[Evil Tink]

"Of course I am..." He lifted his head slightly, looking down at Holden, "I something wrong?"

[Bovice]

"I have a feeling that they wont let Melody fight for herself." Holden started rubbing Solomon's chest. "What happens if they make me fight?" He started to tremble a little. He closed his eyes, "I can't leave you again..." He trailed off as the pressure finally broke him and he started to cry.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon frowned, gently running his hand through Holden's hair a few times, "They have to Holden. She has the right to do so, and they have to honor her civil rights. If not, the whole custody battle would be void. If they lay a single eye on you, I will personally tear all their hearts out...you will be unharmed. I guarantee it."

[Bovice]

"They have a right to use me as I am her current legal guardian." Holden wiped away his tears. "You should of locked me up and threw away the key, then I would of never gotten involved." He said quietly. "But..." He trailed off.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon narrowed his eyes slightly, "There's no use in dwelling about your choices now. You know, Melody is technically..18 I think..she can declare herself independent..then they definitely would not be able to touch you, by law."

[Bovice]

"She'll be 18 in a few months." Holden sighed as he felt some anger roll off of Solomon. "You know as much as I do that vampire law is different then human." He looked up at Solomon. "I didn't mean to make you angry Solomon." He frowned. "Whatever happens we will work it out." He looked back down.

[Evil Tink]

"Guardianship works in a similar way to the humans Holden..." He suppressed a slight growl, closing his eyes for a second. "It's not you I am aggravated with Holden. It's everyone else..." With a sigh, he slipped out from under Holden, smoothing out his clothes and straightening his tie as he looked back, "If you loose her...?"

[Bovice]

Holden fell to the bed, he sat up. "I don't know Solomon... I really don't..." His tone was low. "You may be strong, but..." He trailed off with a shudder. "What will you do if you lose me?" He looked down at the bed.

[Evil Tink]

He looked away with a slight glare, "You don't want to know what I'd do Holden..." He shoved his hands in his pockets as he clenched them into fists. "I won't let that happen though...I will not loose you again..." He looked back at Holden, his eyes glowing ever so slightly, "I promise you that."

[Bovice]

Holden quickly got off of the bed and hugged Solomon, "I-..I'm sorry Solomon." He hugged him tighter. "I..I wanted to make sure..." He trailed off looking up to Solomon. "Please relax..." He looked down and started to shake his head. "I didn't mean to make you upset..." He hugged Solomon as tight as he could.

[Evil Tink]

He sighed, bringing his right arm around Holden and holding him close, "I know Holden...I just take those questions very seriously." He let his head rest against the top of Holden's for a moment, closing his eyes, "You should make sure Melody is prepared..I wouldn't be surprised if they whisked you off without warning."

[Bovice]

"I know you do Solomon." Holden kissed Solomon's chest. "I'm surprised they haven't already." He let go of Solomon. "I will be right back." He kissed Solomon on the lips and turned to the door. He walked to the door, "How come I feel like I am walking to my execution?" He thought to himself as he opened the door. He sighed as he walked out of the room and headed to Melody's. He knocked gently on the door, "Melody?"

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Melody opened the door seconds later, "I know, I'm already all set." She came out, shutting the door behind her. "This is going to be..off the record, I'm assuming. There won't be a large crowd of vampires...it should just be the main members of their council...that will be very helpful...the less vampires around, the better."

[Bovice]

"Most likely." Holden sighed. "After this is over you can do what ever you want. Unless you stay in my house." He smiled giving her a hug. "Just do your best...." He trailed off feeling something come over him. He closed his eyes when he figured out what was happening. "Son of a..." He trailed off as he disappeared.

"Welcome back to France Holden." The man known a Jean-Pierre smiled darkly. "Have a seat." He pushed Holden into the chair that was behind him with TK and locked him down.

"I'm not the one fighting for Melody's freedom, she is." Holden looked at the very scarce council. "You know you can't touch me. So why did you bring me here?" He growled.

"We know that she is doing that." The black hared vampire grinned. "And this isn't about Melody's custody. We know we will get her back. This is about you." The man stood. "You have been making a name for yourself. First a vampire, then coming back from the dead. And the body you are in was a Paladin's body. Let's not forget you had those powers activated.." He trailed off as he walked down the steps. "Then you had your soul ripped apart, for love." He leaned down when he made it to Holden.

"You stupid fucker, if you lay a hand on me you will have very powerful vampires down your throat." Holden looked the man dead in the eyes. "So you best not do a damn thing." He spat in the mans face.

The man laughed deeply, "Oh my dear boy, I am not worried about anyone." He wiped the spit from his eye. "I can do anything I wish to you." He smiled evilly as a dagger appeared in his hand. "Now to pick up where we left off seven years ago... Scream for me boy." With that the man jammed the dagger into Holden's abdomen.

Holden winced but didn't scream, "You couldn't make me scream before, and you wont now." His breathing was labored slightly.

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Solomon flinched a bit, his eye twitching with fury, I'm going to tear his God dammed head off.. With that, he disappeared, teleporting to where he felt Holden. "You were warned Jean-Pierre.." He grabbed the vampire's wrist, clenching his fingers around the tendons to force him to let go; a small trick he learned in China a couple hundred years ago, and pulled the man's hand away from the knife. "The current issue you are meeting for is about Melody, that's what was stated. Keep it that way." With added telekinesis, he flicked his wrist downward, pushing the man back as he did so. "Holden is technically a human, and therefore he is under the jurisdiction of the Romanian Council, as all humans are...Need I continue with my Law lecture? Or shall I contact Kitra and Serus?"

[Bovice]

Alicia appeared next to Melody, "Let's go." She held out her hand gathering up her power.

Jean-Pierre smiled, "So I finally meet the infamous Solomon Kalika." He clapped his hands. "And this boy actually has been appointed to Seth. The leader of your council." The man pointed to Holden.

Suddenly Seth appeared, "Come on Johny, you shouldn't really be doing this." He put his hands on his katana's. "Me and Solomon have more power then you and your little piece of shit council." He looked to Solomon. He sent a blast of TK at Jean-Pierre, sending him backwards into the council podium. He walked up to Jean-Pierre, "Now I would suggest waiting until Melody get's here. Or I will be forced to kill you." His eyes turned red.

Before Jean-Pierre could answer he found himself stuck up against the podium. "You can't touch me Seth, if you do it would be considered an act of war." He smirked.

"Nope you are wrong Johny. By orders of Kitra, if you lay one more finger on Holden I have the right to dethrone you." Seth looked at the black hared vampire. "And I know the perfect person to usurp you." He put a clamp on Jean-Pierre's head breaking the TK lock that was on Holden.

Holden groaned slightly at he felt the hold on him break. He quickly went to remove the dagger from his abdomen.