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Melody frowned deeply as Holden came over, 'I'm sorry.' She looked down to the floor, her broken index finger rolling around in her hand as she tilted it this way and that.

Irith whirled around, kicking Azriel back as she sensed the vampires. She grinned, spinning her bloodied sword as she watched them with her ice eyes.

The man growled, sensing vampires nearby, "That's your Calvary? Pathetic. Irith, I'm sick of toying around." He rammed his sword into Mystic's abdomen, bringing it upwards and up through his skull. He whirled around as he sensed Azriel at his back. He blocked her sword, twisted his and made her drop hers, then grabbed her wrist, "Acera has something special planned for you..." He looked to Irith, "Get rid of the bastards." With that, he vanished.

Before Mystic could react, he could feel the sword cutting upwards and into his skull. Once the blade finished it's cut, his body fell to it's knees, then over to the side as the glow quickly faded from his eyes.

Solomon grabbed Jaelynn's arm, "Wait...she'll be excepting a rush..." It was too late for Mystic, the other demon had already sliced him clean up the middle. He watched Sean as he ran at Irith, "Keep to your toes Sean.." He pulled a dagger from a sheath on his back, gripping it tightly.

Jaelynn paused, mid lunge as she looked to Solomon, "I won't let him charge her alone." She pulled her arm free, running at Irith, teleporting a few steps in front of Sean as she continued. She jumped up as she neared the demon, her sword appearing her hands as she brought it downward at her head.

Irith laughed, bringing her knife up to meet Jaelynn's sword. Her free hand grabbed onto Jaelynn's arm and threw her to the ground, her foot coming forward and kicking her, sending her back with a powerful blast of telekinesis right at Sean.

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Sean yelped as the blast of TK hit him. He flew backwards and slammed into a tree breaking his ribs. He quickly reset them and started running at Irith.

Seth grabbed his abdomen and cried out in pain, "Sean..."

Alicia appeared in front of Holden, "Holden I..." She started to say but Holden cut her off.

When Alicia appeared Holden grabbed her collar and slammed her into the wall. "Turn me... I need to help them." He said staring Alicia dead in the eyes.

Alicia grabbed Holden's shirt and shifted her weight, slamming him into where she was a moment ago. "I can't Holden. You wouldn't be able to do anything. You would be to weak especially because you wouldn't of fed." She said as her eyes turned red.

"I have to try, I can't lose Solomon!"

Alicia sighed, "I'm sorry Holden." She said knocking Holden out. She let Holden go and pushed him gently down to the floor with TK. She rubbed her temples and looked at Serus, "How is Seth doing?" She asked crossing her arms. She looked to Melody, "Sorry, but I had to." Alicia said with worry in her eyes.

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Melody jumped a bit, but other than that, she didn't react. She nodded to Alicia, lifting her fingers in the 'okay' pose then skittered up against the wall.

Serus sighed, "He'll survive..."

Jaelynn rolled on the ground, jabbing a dagger into the ground and gripping it tightly to stop her rolling. She quickly brought herself to her feet, sheathing the dagger and spinning her sword, "Not that I'm suggesting to run away, I don't think there's anything we can do..we should go."

"We need to get Mystic's body though..we can't just let him rot out here." Solomon teleported right behind Irith, jabbing his dagger into the back of her skull, driving it up to the hilt.

Irith whirled around, lifting her leg to kick Solomon so hard she broke a few of his ribs and threw the alignment of his spine off. She brought her foot up to his shoulder as she moved, then pushed him to the ground, "You vampires don't stand a chance. If you choose to leave now, I will not pursue you...you are not really worth it." She brought her foot to Solomon's head, putting a bit of pressure on it, "But if you continue your feble attacks, I will kill you."

Jaelynn quickly teleported to Mystics' body, sending it to an empty room of her manor. She held her sword in both hands, growling as she watched Irith closely, "You alright Solomon?"

Solomon coughed up blood as his torso started to repair itself."For the most part...I suggest we take her advice." He tensed a bit as he felt her foot move to his head. Solomon nodded, "Fine...we're obviously outmatched."

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Alicia sighed pinching her nose, "I don't like this waiting." She said quietly.

Sean snarled as Irith put her foot on Solomon's head. He cautiously moved so he was standing next to Jaelynn. "I don't like this." He said to Jaelynn, watching Irith intently.

Holden murmured something as he felt Alicia's hold weaken on him.

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Jaelynn remained, her sword aimed at the demon, "Neither do I..she'll probably kill us before we could get away anyway." She spun her sword, "And how can we trust you, Demon?"

Irith grinned, lifting her foot off of Solomon and kicking him over to the other two, "My job is done. In a few hours, the doll will die and I will get paid. Why would I waste my time and power on you worthless creatures?"

Jaelynn jumped forward, catching Solomon and dropping her sword. She teleported him back to the manor, quickly picking up her sword, "And if I still don't believe you?"

Solomon cursed as he felt Jaelynn teleporting him. He appeared standing up in the study, in the same spot as before he left. He growled, "Dammit Jaelynn.." He turned to Holden with a smile, "I promised I would be back."

Irith sheathed her knives, "Well then that's just too bad." And with that she vanished.

Jaelynn sighed, looking to Sean, "Why do I have the feeling she's lying?"

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When Irith was gone Sean transformed back into his human form, "Because she is a demon." He said growling. "I only trust Azriel and well Mystic." He said with a sigh. "You should get back before Holden kills Solomon." He said giving Jaelynn a quick squeeze and disappearing.

Holden's eyes snapped open when he heard Solomon, he stood up as quickly. "Your damn lucky Solomon." He said looking at him. He then turned his attention to Alicia, "And you, best not knock me out again or I will knock you out." He said narrowing his eyes. He walked over to Solomon and wiped the dirt and blood off of his face with another piece of his shirt he cut off awhile ago. He quickly walked around Solomon, inspecting him. When he made it to Solomon's front he crossed his arms, "I'm still mad at you." Holden said looking away. "And not to mention what I'm going to do to Seth when he is fully healed."

Alicia scoffed slightly, "Good luck with that Holden." She thought to herself.

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Solomon put his hand to his face, "I'm fine Holden." He winced a bit as he back cracked loudly as it reset. He quickly put a smile on through his grimace as his ribs followed suit, "Just a few broken bones is all."

Melody turned and looked up to Solomon and lipped as she put her one hand to her ear and pulling it back, 'Where's Mystic?' Her eyes became wide as he continued to not appear in the room.

Solomon bit his lip as he saw Melody's mouth move from the corner of his eye. "How do I tell her Holden? Not to mention..Azriel is missing now."

Serus sighed, looking over to Solomon, "I'm assuming the worst of the two..?"

Jaelynn soon appeared, her sword now back in it's case already, "He's..in the other room Serus..well..his body." She led Serus to the room. Jaelynn paused mid-step into the room, "What?" There was no body in the room. She looked to Serus, "The demon must've taken it with her."

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Holden's eyes narrowed as he heard Solomon's back, "Fine Solomon just keep lying to me." He said putting his hand up. "Tell her what?" He asked narrowing his eyes even more. Suddenly they started to widen as the realization came to him, "H-..he's dead..." He said biting his lip hard making it bleed. He held his anger and sadness down as he turned to Melody. "Mystic and Azriel are fine." He said with a smile. "They are just resting right now. They will come and get you in a little while... Ok?" He said walking over to her. He picked her up, "Now why don't you take a cue from them and rest yourself." He said laying her on the couch. He walked over to Alicia and started unbuttoning her sweater, when he was done he walked back over to Melody. "I don't know if you need warmth, but it will make me feel better." He said with a smile as he covered up Melody. "Now please rest a little." Holden said moving the hair from her eyes.

Alicia let Holden take her sweater, she looked at Solomon with sad eyes.

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Melody watched him, a bit skeptic. She curled up under the sweater with a slight nod and closed her eyes.

Solomon closed his eyes keeping his face angled away from Melody, "What are we going to do about her? She will need more energy soon, and I don't know if Jaelynn would be able to do it with hurting herself."

Serus frowned, "Well, then that's one less thing for you to clean up I guess. Oh, the watch is on the nightstand. When Seth wakes up, tell him to contact me." She blocked Jaelynn from her mind and disappeared.

Jaelynn reached out to grab Serus's arm, but she was already gone. "God dammit Serus!" She stormed back into the study, her eyes full of fury, "Seth! Seth wake up you bum!" She jumped, noticing Melody was resting, "Ah..I'm sorry..." She sighed, then left the room. She would yell at Seth later.

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Holden looked at Alicia, "Alicia stay here and watch her. Get me when she wakes." He said walking over to Solomon. He gently grabbed his arm and started to pull him out of the room. "We will talk about it when we get more privacy."

Alicia nodded and went to one of the couches. She closed her eyes and started to rub them.

Seth woke up when Jaelynn was gone, he looked around and saw that he was almost alone. He sighed as he started to get off of the bed, "Ow." He said grabbing his abdomen. When he was standing [not very well], he teleported to Jaelynn. He grabbed the first thing he saw which was a coat rack, "What did you need Jae?" Seth asked weakly.

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Solomon allowed Holden to pull him from the room, "How can we have any more privacy than this?" He frowned a bit, glancing back into the room before shutting the door with telekinesis.

Jaelynn looked up, hurrying over and putting Seth's arm around her shoulder so she could support him, "You need to talk some sense into your damn wife." She forced Seth into the nearest chair, "She's being a complete moron right now."

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Holden sighed, "I wanna be able to actually talk." He said pulling Solomon into an empty room. He shut the door, "I can't believe Mystic's dead." He said flipping on the lights. He sighed rubbing his temples, "About Melody, I'm guessing she has about two hours of power left." He said looking at Solomon. "Her eyes are starting to droop." He said as he started pacing. "There is nothing we really can do without Azriel or Mystic." He said pinching his nose. "I think we should just let her power run out and bury her again." Holden said as he continued to pace.

"Fat chance in that happening." Seth said wincing as he was forced into a chair. "What is it about this time?" He asked with a sigh.

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Jaelynn threw her hands up in the air, "I don't know! I apologized then she did, then I told her I wanted to to rejoin the Antinori's she turns me down..all three times.' She made the watch appear in her hand, "I don't know what else to do with her. She can't be a Rouge...she can't be associated with that bunch..." She sighed, flopping into the couch and closing her eyes.

Solomon sighed, leaning up against the wall. "Come on Holden, I know that's not what you want to do." He crossed his arms as he leaned up against the wall. "I know, I've noticed. Her movements are becoming sluggish too..." He watched Holden with a slightly worried expression, "Unless..that is what you really want?"

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"I..I don't know Solomon." He stopped pacing. "It's not like I can pull ethereal energy out of my ass." He sat down on the bed. "Unless..." He plopped back on the bed. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment. He sat up quickly looking at Solomon, "This body was a Paladins, right? And a Paladin is a holy knight, right?" He stood up and started to pace again. "Most likely Melody was in some sort of heaven. I was in a hell..." He laced his fingers behind his back. "I know very little about them, mainly because they aren't supposed to exist. Anyway, I do know this. A Paladin is trusted with helping the dead to heaven or hell." He paused.

"The Paladin also has some magic. Most likely white magic, because they are good." He stopped pacing for a moment and started pacing again. He didn't say anything for a few moments. "Even though this body has a different soul in it, I should be able to harness that power." He stopped and looked at Solomon with a frown. "But most likely it will either help Melody or kill me..." He trailed off. He stuck his hand in the air stopping Solomon before he could speak. "There is one person who could help me... Camelia. Can you contact Felix for me please?" He rubbed his temples. "And... I don't know." Holden sat back down on the bed.

"Jae, I don't know what I can say to her to join back." Seth leaned his head back. "Next to you she is the most stubborn woman ever." He closed his eyes for a moment.

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Jaelynn sighed, "Who do you think I get it from?" She chuckled a bit, sitting up, "Perhaps we will just have to wait."

Solomon sighed, "Holden, I will not allow you to access that magic and bring yourself harm." He closed his eyes tightly, "You have no idea how to use that magic, or even how to access it..." He knew he couldn't sway Holden though..but he had to try.

Melody's eyes fluttered open silently as she glanced over the room. She noticed Alicia was on the couch across the room. She sat up, wrapping the sweater around her shoulders, leaning back heavily into the couch.

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"Solomon I have to try something. I can't just give up and be like 'oh well, I'll do better next time'." He stood. "That is why I need Camelia. She is a very powerful witch." He walked over to Solomon. "I know you don't want me to bring harm to myself, and I love that about you." He grabbed Solomon's chin and pulled it down gently. "Now please let me exhaust every angle." He placed a kiss on Solomon's lips. "Please contact Felix, and tell him I need Camelia." Holden looked at Solomon with doubt in his eyes.

"Perhaps." Seth opened his eyes. "Even though I am very impatient." He chuckled.

Alicia didn't notice Melody wake up because she was deep in thought.