{"id":4336,"date":"2015-02-09T05:47:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T09:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.childrenofdarkness.com\/?p=4336"},"modified":"2015-02-09T05:47:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T09:47:57","slug":"blood-will-flow-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/blood-will-flow-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Will Flow, Pt. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"glock\"I hurried to the back of the gun cellar and opened up the cabinets to start loading up a duffle bag full of my favorites; Va\u2019lis followed me. \u00a0I knew that in order for us to survive this, Va\u2019lis would need to be armed. If we were to successfully retrieve our daughters, that is. So I took out two Glock 27s, loaded magazines into them with our armor-piercers, handed them to him. I put a holster around him as he played with the guns, of course I knew to keep the safety on.\u00a0 I took the guns and gave him a look before putting them into his holster.\u00a0 This was no ordinary holster either, it came fully equipped with four magazine holders in the back, so I loaded all four slots for him.\u00a0 \u201cVa\u2019lis these are not toys,\u201d I told him.\u00a0 He looked at me, \u201cBut they are so pretty.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019ll get your chance to use them, but not before you listen carefully,\u201d I said.\u00a0 \u201cWe have twenty minutes if that for you to learn what\u2019s taken me centuries to perfect,\u201d I told him. His face got serious and he looked like he was ready for business.\u00a0 My husband may be aloof but he\u2019s a killer, make no mistake, and when it\u2019s time to be serious he\u2019s got razor-like focus.\u00a0 I knew that.\u00a0 I could sense the rage in him growing, his eyes showed it.\u00a0 I knew that walking him through all the nuances of shooting guns would certainly calm him a bit.\u00a0 At least a bit.<\/p>\n

I walked to the underground range just through double doors in the back of the cellar, and I put the Glock in his hand. Showed him how to quickly unlock the gun from his holster, flick off the safety, and grip it.\u00a0 I let him fire off a few rounds.\u00a0 His eyes instantly reflected the power that a gun gives. \u201cWooo hooo! Now that\u2019s what I am talking about,\u201d he shouted as I pushed the button that brought the gunners mark to us for inspection.\u00a0 Turns out\u2026 he\u2019s not half bad when he\u2019s focused.\u00a0 I must admit that turned me on and under any other circumstances, this would have been a very romantic moment. *sighs<\/strong>*<\/p>\n

\"styer\"I then introduced him to the high-power automatic assault rifles that were in our collection.\u00a0 Armand prefers his AK-47s and I admit they are probably slightly better, but they are not as versatile as my favorite\u2026 the Styer AUG. This assault rifle allowed you to pump into it different types of bullets, *slight <\/strong>grin<\/strong>* so I could load several magazines with armor-piercers and a few magazines with our radioactive UV rounds that were specifically created for the AK\u2019s if I wanted to. \u00a0When I placed the rifle in Va\u2019lis\u2019 hands, I felt him fall in love. \u201cVa\u2019lis, these guns do not leave Earth, you know that right?\u201d I made sure to emphasize that hard rule.\u00a0 He looked at me as if I he were a puppy and I had scolded him for peeing on the very expensive Parisian rug, \u201cJeez, talk about killing the mood.\u201d\u00a0 He said. I couldn\u2019t help but chuckle.\u00a0 I guess that\u2019s why I loved him so much, he always made me laugh no matter what situation we were stuck in.\u00a0 He was my man, I was his girl; how human of us.<\/p>\n

After a few rounds in the range, I felt Va\u2019lis was comfortable enough.\u00a0 It was all the time we had.\u00a0 Marius called for the round up, we were going and we\u2019d be four hours ahead of schedule.\u00a0 David wouldn\u2019t be expecting us, but I knew him, he\u2019d plan for it anyways.\u00a0 He\u2019d be sure to have his gang there, all his vampires and half-breeds,\u00a0 even his human followers.\u00a0 There would be a lot of casualties in that respect, humans were so very squishy and the genetic freaks that he called half-breeds were more like vampires than not.\u00a0 We had a few half-breeds of our own, Mystic was here\u2026 he was my commander here on Earth, so you better believe that he\u2019d bring all our most capable warriors.\u00a0 Marius gave me the floor, as usual.\u00a0 \u00a0I ran everyone through every possible scenario I had in my mind, something that most Generals must do.\u00a0 I answered every question, I looked through every emotion in every one of my soldiers, my elders.\u00a0 I was a damned good General and was proud to show my husband some of that side of me.\u00a0 His smile said it all.\u00a0 He too was proud of me, much like Amroth is like Marius is.<\/p>\n

We were as ready as we were going to be, so we loaded up the black Range Rovers that awaited outside and started to head to the airport that would fly us and our cargo to London. It would be a 45 minute ride on the six private jets that Marius had waiting for us. No doubt David would be alerted to our arrival if we landed in Heathrow, so we opted for one we could control, Oxford Airport.\u00a0 Since Marius was an alumni of the university, he had expansive connections in the city of Oxfordshire, we could hide the landing of six as a landing of one.\u00a0 Upon landing, another fleet of Range Rovers met our arrival and took us to the south side park across the Thames overlooking the Tower. This was going to be our rendezvous point.\u00a0 When we get Carrie and Merida, we bring them here and keep them here. And no, not under any circumstances was Va\u2019lis and I going to allow Merida to rejoin the fight, no matter how much she begged and pleaded.\u00a0 Her job was to keep Carrie safe.<\/p>\n

We were set up in under 20 minutes, Maharet and Khayman were ready to go to the front door of the place.\u00a0 They would walk across the bridge blending among the few mortals that still lingered.\u00a0 Once they are in and have secured Merida, Lestat and Armand would lead their teams in the front door.\u00a0 Va\u2019lis, Marius and I would be getting wet, crossing the river and into the depths of the sewers that circled the Tower.\u00a0 Mekare would stay at the Potter\u2019s park, engulfing the entire place in a water bubble that only those inside it would be able to see as Maharet would cloak the air around it. To any mortal it would seem like the winds picked up. All would happen at Maharet\u2019s word that she had safely, secured Merida. And we were ready, we were coming.<\/p>\n

Just as Maharet stood near her sister with Khayman at her side\u2026 she said, \u201cWait.\u00a0 There is another one in there. One by the name of Astoria.\u201d\u00a0 Armand\u2019s eyes shot over to the Tower, \u201cIs she alive?\u201d he asked. \u00a0\u201cYes, but just barely.\u00a0 There was another that was murdered\u2026 umm\u2026 Helen.\u201d\u00a0 Armand cocked his rifle and levitated with such fury that I couldn\u2019t catch him, but Marius did.\u00a0 Marius sunk him down to the water and would not let go.\u00a0 Some mortals about saw a splash in the water and stopped for a bit.\u00a0 Marius held Armand underwater until he calmed the fuck down.\u00a0 Maharet said, \u201cHe\u2019s gone dark.\u201d\u00a0 I searched the waters and I tried to talk to Armand but nothing was getting through.\u00a0 Marius was pleading with him, begging him, not to blow our plan to smithereens. Armand was becoming a liability.\u00a0 Va\u2019lis caught my thoughts. \u201cI think I rather like him this way,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cNot if it means shattering any chance we have of executing our plan!\u201d I retorted.\u00a0 \u201cBah, things hardly ever go the way we plan them,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cNot on my watch!\u201d I said.\u00a0 I tossed my holster belt aside and put my guns down and quietly made my way to the water in the darkest place.\u00a0 I was going to help ensure Armand wouldn\u2019t lose his shit on me! I needed him to pull it together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I hurried to the back of the gun cellar and opened up the cabinets to start loading up a duffle bag full of my favorites; Va\u2019lis followed me. \u00a0I knew that in order for us to survive this, Va\u2019lis would need to be armed. If we were to successfully retrieve our daughters, that is. So … Read more<\/a>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,17,42],"tags":[88,98,161],"class_list":["post-4336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character-journals","category-cherry","category-storylines","category-draconians","tag-blood-will-flow","tag-cherry-spy","tag-the-draconians","infinite-scroll-item","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlp-guild.com\/uo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}