While Blaze distracted everyone fighting Caesar and his pack, Jason and Kymir escaped and ran back to his house. They had blood all over their clothes and their clothes were ripped up due to the fighting with the pack before they were captured.
"Jason, Kymir thank god you guys are okay. Come on let's get the two of you out of these clothes and into a shower and something more comfortable." Said, Ivonne
She pointed them towards the bathrooms and where the clothes were then walked downstairs back to everyone else, "Did La'Ron come back yet?"
Everyone shook their heads no. "Do you think he traded himself for their freedom?" Asked Derek
"God I hope he's okay," said Ivonne
Blaze woke up in a dungeon under the house with a circle of salt surrounding him, one of Caesars' inner circles standing in the doorway. "And who are you?"
"I'm Henry."
"Okay and what exactly is your job supposed to be Henry?"
"I was sent here to supervise you and make sure you don't do anything stupid even though you can't go anywhere due to that boundary spell we put up, no one can go in or out of that circle."
"Yeah I know what a boundary spell is, there's no need for you to explain," Blaze said with a look of frustration on his face
"Okay well you aren't going anywhere so I'm gonna go and get some food, don't go anywhere," Henry said with a big smile on his face
"Wait I have a question for you and your leader."
"What? What's your question?"
"You guys have a pretty strong pack out there but do you think you and your pack can win against me and mine?" Blaze asked with a smirk on his face
"Okay, so what's the plan to get him back?" Asked Aurora
"Me, we'll use me." "I'll fight with everything I got and all of you follow my lead. A few of you should sneak away and free La'Ron. there's no way they can beat us all not with two hybrids, a true alpha, a five-hundred-year-old vampire, and a pack of vamps and wolves behind us not to even mention a witch and banshee." Said, James
"Can I talk to you for a second?" Derek said to Ivonne
"Yeah sure" she responded
She followed him into another room.
"What's up, what do you want to talk about?"
"We haven't come up with a plan to go and get Blaze back or anything but when we finally do, you can't come with us."
"What do you mean I can't go with you? He means more to me than he does to any of you."
"Yeah, and that's exactly why you can't go, that connection that you guys have, the way you care for each other so deeply. They'll use that against us and it will be our downfall."
"Go live your life like he told you to, we have all the time in the world to save him but you only have one chance to live the best life you possibly can. So go, go and live your life as a regular human without the burden of us and everything that comes with us." Said, Derek
"You're right, I'm going to go." Replied Ivonne
Derek went to go and tell the rest of the group that she was leaving, they all went to say goodbye but when they got there she was gone.
Let's all get some rest and regroup tomorrow, we need to try and get back to some kind of normal.
A couple of weeks went by.
*Boom* *Crash* "Ahhh"
James was walking through the house and heard a lot of crashing and a scream, he rushed to the room where he heard the noise and he saw Jason, with an angry look on his face, he was bleeding from his hands and there was broken glass and furniture everywhere.
"Woah wait a minute, calm down what's wrong? Talk to me."
"I can't do this anymore, this waiting, all of this doing nothing. I'm tired of just sitting around hiding I want to kill Caesar already, I want my cousin back." Jason said
"Let's go and talk to everyone else and see how they feel about making a move on The Crossbreeds before we make an impulsive decision that can affect us all." Replied James
The both of them walked around the house looking for the rest of the group. They found them sitting at the kitchen table, the table set up very nicely with a fruit basket on each end and platters of different meats and vegetables. There were some blood bags in a freezer and some on a table in the back for the vampires.
Everyone looked happy and as if they were enjoying themselves, there was music playing loud enough for everyone to hear it but low enough for everyone to be able to hear each other without screaming, Derek and Verona were dancing, smiling, and laughing in the corner. Derek spun her around, kissed her, and whispered in her ear, "I think I'm in love with you."
Verona looked at him and said," I love you too."
James watched them from a distance with a smirk on his face, he was so happy for Derek. Kayla walked up to James and said, "They look so happy, I'm glad they have each other to focus on and take each other's minds off of everything.
"Hey everyone we need to talk, I'm ready to make a move to get my cousin back. Are you guys in or out?" Said, Jason
"Well way to kill the mood." Said, Kayla
"I understand that you guys were having fun and enjoying yourselves but there are more important matters at hand." Replied Jason while looking around at everyone
"I agree, it feels wrong to have fun and go on with our lives while La'Ron is captured and probably being tortured every day." Said, James
"So let's go get him." Said, Derek
"Well we can't go in there with no plan, we'll get our ass handed to us." Replied James
"First things first let's get La'Ron, no one should be alone we should all be in pairs. We know there will be dozens of them in that house just waiting So let's be careful and let's have each other's backs." Said, Derek
They met up with all the other werewolves and vampires whom they have an alliance with, told them what they were all there to do, and made their way to The Crossbreed's mansion.
When they got to the front of the place they stopped for a moment and looked around, at the house and each other. It was quiet and it seemed as if no one was there. They entered slowly, everyone kept looking back and kept their eyes open looking out for anyone who could try to stop them and ruin their plan.
James and Derek went to look for Blaze and took four people with them for backup, two
Vampires, one witch, and a werewolf. Everyone else stayed on the lookout. All of a sudden they heard a scream. "Ahhhh". Everyone ran as fast as they could towards the side of the house where they heard the scream come from, when they got there they saw one of the werewolf bodies on the ground with one of Ceaser's minions standing over him with his heart in his hand and a smile on his face. "Well, what do we have here, are you guys making a play to take back your leader?" he said
Derek punched him and the rest of the group followed along, punching, kicking, and beating him to a pulp until finally, they heard a voice. "Enough!"
They turned around and there was Ceaser, with a look that could kill on his face. "How dare you walk into my home and beat one of my men?" He said, "We don't care about your men, we want La'Ron back and we're here to get him." Replied Derek
"Well come on, you're more than welcome to come and try," Caesar said with a smile on his face
Derek started to remove his jacket and made his way toward Caesar to fight. "*Phwwwwwhht."
Caesar whistled and people came from every direction ready to fight and protect him.
Everyone started to fight, James and Kymir stood back to back killing anyone who came at them while Derek, Verona, and Alex went to find Blaze. They searched the entire house except for one area, it was the darkest and coldest part of the mansion. "He has to be in there somewhere right?" Alex said while pointing towards the dark and long hallway.
"Well, there's a light at the end so it's possible," Verona said with an unconfident look on her face.
"There's only one way to find out, come on." Responded Derek as he started to walk away
"Remember to keep your eyes and ears open." Said, Derek
They were halfway down the hallway before they heard something. "Whoosh," the light went off and everyone looked around but didn't see anything.
"Are you guys okay?" Asked Derek
"Yeah I'm fine, Verona are you alright?" Asked Alex
They got no response.
"Verona, where are you!?"
"Come on let's go back, we have to tell everyone else that she's gone and find her." Said, Derek
When they got back they saw everyone fighting, blood, and bodies everywhere.
They began to join the fight but then they heard a voice that made everyone stop and look to see who it was.
"Jason, James stop."
"Stop this. I need all of you to go home and live your lives, don't worry about me anymore. I don't want anyone else to be hurt while trying to get me home. Please Go."
"No we won't leave you, we came here to bring you home and that's what we will do even if we have to kill everyone in this place." Said Derek
"Oh is that right?" Said someone walking into the building.
"And who might you be? Responded Derek With a look on his face as if he was annoyed.
"I'm Yuri, second leader of The Crossbreeds."
"Give me one reason why we shouldn't kill you right now?" Jason said
"Well, first of all, you can't beat me, I'm a five-hundred-year-old vampire and three times stronger than you."
"You think so?" Responded Jason
"Well, why don't we find out."
Yuri began to run at him as fast as he could and leaped into the air before he was stopped by Caesar.
"There's no need for this, all of you will leave my house now or things will how do you say it? Things will get ugly". Caesar said
"As we said before, we aren't going anywhere." Responded James
"Bring her out!" Caesar said as someone started to walk from the dark hallway with chains in their hands, pulling someone behind them.
"Ivonne!? Let her go." Said Blaze
"No." Responded Caesar
"Your friends seem to think they can outsmart and defeat me. She will be punished for their actions."
*bang* Caesar punched Ivonne and looked at the group watching as they fought so hard not to attack him. *bang* He hit her a second time causing her to fall and start to bleed.
"Stop", "That's enough", "no more," said the people in the crowd
He hit her once more and blood came flying from her mouth as her head hit the ground.
"Okay, that's enough." Said, Verona
"Verona? Where were you?" Asked Derek
"I got lost." She responded before running at Caesar
*crack* Yuri put his hand through her chest before she got close.
"No! Please no I will do anything just don't kill her." Said, Derek
"It's too bad I don't need you for anything," Yuri said before ripping her heart out.
"Nooo!" Derek screamed with tears running down his face.
"I'm going to kill you," James said while looking Yuri in his eyes
"Another threat? You guys just don't seem to learn, I guess you need another lesson." Yuri said
He grabbed Ivonne by her throat and lifted her over his head, "Lesson number two." He said, looking at Derek and the rest of the group
"No not her, I will join you guys and be a part of your pack just leave them. Let them take her home alive along with Verona's body and you guys can have me like you've wanted for years now." Said Blaze
"No you're right, I think this will be a better lesson for them," Caesar said before putting his hand through the back of Blaze's chest.
"Stop! Stop! We're leaving. James, you go and get Verona's body and I want three of you to go and get Ivonne and bring her back to my house. Make sure to be gentle with their bodies please." Said, Jason
He couldn't stop looking at La'Ron, he was fighting the urge to help him but knew that Caesar was watching him and if he even made a move toward them it would be the cause of Blaze's death.
"Don't even try it, you take one step towards them and he's dead." Said, Yuri
Jason looked at him and said, "Come on let him go, we're leaving and we won't bother you guys anymore."
"Go!." Blaze said while struggling
Jason walked towards the exit of the building, hesitant to leave he turned around and locked eyes with La'Ron, they both shed a tear and La'Ron nodded his head telling Jason that it was okay. Jason ran away as fast as he could.
Everyone met up at a cabin in the middle of the woods. They all looked sorrowful while watching Derek and James as they buried Verona's body. The place was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
"I am so tired of losing to Caesar and his pack." Said Derek with frustration
"We didn't lose completely, we got him." Said, Kayla
"Miguel walked in carrying a body, a man no one was familiar with."
Everyone looked confused, "who is this?" Said, Jason
"This is Matt, he's a part of the Crossbreeds. While you guys were fighting and trying to get Blaze back we ran into him and found out that he was there when Derek's mother was killed." Responded Kayla
"Well that's great but he looks dead so how exactly are we supposed to get answers out of him?" Said, James
"Me, use me I have a special power that only alphas have. It allows me to go into someone's mind and access their memories but it's dangerous, no one can interrupt me in the middle of this. If anyone does it may cause one of us to lose our lives." Said Weezy
They sat Matt up in a chair and two people held him up while Kymir prepared to do what he had to do. He took his sweater off and took out his werewolf nails then moved towards the side of Matt and put his nails into the back of his neck, the room was silent as everyone watched him curiously and listened out for any sign that they might have to pull him out.
Nothing happened for a while then Kymir started to scream, "Ahh." "Ahh.""
James jumped up to grab him and remove his nails from Matt's neck but Derek stopped him and said, "No don't, he said we can't interrupt no matter what. plus we didn't go through all of this just to give up when we are finally about to find out who killed our mother."
*gasps* Kymir's eyes opened as he gasped for air and fell to the ground.
Everyone ran to him, "What's wrong, are you okay?" Everyone asked
"I'll be fine." He replied
He looked up at James and Derek then said, "I know who killed your mother..."