Nicole had began to recite the spells which was to bring back her brothers memory. Austin and clever watched from their corner while west lay on the ground.inside a circled area, with a black chalk and two candles which were lit on his head and feet direction.
He was put to sleep by nicole.
The people who brought him had left.
It was clear that they didnt want him.
She was thankful to have him back.
She was going to perform the spell on him. The windows were shut. Curtains closed and even the lights had been put off.
She sat outside the circle, close to west, at the beginning of his legs direction. her legs were folded and she had both hands raised up.
Her index and thump finger holding each other. Her eyes were closed.
She was meditating with her spirit.
Suddenly, she started mummuring some words to herself and the candle flames increased.
West lay on the ground, sleeping peacefully but then he started to grow pale. His black skin seem to lose its colour and his breathing came and went back in slowly.
Austin and clever kept on watching.
They trusted their sister. How could they not. They would be dead if they didn't.
She had a responsiblity on her shoulder. They were to depend on her when needed.
West began to shake in the ground.it
was like he was cold.
She kept on mumuring her spells to herself while sitting there, legs folded.
The candle flames soon came down to its normal size and west was breathing well now.
Nicole opened her eyes and crawled into the circle.
She held her brothers face and began to hit his cheeks.
"Hey,wake up."
"West."
"Wake up."
His eyes opened slowly and she was relived as she stared at him.
"Nicole." Said west.
"Thank goodness."
West sat up and she huged him without saying anything.
His brothers stared at him.
He seemed to recoginze them too.
"It worked." Said nicole as she disengaged from the hug.
She stood on her feet and streached her right hand to her brother.
West held it and raised himself up.
"What did you do to me?
She kept staring at him.
"Nicole."
"A vampire."replied austin, who was behind.
"You're one of us now."
West shook his head with a grimance on his face and then began to walk backwards.
"It had to be done else you wont be alive now."
West began to walk futher away from them in the room which was dark.
"Leave him,he'll come around."Said austin.
Nicole watched him as he took the left passage.
She was glad but also worried. She'd changed them all and she wondered what kind of change this would bring in their personality.
Meanwhile, she had other things to worry about. Kelly larazon was one them.the woman who ruled astra presently.
She'd proved to not be trustworthy.
Nicole wanted her dead and her position would finally be hers.
she had the stone now.
One of their family dark objects and a coven behind her.
Taking her out would not be easy.
She needed time to buy her trust and join astra.
The problem was that, she didnt knoe where to find her. No doubt, she would be making her moves now.
Like her, she wanted to kill the gland family and their hunters whicg were after them all.
They was no harm on joining them until they accomplish their shared goal.
"I need to find that woman."Said nicole. As she turned toward austin and clever who had gone to sit down on the couch.
"How do you plan on doing that?asked clever.
"This city is still on lockdown."
"I wonder how they came here with west."
"They arent humans."Said austin.
"I could tell too."said nicole.
"We could sneak out in the night,can you send her a message?
"Tell her you want to meet up."
"Yes, i can."
"I have to."
"well, that sums it up."
"contact her and get back to us." Austin said and began to walk away from the living room.
"I'll go check up on west."nicole nodded.
"Yeah,you do that."
Clever stared at her with keen eyes.
They was something about him,nicole noticed he didnt trust anyone.
She could tell he didnt like who he was now.
She watched as he stood up and began to walk away from the living room without speaking.
She was left there, standing and staring at the floor.
She didnt care what they were as far they were alive and with her in the mansion.
Her mother would have done the same thing, she tought.
The helicopter which had helped fedrick in escaping was still in the city but it had gone underground.
Just after 33th road. Another of the mafia organization called x hidr out was just at the corner. In an underground system built and safe guarded by him.
The city was still on lockdown and they would be after him.
This he knew.some one among his men at their hide out in west avenue must have sold him out.who ever it was.
Fedrick knew he would not be alive.
His men had given him the information as soon as the helicopter landed inside the h spot underground.
the roof top of the underground had an opening,operated with technology and made of steel.
a building witin a building.
The place was well protected and fortified.no one would guess that it was one of their hide outs.
The congressman had many buildings in the city and this was one of them. An unregistered whare house which was connected to the underground system.
It wasnt connected.none of them were.even the train station wasnt.
He planned on making his move as soon as possible and that would be taking out the new mayor.
Mr black. He was to be at the general building, with the rest of the congress man but then. He had other plans and taking him out was one of them.
He was lucky to have escaped.warned by his assitant. Franklin.who kept tabs on all his operation over the years.
Fedrick had kept in touch with the coven called astra.
They were powerful and were wanted in the city by the gland hunters who had them hunted and trialed for centuries.
It was a joint force.he shared between their leader, kelly larazon.who worked as a doctor on one of his office.
She had good news for him and she wanted him to come over but he'd declined.his life was in danger.she'd found a way to turn his men into undead dark creatures and they were capable of taking out the mayor when the army was complete.he rather communicate through calls and even that was risky.for now, he'd adviced that they stay on low key profile while building their army.
When it was time to strike, the attack on the mayor and his city would be made. This was only the begenning.he assured her.
The transformers had been repaired.
The solar power had served its purpose as back up to the eletrical power grid. It was a project deviced by his late brother.stephan, who was killed by the mafia group called x.
So far,mr fedrick had escaped. His location was unknown.
He was a threat to the city and the gland family.
Soon he would be striking again and mr black was starting to get ready himself.
The city was still on lockdown and he'd made arrangements for the civilians of the city to be well provided for by the health officials.which was under one of the politicians in the city.
The lock down was yet to be called off and the member of the congress had been adviced to go on without the mayor who was hold up inside his mansion.
Shepard had given the report back to him.the wolves had been eliminated.
The witches who were still at large in the city were a secrious threat and so was fedrick.
Mr black was in his office. Plotting on ways to catch his enemies and take them off the cities map.
This could only be done if he took action quickly. It was to be done now or else it would be too late.
He picked up his phone and called sam.
"Mr mayor."He said upon answering.
"Thank you sam, your information was valid."
"The wolves have been eliminated but i need more from you now."
"What sir?
"those witches,the woman i hired have yet to find their source of energy."
"Or precence."
"They are hiding during this lockdown period."
"Am sure they are sir."
"What do you need from me now."
"I found out who the leader of the mafia organization called x is."
"a congress man named fedrick."
"Hes currently running."
"Hiding."
"I want hi found."
"Yes sir,I'll get on it."
"What about the witches?
"We'll have to put our trust on becky, surly She'll come up with another location."
"Ok sir." He said and cut the call.
mr black dropped the phone back on the table and began to think.
He didn't have much options when it came to the witches.
They were expendable.cruel and wicked.
Their deeds had been recorded through the last centuries.cases of possession, human sacrifice,adoption, idol worships.
The people in orlorn called it magic
But then, there was something more attached to it. It was evil and that was why their family did their best to eradicate it from the country. Religion was introduced.
Magic had become a thing of thr past. Shepard had reported back after searching the church.
they were indeed traces of witch activities within the church quaters. Everything had been cleared expect the symbol on the wall.
An a alphabet. Painted with blood. The picture had been sent to him and this was all he needed as comfirmation of the witches still opertaing.
Who ever this group was, mr black vowed to find them all and burn them alive.
This he'd vowed to do. It was his duty as mayor and as a member of the gland family.
This was a time for action and not waiting around for his enemies to strike first. That would cost him a lot.
Mr black knew this.
Tshaw was at the storage room in the police department,22th floor and he had a ciggerate in his mouth. rebel. That was the name of the product.
It was his favourite. He is fairly young.
A 27 year old man who was already appointed captain. His career in the police department was a nightmare.
He'd seen things that he shouldnt have seen.heard words too.
He knew from the beginning when joining the department that the city wasnt a safe place.
Even for those who occupied higher positions. No one was safe. He wasnt a detective but then he'd access to documents through sams login details in his system.
The detetive department were focused
On scary cases. A lot of them had been published on their platforms.
Some were left unsolved due to lack of evidence and killers had gotten away. Some of this killers. He knew they weren't human beings. It wasnt possible. He lived with his grand mother and she always told him tales of supernatural creatures in the city.
It was passed down from her mother and so on.
Creatures such as wolves.people disgused as humans.
Vampires.the undead living creatures, spirits.
He'd seen possesion before and it didn't end well for the victims.
His father always talked about them.
He spoke on how they killed his wife,
His mother. Mary samuels.
Dragged into the woods and never found. He was a detective and he could never solve the case.
Tshaw was little when the incident happened.
Later on, his fathers dead body had been found in the same woods. Both legs missing and with claw marks on his face.
This happened years after and hus grand mother had adviced he come live with her.
She didnt want her grandson being alone.
He'd joined the police department at an early age and being promoted to captain of his own division.
His team had undergone different rescue mission in the city. Fighting one criminal organization to another. He never did like to go after what he didn't know about.
The gland family were the ones who took overall responsibilty of the protection of the civilians in the city.
However,he'd seen the result of magic in the city.
It had been wide spread in orlorn for centuries. Its influnece in it could be seen in its history.
None of them were Christians who worshipped the name of the lord, then it was the devils who worked for them and its people had sold theirselves to acquire power.
The gland family had come to change that upon their arrival from palestine.
Bringing religion, building mecury lines and the killing of witches, abolishment of magic.
By the people. This was a result.
They had something to belive in so they turned from their ways but then, the internal enemies were still present till this century. Lurking around in the shadows.
Tshaw gussed that evil could never truly be eradicated. Especially by men, who truly wanted power for themselves.
After the death of sarah flin. Other killings similar to it continued, with messages on the wall.
At west avenue. Before the transformer had been damaged and currently there was a lockdown. Sam didnt want to tell the mayor about it.
He assumed that mr black must have seen it himself.
According to sam, the goal was to kill the witches known as astra. He'd said that they were an old coven. With surviving members of each generation till this century.
They didnt just start popping into the city from no where. Hiding and killing victims.
Pictures of the same a alphabet was seen in different locations, in different houses all ovet the city and some these dated back to past centuries.
They were being hunted and so was the mafia leader who turned out to be a congress man.
Things had gone out of control for a while and they had gone into hiding.
He knew they would be planning their next move on the city, its mayor and the people. Especially the gland family who weren't that much in the city.
4 sons, 1 currently dead.
Their mother, quince gland and two daughters. Elizabeth and mary.
Mr black was one of them.
He'd known him since joining the mecury lines police department.
Worked under him and having shepard
In parts of assitant given by him.
Juan pablo. A memeber of his division talked about creatures in his own home country. Mexico.
Mexico city and they were as a result of magic too.
Tshaw heard knocking on the door.
He stared at it, wondering who was there.
"Its me, gwen."said a female voice.
"I know you in there tshaw."
He walked toward the door and opened it. She stood there with her hands behind her waist and she seemed to be enraptured,just by seeing him stand there looking at her.
Her hair were untied and wavy.
She had blue eyes.
Gwen stood there in her uniform.
She smiled.
"What you doing here captain?
"I was looking for you."
He nodded.
"Sure, am here."
"Whats up?
They were tell tales of ciggerates in the storage room.
She walked into the room and he gave way as she walked past him.
She shut the door.
"I was just having a quiet time by myself."
The window which was made of glass were opened.
Wind moved around. There were up in the sky and other similar tall buildings could be seen.
"I just came to check on you."
"How did you know i was here."
"Did you follow me?
"No sir." She said.
"Someone told me where you were?
"We still have a couple cases to check on."
"Am not intreasted in going out right now gwen."
"I need this moment of silence."
She was staring at the boxes which pilled up together in every corner. A steel chair was just at the corner. Close to tshaw. He didn't want her here.
"You can leave now, I'll join you later."
He said and she turned around, with a confused look on her face.
"But." She paused.
"Gwen."
"Leave." She said.
"Yes captain."
He didn't know why she couldn't do without working.gwen wasn't as intreasted in this supernatural cases and creatures as he was.
But then,she was ready to help in ant way she could.
That was their team objective to the people of the city and as captain, he was to lead.
However, he'd suddenly grown tired after the electrical breakdown of the power grid and transformers.
And then the lockdown.
He couldn't help but feel tired.
Mr black had plans of his own.
One he wouldn't share and the people of the town trusted his decision. He was mayor.
He needed to figure out what to do during the lockdown.
The military were the ones who moved in the city now.
Their enemies needed to found and mr black wouldn't be standing down.
He knew him.knew what he was capable of when it came to his responsibilties.
The door closed after gwen had gone out through the door.
She was silent as she left and he didn't bother looking at her as she went.
He wasn't in the mood to do anything funny with her.
She was kinda attached to him but then, tshaw didnt like getting close to people.
Especially those who worked under him.
I was at the cellar.a place where old wine was stored in the mansion.
My mother owned these.
She usually bought them in bulk, to aviod missing or lacking.
She enjoyed the city of mecury lines.
It was like she wasn't afraid of anything or danger that would come her way.
When my father abbandoned us, she was heart broken. He'd found out that she was a witch and not just an house wife.
He moved out in the middle of the night, leaving a letter behind on the table.
She'd bought the mansion later on and we had relocated.
That was when the hunters started.
One day, they had caught her and she was judged and killed by the hunters of the gland family.
Nicole must have been next, i tought.
Being a witch and probablly clever.
Who was a wizard. I didnt get why she would have to posion us, just in other to kill and bring us back as vampires.
Awoken centuries later to find out that time had changed.
I didn't know anyone.
They were all dead.
The people from the past.
I was thinking about ashley, the girl i was to marry then.
The dukes daughter.
My whole life was put on pause. Even my dreams and aspirations after finishing art school. All to nought.
All beacuse of nicoles action.
I wasn't normal anymore. I had slept for centuries now. In a coffin.
Everything felt strange now. In this same city where we lived in.
The door opened and in walked austin.
He closed it and started to walk towards the window at the right direction.
"I suppose you find all this surprising."
"West." He said and stoped where he stood, with his hands now in his pocket.
"What do you want to talk about?
I stared at him, while holding a bottle of wine.
"I have noting to say austin." I replied.
"What is done is done."
"Nicole made her choice."
He turned to stare at my direction.
I noticed that he was smiling.
"You know." He raised both hands up as he spoke.
"I like what she did."
"Like a fresh start for us all,including herself."
"A new time, new city."
"Old enemies." I said.
His countenance changed and he shook his head and droped his hand.
"Life can only be lived once brother, after that, its over."
"But here we are."
"Still alive."
"We are basically immortal now."
I dropped the drink and walked toward him.
They were no lights on in this building but then the windows were open and sunlight streamed into the building.
"At what cost?
I asked.
"Being a vampire who lives on blood to survive."
He flashed me a smile.
"Its better this way west."
"Well, it isnt."
"I don't like it."
"If she had told me about her plans,i wouldn't have agreed to it."
"I should be dead by now, just like mother and i would've at least lived the life i planned on living."
"But she had to take that away, didnt she?
I stood in front of him and we both stared at each other in the eye.
He was slightly taller.
Musculine. Like myself but much bigger, with same brown eyes and a chocolate complexion. Like clever. I was the dark skinned one in the family.
Me and my mother.
"Its already done west, now let it go."
He said and walked toward the exit door.
"Be focused on your new life and be happy about it."
He concluded before walking out through the door.
It shut behind him and i was left in the room. Staring out through the window, at the taller buildings around the negibourhood.
I raised both of my hands close to my face and stared at them.
A new beginning huh. I tought. At least it was better thab being dead.
I couldn't keep up with holding on to the past anymore. It was long gone now.
The time was 5:10pm and it was evening. Birds flew in the sky, in numbers and the sun was beginning to set for the day.
A man in suit and dark shoes could be seen walking in a passageway, at th top floor of the building. He held a briefcase as he walked and the other hand was in his pocket.
He walked toward one of the doors and knocked.
"Come on in." Replied a female voice.
He goes in and the door closes. Mrs kelly larazon had a guest.