Re: Back on duty ... again

[Casandra Lightheart]

Cassie opend the warrents and began to read her voice was a bit unsteady.

This is an official warrant of death.

It is to be dealt with swiftly.

The Vampire Council requires the death of one

Deacon Frost

For the crimes of

Attempted Kidnapping

Attempted Murder

Conspiracy to Commit Murder

Wanten Disregard for Life

Murder for Hire

and

Ordering the Deaths of other Beings.



For these crimes Deacon Frost will pay with his life. There are two options for his soul. Hell, or an eternity of torture given by an undisclosed third party. There are no other options available to him. Repenting for his sins will not save his soul. He is to be made to beg Lady Casandra's pardon for his interruption in her life and he is to be shone a vision of his children coming home to their mother as his last sight before death.

JonLouis

Master Vampire

Head of The Vampire Council



Post Script: God of Death and Ice, Lord Kahn Jordianthan, I am aware of your current status as away, and your wife, Goddess of Fire and Protection, Venis Jordianthan, has agreed to deal with this in your absence. But as is required of all warrants issued in such matters, you were delivered a copy as well. Be well and we hope to see you return soon.

Cas looked up and smiled sadly.

"I wish it didn't have to come to this but I have to have them back."

She opened the second one and took a deep breath.

This is an official warrant of death.

It is to be dealt with swiftly.

The Vampire Council requires the death of one

William Tour

For the crimes of

Mental Invasion

Assault upon a Lady x2

Improper Use of an Animal in an Assault x3

Causing the Death of an Animal x3

Physical Assault upon a God of Rhy'Din

Attempted Murder of a Lady x3

Attempted Murder of a Templar x2

Attempted Murder of a Healer

Attempted Murder of a God while in the line of Duty







For these crimes William "Will" Tour is sentenced to death. His manner of death will be that he is to be thrown to the wolves, literally. The pack animals are to be given this man to do with as they see fit before the death blow is struck. The death strike should go to Kjay of Claremount as it is his human that Will Tour is convicted of Mentally Invading. He has no chance at life, only death. There will be no salvation for his soul, he is to either go to hell, or again, be tortured for eternity by an unnamed third party.




JonLouis

Master Vampire

Head of The Vampire Council

"There is the same post script as the first one."

She placed them both close to her on a side table and then burried her head in her hands and began to cry.

"What am I suposed to tell the twins?"

[Guest]

Venis had put a pillow over her chest before she sealed the room, and now she was happy for it. She winced as she turned to her side to face Casie. She used her free arm to pull her into a hug. The way she twisted she was going to be mooning Tasha if the covers slid. After all, Tasha was sitting right beside her at her waist.

She wrapped her arm around Casie and let her cry on her shoulder. "You tell them that their father can never hurt them or Mommy ever again. That Aunt Venis and Aunt Airtia and Aunt Tasha helped you make sure of that. And that he loved them and will miss them and that he is sorry that he ever hurt any of you." She stroked Casie's hair and kissed the top of her head. Everything was going to be alright, as long as Venis made sure that Casie was not the one who killed Deacon.

She remembered about the bottle and asked for one while she held Casie. "Tasha, there are some corked bottles in the bottom drawer of my dressing table. Could you get one for me please?" She needed a special bottle for when Tasha cut her open. Otherwise there was a chance of things going wrong.

[Casandra Lightheart]

She let herself be held as she cried it out, how could she hate the man so much but love his children. She was willing to die for the twins.

She wiped her eyes and nodded.

"Thank you Venis."

She looked at Tasha and Airtia.

"Thank all of you, for what you have done. Now that I have read the warrents you know what we are about to do but I will not ask any of you to come with me. This is my fight and hopefully he will now come looking for me."

[Guest]

Venis smiled as she wiped the tears from her eyes. "This is our fight, it became my fight as much as yours the day I met you. And not only as the Goddess of Protection, but as your friend and your big sister." She wiped away another tear. She stayed rolled towards her because she wasn't quite ready to try moving again. "You know I love you. I mean hell, look how I prove it." She laughed then as she was talking about the pain she was in.

[Casandra Lightheart]

She smiled at V.

"I will never forget the day I met you you have always tried to look out for me since then but I would never assume."

She moved up further onto the pillows.

"Well that makes two of us."

[Guest]

Tasha saw Venis new tattoo out of the corner of her eye. She let it slide as she got up to go get the bottle from her dressing table. She returned with one of the heavy, jewel encrusted decanter. She heard Casie and had to chime in. "Oh no you don't. Three. I'm not getting left out of this little adventure this time. Venis is that why you sent for my horse?"

She sat back down after laying the bottle upon the bed for Venis. She was preparing for surgery, in a way. She kept looking at the tattoo though, it wasn't quite right. "Venis, did you know that your tattoo isn't asymmetrical? One side is different than the other." She ran her fingers over it, something about it was keeping her attention for the moment.

"Oh my ..." She traced the ink once more with her fingernail skipping some and only touching certain area's. "Venis, I wouldn't go back to that tattoo parlor if I were you, your tattoo ... it's ..." She wasn't sure how to say this. "It says ... Eros." She tried to contain her laughter. "You guys have got to see this, Venis has a tattoo of a man's name just above her butt and it's not her husband."

She moved so she could let Airtia see and tried to roll her over so that Casie could see as well. "Venis, what was going on when you got this tattoo? I'm sorry I changed the subject, but I noticed it and thought that you all would find it as funny as I do. Maybe now someone will think twice about rolling over when my face is so close to her butt." She was laughing. She knew Venis was going to be fuming mad, and that only made it funnier.

[Casandra Lightheart]

Casie smiled.

"Thank you Tash."

Then she heard what Tasha said about V's tatoo.

"Eros? The primeval God of love, lust, and fertility Eros?"

She started laughing.

[Guest]

Venis sighed and rolled her eyes. She could not believe what she just heard. But when she felt Tasha's fingernail trace over the letters she knew she meant it. "Yes, that would be the one. So let's see, what was going on that night. I went to a few bars, stopped in at the tattoo parlor, met Michael, while I was getting the tattoo. Oh and Eros hit New Haven about that time. I believe I may have whispered his name. But that guy couldn't have heard me over all the loud metal music ... could he?"

She was a little upset, but they had more important things to do than to worry about her tattoo. She was definitely going to deal with it later though. "Ok, this hurts, I need to roll back onto my back. I will deal with the tattoo guy later. Trust me. But for now, if Kahn sees it I will just explain it to him. He'll live." She chuckled because he was a vampire now, he died while she was away, at someone else's hand. But that too was something for another time and place.

She tried to roll back over and her stomach made her cry out in pain rather than just wince this time. But she managed anyway and got rolled back onto her back. "Ok, let's get this done before we all suffocate in this sealed room. Everyone make sure your masks are secure, I don't want anyone breathing in the fumes. This bottle once held a genie. It has a vacuum effect, that is how genies get pulled back into their bottles when they do not wish to return to them."

She loosened the cork on the bottle and placed it beside her stomach. "Ok, Tasha, before you ask, no, don't even bother with a local, it wouldn't work. I need you to make a two inch incision about half an inch to the right of my bellybutton. And make sure you have on two pair of gloves, do not let any of my blood touch anything other than towels." She wasn't truly ready for this, but it was time.

[Casandra Lightheart]

She looked down at the tattoo her laughter had stoped but she was to tierd to continue so she just smiled.

"Very nice V you had some other man's name put on your body and it is almost on your but."

[Guest]

Tasha laughed, especialy when Casie chose to pick on her about it too. Once Venis was rolled over she started placing towels and things around her to sop up the blood. She knew this was going to get messy. "Casie, do you have it in you to help me once I have her cut open? I will need blood sopped up once I make the larger cut."

She steadied her hand and took a deep breath. She passed Casie two pair of gloves and put two pair on herself. Then with a surgical blade, she made the small cut that Venis requested be made first. A blue gas was released into the air. The gas was so dark of a blue that it almost could not be seen through. Tasha pulled her hand back quickly.

She looked up at the others in the room, thankful for the masks. She saw Venis uncork the bottle and the gas begin to be sucked into it. Then Venis' blood began to flow. It was darker and thicker than normal. It seemed to ooze more than flow. "Casie." There was definitely panic in her voice. "Venis, Airtia, What in the world is going on here?" She grabbed up a towel and began to try and catch the blood.

[Casandra Lightheart]

She put on the gloves and looked to Tasha as she adjusted the mask. She nodded and waited.

"What the hell?"

That was her responce to the smoke. She saw it sucked into the bottle. She was watching that and missed the blood untill Tasha said something.

"Tasha get a sample of this."

She looked at V and closed her eyes a moment.

"V can I use magic? this should not be left any kind of opening."

She was worried too.

[Guest]

Tasha reached into her bag and got a small bottle from it, not much bigger than a vial. She pressed the open container against Venis' body and ran it upwards, the blood very slowly flowed into the bottle. Once it was full Tasha wiped it on a towel and then capped it. She then put it in a second larger bottle and capped that as well.

She put it up with the jar of now dead leaches. All six of them had killed each other. She was beginning to see why. As the last of the gas was sucked into the bottle Venis capped it. She laid her arms to her sides then. "Ok, I'm going in." Tasha took the knife and lengthened the cut. She spread the flesh apart as she watched Venis' face for signs of pain.

She saw some blood pooling in the cut. "Casie, could you get this please?" She began to check her organs for damage. "Venis, I have been in here before, somethings don't look right. It's like there's something rotting on your liver. Correction, your liver itself is rotting. I'm cutting this part off." She reached into her bag and got out another jar.

She cut off the small part of the liver, and it stunk very badly. She put it in the jar and closed the lid tightly. She added it to the collection. Then she began to check other organs as well. Venis' organs were very healthy looking for a vampire's. Tasha knew this before. But it never ceased to impress her. Most vampires did not make sure their organs stayed functioning. "I think that's all the damage. Want a hysterectomy while I'm in here?" It was a running joke between her and Venis since the first time she had to cut her open. She looked a bit more anyway.

[Casandra Lightheart]

Cas may have been tierd but now she was running on adrinaline. She used a towel to soak up the blood seeping out.

"Her liver is rotting?"

She looked at the piece Tasha removed.

"This is not good at all."

She was shocked.

"A hysterectomy? Why would you want to do that?"

[Guest]

Once the cap was in place Venis gripped the neck of the bottle tightly and she laid her hands down to her sides. She laid there starring up at the ceiling as a blood tear fell from her eye. She heard Casie, and when she answered her voice was flat and rather monotone. "No, nothing magic near it for at least eight hours. I can live with stitches, there will not even be a scar."

She felt another tear fall as Tasha lengthened the cut. The pain was not as bad as some other pains she had felt before. She was as still as possible, no breathing, no heart beat, just perfectly motionless. She wasn't even blinking. The only thing that would give away the fact that she was still with them was the tears that were falling one by one and the temperature of her body.

Tasha had made mention of her liver rotting. She was cutting a piece off to prevent the spread of the rot. She spoke again, but it was still rather lifeless. "He cast a spell, when he tackled me. I thought I had heard him speak, but was unsure. He wanted me to rot from the inside out. He underestimated me. And now he will pay with his life." She remained perfectly still. She did not want Tasha to cut wrong or anything.

She was letting them talk, and work. Then she heard Casie ask about the hysterectomy and nearly laughed. Tasha did not have the blade touching her at the moment so she took the opportunity to inhale a deep breath to control the laughter that was determined to erupt from her. She couldn't laugh, it would flex her ab muscles and that would not be good. She swallowed hard, and Tasha was trying to mask her own laughter. This was not going to be an easy task, trying not to laugh now that Tasha was laughing.

It took her a few moments, but she regained her control. "The first time Tasha had to cut me open, it was to remove some things that had gotten into my body through my bellybutton. She was nervous and unsure about cutting into me, but I could not get them cast back out on my own. So when she asked what she was supposed to remove from my abdomen, I told her to just cut out what ever was worthless or didn't belong or she thought I didn't need." Another deep breath as Tasha put the chunk of her liver in the jar.

She looked up at the jars, that was some powerful evil. She took her mind back to her story then. "So in response to my words, Tasha asked me if she should cut out my uterus while she was in there and give me a hysterectomy. She said that I had already used it more than any other vampire ever had after death, and it was pretty much useless equipment now." She was fighting her laughter, but it was getting hard.

She looked over at Casie for a moment, that did not help as Casie was the one who asked the question. She looked at Tasha, but that did not help either, as she was the one who always cracked the joke. So she looked to Airtia who had been so silent. She hadn't even mentioned if she was in or not when it came to the morning hunt. "Now every time Tasha has to cut me open, which there have been a few times, she makes the joke about the hysterectomy. The second time she had done it she was cutting something from my arm. That made it even funnier." She continued to watch Air.

Tasha was going to have to cauterize her liver to keep it from bleeding and to kill any infection that was left from the rotting. Venis knew this and there was only one way for Tasha to do so. So Venis held up her free hand and pointed her finger. Tasha would guide it where she wanted it. She chose to remind Air that there was a question at hand. "I had a mount brought for you if you choose to join us Air. I will be taking Casie to the stables to see them later, after she rests. Perhaps I will rest some as well."

[Airtia S. Cauthon]

Quiet. Yes Airtia had been quiet though she had been listening to all that was going on. The gathering of the horses, the messenger that came to the door, the reading of the warrants. Finding the part about them not being able to be redeemed particularly interesting, so much that it had almost made her laugh.

Almost. She remembered hearing that said about a person or two before.

Then there was watching while the pair of Healers worked on getting Venis back in fighting form. Seeing how the DreamWalkers damage had affected Venis was an educational experience for she had never known much of how Venis could be damaged and it only brought about questions. The biggest one being why it had affected her.

While Tasha and Casandra worked Airtia had stood off to the side watching and coming up with her own personal theories and deliberating on topics. Perhaps, because Venis was a mix of different things, one factor canceled out the other. The tears even said that she had pain; and she thought that Vampires couldn't feel much in that area.

"I'll go with the two o' ye." Finally breaking her silence. "I always find these things tae be entertaining."

[Casandra Lightheart]

She took a deep breath trying not to laugh she kept the blood from going everywhere and made sure it never touched exposed skin when Tasha was done she began to stitch everything closed.

She looked at Air and smiled.

"Thank you"

She made sure everything was stitched properly and then bandaged it. After that was done she gathered up all the towels and wrapped them in one clean one.

"Tasha hand me a bag of some kind to put this in."

After she recieved it she threw all the towels into the bag and then removed her gloves throwing them into it as well and then fell back into the pillows exausted.

[Airtia S. Cauthon]

Airtia took the sealed bag that Casandra had deposited the towels into. "I'll take this, make sure that it tis taken care o'."

Casandra was already asleep, and Venis may be getting a bit of rest as well before they all ventured out. There was no logical reason for her to stick around longer if they were all going to get some rest. Airtia moved the bag form one hand to the next. "When ye all are ready I shall be on the porch waiting." They had to go that way to get out anyway, so they wouldn't miss her.

With that said, she started out the door.

[Guest]

Tasha had used Venis' finger to cauterize the liver and seal it. Then she had started stitching her up. She saw Casie getting things cleaned up while she was closing her. Once she was done she added her gloves to the bag and sealed it.

Airtia was offering to deal with it. "Thank you Airtia. I think it is safe for us to all remove our masks as well. Venis you can un-seal the room so Airtia can take that out and we can get some fresh air in here." She chuckled as she said fresh air when Airtia was getting ready to leave. "I'll come out and join you later maybe. I believe Venis said we weren't leaving until in the morning."

She started to pack her things up and then went over to the chests. She was a cat and her curiosity almost always get the best of her. She flipped open the first trunk. "Airtia, wait." She flipped open the second trunk and it nearly brought a tear to her eye. "Venis ... they found them?" Inside the trunks were some cloaks that Venis and Tasha had made for their friends at the Rose. There were white cloaks for the Templars. And there were black ones for the Healers. Also in the trunks, atop the neatly folded cloaks were two small wooden boxes. She picked up each box and opened it. It was the signet rings for each as well.

She looked up at Venis as she slipped her ring upon her finger. "Venis, I cannot believe you had these at the castle. This is so wonderful. Airtia, would you like yours, I think Venis had them brought over because she means for us to wear them tomorrow. The Rose might be no more, but we are still a family." She checked the tags on the cloaks and pulled out the one for Airtia and then pulled her ring from the box. "Family forever ... right?"

The Rose and Venis along with their friends was the closest thing Tasha had to a family since she had become a lycan. This meant the world to her. It was like they were a family once again. And that was enough to make Tasha start to feel a little better. Her child like innocence had seemed to return, at least for the moment.

(Healers Cloaks)

(Healers Ring)

(Templar Cloaks)

(Templar Ring)

[Airtia S. Cauthon]

As she had gotten to the door Airtia reached up to take off her mask and her Tasha asking her to wait. Pulling the mask down - the air wasn't so bad now - she went back over to Tasha. "What tis it?"

She had placed the bag at the door, not wanting to risk anything by bringing it closer to Venis, and now was looking at the contents of the trunk. Seeing it caused her to smile slightly. Tasha seemed delighted to have it, not simply because it was a ring and a cloak, but for what those items stood for.

"Family, aye Tasha. Family." She took the offered ring as well as the cloak. "Thank ye," she said to both Tasha and Venis. "Rest well fer the journey ahead."

Then she would do them the favor they wanted and opened the door, letting fresh air enter the room as she collected the bag and stepped out.

[Guest]

Once Tasha had her stitched up, Venis got up off the bed. She was feeling better. Well, a little at least. She went over to her Armour and opened it up, pulling out a sleeping gown. She didn't usually wear them, but she had a female guest in her bed, plus she didn't want to put anything binding on her stitches yet.

She pulled the loose fitting blue silk over her head. It had spaghetti straps and was cut nicely for her shape. It was meant to be sexy, but it was all she had. She walked barefooted into the other room where Tasha was breaking into the trunks. As she did she placed a hand upon the wall next to her desk and unsealed the room. While she was at it she had the doors to the balcony open and let some air in the room.

She watched as Tasha looked into the trunks and smiled. She knew that Tasha would be happy to see those. She was the one who had made for Christmas the year they were abducted. Venis couldn't help but smile. She still had the bottle in her hand, she was not letting go of it. As Tasha was pulling out the cloaks and the rings she walked over to get hers from her. "Yes, I think that his knowing we were Templars and Healers sort of makes it acceptable to wear these. And personally, I will keep wearing my ring. I like it."

She smiled as Airtia took her items from Tasha. She had heard Air's words to Tasha and knew how much those words meant to Tasha. Venis smile widened upon hearing it. She then collected Casie's cloak and ring as well. "Thank you so much Tasha. And yes, family forever." She turned and headed back to the bedroom area of the room. Casie had to see what Tasha had done for her. For them all. Tasha was still a very young woman in so many ways, and all she ever wanted was family. Perhaps after the new year, she would try to find her sisters for her.

She slid her ring on her left index finger with a smile. "Casie, wake up for a second dear. Tasha has something for you." She smiled as she took Casie her ring and her cloak. She hoped that it would make her smile as much as it had Tasha. They were both going to be healers forever and would never have to stop wearing there's. Venis and Airtia were no longer Templars, but wearing them once wouldn't hurt anything. Airtia had left the door open and it was causing a nice cross breeze in the room because the air not only came in, but it had a place to go. "Tasha, could you prop the door with the diamond please?" That was when she heard JonLouis walking up.

[Casandra Lightheart]

Cassie moaned a bit and opened her eyes her face hurt and it took her a moment to remember where she was. Her robe had fallen open and under it was a man's white dress shirt.

"Is it time to go already?"

That was when she saw the robe and the ring.

"V they are beautiful."

She reached her hand out to take them, and put her ring on her finger.

[JonLouis]

JonLouis approached the door. "I shall get it Princese, I am here." He kicked the diamond gently into place. "I came by to check on my lovelies. How are you Désir? Bonjour Chaton." He walked into the room more. "I want to see this bruise Princesse." He would not take no for an answer either. He walked over to her expecting her to raise her gown and show him.

[Casandra Lightheart]

Cas moved towards the sound of his voice.

"Hello JonLouis."

She was trying to keep her face hidden or at least the part of it that had the bruise. He would be able to tell she had not been sleeping well. She was fighting to keep her eyes open.

[JonLouis]

JonLouis moved to Désir and held to her as he moved her back to the bed. "Stay in bed." He brushed her hair back from her face and frowned. "Princesse ..." He helped her lay down and get covered back up. "This is unacceptable. Tell me you plan something." He wanted to hug her close to him and tell her all would be fine.

[Casandra Lightheart]

She allowed herself to be placed back on the pillows and pulled the covers tighter around herself.

"I think we are going hunting in the morning, somehow I do not think we will have to go far I chalanged him Deacon will take that like an insult, almost like I slapped him across the face."

Her hand went to the bruise when she said something about a slap to the face.

As soon as the door was opened Kjay ran back into the room and right back to the bed and put his head by the pillow.

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