Some kind of bitchy, broody superhero ([info]neverbeenfree) wrote,
@ 2008-01-05 21:40:00
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I learned to love by hating
My conversation with Caleb was still heavy on my mind as I made my way through LA towards the Hyperion. At least now I thought I knew a little more about Alexia. Tyler was always so tight lipped about her and half of me wondered whether he knew more than he was letting on. Actually, I never stopped wondering that. It was right up there on the list of worries, right next to when is Tyler coming back from New York? He was still calling or texting every night which was a good sign but I made a mental note next time I talked to him to ask him when he and Lily were planning on coming back.

It was nice to be outside in the sunlight. It wasn't full on, almost dusk but closer than I'd been. Lately I was beginning to feel like a vampire myself, only comin' out of my motel room at night and staying inside all day long. With everything that was going on I wasn't taking any chances. I knew they'd find me if they really wanted to but I wasn't gonna make it any easier on them. Although judging from Kennedy? It wasn't me that they were after. James said I was gonna lose everything first and that made me kind've scared about what was comin' next. I know, it's bad. Normally? I don't like admitting when I'm freaked. Not that I would say it out loud even now.

I had a lot of things to do. I had to get over to the school and make sure that everything was alright there. I knew it had to be messed up considering what had happened. Hell, I didn't even know the girls who'd been killed. Not really. But I should have. I should know all of them. I was sure as hell that Kennedy and Spike did. I needed to change that but I wasn't there just yet.

After that I needed to find Serenity and her locket. Not exactly the perfect way to meet your big sister. Unfortunately I was strapped for time and we could leave the touchy feely family reunion stuff until after...what happened. Even though, sometimes it occurred to me that after might not happen. Still, I couldn't help but be curious about her. I'd spent my whole life knowing Grace. Yeah there were a few years in between but mostly? I knew her. I didn't know anything about Serenity. The only thing I did know was that my mom had a weird theme going for names. It didn't seem very Lena at all. Once I had Serenity I was gonna have to bring her and her locket to Grace. If this locket had mojo attached to it at all? I'd need her there.

And after that....well, who the hell knows? I can only plan my moves so far in advance. Right now I just wanted to check in with Harry and Angel. The three of us had been so disconnected for months. I had trouble remembering the last time I'd really even spoken to either one of them. What happened to us? I couldn't explain it, I just wanted to check in with them before anything went down. Besides, I was probably gonna need their help.

It was just before sunset when I was crouched on the roof outside of "the room" formerly known as "the boys only room". I remembered what went down here last and I wasn't real proud of it. In fact, if I had my way this room would probably stay the boys only room. But I knew it was soundproof and probably the safest place we had to hide for a little while. Opening up the window I swung in feet first before closing the window behind me. It was still a little early so they weren't here yet but I could wait.

Walking over to the bed I sat down on it and crossed my legs Indian style as I waited for them to show.


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[info]ny_city_boy
2008-01-10 03:17 am UTC (link)
"She's not in the hotel? If she's the key then we need to put her on lock down now. James will know he told you, and that means your sister is a liability." I paused as I thought that over and felt my stomach knot up. "Both of your sisters are a liability. Gracie has a lot of power in her magic. If Serenity isn't here maybe you can have her do a locater spell."

Going underground? I wasn't sure about that. I wanted Tyler off the streets though. Lily would try and protect him, but that wouldn't be enough. Why the fuck did Alec choose now to take off?

"Tyler needs protecting. We could send him and Lily to one of the islands maybe. I don't know if I'll feel comfortable having him that far away."

I looked over at her silently asking what she wanted. I felt so out of sync when it came to fighting this war that we were in. It had been a war all along, but the battles were carefully chosen. Faith wanted to flush them out.

"We have my father's weapons. The gliders and pumpkin bombs and all of that could be used to help provide a distraction, help to take out whatever they start throwing at us."

I guess that was my answer. If Faith was leading the charge then I'd fall in line with her. "Where are you thinking of hiding? I'll go if Grace does, but if she is determined to stay..." I let my words trail off. They knew where I stood on that.

Things were so quiet here. This room had never been quiet with us, and I wasn't sure how to get past that. It was hard to be close to them. It was like more proof that I had lost something the night Lexi died that I was never getting back.

"I'm on your side. Tell me what you need me to do and I'll do it."

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[info]mr_angel
2008-01-10 03:40 am UTC (link)
"She's been leaving the hotel more lately. I haven't tried stopping her because the more she gets used to this world, the better. Once we're done here, I'll track her down and see about making sure she's protected." I'd talk to Fred, Connor, and even the cop about seeing where she might be going during the day since they were the ones who had he most contact with her lately. She'd been doing better and not keeping to her room, so I hadn't checked in as much as I had at first. Given the outcome of who she was, that wasn't the best idea.

"The more people we have to do this, the better but the sooner we figure out exactly what to do the better too. We can't let anyone in that office find out what's going on and it's best if both you and Grace get out of there and go somewhere. They're always going to have their ways of finding out other people's business when they shouldn't. Now wouldn't be the first time." Sighing, I looked from Harry and back over at Faith again.

"You all staying low is probably a good idea, but I can't force everyone out of the hotel and make them do the same. If we all leave then they're going to know something is going down. If Harry and Grace disappear then that's reason enough. The less prepared they are the better chance we have of seeing this through. It's got to be fast."

I paced a few steps of the room and rubbed the back of my neck with my hand before facing both of them again. "We do this.. we really do this and see it through then maybe we can finally figure out what the hell do to from here."

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[info]neverbeenfree
2008-01-10 11:46 pm UTC (link)
They were askin' a lot of questions. I'd been prepared for that. Answering a ton of questions but sometimes it was hard to keep up with. I nodded at Harry following along with him. Getting Tyler as far away from LA as humanly possible was high on my list of priorities. I'd expect Lily to go with him and I trusted her to protect him. Old Norman's weapons would probably come in handy too. "Can you bring the weapons over to the school?" I asked Harry. "I'd like to take a look at them." And maybe train some slayers how to use them? I wasn't sure on that front just yet.

"I've just been going from motel room to motel room lately. I'm heading towards the school next. Kennedy, Buffy and Spike are already there watchin' out for the slayers. I wanna put the whole place on lockdown. No one in and no one out. Maybe Grace can work up some mojo to keep the place protected. There's plenty of dorms for whoever wants to stay there." I need to talk to Kennedy, to Grace and to a whole bunch of other people.

I smiled grimly and nodded at Harry when he said he was on my side. I knew he would be, or at least I hoped he would be.

I nodded at Angel next when he echoed my sentiments about going all the way with this. "I think we're off to a good start at least. Harry you should probably just go about business as usual at work and I'll call as soon as I get in touch with Grace and let you know what's up. Angel, find Serenity and call me the minute you do or bring her to the school. She's the link to all of this. We find her, we can end this whole nightmare." Finally.

Pressing my lips into a thin line I looked back and forth between the two of them. "I guess that's it."

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[info]ny_city_boy
2008-01-14 11:55 pm UTC (link)
"I'll be at the office if either of you need me. As soon as Gracie is out, I'll be out, but I'll see what I can do to keep Lexi out of this." Easier said than done of course. I wasn't above drugging her and her sire and stuffing them some place until this was over. I guess I was more like my dad than I ever wanted to realize.

"I'll drop the weapons off this week and give everyone a crash course in how they work. One thing to consider is...you and Lily are immune to the poison of the drugs at this point. If you wanted to consider a power boost just for this fight, it's there." It was opening an entire different can of worms, but if we were going to go balls to the wall then we better explore all options.

I approached her, brushing the hair away from her face before leaning in to kiss her. It had been awhile, and I knew they were both disturbed by my distance. I'd fix it in time, but for now I was having a hard enough time staying focused on what I needed to do.

"You can count on me." I paused and looked over at Angel and added quietly, "Both of you can. I better get back to the office. Use the phone if you need me."

I moved from Faith to Angel, crushing my lips against his hungrily, before pulling back just as fast as I had with her, and disappearing out the window. I wasn't allowing myself to get too comfortable there with them. Otherwise I would become distracted and I couldn't let that happen. Not with everything that was at stake.

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