[Evil Tink]

Solomon shook his head, "No Holden, you did the right thing. Abraxas corrupted her..she was not the Abby you loved." He went over, kneeling next to him and pulling him into a tight hug.

Hayden looked down, twiddling with the sleeves, "Y-yes...Abraxas to be precise...and a female associate." She gently took both their hands, showing them the memory of the two demon's faces, "A-Azriel said her name was Irith..."

Serus sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose, "God..God dammit..what's he want this time? Mystic was the one who cut his stupid little head off...he should be after him, not us."

[Bovice]

"Why does it hurt so much Solomon?" Holden asked as he broke down and started crying.

"Son of a bitch!" Seth said putting his hand in his hair and pulling on it. He paced for a few moments. "Honestly, what is the point of taking a vacation if we get tracked down by a fucking demon that was killed like twenty years ago?" He said resisting the urge to punch the wall. "What did Irith and Abraxas say before they left?" Seth asked looking at Hayden with red eyes.

Abraxas appeared behind Jaelynn, "Well hello there darling~ Long time no see." He said whispering in Jaelynn's ear. "Do you want to do this the easy way or the hard way?" He asked with an evil smile.

[Evil Tink]

Jaelynn sighed, looking back at the demon, "Took you long enough Abraxas." She stood from her chair, turning to face him, "Do you really have to ask?" She grabbed her knife, jabbing it into his left shoulder, just above his heart, "I should have no problem killing you."

Irith appeared behind Jaelynn, crouched on the desk. Her knife was already hovering over Jaelynn's heart as she materialized. "While that may be true, you have no hopes against me Vampire." She brought her free hand around, lightly dragging her nails along Jaelynn's skin cutting it slightly, "Shall we then?" Her eyes shifted to look at Abraxas.

Solomon sighed deeply, holding Holden close. He knew what Holden was going through, but he just couldn't find the words to comfort him.

Hayden looked away from Seth, "He only said that he was after you two..and..it seems like his partner is really the..'head' of it. I think she's after Melody and Azriel and Mystic." She looked back to the vampires, "Serus...u-um...I think Abraxas is going to try to use someone you care about to lure you out... When he was trying to get Holden, he said that he was the 'key to these two'; meaning you...but I think he knows better than that now..."

Serus listened with an ever growing frown, "Just fucking gr-" Suddenly she tensed, her eyes wide. "J-Jae.." She wanted nothing more than to teleport to her daughter, but she was not stupid, not to mention there was a block around the Manor. She knew she had no hope of fighting two demons, "They're at the Manor Seth..they're going..."

[Bovice]

Seth growled, "For fucks sake." He said scanning the Antinori manner. "He wants me first." He thought to himself as he felt a hole in the block. "Hayden keep Serus here." He said walking over to Serus. "Love you hun." He said giving her a kiss and he disappearing. He appeared in his room, he went to the closet and grabbed a vial with the letter 'A' on it. He quickly chugged it and teleported to Abraxas. "Well Abraxas, it looks like you got me." He said crossing his arms.

Abraxas nodded and opened a spot only for Seth. He turned to Seth when he appeared, "Well lookey here. The big bad Seth finally makes his debut. I remember when you were the first one to arrive on the scene." He said as he activated his illusion powers so Seth couldn't see him. He quickly moved so he was in front of Seth, he punched his hand through Seth's abdomen and pushed him up the wall. He showed himself, "Not bad for a worthless demon right?"

Seth groaned when Abraxas put his hand through his abdomen, "You know one thing I don't understand. Mystic was the one that killed you, not me or Serus." He said in a husky voice.

"Well Seth, since you asked so nicely. I will tell you." He said moving his hand to Seth's lungs. "Wait there is no reason, I just hate you vampires." He said as he punctured Seth's lungs. He moved his hand so he was gripping Seth's cold dead heart. "Now good bye Seth." Abraxas said with an evil smile as he pulled Seth's heart out of his chest.

"I'm sorry Serus." Seth said as he felt his heart being pulled on. He gasped for air as his heart was removed. A single tear fell down Seth's cheek.

Annemarie screamed out bloody murder when she felt Seth die, "DADDY!!"

Sean fell to his knees clutching his heart when Seth died, "No!"

[Evil Tink]

Irith looked over at Abraxas, "Dumb ass..you ruin all my fun." She dropped her knife from Jaleynn's throat, sheathing it as she disappeared. "When you finally learn to listen to me, come find me. Until then, expect Mystic or Azriel..."

Hayden had tackled Serus to the ground when she felt Serus getting ready to teleport, "Serus stop! Seth knows what he's doing." She was thankful she was a bit older than Serus, it gave her that extra push of power that she desperately needed to hold the vampire telekinetically to her spot.

Serus's eyes glowed a bright red as Hayden pounced her, "Let me go your shrimp! I have to help him and Jaelynn!" She thrashed, sending a powerful place of telekinesis as Hayden, knocking her off and into the ceiling, "I'm sorry Hayden, but I have to." She felt the barrier weaken as the other demon left, quickly breaking through and teleporting.

She lunged at Abraxas, tearing him away from Seth's body. She grabbed his shoulders, hauling him in an arc over her head and slamming him down on the glass coffee table, adding a blast of telekinesis to push him into the floor.

Jaelynn whirled around as she smelt Seth's blood. Quickly getting over her surprise, she teleported over, grabbing Seth's heart from Abraxas while he was in mid swing then hurried to Seth, disappeared with him. She appeared at Solomon's house, having no idea where else to go. She looked over to Solomon and Holden, her ice eyes glowing slightly, "You've done limb attachments Solomon...how about organs?"

Solomon looked over with a frown, then shook his head, "With my current power level, it's impossible..." He bit his lip, "Unless Azriel or Mystic was here..."

[Bovice]

Holden's eyes got wide when he saw Seth's heart in Jaelynn's hand. "Di-..did Irith do that to him?" He asked knowing Seth was dead.

Suddenly the vial rolled out of Seth's lifeless hand.

Holden saw it and quickly went over to it. He grabbed it and examined it closely.

Jen suddenly appeared next to Sean on her knees, "Shh darling its alright." She said rubbing his back. "Come, we need to be some place." She said picking him up and disappearing.

Abraxas crashed through the coffee table, "Well Serus, how do you like that fact that I killed your darling husband?" He asked sending a powerful blast of TK at Serus. "Oh by the way darling I would be careful, I have Seth's soul right here." He said holding up a reddish gray orb.

Holden looked to Jaelynn. "Seth told me that he was doing these experiments with vampires blood." He said thinking for a moment. "I don't know what the experiments were." He said looking back at the vial. He started picking the sticker, a confused look came over his face when the sticker peeled away "A-16-05." He said confused. "What does that mean?" He asked looking to Solomon.

[Evil Tink]

Jaelynn sighed picking the vial from Holden, looking at it. She took a whiff of it, then growled, "Well that was just stupid of him..." She tossed the vial back to Holden, standing up, "It's definitely vampire blood, and he was trying to isolate a specific power from the blood..which..it doesn't entirely work that way..most of it comes from the mind.." She placed her hands on her hips, "Either way, Serus mentioned these experiments to me quite a few times..I'm thinking this has astral projection...I can recognize the slight aura coming off it." She then tossed Solomon the heart, "Then I suggest getting one of them here. I have to go make sure that my disowned mother doesn't destroy my house..again." With that, she disappeared.

Serus narrowed her eyes putting up her shield to deflect the brunt of Abraxas's attack. What was left, only made her slide back a few inches. "Oh shut up Abraxas. Gloat all you want, you won't be getting to me that easily." She pulled a knife from a sheath on her back, twirling it expertly, "You should know by now that Psychic attacks have little effect on me Abraxas; I'm a master." She was about to jump, but paused. She didn't have a strong connection with spirits, but she could definitely recognize it as Seth. She clenched her teeth, gripping her knife tightly.

It was rather hard to focus with the Twins and Annemarie screaming in her head. "Just shut up you obnoxious brats! Let me think" Suddenly, there was silence. She knew she had no where near enough skill with spirit manipulation to take Seth's spirit from Abraxas, it would be stupid to try. She would have to get him to release it into the Ethereal realm where Azriel and Mystic could get it later.

Jaelynn appeared back in the study, sitting casually in her chair. She crossed one leg over the other, and waited patiently to yell at Serus.

Solomon caught the heart, mildly perplexed, "And she expects me to do that..how? I've only done limbs..never an organ, yet alone the heart." He gently set the heart aside, rubbing his temples, "This is why we should've gone back to London when you were well enough to travel. By the way, Holden, can you contact Azriel? She cannot be sensed and therefore I cannot establish a link with her..I know you have one with her because of Melody..." He picked up the heart, replacing it in it's original spot, working to heal and reattach the vessels.

Irith appeared silently in the corner of Solomon's room. She had pulled her hood over her eyes to prevent her from being noticed; as she could not be sensed by the vampires. "Perhaps you aren't a complete moron Abraxas...you just need the proper guidance. Now kill Serus already so I can go hunt down Azriel and that damn doll. I know she's back on this Plane..I can sense her..."

Hayden clung to the chandler, not really looking to get involved with the demon or anything else. Besides, someone had to explain to room service why the couple in room 304 suddenly had to check out. Right? She sighed, letting herself drop tot he floor, hurrying to pack their belongings.

[Bovice]

"Sorry." Holden said looking down at the floor. He nodded, "Azriel, we sort of um need you." He said sounding like he was walking to the gallows.

"Go kill her, I am having fun with these vampires." Abraxas said as he started tossing the orb up and down. "I could just give this back to you. Or Jaelynn back there, I mean she knows some about spirits. Maybe she could put him back in his body." He said with a smirk. "Here you go Jaelynn, have fun." He said tossing the orb to Jaelynn.

Suddenly Jen came flying in snatching the orb in mid air. She went to a rolling position hugging the orb to her chest. She disappeared before she landed on the floor. She landed on her feet a few feet from Solomon, "You must be Solomon, nice to meet ya. I'm Jen." She said still holding the orb close.

[Evil Tink]

Irith growled silently to herself wrapping a powerful tendril of telekinesis around Abraxas's brain, "Abraxas stop fooling around or I will detach you faster than you can blink. Kill them both already." She nearly jumped as Jen came by with Seth's spirit. "Forget it, I will take care of it myself." But she waited, patiently.

Azriel appeared, looking rather irritated, "Can't you stupid vampires go ten minutes without needing me or Mystic?" Her glare shot to Jen, holding out her hands, "Give it to me now." She growled, becoming rather impatient even though she gave Jen no room to react. She closed her fingers into a fist on her right hand, the spirit pulling itself from Jen's arms and hovering over her left palm. She gently grabbed it with both hands, examining it, "I can't believe you guys..you expect me to attach it to his old body? Fat chance...Were he human, possibly, but vampires are rather different you know."

Solomon stepped back as Azriel appeared, "Well if you're so damn irritated with helping, then don't come at all. No one is making you." He stood up, dusting himself off, "Then I'll find someone for you to attach him to; just like you did to us." He motioned to himself, Holden and Alicia.

Azriel opened a portal to place the spirit into to preserve it's energy. It was a bad idea to keep it on this plane any longer, "You don't get it Solomon. It's not my unwillingness to want to help you, it's the fact that for the past few days, my power has been stretched thin between hunting Irith and Abraxas, fixing Melody, and now you expect me to reattach Seth? Mystic and I are almost completely of power. You need to find a new pair of demons to help you."

As she felt the portal open, Irith acted. She lunged from her corner, her clawed fingers grabbing the smokey orb from Azriel just as she let go of it. She slid on her feet along the floor, turning mid slide to face them with a dark grin, "You just can't keep yourself out of trouble, can you Az? First Ariel, then the vampires, and now the girl; twice at that. You're just itching to get banned..aren't you?" She put up a strong barrier around herself, one that the vampires could never hope to break as she tossed the spirit from hand to hand, "Who shall be first? What's left of Seth, Azriel and Mystic, or the precious little french girl?"

As she spoke, Melody's form began to materialize next to her; within the shield. She caught the orb in her left hand, her right grabbing onto the mostly transparent shoulder of Melody and when she fully appeared, she gripped it tightly, her claw-like nails cracking and breaking through the plastic of the doll body, "I'm thinking it should be in this order: Girl, Seth, you two, then Serus and the rest of you worthless creatures."

Melody's eyes shot open as she suddenly felt herself being teleported. Was Mystic sending her away for safety? She doubted that as soon a she felt a sharp pang in her shoulder. She tried to pull away, but was too weak at the moment as she had only been back for a few hours now. She felt a similar sensation as the first time she met this woman. And then the pain came as the woman's nails dig deep into her false body that had just been repaired. She closed her eyes tightly, wincing and letting out a faint squeal.

Serus whirled around to see Jaelynn sitting in her chair..like she didn't give a damn. She narrowed her eyes as Jaelynn gave a slight carefree wave, "I will deal with you later Jaelynn" As the orb was thrown, she went to intercept it, but some young looking vampire did instead. She cursed, turning back to Abraxas, her eyes black with fury, "I will kill you to the point where you cannot come back." She lunged at him, sending a powerful blast telekinesis at him while doing so; her knife ready to jab into his skull.

Jaelynn grinned, giving a slight carefree wave, "Morning." She made no move to even pretend to want to grab Seth's spirit, having every intention of letting it fall gently to her hands where she would protect it. Of course she would never let Seth slip so easily, but that doesn't mean she couldn't irritate Serus even more. Right? She frowned a bit as the unknown vampire intercepted it, "Aw, well..that sucks Serus."

[Bovice]

Holden skittered away when the demon grabbed Seth's spirit, his eyes got wide when he saw Melody. "No." He whispered. He wanted to help, but what could a human do against a very powerful demon.

Abraxas suddenly felt a click in his head, "Oops, I would love to stay and play but I have some business to attend to." He said disappearing before Serus' attacks could hit him. He landed in a dark room, he got on his knees, "Yes masters what is it you need?" He asked looking up.

Jen let out a squeal as the orb was being pulled from her hands. When the orb was gone she quickly skittered behind Holden who in turn was hiding behind Alicia.

[Evil Tink]

Acera snapped her fingers, the lights flicking on. She looked down at Abraxas from her raised spot at the table. "You disappoint me Abraxas...You can't even manage to kill one little vampire without screwing that up. Now Az..oh..I lied..Irith has Seth's spirit but that's not to say Azriel won't get it back. While she will get her punishment, you require immediate attention." She stood, carrying a small standard looking dagger with her. She stepped down from the raised floor and stood in front of Abraxas, "You are a disgrace to demons everywhere. Why Irith wanted you at her side during her mission, I have no idea, but we cannot allow your stupidity to go unchecked any longer."

Serus crashed into the wall, making no move to get up. She sighed, and after a moment, she finally rolled onto her back and sat up, looking at Jaelynn. She opened her mouth to speak, but decided against it.

Jaelynn pinched the bridge of her nose, "Serus..you really think I would let his spirit get taken by a stranger? That was Jen you moron...Sean's girlfriend...they're at Solomon's house..encountering some issues with the female demon." She stood, walking over and kneeling next to Serus, "Please...forgive me. You were right.." She reached into her pocket, pulling out a shiny new pocket watch. She turned it over, revealing the intricate Antinori Seal on the back, "Please come back...the Antinoris, and the Council needs you."

Azriel growled, her hand going to the hilt of her sword, "Save yourself the trouble, just drop Seth and pull her stupid head off already. Save me the theatrics Irith and just kill me already; if that's what you aim to do."

Irith grinned, "I will gladly comply~" She turned her hand over, the smokey orb falling form her hand and crashing in the floor. It's shape distorted as it flattened, then dissipated. She then took Melody's head in her now free hand, grabbing onto a chunk of her hair, "Did you want to say good bye Little Miss Melody?"

Azriel flicked her hand ever so slightly as Seth's spirit dropped, turning it invisible and sending it to his body, "Get him out of here...get him to Jaelynn." She swayed a bit, having used quite a bit of power crudely reattaching Seth's spirit.

Melody squealed, "N-no..not a-again..please!" She brought her arms up to the woman's hand around her hair, trying to get her to let go. "M-Mystic..Holden..s-someone please help..." Her voice shook as if she were crying, but no tears feel from her fake eyes.

Irith looked down to her, "Aww...so touching~ You're worthless..you can't do anything for yourself you stupid girl." She began to pull on her hair, threatening to snap the joint of her head/neck area...the gears were already grinding roughly on each other now.

Mystic came crashing down form his portal, his large frame landing on Irith's shield, cracking it with a thunderous noise. His eyes glowed a bright violet as he broke the barrier with his telekinesis. He landed on top of the two, being careful not to crush Melody and teleporting her to Azriel's arms, "I've got this under control love." He quickly pulled out his knife before she could react, stabbing her in the middle of her forehead.

Melody's screams were silent once more as she was taken from Irith's grip. She clung to Azriel, her body shaking violently. Her terrified eyes glanced over to Mystic, wishing that she never followed Alicia out. None of this would've happened. It was all her fault. She went limp in Azriel's arms as she realized this, burying her face into the woman's armor.

Irith laughed, feeling the knife penetrate her skull, "Mystic, dear.." she sat up after kicking him off her, "I don't think that will work..don't you remember the last time we tried this?" She grabbed the hilt, pulling it from her head, the wound healing instantly before a drop of blood could be shed.

[Bovice]

Jen already got the plan Holden had in his mind.

Holden looked to Alicia and nodded. He pulled Alicia and Jen up and dragged them across the room to Seth's body. "Solomon be ready." He said as he slid on his knees to Seth's body covering it with his.

Jen's hand grabbed Solomon's hand and with her and Alicia on the same wave link they teleported to where Alicia could sense Jaelynn. When they landed Jen let go of Solomon and pulled Alicia and Holden away from Seth. She let go of Holden and brushed her dress off. "Sorry I..." She said trailing off feeling Sean holding her in place with TK.

"Jennifer Morgan le Fay, what did I tell you?" Sean said appearing in front of her. "You my be my fiancee, but I would like it if you'd listen to me." He said with a sigh.

Suddenly Jen slapped Sean across the face, "Excuse me Sean Jacob Ryan Augustin? You don't yell at me like that." She said balling up her fists.

Sean grabbed Jen's head and placed his forehead on hers, "Sorry." He said as he teleported them away "Alicia let me know how Seth does.".

Holden ran to Solomon giving him a hug, "I'm so sorry Solomon." He said nuzzling his head in Solomon's chest. He quickly took one of his hands off of Solomon's back and felt around his pockets, he sighed in relief when he felt the locket in his pocket.

Alicia pinched her nose, "I can't believe I know you people. Anyway, Azriel was able to put Seth's soul back in his body, but you need to analyze the bond Jaelynn." She said with a sigh of worry.

"I'm sorry Master Acera. If you'll give me one more chance to prove myself." Abraxas said looking down at the floor. "I can bring honor back to my name." He said not looking up from the floor.

[Evil Tink]

Serus took the watch gently, looking at it with awe. She was disrupted as the mass of people suddenly appeared in the study. Her body shook slightly as she saw Seth. She quickly looked to Jaelynn, "Even if I were to hypothetically decline..would you still help him?"

Jaelynn shook her head slightly, "Even if you were after my head." She hurried over, placing her forehead on Seth's as she closed her eyes, "I need you," she pointed to Alicia, "and Solomon to get me blood. Lots of it. As much as you can buy...We're both going to need a lot of it."

Suddenly, both Jaelynn's and Seth's bodies became covered in ice as she entered the Realm. She knew this was a bad idea, but it had to be done. Seth was only..mostly attached to the body. She had to finish the connection. She traveled the Realm quickly, finding the remaining bits of Seth's essence and quickly attaching them before bringing herself back to the living world.

She couldn't help but yell out, rolling off Seth and about on the floor, trying to warm herself up. Not to mention, she was on he verge of passing out now. I h-have to f-f-finish this f-f-f-first, she was so cold she could hardly think without stammering. She quickly rolled to her knees, stiffly moving over to Seth, replacing her forehead onto his as she worked on repairing the bond.

As soon as Jaelynn's body 'thawed' Serus dropped the watch, hurrying over and wrapping herself around Jaelynn, being careful to not move her. The shared body heat should hopefully help Jaelynn focus a bit more...along with the boost of power she sent.

Solomon hugged Holden tightly, "Don't be, I've got to go. Come on Alicia. We have mission." He grabbed her arm and disappeared.

Acera frowned deeply, "What honor Abraxas? You've always been an insult to the community...I'm amazed your parents even dared to keep you." She shook her head slightly, bringing the knife to his throat, but not touching the skin. "Just be thankful, I'm sparing you another embarrassing death." With that, she thrust her arm forward, her knife easily cutting through the flesh and bone of Abraxas's neck. Seconds later, his head fell from his shoulders to be spontaneously set on fire along with his body. She shook her head again, "And now to deal with Mystic and Azriel."

[Bovice]

Alicia nodded as Solomon grabbed her arm. She broke away from his portal and landing in a blood store. "I'll take the West side of South Dakota, you take the East." She said slapping a credit card on the counter. "All of it." She said making her eyes flash red. She was lucky this girl was rich, not as rich as Holden or Solomon. But rich none the less.

Holden watched as almost everyone was gone. Serus and Jaelynn were deep in concentration, he frowned as he sat as far away as he could from them. He pulled the locket out of his pocket and stared at it blankly.

"I-..I'm sorry master." Abraxas said as the knife went to his throat. He gulped a second before the knife entered his throat.

[Evil Tink]

"If you were sorry, you would not have continued to disgrace me you fool." She sighed, returning to her chair, crossing one leg over the other, twirling her hair around her finger, "Let's see...the doll is not really my concern..I just want those two dead..they think they can break my rules and get away with it? I think not." She looked to the man sitting next to her, "Don't you agree?" She gently ran her finger along his chin with a sadistic grin, "I will teach a lesson to the entire Community as to what happens when you disobey me like they have." Her red eyes glowed softly as she grabbed the man's neck, "Get me Azriel...Mystic will coming running for his precious wife within a few seconds."

The man nodded, "Of course Acera. I will have her in your hands by the end of the hour." With that, he vanished.

Solomon slammed his card on the counter, "Give it all to me. Right now. I have no time to waste."

The man nodded, hurrying about to get the order rang up and payment set.

Serus began to feel weak and was forced to stop helping Jaelynn. She fell back slightly on her butt, going over to the watch and examining it again. She really meant her statement of stepping down. She was sick of handling everyone's problems and not having enough time for her own, or to spend time with her family. Her finger traced the pattern on the cover as she thought. "Holden..?" she looked over to him with a frown, "..are you alright?"

Jaelynn swayed a bit, trying to stay focused at the task at hand. It took her much longer than when Mystic and Azriel had attached the spirits, as they did it the proper way. She had to start from scratch..no spell, no circle, and certainly no ring of demons to help her.

Suddenly Melody found herself crashing to the floor in front of Holden; missing her entire right arm and her right foot. Her green dress was beyond repair; black and purple blood coated her body; obviously not hers. She looked around frantically, not understanding what had really happened the past 20 minutes. Her eyes quickly fell upon Holden and she did her best to crawl over; a few gears grinding against each other as she moved. She curled up on the floor next to him, shutting her eyes tightly.

[Bovice]

Alicia grabbed her card and the six bags of bottled blood, she nodded thanks and disappeared. She landed in another blood shop, she did what she did before.

Holden looked over to Serus with red exhausted eyes, "I-..I'm so useless. I can't even help my friends." He said looking back at the locket. "And that bastard Abraxas had the audacity to bring my daughter Abby back. And as a vampire none the less." He said squeezing the locket. He jumped when Melody appeared in front of him. He quickly grabbed a knife that was on the desk next to the chair he was sitting in. He cut his sleeve off and picked Melody up.

He sat back down and started wiping the blood off, "
♫ Dodo, l’enfant do,
L’enfant dormira bien vite
Dodo, l’enfant do
L’enfant dormira bientôt.

Une poule blanche
Est là dans la grange.
Qui va faire un petit coco*
Pour l’enfant qui va fair’ dodo.

Dodo, l’enfant do,
L’enfant dormira bien vite
Dodo, l’enfant do
L’enfant dormira bientôt.

Tout le monde est sage
Dans le voisinage
Il est l’heure d’aller dormir
Le sommeil va bientôt venir. ♫ " He gently sang as a few tears fell from his eyes. "I'm sorry Melody..." Holden said weakly.