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She smiled, transporting them to the main council hall, "What a mess.." She lifted her foot with a frown, "I don't want to know what that stuff is." She let out a squeak, pulling Seth downward as Jaelynn flew over them, "Mornin hun."

Jaelynn crashed into the wall with a grunt, quickly getting up and setting her arm, "You...ugh I can't even think of a word I want to use! You were not supposed to come here Ser--..us.." She threw up her hands, "Aw hell, fuck it. Deal with it yourself. I took care of Carl. Good. Bye." She threw her knife to Serus then disappeared, clearly aggravated.

Serus caught the knife, a bit confused, "Um..okay? Bye?" She turned to face the room which was oddly silent. She smiled weakly, waving a bit, "Hhhiiii..?"

[Bovice]

"Ummm well this is awkward." Seth said looking at everyone. "Everybody that's on our side come over by us. I guess." Seth said looking at Serus. Every one went back to fighting. "I guess not." Seth said shrugging. "Well let's get to work..." Seth started to say as Serus ran into the room. "Well my turn." Seth said as he teleported into the room. Seth pulled out the knife he had on his ankle. "So who's first?" Seth asked as a man run up and attacked him. Seth stabbed him in the stomach. Seth pulled out the knife and stuck it in the guy's heart. "Well that was easy." Seth said as he pulled the knife out. When Seth stood up he got rammed into the wall. "Well hello, and who are you?" Seth said as he kneed the guy in the gut.

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Serus danced around the room, fighting with the Head of the Council. "Xander, I honestly expected more from you. I didn't expect you to be so weak after almost 1500 years." She twisted to the side, avoiding his short sword's blade. Using her momentum, she brought her arm down, dagger out, and cut deep down his chest.

The man grunted, jumping back away from her, "While I am not surprised you are behind this whole thing, the fact that you're alive and directing it does. I knew Jaelynn would follow your plans regardless, but knowing that you're still alive and orchestrating every move is just plain amazing." The cut quickly healed up and he lunged at her, driving his shoulder into her chest, sending her back into the wall.

Serus crashed into the wall, smashing her head on one of the old-fashioned looking lights on the wall. She fell to her knees, holding the back of her head, "Can I not go two hours without getting all bloody again?! And if you ruin this dress Xander I will not be pleased. It's my last one!" She jumped forward, her knife penetrating his heart, sending him to his knees, "You should not have held back on me boy."

[Bovice]

"My name is none of your concern boy." The man said holding his stomach.
"Well that's not fair you know who I am, but I don't know who you are." Seth said as the man attacked. Seth easily dodged him and stabbed the man in the back, severing his spine. "Well lets make this quick shall we?" Seth said as he broke the guy's neck and stabbed the man in the throat. Seth quickly sliced around his neck cutting off his head. "So much for being clean." Seth said as he noticed a sword on the floor.

"My kind of weapon." Seth said as he picked it up. Seth saw that Kitra was in need of assistance. Seth spun in between two people fighting and stabbed the man in the back by his heart. "Your welcome." Seth said as a man came at him. "You guy's really know how to throw a fun party." Seth said as he sliced into the man.

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Kitra laughed, throwing her dagger at the vampire coming up behind Seth, "And you are welcome." The dagger landed smack between his eyes, sending him to the floor as Kitra jumped over Seth, tackling the man to the ground. She took her second dagger and quickly used the serrated edge to cut off his head, throwing it aside, "Much better!"

Xander pounced, knocking Serus to the floor once more, his hand about to drive itself into her chest.

Serus was not about to let her only dress get ruined. Oh no. She gathered up her power and focused an attack inside Xander's body. She expanded the invisible force until he exploded, pieces flying any which way. Thankfully, she put her shield up so nothing would stain her dress. With a smile, she stood up and dusted herself off. "Well..that leaves..only two left. Ah! Solomon! Good to see you."

She raised her hand, clenching her fist. The vampire before Solomon suddenly collapsed to the ground.

Solomon wasted no time in removing his heart and decapitating the vampire, "I was doing just fine you know..but thank you. So, how was it being dead?"

"Quite pleasant. I got a job, just celebrated my 23 human birthday, and..." got engaged is what she wanted to say, but decided against it opting for, "I learned a few new tricks... Overall, it was good."

"Marvelous, now look behind you."

Serus let out a squeak as she was kicked in the back, falling to her knees from being thrown off balance.

[Bovice]

Seth was impressed with Kitra. Seth grabbed his dagger and threw it at the man across the room. "Ouch right in the ear." Seth said as he teleported to that man. "Hello there." Seth said as he jammed the sword into the man's side. Seth pulled the dagger out of the man's ear. Seth turned when he heard Serus squeak. He threw the dagger hitting the man that hit Serus, in the head. "Now for you. Quick or painful?" Seth asked as he pulled the sword up cutting the man's heart in half instantly killing him. "Quick it is." Seth said as he pulled out the sword. He grabbed the man's shirt whipping the blade off.

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The man tumbled forward avoiding the dagger, but rolled to his feet, snapping his fingers igniting the air. A plume of red-orange finger rocketing towards Seth, glancing over Serus.

As soon as she heard the snap, her fight with Layla flash through her mind. She made herself as small as possible, her shield thankfully protecting her as the fire rolled over her towards Seth. She knew he'd be fine, so she wasn't concerned.

While the man was focused on Seth, she got to her knees, then pounced, tackling him to the ground, her hand piercing his throat. She expanded the air inside his body at his neck, severing it and eventually decapitating him.

After a moment, she stood, a bit paler than usual. She looked over to Seth with a weak smile, "Well..who knew there were elementals on the council. Heh." She got a bit weak at the knees, opting to sit on the floor. It was a close call. She would not have been able to form her shield in time. She was lucky to have had it up earlier.

Kitra sighed, "Go figure, you two get here and take all the fun out of it for us. You know, we were just fine, but thank you nonetheless. How's your arm Solomon?" She went over, inspecting the area where he lost the limb, "Eeww, that is just nasty. How long til it grows back, eh?"

He shrugged, "A couple days I guess. If you don't mind, I'm going to go get some fresh blood and relax. Have fun~" With that, the black haired vampire disappeared.

[Bovice]

Seth saw the fire coming at him, he held up his hand and drew the fire in. "Ya who knew." Seth said as he saw Serus sit on the ground. "Are you alright Serus?" Seth asked walking up to her. "I know that this just got over but who's gonna be on the new council?" Seth asked looking at Kitra. Seth kneeled down next to Serus. "We know how to crash a party huh?" Seth asked looking at Serus.

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She nodded, "Yeah I'm alright. You know how I am with fire.." She quickly stood, crossing her arms, "Well I sure as hell will not put Kitra on my Council." She laughed, punching the vampire playfully, "Bah! You know I will, hun. And there's a seat for you if you want it Seth, but that's your choice." She already had her Board in mind. Other than Seth and Kitra, she would ask Solomon, Samantha, and Zeke. She did not want anymore than 6 or 7 members on her Council. She hoped that would lessen any issues.

Kitra shook her head, "I'll have to think about that offer, but you can more than likely count me on. I can't let you rule over our world without some restraint. What about Jaelynn?"

Serus shook her head, "She told me she'd pass. Besides, I need someone I can trust to run my Coven. She's always welcome if she changes her mind though." She let out a sigh, closing her eyes for a moment, "Well, I should get the clean up started.."

[Bovice]

"Sure I will be on it." Seth said with a smile. "I should go talk to my coven to find someone to succeed me." Seth said with a sigh. "Ill see you later." Seth said giving Serus a hug. "I want all coven members at my house for a meeting now." Seth said as he teleported away. Seth arrived in his meeting room to find almost everyone there already. "Well hello everyone." Seth said as he sat down. "I am looking for my successor. I am going to be on the new council." Seth said with a smile.
"New council?" Amber asked.

"Ya me, Serus, and a few other people just overthrew them." Seth said looking at everyone.
"You did what!?" Adam asked surprised.
"We just took over the council. Anyway back on topic I am setting up a tournament to crown the new 'leader' of this coven." Seth said with a nod. "No one will die." Seth said pointing at everyone. "Anything that is done with this coven needs to go through me first, you will have the title and power but you have to talk to me first." Seth said as he folded his hands on the table.

"I will sign the title deed of this house over to Felix, because I will live in Wisconsin, where the council is." Seth said pulling out a piece of paper. "Felix come here." Seth said as he signed the paper.
Felix walked up to Seth.
"Here you go the house is yours." Seth said handing over the deed.
"Thank you sir." Felix said grabbing the paper.
"Your welcome Felix, no any questions? Good now go away." Seth said waving everyone away. Seth teleported to Wisconsin to look for a new house.

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Serus frowned as the other vampires began to disappear, not wanting to be associated with this occurrence. She was fine with that, but a little help cleaning up would be great. It took her only a few minutes to take care of the bodies, throwing him down in the basement crematory. It was not uncommon for a vampire to be burned alive here, so it was a convince that the council decided to install.

Next came all the blood. Ugghh, so much of much. She sighed, placing her hand son her hips. She used her telekinesis to grab onto the molecules of the blood, lifting it from whatever surface it had gathered on and forming a massive ball in the center of the room. She headed back downstairs to the basement level where there was also a conveniently located drain; for any spills that occurred, then made it stream out tot he drain, letting go of it as it passed through the grate. Once that was taking care of, all she'd have to do is order some furniture and new tiles, a few small things here and there and she'd be set.

With a slight smile, she headed back upstairs to the main conference room. Most Council members did not live in the main house, but the Head and his or her coven usually did. Serus did not feel like uprooting the Antinori's and moving them here, but she would stay here. Someone had to right? She was pretty sure Seth would too.

She placed her hands on her hips, glancing around the almost completely destroyed room with a frown. This is going to kill my personal bank. She wouldn't dare using the Coven's money to repair this. This was her fault and her doing. "Jaelynn? How are you doing?"

"I'm alright. He almost severed my arm so it will take awhile to heal. Until then it will have to be in a sling for a few days. Ah well, good thing I'm not left handed."

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"Serus how are things going?" Seth asked when he found a house that he liked. "I would like to buy this house please." Seth said to the realtor.
"Yes sir I will draw up the paperwork." The man said.
"Ok." Seth said looking at his watch. "Hmmm 3:30, I should get home and pack soon." Seth thought to himself. "Hey hunbun can you start packing your stuff we are gonna move again." Seth said to Annemarie.

"But daddy I like my room." Annemarie said with a wine.
"I know you do but I am on the new council and I wanna be close to it." Seth said looking at the realtor. "Hey Jae how are you doing?" Seth asked as he signed the papers.
"That's really cool daddy." Annemarie said as she started to pack.

"Here you go sir, enjoy your new home." The man said as he got in his car.
"Thank you." Seth said as the man drove off. Seth waited until the man was far away, Seth teleported to his room in Washington to start packing.

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"Pretty good, just finishing off the initial clean up. Rebuilding will start in a few days while I call up some contractors and work it out. Until this room is fixed, we'll just have to use one of the others." She sighed a bit, sitting down on one of the few chairs that survived, "You don't have to move here you know. You can stay in Washington if it's too much of a hassle."

"Just fine Seth. So you're going to move eh?"

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"I don't mind moving plus I already signed this house over to Felix, so I feel like I have to move." Seth said with a smile. "Ya I moving again, and feel free to drop by anytime Jae." Seth said still packing. "Felix I am taking this bed if that's ok." Seth said as he stood up.
"Of course sir." Felix said as he was cleaning up the study.

"By the way Felix do you know any good butlers in Wisconsin?" Seth asked as he sat down on the bed.
"Actually yes I do. His name is Calin, I can give him a call if you like." Felix said.
"That would be great old man." Seth said as he got up to check on Annemarie. "How's it going hunbun?" Seth asked as he walked in.
"Its going ok daddy." She said with a smile.
"That's good, I'm almost done, I will come and help you when I am done." Seth said as he went back to his room.
"Okie daddy." Annemarie said as she packed up her toy's.

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Soon after the fight, construction began on the mansion, and order slowly started coming through in the vampire world. Serus and her coven had been working hard to block the truth of vampires in the humans' minds; the Augustins were making a great turnaround and their coven was beginning to get some decent numbers and Jaelynn was making great progress with Annemarie's astral projection.


Serus sighed, leaning back in the chair taking a sip of the fine white wine in her glass. She wasn't really listening to the vampire before her as she began to rock the chair a bit. This is so boring. I could care less about how his Coven needs my help. Survival of the fittest does not include those who request help.

After a few more minutes, she couldn't take it anymore and lifted her hand to silence him. "Look, I understand your predicament, all covens were there at one point, but we had to fend for ourselves. I'm not trying to be cold on you, but I can't just give you the protection you need. The Murai's are very powerful elementalists, and don't really appreciate the straggling groups. As I see, you have two options; join her coven or one of the rivaling elementalists. Either way, your family will get merged or destroyed. I'm sorry."

The lanky man sighed, but nodded, "I understand Serus. I'm sure you have more important things to do.." He stood, shaking her hand and thanking her again then disappeared.

[Bovice]

Seth looked at Serus while the man was talking and he noticed that she looked bored. "Serus, Serus." Seth thought while she was talking. "Serus I agree with you but you didn't need to be so mean about it." Seth said as he looked at her. Seth looked at his watch, "Shit I got to go. I have a meeting with Felix. I will see you later." Seth said as he teleported to his home. "Sorry Felix, the council meeting ran late. How have you been?" Seth asked as he patted Felix on the shoulder.
"It's ok sir. Things are going great, other than we had to overthrow Andre." Felix said with a sigh.

"Another person went mad with power?" Seth asked as he offered Felix a seat.
"Ya it seems to be happening more and more now that you are gone." Felix said as he sat down.
"I would love to take over again but I have so many thing to do with the council." Seth said as he sat down.
"I know you do sir but couldn't you do something so that we don't have to go through this almost every month?" Felix asked putting his hands on the table.

"I will see I have a lot of other covens to worry about also." Seth said with a sigh.
"I know." Felix said sounding defeated.
"I think we need to train you to be a coven leader." Seth said apologetic.
"I know, I just don't know what to do anymore." Felix said upset.
"Its ok Felix, I will pop over to the house tomorrow during the weekly meeting." Seth said as he got up.
"Thank you sir." Felix said as he got up also.
"Your welcome Felix and how many times do I have to tell you to call me Seth?" Seth said as he put his arm around Felix's neck.
"About ten more times." Felix said with a chuckle.
"Ok I will do that." Seth said with a chuckle. "I will see you tomorrow Felix, Jay can you teleport Felix back to his house please."
"See you tomorrow si... Seth." Felix said as he went over to Jay.
"Yes sir." Jay said looking at Felix. Jay teleported Felix home.

"Hey hunbun how is school going?" Seth asked as he went to the kitchen.
"Its boring daddy I already know this stuff." Annemarie said sounding a little upset.
"I know you do but I need to get you out of my hair for a few hours." Seth said squeezing her brain saying that he was kidding. He got to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator and grabbed some blood out.
"Daddy that hurt a little bit." She said as she rubbed her head.
"I'm sorry hunbun." Seth said as he poured himself a glass of blood. "Now back to class. I will pick you up after school." Seth said as he closed the link and took a sip of blood.