The Darker Side of The Street

Storm, Wolf

Storm hugged her brother tightly. "I was so worried about you!" Garred laughed and squeezed her tightly, silently taking in all that she had said to Elliot and what she had done since he had sent her back.

She sensed him doing so, but didn't fight it. Quietly he said into her shoulder "I'm sorry I sent you back so suddenly Storm, I wasn't thinking."

Storm shook her head. "It doesn't matter Garred, I'm just so glad you're ok." She smiled and broke away from him, walking back to Elliot and throwing her arms around him in happiness. "You were right," she whispered.

Garred, Ghost

Garred felt incredibly embarrased by what had happened but didn't dare show it. He looked at Elliot and smiled slightly.

Thanks for taking care of Storm while I was gone. It seemed like she was about to go insane with worry and only one thing stopped her.

Elliot looked over Storm and raised an eyebrow What was that?

Garred smiled Your word. She trusts you kid, you'd be surprised how much.

Elliot
Thanks dude, he said to him, giving him a light smile. You'll always have us, you know? Even when you make my life hell. You're my friend.
All he said was true, ever since they first met they became friends. Even with Sam it was a bit more difficult, but he was kind of his best friend.

Thanks, oh by the way, dude,umm, you have quite a doggy smell. Told you, my sister.

I won;t kill you because she'll kill me, actually both of them will kill me. Yeah, so much for a serious moment with Garred. But maybe he had said something he shouldn't have.

Both, Garred asked.

Nothing, Elliot said, trying hard not to think of what he was going to say.

Vecian,

I'm relieved when Garred returns, but I still feel awkward. As everyone else crowds around him, I hang back, unsure. I mean, what do you say to someone after....Never mind. I smile at him a few times, but either he ignores me, or he doesn't see. Finally, Ariel comes over to me.

"We need to decide what to do, now that we have everybody," I begin.

Garred, Ghost

Garred narrowed his eyebrows at Elliot, but didn't ask anymore questions.

"We need to decide what to do, now that we have everybody," He heard Venican say. Garred looked down, he wasn't quite ready to face either of them alone yet. But he would come around.

Storm, Wolf

Storm looked over at Venican, her arms still around Elliot. "We should probably try Italy first..." She looked around at the random rocks. "Where are we anyway?"

I'm so sorry I haven's posted!! My computer wasn't working.

Elliot-

He kissed her forehead and wrapped his arms around her waist, pushing her closer. Planning was not going to be easy. But what stom asked made him think. Well, it was true they were basically lost in the middle of nowhere.
"We should probably go see" Elliot said, letting go of his grip on Storm and walking trhough the dark alley they were in.
"We should all, go see" He added grabbing Storm's hand.
It was quite freaky, walking in the dark and in a place they didn't know. It wasn't like he was afraid, but it was kind of strange.
But all of a sudden Garred interrupted his thoughts.
"We're in France".

Ariel
France! She loved France. She remembered it from this once time in which her parents took her there for vacations. It was so cool, she could practically see the Eiffel tower in head.
"I love it" She whispered.

"what?" Vecian asked her, holding her hand and kissing it.

"France, I've been here. It's beutiful but it's better with you trust me" Ariel said with a wide grin on her face.

Vecian,

France? Could it get any more romantic? Well, I suppose it could, but at least I had Ariel with me, even if we were trying to find and fight a sect of vampires.

"I love it," Ariel whispers.

"What?" I ask.

"France, I've been here before. It's beautiful, but it's better with you, trust me," she said, grinning.

"Not as good as it is with you!" I say, grinning. I want to hold her closer, kiss her, but I'm painfully aware that Garred is right beside us, and I don't want to lose him again.

"Well," I say, turning to the others. I avert my eyes from Garred's, "How are we gonna get to Italy?"

Storm, Wolf

Storm looked at the ground, and squeezed Elliot's hand. "Garred can shadow us, its not as far a distance so it shouldn't be too hard."

Everyone nodded, including Garred, who looked relived. Probably because they wouldn't have to do that spell on him again.

She turned to Elliot and smiled. "So France huh? Pretty ironic don't you think?"

Garred, Ghost

Garred walked over to a rock and sat down. He was mentally and physically exhausted, which was a bad, bad thing for shadowing more than just himself let alone 4 other people.

France... he thought of course we're in France. He almost laughed. Fate was having a hell of a time with him today. And he had a strong feeling it was far from over.

He was right. Ariel was coming over to talk.

Dude, Irish, I love your avvie!

Elliot
France, he had never been to France before but he had heard of its magnificent beauty and style. At least,his sister, Alex, told him all about it. That obviously before his family left him stranded in the middle of nowhere just because he was a demon.

But he felt different now, he had someone, someone he was going to protect and love forever, if forever was enough of course. And afterall, what Garred said was true, pretty ironic that they landed in France.

"France?" He whispered, kissing Storm's hair.

"Yes, France" She said with a beautiful grin

Ariel
Ok, so it was going to take all her strenght and will to talk to Garred but she had to do it, had to do it and make all this better. It was confusing and nervewrecking, but there she was leaving Vecian's protective hold and walking towards Garred.

"Hey" She said in a weak voice, her mind drifting and leaving her with her nerves in atotal bunch of ashes.

"Hey" Garred said, lokking blanly in front of him, refusing to look at her.

"HOw are you?" Shoot, what a question, she thought realizing that that question was the most inappropiate one.

"How do you think I am?" He said with his sarcastic tone but still in a whisper.Well, she was correct and he had his right to treat her like trash. But she knew he wouldn't even in that situation he wouldn't. Why? She didn't know, it was just something that she knew and her heart told her.

"Umm, yeah, right" That was all she could say to him. So she sat next to him and looked to the sky. It was beautiful, the time change was abit confusing but by what the sky showed it was early in the morning.

Thanks! Aqua made it for me!

Garred, Ghost

Garred felt Ariel sit next to him and he fought the urge to leap up and walk away from her. But he found he couldn't do it, she was a magnet and he was a pair of keys.

He looked at her, and then saw Venican standing at the other side of the little clearing, so he dicided to get with telepathy.

Why do you do this to me, Ariel?

She looked at him then, causing him to look away. He couldn't bare those eyes.

"Wha-what do you mean?" she said out loud.

Why do you have to torture me by caring about my wellbeing? He winced.

Storm, Wolf

Storm smiled up at him. He was in such a playful mood at the moment and the sparkle it brought into his eyes made him look so amazing that she blushed and looked away.

Elliot laughed. "What?"

She shook her head. "I just can't believe a guy like you, is interested in a...dog."

Vecian,

Painfully aware that Garred is keeping his conversation with Ariel in telepathy, I try not to look their way. I feel bad for Garred, I truly do, and I don't want him to be in pain, but...I don't know. Ever since we left the gym, I've been in a whirlwind of emotion. I'm confused and I feel lost without Ariel next to me. So confused I've almost forgotten why we're here.
I shift in my seat on the boulder. We should get to Italy, rescue Desi's father and Drako's sister...I am about to rise when I feel cold hands slip around my throat.

"Well, well, well. What have we here?" A silky voice says by my ear.

Elliot
He smiled at her comment and thought about all those years that he saw her morph into a wolf and all those days he wished he was with her.
"I don't care if you're a dog. I love you, that's all I know and actually have known. You can turn into a wolf and I'll still love you."

She looked at him with such melancholy and love that he couldn't help to lean towards her and kiss her. Well, if he ever had a dog in he future,, he would want her, even when wolves weren't quite domestic.

"And for that matter, I'll be the dog. Because you might turn into a wolf and attack me, and I'll still come back to you no matter what. Like a dog, always loyal." He said smiling when he finished. It might have been France or the senseless emotions he had, but he never felt as good as he felt that night.

Ariel
He might have been right about the whole caring too much for him thing, but well she couldn't help it.
I can't just let you kill youself. She said to her, using telepathy for she knew Vecian was near.

I don't need to be taken care of. He said with a sour edge in his voice and she felt as if that tone was going to cut her heart in half. That edge made stunned her.

I'm sorry, she said turning to look at him but he still refused to look at her. It would help if you looked at me.That was nearly impossible but she had to try. And for some reason, he did turn to her but still his eyes were looking down.
Garred, I'm sorry.She repeated, trying to malke the voice in her head not break and begin crying. Lucky for her that she didn't have to talk because she wouldn't have been able to talk.

"You will kill me." He whispered, his teeth gritted, and not because of anger, but in an attempet to stop his voice from breaking.
And she couldn't hol it back anymore. Ariel leaned towards him and hugged heim before he could even push her away. And finally her tears could escape from her eyes, running down her cheek and falling on his shirt. But she didn't want to let go of him either.

Storm, Wolf

Storm smiled, and kissed him back. "You're too perfect, Elliot. I'll never know how I got so lucky." She reached up and stroked his cheek.

Suddenly she saw something beyond him, and her face transformed into anger. She took off toward the edge of the clearing, morphing as she did so, and tackled to the ground the vampire who held Venican by the neck.

Garred, Ghost

Garred felt almost at peace with Ariel hugging him, and for a moment he wrapped his arms around her also. Then, he remember who was who.

He pushed her off him and stood up, looking at her angrily. "Why do you have to make it hard to not love you?!"

Then he looked up, seeing the situation with the vampire, and bolted for it, turning into Big Man as he did.

Ariel-Witch
She looked at Garred with eyes wide open and almost shivering because of all the anger emanating from him. But all of a sudden he sprinted away from her and she saw part of the reason of that anger. A vampire and...
"Vecian!" She shouted and in no time she was running to Vecian who was held by the vampire.

But before they reached the vampire, Storm had already knocked him down.


Elliot-Demon
Vampire. He felt the rage grow inside of him and the few conrol he had over himself slip out of his hands. The demon, his yes turned to a bright scarlet as he began running towards the vampire on the floor. But as he ran he felt a strong hold on him that pushed him back ad made him fall.

"Hey there" A silky female voice talked to him. And all of a sudden the vampire was holding him against the wall, with her hands pressing hard against his neck.

Vecian,

After Storm knocks the vampire down, I scrabble to my feet. I see Ariel running for me, vampires appearing on all sides.

"Get behind me, Ariel! Everybody, get down!" I scream. Summoning all of the power that I possess, I start creating my animate earth spell.
The earth at the feet of all of the vamps begins to surge up them, encasing their legs, and then their whole bodies in a solid cover of hard dirt and rock. It won't hold for long, but it'll be enough time for Garred to shadow us out of here.

"Garred," I run up to him, "I know it's not been easy, but please get us out of here."

He nods grimly.

Storm, Wolf

Wolf-Storm quickly jumped off the vampire she'd taken down as earth encased him. She heard Venican's request for Garred and turned to saunter toward him, when something caught her eye.

She turned and felt her fur stand on end. A woman vampire had Elliot by the neck, even though she was still encased in earth she could still hold him.

Rage surged into her veins and she charged for her. Behind her she heard Venican. "Storm! Wait!" But she didn't care. Elliot was in danger, and she wouldn't leave without him.

She leapt into the air, jaw open, and chomped down on the vampire's arm. She let out a shriek and, flug Storm over her head. Storm lost grip and flew a few feet away before regaining her grip on the earth.

"Storm!" Elliot yelled, his voice worried. She picked herself up and shook off, her anger growing. Wolf-Storm ran for her and this time bit the arm that held Elliot, hard. So hard that Storm felt the bone snap under her fangs.

The vampire screamed and used her hand to dig her nails into Storm's skin, ripping Storm off her injured arm, clutching it in pain and letting Elliot slip.

"Garred NOW!" Venican yelled. Garred quickly swept his arm around the clearing and they were gone.