Forest Valentine nodded, "I'm not much help...as I do not know where Karol was thirty years ago. I've....never been to D.C. before...I suppose it is not a place of fond memories for you now." He tugged her at a slightly faster pace towards her home. Cabin Nick slipped on his jeans and chuckled at Annie's behavior. "I would not think you would be embarrassed to see me like this again. Though I suppose it is my fault...I am in here, uninvited when your sister has given me her room." He held up his shirt, looking idly for the tag in the back. "But have I become so riddled with horrors that I'm no longer considered....attractive? I'm hurt, Annie."
Penny smiled and half closed his eyes. "Right..Schuyler would be...mad. Hey, Tristan....I think my womanizing days are....over." Uriel refused to meet her gaze, "I know.... Micheal told me. We...fought and argued over you..but...I lost. I wanted to save you Kaila...for Ren's sake. I don't like our brother when he's Raphael. He isn't a kind or just person then. I will not allow him to revert to his old name and ways. You...will live." Uriel glared at her hard. Genesis stood and wobbled for a moment. Kyrios stepped back, handing him his sword and Genesis' blue eyes glowed in a dull haze of magic. "I...I shall obey." the words came easily but the expression on his face was pained and hesitant as he set off for the door and for Tori's room.
Forest Valentine shook his head, "The only Pureblood that I know of to panic would be Karol...and I have not seen him in some time. To me...he is forever a boy and nothing more." Cabin Nick grabbed a fitted tee and a pair of dark jeans and slipped into Annie's room. Her scent washed over him and he stopped for a long time to inhale. Nick set upon his jeans first. A displeasing thought drifted to him, until he gained any money he would be forced to go commando. Nick had told Seth he'd rather roll around in pins and needles and even a butchers knife or two than take any of his boxers.
As if on cue, Penny's eyes drifted open, unfocused. The wounds inside him closed and the blood drained, flowing back to it's original places and he breathed easier. "Wh-what? I don't...." He blinked once, twice and finally focused on Tori. "Heh...an angel I recognize. Good....I'd rather follow a pretty someone that I know than an ugly stranger." A small cry of pain slipped from Uriel's lips, but she did not cry. Shutting out her emotions, Uriel turned on her heels and left the room. "We'll need the third and fourth year students to start warding their dorms and those of the firsts and seconds. Teach them to ward their doors for angels too...it's not just demons and fallen angels that are going to try to hurt us now." Genesis dropped to his knees, his sword sliding from his hand, "I can't...I can't not invite her. Lord Kyrios...please..." A pale hand rested on his brown head and Kyrios' voice rumbled, "This is the punisment you deserve. Falling in love? Keeping them here when I told you to bring them back to the town? You've rocked the boat until it's tipped over. And now you will reap your rewards. Love her...keep her beside you...and lure her to her doom." Kyrios' words were not just words...they were a weaving spell, restricting Genesis' tongue and binding his metaphysical hands. Forcing him to do exactly what the spell decreed.
Forest Valentine frowned, "I do not remember a pureblood that leaves his mark on the arm.... I'm at a loss of where to find this one. I cannot help...." his expression was puzzled and pained by this fact. Cabin Nick shook his head, "No no...her wolf was more than sweet. She was inviting. But Seth Balmore gave me some clothes. He said he doesn't do casual clothing...so he gave me his. They only smell like dust and mothballs. Luckily for me they don't smell like Vampire."
Yves' pressure on Tori's hands left and a great gust of wind threw the doors open towards the hallway. "Tori....I shall stall the Reaper. Once Penny is awake, ask Tristan to keep eye contact with him. Grasp his hand and apply pressure. Keep him awake until he is in the clear." The doors slammed shut and Yves' presence was gone. Uriel sheathed her blade, "Where has she gone, Kaila? Ren...Kyrios...no I must stay focused on the task at hand. Where is she." she demanded. Genesis half turned towards Kingsley and half emotionally tore his heart out. "No, you will keep her safe and if not...I will not allow her into the hotel. She must remain untarnished by the likes of me. If you're going....then go." His voice was soft and his blue eyes dulled as he turned back to a fencing dummy.
Road to Church - Forest Valentine relaxed visibly and shook his head after her. 'You've no idea how much I wish I could simply tell you to ignore my pleas. I've something to ask you. The one who changed you. Where did he leave his mark?" Cabin Nick grinned, "I've gotten the assurance that her wolf is interested in me and she agreed to a date. I'm much closer than she believes. I'm not about to give up my edge just because she's stubborn." He followed Annie inside, giving Serena a white full smile and held the door for her. "Your sister might think she's pushing me away...but I can see how much it pains her to keep me away. The only thing that could make me give up...was if she truly found someone else she loved more."
Invisible hands pressed Tori's into Penny's wound, through the layer of blood and onto the injured vitals. "We wouldn't want you to heal the outside before the inside. Do not fear Tori...the pain will bring him back. If you panic, your power will overflow." Yves chuckled lightly and the feel of a thousand wings fluttering against their skin created a shiver in the air. "He's here...you'd best work quickly my dearest Tori." Uriel was obviously furious, her powers summoning several of the weapons from just down the hall to hack away at the plants. Finally they reached the doorway and a large multicolored rose blocked the way. Uriel lifted her wings and flapped once as she slashed at the rose. Sparks flew from her blade and Uriel disappeared. The flower fell, the bud disconnected from the stem onto the floor and withered away. Uriel stood behind it, scratches covered her skin of her face and arms. "She's not here. Elena's thorns lie beyond and not even she would stay and let them tear her to pieces. She's fled the school, most likely to report to her employer." Genesis closed his eyes against Kingsley's words. "If you think you can provoke me into a duel for her....you're dreaming. I am Giselle's protector, nothing more. Who belongs in her heart...is her choice and her buisness not mine. I won't fight you over a woman that I'm not allowed to touch." Protecting himself against Kingsley came before the feelings in his heart. He swore he'd never bring her to the hotel and if Kingsley was what stood between the hotel and her then he would allow Kingsley to remain the wall that kept her safe from what he could not protect her from. "If you're so intent....then swear to me...give me your solom word that you will do all you can to keep her away from the Dark Court's Hotel."
The nurse closed her eyes and wept. Her power was spent and the boy would die if Tori couldn't figure out her own powers. Uriel's sword glowed and her wings reappeared, taking up most of the hallway as she rushed into the sickly sweet scent and immediately parried attacking vines and roots. Genesis grew ever more hateful, fisting his hands he turned his back on the school and Kingsley. "I don't care if she can handle her own. It is my duty to protect them because Micheal has said so. I'm not about to disobey my Professor's orders to chase after a human girl when she has an angel with her. She....she doesn't mean anything to me personally." Though it tore his heart to speak such words, he wanted...needed it to be true. Despite what he'd told Giselle earlier.
Road to the Church Valentine walked quietly beside her. Conversation escaped him and it had been a long time since he'd had to make small talk with anyone. Long enough that he dated it back to when he'd lived at home with his father and mother. But Yeul was dead...and their father...probably as insane and cold-hearted as usual. "Ceril....I'm not going to apologize for what happened at Seth's place....or lack there of. But...if I can't control my power...you'll stop won't you?" It was written on his face his biggest worry and fear was his power would tear her home to shreads and she would burn in the sunlight. Cabin Nick draped his arm across Annie's shoulders, "If your arms hurt...then we should avoid doing things involving our arms. Unfortunate for us...the pack will be coming today. Luckily...there isn't an airport here so they'll come by car. Or maybe that's the unfortunate part..." He frowned and shrugged it off. Grinning at Annie, Nick winked at her, "I'm surprised you don't remember last night. You were practically all over me. Not that I was objecting or didn't like it."
The nurse gulped down air, her eyes barely moving as Tori entered. Her legs shook and still the wound would not close. "I can't...." Her power faded and she slumped to the floor. Penny's blood filled his insides. "Without taking the wound unto myself...there is nothing more I can do. I cannot heal him." Uriel glanced at Kaila, "A mortal weapon... I'm assuming you did well protecting the humans. When Elena refused to leave on a trip to the forests of Africa...I began to worry of her mentality. That was two years ago. Her refusal of owning any Forget-Me-Not flowers proved that she had stopped taking her trips to replenish her stock of supplies. Elena would never allow herself to be out of a plant...at least...the Elena I knew before wouldn't have." Uriel drew her sword as they neared Elena's hallway and found the sweet scent of flowers spreading into the other halls. "It's already begun. Elena's going to try to bring the school down with her plants. If we wish to interrogate her, do not use fire against her plants. Cut them down."
Balmore Manor Valentine started to smile as he followed her, but the movement was awkward on his lips and he struggled with it. If it wasn't a sadistic smile or one of madness, he couldn't quite get it right. Though he still feared for her safety, acting like a greenboy stealing his first kiss wasn't in his personality. Cabin Nick changed shortly after Annie and spit out dirt. Rubbing his eyes, he grumbled, "Why's there dirt in my mouth? Wow I smell awful...like...sheep and...fema-- Annie? No..." He seemed to have his own conversation with himself as he looked up, blinking to find Serena and Annie on the ground. Rubbing a hand through his hair he flipped over onto his back and yawned, "Now I remember. That's right...Annie..." A slow smile spread across his face and he jerked himself to his feet, wrapping the blanket around his waist. "Mornin'."
The nurse let a burst of power flow through her and into Penny and she panted one word to Tristan, "Now!" If the blade would be removed, she would have to work quickly and fight off the approaching darkness on the edges of her vision and close the internal wounds. If she failed, this boy would not survive. Uriel dabbed at the blood and tasted it before spitting it out. "She is not bespelled... I never would've imagined Elena to fall this far. Then to her classroom we go on foot. I will not allow myself to be warped into a trap set by a master of plants." Uriel figured she'd come to them if they waited long enough in the right place, but she didn't have time to wait. If Elena was acting of someone else's accord, that someone else could be acting now too. Kiel took his sword and headed towards the doors. Genesis yelled after him, "Professor Uriel told us to stay put!" Kiel glared at him hard, "Tori is inside...without a guard. Seraph or not, she shouldn't be alone without her protector. Plus...somewhere in there is Tristan, and he's apart of my responsibility. Giselle is inside too...shouldn't you be there?" Genesis tensed, "Allen is outsid with us. He is my duty also. Schuyler is with her...I trust her to look after her." Kiel nodded and continued towards the school. He shut the door hard behind him as he ran through the halls.
Balmore Manor Valentine looked away from her, if the old vampire had enough blood in his system he would've blushed. The awkwardness on his face was plain enough. "O-oh....I...I didn't think Mirabelle would know so much about...that... I suppose I should...stop treating her like a fledgling. The sun will be rising soon...if we want to go back to your place the time would be now. Otherwise...we'll be stuck here...." Cabin Nina restrained her human half and gave Serena a cold stare, "No thank you. I can see the people I'm looking for aren't here...I'll just have to look elsewhere. We'll see you around." though she doubted it. Nina led the others away from the werewolves and rubbed her eyes. With the sun rising, she was getting tired. Bank Yeul hesitated before responding to Anthony. After the night they'd had, she didn't want to go anywhere with him. "Thank you, but I think I'll look for them myself. It's nearly dawn outside...."
The nurse donned a serious expression and nodded to him. "I shall do all that I can, but I am not in legue with the Seraphim's power." Her hands hovered in a triangle over the wound. "Grasp the hilt of the dagger. When I tell you to, pull it out. I should be able to stem the bleeding." A warm glow emitted from her palms and radiated into Penny's skin. Jean slid her gaze to the floor as the angels left. She reached after Tori as she fled the room. "Tori, wait! A gunshot...but shouldn't someone go with her that can protect her?" She glanced to Schuyler since Giselle and herself were human. The Summer Angels set aside admiring Schuyler and ran after Tori. Apart of their duty to make sure the young ladies were unharmed. Uriel listened intently to Kaila and shook with rage and disbelief. "This cannot be.... Kingsley stay here with Zadkiel and Genesis! I will not have this behavior in my school! Kaila take me to her. She's forgotten herself and her place here." Uriel sheathed her sword and snatched up her whip. Her wings faded from view and still power crackled in the air around her. Elena shattered pots in her classroom, applying different ointments to her wound and even allowing a Blood Rave, a blood feeding plant, wrap it's roots around her wound and feed from her. It would serve as her bandage until otherwise. The plants in her room burst from their vases and pots and overgrew at a rapid pace, breaking the windows of her room and breaking down the door and spilling out into the hallways.
Balmore Manor Valentine was less than pleased that she'd dodged his question again. "I'm not a toy....and I don't know what S&M is but I'm sure it doesn't apply to me. I assure you and I'll assure Mirabelle if need be I am flesh and blood. Not cloth and plastic." His blue eyes held a tint of panic to them as he held her to him. Cabin In his sleep, Nick licked the ground as though he were french kissing someone. Nina tensed as the wolf morphed into a girl. Nina was the height of a little girl about seven years old but she gripped her sword in an age old nervous habit. "We're looking for someone."
Elena shrieked in pain as a bullet pierced her arm and then again in fury as Kaila blocked the boys and herself from her. "I hate you! I hate you! I HATE you!" she shrieked to no one in particular over and over again. She glanced behind her, the rest of the hallway lie unbarred and she scampered down it, racing away from Kaila's magic and towards her classroom. Penny swallowed convulsivly and shivered with enough force that he winced every time he moved too much. "This has to be...one of the most....challenging days of my life." he stammered out and the nurse placed a cloth in his mouth and told him to bite down on it as she slowly pulled the dagger from his stomach. Penny did just that, bite, cry and scream. The nurse paused with the blade halfway out and frowned. "I think it's pierced something vital. Mr. Grimm what can you feel?" she asked without taking her eyes off of the wound, but when he didn't answer she looked to his face and found his eyes closed. "Mr. Grimm? Mr. Grimm!!" Jean smiled and waved the angels out the door, "They aren't staying. Go home now boys." They left shaking their heads and smiling. A few even set a gentle hand on her shoulder and whispered for her to stay strong. The Summer angels passed by Schuyler and Giselle and hesitated, taking the time to compliment her and paw at her. A few even grazed hands along her body. Nevertheless, they stayed clear of Giselle as if she were covered in poison. The color of her dress attracted them but they stiffened when they drew near as if she smelt bad. They looked at her with golden eyes of sadness, regret and pity. Uriel twirled her sword in her hand...a nervous gesture. "Mr. Rhaphsodos...your sword to Mr. Kingsley please." Genesis jerked and clutched at his sword reflexively as if it were his security blanket. He seemed to cringe inwards, "But...Professor..." Before he could finish, Kiel stabbed his own sword into the ground before Kingsley. The black blade, the same one Gabriel gave him, glittered harshly against the sunlight and Uriel lifted her head in expectation. For the short professor, her battle stance was wide, her brown hair swirled around her neck in a nonexistant wind and her wings shone through into reality. They were white and fluffy and much larger than the average angels wings to compensate for her size or from her status as Archangel.
Balmore Manor: library Valentine frowned in confusion. "But I still haven't spoken with my brother. And what does she mean by toy? I'm not made of plastic or cloth. I assure you I'm flesh and blood." Luin Nina snarled behind her, "If you quit asking so many questions...I'd be able to figure that out. Lycan Hunters kill everything....including us... There was another guy that said he left his weapons on the side of the forest...he left and I'm guessing the Lycan Hunters found him before he found his weapons." Her little face grew grim as she stopped just in view of the cabin with the three wolves resting on the doorstep. "Werewolves....but no Hunters..."
Elena staggered backwards not only from Kaila's kick but the burning of her roots caused physical damage to her body. Burn marks appeared on what skin was shone on her arms. Her fingers turned a blackish color. She lowered her chin to her chest and chuckled darkly, "So you managed to seduce a hint out of him. He always was easy to provoke to any emotion...lust or anger." She didn't have the dagger anymore and her breath hissed through her teeth as she breathed through the pain. "I'm doing you all a KINDNESS! Relieving you of these...foul creatures that have taken our place in the lime light for so long. What's my soul...my body...my heart to all of yours. So go ahead and shoot me...but others will see....the truth, Kaila!" Penny leaned against the wall, he felt chilled. Like winter had set within his bones. "Hey....is it cold in here...or jusssssme?" he attempted a smile but the slurring of his words caught him off guard. Blinking slowly he felt the only warmth of a certain wetness gliding down his pants. Slowly, painfully slowly, he lowered his eyes to find the hilt of the dagger Elena had held sheathed in his stomach. "Oh...well that can't be.....gooo--" his eyes unfocused and he slumped down the wall until he hit the floor, his breathing becoming labored as shock set within him. His hands fumbled clumsily around the wound as the dark stain of crimson spread on his shirt. The only thought in his head was how excited Schuyler was about being able to go on a date later. Had he disappointed her now? Jean grinned after her and supervised where everything went. She mumbled orders softly and they listened intently. Uriel's brown eyes glittered with challenge as she retracted her whip to her side, cracking it once on the grass and coiling it into it's place behind her. "You've been gone...three...four days? You owe me 96 hours of training....of blood and sweat. You're older than your sister...I expect the intensity of your class to not bother you." She drew her sword from it's sheath. "You'll be seeing no one until my time has been returned to me."
Balmore manor: library Mirabelle rolled her eyes. "Sorry honey, Mr. Balmore doesn't like others touching his prized collection of books. You could take your...S&M toy to the kitchen and help Cooke." Valentine frowned, "S&M? Toy?" She fixed him with a solid red-eyed gaze and he squirmed. "Figures...you wouldn't know what it was since you're a "virgin"." she used two fingers as air quotes and started dusting off the gold framed pictures.
