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59: Jason
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Shadowsouled 60: Mikael
Mikael sighed as he arrived back at the hotel room in Belgrave, finding it empty. It had been a long, frustrating few days dealing with Vik and his brothers, and he still wasn't sure it was the best idea to involve them in this, even given how dire the situation was. They were here now though, with everything they'd insisted on bringing, but something still had him feeling on edge about it, and he didn't like it one bit. After checking both rooms and finding them empty, he stepped into the shadows again, stepping out of them again a moment later, just inside Ashallia's front door. He smiled then, hearing them chatting and laughing by the fire, and kicked his shoes off and joined them. They looked hesitant when he entered the room, looking to see if he'd brought others with him, but relaxed some when they realised he was alone."Welcome, cousin," Alex said from the couch, "Did they get everything past the border already?" Mikael grabbed the plush footstool and seated himself on it, sh
Shadowsouled 61: Lukas
Lukas didn't want to voice it, none of them did, but it was Alex who finally spoke, "No," he said firmly, looking angrier by the second. "I'm done with fucking hiding. After everything, after finally finding one of ours, I'm not going back to that. This time we fight." Mikael raised an eyebrow at him, then looked at the others. One by one, they each nodded slowly, even Lukas himself, who usually did everything in his power to avoid unnecessary violence. But this was necessary, he knew. It had to end. The longer it went on, the more collateral damage there would be. Mikael looked up then, as Ash and Jason came back downstairs, dressed this time. Sensing the tense feeling in the room, Jason raised an eyebrow, and Mikael answered him, "They're coming," he said simply. Ash's eyes widened, and she looked up at Jason, who's face darkened as he swore under his breath."We want to fight," Cameron said, and Alex nodded. "No more running," Nate added, and Alex and Mikael both looked at Jason w
Shadowsouled 62: Ashallia
Ashallia felt her nervousness rising now, as they began preparing. Cameron came back fairly quickly, with Mikael's stuff, letting them know Lukas had gone to some old bluestone house that Mikael and Jason seemed familiar with. The others didn't know it, which surprised her, and Alex noticed her small frown, "We went to ground last time," he said softly, "There was very little contact between each of our groups, to avoid being found."She nodded slowly, "So Vik and his brothers won't know this place either?" she asked, but Jason shook his head. "Erik knows of it," he said quietly, "Each of us knew how to reach our brothers, and just one from each group of cousins, if it was absolutely necessary." Mikael nodded at that, "Alex, Viktor, and I, and Lukas, Nate, and Tomas, we didn't use it much. But Jason, Cameron, and Erik, they've always had the most skill in stealth. They left rare messages for each other.""Before the others left us high and dry, anyway," Alex added, and they nodded sol
Shadowsouled 63: Mikael
Mikael watched Jason and Ash head back upstairs, before turning to the others, "I'll make sure everything here is turned off and locked down," he said quietly, and Alex nodded. "We'll go pack our things," he said, looking at Nate, "but Cameron can stay with you, following from a distance behind, until you're closer." Mikael frowned a little at that, knowing it was safer alone, but eventually nodded, "Alright, but only most of the way, and far behind. I'll stop a little way southeast of town and you can circle around and go in first. Lukas will be there already." They nodded then, and Alex and Nate grabbed their shoes and moved towards a shadow, "We'll wait a few hours to follow you, a while apart from each other," Alex said. "Be careful," Mikael replied , and they both nodded as they slipped into the shadows and away. Cameron began putting out the fire, while Mikael went room by room, turning everything off that needed to be, and checking doors and windows. They met back in the livi
Shadowsouled 64: Ashallia
Ash nearly screamed as the shot rang out, grateful for Jason's hand that quickly covered her mouth as he pulled her against him, holding her until her shock subsided. She could feel fear coming from them both now, strongly, as well as anger and confusion. They exchanged a glance, and Jason lowered himself down, shadowy tendrils curling out from his hand, near the bottom edge of the doorframe. Another shot rang out as the tendrils crossed the threshold, but missed completely, and a deep sounding voice started shouting, "Stop, you fool! The whole point of the light is that we can see them to shoot them, not waste what's left of the whiteshot shooting blind!" Mikael smiled at that, and she felt a sense of relief knowing they were running out. Jason's tendrils stretched further into the room beyond now, as another, rougher sounding voice answered, "The sensor still says there's something there, is this shit still working?" The tendrils divided, splitting many ways, exploring the room, a
Shadowsouled 65: Jason
Jason pulled Ashallia under him more, covering her protectively as the room continued to shake, more dust and chunks of concrete falling around them. "Are you guys alright?" he asked, trying to see through the dust towards them. He heard Cameron coughing, which was certainly an improvement on him being unconscious just a few minutes before, and Mikael and Lukas groaned softly. "We're okay," Lukas said, his voice sounding strained, "Is that all of them?" he asked, and Ashallia coughed again, trying to cover her nose and mouth with her sleeve, "I could only sense him, I transferred what I could from you two.." she said weakly, and Cameron groaned a soft, "Thank you." As the room fell still and silent again, they waited a long moment, then began to slowly get up. Looking around the room, a sense of dismay filled them all. Large chunks of the ceiling had caved, and streams of dust stopped and started in various places, making the whole thing look unstable, and worse, he saw that the sta
Shadowsouled 66: Lukas
Lukas headed back down, unable to contain a small smirk as he stepped out back in the room with the others, "They're fine," he said, "Just.. busy for a moment." Mikael sighed and Cameron rolled his eyes, "Now, of all times?" he asked, and Lukas shrugged. "They'll do what they need to," he said quietly, "and from the sound of that collapse, we may not get to the surface until Alex and Nate get here anyway." Cameron looked at Mikael then, tilting his head, "How long has it been? Maybe that was them starting to dig us out?" he said, sounding hopeful. Mikael frowned in thought for a moment, but shook his head gently, "I doubt the collapse will have reached the surface, given how far down we are, and Ash should have heard them if they tried the stairs." He looked questioningly at Lukas, who shrugged, "She didn't mention hearing them." Cameron sighed, crossing his arms and resting back against some crates, "So, we just wait? Until they're done being 'busy'?" he said, sounding impatient no
Shadowsouled 67: Ashallia
Ash smiled, feeling an enormous sense of relief as each of them stepped out of the shadows in the small dining room of the old house, finally safe. Or safer, at least. "So, where to?" asked Alex, and Mikael sighed, "Almost anywhere but here, but first," he turned and gave Jason a look that made him nod, before taking another one of those tiny devices from the seam of his jeans. "You're going to blow it up?" Ash asked, her eyes wide, and Alex patted her shoulder, "Let's call it, 'helping it collapse'," he said, sounding apathetic. "You don't care? That it'll be gone?" she asked, a touch of sadness in her voice, and Jason shook his head, "It's just a building," he said softly, "Everything that has ever meant something to me, will still live on." He reached over to touch her cheek, and she blushed, knowing he included her as part of that. He kissed her forehead softly, and she smiled up at him, before realising that they were all looking at her, waiting. "What?" she asked, confused, an
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