Cassie walks inside her house. She walks upstairs and walks to her room, she glances in the window seeing a silhouette of a dragon like creature. Cassie walks in her room and opens the window to find nothing. She sighs, closes her window, and falls onto her bed. A cold breeze flows through the room.
"Cassie.."
She raises her head quickly, looking around her room. Her body starts to shiver.
"Damn, November shouldn't be this cold, What's going on?"
"Cassie.."
She sits up from her bed, her powers sparks in her hand. She clenches her fist and throws a punch, Joe grabs her fist.
"I'm not here to cause trouble. I'm here to talk."
Her powers stop sparking through her hand.
"Joe!" She groaned. "What are you doing here!"
"I want to talk to you about Carolyn." He said, "I want to help her get out of the toxicity with Michele's mafia."
"Alright. We can't talk about it here. My Fiance is here."
"No problem. Meet me outside, we'll fly over to Green Valley Ranch." Joe said, he walks out of the window and drops to the driveway. Cassie walks out of her room, walks downstairs, and walks outside the door. Joe walks towards Cassie. They both launch themselves in the sky flying towards Green Valley Ranch.
"What happened with Carolyn?"
"Michele and her were talking about the fight that happened tonight. Michele put her down and wanted to kill her." Joe said as he and Cassie landed on the rooftop of the Green Valley Ranch hotel.
"She abused Carolyn again...Did she?"
Joe nods. Cassie shakes her head.
"I kind of figured she would do that.-" she said. Joe looks at her.
"You knew?"
"No, I 'figured' because she did it to me."
Cassie takes off her cloak and shows him the rip tears Michele made. "She choked me when I was looking at the flowers at the conservatory. She wanted me to destroy it but I couldn't because it was so beautiful."
Joe looks at Cassie's neck. "Did she get you in the neck?" He grabs his phone and turns on the flashlight on her neck. He sees the redness from her neck.
"Y-yeah.. She did."
Joe turns off his flashlight. "We have to get Carolyn out of there. Michele is hurting her more and she continues to torturing her, shes going to kill her."
"Isn't Carolyn old?"
"Yeah but not too old."
"Oh."
"Carolyn and Michele are the same in power scale and forms. Michele can easily kill her with the amount of power she has than Carolyn. Carolyn only has one. If she continues to hurt her, she'll be injured or dead."
"Oh shit." Cassie said, "How can we help her get out of this mess?"
"I don't know, We'll have to figure it out."
"Mh.. Joe, we should leave too without Michele knowing. If we can get Carolyn out without Michele knowing, we should leave too. It's not safe for us to be in this Mafia."
"I agree but right now. We should focus on getting Carolyn out safely."
"Right!"
Joe smiles, he gets up and flies away back to his house. Cassie smiles, looking at Joe flying away. The next morning comes around, Carolyn sleeps in. Oscar walks in the living room, with his coffee sitting down on the couch. He turns on the television, already on channel 13, showing the Bellagio Conservatory being destroyed, thirteen casualties confirmed. Oscar's eyes widened.
"Please... Carolyn, you weren't involved in this..." He thinks to himself. He looks up, The story announced video proof before the destruction took place, showing a blurred picture of Michele and Carolyn along with Cassie in the facility. Oscar puts his cup on the coffee table. He sighs, he gets up, and walks to the room. Carolyn wakes up and rubs her eyes. She lays in bed, looking up at the ceiling, she sighs. Oscar walks in.
"Carolyn."
"What..."
"Did you really go over to the Bellagio with Michele to destroy the Conservatory?"
Carolyn raises herself up. "I didn't destroy it, not even Michele. Our hitwoman did it."
"That doesn't-"
"And so what if I did. I had to do it..." Carolyn interrupts him and lays herself down again. Oscar walks up to her side of the bed.
"Are you alright?" he said, sitting down on the bed.
"I'm alright."
"You sure?"
"I'm sure." She said, Covering the blanket over her. Oscar uncovers Carolyn, hugging her. Carolyn starts to cry.
"Oh Oscar... I can't do this anymore...I don't want to be in Michele's Mafia..."
"Why can't you just tell her and leave?"
"I can't...Michele threatened me to join. If I leave, she won't hesitate to kill me, you, and the family..."
"Oh shit." Oscar said. "We have a female version of Anthony Spilontro out here." He chuckled. Carolyn chuckles as well.
"Yeah, I guess you can say that."
Oscar smiles and kisses Carolyn. "You're a strong woman in my eyes, sweetheart."
"Not to Michele's eyes, I'm not. She looks down on me. In fact, she doesn't see me as an equal like she used to before she became a mob leader."
"Michele is in prison though and you're the mob leader now until she gets out. You have every authority to tell them. Don't do it without a reason. If Michele wants you to do something that doesn't sound moral to you. Cancel it and tell your hitmen to not do it. No matter what Michele says." He said, Oscar sits up and grabs Carolyn's hand, lifting her up towards him. Carolyn grabs a tissue, wiping her tears away from her eyes. "Whatever happens, don't let Michele get to you. You guys are the same in power, but you are a stronger woman than her. I know it."
"Thanks Oscar..." Carolyn said, smiling. Oscar hugs Carolyn as he leans in to kiss her. She kisses him back. Oscar smiles.
"Come on. Let's get breakfast."
"Alright." Carolyn said, her and Oscar got up from the bed, holding hands. They both walk to the kitchen. Later in the morning, Azenith sits at the table reading the Vegas Grimoire. The page contains information for water and Ice holders. Dylan walks in the living room. He looks at Azenith.
"Hey Az!"
"Hey!"
"Whatcha doing?"
"I'm reading Grimoire again. I'm trying to see how I can control myself from walking on Ice." Azenith said, moving her glasses down to her nose looking at Dylan.
"Oh shit." Dylan said. "Need any help?"
"Yes please."
Azenith closes the grimoire, handing the book over to Dylan. Dylan grabs the book.
"Want to do this outside on the street?" Dylan asks.
"I have a pool in the backyard. We can use that instead."
"Good Idea."
Azenith opens up the backyard door. Walking over to the pool, Dylan closes the door behind him. Azenith creates a whirlpool, overflowing the pool with water, freezing it over. She grabs her cane, raising it up in the air.
"Let's Claw it!" She yelled. Transforming into her hero form. Dylan opens the book to the page where Azenith left off.
"Okay. It says here that 'one that has water powers infused with ice abilities can walk on water or on ice. In order to walk on water or ice, you need to focus your mind and power onto your feet.' How are you supposed to do that?"
"I think I know how to do that."
Azenith takes a deep breath, closing her eyes. As she breathes out, smoke flows out of her mouth. Her energy flows through her body and into her feet. She opens her eyes. She puts one foot on the ice carefully along with her other foot. Maintaining her balance on the ice.
"Oh shit. I think I got it." She said, As she starts walking, she slips and falls. Dylan runs up to help her get up. He slips and falls as well.
"Oh my god." Azenith chuckles. She tries to get up while helping Dylan get up. She slips again. Dylan laughs.
"Are you okay?!" He said, laughing. Azenith laughs.
"I'm okay!" she said. She gets up again, trying not to lose balance and slip. Joe flies over the neighborhood, spotting Azenith and Dylan in the backyard walking on ice. He lands on the wall.
"What are you guys doing?"
Azenith and Dylan look at Joe, and they quickly grab their weapons.
"Joe!"
Dylan throws his disc at him, Joe freezes the disc.
"Hey! I'm not here to cause any harm to you guys. I want to help you!"
"How do we know that?" Azenith said. Joe jumps off the wall. Landing on the ice.
"Are you trying to walk on ice, Azenith?"
"Y-Yeah." she said, blushing. Joe smiles. He grabs her hand as he puts his hand on her waist. He focuses his energy onto Azenith's body. His chin leans on shoulder, as his cold breath flows out of his mouth. Her energy intertwines with Joe's energy flowing down to her feet.
"Slowly start walking."
Azenith slowly starts walking on ice. Joe follows her step. As they were walking, Jason walked to the kitchen, drinking his coffee. He looks over to the backyard door, he sees Dylan watching Azenith and Joe walking on ice. Jason puts his coffee on the counter and walks to the door.
"Aw hell no." he thought to himself. He summons his staff, opening the backyard door.
"You get your hands off her Joe!" He said throwing his staff at Joe. Joe grabs his staff, Jason running towards him, punching him. Joe dodges his punch, He pokes Jason with the staff and pushes him away with his foot. Dylan grabs Azenith.
"Jason! What the fuck?!" Azenith exclaimed.
Jason gets up.
"Why did you touch her?"
"Jason calm down, I'm helping her walk on ice. I'm not harming anyone." Joe said.
"By putting your hands on her waist and your chin on your shoulder, Joe? Really?"
"Jason. He isn't doing anything wrong!" Azenith yelled.
"Shut up, Azenith!"
"Bro. Seriously, He doesn't do any harm to us. Why are you creating a problem?!" Dylan yelled.
"Both of you, get in the house!" Jason yelled.
"Oh my god!" Azenith and Dylan said, walking back inside. Jason looks at Joe.
"Get out Joe and don't ever touch Azenith like that ever again. Do you understand."
"You know Jason. Let me explain something to you. Just because I'm part of Michele's Mafia and I like Azenith. Doesn't mean I'm going to harm her in any way. I'm a married man with daughters! I'm sure she's married and has a kid. I just like flirting with her to make her feel better."
"Flirting to make her feel better? If you know she's married with a kid and you're the same way, why are you trying to seduce her?"
"I wasn't. Look, we both know Chris and Kyla killed her Husband in June. She is probably still grieving about it so I thought why not make her feel better."
"I know you're just doing that because Carolyn and Michele told you to do that just to kill her. For the record, she has me do that because that's what friends do."
"No, not at all. Michele and Carolyn have nothing to do with it."
"You sure?"
"Yes."
"Are you bullshiting with me?"
"Okay look Jason, I have to go. I'll see you later."
Joe gives Jason back his staff and flies off from the backyard to his house. Jason walks in the house. Azenith and Dylan are outside sitting in the garden area. Azenith reads the Grimoire.
"Grown ass man."
"It's okay Dylan. Let it go."
"Azenith, Jason likes you and wants you to know that. That shit right there is just annoying."
"I keep telling him that I'm married and have a kid. He had the audacity to say 'well your husband died'. Like 'since your husband is gone, we can hang out again.' He never liked me. He avoided me when I filled in for the morning show some days."
"Damn shame."
"Everyone knew about it when he avoided me during the Poker Tournament in 2013 and told him. I'm over it. I found a good guy that I married. Have a beautiful daughter. I'm happy where I am."
"Wow." Dylan said. "Have you and Jason dated before?"
"No. He was dating someone else. Before dating some doctor. We were just distant friends."
Jason walks out the door to the garden. Azenith and Dylan look at him.
"Hey."
"Hey." Both Azenith and Dylan said.
"You better stay away from Joe, Az. I'm serious."
"Jason, they're not even dating, what's the issue?" Dylan said
"He's dangerous and I'm trying to protect her."
"For what reason?" Azenith said. "All you're doing is nothing but cause a problem with him. He was helping me walk on ice."
"He was putting his hands on your waist and his chin on your shoulder? The hell is that?"
"You're making more than it is, Jason. You act like you and Azenith are dating and you're protecting her from him. Are you jealous?" Dylan said.
"I'm not."
"Then what is your reason? We both really want to know."
"What's wrong with protecting a friend?"
"Nothing's wrong with protecting a friend, Jason. We just want to know what's the reason?"
"Do you like me, Jason?" Azenith asks.
"Just stay away from him, Azenith." Jason said, walking back inside the house. Azenith and Dylan look at each other.