[Bovice]

"None taken. It's the damn twins, god they are just..." Seth trailed off with a sigh. "GODDAMN IT YOU THREE I SAID BEHAVE!" He said as his eyes turned red. "I love them to death, but I so wish I could just get away from them. They just swarm in my head." He said moving his hands around his head. He sighed and quickly recomposed himself, "Sorry. Anyways wanna come Holden? And maybe I can help you with some of your elemental powers, of course if that is ok with you Solomon." Seth said as his eyes turned back to their normal light brown.

"Um sure I guess. Solomon please watch Amanda, and Jason." Holden said as he stood up and walked close to Solomon. He placed a quick kiss on his cheek. "Hayden can you help him with that please?" Holden asked with a smile. He walked over to Seth, "Ready." Holden said.

[Evil Tink]

"Do what you want, you know how lazy I am.." He smiled slightly, intercepting Holden's kiss with his lips,"If anything, Amanda, Jason and I will be chasing after her naughty ass." He smiled a bit, giving Hayden a kiss on her forehead, "You know I love you~ So no need to pout~" He looked to Seth, "Ah, can you contact Serus for me? She's being a bitch and blocking me," The way he said bitch was not in a degrading manor, just a matter-of-fact sort of thing; as that was exactly what she was doing; and doing it on purpose. "I forgot to ask her about Hayden. Just tell her to come back here when she's done. Alright?" He then waved his hand, shooing them, "Go, the sooner the better."

[Bovice]

"She's blocking me as well, damn woman." Seth said with a smile. "She will most likely come back here anyway." He said as he put his hand on Holden's shoulder. Seth teleported to the French council. "Now I understand French, I just can't speak it. So don't fuck me over by saying something I didn't say. Understand?" Seth asked.

"I wont." Holden said looking down.

"Come on I'm not that mean, it's just this damn World Council business." He said as he entered the main hall. "Ah Master Jean-Pierre, it is nice to see you again. And thank you for meeting with me at such a late hour." Seth said waiting for Holden to translate.

"Ah Maître Jean-Pierre, il est bon de vous revoir. Et merci à vous pour une réunion avec moi à une heure aussi tardive."

"Il est bon de vous revoir Seth. (It is good to see you again Seth.)" The man in the head chair said.

"I'm sure you know why I am here. The damn Romanian council is at it again, and I would like to know if we have your support in taking out that outdated council."

"Je suis sûr que vous savez pourquoi je suis ici. Le conseil damn roumaine est à nouveau, et je voudrais savoir si nous avons votre soutien dans la prise que le conseil dépassées."

Oui je ne Seth, j'ai été en discuter avec mes dirigeants individuels. Nous avons décidé que, s'il ya une place pour moi sur le conseil du nouveau monde, nous aidera. (Yes I do Seth, I have been discussing it with my individual leaders. We have decided that if there is a spot for me on the new world council we will help.)" Jean-Pierre said.

"There certainly is a spot for you master." Seth said with a smile.

"Il ya certainement une place pour vous maître."

"Alors buvons à cette occasion tout-puissant. (Then let us drink to this almighty occasion. )" He said holding up his glass.

"Oui." Seth said with a bow. "Good job kid." He said looking to Holden.

"Thanks." Holden said as he bowed to the master.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon kept himself busy with Amanda and Jason and his sister. His sister did most of the work entertaining the kids, which was fine by him. He was exhausted and wanted to sleep. He really wanted to talk to Serus though, but had no idea when she'd return.

Serus appeared in the kitchen, peering over to make sure the human had not seen. Once she was sure it was safe, she came out, her hands in her pockets, "Goed, that' behandeld s. I' ve kreeg Afrika aan onze kant, maar Australië won' t geeft nog me een antwoord(Well, that's taken care of. I've got Africa on our side, but Australia won't give me an answer yet).." She sat down on a couch, looking to Solomon curiously, "Wat was het over Hayden u wilde spreken aan me over?(What was it about Hayden you wanted to speak to me about)?"

Solomon jumped a bit as she began to speak Dutch, wondering how she knew that Hayden did not speak it. He hadn't spoken Dutch in a long time, so he was a bit rusty, "Goed, was ik benieuwd of kon u me met haar helpen. .lust en nieuwigheid. Alles I' geprobeerd ve schijnt om het slechter te maken. Ik ken you' aangaande een meester bij de hersenen; meer zo dan ben ik, en hoopte ik u haar kon op de een of andere manier bevestigen? Ik zal hulp hoe dan ook ik, natuurlijk kan.(Well, I was wondering if you could help me with her..lust and craze. Everything I've tried seems to make it worse. I know you're a master at the brain; more so than I am, and I was hoping you could somehow fix her? I'll help anyway I can, naturally)." He glanced to Jason, wondering if he could speak Dutch before turning his attention to Serus, "Of zelfs als u haar kon herstellen op de een of andere manier, zodat kan zij geestelijk nu verouderen, dat eveneens fijn zou zijn. Ik ben zeker zij controle kon leren als zij kon geestelijk groeien.(Or even if you could restore her somehow, so she can age mentally now, that would be fine as well. I am sure she could learn control if she was able to grow mentally.)"

Serus was silent for a moment as she thought, "Goed, zal ik haar een beetje, en I don' moeten vrij onderzoeken; t weet hoe lang dat zal duren. Als ik kan, zal ik u helpen. Ik ben voor alle dingen verschuldigd u voor me Solomon hebt gedaan.(Well, I will have to examine her quite a bit, and I don't know how long that will take. If I can, I will help you. I owe for all the things you have done for me Solomon)." She smiled a bit, watching the kids run around, "Ik wens slechts dit de Tweelingen stil waren dit wanneer zij over… stoeien(I only wish the Twins were this quiet when they are romping about...)" She chuckled slightly, standing up and giving Solomon a hug, "Is in orde het als ik haar dan met me neem? Het zal gemakkelijker zijn om haar te helpen als ik in volledig horloge van haar was.(Is it okay if I take her with me then? It will be easier to help her if I was in full watch of her)."

Solomon nodded, standing up as she did and giving her a slight squeeze as well, "Of course. Hayden! Come here please!" He picked her up as she came over reverting to German; Hayden's favorite language, "Serus wird Sie versuchen und helfen, wie ich zu ging. Bitte arbeiten Sie zusammen und tun Sie, wie sie sagt? Sie können an einigen Tagen zurückkommen, als sie fertig ist. O.K.(Serus is going to try and help you like I was going to. Please cooperate and do as she says? You can come back in a few days when she is finished. Okay)?"

Hayden was mildly displeased, but nodded, "Da. Als dat betekent kan ik al beter zijn, dan zal ik gaan.(Yes. If that means I can be all better, then I will go.)" She jumped from Solomon's arms, going over to Serus, "Ich bin bereit(I'm ready)..." She looked back at Solomon with a smile, "Ich bringe ein nagelneues Mädchen zurück(I shall return a brand new person)~"

Serus smiled, picking Hayden up, "Sorgen Sie sich nicht Hayden, ich verletzt Sie nicht. Solomon würde mich töten, wenn ich sich trauen sollte.(Don't worry Hayden, I won't hurt you. Solomon would kill me if I were to dare.)" With that, she took Hayden to the kitchen then disappeared with her.

[Bovice]

Jason looked at Solomon when Serus and Hayden left, "Wanneer komt papa terug? (When is daddy coming back?)" He asked in Dutch as he walked over to the couch. He looked at Amanda who was sleeping. "Um ah!" He said putting his finger on his chin. "Weißt du, warum ich all diese Sprachen lernen? (Do you know why I know all of these languages?)" He asked this time in German. Jason didn't know which language Solomon prefered, so he chose both that he just heard.

Seth smiled as he left the main council room, "You did good kid. Now I think we shall go to Spain. But first I would like to help you with your elements." He said as he went out the main door.

"That sounds like a plan." Holden said with a smile.

Suddenly a man appeared in front of Seth and Holden.

"Please don't tell me that the girls sent you." Seth said pinching his nose.

"No Seth, I was just bored and I wanted to see if you needed help. Well who is this?" The man said sniffing the air around Holden.

"This is Holden, Solomon's boyfriend. Holden this is my brother Sean." Seth said looking around for a place to train Holden.

"Ah Holden it is nice to meet you. Ah you can shape shift, I can help you with that. I mean I did master it." Sean said with a smile.

"It's nice to meet you to Sean." Holden said slightly excited.

"Sean I was gonna teach him the elements." He said crossing his arms.

"We can share him you know." Sean said eying Holden up and down.

"Sean, don't do that. I know you experimented when you were in Germany but you are with Jen right now. Plus Solomon would kick your ass if you touched Holden in a sexual way." Seth said closing his eyes.

"Ya your right, and I don't feel like fighting right now. Soo where shall we go to train?" Sean asked looking to Seth.

"Let's go to the clan house in Washington." Seth said looking to Holden.

Holden felt extremely violated when Sean looked him up and down. "I um don't care. You two are older then me, and therefor have seniority over me." Holden said looking down.

"Solomon I am stealing Holden for a few days to train him." He said. "Ok then Washington here we come." Seth said as he grabbed Holden and Sean's shoulders, and teleporting to Washington.

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"We don't have a few days Seth, you're going to have to give him a crash course; or go to Spain first. We have to gather our allies first and foremost." He narrowed his eyes slightly at Jason, slightly peeved that he had been eavesdropping, "I don't know, and right now I don't care. Go sleep or something..I'm a little busy." He stood from his chair, heading off down the hall to a study, shutting the door and blocking it off telepathically.

[Bovice]

"Your right Solomon, sorry." Seth said as he landed in Washington. "We need to go to Spain. Sean if you want you can give him a crash course in shape shifting, and maybe you can show him your form of martial arts. We will need his help." He said. "Ah I will be back in a second, I just hope my kids don't sense me." He said with a shudder. He quickly disappeared.

"Fine. Ok, Holden. To shape shift into an animal, you need to picture and concentrate on the animal you wanna turn into. This is why when you first transformed you 'lost' your humanness." Sean said as he turned into a white tiger. "Now the white tiger is mine, so you will have to figure something else out." He said as he licked his paw.

"Ok umm, I have never seen this animal but I know it is out there." Holden said as he pictured and concentrated on the animal. His body started to transform, it was slow but fast. Within moments he was a white panther, "What do you think?" He asked looking at Sean with yellow eyes.

"Very good, now to turn back you have to picture yourself and concentrate." Sean said as he turned back into his human form.

"But I don't wanna turn back yet." Holden said.

"You have to, now come on we have work to do." Sean said putting his hands on his hips.

"Fine." Holden said as he concentrated. He stretched his back when he was in his human form. "At least my clothes weren't destroyed this time." He said looking at his clothes.

"Ya it's weird when you transform on your own your clothes stay intact, but when you transform by force you clothes get torn to pieces." Sean said with a smile. "Ok now, I am gonna give you how to do my ancient form of martial arts. With that comes how to use weapons, and your confidence will grow. By a lot." He said as he put his hand on Holden's head.

"Ok." Holden said as he felt his strength, agility, and confidence grow. He closed his eyes when Sean took his hand away, "Well I certainly do feel different." Holden said opening his eyes.

Seth reappeared, "Damn kids, they figured out I was there to grab my swords. Here you go Sean, and one for you Holden. So did Sean help you at all?" He asked as he clipped his sword to his belt.

"Thanks, and ya. I feel stronger now, and I know how to shape shift." Holden said with a smile as he clipped the sword to his belt.

"Good, now let's head to Spain." Seth said as he put his hands on Sean and Holden. Seth teleported to Spain.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon let out a sigh, "Quit dinking around you three..." It was oddly quiet without Hayden or Holden around. He frowned a bit, so much for spending time with Holden.

Serus appeared in the study with Solomon, her one leg crossed over the other; as she appeared on the couch. "Well, I have news about Hayden...just relax, she's fine, she's sleeping right now. Her mind is badly damaged from the years of abuse and meddling. I can't fix her completely, but..I think I can do something about her lust at least...I can try to mellow her out, but most of this will need to be done through her own will power. Her unwillingness to 'grow up' is her defense mechanism, as I'm sure you know. The first decade or so of her life was, in her eyes, the best so she continues to live in that mindset to protect her conscious...again, I know you know all of this. but she needs to come out of it herself, I can't make her." She stood, smoothing her black dress.

Solomon sighed, nodding as she spoke, "Yes, I know, but I can't coax her out of it..I don't want to shock her out of it either, that'll end up backfiring. Anything that you can do for her is greatly appreciated Serus. Thank you." He stood as well, giving her a quick hug, "Just keep me posted okay?"

Serus smiled, "It's no problem really. I love an opportunity to study the mind~" With that, she disappeared.

[Bovice]

Seth appeared in Spain, "Ok Holden the Spanish are slightly weird. Master Felipe, if he so chooses, he will choose one of us to fight one of his fledglings." He said with a sigh. "And he will most likely choose you, don't worry though, you just have to disarm your opponent." He said as he grabbed the door handles.

"Wait, what! I can't do that." Holden said a little nervous.

"You have to Holden, if you don't it will be a sign of disrespect to his council. And we will all die, and that is if you say no. You don't wanna know what will happen if you loose." Seth said turning the door handles.

Holden's eye's got wide. "Solomon what did I get myself into?" He asked scared.

Seth opened the doors and walked in. When he made it to the middle of the room he bowed. "Buenas noches, Maestro Felipe. Gracias por recibirme. (Good evening Master Felipe. Thank you for seeing me.)" He said as he stood up.

"Es bueno ver que el co-presidente del Consejo Americano tiene modales. (It is good to see that the co-chair of the American Council has manners.)" The man said.

"Gracias maestro. Espero que sepas por qué estoy aquí. (Thank you master. I hope you know why I am here.)" Seth said.

"Sí que hago. Estás aquí para ver si me uniré a su campaña para acabar con el Consejo Mundial. (Yes I do. You're here to see if I will join your campaign to take down the world council.)" The black hared vampire said.

"Sí, amo. ¿Estás listo para ayudarnos maestro? (Yes master. Are you up to help us master?)" Seth asked.

"Mi joven Seth, usted sabe que no es tan fácil. Su incipiente jóvenes de más habrá que llegar a duelo mi joven novato Alberto. (My young Seth, you know it is not that easy. Your young fledgling over there will have to duel my young fledgling Alberto.)" The man said with a evil smile.

"Yo conozco a este señor. ¿A dónde quiere al niño a cambiar? (I do know this master. Where do you want the boy to change?)" Seth asked looking to Holden.

"Al final del pasillo, su equipo ya está allí. (Down the hall, his outfit is already in there.)" The man said shooing them away.

"Gracias maestro. (Thank you master.)" Seth said as he pushed Holden and Sean out of the room and down the hall.

[Evil Tink]

"You told him you spoke French...you should've let me go instead~" He chuckled a bit, sensing Holden's apprehension, "You'll do fine, love, I promise~"

[Bovice]

"Yes but I didn't know I was gonna be fighting someone." Holden said as he was pushed into a room.

"Ok now Holden change quickly." Seth said closing the door.

"But..." He said as the door closed. He grabbed the cream colored outfit. "Well, this looks like it will be snug." Holden said as he took off his clothes. He went out the door about fifteen minutes later. "I feel so out of place." Holden said motioning to his outfit.

Seth held back laughing, "Don't be your opponent will be wearing the same type of outfit." He said as he put his arm around Holden's neck. "Now, you know how to fight. You just need to let your mind tell you what to do." He said with a smile. They reached the door, "You ready?"

[Evil Tink]

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[Bovice]

"I guess." Holden said.

"Good." Seth said as he opened the doors. He led Holden in, Seth went over to one of the empty chairs.

"Ahora, los jóvenes Strigoi ¿estás listo para pelear mi apprentance más excepcionales? (Now young Strigoi are you ready to fight my most exceptional apprentance?)" The man asked.

"Sí Maestro. (Yes Master.)" Holden said nervously.

"Alberto." The man yelled with a clap.

A young blonde hared man walked out of the shadows. He walked up to Holden and drew his sword.

Holden gulped and pulled out his sword.

The blonde hared man quickly striked. Quickly going for Holden's legs.

Holden quickly moved out of the way. "How did I..?" He started to say but got pushed back by TK.

The young man smiled evilly, and sent a blast of TK at Holden. He quickly moved so he was standing in front of Holden.

Holden flew into the big wooden doors. He stood up and the man was standing in front of him. He quickly grabbed his sword from the floor and went at the man.

The man quickly blocked Holden's sword. He lunged at Holden, as he did so he quickly swept at Holden's feet.

Holden quickly ducked, he quickly rolled away from the man.

"Holden let your mind take over your movements." Seth yelled.

Holden nodded and stood up. He waited for the man to turn to him, when the man did he quickly teleported behind the man and grabbed him by the neck. He swiftly kneeled down sending the man's back into his knee, hard. He jammed the sword into the man's leg and jumped away.

The man's back was fractured, he winced when the sword went through his leg. He moved his hand to his back and grabbed a dagger. He waited until Holden was in the air. He quickly threw it sending it at Holden.

When Holden landed he fell to his knees. The dagger landed in his chest. "That wasn't fair." He said as he pulled out the dagger. He grunted as the wound healed. He looked up and his eyes were glowing red, he put the knife in his mouth. He bowed his arms and quickly sent a TK blast at the man.

The man was trying to get the sword out of his leg but was thrown back into the wall. The force broke his back in multiple areas. He flew forward after he hit the wall, landing on his face.

Holden quickly teleported so he was standing behind the man. He crouched down over the mans back, he quickly lifted the mans head and snapped it like a twig. He pulled the dagger out of his mouth and stabbed it in the mans jugular.

"Suficiente, el joven Holden. Has luchado con valentía y me han demostrado que se puede luchar. Sería un honor para luchar junto a usted y Seth. (Enough, young Holden. You have fought bravely and have shown me that you can fight. I would be honored to fight along side you and Seth.)" The head said.

Holden looked at the head with red eyes.

Seth ran up to Holden, "You did it kid, now get off of him." He said pulling Holden off of the man.

A low growl came from Holden as he was stood up.

"Stop it." Seth said as he slapped Holden upside the head. "Let's go and get you some rest." He said stepping over the man. He looked at the head, "Gracias maestro, le diremos cuando la batalla comenzará.(Thank you master, we will tell you when the battle will commence.)" Seth said with a small bow.

Holden waited until they were out of the room, "You didn't have to hit me." He said slightly yelling.

"Well you need to learn how to go back to normal after you fight." Seth said as he teleported himself, Sean, and Holden back to Solomon's house.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon stared flatly at Seth for a long moment, obviously displeased, "I thought I made it clear, no harm was to come to Holden? I do not care what the damn Spaniard's customs are; Holden is not a fighter. Giving him knowledge does not give him skill nor power." He crossed his arms over his chest, giving Seth a hard stare, "Your wife probably wants to talk to you...planning most likely."

[Bovice]

Seth sighed, "He is fine Solomon, I was protecting him the whole time. Even the dagger I changed its trajectory." He said rubbing his hand through his hair as he nodded. "I will see you soon Solomon. Holden thanks for all your help." Seth said turning to Sean and disappearing.

"Solomon don't be mad at Seth. Please?" Holden said still wearing the outfit. "I wish he would of let me change first before we came back." He said looking down. "I could of said no but I didn't. Not saying that you don't, but it felt good someone having confidence in me." He said with a small smile. "Are you mad at me?" Holden asked with a slight frown.

[Evil Tink]

He smiled, "I'm not mad at you Holden." He stood, walking over and giving Holden a hug and kiss on the lips, "I must say though, even you can pull of that ridiculous outfit~ I have so much faith in you Holden, you have such potential to be a wonderful vampire..I just..worry is all."