[That's all right. ^^;]

A chill ran down Julietta's spine and her gaze stayed on Adrien. She was far too aware of the metal pressed again, and decided against moving, seeing how even if he really was asleep he could still pull the trigger at anytime. She closed her eyes, and took a deep breath, well it seemed that this was the perfect situation to be in. It wouldn't hurt to try and get some sleep.

"Night." She muttered, even though she was sure that Adrien was asleep.

Candy stared at the younger twin for a moment, her face pale. His words had stung her, there was no denying that, and much more than she had thought they could. Taking a breath, she placed a hand on her neck and wiped away the small sliver of blood that had been drawn. "Fine." She said quietly, no longer looking at the twin, and without saying another word, she turned and started off towards her own home.

After a while, his grip had loosened and Noire fell out of his grasp, landing onto the floor with a clink. But as though he had known that his weapon was out of his reach, he wrapped his hand around her waist and pulled her closer, breathing the words in reply, “Night, Vivienne.” Nuzzling Julietta’s neck, it was quite clear that Adrien wasn’t even remotely awake at the moment.

Charlené shoved her brother off of her, glaring at him before groaning, exasperated. Then she turned to run after Candy, forgetting about what duty Helen had assigned them earlier. Swallowing hard, he returned to the bar in order to do what his sister wasn’t. Taking a glance at Andrew, the dark haired twin rolled his eyes, now or never. Sitting down in the seat next to the hunter, he began, “I have a proposition for you.”

Julietta frowned when Adrien pulled her closer, and heard him reply with the name Vivienne. Well it was clear that he wasn't awake, after all, she was sure that she didn't look like a Vivienne and knew her name didn't even come close to it. At least he had dropped the gun, still it wasn't all bad, in comparison to the cold-blooded vampires she was used to, he was very warm. Cuddling closer to him, she closed her eyes and within a few moments she had drifted off to sleep.

Candy hurried into her house, running a hand through her hair and looked around after shutting the door. This was just perfect, that had been exactly what she had wanted to here from one of her best friends. Hell, one of her only friends. She hadn't really been around other humans much except to buy an occasional drink and to do her shopping since she had begun working for the royal family. Sitting down on the couch she rested her head against the back of it. She couldn't promise that it would work, but if he really wanted her to forget about him, she would try to at least. There was no way she could stay in town now. She had no intention of going to Italy to track down a relative she didn't know so she'd just find somewhere else to stay. It couldn't be that hard.

Finishing his last drink for the night, Andrew turned his attention to the newcomer who had taken a seat next to him. Great another vampire. It seemed this day was going to turn out well. The creatures were everywhere and it seemed that they were begging him to finish them. Raising an eyebrow, when he heard the male vampire speak, he smirked, something he did often. "Really now? And what might that be?" He paid no mind to his wife as she took a seat next to him, still ignoring him, and as she ordered a drink, he told the bartender to get him his usual.

Charles looked up at Kathryn, praying that her reaction earlier to the Royals was true before he closed his eyes and spoke, “I’ll tell you the way you can bring down Royals under one condition: You’re going to take Ca—Elizabeth Vale to wherever she needs to be and makes sure none of us bites her.” The younger twin looked at Kathryn again, as if to read her expression on the subject. After all, the Royals were still flesh and blood to her, and he couldn’t risk any chances that it wouldn’t work. “That’s all I require in exchange for the information, her safety.”

Andrew's eyes lit up as he listened to the vampire speak, his smirk deepened and he looked thoughtful for a moment. He noticed Kathryn staring at the vampire, an incredulous expression on her face, however he ignored it. "You have no idea how unusual this is." He began quietly, taking a sip of a drink. "A vampire willing to give a hunter information on how to exterminate the Royals and all the hunter needs to do is make sure a human gets to safety?" He paused and his eyes raked over the vampire, as if in an attempt to find some motion that would show this was a trick. "I'd be a fool not to accept, however I'd be even more of a fool not to take caution. Tell me how first, and I promise you that this Elizabeth's saftey will be my primary concern."

Kathryn's gaze stayed on Charles and she frowned as she stood up. He had to be kidding. There was no way he'd actually sell out the family for the maid, would he? She continued to watch him, refraining from demanding to know what the hell was going on with him. Sure, the girl was absolutely terrified of vampires even though she did the best she could to hide it, however it was her family he was talking about. and no matter how much she disliked what they were, they were one of the few things she had left. Well if they decided to let her come home that was, and if Andrew found out to get rid of them, that would never happen.

Looking at Andrew, he smiled before murmuring, “As long as she’s safe…” Ordering a drink before returning his gaze to Andrew, Charles was contemplating for a moment. “There is a reason the house is stationed as the first house in the forest. The reason is that there is a tunnel underneath the house that leads off to another roughly three miles away from the main populace. So when there is a raid, the Royals can see it first, contact the Nobles for backup, and leave as quickly as possible. If you have men stationed at the alternate house, cornering the Queen and the King will be no problem.” His voice was hushed in order to avoid all the other vampires from hearing what he was saying. Not that they weren’t curious, but with one snarl they backed away.

“The Princess is currently no longer to be crowned as Queen in the near future, since she is currently held captive by another hunter. If you take the Royals down now, things will be chaotic on our side.”

[color="purple]Without saying anything to either the hunter of the vampire, Kathryn set down her drink and left the bar. She needed to think about this, running a hand through her hair she looked around before crossing the street and started walking down the sidewalk towards the forest path. As much as she hated to admit it, she needed to be home at the moment. Besides, she didn't plan on staying with Andrew much longer. She acted like living with him was great, but in reality, she never had been fond of it. He was a terrible man in her opinion. Controlling, cocky, and he could be a downright ass. As far as she was concerned he only saw her as a toy at night and as bait for vampires. (Which did get old after awhile.)[/color]

Andrew took a sip of his drink and held out his hand for Charles to shake. "All right then." He said quietly. "I'll make sure Miss Elizabeth takes the next flight to Italy where I'll have her meet one of my contacts. She'll be perfectly safe on my private jet." He then added, "Oh and please do tell the Royals the other hunters and I will be coming. I love challengers."

Grasping the hunter’s hand to shake it, Charles stood up. “If she asks, don’t tell her a thing,” he said, tossing the bartender a coin before walking out. The horrible gut feeling in him was telling him that he was going to be dead before the next morning.

Charlené growled, having lost track of Candy before flitting through the trees again, searching for her brother before spotting him and landing next to him quietly. He looked worried. “Charles, what’s wrong?” she began quietly, reaching out for her twin’s arm. He jerked away before replying, “Tell the Queen that they’re going to have a raid soon. Be prepared.”

Curious by his strange behavior, the brunette could only comply. Giving him a worried look as her eyes lingered on his face, Charlené landed on a treetop before continuing the journey back to the Royal’s house.

Knocking the door as the Queen opened it, she relayed the message. “They’re coming, the hunters.”

ooc//
Is it possible you can double as another vampire? I’ll make another hunter, so the sides will be pretty much evened out and stuff. =]

[Yep, that's fine with me. ^^;]

Kathryn made her way down the path and after walking for a few moments her gaze rested upon the house. Unsure of what to do, she ran a hand through her hair and walked towards the house a steady pace. Stll, what if one of the vampires had already found out and told her? She would feel pretty silly going to the Queen and telling her something that she had already heard. Making her way onto the porch, she noticed the door was open and she saw Charlene relaying the news to her mother.

"Well.........I see she's just told you..." She stated quietly.

The dark haired vampiress who had been standing behind the queen growled hearing Charlene's words. Well it wouldn't hurt for her to give more details. She thought bitterly as she waited for the Queen's reaction to the news. She smelt the human girl before she saw her and when she appeared on the front porch, she frowned. She never had been fond of either of the Queen's daughters, as she was often their source of entertainment as children, and certainly hadn't expected to see this one back. Still, the vampiress forced a small, but grim smile and her silver eyes gleamed in the lighting. It seemed things were finally becoming interesting.

Andrew sent a fellow hunter to buy Elizabeth a ticket, and hurried out of the bar. He'd deal with that later, now he needed to get a hold of another hunter. He had heard three or four were in town but he had no idea where they were.

Candy headed up to her room and laid down on the bed. Within moments, the young woman was fast asleep.

Giving a nod at the vampire behind the Queen, Charlené finished, “I do not know the details.” Her eyes flickered at Kathryn at the sound of her voice. Her expression was hard, almost a glare at the younger of the Queen’s offspring. “Do we prepare, Milady?” Charlené asked in a quiet voice, leaning against the porch pillar.

Helen was not amused by the news; the furious look was completely etched on her face. “If they must fight, we fight back. We are not cowards.” The queen let her gaze rest on Kathryn. “What brings you here?”

“Urgh,” the huntress grunted as she side kicked the vampire, throwing her chains around its neck to bring it closer before ending its life with swift tug, decapitating the vampire and watching it explode into fine dust. Examining the gold jewelry she had taken from the vampire, Madelyn Verona smiled before clasping on the gold locket she had taken. Vampire hunter? Yes. Thief? Absolutely. The pay these days for hunting these beasts just weren’t enough to satisfy.

Murmuring about how this had messed up her hair, she combed her fingers through it and tried to fix whatever strands that were out of place before stepping out of the alley. Satisfied, the woman began to walk down the street.

With a sigh, Esmereina looked around before her gaze rested on the others. Well, if the hunters wanted to play that badly she'd play with them all right. Smiling slighlty, she addressed the Queen. "My lady," She began calmly, "If you ask me this is a perfect oppourtunity. You see, if the vampire hunters want to come here and plan a raid, well, we can simply arrange the others so that they are fully prepared. Let them think they have the upper hand for awhile, then they'll have one hell of a surprise," She paused with a thoughtful look, "I can address the nobles if you'd like." Esmereina Zenti often took charge in these situations, as she was a noble as well as the military commander of the vampires, and as the king held no real power, her only real authority was the Queen.

Kathryn frowned, "I was coming to warn you about the raid, however as you already know, Charlene managed to get here first." She glanced at the vampiress before looking at the ground and her frown deepened. "I also thought I'd tell you, I'm leaving Andrew, as I've wasted enough of my life following him around like a stray puppy."

Looking at Esmereina, Helen nodded slightly. “Very well, I am leaving the planning in your hands. I expect you not to disappoint me,” she spoke, before turning to Kathryn, frowning. She was not necessarily glaring, but she was truly looking at Kathryn with a hard expression. “You exchanged vows with him. I expect you to honor those vows and stay by his side. We may be monsters in your eyes, but I thought I had raised you better” Helen reached out tilted Kathryn’s face upwards, hazel eyes demanding, “As your former queen I would tell you to hold that promise, but as your mother, welcome home, Kathryn.”

Then she turned to Charlené. “You are to capture a traitor for me, Charlené. I will deal with him personally.” She watched as the older twin’s mouth hand slightly open when she whispered the name into her ear. “I have spies, Charlené. Give him my regards, and tell him that falling in love with a human is the biggest mistake one can make.”

Esmereina said nothing more, and nodded before hurrying past her and out of the house. Seeing how it was time for her to gather all of the nobles together. As she hurried towards the usual meeting place she took a deep breath, and looked thoughtful. She had been sure of what to do exactly, however now she wasn't sure of how to plan it properly and in time.

[color='"sienna"]Andrew continued to walk down the street in silence, and when the hunter he had instructed to get Elizabeth Vale's ticket approached him, he told him to find her house and give her the ticket. Once the other hurried off, he continued walking towards the inn, looking wary. Perhaps the vampire had played a trick on him? He wasn't sure however he walked in silence for a few moments until a woman emerging from an alley caught his eye. He had seen her several times before but couldn't remember her name to save his life. "Hey!" He called, hoping that she would answer and not some other passing village inhabitant.[/color]

Waking up after her rather short nap, Candy sat up and looked around. Well it wouldn't hurt to go out and find somewhere that she couldgo. Getting up, she approached her mirror, and closed her eyes. Running one hand through her hair, the red curls instantly fixed themselves neatly. Her blue eyes watched her pale reflection in the mirror and she shrugged. She'd worry about changing everything later if need be. That was when an idea popped into her head. Changing her appearance was what she was best at and as long as she had seen the person once, she was confident she could imitate them perfectly. She watched as she ran a hand through her hair and her red curls began to change into wavy blond hair that reached her mid-back. Her blue eyes changed into a shade of amber, and her figure improved greatly. Changing into a sleeveless black dress, she found herself to be the copy of a vampire she often saw around the Royal's home. Rose, she believed her name was. Well she would figure that out when she got there, now she wanted to know what was going on. Hurrying out of her house, she headed down the path towards the home of the Royal's.

Kathryn forced a small smile, but frowned once more seeing Charlene's expression. Closing her eyes, she looked around before sighing. "If you don't mind," She began quietly, "I'd like to go inside, I need to think through this," She paused, "Knowing Andrew he won't show up for another day or so."

With a polite curtsy, the brunette was off, walking down the familiar road instead of flitting through the trees as she would usually do to save time. She couldn’t believe it… Charles, he couldn’t have. He should be smarter than that, smart enough to know that they had ways they could protect Candy without any contact. Cursing under her breath, Charlené wrapped a finger around a lock of hair, spinning around around and around The Queen, she could have sent someone else for the job, but clearly Her Majesty knew if she had did the job it would have hurt him more. Going into a run, she suddenly paused and collapsed in the middle of the road, head bowed in defeat.

“Lenny,” she heard him whisper the childhood pet name before gently poking at her cheek “I’m going to die, aren’t I?” At that the younger twin laughed, ruffling Charlené’s hair. “No regrets, Lenny, as long as the two most important people to me are okay: My true other half, and the other half to my heart, if you can say that.” Chuckling, he almost welcomed the slap his sister gave him. A split second later she was looking at a blonde vampire standing in the same path as them. “Rose… I haven’t seen you in ages…” Charlené murmured, standing up.

Madelyn turned around just as she was in the middle of looping her chains around her waist again, looking at the man who called her with a suspicious look. “If you’re thinking that I’m some dominatrix for hire, no. These chains really can kill you,” she replied, eye narrowing down before lifting up an eyebrow. If this was the case, it would be the third time today someone had asked her about it. Flicking back her pale blonde hair, she gave the man a good, hard stare before placing her hands to her hips. “’Aight, if it’s about my special jobs, forget it unless there’s pay.”

Grunting, Adrien released Julietta before rolling over, blinking sleep out of his eyes until he could focus on the ceiling properly. How long was he asleep for? Oh well, it didn’t matter since he felt so much better, headache gone and less cranky. Running a hand through his hair, he sat up and slid off the bed, reaching down to pick up Noire before glancing at Julietta. With a soft sigh, the hunter pulled the blanket over her shoulders, scrawling a note on a piece of paper, left it on the nightstand and left. There were bigger fish to kill right now.

Coming out of the inn door, he spotted a woman, obviously annoyed, and the man previously from the bar. Taking a closer look, he recognized the woman as Madelyn Verona, some huntress that had showed up for meetings with the Society once or twice.

Candy stopped seeing the twins, and cursed silently. She hadn't planned to see them yeat, she had been hoping to go straight to the Queen. Well at least now she knew for a fact that would be too easy. Hearing Charlene speak, she smiled slightly and looked around, creasing her dress, a nervous habit that she knew to be Rose's. "Hi..." She said, speaking in the vampire's girl-like voice, her smile faltered slightly as she tried to remember where Rose had last been and why she had left. "Long time, no see."

Andrew smirked as he approached her. "Well, I suppose there will be pay afterwards," He paused, "I've recieved the information that will allow us to finally take down the vampire Royals." He watced her for a moment, saying nothng and he closed his eyes, taking a deep breath. "Interested?"

Rolling over, the vampiress frowned as she sat up and blinked several times. She still wasn't ready to wake up yet, but she was wide awake now. Julietta looked around and sighed, so it seemed Adrien had run off somewhere. Pulling the blanket off of her, she glanced over at the nightstand and picked up the note he had left. She read it before setting down, and standing up. Walking into the bathroom, she got into the shower.

Smiling slightly at Rose, Charlené asked, “How was the trip to Romania? I believe the weather there was horrible the past few months.” The fleeting smile on her face faded away before the brunette turned her back, already sensing that something wasn’t quite right with Rose’s scent. “Come on, Charles. At least, if you tell the why, maybe she will go easy on you…” Charlené murmured quietly, taking her brother’s hand and tugging it to the direction back to the house. “The Queen has some matters she would like to discuss with all vampires of noble bloodlines, you should hurry, too.” She directed her storm gray eyes onto Rose for another second before pulling at Charles again, walking at a fast pace down the path.

Absently playing with her chains, a smile appeared on her face. “Interested? Very. But it depends on what the information is.” The dark-haired woman took a glance at the figure behind Andrew. “Hi, sweetie! You still owe me twenty bucks, you know that?” Her voice shifted into a sickly-sweet tone, yet sounding dangerous at the same time. “Are you going to pay up anytime soon, or do I have to ask the Society to pay it for you?”

Scoffing at the woman’s demand, Adrien rolled his eyes. Yes, he did in fact owe her money from the last time a group of them did a gamble, but now wasn’t the time to pay up. “I’m interested, not just for the money, though. I’ve seen the Royals, maybe I can help,” Adrien announced, searching his pockets for a twenty dollar bill so the woman could stop fawning over him like he was a child. Shoving it into her hands, he looked at Andrew. “The Princess is still in the Inn,” he jerked his head over to the building, “If she would prove any use, take her.”

Andrew smirked hearing Adrien speak. So he was the hunter who held he princess captive? Either she was an easy target or he was skilled, either way, he'd be of use. Speaking quietly, he looked at the other two, "A vampire gave me the information in return for some human's safety, and it seems accurate so I'll try it."

He paused before continuing, "The Royal's house is the first you see for a reason as you've probably guessed. The reason is that there is a tunnel underneath the house that leads off to another mayvw three miles away from the main populace. So when there is a raid, the Royals can see it first, contact the Nobles for backup, and leave as quickly as possible. " His smirk faltered and his tone was more serious, "If this is true, we can station a few hunters at this other house and it shouldn't be hard to corner the King and Queen."

Remembering the princess, he looked at Adrien. "You caught the girl, go get her. She can tell us everything," He smirked once more, "And if she doesn't it wouldn't hurt to get rid of her now."

Bastard. Julietta thought as she ran off towards her own house. She was sure that her mother and the others already knew about the raid so she wasn't going to go and tell them about it. Still she could at least see if there was anything she could do about. After flitting through the trees she arrived in front of her house and hurried inside.

Candy followed and stayed a few feet behind the twins, her expression thoughtful, she knew she had forgotten something in her hurry to leave. Her scent, she knew that there was a chance that the vampires would recognize her scent as a human, and it didn't help her vanilla perfume was more than a dead giveaway. Still she hoped that the vampires would be too caught up with their current situation to think about it.

"I expect the Queen will help me catch up on everything I've missed?"

After addressing the Nobles, Esmereina stood upon a tree branch of a high oak tree that ovelooked the entire town. Her plan had been simple enough, when the hunters came, their would be more vampires than expected at the alternate house, and those vampires would dispose of the hunters sent there. She was sure that the vampires could outnumber the hunters.

As for the rest, the older vampires who were no longer of any use would evacuate and she considered sending the Royals to another safehouse. Frowning, her dark eyes scanned the area and she took a deep breath, as she continued to think things through. This needed to be planned meticuously, after all she wanted as few casualties as possible upon their side.

“She’s probably gone by now, after I’ve got my eye off of her. Victoria and I couldn’t get anything out of her anyways.” He shrugged off the slightly depressing topic of the former vampire huntress. His mind raced back to their small raid just hours earlier, and to the male vampire. Hrm. Could it be him?

With a nod, Adrien agreed, “Sounds like a plan. When do we start?” The woman was already pocketing his twenty dollars, and he had successfully gotten himself away from her grandmother-like fawning. Running a hand through his hair, he smiled. This was going to be fun. And just imagine what they would receive once the Society heard about this.

Madelyn grinned as she pocketed the twenty dollars. “I’m in too, as long as I get to keep anything I happen to find on the vampires I’m killing, of course.” Winking, she twirled her hair around absently, looking perfectly innocent and had none of that dangerous tone in her voice. “As he said, when are you thinking to have this raid?”

“I suppose she will fill you in, Rose…” she replied without a second thought, it was frustrating, the problems going through her mind. Yanking Charles into the room, Charlené greeted Helen with a smile before releasing her brother almost regretfully. Maybe, just maybe, thing would go right…

Helen was sitting on the couch, sipping on a cup of tea and looking calm and collected when the twins walked in. Her eyes immediately landed on Charles. “Hello… So I suppose what I have heard is true, is it? No matter, I am forgiving, I will forget… You shall too, will you? This war, we will win. An we will bring the villagers down with us if we have to.” She turned the Julietta whom had returned before the twins had. “Your sister is in her room. Watch over Kathryn, and do as much as you can to help. This is the true test of wits, my dear.”

Andrew grimaced hearing Adrien speak of the princess probably being gone already. Maybe this hunter wouldn't be as thoughtful as he had first thought. With a sigh, he thought of their question. It wouldn't take long for the Society to send more hunters if he managed to get in touch with them now. He figured that the creatures wouldn't be expecting company for a day or two at least.

"Nightfall." He said quietly. "I'll get in touch with Society now, and send a few hunters to the safehouse an hour before." Glancing at the sky, he said nothing for a moment, they only had a few hours to prepare. "You two ought to sneak into their territory and see what they're up to."

Julietta nodded and headed up to Kathryn's room where the her younger sister was sitting at a table poring over several sheets of paper. Looking over Kathryn's shoulder she spotted a list od dates as well as another list full of contacts.

"What's that?"

Kathryn's mouth formed a grim smile and spoke in her usual quiet voice. "I was just thinking that it might be hard for Andy to get a hold of his contacts outside of the society if his wife has all his documents."

Julietta smirked slightly and sat down in a chair. "I see." She looked thoughtful for a moment and sighed. "So Kathy, what nade you decide to come back?" She waited however she got no answer. That didn't surprise her, Kathryn always had hated answering questions.

Candy looked nervous and closed her eyes for a moment before opening the door and entering house. If anybody could recognize her it was the Queen. Still, for a moment she was distracted by a hint of amusement, nobody seemed to knock anymore. It was kind of sad her thoughts went there considering everything that was going on.

Brushing those thoughts aside, her gaze rested upon Helen as she approached her and she curtsied. "Your Highness," She began quietly, "It's a pleasure to see you again however I'd like to know if somebody could inform me on what I've missed?"

So she had decided. Esmereina would ask the Queen and her family to leave as soon as possible, as both heirs had returned getting those two out was primary concern. After all, if the King and Queen perished, a catastrophe would result without the heirs." Evacutations for the weaker vampires would start within the hour as well.

Jumping off the branch she landed like a cat; standing up she dusted herself off and hurried into the house. She could use the twins after all. After entering the house, she supressed a growl, she never had been fond of Rose and wondered why the blond vampire was back early.

Still, she hissed the twins' names and waved the two over. "I have work for you two..."

Giving a small nod, there wasn’t much time for another response before the woman next to him had her death grip on his arm and was in the process of dragging him to the direction of the forest. Mentally cursing, Adrien wondered why he was always stuck with a crazy woman no matter what situation he was in. Of course, most of time he didn’t really care. They were just…insane. Sighing at his predicament, he managed to gather his act together and draw out his guns.

The air around them had turned foggy so that they could barely see five feet ahead of them. He wasn’t doing much walking, though, being dragged further into the forest by the woman, who seemed to have cat’s eyes. She yanked him into the bushes once the Victorian house came into view, and he could distinctly hear voices inside the house. They were planning and knew after all.

The twins glanced up, and instinctively walked over. Charlené’s eyes were looking straight at Esmereina, and a slight smile came to her face. “What might that be, milady?” she replied, almost mock-respectfully. No vampire of Noble blood submitted to another, only to the Queen, unless the Queen herself ordered that they listen. Right now, Charlené’s primary concern was to get her stupid brohter’s head out of the clouds and act less stupid, anyways.

Helen glanced up at the voice, replying curtly, “Hello, Rose.” Her eyes narrowed slightly, but even if the Queen had figured something out, she said nothing. “Rose, go talk to Esmereina. She will dealt with what you are to do.”

Esmereina's eyes narrowed, and she watched twins with an expression of pure boredom. "Well my dear," She said calmly, "I'm going to have to ask you two to go with Rose and prepare evacuations, after all, we can't keep the out-of-shape members of our community here. They'll do nothing more than get in the way. You can alert Miss Rose on our current situation, if she hasn't figured that out, that is, and after that, search the perimeter for humans, if you find any I don't care who the hell they are, bring them to me. I'm sure that's enough work for the three of you for now."

Her gaze upon the Queen and her tone softened a bit, "Milady," She began quietly, "I'm going to ask you and your family to leave now, and instead of going to the safehouse, go to the next town and stay there until the trouble passes." She shot Charles a glare, "As the location of the safehouse has been compromised there is no doubt in my mind that they will station more hunters there."

Candy frowned and brushed a strand of hair out of her face. Maybe it had been stupid to come back here, she had no idea what she was doing, and what if this military commander expected her to do something out of her human capabilites? That would be a disaster waiting to happen.

Grunting, Charlené released Charles’ hand before curtsying to the Queen and turning around, giving Esmereina a two fingered salute before walking out the door with her brother, watching Rose expectantly to see if she was going to follow. “Are you feeling better now, idiot? You better not do anything reckless from now on,” the brunette said to her brother, giving him a playfully shove. As expected, he shoved back, though even harder. “I’m fine, god, stop it. Come on, Rose, stop lagging. We have things to do.” Walking ahead, the dark haired twin smiled. “I can smell you. Why don’t you just come out before I have to resort to violence?” the older twin called in an almost sing-song voice, eyes fixed on a spot in the bushes.

“Can you see them?” Adrien whispered to Madelyn, squinting and trying to see through the fog. A familiar voice told them to stop sneaking around, so he stood up to be pulled down by the woman next to him. “What?” he growled sharply, drawing out his guns to prepare.

Madelyn reached up and yanked Adrien back down, replying, “Yes, I can see them. No, don’t act like an idiot and come out because they’re asking you to. Think things over first.” The hand gripping her chains grew tighter as she too reached for a gun. “If they want a fight, they’re coming to us.”

The Queen smiled, but shook her head. “Just tell the girls and my husband to leave for the safe house. I am the Queen of Vampires for darkness’ sake; I can take on a few puny humans if I want.” At that she smiled. “If they want to play, we’ll play.”

Candy followed in silence looking uncomfortable. Great. So hunters were already showing up. Once again, she kicked herself mentally and watched the twins. She had already decided that it had been stupid to take Rose's appearance without thinking things through, however now there wasn't much she could do except to play it out. Speaking once more, she doubted the two vampires would take her advice but she could hoped that they would. "Maybe, we should just leave them be? After all, they haven't done anything just yet..........and we do have other things to worry about, right?" Remembering what Esmereina had said about bringing humans to her and grimaced, she had never really met the woman, however she had heard that the woman absolutely loved the chance to torture her victims and really didn't give a damn about who they were. That was just lovely, and the fact that she was still a human didn't make her feel anymore comfortable.

Esmereina supressed the urge to tell the Queen to go anyway, however the Queen was one of the few people that Esmereina actually listened to; and in anycase the vampiress preferred to stay on the older woman's good side. "Yes ma'am." She said quickly, before another thought crossed her mind. "What if the others refuse to go? I have no doubts in my mind that your husband will go without hesitation however your daughters on the other hand, well neither of them listen very well, and in anycase they'll probably want to stay. Well Julietta at least, I don't know about Kathryn...." Stopping herself from continuing to ramble, she waited for the Queen's reply.

Charles turned back to smile at Rose. “Orders are orders… Amateurs like them won’t hurt us, you should know that,” he stated, turning his attention back to the hunters. “If they want to play hide-and-seek, let them.” He heard his sister murmur quietly as the trees stretching above the hunters burst into flames. Three bullets were fired their way, aiming for the three vampires. “Move!” Charles barked at Rose, shoving the blonde woman out of the way of the bullet aiming for her and was hit in the side of the arm.

“I knew it. Why are you here?” Charlené asked quietly, leaning in to examine her brother’s wound before waving a hand, causing a ring of fire to appear around the two hunters. “Especially now. You have caused enough trouble, and this idiot here nearly killed himself because of you. Twice. I will have to ask you to change back and leave before things get ugly.”

Adrien aimed as fire appeared above them, glancing at Madelyn once as they fired simultaneously. Strangely enough, one of the vampires wasn’t moving, and another took the bullet instead. The woman next to him was musing over a strange subject, something about killing. As the fire appeared, he cursed. He should have seen this coming.

“Didn’t I kill her last time…?” Madelyn murmured, firing the pistol in her hand and aiming for the blonde vampiress. “I swear I killed her, I even took a pendant from her. I know her; she was my first foreign assignment…” The woman didn’t even flinch as the fire appeared, still deep in thought.

Helen turned to the stairs. “They will listen to me if I ask them to. Even Julietta doesn’t dare to disobey me. Though, if Julietta wishes to stay, she can stay. Katheryn is another matter that I will deal with. You as dismissed, Esmereina. I will talk to my daughters.” Ascending the straights, she turned back. “Be sure to evacuate them. They’re fighting with hunters already, the twins and…Rose.”

Esmereina hurried out of the house and a sigh escaped her lips as she found the source of trouble. The same hunter she had heard about before as well as another. Lovely. Shaking her head, she approached them in silence, her dark eyes strayed to Rose who appeared horrified. Odd, most vampires wouldn't freak out over a couple of hunters. Her gaze strayed to the hunters and she grimaced. "Look what the cat dragged in," She hissed.

Candy closed her eyes and took a deep breath, her appearance began to return to her own usual appearance and she brushed a red curl from her face. She never should have stepped into this mess, she had been better off leaving like she was supposed to. "I'm sorry..." She said quietly as she watched the two hunters, her gaze flickered towards the newcomer but it returned to the hunters once more, she didn't want to look at the twins. "I just felt like I had to...."

Esmereina growled as "Rose" morphed into another form. She should have guessed that it had been the maid, she didn't know anybody else who smelt so strongly of vanilla. Her gaze flickered towards Candy and she spoke only once sentence to her. "Didn't the queen dismiss you? No matter, as I said to round up all humans in our territory, we'll just bring you along as well." Frowning she looked at Charles and Charlene, "So how long have they been here?"

Julietta sat watching Kathryn continue to shuffle through paper after paper and after growing tired of this, she stood up and looked around. From what she could hear, it seemed the hunters had already arrived, though of course her human sister was oblivious to this. Hurrying out the room, she managed to collide with her mother.

Kathryn shuffled through papers and a small sigh escaped her lips as Julietta hurried out of the room. She wasn't sure of what to do now. She was sure that she had all of Andrew's most important documents however it seemed that she couldn't do much more.