"Lord Stavros I didn't know you were returning so soon." The guard saluted as Stavros passed with a hooded Damon."Sir, you yourself must remember our policy,you must have your guest show his face."<br/><br/>"This guest dear knight is your replacement." Shocked the guard stepped back.<br/><br/>"My wha.." Before he could finish a bullet went through his neck,and he fell to the ground. Quickly Damon put on his new armor.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Inside the tower Jade and Vivian were escorted away from each other as their ride had ended. Both of them parting in silence.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Knowing of his father's presence Astar gathered himself and Lilly biding farewell to his elder brother. "Let him not know I was here."<br/><br/>"I promise I will do all I can to give you the time needed for our forces to flourish brother." As Astar's portal opened he bowed his head as Alucard raised his glass as they shared their parting words. "For mother." And with those words the two of them walked through the portal and into the Unseelie court.<br/><br/>"You lied to your own brother."<br/><br/>"We need everyone we can muster, and I suspect Lucian has a firm hold on the other three rulers as much as the Goblin King." Entering through the Demon Prince's body felt crushed by surrounding Fae magic."Looks like this is your time to shine love." Astar huffed as he rose to his feet exhausted.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Three hours had passed since the beacon was sent and Davis was trying to stay calm in order to keep his princess' mood in check. "Are you sure they are coming?"<br/><br/>"I am sure, something must be keeping him." Above them they could hear Blair's guards turning the place over.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Crossing the outer river Stavros and Damon made a brisk path towards the entrance as Stavros spotted something at the corner of his eye. Straying from his old student only for a breath he grabbed the jeweled necklace and put it in his pocket."What did you find?"<br/><br/>"Something shiny,nothing of your interest."<br/><br/>"Uh,huh." Damon didn't trust the dragon in terms of his secrets, and he knew that wasn't going to change anytime soon. Entering the palace Stavros and Damon both saw their targets,nodded, and headed in their respective direction.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>As River now waited for a sign he responding to the signal being sent telling the other end that they were going to be tied up for a while and to hold on.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Damon entered into Jade's chambers as another guard stood behind her watching her undress. Infuriated Damon took one of his knives and stabbed the drooling guard at the base of the neck in his back combined with a large jolt of electricity. Startled out of her clothes Jade leaped to the other end now naked. "Gods what kinds of weird shit did they do to you? Also get your clothes back on we need to hurry before whoever heard that scream gets here." Jade still in shock slowly put on her old clothes before the guard had it burst to flames.<br/><br/>"What the hell!"<br/><br/>"I meant your real clothes love." The guard took off his helmet revealing himself making Jade more weary.<br/><br/>"No, your,your some kind of trick."<br/><br/>"Trick or not, we cannot, and I mean cannot go through this right now." rolling his eyes he grabbed Jade,pulled her to him,and carried her naked body in his arms and covered her with his unattached cloak. "Now lets get you out of here." Damon ran as fast as he could back to  the way he came in using air in his steps to bounce off the floors,walls,and ceilings killing everyone that crossed them with a immense fire.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Aldric felt Damon's presence as he released his first strike of magic. "Find him and kill him." listening his high council nodded and went after the intruder.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Stavros cursed as he made his way to Vivian's cell. He smelled the presence of the Fae witch and knew his time window was very short. Entering his eyes went wide seeing the young witch Viola had raised since birth covered in scars and and unmoved as he entered. "My lady you know who I am, now come with me." The body shook her head and rose. Whoever the child was before, she was now just a empty corpse of what was. Cursing again he grabbed the body and began his way out of the tower only to see pure destruction in his path. "Oh child I see what you mean now." every inch of the wall was scorched black with fire.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>"Jade I have you know you have finally opened my eyes." Damon had a wide smile across his face as air, fire, and lightning formed around her.<br/><br/>"What?!"<br/><br/>"I know who,or I mean what I am, I didn't know before,that's why I couldn't control my rage," they killed off a few more guards as Damon eyed his mentor down the hall with Vivian in his arms.<br/><br/>"We need to get her!"<br/><br/>"I know," He then saw the familiar witch and commanded Stavros to run as now rainbows of light pierced out of his body."Run my love, River will cover you."<br/><br/>"My clothes?" As she was put down the cloth around her changed to a radiant dress to reflect Damon's light "Go now! I shall get Vivian!"<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Stavros now stood before Viola,Vivian in his arms. At her command he dropped the body as he was again wrapped around the witches fingers. Smiling she dragged them both to her chambers before being stopped by a blinding light. Darkness didn't even try to take it as wings flew out without warning giving view to what once was Damon Dalca. Her mind began to flash and her head ached as the sound of a searching bird clouded every thought,dropping her pupil and her dragon's hand, and sending her quivering in pain.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>As Jade ran out River shot down every guard to run out till light flooded the entrance making them both look in the direction. White fire burst though as a white spirit carrying his love stepped out of the tower. River tried to thank it in a message only for him to be singed in a process. Then River knew, and then he feared, this was Damon's source of rage. Had his brother been driven mad? Stepping down from his post he rushed down to his lover.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Jade stood still with eyes wide open as the figure came to her dropping her friend in the process. She couldn't move, she didn't want to move, she now felt his rage,his lust,and his power. The figure then took her fully as she collapsed in its arms overwhelmed, and they each traveled by light back to Havenhelm.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>River picked up the collapsed Vivian as his markings across his body glowed a bright blue. At his command a white razorback wolf spirit came to his call as he sat on its massive body taking them home.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>"You witch have failed me!" A whip of black fire struck Viola's back as her now naked body was held in the air by her arms for all to see in the middle of his court. "You were to kill him!" Another whip with embedded iron struck her chest and breasts."For your failure I give you this punishment!" both whips struck her again as the witch cried in pain as her body bled for all to see. "And with it you shall be releived of your heart." She only wept for a moment more before the last lash hit her.