"And what about me? Where's my choice?" Mira muttered as she turned her head away from Kai. As upset as Kai seemed to be about this so-called Plum, he sure did seem intent on doing the very same thing to her--albeit a slightly different direction. It was hard to look at him as he spouted on about the freedom of the members of PM, when here he had practically taken over her life very suddenly and violently. Plum may have spread rumors and destroyed Kai's life, but Kai had put a gun to Mira's head and basically said, "You're ours now." There was no easing into it, no offer of freedom--not even a sliver of hope that she could redirect the course of things.<br/><br/>"At least," she said, finally looking back up at Kai, "you had the option."<br/><br/>With that, the elevator made a small ding, indicating they had reached their destined floor. Mira stood, but made no further moves, allowing for Kai to lead the way--she, after all, had no fucking idea where she even was.<br/><br/>________<br/><br/>"So find out why, sheill..."<br/><br/>To everyone in the room Kallista looked rather collected, but it was unlikely that Silas missed the small hitch in her breath when those words had left his lips. The bastard was trying to put her on the spot! He was trying to make her prove herself in front of these strangers! He knew she didn't want to go out today! He knew she didn't want to meet with these people! He knew that everything about the day was completely and utterly to Kallista's disliking, and yet she had buckled to him when he had asked her to accompany him. Now here he was with his grand payment of forcing her to put on a show like some commoner beggin' for coin in the kingdom!<br/><br/>"I do not dance on command, foolish man," Kallista said in their ancient tongue, "Remember come this evening. Remember this moment." With every word Kallista had stepped closer and closer with confident, prideful steps, her eyes never leaving Silas'. The man tried to get up, but Silas moved first, his foot coming to step on the man's throat. Silas' smile was one before he ever leaned completely over, "My wife is going to ask you some questions, human. If you answer her untruthfully, I will end you..." When Silas stood straight again, he removed his foot and retrieved his drink from Cherry at the bar, then looked back over at Kallista expectantly.<br/><br/>At that point Kallista looked down at the man, who seemed to struggle with focusing on her. She tilted her head, her cold eyes assessing the man on the floor. Slowly she crouched down next to the man, her hand reaching out and grabbing his chin. He jerked in pain, one hand coming up to grab her wrist. She easily knocked it off with her spare hand and gave a disgusted look, "You say you know me...?" The man gave a swallow, nodding his head some, "You...you bit...you bit...Mira..." he managed to wheeze out.<br/><br/>There was a sudden clanking noise as Cherry put some glasses away, clearly doing her best to look busy and unaffected by the situation in the room. Kallista did not look up, but she could certainly feel the tension from Cherry's direction. "I know not this Mira," Kallista replied back.<br/><br/>"You...bit...her..."<br/>"I do not bite humans."<br/>"I--k-know y-you did it!"<br/><br/>Kallista gave an irritated sigh, standing up and brushing her hands off on her pants, "He mistakes me. What do you wish?" She looked up at Silas waiting for a reply. She wouldn't kill a human for mistaking her for another vampire--especially if that vampire had gone after someone that the man cared about. The man was foolish, was all.<br/><br/>When Kallista turned back around, though, the man had somehow managed to pull a gun out and shakily aim it towards her. She was still for a moment, surprised by the man's quiet agility and partially concerned about what type of bullets the man could have. Before she could contemplate any further, however, a loud bang erupted--echoing only for a moment before the room went totally silent.<br/><br/>Everyone was still and then a soft, pained whisper seemed to overwhelm the room---<br/><br/>"Momma...?"<br/><br/>Kallista couldn't even bring herself to turn around, but she knew what had happened. She knew that Paetra had been struck. She couldn't look, she couldn't look--because what if..what if there was nothing they could do? It was that last thought that sprung Kallista into action. Without hesitation she had once more lifted the man from the ground, quickly slamming him against the wall. Her hand squeezed his throat until he began to struggle wildly against her as he tried his best to remain away. Just as he was too weak to fight back, she loosened her grip just enough to let him regain full awareness.<br/><br/>Kallista leaned forward, her plump lips against the shell of Chuck's ear, "Remember my face--because I will find you in hell if she dies." The sound of tearing flesh made it's way to Kallista's ears, along with the deafening scream that followed shortly after. She felt the man's warm organs ooze around her hand as she dug her hand deeper into his abdomen, eventually clawing her way towards his spine. Her fingers wrapped around the vertebrae and she yanked her arm back. Blood splattered to the floor, covering the sound of the severed spine. Chuck's body followed shortly after.<br/><br/>"Is she alright?" Kallista asked, her grip loosening around the piece of spine she still had in her hand. She was absolutely covered in guts and blood, her chest rising and falling with each breath. Cherry stood slack-jawed behind the counter, inwardly panicking at everything she watched transpire. She was going to speak up about Chuck but then he had to go and shoot the fucking kid! There was no way she could let them know! She would be murdered by them! Unless...that's exactly what Kai had been hoping.<br/><br/>That mother fucker had set her up! He had hoped to get Chuck to kill her--and he knew that she was with Silas and Kallista, he knew Kallista was a vampire. He was hoping that if Chuck didn't, then maybe Silas would for Chuck's attack. And fuck, he probably played his cards just right this time. She looked up to Raz, her eyes a little bit panicked.