say in front of her; no need for any secrets." Loosening her grip on the girl's arm, Sylvia allows her to move away. Roisin takes a step back, still frowning.
As he was walking down 9th and freeman he see's a strange sight. A man with tattoos on his arms and some on his hands, he new the purpose of the tattoos when he saw them, they were minor ward spells. He was obviously a hunter, then there was a woman and a girl, the woman seemed normal but something seemed off about the girl. He was always curious so he hid in a bush close to them and listened intently. As he was trying to listen a small dog started growling at him and bit him on the leg, he stood up out of the bushes and started blasting fire at the dog, but it got away.
Mason was taken back a little bit knowing what they do and what he obviously had planned he didn't think Sylvia would bring her niece... "Well ok its ok if she's shy I'm a new face well go on come inside....don't worry I won't let nothing happen to you." he says as he heads inside... "Welcome to casa Dumont....well you said I can talk in front of her so does she know". He asked as he showed them to the living room it was a very spacious small home with 3 room home...plenty room for roomates but Mason lived here alone ...and the protection on the house was pretty good.
Sylvia closes the door behind her, ushering Roisin in front. Her eyes dart from left to right, taking in the decor with mild amusement. It was spacious, she would give him that. She wonders if he lives alone, but decides not to pry. In answer to his question, Sylvia's gaze drifts from him to Roisin before she nods, "She knows." Her mind is full of her own questions but she decides to start from the beginning. Roisin sits, feeling the material of the couch with interest, but Sylvia remains standing. Folding her arms, she takes a deep breath before beginning in a low voice, "Today I was approached by a man who called himself an angel." she maintains eye contact as she continues, "I was hoping if you knew anything about angels, or anything more about demons."
"Angels.... no demons yes....I can tell you about demons anything you need to know like they can only inhabit humans and take them over can't possess a supernatural or human who is warded like me....they usually have a niche a type like crossroads demons that make deals and take human souls but they feed on negativity and sin...they make the human vessels strong but damage the vessel weakens the demon but they can be exorcised but its painful for the human.". He says offering them water......
He looks at Sylvia. ... "I stay here alone because non hunters think the glyphs and holy relics has to do with voodoo....but I know someone who knows about angels I mean they must know....if you want they can tell you more he says. He looked at Roisin....."Auntie training you to be a vampire hunter like her she saved my life from a nest of those creatures" he says placing chinese food he warmed up in the kitchen offering them food.
Rajan sits in the casino office and awaiting the arrival of Lilian so they could speak about the rather disturbing group of people he had seen today. he sits there still confused ans he thinks to him self aloud "a demon, a hunter and an angel" he sighs looking up to the ceiling in all his years of living he hadn't ever met such an odd group and if he intended to protect Lilian to get those artifacts they could become quiet an issue seeing that he only knew a handful of spells to combat against angels compared to his plethora of spells to kill demons or vampires. along with the fact there haven't been times recorded when a Warlock had to fight with an angel. he said and sat back in his chair "this task has grown tedious"
"alright, so that didn't work out. better luck next time Holyroller, I'm out of here before a hunter who actually wants to kill me, does." Crowley says turning and walking away.
"stop." Cas says. "she will do this, but we can not make her. we have to show her how useful you can be. lets go on a hunt. we can...prove that you actually want to fight evil."
"yeah well that's the thing, I really don't, so unless you can give me a good reason to go on some stupid hunt with an angel, I'm gone." Crowley says as he turns back towards Cas.
"that is simple. you don't want to be hunted by satans demons, if you are hunting them down, you are less likely to get sent back to your master. so, are we hunting?"Castiel says, and starts to walk towards the casino without waiting for an answer.
"damn, I hate it when people make good points, it always means that I have to do something I don't want to." Crowley says rolling his eyes and following behind Castiel."so what are we hunting? vampire? Succubus? please tell me it's a succubus, I haven't seen one of them since my last visit to hell...strictly business I assure you."
"what kind of bussiness do you do with a succubus? Cas asks, to which Crowley smiles but doesn't answer. "never mind, it isn't important. what IS important is that someone in this Casino knows about Enochian Symbols and what they do to Angels. they at least have knowledge on how to block Angels from seeing them, and anyone who hides from Angels can't be good. lets go." Cas says.
They both walk to the door and are greeted by two body guards. Cas starts to pull out his angel blade but Crowley stops him. "hello Boys, don't mind my Associate, he is just a little untrusting. could I please get a ride to the top floor." Crowley says showing his golden membership card. the guards move out of the way and they head to the elevator.
"you have a membership?"Cas asks.
"Casino's and humans, it's like being a kid in a candy shop for a crossroads demon, so many people looking to sell their soul for one more chance at the slots, I have a membership to any casino I need to get into. although I don't usually go to the top floor of this particular casino, no use dealing with creatures that don't have souls." Crowley says, Cas gives him an angry look. "oh come off it, that was before I left Satans side, before I decided to make deals for me and not him." Crowley says, the rest of the elevator ride was quite.
Rajans office doors open up and in walks Lillian but this time she had Braiden with her and he was dragging a guard with him blood all over his lips....."so your the magic Jamaican. ...who we are working with. ..sorry about the guard he wasiinsolent and refused my entry....me and my sister are a packaged deal" he says.
The guard reached for Rajan as a plea for help.....
Lillian looks at Rajan... "You can heal him if you want or Braiden will kill him...but anyway business you saw a demon with an angel that must mean Crowley and that Angel have met up with Sylvia". She says sitting in a chair
Braiden was honestly waiting on what Rajan was going to do with the guard.
Rajan shook his head looking at Braiden then a grin appeared on his face, "if he let people through then that means he isn't very useful and what would i do with a useless guard, so my new friend Braiden he is all yours" he then turns his attention to Lilian "and who is Crowley, the famous cross road demon, or just some poor bastard on your hit list?" he said amusing himself slightly "there is an issue with the angel in the picture, they are rather...tricky creatures." he finished with "i have been spending more of my life hiding from there gaze and never invested my time into way to kill them" he finished become frustrated "you have some powerful enemies, i suggest we kill the hunter before going for the larger prize" he said as his eyes gleamed with murderous intent. "then we kill the cross road demon and inscribe old ruins to hide from the angel" he says before looking at Lilian.
As they exit the elevator Cas draws his Blade. "lets go, Maybe we can draw out the owner by Killing his Vampire costumers, it will atleast rid the world of some dark creatures." Castiel says. he and Crowley walk up to the table where the vampires where playing cards and Cas grabbed the first one and stabbed him in the heart, The Angel Blade killed it instently, turning it to ash. the other Vampires immediately Jumped at Cas, clawing at him. Crowley Pulls them off of Cas one by one, then pulls out his personal blade and cuts the Vampires head off, he then uses demonic energy to light it's body on fire, officially killing it. there where still 3 vampires left, one of them tried to be quick and moved almost as fast as light towards the demon and angel team. Crowley punched the Vampire, using it's own Momentum to increase the power of his punch, Castiel then drove his blade into the vampire. the remaining two tried to run away, but Castiel and Crowley both ran after them, Crowley grabbed his, slammed him into a table, breaking the table into pieces, he then grabbed a broken leg from the table and drove it into the Vampires heart as a stake. Castiel used his wings to get ahead of the vampire, he looked into it's eyes, the Vampire was forced to look deep into Castiels eyes until he saw the true form of Castiel, a pure White Light shown through his eyes, like the sun, purifying the beast and burning it to ashes.
"well that was fun, I think I might like this hunting thing. it's alot better when you are the one doing the attacking atleast." Crowley says grinning.
Rajan turns his attention away after hearing the the noise and walks out of his office and looks at what had taken place, he turns to the pair with a smile. "well it seems i have rather...energetic costumers today" he says stepping over chairs. "my name is Rajan how may i help you two?" he says bowing his head. he slowly rubs his fingers together collecting a dark haze. his office doors lock themselves as he takes a seat."i believe i have a solid background with hunters, as in they shouldn't go around killing my costumers." he finishes with a smile.
"No mate he put up a good fight...he can live but right you are the hunter must die and I'll kill her myself." he says. ...and he looks at one of Rajans monitor's noticing the commotion "looks like Crowley and the angel are trying to get attention with meaningless slaughter what are they women no class at all sis" he says
Lillian smirked like who cares if they dust some vamps..... "Crowley isn't an issue anymore he made his choice he's going to die anyway demons feed on negativity and evil not good he's killing himself soon he'll be so weak the human vessel will reject him or better yet a low level will kill him but I agree the hunter must die rajan...just work your magic...we can repel the angel...not and issue" she says snapping as the guards blood forms a symbol on the door repelling angels.
"yeah well, we are kind of new at being hunters so forgive us if you aren't on our reference list." Crowley says, "wait a second, I know you. your the bloke who iced my wound. judging by that bit of magic I'd say you where a Warlock." Crowley picks up a chair off the ground and sits, his blade resting in his hand.
"you are the one who put up this Enochian script all over these walls? Tell me why you are trying to hide from Angels, or the nightwalkers will have to find a new place to feed their gambling addictions." Castiel says.
"straight to the point Cas, well done. come on, where is your Elegance? your playful Banter. really it is quite tragic what they teach you in Angel Preschool now-a-days. sit down and let me do the talking, after all who should know a warlock better then their own kin? they are half demon after all." Crowley says. Cas looks back at Crowley, then at Rajan, he reluctently takes a seat and lets Crowley speak.
"now, Rajan, there is no need for any useless Violence. this whole killing vampires thing was simply, well look at it as an ad campaign. we needed to show you what we are selling, and that, simply put, is the eradication of monsters. you're not a monster, I can see that, just a business man. so tell us what we need to know, and maybe we can make a deal." Crowley says grinning, this is what he does best, and he loved every minute of it.
Rajan smiles as he he lets words escape his lips "i wouldn't really call an angel and demon hunting together new, i would call it...out of place." he says still silently rubbing his fingers together gathering more of a haze. "really i see no point in playing delightful mind games with an over eager cross way demon who is top spot on every hitlist i've seen" he says smiling. "neither do i see a reason to tell an angel the already obvious, there are scripts all over the wall to prevent you from coming here and well...destroying my place." he slurs at the angel. he wasn't a fan of angels as much as he wasn't a fan of demons both creatures lacked...compassion to those they don't deem fit. "angel it would also seem that you believe that you strike fear into my undying heart, im going to burst your bubble and tell you that you do not, infact you repulse me but seeing that i don't want the poor humans downstairs to come to a rather bloody end it would be best if you two left" he says and a sinister smile steals his lips "because there are several interesting spells all over that could more then kill all my human costumers." he said as he chuckled.
Lillian appears. .. "No Rajan let him be let him do good the weaker he'll become. ..a demon is still a demon and if he doesn't do evil he'll waste away". She says
Rajan looks at Lilian "now princess i am aware that your brother has no need for work but i am not yet satisfied with my amount of money, and these two..." he paused to think of a word "fine gentlemen have come and destroyed my place, my work, my master piece. it is one thing to come at me but the 'fall of aces' is almost like my daughter." he says turning to face the pair. "so take your pesky demon hunting else where".
"how dare you threaten an angel of the lord, you should hold your tongue." Cas says standing up and holding his blade to Rajan. Crowley stands up and cracks his knuckles. he walks up to Rajan and smiles. "look mate, you smirk as if you are holding all the cards, but the truth of the matter is you only have half the deck. see the nice part about a demon angel combo is that threatening a few human lives only upsets one player, while player two is feeling quite under appreciated. honestly what is the point of offering someone anything their little minds can conceive when the person won't let their mind leave their work? Clarence over here might get a bit upity if those good for nothing gambling addicts up and die, but me? no, in fact you'd be better off killing a fly, I might feel bad for the little insect being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but the humans, they asked to be here." Crowley says. Castiel keeps his angel blade at the warlocks neck, but starts to get angry at the way Crowley is describing humans.
Crowley smiles and cuts his hand with his blade. he holds it to the wall and the blood shots out of his hand, runes are written on the wall in his blood. as they are written the magic building up in Rajans fingers stop. "these runes stop all magic, demonic, angel, what have you. now can we please stop making idle threats and talk like Civilized beings? WE AREN'T BLOODY IDIOTS! SO STOP TRYING TO BULLSHIT US! you might be able to get under Angelwings skin with your talk of mass murder, but not mine so shut your lips! unless of course you want to give us what we want, at least make some demands from me, it's been so long since I made a deal with someone who wasn't a complete moron." Crowley says.
Rajan began to laugh, who would have thought that an angel and demon would think to underestimate the dealer of death. "well you are correct, party number one may be mad while party number two won't, the thing i like about this situation is that party number two is easy to deal with while party number one is my main issue." he smiles as he looks at the ruins [B]"and to think that you believe that humans can't kill humans. there are maybe hundreds of guards with weapons ready to do what ever i tell them too, and while the cute little angel runs to save the pitiful humans i get to skin a demon. and quiet frankly i'm not the only scary person in this building." he paused and pushed the blade away from his neck slowly. "so angel of the lord, will you let humans die just to talk to one Warlock?" he smiles "or will you and your friend leave and save maybe hundreds of lives, and you get to keep your demon pet." he finishes clicking his heal exposing a blade from his shoe and presses it gently against the demons stomach. "your choice, i can let guards and humans die, kill a demon and walk away with out a casino, or you can loss a pet and get scolded, my friends at the fall of aces i always hold the cards" he smiled and watched the pair. of course he knew killing Cowely would be no easy task but with the brother and sister helping him he stood a better chance then alone.
Crowley smiled, he dug the tip of his blade into Rajans side and whispered "but who will heal you?" he digs the rest of the blade into Rajan and walks over to the wall. "only the person who wrote this is uneffected by it, and only the person who wrote it can wipe it away, so as you lay bleeding I would think twice about killing the humans downstairs. I could heal you, but why would I heal someone who threatens me and my acquaintance?" Crowley laughs. "well, you have already, unwittingly, given us the information we need so to prevent any uneccesary anger from my angel friend here, I will allow you to live. as a gesture of good fate." Crowley wipes away the runes with his hand and teleports out of the casino. Castiel follows closely by, but not before saying "if I learn that those humans are harmed then there is nothing preventing my return to this casino. I will find you, and I will kill you."
Rajan shakes in anger and pain as he pulls out the blade and heals himself "i will make sure his death is slow" he said as his eyes gleamed an amber red. he stood up and laughed to him self. this whole city was going to feel his wrath. he walked back to Lilian "change of plans princess, ive decided that this cities human population is going to decrease, and its vampire and demon population is going to sky rocket." he smiles to him self as he snaps his fingers an the 90 humans down stairs are beheaded. "i hope our friends come for another visit soon." he laughs as the lights to the casino go out.