Vengeance

The rain was coming down with no mercy, floating the sewer system as the tunnels underneath the city couldn’t hold the amount of rain that was coming down. Thunder was crackling over the sky, and it was clear to everyone that had some sort of knowledge of the supernatural that something was happening. You could smell it in the air; hell, you could even taste it. Mixing it with the hot summer air, it was almost unbearable to be anywhere.

Get up, you have to get up
The voice became stronger; Lucille was lying in a soft bed groaning as the voice kept growing in strength; it was when she suddenly realised it was her own voice that was trying to get her to wake up. Her eyes opened, and as she gasped for air, her mouth was filled with dirt instead of air. Coughing and slightly panicked, she started to dig herself free, feeling the relief that overcame her as her hand broke through the shallow grave that she had been put in.
The rain quickly washed away the loosest dirt on her body, making her realise that she was somewhat naked; no, she was completely naked. She was covered in cuts and bruises. She remembered that when Bast had changed bodies, she had finally gotten back the wheel in hers. That was when Bast knew she had known all of it, that she hadn’t been packed away far enough for her not to understand what he was doing. Which had, of course, ended up with her in the ground after they had believed she was dead. Unlucky for them, she had been through far worse, and with no second thoughts, she started running to the casino.

People stared. Well. Who wouldn’t?
A tall naked woman was running through the rainy streets of Aston, even more so when she pressed the door open to the front. “River! Get me, River!” she roared, looking for either him or Kailani; someone had to be warned of what was going on; she just needed to hang on a little longer. A groan left her as she staggered and had to grab onto a chair to balance herself. Her hand found the hip where she had been shot; blood was still oozing out. What a bloody mess.

It rarely took Kailani many seconds before realizing things were wrong when it came to Bast, or when something else was happening around him. He wasn't the only one good at observing - but she never questioned him, and time would tell if she should have. However so, the second she had lost a hold on where he was or was doing, and given the reason events, no storm could really stop her in going out to find him. Even if River was trying to stop her, but you couldn't stop someone who didn't want to be stopped, not when they had the power to gather themselves with so much luck that River manage to walk in to almost every lamppost or get run over by a car simply because; Kailani wasn't going to let him stop her.

That left Orion to deal with the people who had been seeking shelter inside the casino. It didn't help that both River, Bast and Kailani weren't in the building. Orion let out a sigh, at least they were enough people to make this go smoothly and it was good for business. Even so, he looked for an excuse to get out of the crowd. Then suddenly people started to get quiet, at least a handful of them, and they whispered. River! Get me, River! Orion could recognize the voice in any crowd really, so he pushed himself through the mass of people to see Lucille stand there, the dirt that had turned into mud and how she was covered in both cuts and bruises. What on earth had happened. But before he said anything he took his jacket off and walked over to cover her, then placed his arm around her back. "Come with me," he used his newfound telekinetic abilities to make people turn around, they for sure didn't need more press on this matter. He got Lucille upstairs so they could talk private, wanting to find her some clothing - shower was something that seemed to be needing to wait. "What is going on?" He hadn't seen her around for months, which had been a bummer really he had missed speaking to Lucille. But it wasn't really like this he had in mind when he had thought that earlier.

Lucille lifted her head as Orion came walking toward her; even if she knew he had changed, she was still taken aback by the fact that a past lover was walking towards her; still, because she had known Anthony so well, she could easily see the difference. It was primarily in the way they walked; it was almost eerie to look at.  
She let out a soft breath of appreciation as his jacket was folded around her shoulders, and she was escorted out of the masses, upstairs and into a room where she didn’t think much of it but walked over and sat down.
“Bast”, she growled as she breathed out, looking up at Orion. “I didn’t know, I” she closed her eyes and shook her head “apparently, he wasn’t just me; the fucking bastard managed to link his soul to me when I killed him, he has just been waiting around for the right time to get his bloody body back when I figured out his plans he managed to tug me away, and I couldn’t get out, I’ve been locked away in my own fucking brain for months!” she was angry, of course, she was, who wouldn’t be? “We need to warn River and Kailani” the only reason they weren’t here would be because they were out looking for him. “He works for Archie, shit, Orion, he has been feeding Archie information for years”, she finally revealed, looking away, hiding her face in her hands.

Bast. Orion just listened. He couldn't believe his own years, Orion didn't want to believe his own ears, mostly he had seen Bast just as much as a part of the family as any. And he felt betrayed. Was it all just for show? Now he missed his demon shape even more, the human one wouldn't be of use in any kind in case of a fight. Not that he was sure what had really happened, if Bast still was a demon now? He bloody hell missed his demonic senses instead of these mundane ones. We need to warn River and Kailani he nodded. "River is trying to reach Kailani, not that I think he will have much luck," Orion let out a sigh and paced a little back and forth. He needed to get a hold of his father, because this was serious. "You got to be fucking kidding me," he hissed by the newfound knowledge that Bast had been given Archie information all this time. Not that Orion had that much against Archie, but in the sense of his father he had, they were rivals after all. Orion closed his fist and hit the wall, only to really regret it, still had to get used to he couldn't take as much as he previously could.

It didn't take long before River walked through the door, soaking, slightly roasted from a strike of lighting. "Tell me that I didn't just hear correctly on my way up here?" He tensed his jaw, had listened on his stair walk up here, then letting his eyes wander over Lucille, cuts and bruises. River knew she wouldn't lie, not about this. "That bloody bastard," River hissed lowly. Knowing now, they had to find Kailani for sure, but he also knew they couldn't get to her if she didn't want them to. But one thing he could do was perhaps call Delphine see if she had better luck, so he picked up his phone and went to call Delphine. "Hey its me, I need you to get a hold of your sister, I don't care if she goes to you or comes back here, I just need you to make sure she doesn't find Bast - its a long story, just trust me, it won't be good," not because he really believed that Bast would do Kailani anything, but till they knew what was going on - he didn't count it as safe.

Her eyes watchfully took in how Orion reacted to the news; she understood because, in a way, Bast had become a part of the family; even if he had been in her body, they had still been two different persons. Sadly, it had seemed that the loyalty only went that far, and who could blame the man she had killed, trying to get a little vengeance? Not that it helped the situation. When River came in, she turned her eyes toward the angry vampire; she had to hide her mouth as her lips started to twitch dangerously into a smile, knowing that how he looked was because of the fact that he had tried to follow Kailani. The only reason why she didn’t laugh was that none of this was a laughing manner, and as he turned to call Delphine, she got up from her seat, leaving muddy footprints as she walked over to Orion. “Let me see your hand”, she whispered, gently taking it by its wrist and letting her fingers glide over his knuckles; a smile formed over her lips as she looked up at him. “not easy being human, huh?” she asked, keeping her voice down as River was talking with Delphine on the phone. “I think you dislocated a knuckle”, she mumbled as her fingers gently placed on each side and then pressed it back into place. “I know you aren’t happy with the outcome, but I’m happy you’re still alive; it would be sad to see you leave us, and even though Anthony was a bastard, you could do worse than look like him” she added.

“River?” Delphine grunted, waking up from a very well-deserved rest, not that she had been sleeping long, maybe around twenty minutes, as she had turned to her bed earlier than usual. “Kailani?” she asked, turning her eyes to the giant windows and seeing how the weather had turned “what is going on?” she asked, rising from the bed. “What do you mean about not finding Bast, River? What is going on?” she asked again, wanting to know as a thunderstruck, and she could see how a tree briefly caught on fire.

Orion grunted a bit, but let Lucille take a look at his hand. Fucking human body.  His eyes locked on her face while her fingers glided over his knuckles, their eyes met. "Not at all," he mumbled on the next exhale. Orion didn't like the sound of any of this. Far from. "I will just take some vampire blood and it will heal in no time," he mumbled once again. It was better than having to wait for it to heal like it was needed to. Maybe he should call his sister. No, he didn't need to drag Veronica into this, but then again he did know she sometimes did pay Archie a visit, maybe she knew something? "I do make him look better don't I? Must be my natural charm following me," he chuckled a little bit light, then looking over at his distressed father. This was not an error they had ever considered. And now he felt foolish for not having thought it before this day. It also made him wonder for a short second if Kailani knew any of it, but he had his doubt about her knowing anything. Then again it had taken many years before she had mentioned anything with this Levi guy.

River took a deeper breath in, really didn't want to explain over the phone, there was really no time for it. Yet he knew Delphine knew some context to this sort of call, "he betrayed us. Bast is working for Archie, and Kailani is out looking for him right now, I tried to stop her - but you know how she gets," he closed his eyes and breathed out again. "You think you can reach her, she won't be taking my calls, and it's dangerous weather to be out in -" he shook his head. Knowing that Kailani was her own good luck charm he knew her abilities would protect her from the environmental threats from the stormy weather, but it wasn't really what worried him.

She nodded when he mentioned he could take some vampire blood, now, she didn’t have a problem with it, but it would be something that could pose as an issue if he had started taking vampire blood in a way to regain the healing he once had. It would only end up making him addicted to it. A light laugh left her, knowing River wouldn’t appreciate that they were standing here joking with one another, but what could she do? She had missed being back, even with the pain of the bullet wound by her stomach where blood was still gliding down her legs, mixing with the mud—all something she would take care of later. “You make him look much better”, she teased, letting her fingers gently hook underneath his chin, lifting it as if she was inspecting him. “very charming indeed”, she gave him a soft kiss on his nose before turning to River.
“I’ll find her”, she said, letting her tongue glide over her lips. “Now that I have my true form back, I’ll be able to transform to find her” even though it would be risky to fly in this weather, it would be faster for her than anyone else.

Delphine was already finding something to dress herself with. “Okay, I’ll find her, don’t worry”, she said, hanging up, and already started calling her sister as she put on some pants.

Orion shook his head a little bit when Lucille said she would go find Kailani, he didn't like that, not in this weather. River ended the call with Delphine then looking at Lucille, "you are not going anywhere -" he said a bit more serious. River didn't like this, he hated it with every little fiber in his body. He picked up his phone again knowing it was a long shot, but hey, he called the bloody bastard. "Okay, listen to me you dumb fuck, I don't know what you think you are doing here - but you need to put the breaks down for a second," his voice beyond a reach for much reason, but right now it just mattered that Kailani got home safe and didn't get struck by lighting or run over by a car because people were foolish enough to drive in this weather. "Kailani is out looking for you, and if anything happens to her, the blood is on your hands. And I swear you don't want to know what will be left of you if anything does happen, because the only person I will have to blame is you," he then hung up, not really caring if it made it to only voicemail or the call actually was heard on the other end.

Kailani was soaking from the harsh raindrops that fell over her skin, feeling like small rocks hitting her over and over again. The wind was harsh, but tough weather had never stopped her before, now had it? The darkness mixed with the wind and rain made it completely impossible to actually see anything. Even for someone with her sight, it was hard to see clearly were others would find it impossible. But the siren after all had one goal at hand, finding Bast. So, when her sister called she picked up, "I can't believe he called you for this - I will be fine okay? I can track him the last bit," knowing it was almost impossible to hear her from the howling wind.

She sighed as she told him she wasn’t going anywhere, she knew better than to argue with River when he became this angry, so instead, she turned to look at Orion. “I’ll patch myself up and take a quick bath”, she said before walking out the room while River called Bast telling him what was on his mind. When she entered her room, she looked around to see that a stranger had been living in it for the last couple of months. She couldn’t help but be impressed that someone had managed to live in her head without her knowing until he had finally decided to break free and return to where he came from. She winched as she pulled off Orion’s jacket and looked down at the wound. “Fuck”, she whispered as she walked into the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked worse for wear; with pained grunts, she turned on the shower; now that she was alone, she didn’t hide just how much pain she was in. She moved some of the mud and revealed the bullet wound that was just over her heart. Just a few inches lower, and she would have been dead.

“Kai! Where are you!” Delphine shouted, almost not able to hear her sister, and even then, she was perfectly able to hear the other voice that suddenly spoke.
“Allroyt love, yaouw really shouldn’t be eya”, Bast said with a calm voice, standing there in a pair of jeans and a leather jacket, nothing else to shield him from the storm raging around them. “Be’ah get back before River starts, missen yaouw” he licked his bottom lip, knowing it had to be weird hearing him with his original accent from where he had grown up in Birmingham, but well, he hadn’t been the best con man for nothing, now had he.

River and Orion hated the wait, they hated not knowing or understanding something. River was a control freak and he hated when something suddenly tipped the scale because he hadn't seen it coming. But right now, he just wanted to know Kailani was safe, at least that was what he told himself, he was also afraid that Bast could convince her to join him in whatever he was doing. Orion poured up drinks for all of them, looking back shortly wanting to help Lucille if she needed it, but also didn't want to overstep. After all he did know a little about how it felt to die, even if hers had been an almost.

Kailani turned her head, looking at him. Completely forgot about the fact that she was on a call with Delphine and ended it rather fast. She shook her head a little bit, "you are not the first to tell me that tonight," she replied back. Kailani pressed her brows together, something was off and it wasn't just her finding it weird that he suddenly spoke with another accent. "Bast what is going on?" Kailani asked and took a few steps closer towards him. "You not coming with?" She could feel her heart skip a small beat. The closer she got she could even get the scent of something being different, there was no sign of Lucille on his scent - no matter how much the two of them had shapeshifted, she had always known where to find both of them, because their remained a bit of the scent from the other. But it wasn't there, not anymore, which worried her even more.

Hiding away in the bathroom, she just stood there for a while, having closed the door and having her privacy. “Fuck” she hissed as she smashed the glass, feeling how it pierced her hand; then, she chuckled and looked down at the blood dripping from her hand. She had just scolded Orion for reacting without thought for his wellbeing, and here she was doing the very same thing. Closing her eyes, she decided to step into the shower, feeling how the hot water washed away the dirt and the blood, and just like everything else, she let her thoughts disappear down the drain.

“Naaa darlen, I’m not comen back, by noo Lucille ‘as already run ‘er lickle legs back ter River, fuddie innit, even though she killed me, I cusn’t does the same ter ‘er” he licked her lips, knowing that it had been convincing to the others when he had shot her, almost in a way he had proved that his alliance was still with Archie, but managed to spare the woman, that had killed him, life. “I’m sorry, love, but this is where ar journey ends, weege is sad really because I ‘ad everythen perfectly planned ert, but yaouw, never planned yaouew” he breathed out, taking a step closer so his hand could find her cheek, “noo you’ll yav ter goo back um, an’ forget abart me,” he said only high enough. Hence, she could hear it over the howling wind and rain.

Delphine let out an annoyed scream and then called River.
“Bast found her; what if he hurts her!?” she didn’t even wait for River to say hello before she showed her distress, not knowing where Kailani were and knowing it would almost be suicide for her with her powers to step outside.

Orion heard the glass crash, so he walked towards the door to the shower, just about to knock on the door, but then heard the water get turned on so he didn't do anything further. He just took a sharper breath in and shook his head what a mess this was. So, he picked out his own phone and started to send out an alert to his nearest contacts with a warning against the demon, letting the people know who to trust and not to trust. Disloyalty like the way Bast just had carried out to the crew wasn't tolerated, and yet he had spared Lucille's life. It had to count for something, but still not enough. Orion didn't want to believe that Bast never had cared about any of them, not even a little bit. Faking it till you made it for sure - but was this really just that?

Kailani narrowed her eyes just a little bit, feeling the rain land on her face and the drops run down. She didn't understand. Lucille was alive, they had been split from each other - how - how wasn't even the most important question right here. Kailani shook her head a little bit when he said this was where their journey was ending, "I’m not ready to lose you nor forget about you," she exhaled softly, placing her hand on top of his, not wanting him to go. Kailani didn't understand what was going on, not the slightest, what had happened, the only thing she did understand was that he was telling her that he had to go, and she didn't want him to. "Don't say goodbye," she whispered. Was she supposed to make it easy for him? No. She wouldn't. And despite she had never done so before, she had always respected his space, she tip toped up to let her lips meet his. Because she would never be able to forget him, she hadn't spent so much time loving him to just let it be slipped away and forgotten, nor was she going to let him think it was that easy either.

River picked up his phone again, and heard Delphine, Bast had found her. River took a sharper breath in. "He is not going to hurt her, if there is one thing I believe he isn't going to do, its that." River knew it couldn't bring much comfort, other than the hope of him being right on the case.

After a while, she finally got out of the shower, she found some clothes, not her most flattering to date, but it would do. Walking into the boys again, she looked around. “Any news?” she asked with a breath before walking over and pouring herself a big glass of whiskey. It was weird being back in her former race; she should have known; how stupid could you get not to question that you had changed race? Well, there was nothing she could do now; “he loves her”, she breathed after she had emptied the first glass and then poured another one, “at least the fucker loves her”, she whispered, not knowing if it was any comfort, but it sure made things more complicated.

Delphine wasn’t convinced but knew that there wasn’t much else she could do right now. “I’ll have his head if he touches her”, she whispered in a warning voice that didn’t usually fit with the always happy and easy-going Delphine, and then she hung up for the second time that night.

“I’m afraid it’s ert of yaw hands noo love, yaouw yav ter understan’ that” he whispered and pulled his hand away from her “yaouw belong with River, an’ even though Archie ood love ter get his hands on yaw power, I woo let him, this was never guin ter werk aither woy,” he said with a softer expression before he stepped back and nodded “Goo um before its ter late” he nodded before turning around walking away from her. Then he picked up his phone and called River, telling him where he could find Kailani before he threw the phone in a garbage can that he passed. An era had come to an end, and even though he had wished he could bring Kailani with him, there was something in him that knew she wouldn’t be happy in the gang that Archie ran.

"Yeah, but sometimes that is not enough, this is going to break her heart," he hated that, Orion let out a sigh, shaking his head. They just have to wait and see how things would work out.
River looked back at Lucille and Orion, "I know you will, I will call you back if anything changes," he then put his phone on the counter. He didn't even want a drink right now, he just wanted to know if Kailani was alright.

Kailani shook her head, she did understand it was the worst part, she understood but she wished she didn't. "But I love you," she spoke in such a low whisper that she wasn't even sure it could be heard. She didn't really move as he turned around, "please don't go," she tried but he already had started to walk away from her, and it felt like her heart dropped to the ground and shattered to pieces, not to be heard over the sound of the pouring rain. It was like she couldn't breath, no matter how much she tried, but she had to get going. Right? Kailani walked having to jump back once a car almost ran right into her, luckily she moved just in time, shaking it off her then headed further down the streets, not really knowing if she was walking in the right direction - but she also, truly didn't care. She was somewhat ready to even just find Levi, and tell him he could do whatever - her heart was already broken.

River looked over at his phone once it lighted up, "I got information on where she is," he got up to get out the door, not caring much for what sort of weather it was.

Lucille leaned against the desk and looked at Orion as he mentioned that sometimes loving someone wasn’t enough, then the phone buzzed and suddenly River was out the door, she was just about to walk with him, as she had to sit back down, wincing in pain she breathed out, letting her hand found the wound that was still healing.  
“Maybe you should go with him, just so he doesn’t do anything stupid”, she said with a small smile, “I’ll be able to hold down the fort if something happens; that doesn’t require me throwing people around”, she chuckled, letting her deep blue eyes look at Orion. It was rather funny, actually, how she could look at the man in front of her and not see anything but him even if he didn’t look like he usually did.

Something rattled nearby. She could feel the pounding pain ripping through her as she finally came too. Pulled out of the unconsciousness that she had been in. Looking around, she noticed that the car was upside down. Her hand pressed against the shads that came from the front window. How had she ended up here? she looked over to see her mother breathing heavily beside her. “Mom?” Veronica whispered, feeling how something pierced through her stomach. A soft scream left her as she looked down and saw how the car had been crushed in a way where the gearstick had shifted and pierced through her. It hurt; even if it wouldn’t kill her, it hurt like hell. Then she heard the heavy footsteps coming closer; she could listen to them, deafening the rain that came pouring down. She thought for a moment that someone had seen the crash and had come to help. But instead, as the car started to part by her uncle's telekinesis ability, she saw how that hope slowly disappeared. Her mother grunted as his hands closed around the tiny neck of her mother. She screamed, but the rain silenced her scream as her uncle turned and looked at her. Then her mother's heart was ripped out, and his powers crushed her body. Lifeless, she fell to the ground, and she was left behind in the rain with her dead money only a few feet away, screaming she tried to get free, but she had no strength left, being crushed underneath what was the rest of her car

Orion nodded, "okay, don't do anything I wouldn't do," he raised his brow a little before then heading after his father outside. Texting Delphine about the location and they were headed there right now. Then heading down the streets, Orion didn't know where to look really because with his father's vampire speed, no way Orion could keep up, but he tried.

Kailani turned around seeing a taller figure standing in front of her, making the siren press her brows together because she hadn't really seen the person before. But before she really had a hand in asking what was going on, it was like her luck had run its course and the spell the dark fairy cast upon her made the siren tumble to the ground. "It's okay love, we have a lot to talk about," Acacia let out a sigh, then picked the siren up and placed her in one of the cars to drive off. Making sure her magic cloaked the location.

River and Orion entered the scene there was no Kailani. He looked around, maybe Bast had just played him, she wasn't here. Where the hell was she? Maybe she was just around the corner, not far away? River took a sharper breath in then started searching the area, getting soaked from the rain it wasn't like he could really do anything but perhaps come to the conclusion that Kailani had went with Bast and this was a ghost hunt. Orion picked up his phone and texted Lucille that Kailani was nowhere to be found.

And there she was, all alone because she couldn’t be there to help her friends. She sat down, feeling somewhat defeated as she looked at the office that River had made his new home in. She noticed how he hadn’t been much out and about as he used to; she wondered if something else had changed since that day when Anthony had shown up with Calliope. The day she had figured out that he had kept her from experiencing real love because he had been jealous. Not because he wanted her for himself, no, because he didn’t want to lose her. She knew she could still be mad about it; after all, she hadn’t yet come to terms with it since Bast had so neatly tugged her away in her brain where she couldn’t think much for herself. Stuck in a memory, she could relieve over and over. The birth of her daughter. The small piece of love she had experienced with Aaron. But as she sat there thinking, she was surprised to remember that most of the happy memories had revolved around; Orion? Shaking her head a little, she walked back into her own room and put on something nicer. She changed her bandage and made sure it would stay for the rest of the night, at least until she needed to clean it again later.
Something told her that this wasn’t the last of the troubles, and as she stepped behind the bar and acknowledged the confused girl with a slight tilt of her head, who just shrugged and then kept doing her job, she felt her phone buzz in her pocket and pulled it out. A soft shit left her lips, and she looked up just in time to see a woman walk up the stairs. She nodded to the girl, and she just nodded back, not taking much notice that she was once again left alone behind the bar, as the strawberry blond-haired woman walked up the stairs after the dark head one.
Lucille quickly texted Orion that they needed to come back, and someone was here they might need to take care of. She didn’t trust she would be able to herself.

“Where is she?” Delphine asked, having arrived no later than them thanks to the ability to slow time down. She looked around. “River”, her voice was almost dangerously low, taking a few steps toward him “where is she,” she said once again, feeling how a low growl formed in the back of her throat and her siren features started to show more. There was, of course, that small rational voice in the back of her head, telling her that this wasn’t River’s fault. And he, as any would blame Bast, but Kai, Kai was his responsibility; Kai had just done what she had felt needed to, chase the one she loved. It would be so easy to just give Bast the blame, but something told her he wasn’t the one, so who then, who else to blame than the vampire looking like a drenched cat in the rain. “Where is my sister.” she roared in pain, knowing she was gone, and she didn’t want to accept it, as if someone ripped her heart out; it was more than the small blond woman could bear. Even if the three people didn’t stop in time, the rain around them stopped. A cry left her, a siren’s wailing as she didn’t believe her sister was actually gone. As all strength left her body and she started sinking to the ground.

Orion pressed his brows together by the text, they needed to get back, so they started moving towards the casino. But before they got to enter, he noticed the figure out Delphine coming towards them, and River looked towards the siren coming closer to him, knowing and understood just why she was upset with him. Kailani was missing and he hadn't been enough to find her. He had even reached out to Imogen, waiting for her to call him back, but it had magic played all over it and something told him this was just the beginning of things. "I don't know," he replied almost defeated. It pained him. He didn't know if Bast was at fault, or if something else had happened. But he knew he would storm down to Archibald Barnes place if it meant to find out and see for himself it Kailani was sitting there sipping a nice drink. He didn't think so, something was wrong. He couldn't even get himself to move, but Orion walked over and wrapped his arms around Delphine making sure she didn't sink to the ground. "We will find her okay? We will do everything - I promise," he whispered but giving her his word. He would find Kailani, even if he had to set in on all the people he had contacts with and make them search, he would.

For a moment, she almost gasped for air, not knowing what to do with herself, but when Orion promised her they would find Kailani, something snapped, and she pushed him away. Grecia had been right; she had been right all along. “You only wanted to use us for your own selfish gain, and when she needed it the most, you weren’t there!” she shouted, too angry to see how her words might hurt; they should just count themselves lucky that she was too frustrated to even think about cursing the both of them.
Then she ran to the edge of the harbour and jumped. Transforming to her siren, she started swimming; she needed to find her sisters; they needed to help her find Kailani, and she didn’t care what it would take for her to do so.

Veronica finally reached her cell phone, tears running down her cheeks as she tried to reach her mother, see if she somehow, in some way, would be able to save her, knowing very well there was nothing left to do. Once again, she tried to get a hold of Orion, but the last few calls hadn’t gone through, and she blamed the storm for interfering with the service tower. Then as she heard how the phone rang, a laugh of relief left her, even if it was only short-lived.
“Orion”, she choked in pain. “Orion, please, I’m stuck, I’m stuck”, she cried, knowing she wasn’t much help, for someone this old, not to have it together, only spoke of what kind of trouble Veronica had found herself in. “Please, help, he killed mom, mom is dead”, she whispered, feeling tears form once again, staring at her mother's lifeless eyes as blood accumulated underneath her head, only to be washed away by the rain.

Orion just looked at Delphine who ran off, and he wanted to follow her, but as she jumped in the water, she went where he couldn't follow. "Fuck," he cursed then looking at his phone that buzzed, maybe it was Kailani - no it was Veronica's name on the screen, making him pick up a bit confused. The pain was clear to hear, making him freeze for a moment. He listened, when she asked for help, "where are you?" He tried to ask her, but then she said something else; he killed mom, mom is dead. Orion could have dropped his phone if it hadn't been for River's speed grabbing it, listening to the pain his daughter was in. "We will be there soon," he assured, then using his vampire speed while holding onto Orion, forcing him along with him. Till they reached the area where the car was flipped around. Orion needed a second to overcome the dizziness that almost made him sick. Then he looked around. "There she is under the car," River ran towards the car. No it was too dangerous for him to try move the car, then he looked inside the car, seeing the dead Juliya in the seat, almost knocking air out of him. But the old vampire understood that sometimes you had to push that emotion down to be able to handle another, so right now he needed to save his daughter from getting crushed. "Orion, use your bloody abilities," he hissed at his son who just stood and starred, who could blame the boy - his mother was dead. His sister in pain. It took him a few seconds to collect himself before he used his telekinetic abilities to carefully move the car up and turn it around, placing it on the road next to them. Orion then ran towards his sister, helping her, he would even offer a wrist.

Atlas let out a small sigh, having a spell over her like a field to protect her from the rain. She had seen all of it, mostly because her and Rogue, had been keeping tabs on what Acacia was doing. And since it seemed like River and Orion had enough to look into, she had found herself taking matters into own hands, and look up her former lover. Standing near a building he nearly got to pass, she cleared her throat, "you really are full of surprises aren't you?" she would have been amused if it wasn't because she didn't like the fact that Acacia had gotten hands on a good luck charm. "You really should hold better onto your luck," Atlas crossed her arms a little bit. "Are you familiar with Acacia Avalon? Otherwise you are going to become rather familiar with her, because she just got away with your luck." Harsh? Most likely. But they couldn't effort wasting too much time now could they.

She breathed a little easier out when she heard them coming nearer to the crash site. And as the car turned around, she could feel how her pain eased. Her eyes looked toward her father, looking at her crushed mother, whose heart was missing from her chest. With a short breath then, she turned to her brother. “It was our uncle”, she hissed, her sadness and fright turning into anger. “I’ll kill him, and I’ll kill our grandfather while I’m at it”, she winced as she pulled the gearstick out of her abdomen. “Fuck”, she hissed, getting off the car, staggering a little as she could feel the dizziness kick in. What a fucking mess; she started pacing, already plotting how she would make the bastard cut his own throat. “He came out of nowhere and flipped the car with us in it; we didn’t have a chance”. Then she noticed how they were looking “what the hell happened to the two of you?” she asked, pressing her brows together.

He stopped just as she cleared her throat; he turned to look at her, both hands solidly planted in his pockets. “Should yav node yaouw ood be eya” he grunted a little, now he would lie if he couldn’t feel that slight tug in his heartstring when he looked at her, which only gave him a bad taste in his mouth; not minutes had gone by since he had left a heartbroken woman by the docks. Now he was standing here next to another that had been a frequent partner in his sheets. “Acacia Avalon took Kailani? Cack,” he clicked his tongue and then turned, “let me guess yaouw an’ yaw mother is already the’er maken sure she be back safely in ‘er bed, so what is yaouw really need me fer?” he lifted a brow; now she had been rather blunt, maybe harsh even. But he didn’t show much emotion when it came to the fact that he had just been informed that Kailani had been kidnapped. She was no longer his responsibility, and he had told her that she shouldn’t be running around on her lonesome, not after she had just been kidnapped, but well, the girl was anything but wise when it came to her own safety.

River cursed underneath his breath and got up towards the car, where he took Juliya out of it and sat down. Letting his fingers run down her cheek, "oh Juliyam my Juliya," he mumbled shaking his head, couldn't believe this. She was dead. Orion the only one who truly listened to what Veronica had to say, mostly because his father was sitting so still, it was a rare sight. Their uncle had done this, and Orion took a sharper breath in. He could have killed the bastard when he had the chance. "Its a fucking long story, and I'm a afraid we have only made it to the middle," he sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "Let's get you back to the casino," he tried to reach for his father, but he couldn't really reach him. "Dad, we have to go," not that Orion wanted to leave his mother's body here in the rain, but if they were found with it, the family most likely would just make it look like they had done it themselves. "We have to get out the main street," he looked at his sister then nodding towards the direction of the casino. Their father had to make it back on his own.

Her lips tugged up into a smirk as she tilted her head a little bit, stepping closer towards him with so light and elegant movements. "Oh, I say something in between, one doesn't just take things from Acacia, you know - but we might have managed to cut a deal with her, but," she chuckled a little bit letting her finger balance over his collarbone, while looking up into his eyes, "I just wanted to see if you cared, guess not. Then you don't need to hear the rest, do ya?" Atlas clapped a little against his chest, "its good to have you back, I've missed you." Her lips formed into a brighter smile, removing her hand slowly from him again, placing her hands behind her back folding them there," Your first message to Archie however, can be the fact that Juliya Demidov is dead, not long ago from now, If I remember correctly they knew of each other right?"

She looked at her father, sitting there with maybe the only woman that he had ever truly loved. It wasn’t a sight that sat well with her because, in the end, her mother had never loved her father enough to actually leave her life behind, even though she had loathed it. She had always felt like her father had deserved better, but she also knew that it wasn’t something she should voice right now, especially not when she was filled with hate. Cursing, she mumbled and then found her phone, saw how it was cracked on the screen, dialling a number. “Yeah, I need a favour; yeah, I know what time it is, just, I need someone I trust to teleport my dead mother somewhere”, she hissed, licking her lips and letting her fingers run through her hair. After a few moments, a beautiful ethnic woman stepped through a magical portal and looked around. “Thank you for coming”, she hummed, letting her eyes glide towards River and tilting her head a little, “need me to take him as well,” Taneisha asked before turning her gaze back to her friend or, well, frenemy one could really call it. Veronica walked over to her father and placed her hand on his shoulder. “Taneisha will make sure you get somewhere place with mom; we’ll take care of everything else”, she whispered, placing a soft kiss against his temple, then nodding as Tanesiha didn’t even ask as she used magic to get both the dead woman and River through the portal to a safe location.

When she touched him, he at first just stood there, only grabbing her wrist as she patted his chest. “Yaouw need ter tread carefully Atlas, just because I luke loike or doesn’t act loike I care, I does, yaouw should knoo that, be’ah than anyone” he warned her with a low grumble before letting go of her hand. “I’ll gid him the message” he turned to walk before turning his head over his shoulder “oh, an’, atlas, doy be a stranger”, he said nodding before he walked away in the way.

Orion let out a sigh, not allowing himself yet to grieve the loss of his mother, not with everything that was going on. Far from with everything that was going on, he could barely be in things as it was. His mind felt like he was constant experiencing another attack, making him very alert, flinching a little when a woman walked through a portal, but Orion didn't say a thing, he just stood there. It was weird for him to see his father like this, heartbreaking. So, just for a second after they were gone from the scene, Orion turned around and headed towards the casino, running his hand over his mouth and didn't say much else the entire way, just walking back in looking for Lucille.

Atlas pulled a cheekier smirk when she got just the reaction she was hoping, "I do know that - but I wasn't sure you remembered, now I do," she raised her brow a little bit, then took her hand to herself as he let go of her wrist again. "Oh, you will see me around love," she pointed out just as he turned around and walked off again. Then she teleported back to the casino, heading to the bar, taking a drink, "hating to see them leave, but love watching them walk away, oof - what a night, huh?" She took a sip of her whisky, as her eyes moved from Lucille shortly to Orion and Veronica that came back to the casino. "We should really take this next part upstairs, don't you reckon?" Atlas looked over her shoulder to Lucille. "Atlas," Orion mumbled a little looking at his older sister, making her give him a small salute.

Even though that Veronica was hurt, and she was dying at first, she didn’t care, she had matters to attend clearly, and she knew that there would be more than enough for her to drink at the casino. So she grabbed unto her brother, and she got them there in no time with her speed.

Lucille, who had made sure Rogue was comfortable in River’s office, was back down at the bar, waiting for Orion or River to return home, but before any of them did, Atlas appeared. The old harpy was already getting tired but faked a smile. “what a night,” she mumbled, looking toward Penelope that just done her job, and didn’t seem all that occupied with all the people that came walking in or the fact that her boss had just run out, come back looking like cocked bacon before running out again with Orion. Someone should give her a raise, just doing her job without asking any questions.

“Lets”, Lucille breathed, pressing her brows together as she saw Veronica look at Orion and could immediately see that something had happened; sadly, she didn’t dare ask what, especially not with Rogue and Atlas here; she had to remember to ask him later. There could also just be the fact that Kailani or River was with them back. “Penelope, give me a flask of the good stuff” Penelope turned, nodded, grabbed the flasks of blood, and handed it to Veronica, who took it, pulling off the cork as she passed her brother and Atlas. “Let’s get this over with”, she hissed, drowning some much-appreciated drops as she walked upstairs where Rogue was waiting for them.